The next day!
Lin Chen got up and saw his mother walking around the yard with dark circles under her eyes, somewhat surprised.
Didn't she sleep well last night?
"Mom, is there something bothering you?"
"It's not a worry, I'm too happy to sleep."
Father Lin came out of the house, also with dark circles under his eyes: "Last night, after hearing you're going to be appointed Ninth-Grade Imperial Decree, she was too excited to sleep."
Mrs. Lin glared at her husband: "And you slept? Who kept tossing and turning all night? If you hadn't kept tossing, I'd have been asleep long ago."
"I wasn't tossing and turning, I just drank a lot of wine tonight, my stomach feels uncomfortable."
...
Listening to his parents bickering, Lin Chen did not join in.
Indeed, given his mother's nature, it's not surprising she couldn't sleep after hearing the decree news.
She probably spent the night thinking about how to brag to the other women in the village.
