Border Cook

"But I have no choice..." Jiang Yihe tried to excuse himself, "My daughter is naughty and has caused a big disaster. I have no choice but to do this..."

"If a girl is not taught well, it is her father's fault."

Master Ren interrupted Jiang Yihe and said, "Since you said your daughter is naughty, how can you, as a father, not have any responsibility for raising such a daughter?"

"What's more, even if your daughter is naughty, parents need to teach her with all their heart. Don't you have any affection for her in your heart if you cut off the relationship directly?"

"It's wrong to indulge your wife, but she has been with you for many years. Even if she has no merits, she has worked hard. How can she continue to survive in this world if you divorce her directly?"

"You have done all these things that are unkind and unjust. Not to mention that the higher-ups want to remove you, even if I heard about these things now, I would be so angry that I would scold you severely!"

Master Ren spoke passionately and forcefully, and even at his old age, he was so angry that his face turned red.

After finishing these words, he waved his hands dejectedly, "Forget it, forget it. You are already thirty years old. Logically speaking, you should understand all these principles. Since you have come this far, I think your thoughts have been finalized. It is useless for me to say more."

"You go."

Leaving these words behind, Master Ren put his hands behind his back and walked away slowly.

Jiang Yihe stood in the distance and did not come back to his senses for a long time.

It was not until the neighing of horses and the greetings of others as they saw him off were heard outside that Jiang Yihe's extremely dim eyes suddenly brightened.

"Expelled, expelled..."

Jiang Yihe muttered to himself, and after a moment he burst into laughter.

He was removed from the list.

Just before the imperial examination when he was about to make a name for himself and bring honor to his family, he was actually expelled?
The autumn examination is now held twice every three years. Logically speaking, if you cannot take the exam this year, you can still wait until the spring of next year.

But this situation is only limited to those who cannot take the exam for some reason.

Things like being expelled from the list mean that you have failed the examination qualification review, which will be recorded in the list. You will be directly expelled from the list every time you register in the future because of this.

It can be said that Jiang Yihe will never be able to take part in the autumn examination again.

His career path will end here in this life.

The reason for stopping was because of the troubles he had experienced during this period...

But he was entangled by the people in the gambling house, and he broke up with Jiang Zhuguo and gave Tian a letter of divorce. There were reasons for all these things, and they were all for his sake to pass the imperial examination smoothly.

He was just a man who was trying hard to climb up the social ladder and no longer wanted to be a peasant looked down upon by others. What had he done wrong?

Those who talked about him behind his back all came from wealthy families and had no worries about food and drink. They only needed to study hard and would not worry about money at all.

Why not eat meat?
What do they know!
It's nothing more than that they can't stand seeing a peasant like him, who came from a farm, finally be on equal footing with them. To put it bluntly, they are looking down on him and despise him!

And sooner or later, he would make these people pay the price.

Pay the price you deserve!
Jiang Yihe was extremely angry and smashed the things he had just packed into pieces. He even threw the bed, pillows, lamps, etc. all over the room.

After venting his anger, Jiang Yihe sat on the ground, breathing heavily.

His eyes were extremely red, and his ferocious face looked like a mad beast.

The servant boy was listening to the noise outside, but he didn't dare to come in. He just took a look from a distance outside the door.

When he saw Jiang Yihe's appearance at this time, he was so scared that he quickly retracted his head and hid away. Anyway, the teacher had told him that as long as Jiang Yihe didn't tear the roof off the house and set it on fire, he could do whatever he wanted.

He just needs to come over and clean it up later.

But then again, Jiang Yihe has done such a shameless thing, doesn't he deserve to be expelled?
He should have expected such a result on the first day he did this. I really don't know what he is so angry about.

I can’t figure it out…

The book boy shook his head and left this troubled place for the time being.

Jiang Yihe sat on the ground for a long time, and after thinking for a long time, he slowly stood up with the help of the fallen chair beside him, and silently began to pick up his own things that he had just thrown on the ground.

After everything including bedding had been packed, Jiang Yihe carried his heavy bag and walked out of the academy.

The autumn sky is already clear and cool, and the rising sun seems even more dazzling.

Such a nice day...

Jiang Yihe gritted his teeth and walked down the stairs.

It went eastward and soon disappeared into the street.
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Wu Xiong also went out at this time and went to Xia Mingyue's house.

He was going to give Xia Mingyue and Jiang Zhuguo feedback on what happened yesterday.

But I didn't go there empty-handed, I brought some things with me.

A lot of stuff, to be exact.

Big, crispy, sweet apples freshly picked in autumn, juicy and pulpy pears, sweet dates that are crunchy when you take a bite, and some large pomegranates with thin skin and large red patches on the outside.

There were too many things to carry in one bamboo basket, so Wu Xiong simply asked his subordinates to push a wheelbarrow to carry all the things.

Wu Xiong felt that these things were not enough, so he bought some fresh chestnuts and a pork chop on the way. Then he saw that the fresh live fish was good, so he bought two more...

Seeing more and more things on the cart, the younger brother who followed Wu Xiong raised his eyebrows and said, "Brother Xiong, those who know you will know that you are going to see Madam Xia and Madam Jiang. If you don't know..."

"What?"

"I thought you were going to propose marriage with all these things!"

As soon as I jokingly said this, Wu Xiong slapped me hard on the face, and I immediately looked very aggrieved.

What, what he said is wrong?

Wu Xiong curled his lips and said, "What are you talking about? I just feel that it's really pitiful for Madam Jiang to have such parents. I think I should buy more things for Madam Jiang."

Not to mention that Jiang Zhuguo is still young, he will have to wait another two years before discussing this matter.

Even if he really came to propose marriage, how could these things be enough?
You really can’t speak!
"Yes, yes, yes." The younger brother agreed repeatedly. He happened to see someone selling duck eggs nearby, so he suggested that Wu Xiong buy some.

Pickling duck eggs in autumn is easier than in winter and won’t go bad as easily as in summer. It’s just the right time.

If you buy more, please ask Madam Xia to pickle some for them. Maybe they can also benefit from it.

When I thought about the salted duck eggs with juicy yolks, which taste best when eaten with porridge, my mouth started to water for some reason.

"Greedy!" Wu Xiong scolded, "Madam Xia and Madam Jiang are busy all the time, and you want to give them more work?" (End of this chapter)