"Qi Yaowen, is this matter true?" County Magistrate Zhu slammed the gavel and continued to ask.
Qi Yaowen's mouth was completely out of control.
"Yes, Jiang Chengbao is a fool. He actually treats me as his friend and gives me all his money like a fool! You fat pig, he doesn't even look in the mirror. Who would want to be friends with him? I only care about him because he has a little money. You fat pig! How funny! Hahahaha!" Qi Yaowen said, laughing loudly, looking very ugly.
Qi Yaowen’s words were too bad.
How could there be such a vicious person?
Tang Li couldn't help but look at Jiang Chengbao.
Jiang Chengbao met Aunt Tangli's worried eyes, and he smiled to indicate that she was fine.
He actually didn't feel anything anymore.
He has moved on from the past and has real friends: Wei Ziang, Xu Jue, and Zhuo Shu. Which one of them is not a hundred times better than Qi Yaowen?
County Magistrate Zhu was so angry that his beard stood up and he slammed the gavel hard.
Since Qi Yaowen admitted everything, the verdict will naturally be announced.
The first thing is to ask Qi Yaowen to return Jiang Chengbao's money.
The second thing was that he harmed his classmates, and was sentenced to thirty lashes and three years of hard labor!
Qi Yaowen also stopped laughing, covered his mouth, and his face turned ashen.
It's over, completely over.
Qi Yaowen is penniless, where can he get the money?
He either spent his money on himself or gave it to his family.
His parents, siblings, and all of them had a good life because of him. The family bought a lot of houses and land, and even bought a shop in the town.
Qi Yaowen couldn't come up with the money, so County Magistrate Zhu asked the yamen runners to go to Qi Yaowen's house to ask for it.
So, the whole village knew that Qi Yaowen was not only expelled from the county school, but also violated the laws of the Great Zhou and had to do hard labor!
In a blink of an eye, Qi Yaowen went from being the envy of the whole village to being a laughing stock.
The Qi family was originally reluctant to sell their belongings, but under the pressure of the yamen runners, they had no choice but to sell everything.
After scraping together all this money, I could only come up with a little over two thousand taels.
In a blink of an eye, the two thousand taels were delivered to Jiang Chengbao.
"Master Jiang, we've squeezed the Qi family dry. Even if we go back to three years ago, we can only squeeze out this much money." The yamen runner couldn't help but say, "That Qi family is quite good at spending money. They spent three or four thousand taels in three years."
Jiang Chengbao took the money. In fact, it didn't matter whether it was money or not. He just wanted Qi Yaowen to get retribution.
"Since he can't pay the money, shouldn't he be sentenced to more hard labor?" Jiang Chengbao said.
The yamen runner nodded and said, "Of course. I'll talk to Master Zhu later."
Soon, County Magistrate Zhu pronounced the sentence on Qi Yaowen, changing it from three years of hard labor to five years of hard labor.
On the day Qi Yaowen was escorted to do hard labor, Tang Li met him.
Qi Yaowen suffered a lot during this period.
When he became a beggar, he thought he had hit rock bottom and things couldn't get any worse, but he didn't expect that things could get even worse.
Thirty lashes of the cane nearly killed him.
He still had five years of hard labor to endure.
When he saw Tangli, his eyes were filled with a mixture of fear and hatred. He glared at her and then quickly lowered his head.
"Qi Yaowen, evil will be punished. Everything you have today is caused by your actions!"
"Wei Ziang, Xu Jue, Zhuo Shu, and Jiang Chengbao, these four children are all my people. If you are lucky enough to survive your hard labor and still want to retaliate and hurt them, I will make you regret your actions..."
Tang Li's tone was light, but the chill in it made Qi Yaowen shudder.
Make him feel that she can do what she says!
Qi Yaowen looked up and saw the anger on her face, then quickly lowered his head and shook his head violently.
I don’t dare anymore.
He doesn't dare anymore!
Qi Yaowen was taken away.
Tangli turned around and went home, and the expression on his face became as gentle as usual.
Today is the Dragon Boat Festival. The family is making rice dumplings. They are also inviting some guests to dinner in the evening, so she has to go back to help prepare.
When Tangli returned home, he saw Aunt Zhao sitting in the yard wrapping zongzi. There was another little boy beside her, also wrapping zongzi. His little hands were clumsy, and the zongzi he made were ugly, but at least they were shaped. After he finished wrapping, Aunt Zhao would help him reinforce it.
Aunt Zhao kept praising Du Xiaobai, which made Du Xiaobai very happy.
Sanbao was also praising him, and Du Xiaobai's tail was almost up in the sky.
…
County school.
"Zhuo Shu, today is the Dragon Boat Festival. My sister asked me to invite you to my house to celebrate the festival." Xu Jue said.
"Let's celebrate the festival together?" Dabao asked with blinking eyes.
Zhuo Shu nodded at the two people's kind invitation.
Hedong County was too far from his home, so he naturally couldn't go back. If Ziang and Xu Jue hadn't invited him, he would definitely have spent the holiday alone.
Zhuo Shu actually didn't want to spend the holiday alone.
"Well, then let's go back together after school." Dabao said with a smile.
When Jiang Chengbao heard their words, his chubby body slowly swayed over and swayed in front of them.
His chubby figure is so noticeable that it's hard not to notice him.
"Chengbao, are you going to my house to celebrate the festival?" Dabao asked.
Dabao also asked politely. After all, Jiang Chengbao has his own family and he must celebrate the festival at his own home.
Jiang Chengbao opened his mouth to agree, but pursed his lips before saying reservedly, "Okay."
So, after school, the four of them went to Wei's house together.
…
On the Dragon Boat Festival, Tangli cooks by himself.
Originally, Sanbao, Du Xiaobai and Du Qingyu were waiting outside the kitchen eagerly.
The food cooked by her son Xiaoli is so delicious, and she doesn’t cook often, so she is particularly looking forward to this rare meal.
Because Erbao was staring at him, Du Xiaobai didn't dare get too close to Sanbao, so he squatted beside his sister, smelling the fragrance and drooling.
Finally, the meal was ready, the dishes were served, and the rice was laid out.
At Tangli's command, everyone immediately started eating.
"Zhuo Shu, eat your food, you're welcome."
"And Chengbao, you two are brothers of Xu Jue and Dabao, so just treat us as family. Don't be polite."
Tangli used a serving chopstick to pick up some food for Zhuo Shu and Jiang Chengbao.
"Yeah, you're welcome! If you're polite, everything will be gone."
"The food Xiaoli cooks is truly delicious. If you eat one more bite, you're making a profit."
Du Qingyu took advantage of the break in the meal to quickly say a few words.
Zhuo Shu and Jiang Chengbao gradually let go of their restraints and started eating freely.
The food is really delicious, and the atmosphere is really warm.
The meal was very lively.
After the meal, everyone went home with bulging stomachs.
Zhuo Shu also returned to the county school.
After washing up, he did not sleep, but looked at the moon outside the window and fell into deep thought.
Somehow, when he saw Zi'ang's mother, he thought of his sister.
I don’t know if my sister is still... alive?
Will he be able to see his sister again in this life?
He thought of his childhood when his sister always protected him. With his sister around, no one dared to bully him.
His sister also said that he was smart and asked him to study hard and pass the imperial examination, so that no one would look down on them.
As my sister was talking, she started laughing, and she laughed very happily.
It was then that he made up his mind to study hard and not let his sister down.
Sister, I was admitted to the county school, and I ranked third in the county exam, which is a good result. If you knew, you would definitely be proud of me.
Sister, where are you?
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