His brothers, who were usually bullied by him, all stood aside and whispered and laughed.
Yao Jinrong's mother, being a concubine, couldn't bear it and cried as she begged her father for mercy, but he kicked her right in the heart and kicked her away!
"Get out! You've spoiled him all this time, which is why he's developed such a vicious and stupid nature! People have told me that your concubine has been abusing the wife and raising a bad child, but I didn't believe it. Now that I see it, it's true! He's definitely a son of a concubine, utterly disgraceful and a disgrace to the Yao family!"
The phrase "son of a bitch" chilled Yao Jinrong and his concubine's hearts; this was a sure sign of falling out of favor!
He wanted to plead for mercy, but Yao's father had already punished him by confining him to the courtyard to recover from his injuries. He was to kneel in the ancestral hall after he recovered, and then he left gracefully with his wife and sons.
Yao Jinrong spent a month recovering from his leg injury. Once he could barely stand, he went to the ancestral hall to kneel, which tormented him to the point of becoming emaciated.
When he finally got out, Yao's father still held a glimmer of hope for him. Since he couldn't get into the county school, he spent money to hire someone to be his tutor, so that he could attend a private school at home, just like before.
But to everyone's surprise, after word got out that they wanted to hire a tutor for Yao Jinrong, not a single person was willing to teach him!
"Forget about hiring a tutor for him. Your child's reputation is already ruined! Not just in Yunyang County, but in all the surrounding counties, everyone knows he framed his classmate, is unkind and unjust, and is foolish and malicious for refusing to admit his mistakes. No teacher would want to teach him!"
Yao's father tried every means to find out, but only learned about this news from other people. He was so angry that he almost turned around and went back to the mansion to beat Yao Jinrong again. He suppressed his anger and tried to talk to people in a nice tone.
Most private schools were run by students who had failed the imperial examinations and were there to educate their children—something the Yao family would certainly not consider prestigious.
Secondly, there was the poor, pedantic old scholar who had failed the imperial examination, but Yao Jinrong found this unacceptable and refused to agree.
But when it comes to scholars who failed the imperial examinations or resigned due to setbacks in their official careers, they value their reputation more. How could they possibly teach a student like Yao Jinrong?
For a time, the Yao family couldn't find a teacher no matter what they tried. Yao's father went home in a rage and beat Yao Jinrong again, but there was nothing he could do but let him study haphazardly at home.
The chaos at the Yao residence was seen by others as a pleasant joke. When the news reached the county school, Tongsu simply listened to everyone talking about it, sitting quietly to the side without making any comments.
A classmate sighed, "Qingzhai, you're too soft-hearted. You just let him off the hook. If I were you, I wouldn't have let him off so easily. I would have ridiculed him mercilessly, and even gone to his door to force him to apologize."
"He's already suffered enough punishment; there's no need to kick him while he's down. However..." Tong Su raised an eyebrow slightly, "What kind of punishment he received is entirely his own fault. If he settles down here, that's fine, but if he's wicked and wants to do something else... then whatever state he ends up in is entirely his own doing!"
Tong Su didn't consider herself a pushover, but she wasn't a ruthless person either.
Yao Jinrong led a group to cause trouble and smear her reputation, so she deserves to be ridiculed by everyone. Yao Jinrong first expelled her from the county school, and now he has been expelled himself, which is also deserved.
As for his reputation becoming so tarnished, he can only blame himself for not daring to admit his mistakes and run away. His leg was broken by Yao's father in a fit of rage, partly due to the instigation of his own brothers who had been bullied by him in the past.
Simply put, it's about what you sow and what you reap, nothing more.
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