44. The butcher's lady
The days passed very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was May.
Seeing that the Dragon Boat Festival was about to come, Ah Yao and Aunt Wang thought about wrapping some zongzi for everyone who was doing work in the clothing shop.
On this day, Ah Yao and Aunt Mo coaxed Ah Li to sleep, and went out to buy materials for making zongzi.
After buying red dates, peanuts and raisins, A-Yao thought about buying some fresh meat and wrapping some fresh meat dumplings, so she went to Zhang Butcher's shop.
This butcher is sincere, kind to customers, if someone buys his pork on weekdays, the same price can always be higher than elsewhere, so business is also prosperous, and A-Yao also likes to go to him to buy meat.
"Butcher Zhang, cut a piece of fresh meat for me, you want to be thin."
"Okay, can you look at this?" Zhang Butcher smiled and pointed to the piece of lean meat that looked good, and Ah Yao nodded with satisfaction, "Just that piece, you cut half of it and weigh it to see how much it costs." ”
The butcher was about to cut A-Yao's meat, but he heard an impatient complaint from the back room: "Zhang Tiesheng, didn't you ask you to buy me chilled red bean paste, you want to heat our mother and son to death!" ”
"Okay, okay, bear with me, I'll buy it for you in a while." Zhang butcher cut A-Yao's meat while responding.
Ah Yao probed into the room, wondering how this voice could be so familiar.
Zhang Butcher smiled innocently at Ah Yao: "My lady has a body, and her temper is not very good, so you can laugh." ”
Ah Yao smiled knowingly: "It turns out that Zhang Xianggong has already married, when did it happen?" ”
Zhang Butcher was a little embarrassed to be asked, but the joy on his face was very real: "Four months ago." ”
Before Ah Yao could say anything more, she heard an angry voice from inside: "Okay, you Zhang Tiesheng, who is said to have a bad temper, did you give you face?" ”
As soon as the harsh words stopped, A-Yao saw a lady with a stomach with her hands on her hips, standing at the door like a shrew. And this person, A-Yao couldn't be more familiar. Lin Jiaoyue, the sister she has played with since she was a child, but now she has become an enemy.
Lin Jiaoyue's face changed when she saw A-Yao, and she said with disdain: "Yo, who should I be, it turned out to be a broken shoe." ”
Ah Yao's face was a little ugly in an instant, looking at Lin Jiaoyue's disdain for ridicule, her heart was angry, and she was about to have a seizure but was preempted by Zhang Butcher.
"Shut up!" Zhang Butcher scolded loudly, and softened after spitting fire at his own lady's eyes, "This is the lady of the Fang Xianggong family of the Kaiwu Academy, what are you talking nonsense." ”
"Do you still need to sue me?" Lin Jiaoyue glared at him, and another sentence broke in her mouth, "Something that doesn't come out!" ”
"You!" Zhang Butcher pointed at her tremblingly, his cheeks flushed, and he couldn't speak for a long time.
"Why, can't I say? said that she was a broken shoe and lifted her, thinking that at the beginning, she was arrested and went to the village and did not return overnight, who in the whole alley did not know? You know, the village is full of men, she doesn't know how many men used it that night, and it's a shame that Fang Bin doesn't think she's dirty, and she's willing to wear this broken shoe! ”
"You're enough!" Zhang Butcher suddenly became angry, and waved it with a slap, and A-Yao, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but be surprised.
Lin Jiaoyue was staggered by this sudden force, and her cheeks turned sideways, but soon she came to her senses, and slapped the butcher back with a wave of her hand: "You dare to hit me?" ”
"Lin Jiaoyue, I didn't expect you to be like this after so many years!" Ah Yao finally spoke out dissatisfiedly, her hands clenched into fists, she didn't expect that this butcher's lady would be her.
"What am I like, when do you need to take care of me?" Lin Jiaoyue glared at Ah Yao dissatisfied, her eyes were full of hatred, "Don't think that your father is an official, you are married to Fang Bin again, and now that your life is better, you are qualified to teach me a lesson, who are you yourself?" ”
Ah Yao laughed for a while: "Mind you? Do you think I'm that idle? ”
Ah Yao didn't want to deal with people like Lin Jiaoyue anymore, so she turned around and was about to leave, but she heard Lin Jiaoyue say behind her back: "What, are you jealous of me?" ”
Ah Yao's steps paused, and she turned her head to look at her: "I, jealous of you?" ”
Zhang Butcher saw that his mother didn't stop reaching out and was about to pull her, but Lin Jiaoyue was displeased to throw her away.
"What, am I not right? You said that you have been married for more than a year, and you have not had a boy and a half girl with Fang Bin until now, this Fang Bin is really calm, and he is still willing to ask you. However, I'm very curious, why can't you have a child yet, is it because too many men you served back then hurt your body......" Lin Jiaoyue said and paused, when she saw A-Yao's angry face, she only felt very happy in her heart, and smiled at her proudly, "By the way, and Mo Yan, I heard that her man doesn't want her anymore, but it's really great news, you Mo Yao and the two families are really retribution!" ”
"Have you made enough trouble?" Zhang Butcher finally couldn't help but be angry, and yelled at Li Jiaoyun, "I really didn't expect that you are so black-hearted and vicious in addition to your temper, how can you say such a thing as a woman!" ”
"Shut up! How much do you know about me and her? If you think I'm not good, then just leave me, if you have the ability, you can throw me away with the child in your belly! ”
"You!" Zhang Butcher's face was red, and he couldn't say anything for a long time.
Ah Yao was angry in her heart, although she couldn't swallow this breath, but when she turned around and saw the passers-by who were gradually surrounding the shop, she didn't want to cause more trouble, so she turned around and left, and didn't even take away the meat cut by the butcher.
Thinking of what Lin Jiaoyue said, A-Yao's heart was very uncomfortable, and until she returned home, the anger in her stomach did not disappear. If it weren't for the fact that she found those passers-by who were watching the excitement, she would have to teach her a lesson today!
It's crazy enough for her to only be Bai Se, but she didn't expect this Lin Jiaoyue to be the same, what happened back then, can't she really get out?
Because of something on her mind, Ah Yao was absent-minded about what she did, and Aunt Wang looked at her like this and thought she was uncomfortable, so she didn't let her follow the work, so Ah Yao had to go home obediently to rest.
When Fang Bin returned home from the martial arts hall, what he saw was Ah Yao's sad and listless appearance.
"Why are you lying in bed for no reason, and your body is uncomfortable?" Fang Bin walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, reaching out to probe A-Yao's forehead.
Ah Yao stretched out her hand to knock him off: "It's okay, it's just a bad mood." ”
"Whoever made my lady angry, tell me."
Ah Yao thought for a while and sat up from the bed: "Butcher Zhang actually got married four months ago, do you know this?" ”
Fang Bin nodded, his face couldn't see the expression: "How can you talk about this in a good way?" ”
"Do you know who the lady of the Zhang butcher family is?"
Fang Bin shook his head in confusion.
Ah Yao sighed: "Bai Se and a businessman named Liu Zhengnan left Qingyuan County, and Mo Zhange chased him out and never came back, I guess you still remember." ”
"What's the matter, that lady of the butcher's family has something to do with this matter?"
Ah Yao nodded: "Lin Jiaoyue, the wife of Zhang Butcher, was originally a sister who played with me and Mo Yan, when Liu Zhengnan passed by Qingyuan County, he somehow met Lin Jiaoyue, and at that time he also gave a dowry to the Lin family, and saw that the date of marriage was set. originally thought that he would really marry Lin Jiaoyue as his wife, but before this marriage was formed, he heard that Liu Zhengnan had left Qingyuan County with Jinse, the Oiran lady of Wanfang Pavilion. ”
However, what I didn't expect was that Lin Jiaoyue was already pregnant with Liu Zhengnan's child before she got married. She knew that she was abandoned by Liu Zhengnan and went crazy, looking for death and life every day, tossing the family into a bad situation, Aunt Lin and Uncle Lin washed their faces with tears all day long, and in the end, the child in her belly also lost because of her fuss. ”
"Lin Jiaoyue had a child before she got married, this reputation spread in Qingyuan County for a while, a woman, without a good reputation, what hope is there in this day?"
She attributed the blame for this qiē to the Mo family, and felt that if the Mo family hadn't saved Bai Se in the first place, she wouldn't be what she is now. Since then, her temperament has changed greatly, she has fought against the Mo family everywhere, and she regards Mo Yan, a former sister, as a thorn in her side, and I, because I am good with Mo Yan, is regarded by her as an enemy. ”
"Over the years, because I know that she is bitter in her heart, even if she stumbles on us everywhere, Ah Yan and I rarely bother with her. It's just that I didn't expect her hatred to be so deep, and I don't know how Zhang Butcher would marry her as a wife. In fact, if she thinks about it carefully, if she is willing to cherish the present and live a good life with Zhang Butcher, it will be considered happy. It's a pity ......"
Ah Yao sighed, couldn't help but shake her head, and didn't say anything more.
After listening carefully to Ayao's story, Fang Bin said lightly: "Liu Zhengnan abandoned her because of Bai Se, and it makes no sense for her to blame the Mo family for this, and because of the Mo family, it is even more unreasonable to implicate you." ”
"Yes, it's just against me on weekdays, but when I said those unbearable words today, the more I think about it, the more angry I become, I really don't know when her mouth became so vicious."
Fang Bin frowned, and there was already displeasure on his face: "What did she say about you?" ”
"What else can I say, naturally I am making a fuss about you ordering someone to take me to the village, and what is even more odious is that I can't give birth to a child, if it weren't for the presence of Zhang Butcher, I really want to give her two slaps to wake up." A-Yao gritted her teeth and said, if she had stayed in the past, her forbearance would have passed, but so many years have passed since that incident, and Lin Jiaoyue still remembers it in her heart, it is not her fault, so why should she be angry with her Lin Jiaoyue?
Fang Bin was silent for a while, and suddenly said, "Such a person should indeed give her some color." ”
Ah Yao looked up at him in surprise: "Xianggong, what do you want to do?" ”
Fang Bin patted her on the shoulder and said softly: "I'm hungry, I'm going to cook today." ”
Not to mention that A-Yao doesn't feel it yet, but now she really feels hungry, and she is about to get out of bed: "You are tired in the school hall, or I will cook, you take a rest first." ”
"Then why don't we go cook together today?" Fang Bin said.
Ah Yao smiled and nodded.