Lin Jiaoyue's matter has been forgotten since A-Yao complained about Fang Bin, and she didn't take it to heart.

In the blink of an eye, the Dragon Boat Festival is coming, and the sun is scorching the earth, eager to bake the flat ground into winding cracks. From time to time, the lush trees are filled with the chirping of birds and cicadas, and the occasional breeze blows and wafs the lush foliage, leaving jagged shadows on the ground under the scorching sun.

The night before, Aunt Wang had already soaked glutinous rice, beans and other materials in water, and early the next morning, A-Yao went to Aunt Wang's house to do some work.

The prepared lotus leaves are still moistened by hot water, and the green oil is mixed with the fragrance of lotus flowers, A-Yao picked up a piece and put it on the tip of her nose and sniffed: "I didn't expect that lotus leaves can also be used to wrap zongzi, but I haven't used it before." ”

Aunt Wang folded the lotus leaves into sharp corners and said: "Ordinary people do rarely use lotus leaves to wrap zongzi, but when I was young, I folded lotus leaves on a whim to wrap zongzi, but I didn't expect it to be more fragrant than the reed leaves. ”

Ah Yao then took a leaf and folded it like Aunt Wang, then put the soaked glutinous rice into it, and then put dates, wolfberries, raisins and other fruits, carefully wrapped it, and wrapped it tightly with the prepared twine.

After the zongzi is wrapped, it is boiled zongzi.

When the lid of the pot was opened after the zongzi were cooked, I immediately smelled the fragrant glutinous rice fragrance, and A-Yao's gluttonous drool.

Aunt Wang fished out the zongzi and smiled at A-Yao: "This zongzi is too hot, it needs to be cold to be delicious, go and dig some well water to soak it, it is also comfortable to eat in this summer." ”

Ah Yao obediently responded, quickly carried the bucket home and fetched a bucket of well water, and poured the pot of dumplings that had just come out of the pot into it.

Aunt Wang grabbed one and handed it to Ah Yao: "Come, how about tasting it first." ”

Ah Yao couldn't wait to eat it, but now when she saw Aunt Wang handing it over, she naturally immediately caught it, and carefully unwrapped the wrapped lotus leaves, and the glutinous rice fragrance mixed with the smell of lotus leaves became stronger.

Ah Yao took a bite on the sharp corner of the zongzi, and the thick fragrance instantly filled the entire mouth, with the unique elegance and comfort of lotus leaves, Ah Yao nodded with admiration: "Aunt Wang, this lotus leaf zongzi is much more delicious than the one I wrapped myself when I was a daughter at home." ”

"Yes, the fresh meat dumplings in this lotus leaf bun are even more delicious, I originally planned to go to Zhang Butcher's house to buy some back, but his house was closed, so I had to make do with it."

"Closed?" Ah Yao was surprised, this butcher rarely closes on weekdays, could it be that something happened at home?

"Something happened to his wife, don't you know? I've heard that his wife is quite close to your mother's house. Aunt Wang said.

"Something? What happened? Ah Yao faintly felt that something was wrong.

"I heard that the lady of the Zhang family had an affair with a man, and planned to elope with the money of the Zhang butcher, but unfortunately the Zhang butcher found out, and the Zhang butcher was angry and sued her and the wild man to the county office, and wrote a letter of resignation. Now that there is such a thing at home, he must be in a mess in his heart, where can he still have the heart to open a shop. In the end, Aunt Wang sighed, "Speaking of which, this butcher is really pitiful, his wife was pregnant with someone else's child a few years ago before she got married, such a woman's reputation has long been bad, Zhang Butcher married her, it is really unlucky." ”

Ah Yao couldn't react for a while: "Elopement? How could she elope with another man, could it be that the child in her belly was not Zhang Butcher's? ”

Aunt Wang shook her head: "I don't know about this, but seeing that Zhang Butcher is so unsympathetic, eighty percent of that child is not his." Actually, I don't know the specifics of this matter, I went to the market to buy meat yesterday and saw the door of the Zhang butcher's house closed, and I only found out about this after several inquiries. ”

Ah Yao sat in a daze, and the half-eaten zongzi in her hand suddenly couldn't be eaten. She only felt that her heart was in a mess, she really didn't expect that this Lin Jiaoyue would do such a dirty thing behind her back in addition to being hateful on the surface.

Aunt Wang saw that she was uneasy, and called her for a long time before she reacted: "Auntie, is there something wrong?" ”

"I said that this zongzi is also cold, let's pick it up and send it to everyone in the clothing store."

Ah Yao thought for a while, and smiled at Aunt Wang: "Auntie, I think it's hot enough today, and I'm afraid I won't be able to eat much when Xianggong comes back to cook, I think about sending him some of these rice dumplings, and by the way, bring some cold dishes over, and let the children in the school hall try it, what do you think?" ”

"Of course it's good, I should send some to Fang Xianggong, then you go, I'll send it to the shop."

"Thank you, Aunt Wang." Yao responded with a smile.

Aunt Wang glanced at her: "You girl, thank you to me." ”.

When A-Yao brought the food box to the martial arts hall, Fang Bin was concentrating on teaching the children to practice martial arts in the courtyard, because the weather was too hot, the long shirt on his body was already wet with sweat, and there were clouds of different shades on his back. Ah Yao stood under the eaves and looked at him quietly, without stepping forward again.

"Arms need to be raised a little higher, and moves should be strong, you know?"

"You're not doing it right, it's easy for the enemy to take advantage of it, you know?"

Fang Bin was seriously pointing out the deficiencies in his movements to the students, and he didn't notice Ah Yao, who had been standing behind him and staring at him with a faint smile. It was Yao Jing who saw it first, and called out in surprise: "Big sister!" ”

Fang Bin turned his head when he heard the sound, but he just met Ah Yao's eyes, which shone softly under the scorching sun, and there was an air of elegance and refinement between the light smiles.

Fang Bin was stunned for a moment, then quickly came back to his senses and walked towards her: "On such a hot day, why did you come here?" ”

Hearing the concern in his words, Ah Yao's heart warmed, and she raised the food box in her hand: "I'll bring you lunch, and by the way, let the children taste the zongzi I wrapped." ”

Fang Bin stretched out his hand to take the food box in her hand, and said to the students who were practicing martial arts in the courtyard: "Let's take a break, go wash and eat zongzi." ”

The children were overjoyed when they heard this, and they rushed to wash their hands with a cheer.

Fang Bin pulled Ayao into the house and sat down, stretching out his hand to support her shoulders: "I thought I would go back in a while, but now I ask you to run on such a hot day." ”

Ah Yao smiled: "It's okay for me to be idle at home, and it's okay to walk around." By the way, why is Brother Jing here, shouldn't he be studying in Yuanshou Academy at this time? ”

"His master was sick, and he temporarily suspended his studies in the library, so he came. This kid is small, but he is diligent in martial arts, don't look at his age, there are few who can beat him in this academy. ”

"Really?" Ah Yao was a little incredulous when she heard this, "I saw that you were right about his temper, I heard Ah Qi say that the homework in the library is much better than before, thanks to the fact that he often follows you and educates you." ”

Ah Yao and Fang Bin were talking, but they saw Yao Jing and Huzi walking in together: "Eldest sister, you haven't been to the school for a long time, Huzi and I miss you." ”

Ah Yao stretched out her hand and pulled Yao Jing to her side, but after more than a year of hard work, this little guy has grown a lot taller, although his complexion is darker than before, but the whole person looks very energetic, Ah Yao is relieved to see it.

"If you want to be the eldest sister, go to the house to find me when you are free, and I will make food for you and Huzi."

"Okay, Huzi and I must go." Yao Jing said with a smile.

"Yao Jing, you and Huzi go and distribute this zongzi to the others, and then inform them that they can go home after school early today."

As soon as Fang Bin spoke, Yao Jing and Huzi took the zongzi in the food box without saying a word and walked out.

Ah Yao was secretly surprised when she saw it: "This kid listens to you, it's really different from before." ”

Fang Bin wrapped a zongzi and glued it with powdered white sugar and handed it to her: "This is what you wrapped?" ”

A-Yao nodded: "Aunt Wang taught me, I have been busy with her for most of the day, you can taste it." Ah Yao said and handed the zongzi in her hand to Fang Bin's mouth.

Fang Bin took a bite, and before he could swallow Ah Yao, he couldn't wait to ask, "How is it, isn't it delicious?" ”

Fang Bin nodded: "The taste is indeed good, my lady's craftsmanship is good." ”

After receiving Fang Bin's praise, Ah Yao felt happy in her heart, and secretly thought that she really didn't come to run in vain today.

After eating zongzi, Ah Yao remembered the purpose of her coming today and asked: "By the way, Lin Jiaoyue eloped with someone and was bumped into by Zhang Butcher and was sent to the county government, do you know about it?" ”

"Yes." Fang Bin replied calmly, with no expression on his face, which made A-Yao suddenly not know what to say.

After listening to Aunt Wang's words, she suddenly remembered Fang Bin's words two days ago: "Such a person should indeed give her some color." ”

A-Yao didn't know what Fang Bin meant by this statement that day, but this kind of thing happened to Zhang's butcher's house two days later, and it was difficult for her not to connect the two.

When she came here today, she originally wanted to ask Fang Bin if this matter had anything to do with him, but now she couldn't say anything when the words came to her mouth. After all, if this matter had nothing to do with Fang Bin, it would be somewhat inappropriate for her to ask him like this.

Just as A-Yao was struggling and didn't know what to do, she heard Fang Bin speak by herself: "I did this." ”

"Huh?" Ah Yao didn't react for a while, and was stunned for a moment before gradually coming back to her senses, "This, what's going on?" ”

Fang Bin sighed, and then told what had happened as it was.

It turned out that Lin Jiaoyue hooked up with a gangster named Guo Ping, who once went to Zhang Butcher's house at night to steal meat, but was found by Zhang Butcher and sent to the county government, then Guo Ping was out of prison and held a grudge against Zhang Butcher, so he took Lin Jiaoyue to marry Zhang Butcher, stole all his family's property, and promised that as long as she took the silver, he would take her away and fly away.

Lin Jiaoyue couldn't marry for so many years since Yao Zhengnan's incident, and she was lonely in her heart, but now she finally found someone who didn't dislike her, and she didn't want to let go, so she listened to Guo Ping's strategy and married Zhang Tuhu.

During the days when Lin Jiaoyue married Zhang Butcher, she not only secretly had contact with Guo Ping, but also transferred Zhang Butcher's savings over the years, just waiting for the two of them to join hands in the past two days. It's just that he didn't expect that he was discovered by Zhang Butcher on the day of elopement, and it became the current situation.

"How could Butcher Zhang agree to marry Lin Jiaoyue?" Ah Yao didn't understand, after all, Lin Jiaoyue's reputation has always been bad, and if she could get married, she wouldn't have delayed it until now.

In those days, Lin Jiaoyue often went to his shop to buy meat, and told Zhang Butcher about his abandonment, Zhang Butcher was an honest man, and he believed in her words, so he was moved by compassion, and saw that she looked good, so he wanted to marry her. didn't know that he just fell into the trap of Lin Jiaoyue and Guo Ping. ”

"And how do you know all these things?"

Fang Bin smiled: "Have you forgotten what your father-in-law did before?" I have many ways to get them to speak. Originally, I just wanted to teach Lin Jiaoyue some lessons and make her suffer, I didn't want such a big thing to happen, now that I knew, naturally there was no reason to cover them. ”

Ah Yao nodded: "Then has the county master made a judgment on this matter?" ”

"Burned at the stake." Fang Bin replied lightly.

Ah Yao's head was stunned for a moment, and she couldn't speak for a while.

"Such people do not deserve sympathy, and they are also to blame for this, so don't take it to heart."

"I just think that Zhang Butcher is so pitiful......"

"If he hadn't been confused by Lin Jiaoyue's hue, he wouldn't have what happened today, although this incident hurt him a lot, but this is also his destiny, if he can get out of this matter and start over, he will inevitably not be happy."

Ah Yao nodded, buried her head in Fang Bin's arms, and was reluctant to speak for a long time.

Sometimes I think about it, if Bai Se married Mo Zhan Ge and Yao Zhengnan married Lin Jiaoyue, it would definitely not be what it is now, and Mo Yan might also live happily with Cui Xi.

It's just that life is always so unexpected, where do people in the world be allowed to choose for themselves? There are no ifs in life, and it's just a matter of thinking.

And what about the future, is it just as unpredictable and equally difficult to grasp?

Suddenly, she felt so tired.