You should know that Zhang Xiuying looks very refined and gentle.
Actually, she was quite mischievous when she was little, especially since she was the only girl in the Zhang family, and she was spoiled rotten.
She can make anyone want to cry by teasing them about anything they don't like.
If it's really as he thinks, then Fang Yan has unintentionally subdued a little devil for herself.
The Zhang family's pampering led Zhang Xiuying to develop a picky eating habit.
And they are also very picky eaters.
Something that receives such praise must be extremely delicious.
Xu Zhimin couldn't wait to grab a baked bun and start eating.
really!
Perhaps to preserve it well, or to make it easy for them to carry on the road, Fang Yan deliberately baked the outer skin of the bread until it was very dry and hard.
But when I bit into it, it was surprisingly flaky.
More importantly, it contained braised meat with broth inside!
If you chew the outer skin dry, it will definitely choke you.
Now, paired with braised meat soaked in the braising liquid, it's just the right consistency—not too dry, not too wet.
The key point is that it tastes so good it makes you want to cry.
No wonder Zhang Xiuying, who is such a picky eater, wanted to go back to Fang Yan...
He regrets it now. If he had known earlier that Fang Yan was such a good cook, he should have asked her to prepare more.
"That's all. You've already eaten your allotted portion for today."
Sure enough, when he finished eating the baked buns and wanted to get some more bread slices, Zhang Xiuying had already put the package away and said expressionlessly.
Xu Zhimin: ...
Is this still his fiancée who loves him to death?
Fang Yan had no idea that the small bag of food she gave away almost turned a loving engaged couple into bitter enemies.
She never had to worry about her business.
As usual, all the braised food was sold out early today.
When I went to the butcher to buy pig's head and intestines, I asked everyone I knew, "Boss, do you have any beef?"
The answer was the same as yesterday: "Not yet."
Tsk, it's so hard to buy beef these days.
"It's alright," Fang Yan thought to herself. "If we still don't have beef in two days, then we'll just have to send pork jerky."
Repaying favors shouldn't be delayed for too long.
"Third Aunt, Aunt Gao and I have discussed it. From now on, I will learn to operate the sewing machine at her place in the morning. That way, I can go back to the village with you every day at noon and help you wash pig intestines in the afternoon."
When Fang Yan, with Xiao Yuzai and Qi Bei, was almost at the meeting point, Chu Chun, who had been eagerly waiting, rushed over to help Fang Yan carry her things as soon as she saw them, saying something along the way.
"You did a great job! Excellent!"
Fang Yan praised her highly, saying, "In the future, you should be like this and boldly try to communicate and discuss with others. You will find that some things are not as difficult as you thought."
For people with low self-esteem, the hardest thing is to overcome themselves, not others.
As early spring begins to take her first steps, it's time to praise her and give her confidence.
The little fish followed its mother's words and, just like her, gave Chuchun a thumbs-up, saying, "Sister Chuchun is awesome!"
Sure enough, the next second, I saw Chu Chun's eyes brighten, a blush creeping across her dark face, as she said, embarrassed but unable to hide her joy, "No...no way..."
At this time, another unexpected thing happened in Gouzi Village.
As soon as Fang Yan entered the village, she could clearly sense that something was off.
After helping carry the pig's head and intestines to the yard in early spring, she went home to eat first. "Third Aunt, I'll come back to help this afternoon."
"OK."
Not long after Chu Chun left, Aunt De came over and said, "It's such a pity that Congming is gone."
"Huh?" Fang Yan was startled by the news. "How could it be gone?"
Before we went to the county town this morning, wasn't he said to be unconscious?
"They said that Zhang Laowu fed the child too much herbal juice yesterday, and coupled with the fact that the child was already malnourished and in poor health, he passed away around 10 a.m. and was brought back to the village."
Fang Yan didn't know what to say for a long time.
Although Zhang Congming had bullied Xiaoyuzai and treated the original owner badly in the past due to his family's influence.
Fang Yan didn't like him, but his plight was indeed quite pitiful and lamentable.
In fact, Fang Yan wanted to know more about whether Zhou Dashu and Li Ermei, these two vicious parents who were obsessed with money, were now so regretful that they wanted to kill themselves.
It's just that...
"Was it Zhang Laowu who fed Congming the medicine? Does that mean he poisoned someone?"
Can we finally arrest them this time?
Fang Yan suddenly thought of this and asked.
Aunt De had been eating melons in the village for most of the day, and she sighed again, "I heard from them that they probably won't be able to catch them."
Fang Yan: "Huh? Why?"
"That herb was picked by Zhou Dashu at Zhang Laowu's request, and Zhou Dashu also scooped it into juice. When feeding it to the baby, it was his wife who fed it to him."
Fang Yan: ...
So this time, Zhang Laowu only talked the talk, and everything else was done by someone else!
“They are saying that if Zhou Dashu and Li Ermei sue Zhang Laowu, then Zhou Dashu and Li Ermei will also be implicated, and their crimes will be even more serious than Zhang Laowu’s.”
Aunt De relayed what she had heard to Fang Yan in detail: "Zhou Dashu and Li Ermei may be shot, but Zhang Laowu may only be locked up for a few years before he can be released."
"Just how many tricks does this scourge have up its sleeve!"
By the end, Aunt De couldn't help but grit her teeth, "How could he escape time and time again? He's so wicked, why doesn't God take him away yet!"
Zhang Laowu's caution also exceeded Fang Yan's expectations.
The more cautious he acted, the more Fang Yan suspected that Xue Wanxue's early death was definitely related to him.
"So Zhou Dashu and Li Ermei chose not to sue Zhang Laowu?"
Bringing her wandering thoughts back, Fang Yan asked.
Aunt De sighed again, "At first, when Li Ermei returned to the village with her son, it seemed like she wanted to die together with Zhang Laowu. But later, I don't know what Huang Hongmei and Zhou Dashu said, but now she hasn't said anything about going to sue Zhang Laowu."
Fang Yan understood that the current law stipulates that cases will only be accepted if there is a victim filing a complaint.
The Zhang family is the aggrieved party, and Zhang Congming is the Zhang family's child. As long as the aggrieved party doesn't take the initiative to file a complaint, no one will care about what happened to Zhang Congming.
Zhang Laowu, Zhou Dashu, and Li Ermei naturally did not have to face legal judgment.
"Forget it, this is the Zhang family's business. We're too lazy to get involved in such trivial matters. I just feel sorry for that clever kid," Aunt De said softly with a sorrowful expression. "They thought that by changing his surname to Zhang, he would win over Zhang Laowu's favor, but they never expected..."
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