Fragrance Returned

Ding Zhao was so angry that he wanted to beat someone, but he had no patience to teach, so he asked Ding Lichun to take his two younger brothers to set off firecrackers outside.

When Ding Lilai heard the firecrackers set off, he jumped excitedly and spoke smoothly.

"Big brother, second brother, listen up."

The children were gone. Ding Zhuang glared at Ding Chi and said, "If you don't teach your children well, they will think about pie in the sky and make a windfall every day." Liren could count to fifty when he was more than two years old, and could also recite several poems. , Li Chun, who can’t read, can count to ten.”

Ding Chi said disapprovingly, "I can't count to twenty when I'm five years old. I won't be very smart when I grow up."

Ding Xiang secretly thought that children over two years old had no idea about counting. They simply followed what adults told them. The more they counted, the better their memory would be. The kid Ding Lilai is completely different. He definitely understands the true meaning of numbers, and he is also self-taught in addition.

This child is slow in some aspects, but is extremely sensitive to numbers. The premise is that education must be done properly, otherwise it would be a pity. Especially in ancient times, Masters mainly taught the Four Books and Five Classics, and parents also felt that only by reading the Four Books and Five Classics could one be successful in taking the imperial examinations.

Ding Xiang puffed up her small breasts. Such a cute little brother, she would have the chance to train him in the future.

There is still light snow falling outside, the weather is gloomy, the lanterns in front of the door are swaying in the wind, and occasionally there are one or two firecrackers.

It goes without saying that those firecrackers were set off by Blacksmith Ding's family and Yuan Xia's family.

Beiquan Village is a large village with more than 80 households. It is also close to the county seat and the Jingqian Canal, so most people's lives are relatively easy. The so-called better life means being able to have enough to eat.

Only four or five families had spare money to buy firecrackers, and only Xia Yuan's family and Blacksmith Ding's family were willing to set off firecrackers during the day.

Xia Yuanwai is the richest man in Beiquan Village and the only child in the village.

Ding Xiang later found out that Ding Zhuang and Xia Yuanwai were not at odds with each other. Besides Xia Yuan, he also has another identity, that is, he is the younger brother of Ding Xia clan.

He also hated the Ding Xia family for being naughty and shameless, but he even couldn't stand Ding Zhuang, who was so aggressive that he beat his brother and sister-in-law to bloody head and made his mother angry to death. When Ding Zhao wanted to take the imperial examination and find a guarantor, Xia Yuanwai's deceased father interfered with it, saying that Ding Zhuang was unfilial. As a result, no one was willing to vouch for Ding Zhao, which ended Ding Zhao's dream of taking the imperial examination...

Ding Zhuang was so angry that he took a kitchen knife and went to find Mr. Xia to fight for his life, but was stopped by Ding Zhao.

Ding Zhao said, "If my father kills someone and he dies, my sons and grandsons will not be able to take the civil service examination, and my mother's last wish will never be fulfilled. Although I cannot take the civil service examination, in the future my son and grandson will be able to..."

Only then did Ding Zhuang endure the bad breath, and from then on the two families became strangers.

The second richest family in Beiquan Village is Blacksmith Ding's family.

The third richest man is the Xia family, and his father is the head of the Xia clan. The fourth place is the Jiang Tofu family, and the Dingshan family ranks fifth.

At the New Year's Eve, the food was put on the table. Ding Zhao and Ding Chi led the three boys to set off a small string of firecrackers in the yard, and the New Year's dinner began.

Smelling the aroma of wine, coriander, and seeing Mrs. Xiao Zheng enjoying her meal, Ding Xiang, who was sitting on the bed, could not help but salivate. Her eyes were fixed on the beautiful chicken on the plate, and it was squeaking.

Ding Lilai shouted, "Look at my sister, my bib is wet with saliva."

Everyone laughed.

Ding Zhuang stood up, picked up Ding Xiang and sat at the table, tore a piece of grilled chicken and placed it in front of her.

"Can't eat, lick it."

Ding Xiang was so greedy that she leaned forward and stretched out her tongue to lick the meat.

So delicious!

Ding Lichun was unconvinced and said, "Master, the meat is too oily. My sister will have diarrhea if she licks it."

Ding Zhuang's face darkened, and Ding Lichun said weakly, "That's what I said to me before. You can't just allow the state officials to set fires and not allow the people to light lamps."

The last time he licked his sister's meat, he was slapped twice by his grandfather and scolded.

Ding Zhuang was so angry that he raised his hand to hit someone.

Seeing that her elder brother was looking for a beating again, Ding Xiang quickly hugged Ding Zhuang's neck and kissed his big black face, making him drool all over his face.

Ding Zhuang's heart was softened and he looked at his granddaughter smiling.

Later, Mrs. Zhang took Ding Xiang over and asked Ding Zhuang to continue drinking.

After dark, Lilac saw the fireworks as she wished.

Ding Lichun put the fireworks tube on the ground, and several bunches of fireworks were only sprayed more than one meter high and for a short time. However, the Ding family and the people watching the excitement were surprised and cheered loudly.

Ding Lichun was even more proud.

Lilac felt that this was more dazzling than any fireworks she had seen in her previous life. It made her excited and she roared along with the adults.

Soon, Ding Xiang, who was overly excited, fell asleep in Ding Zhuang's arms.

What Ding Xiang didn't know was that Ding Zhuang gave each of his four grandchildren 20 yuan as a new year's gift. Ding Liren returned two cents to Ding Lichun, and Mrs. Zhang wrapped Ding Xiang's new year's money in red cloth and pressed it under her pillow.

Ding Xiang was awakened by the sound of firecrackers.

Hearing the surprised sounds of Ding Lichun and Ding Zhao, they knew it was midnight, so the Ding family and Xia Lizheng family set off a long string of firecrackers.

The crackling sound announces the arrival of the new year.

The next moment, Lilac fell asleep again.

Drowsily, Ding Xiang was awakened by the sound of a gong again.

"In the year of Guimao, in the month of Jiayin, on the day of Gengshen, it is the nineteenth year of celebration. Xia wishes all the folks a happy New Year! Good luck and good fortune, good weather, peace and prosperity for the country and the people..."

It was Xia Lizheng who had the loudest voice. As the leader at the lowest level, he sent New Year greetings to the people in the village in this way.

The first thing he said was the perpetual calendar, and the second thing he said was the emperor's reign.

Ding Xiang learned another piece of information. The emperor's maternal grandfather had been the emperor for nineteen years, so the year he was born was the eighteenth year of Qingguan. She couldn't remember the perpetual calendar, so from now on she would just remember the emperor's reign.

Mrs. Zhang is busy in the kitchen. She made breakfast, first put on new coarse cloth clothes for her two sons, and then put on Lilac a bright red fine cloth dress, small crotchless trousers, and a small red embroidered ruffled hat.

When he came to the main room, Ding Zhuang was wearing new clothes and sitting on the Taishi chair next to the Eight Immortals table.

Ding Zhao and Ding Chi took their wives and children to kowtow to Ding Zhuang for New Year greetings.

Ding Zhuang praised Zhang's ability, "My eldest daughter-in-law gave me a good granddaughter, Xiangxiang, last year. She respects her elders, takes care of her husband and children, and does everything well."

Zhang was very generously rewarded with a big red envelope containing one tael of silver.

He glanced at Tang, and although he was very reluctant to praise her, he still said against his will, "The second daughter-in-law is not bad. From now on, I must take good care of my second daughter and never give her money that I shouldn't."

Also gave her a red envelope.

After that, he gave each of his four grandchildren a red envelope containing twenty cash.

The three brothers Ding Lichun kowtowed to the Ding Zhao couple and the Ding Chi couple to pay New Year greetings. Ding Lichun held little Ding Xiang in his arms. The Ding Zhao brothers each took out four red envelopes containing sixteen coins and gave them to the four brothers and sisters.

Lilac's red envelope was collected by Zhang.

Before Ding Lichun put the red envelope into his arms, he said to Ding Xiang, "Brother save the money and buy flowers for my sister when her hair grows long."

After hearing this, Ding Liren made another wish, "When my sister grows up, I will buy her tofu to eat."

Ding Lilai also quickly expressed his opinion, "Buy a big elbow seven for my sister."

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