Fragrance Returned

Screams circled in the sky, and Beiquan Village suddenly became lively.

The barking of dogs, the croaking of chickens, ducks and geese, and the cries of people mixed together, making it very scary in the middle of the night.

"What's wrong, what's wrong, there's a ghost somewhere..."

"Ghost, it's gone to shopkeeper Ding's house."

Heiwa didn't want to bark at first, but when he heard so much noise, he stood up and started barking.

Ding Xiang was scared to death. As soon as she landed on the ground, she quickly untied her belt, opened the east compartment door, and ran into the house dragging her flight bag.

Ding Zhuang had already opened the window and looked at the little figure in surprise.

Ding Zhao and Zhang also rushed out of the north room and blocked Ding Xiang in the hall.

The big white hood shocked them all, and Mrs. Zhang screamed.

Ding Zhao walked over and took off his hood, it wasn't Ding Xiang or someone else.

Ding Zhao had a gloomy face, picked up Ding Xiang and threw her to the south room, closing the door. He blocked Feifei with his feet to prevent it from entering the house, picked it up and walked out of the east chamber, then closed the door of the east chamber.

Yang Hu and his wife, Ding Liren and Ding Lilai all ran out.

"what happened?"

"Where is the ghost?"

Someone outside was shouting again:

"Li Gui has entered shopkeeper Ding's house, take a torch and go have a look."

"Hurry up and ask shopkeeper Ding to kill chickens and dogs, and let the blood of chickens and dogs go out."

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Many people ran out, and the brave ones came to Ding's house and knocked on the door.

"Shopkeeper Ding, check to see if there is anything unclean in your house."

Dingshan also ran over, "Second brother, are your family okay? Kill a chicken quickly and ask a Taoist priest to do the ritual tomorrow."

Ding Zhao and Ding Zhuang looked at each other and walked over to open the courtyard door.

Ding Zhao smiled sheepishly and said, "Sorry for disturbing all the neighbors. It's my Feifei who didn't play enough during the day, so he flew over the yard with a basket in his mouth at night."

He pointed to Feifei and the basket in the yard.

The brown basket glowed white under the starlight.

Feifei was unhappy and howled at them with his mouth wide open, "Quack, quack, quack..."

The man who saw the "ghost" got up and went to the latrine in the middle of the night. He saw two objects floating in the sky above the Ding family yard and screamed in fright.

Because of fear, he couldn't see clearly. He scratched his head and said, "I seem to see a big white face."

Ding Zhao pointed at the basket and said, "The basket is swinging around, and it doesn't look like a big face."

The man looked at the leopard eagle and then at the basket, and it seemed that it was them.

He said angrily, "Old shopkeeper Ding, shopkeeper Ding, you are going to scare people to death in the middle of the night. Fortunately, I have finished shitting, otherwise the shit would be in my crotch."

Everyone laughed a few times and went home. Everyone was angry because of this commotion in the middle of the night, but they didn't dare to do anything to Ding Zhuang and his son.

They all know that the second and third children of the Ding family like to let the leopard eagle carry them and fly them around.

Ding Xiang knew that she was in trouble, so she stood quietly in the room.

Ding Zhuang and Ding Zhao walked into the east chamber. Zhang wanted to follow them, but Ding Zhuang said, "We have something to do. You take the two boys to bed."

Shut Zhang and Feifei outside the east chamber door.

Ding Liren and Ding Lilai were still standing in the yard, but Zhang took them away. Yang Hu and his wife also returned to their house.

Feifei was very unhappy and pecked the door hard with her pointed beak.

Ding Zhuang and Ding Zhao walked into the south room, and Ding Zhao lit the oil lamp.

The room immediately became brighter, and Lilac stood in the center of the room. Next to him were a flight bag, a torch, a hood, a few sticks of honey balm, a green stone, a large ginseng, and a clod of earth.

Ding Zhuang understood somewhat, and asked with a serious face, "Did Feifei take you into the mountains to chop Mi Zhi Xiang back?"

Ding Xiang's drooped little head nodded and whispered "Hmm".

Ding Zhuang asked again, "Did Feifei take you to the mountains to pick Ganoderma lucidum, apples, and apple branches?"

Lilac raised her head, her eyes filled with tears, she puffed her nose and said, "Xiangxiang didn't want grandpa to die. She thought apples would bring peace to her, so she asked Feifei to take me to pick red apples when we were at grandpa's house. Feifei really did. I went to the mountains, where there were red apples and Ganoderma lucidum that can cure diseases, so I picked them back. I was afraid that my grandpa and dad would be worried, so I didn’t dare to tell the truth.”

After saying that, he lowered his head and twisted his little dirty fingers covered with mud.

Ding Zhuang was angry, scared and distressed. He suppressed his anger and asked, "How many times have you been there in total?"

"Including this time, I've been there three times in total. I didn't know Meizhixiang at first, but after reading a book in the study, I remembered that I had seen it in the mountains. I want to make more money to open a shop, and I want my family to live a good life, and I don't want my grandfather to It was too hard. I asked Feifei to take me there once on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year and brought back three sticks. I went again today and you all saw these things."

Ding Zhao said angrily, "Do you know how dangerous it is to let an eagle take you into the mountains? If Feifei's mouth is not bitten, you will fall down, and you will be eaten by wild animals if you don't fall to death. If it If I take you into the mountains and don't come out, you will starve to death unless you are eaten by wild animals..."

Ding Zhuang suppressed his voice and roared at Ding Zhao, "You also know that you will die, why don't you take good care of the child? The child is young and ignorant, how can a person of your age be ignorant? The child lives opposite you, you are How do you look at her!"

"Dad, I..." Ding Zhao was speechless.

Ding Zhuang's big palm suddenly lifted up, and Ding Xiang closed her eyes in fright.

There was a crisp sound of "pop", and the slap did not fall on Ding Xiang, but on Ding Zhao's face. Ding Zhuang picked up a stool and hit Ding Zhao.

"You damn near killed Xiangxiang, I have to beat you to death today."

Ding Xiang cried "Wow", "Grandpa, don't hit daddy, it's my fault..."

The stool in Ding Zhuang's hand continued to hit Ding Zhao hard.

Ding Xiang screamed and hugged Ding Zhuang's leg, "Grandpa, it's my fault, don't hit daddy..."

Ding Zhuang was afraid of hurting Ding Xiang, so he put down his stool, kept his legs still, and slapped Ding Zhao hard on his face and head.

Ding Zhao was beaten until his head was hung up and his nose was bleeding. He didn't even dare to hide and just stood there stunned while being beaten.

When Mrs. Zhang, Ding Liren and Ding Lilai heard this, they all came to bang on the door and cry for help.

"Dad, please don't be angry, please speak up if you have anything to say..."

"Grandpa, please don't hit..."

Feifei was even more unhappy, and screamed "Ouch", pecking the door harder with its big beak, and it had already made countless small holes in the door.

Ding Xiang knelt down and hugged Ding Zhuang's legs and screamed, crying until she hiccupped and her little face turned purple.

Ding Zhuang beat for a full quarter of an hour before stopping, holding Ding Xiang and sitting on the couch to sulk.

He was so angry that the veins on his forehead bulged and his hands kept shaking. Although he was touched by Xiangxiang's filial piety towards him, he would rather die than Dingxiang take that risk.

Let the leopard and eagle take her to the mountains, she can't think of it!

This kid is smart, but too courageous. If we don’t educate ourselves well, we don’t know what kind of trouble we will get into in the future.

Ding Xiang hugged him and cried, "Grandpa, I won't dare to go again next time. Don't be angry..." Then she said weakly, "Uncle Wu said that I am very prosperous. I'm fine."