Fragrance Returned

He was hurt so deeply by his tribe that even if he retired and returned to his hometown, he would not go back to his real hometown. Instead, he would choose the place where he had only lived for a few years.

Ding Xiang asked, "What's the conflict between Tao Ju and his tribe?"

Yang Hu said, "I heard from Xia Sanzu that when Tao Juren was twelve years old, his father suddenly fell ill and died suddenly. In order to seize his family's tile-roofed house and more than 20 acres of land, his relatives framed him for stealing. They also bribed his mother. His stepmother and half-brother wanted to forcefully marry his mother, and they fled to our Beiquan Village overnight.

"The tribesmen exterminated him because he was afraid of crime and absconded. They took over his house and land. Tao Ju could not go to school, so he studied at home. When he was fifteen years old, he quietly went back to find his former husband, who knew what he was like. , and found several people to testify for him.

"The matter came to the attention of the county magistrate, and he was able to take the scientific examination. He was admitted as a scholar that year, and four years later he was admitted as a juren. When the tribesmen found out, they quickly came over and begged him to go back and be willing to return the house and land. Unable to bear the disturbance, he moved out gone……"

Tao Juren fell in love with him when he was in the village, but he never came back after moving away. The villagers still used to call him "Tao Juren".

Lilac secretly cursed. It's so abominable to eat the homeless. Those who don't have boys will eat it, and the boys who are young will eat it.

Tao Juren was tough-minded, brave and resourceful when he was young.

Ding Xiang was very excited that there was someone in the village who knew everything about the world, and she was secretly planning something.

Let’s look at Tao Juren’s character. If he is good, he will find a way to establish connections and become his disciple, and then explore the outside world.

On the evening of the fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, not long after Ding Zhao, Ding Liren, and Ding Li returned home, the courtyard door rang again.

Ding's strong voice said, "Xiangxiang, I'm back, haha."

Lilac ran out first, followed closely by the others.

Yang Hu had already opened the door, and Ding Xiang rushed forward and jumped into grandpa's arms.

Ding Lichun gave the coachman money and carried several large baskets into the house with Ding Zhao and Yang Hu.

They bought six full baskets of goodies.

Looking at their smiles, Mi Zhixiang must have sold for a good price.

There were many people in the room, so it was hard to talk about money, so Ding Lichun took everything out one by one.

Get the food out first.

Jiangnan dim sum and lotus root starch are famous all over the world. There are two big baskets full of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, poria cake, fuzi cake, honey sponge cake, sweet radish cake and various flavors of lotus root starch.

The two baskets contained seven pieces of silk and satin, two pieces of fine cloth and embroidery thread. These were materials bought for my family and relatives, and two pieces of lilac were used for business.

The two baskets contain various ornaments, pens, inks, paper, inkstones, tea and other things.

Ding Zhuang distributed the gifts. Not surprisingly, Lilac has the most stuff. There are not only food and clothing, but also a set of colorful porcelain tea sets, a blue and white porcelain vase, a kitten Suzhou embroidered table screen, and a shiny carved bronze mirror.

Grandpa spends too much money. There is no place in the countryside where such valuable things can be used.

Ding Xiang still smiled and expressed her gratitude.

Ding Zhuang sorted out the gifts for relatives and friends, and the best gifts were for Sanfang and his two children. A silver collar and a small silver lock for Ding Siniu, and two pieces of beautiful silk for Ding Zhen.

They also talked about the prosperity of Jiangnan, where the houses and scenery looked like paintings...

After eating and drinking, Ding Zhuang asked Zhang and Ding Lichun to send gifts to the first and third bedrooms, while Ding Liren and Ding Li came to give gifts to the villagers with whom they had good relations.

Ding Zhao and Ding Xiang were the only ones left in the room. Ding Zhuang took out a thick stack of banknotes and smiled so hard that his eyes were gone.

"Hehe, both honey-fat fragrances are of the highest quality. The red one is heavier and sold for 7,600 taels of silver. The brown one is lighter and sold for 7,000 taels of silver."

Lilac was mentally prepared. The products produced by Ji Toufeng must be of the highest quality.

Ding Zhao's little eyes were as wide as two tubes, "Aren't they just two black sticks with incense, and they were sold for 14,600 taels of silver at once?"

He knew that the Honey Butter Fragrance was worth a lot of money, but it still felt unreal to him that it had actually been sold for so much.

Ding Zhuang smiled and said, "There are still fake ones. They make them into finished products and sell them more expensively. Hehe, when the shopkeeper of Qingfangzhai saw our honey balsam, he opened his mouth for a long time before closing it, and quickly invited his boss. Qingfangzhai mainly sells ambergris and musk. This is the first time I have received such a good amount of honey and balsam.

"Those few are smart people. They didn't ask us where we were from or where we got so much honey. They just wanted us to have this good stuff in the future and sell it to them. They would never lower the price. The owner was happy and gave it to us. He gave us a small incense burner with a copper base and jade cover, and this incense burner will be given to the county magistrate."

Ding Zhao rubbed his hands and smiled, "I will sell the rest to Qingfangzhai."

Ding Xiang feels the same way. I didn't dare to sell more of them before because I was afraid of encountering shady stores. If you follow the path like this, I will sell two more next year. Fortunately, the honey balm is from yin wood and has no shelf life.

Ding Zhuang said again, "I spent more than 500 taels of silver on shopping, and used some more, and there are still 14,000 taels left. I will keep four thousand taels, and first go to the pawn shop to redeem An An's jade bracelet.

"The jade bracelet was pawned at the beginning, and I always thought about earning money to redeem it later. I pawned 420 taels of silver, plus 42 taels of delinquency every year, and the interest compounded. I could never save that amount... …”

His face darkened, he got up and went to the bedroom, where he took out a yellow note. He slowly opened the note, and the folded area was already cracked, and tears welled up in his eyes.

"I thought I would only have this piece of paper with me in this life, but I never imagined that I would get so much money. It's God's will. This year happens to be the twenty-fifth year. It's the last year of my life, and I can actually redeem the bracelet. . It must be the spirit in heaven that protects Xiangxiang..."

Ding Zhao and others thought that Ding Zhuang had sold the bracelet, but they didn't expect that it was a pawn.

Ding Zhao smiled and said, "If this is the best, dad will redeem it tomorrow. If four thousand taels are not enough to add more, I will redeem it no matter how much it costs."

Ding Zhuang said, "I go to the pawn shop every year to remind them to keep that bracelet and wait for me to redeem it. Chaofeng and the clerk changed one after another, and they agreed on their faces, but I know that in their hearts Call me retarded. The longer time passes,

"The more expensive the ransom is. Many years ago, the ransom amount exceeded the price of the jade bracelet itself. It would be a fool to redeem it again. At the beginning of this year, I went to the pawn shop again. The court said that this is the last year. If I can't redeem it by the end of the year, they will deal with it. .

"If it were redeemed, the total would be two thousand eight hundred and sixty-six taels of silver. How could they know that the jade bracelet is a priceless treasure to me. In order to raise Zhaozi well, I couldn't pawn it."

What he didn't say was that he took out the jade bracelet because there was a more precious jade pendant as a souvenir. I still thought that if Dong Yihe didn't come, I would have the jade pendant as a reminder. If Dong Yihe came to find him, he would hand over the jade pendant and not have enough money to redeem the jade bracelet, so he would ask Dong Yihe to borrow some...