Fragrance Returned

After lunch, Ding Xiang wanted to have a "sweet dream" while Mrs. Zhang was not around.

She doesn't like to do it at night, when others are sleeping, so it's of no use.

This time she wanted to dream about Ding Lichun. She missed her elder brother and wanted to see the sea and the ancient navy.

I hope my eldest brother is on the warship at this time.

After sending Ling'er away, she closed the doors and windows, drank two cups of hot tea, and jumped a few times in the room. She was sweating, and a faint fragrance floated in the room.

As soon as Ding Xiang lay down on the bed, there was a burst of thunder and lightning, and heavy rain poured down.

The doors and windows were closed tightly, but the room was still stuffy.

In the delicate fragrance, Lilac gradually fell asleep.

When she woke up, she found that she had not dreamed and was still sleeping soundly.

The aroma is still lingering and extremely strong.

How strange! Did that golden finger suddenly disappear again?

Ding Xiang stood up and opened the small window a crack, looking at the water curtain outside and wondering what went wrong.

That time I dreamed that my eldest brother was in the capital when it was raining lightly. The people and objects in the dream were very blurry, as if they were separated by a veil. Then I think about the fact that I dreamed about Mother Li and Ding Chi in the winter, but I have tried to dream about it several times in the summer but never dreamed...

She had another guess: rainy days would block the people or things she wanted to dream about.

Mother Li and Ding Chi live in the south, where it rains a lot in summer. It happened to be raining when I dreamed about them, so I couldn't dream about them. Today, she was enveloped in heavy rain, so everyone and everything outside was cut off.

This should be.

If you want to know about Ding Chi and Li's mother in the future, it's best to "dream" in winter.

Although I did not dream of Ding Lichun as I wished, I still made a new discovery.

The heavy rain stopped within two hours.

In the evening, Ding Liren and Ding Li came back first, and Ding Zhuang and Ding Zhao went home when it was getting dark.

Ding Xiang diligently handed over the wet handkerchief and the cold sour plum soup.

"It's specially made for me and dad to dry. It has a lot of sugar in it."

Sour plum soup is sweet, and their hearts are sweeter.

Ding Xiang said, "Tao Juren is moving here, and we will have a flowing feast the day after tomorrow."

They've heard about it.

Ding Zhuang said, "The flowing water banquet sounds lively. Those things are so delicious that you won't like to eat them."

"Then I want to eat too."

"Okay, go with your mother."

"Grandpa and daddy don't want to eat?"

Ding Zhuang shook his head and said, "We are very busy."

Although Ding Zhuang also wanted to have a good relationship with Tao Juren, he was unwilling to think that Xia Yuanwai would shamelessly go to Tao's house to eat while he had a flowing banquet with the villagers in the village.

He is not strong enough to do anything lower than Xia Yuanwai.

Ding Lilai wanted to have a flowing banquet and didn't want to go to school. "Both Xia Wenguan and Jiang Li said they would ask for leave from their husbands."

Ding Zhuang bulged his eyes and cursed, "What's wrong with you? I don't even want to go to school just for a few bites of food. I'm looking for a beating."

Ding Lilai pursed his lips and dared not speak.

Ding Liren said, "Although I have never had a flowing banquet, I know it won't be delicious. Think about the food in a private school. It's hard for only about 20 people to eat. There are more than 600 people in the village. It's hard to cook food for so many people." Will it taste delicious when it comes out?”

Ding Xiangkuan explained, "Aunt Li is going to help with the cooking. I will ask her to bring a bowl of the most delicious food back to you."

Ding Li Laifang laughed, he wanted to eat no matter what kind of banquet he had.

It is his sister who understands his heart best.

When Zhang came back in the afternoon of the next day, she happily told Ding Xiang about her trip to the Zhang family.

She met Zhang Dabao who was coming to Beiquan Village on the way.

Zhang Dabao said that when he got home yesterday, Mr. Liu told Mr. Zhang about Mr. Yu's quarrel with Ding Xiang.

Mrs. Liu was furious. She knew that her sister-in-law was very strong and her husband's family always wanted to be first in everything, but why should she go to the Ding family to fight for first place?

Zhang Laozhang and Zhang Dabao were very angry after hearing this, and cursed Mr. Yu for being ignorant.

Yu didn't think she was wrong, but she thought Dingxiang didn't distinguish between far and near, didn't remember feelings, and looked down on the people in the mountains. She occupies two rooms by herself, and she doesn't even mention inviting her cousin to live in her room. When Ding Xiang came to the Zhang family, the Zhang family gave her the best...

Ding Laozhang spat, "You are just a lump of dirt in the mountains, and you still want people to treat you like a flower? You ask Zhi Niang for everything. Your son-in-law Zhi Niang has helped us so much, and you still dare to treat her daughter so cruelly?" Pick your nose and raise your eyes. Xiangxiang is the precious egg of the Ding family. If you offend her, you will offend your son-in-law and his whole family, and Zhi Niang will be implicated..."

Zhang Dabao was so angry that he moved his hands directly.

Early this morning, Zhang Laozhang asked Zhang Dabao to come to Ding's house to apologize.

Hearing that Mr. Ding's relatives didn't know about this, Zhang Dabao breathed a sigh of relief, and the brother and sister went to Liuwa Village together.

"Your uncle and Mrs. Yu apologized to me and said they would never dare to do it again next time. Don't be angry, Xiangxiang..."

An insignificant person, Ding Xiang would not stay angry with him and squeezed into Zhang's arms to act coquettishly for a long time.

On the seventh day of June, while Ding Xiang was still sleeping, there was noise outside and the villagers began to prepare a flowing feast. The people who had borrowed tables and benches moved their things out, and many women rushed to Xia Lizheng's house and Xia Yuan's wife's house to help with the work.

Except for the men of Ding Zhuang's family who continue to go to work and school, everyone else is waiting in the village to have a flowing feast.

At the beginning of noon, someone shouted excitedly, "Master Tao has gone to the Tao family yard, and Xia Yuanwai, Xia Lizheng, Xia Laozu, and Jiang Tofu went to greet him..."

All the respectable people in Beiquan Village went to the door of Tao's house to welcome Tao Juren's arrival.

When the flowing banquet started, Yang Hu and Yang Hu's family took the lead in occupying two good positions. It's under the tree, it's shady, and it's close to Xia Lizheng's house. The food is served to these tables first.

Of course it is not for them to eat, but for the master to occupy. They wait until the master finishes eating before eating.

Xie and Ding Zhen were also sitting at this table.

Mrs. Zhang had just walked over with Ding Xiang in hand when she saw Jiang Tofu running over sweating profusely.

He said to Mrs. Zhang, "Did the old shopkeeper go to the iron workshop again? Tao Weng personally invited him by name to go to Tao's house for a drink. Please ask someone to call him back quickly. We will wait for him."

"Tao Weng, who is Tao Weng?" someone asked first.

Jiang Doufu said, "Tao Weng is Master Tao. He doesn't like people calling him Master, Old Master, Juren, etc. If he says he has become an official, he is just an old man from the countryside. Just call him Tao Weng."

Both Zhang and Ding Xiang were very happy that Ding Zhuang was treated differently.

Mrs. Zhang quickly asked Yang Hu to go to "Baotie" to call Ding Zhuang.

Yang Hu agreed and ran away amidst the envy of everyone.

Another person asked Jiang Tofu, "Do you know what official Tao Weng was before?"

Jiang Tofu said, "If Tao Weng doesn't take the initiative to tell us, how can we dare to ask?"

After saying that, he hurriedly ran back.

There are nine large bowls of flowing water banquet, five meat dishes and four vegetarian dishes. The ones with oil and residue are also considered meat dishes. Almost all dishes are cooked rather than stir-fried.

When Ding Xiang came to Lao Ding's house, she never treated her badly. These dishes were not delicious at all.

Mrs. Zhang knew she wouldn't like it, so she put some potatoes and roasted duck in her bowl.

When the pork belly with pickled vegetables arrived, Ding Xiang looked over and Mrs. Zhang gave her two more pieces of fat and thin pork belly.

This dish is not bad.

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