Fragrance Returned

The housekeeper of this house is Bai Zihua, and the Ding family absolutely trusts the person Zhu Qian gave them.

The role of housekeeper is temporary. In the future, he will be responsible for the Ding family's property outside the home. He was previously the shopkeeper of Zhu's shop.

Bai Xian worked as a servant for Ding Lichun, and when Ding Lichun became an official, he would become his personal soldier.

The head of the Bai Zihua family is mainly responsible for cleaning up the yard.

He Cong does the menial work and doorkeeping at home, He Cong's family is mainly responsible for cooking, and He Hui serves Zhang and others. From now on, He Hui will follow Zhang back to the countryside.

The Ding family doesn't need so many servants now, but they will definitely need them in the future.

The front yard of Ding's house is a large courtyard. In the front is a landscape jade carved with landscape paintings. In the middle is a rockery, four large trees with leafy branches, and flowers and plants planted around it. The main room consists of the main hall and side halls, the east and west wing rooms are temporarily empty, and the opposite ones are the concierge and warehouse.

There is a moon gate on the east side of the front yard. In the past, there were two small yards at the front and back, called the east front yard and the east back yard. Ding Zhuang and Ding Lichun lived in the east front yard, while Ding Liren and Ding Lilai lived in the east back yard.

There is also a small gate on the west side, which leads to two courtyards. The west front yard is the kitchen and miscellaneous room, and the west back yard is where the Bai family and the He family live.

Bai Zihua still has his own home, and he stays there most of the time at night.

These courtyards form the outer courtyard.

There is a hanging flower door on the east side of the back wall of the outer courtyard, which is the second door. Passing through it is the inner courtyard.

The inner courtyard consists of three courtyards, gardens and ponds.

The courtyard in the middle is larger and is a three-sided courtyard, the main courtyard. The courtyard is full of flowers, where Ding Zhao and Zhang live.

The two small courtyards on the left and right have three rooms in the front and two rooms in the back. The courtyard on the left is where Ding Lichun will live in the future, because there is a bamboo forest on the left side of the courtyard, which is called the Cuiyuan.

Lilac lives in the yard on the right. Because there is a circle of roses planted under the wall, it is called Rose Garden. Ivy climbs all over the courtyard wall, but the flowering season has passed.

The first three huts are one light and two dark. They are not large and have exquisite furnishings. The furniture has less carvings and more paintings.

The east room is Lilac's bedroom, with a carved canopy bed, a light blue gauze hanging, and a large oval glass mirror on the dressing table. There are more than a dozen sets of clothes in the wardrobe, both inside and outside. They were brought out by the embroiderer of the Zhu family in the past ten days.

Ling'er ran to the mirror and looked at it for a long time. She was extremely curious.

The west room is a small study room. The small bookcase is filled with books. These books are all newly bought and have a nice smell of ink. Most of them are poems and songs, as well as some enlightenment books and a few story books suitable for little girls.

There is a back door in the hall, which leads to the backyard, with two lilac trees in full bloom. It's a pity that the flowering period has passed, and the trees will be full of purple in spring and summer next year.

It was fate that a lilac tree was planted in her backyard.

Behind the lilac trees are two cabins.

There is a large wooden barrel in one room and a small stove next to it, which can be used for bathing and boiling water and meals. A servant's room, where Ling'er's personal belongings are placed, and she will set up a floor bunk in the hall to accompany Ding Xiang.

Behind the three yards are gardens and ponds, and there is a small pavilion in the garden.

Most of the lotus flowers in the pond have faded.

There are also two rooms against the back wall, where the mother-in-law stays overnight.

This home is as beautiful as a garden.

Ding Xiang was even more certain that this was the Zhu family's villa before.

Not only every room has been tidied up, but daily necessities such as candles, window screens, oil, salt, and rice are also piled up in the warehouse.

Several members of the Ding family sighed that the Zhu family was interested.

Mrs. Zhang even muttered while watching, "It's too rich and expensive..."

After the visit, Ding Zhao and Zhang took several servants to prepare for tomorrow's banquet.

Ding Lichun took Ding Xiang and Ling'er to go shopping in a carriage, with Bai Xian driving the carriage.

Their area was located in the north of Jiaozhou City, and the carriage drove south toward the city.

First, we went to eat at Mantingxiang Restaurant, which Ding Lichun always recommended.

Although Ding Lichun was a big-time soldier, he had money and ordered some of the restaurant's signature dishes. I also ordered four dishes for Bai Xian and Ling'er at the other table.

After dinner, she went to the study room, the ink room, and the embroidery workshop. Ding Xiang used her private money to buy gifts for her two brothers and their friends.

The embroidery workshop I went to was the top Yalan Embroidery Workshop in Jiaozhou.

There are also buckles sold here, which are very exquisite, but the price is much cheaper than Jiulu Zhixiu Pavilion.

This is the brand effect.

There are also cloths and trinkets from Goryeo and Fuso.

Ding Xiang was rich and knew that her family was not short of money, so she bought a lot of embroidery products, the most common of which were small Korean cloth and Fusang cloth dolls.

Ling'er can't stand the bold shopping style.

She whispered, "Sister, it's so expensive, buy less."

"My father gave me personal money."

"If you spend money like this, it will all be spent in a few seconds."

"After you've spent it, you can take care of grandpa."

Ding Lichun said boldly, "My sister is not afraid of running out of money. After spending it, my brother will give it to me."

Ling'er had to shut up.

Next to Lanya Embroidery Shop, there is a Xincai gouache shop that sells rouge and gouache.

Ding Xiang wanted to buy some good cosmetics for Mrs. Zhang, Aunt Qian and Ding Shuniang, as well as some skin care products for herself and Ding Zhen.

Men don't like shopping at those things, so Ding Lichun and Bai Xian stood at the door and watched them.

Lilac was picking it up with his head lowered when two little girls came over.

A little girl's voice drifted over, "Yesterday I went to the Lu Mansion, and Lu... her eyes were red, and she cried when she saw her."

Another little girl's voice said, "What's wrong with her?"

This voice is particularly familiar.

Although their voices were not loud, Ding Xiang could hear them clearly and quickly lowered her head.

The first girl said, "I asked her but she wouldn't tell." Her voice became even lower, "I would know even if I didn't tell her, she is dissatisfied with that marriage. No matter how she comes from that family, she won't have a good future. . She is good-looking, well-born, and has a high spirit. Many young ladies are laughing at her. Do you think she is willing?"

A familiar voice said, "As expected, I was still wondering why her father fell in love with that person..."

An older girl behind reminded, "Big girl."

The familiar voice sounded unhappy, "Don't gossip when you go home. If word gets out, I won't be able to spare you."

The two little girls shut their mouths and led the girl towards the stairs.

A familiar voice came again, "Sister Wang San, a small businessman came to my house that day, and he was even more impressive than a lady from an official family."

"Who is it..."

The sound drifted away.

Lilac raised her head.

Even from the back, Ding Xiang could tell that one of them was Sun Mingjing.

The other little girl was half a head taller than her.

Needless to say, the "small merchant" must refer to myself. Do I have enough style?

Think about it: I and Sun Mingjing's aunt are sitting on the Arhat bed, but Sun Mingjing can only sit on the side seat.

She must have felt that she had taken the place of the official lady.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there is Sun Mingjing, there is right and wrong.

The little girl is only nine years old, why is she so busy?

Lilac hated that little girl even more.

I don’t know who the other little girl named Wang is.

It really complied with the saying "People are divided into groups". If the girl hadn't stopped her, I don't know what else she would have said.