Fragrance Returned

Ding Zhuang's eyes lit up and he laughed a few times with joy. It will be a lifetime pain for his son not to take the imperial examination. If he "enters the officialdom" in this way, it will be regarded as fulfilling An An's last wish.

Ding Zhao added, "What my cousin means is that if anyone comes from the capital, they must arrange for Xiangxiang to leave first, and they must not be seen."

Ding Zhuang said, "This is natural."

Ding Xiang is not only happy for the future Ding family, but also happy for Zhu Zhan. Such a good boy deserves a better girl. It's just that he turned twenty years old, which was considered an older leftover man in ancient times.

In the next few days, the Ding family went to Qian's home, Guo Shoubei's home, and He County Magistrate's home in the county to deliver New Year gifts.

I also gave New Year gifts to the Tao family. A pair of glass vases, a brocade winter coat each for the old couple, a pair of cotton trousers each, eight pairs of buckles, and eight boxes of home-made snacks.

Ding Zhao took the three brothers and sisters to deliver it.

The Tao family also gave the Ding family a new year's gift for their second bedroom, a basket of oranges, three sets of four treasures for the study, four boxes of Beijing candy, and four bottles of sherbet.

Sun Yumu came to send it.

Citrus is a rare fruit in the north, and many people have never even seen it.

Ding Zhuang not only sent a few to relatives and friends in the village, but also specially sent a few to Qian's family and Ding Shu's family in the county.

On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, Lilac, like students in other colleges and private schools, took a long vacation, and school would not start until the twentieth day of the first lunar month next year.

This year, the Ding family has had the richest year.

Not abundance, but affluence.

The master wears brocade and the slave wears silk. There were chicken, duck, fish and seafood on the table, endless fireworks and firecrackers were set off, and the trees on the porch were hung with colorful lanterns.

This year’s New Year’s Eve is the happiest night for people in Beiquan Village.

Firecrackers sounded one after another in the second room of the Ding family and the Tao family, and fireworks were bright over the two courtyards.

Not only did the villagers from my own village come out to watch the fun, but even the villagers from several nearby villages came to see it, feeling that it was as lively as the county town.

At the end of Xu Shi, Ding Xiang was so "sleepy" that she couldn't open her eyes and went back to her house to rest.

The woman might not be sleeping at this time. It's too late, what are you looking at in the dark?

Ding Xiang locked the door and took out the portrait of Li's mother and the information written in Pinyin from the cabinet.

Since she was one and a half years old, she drew and wrote these things. She revised the draft three times and read it several times every year.

Finally, she stared at the portrait of Mother Li for a long time.

In the past nearly eight years, I wonder what has become of this evil slave and whether he is still alive.

I hope the rainy time doesn't count and she can dream again.

Lilac was running back and forth in the room.

Feifei liked this action of her little master the most and happily got into the tent.

I sweat more and more and the aroma becomes stronger and stronger.

Today is New Year's Eve, so we keep the lights on all night long, looking forward to a prosperous new year.

Ding Xiang opened the tent and lay down on the bed.

After a while, Ding Xiang's eyes widened, and the sky was filled with stars, with mountains stretching out in the starlight.

The camera slowly slides down, and the hillside is full of greenery, with many simple stilted buildings dotted around it.

The camera continued to move forward and saw three people sitting on the floor in the building, two men and one woman, with several large piles of money piled in the middle.

The woman was stringing money, and the small oil lamp in front of her illuminated her face.

The woman wears batik blue cloth clothes, not the Dali style, with many patches sewn on. There is a piece of cloth wrapped around the head, revealing a braid.

He is probably in his fifties, extremely thin, with dark complexion and wrinkles on his face. The eyebrows are extremely sparse, and the mole at the end of the left eyebrow appears larger and darker.

Even though she turned to ashes, Lilac recognized her as Mother Li.

Mother Li's actual age should be in her early thirties. Even if Ding Xiang no longer wanted to see her and no longer thought her face was repulsive, he still had to admit that she was actually good-looking, fair and delicate.

But it is difficult to connect this old woman with the little woman in the impression and painting.

Getting old too fast.

The woman strung up the money and handed it to the man. The man seemed to think it was too little, so he cursed and slapped the woman twice on the head. Ding Xiang also dreamed about this man, the man who took the boat with Mother Li last time.

The other man was fourteen or five years old, dark and thin, and he should be their eldest son. I didn't see my younger son. I don't know if he happened to be away or if he was dead.

The two stood up with the money and got off the stilted building.

The camera follows them down the mountain.

There is a courtyard at the foot of the mountain. The walls are made of wood with tile roofs, and the courtyard gate is a wooden fence, which is very high and the wooden door is thick and strong. Even in her dream, Ding Xiang could tell that this courtyard should be the home of a big landowner or a rich man, or even the home of a leader.

They go to that house to pay back the money or hand over the money.

The man knocked on the courtyard door a few times, the door opened, and Lilac woke up automatically.

Half an hour is up.

Lilac was very happy.

Mother Li is still alive. The place where she is seems to be somewhere in Zhongnan Province, the southernmost part of Dali, and it is possible that she has already crossed the boundary of Dali.

The Central South Province of this era was Yunnan in the previous life, and also included part of Guiyang. There are many ethnic minorities, people here call them Nanyi.

When Mrs. Li was escaping, she passed by a mountain with a large reclining Buddha and asked about it later.

Her life is difficult now and her health is not good. She wonders if she can survive until the day when she can be used.

Ding Xiang followed Zhang's example and chanted the Buddha's name, "Amitabha, I hope she lives."

Lilac went back to sleep.

In the middle of the night, the sound of firecrackers outside the window continued for a long time, and the laughter of Ding Zhao, Ding Liren, Ding Lilai and several male servants came in from time to time.

Ding Xiang twisted around and fell asleep again.

At Mao hour the next day, several gongs and Xia Lizheng's voice woke Ding Xiang up.

"In the twenty-sixth year of the celebration, Dali is prosperous, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and the weather is good..."

The gong sound was still loud, and Xia Lizheng's energy was no longer as strong as before.

Ding Xiang opened her eyes. The candlelight outside the purple tent was still on, and the tent was filled with dark red. Feifei was also awakened. It shrank its neck and continued to sleep.

In the twenty-sixth year of Qingguan, it was the eighth year since I left the capital, and it was also the eighth year since I left that world.

time flies.

Ding Xiang couldn't sleep, lying on the bed recalling the past. It was probably something that happened in her previous life, and she hadn't thought about it for a long time.

I don’t know if that disease is under control...

At the beginning of the morning, Zhang and Ling'er came in to tidy up Ding Xiang.

I paid New Year greetings to my grandpa and received the red envelope. I also wish my parents a happy New Year and receive red envelopes.

While eating, I heard Ding Liren and Ding Lilai discussing about going to Jiaozhou.

The school had a long holiday, and they wanted to go to Jiaozhou to see their eldest brother and the ship, as well as their new house.

The two children are grown up, and Ding Zhao also wants them to go out and have a long experience. Qin Zhen got married on February 12th. He and his father were busy with "Baotie" matters and had no time to congratulate her, so they just let their two children send the congratulatory gifts.

I left in the third grade of junior high school and came back before school started. I was able to stay in Jiaozhou for nearly ten days.

Li Maigao was worried about sending them off alone. He had already agreed with Ding Erfu that the second rich man would send them there and then bring them back.

Ding Erfu is not only good at martial arts and smart, he is also a former escort and can deal with emergencies on the road. For this reason, Ding Zhao gave Dafang ten taels of silver.