Fragrance Returned

Ding Lilai glanced at Ding Xiang with embarrassment and said apologetically, "My second brother and I want to take my sister with us, but my father and second uncle don't agree. What should I do?"

Ding Liren said, "Whatever my sister likes, we will bring it back to you."

Ding Xiang is not a real little loli and doesn't envy them going out to play at all.

Said, "No need to buy anything, I don't lack anything. Take my letter to my eldest brother, uncle, aunt, and eldest brother Zhu, and then help me look at the fairy shell."

After the meal, Ding Zhao took Ding Liren to the county to pay New Year's greetings, while Ding Lilai and Yang Hu went to the village to pay New Year's greetings.

Ding Xiang went to Tao Zhai to pay New Year greetings to the old couple, kowtowed to them, and received two red envelopes containing golden melon seeds.

Sun Yumu specially went to the village to pay Ding Zhuang New Year greetings, which made Ding Zhuang happy and proud.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, I went back to my parents' home. This year, only Zhang and Ding Zhao went back. Along with them were Zhang Yu, Xia Dahe and their son Xia Xi.

Ding Liren will leave early tomorrow morning and cannot go back. Ding Zhuang did not allow Ding Xiang to go, saying that the mountain roads were difficult to walk in winter.

Ding Xiang really wanted to go to Liuwa Village. She hadn't seen Jitou Peak for a long time. But it was really not easy to climb Nanfu Mountain in the winter, so she gave up her thoughts.

Ding Xiang got up and Ding Zhao and his wife had left.

At the end of Chen Shi, Tang Yuan personally came to pick up Ding Li to spend a day at Tang's house.

Now the Tang family really wants to ease their relationship with the Ding family, but the Ding family is unwilling to let them have a close relationship.

Don't accept big gifts, don't go to Lao Tang's house to treat guests. For Mrs. Tang's sake, she won't stop Ding Li from interacting with the Tang family.

This time Tangyuan brought many heavy gifts, and also invited the Ding family to spend a day with the Tang family on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year.

Ding Zhuang doesn't accept the gift and doesn't go.

Tang Yuan blushed and bowed and said, "Uncle Ding, for Li Lai's sake, please don't be angry. We did something wrong in that matter, and my father regrets it every day."

Ding Zhuang snorted coldly, "If my family still owes money, will your father regret it? Not only will he not regret it, he will hide away. I, Ding Zhuang, have many problems, but speaking of the word 'righteousness', there is no 'righteousness'. 'I don't want to make friends with anyone."

Before they knew that Jiaozipu's target was Dingxiang, the Tang family could save the Ding family from disaster by borrowing some money. But except for Mrs. Tang, they all stood by and did not lend a penny.

Dingshan spent all his family savings, and the Zhang family even spent the two taels of silver needed to marry their daughter-in-law. This love will be remembered by the Ding family for a lifetime.

Not only did the Tang family hate Ding Chi for taking away the Tang family, they also didn't even look at the Ding family who was a blacksmith. Now that the Ding family has grown up and wants to move around as in-laws, how can it be such a good thing?

Except for Mrs. Tang, there is no need to have close friendship with anyone else in the Tang family.

Tang Yuan winked at Ding Lilai again.

Ding Lilai pleaded with red eyes, "Sir, my grandpa really regrets it..."

Ding Zhuang said impatiently, "Go, go, stop interfering in adults' affairs. If you talk too much, you won't be allowed to come back to Old Tang's house."

Tang Yuan had no choice but to take Ding Li back home.

The Ding family prepared a pound of dried sea cucumber for Mrs. Tang, and Ding Lilai used his private money to buy a bag of sugar in the town.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Ding Xiang and Ding Zhuang sent the two young boys away and watched the mule cart disappear at the entrance of the village.

When she turned around, she discovered that Feifei was gone, and Dingxiang guessed that it had gone to Tao's house.

The house suddenly became quiet.

Ding Xiang had nothing to do, so she took out the incense tools given to her by Mrs. Zhu and sat in the small study to smoke incense.

No matter the incense or tea ceremony, you should have peace of mind and calmness.

A few wisps of green smoke floated out, and the aroma was rich.

Ding Xiang closed her eyes, feeling the satisfaction that the fragrance brought to her.

Suddenly the voices of Ding Zhuang and Sun Yumu came from outside.

There was a small door in the small study that opened into the courtyard alone. Ding Xiang opened the small door and walked out.

Sun Yumu came to play with Feifei.

Ding Xiang said, "I thought Feifei went to your house. It didn't go, it must have gone back to the mountains."

"When can you come back?"

"I don't know. Sometimes it goes out to play and comes back one night, and sometimes it goes out for a month and doesn't come back."

Sun Yumu was a little anxious, "I'll leave the day after tomorrow. I don't know if it will come back."

Ding Xiang looked helpless, which disappointed Sun Yumu.

Ding Zhuang knew that Sun Yumu didn't like talking to an old man like him, and his two grandsons were not around. He smiled and said, "Xiangxiang likes tinkering with incense. Mr. Sun, please sit down in the study."

Sun Yumu walked into the small study, and the quiet and pleasant agarwood smell floated in the room.

Looking at the utensils on the couch, I was extremely surprised, "The little girl still likes to do these things."

Ding Xiang blocked him, "Can't you like country girls?"

Sun Yumu walked to the desk and saw three figure paintings on it. He picked it up and looked at it.

It was too late for Lilac to collect it.

This is the character sketch she drew yesterday. The immortal heroes in the previous life, two men and one woman, all wore fluttering clothes and held long swords in the air. Fortunately, the heroine in the painting is not too revealing, only half of her arms are exposed, and the rest of her arms are covered tightly.

It was drawn by Lilac with a quill.

Xun Qiandai's quill pen was broken long ago, so she made a few of them herself and put them in the red gold sleeve.

Sun Yumu's eyes were full of amazement, "You, you, you can still paint like this? The clothes, posture, sword, painting style... I have never seen it before. It's so fairy-like, so strange, so beautiful. This is made of goose feathers Drawn by strokes?”

Ding Xiang nodded, "I just drew for fun when I had nothing to do."

After hearing this, Sun Yumu wanted to die immediately, and sighed, "Young children at how old can draw like this just for fun, how can we live? This man looks like Zhao Yun, this man looks like Lu Bu, and this woman looks like holding a long sword. The Goddess of Luo, or Nuwa..."

He imagined the person in his mind who could correspond to the painting, then shook his head and said, "But it's not exactly the same, it surpasses all my previous imaginations. Little girl, oh, Miss Ding, how about giving me these pictures?" I like it so much. Don’t worry, I won’t let you suffer, I will give you a gift..."

When Sun Yumu hesitated, Ding Xiang said, "I can give these pictures to you. I don't need you to give me anything. I just remember your promise to help my elder brother study more after he goes to the military camp."

Sun and Mu nodded repeatedly, "It's easy to say. Your eldest brother is my eldest brother. Let's work hard together and make progress together."

Ding Xiang smiled and said, "Okay, deal."

Sun Yumu held the painting and narrowed his eyes with a smile, as if he had received a priceless treasure. After looking at it for a long time, he said, "Can you draw another one? Let me see you draw with a quill."

Ding Xiang climbed up to the big chair in front of the desk and sat down, put the paper on the table, and opened the lid of a small light cyan porcelain bottle, which contained half a bottle of ground ink. The ink was slightly clear.

She dipped the quill in it, looked up at Sun Yumu seriously, then lowered her head to draw.

What she drew was a sketch of Ding Yumu's head, in profile. I also used a homemade cotton swab dipped in a small amount of ink to shade where needed.

Sun Yumu is very handsome, with his angular face and tall nose more prominent from the side.

The painting was completed in more than a quarter of an hour.

Sun Yumu was extremely surprised, "Is this me? My profile looks like this?"