Fragrance Returned

Candles were lit in the room, and Aunt Wei helped Lilac put on her clothes, including a pomegranate red jacquard brocade cotton jacket, a pink long skirt, pink lotus flowers, and golden lilac.

Aunt Wei smiled as she put it on, "Sister, I have a sense of nobility, so I can suppress the red."

Lilac feels this way too. She didn't particularly like red and green in her previous life, and she doesn't like them in this life either. But in this life, she wore a red dress, which was more attractive than wearing elegant clothes.

Ling'er brought mouthwash and face wash.

After washing up, Ding Zhao and Mrs. Zhang came out and invited their children to go to the east chamber to kowtow to the old man and pay New Year greetings.

Children and grandchildren offer their best wishes, and the old man gives out red envelopes.

Ding Xiang personally hooked up a pair of gloves and a hat for the old man. They were dark gray, with red and blue patterns of wealth and wealth around the back of the hands and the bottom of the hat.

Ding Zhuang looked around at the gifts from his son, wife, and two grandchildren, and he still liked the ones from his granddaughter the most.

He smiled and said, "Haha, granddaughter is so handy, grandpa enjoys your blessing."

Ding Zhao took Ding Liren to visit a good friend's house in the county town to pay New Year's greetings, Ding Lilai went to visit people in the village to pay New Year's greetings, and Ding Xiang took Ling'er and Hei Wa to visit Tao's house to pay New Year's greetings.

Feifei returned to his home in the mountains again. Maybe it had been with people for a long time and knew that the whole family would be reunited during the Chinese New Year, so it went home to reunite with Xiao Zi.

Ding Xiang kowtowed to the old couple and got a big red envelope from them.

The old lady called her to sit next to her, pointed to a set of books on the kang and said with a smile, "There is a letter from Mu'er. This is the book he gave you."

It's "Three Kingdoms".

After getting rich, Ding Xiang bought a set of "Three Kingdoms", and now her bookcase is full.

Sun Yumu knew she had this set of books, so why did he give her another set?

Ding Xiang picked it up and looked at it, and became happy.

The cover of the book is actually a color painting, and the engraving illustrations inside are from the newly emerging Huizhou style. Although the appearance of the characters is similar to that of other Three Kingdoms paintings, the drawings are detailed and the workmanship refined, so the quality has been greatly improved.

The books Ding Xiang bought before and those stored in Tao Zhai are from the Jian'an school, which are relatively rough and simple, not as exquisite as the Hui school.

That's a smart kid to know that's the type she prefers.

Perhaps Sun Yumu also felt that Ding Xiang was getting older and it was difficult to write letters, so he only sent a set of letters to encourage you.

Lilac likes it very much.

She thanked her and said, "When will the old lady send a letter to Brother Sun? I will bring some things to my brother and some to Brother Sun."

The old lady said, "After the New Year, I will send someone to send it over on the 16th."

I left the cloves for lunch at home.

While eating and drinking, the few days passed quickly.

Ding Shuniang's family all went to Jiaozhou, and on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, no girl from the Ding family came back to pay New Year's greetings.

Dingshan thought that he was about to move to Hexian County, so he invited the first bedroom, the second bedroom, and several close friends from the clan to his home for a drink.

I also invited Mr. Hong.

As soon as Ding Xiang left, she was pulled into her boudoir by Ding Zhen.

She closed the door, took out a ropa and asked Dingxiang, "Xiangxiang, do you think the veil looks good?"

Her face was slightly red, a little shy.

Lilac opened the handkerchief, which was larger than the lady's handkerchief. It was light blue and had a few red plum blossoms embroidered on one corner. The branches are strong and blooming with small flowers.

The whole veil is particularly plain, and the plum blossoms are even more dazzling.

Ding Zhen is a girl with good hands. She is not very good at painting, but her embroidery is beautiful.

The little girl is wearing a green skirt, and she is delicate and pretty, and her crooked smiling eyes add a bit of softness.

After Aunt Wei's training and Ding Xiang's influence, the little girl behaved properly, was good at dressing up, and had a little bit of bookishness. A very pretty little beauty, not like a country girl at all.

Compared with the girl from the Ding family in Beijing, this girl from the Ding family really grew up in a honeypot.

Ding Xiang pretended not to notice and praised, "Yeah, it looks good. Sister Zhen is getting more and more skillful."

Ding Zhen was a little disappointed. Ding Xiang was so smart that she didn't see her intentions.

She said more clearly, "I want to go to Hong's house to buy lanterns. Brother Hong usually takes good care of us. I'm leaving and want to give this veil to him."

After saying that, his face was so red that he could bleed.

I want to give a gift to Brother Hong.

The little girl is quite brave.

If it were a previous life, it wouldn't be a big deal to give a gift to the opposite sex after parting ways. In this era, Sun and Mu regard themselves as a young child and a young master's aunt. The two are still very familiar with each other, so it's okay to give them a gift.

But it would be inappropriate for Ding Zhen to give Brother Hong a gift.

Especially since Brother Hong knew that this girl would become his wife in the future, he did not show any special happiness or willingness.

Perhaps Ding Zhen was too young, and Brother Hong didn't fall in love with her at first sight, but just obeyed the arrangements of his elders, which was the kind of "parents' orders, matchmaker's words" type.

Ding Zhen's rash gifting of things would offend him. You may even think that the little girl is too casual and give them to you. Will you give things to the man you like?

Seeing Ding Xiang lowering his eyes and thinking deeply, Ding Zhen's face turned even redder, and she muttered an explanation, "I have no other intention. I just thought that I would never see him again in the future, so I gave him a handkerchief."

Ding Xiang pouted and said very diplomatically, "Sister Zhen didn't know, but I know what you mean. Sending a veil is too obvious and I don't think it's appropriate.

"If Brother Hong is interested in you, if you give him a veil, there will be no consequences between you and it will make you sad. If Brother Hong is not interested, it will be even worse if you do this. He will feel that you are disrespectful."

Ding Zhen was startled and quickly stuffed the handkerchief into her arms, "Really? Forget it, I won't give it away. You must not tell anyone."

Ding Xiang laughed, "Looking at how scared you are, of course I won't tell anyone. I swear, I won't tell anyone."

Ding Zhen said again, "Sister Xiang, you should move there quickly. I'm not familiar with the people there and it's not fun."

Lilac nodded, she also wanted to move over quickly.

On the fifth day of February, Dingshan's family set out for Hexian County, and Ding Zhao went with them.

Ding Zhao has more important things to do in the capital, and he must go there for both business and personal reasons.

Before Ding Zhen left, Ding Xiang accompanied her to Brother Hong's house to buy lanterns and say goodbye.

This time, Brother Hong confiscated the money and gave one to each of the two little girls, saying thank you to them for taking care of his business.

He also said a special word to Ding Zhen alone, "I wish Miss Ding a safe journey."

Ding Zhen was happy and sad at the same time. She endured it for a while before she could not give him the veil in her arms.

On the way back, her steps were heavy, looking like she had lost her love before she even started.

It’s hard to say Ding Xiang, what’s the point of being sad? We’ll meet again next year. You will know then that Brother Hong is not a cripple, his family is wealthy, he has a bright future, and his elders will decide on your marriage.

Ding Zhen's future life can almost be seen at a glance.

But she herself has no clear path forward. Not to mention the love that has never been touched in two lifetimes, even the biological parents don't know whether to recognize it or not.

The closer the day came, the more reluctant she was to leave her relatives here. A fake dove occupying a magpie's nest? If it really doesn't work, just let her take over...