Fragrance Returned

Ding Xiang knew that Feifei's home was under that "chicken head".

She suppressed the turmoil in her heart and pretended to be surprised and said, "That mountain looks like a big chicken head."

Dingshan said, "That's Chicken Head Peak."

Ding Xiang asked again, "Where is my grandpa's home?"

Ding Shan said, "Jitou Peak is far away. It is in the deepest part of this mountain range and is also the highest peak. It is separated from Nanfu Mountain by two mountains and a grand canyon. No one has been there. Zhang Laozhang's family is coming soon. In the valley below.”

People can't go, but eagles can.

The big Ganoderma lucidum floated before Ding Xiang's eyes.

She muttered silently, Feifei, where are you?

Ding Liren persuaded her, "Sister, eat bread and drink water. Don't cry. Dad said I will be fine and will survive."

Dingshan looked at Dingxiang's red and swollen eyes, she was so thin that her face was pointed. Secretly, everyone said that this child is precocious and has many thoughts, and it is true.

For such a young child, she doesn't even know what death means. The separation between her life and death just now made people sad.

He gave Dingxiang some water from the water bag, and then stuffed half a cake and a peeled egg into her hand.

"Eat. Don't worry. Your father is the tyrant of Gu'an Town. When he was young, he often got badly beaten in fights. He won't die that easily."

Ding Xiang quickly finished the eggs and cake without drinking any water for almost a day and night, and took a few sips while holding the water bag.

Xia Dahe said to Dingshan, "Third Grandpa, there are so many birds today. They are flying around our heads, chasing away one after another."

Dingshan was also puzzled and shook his head.

After a few people finished their lunch, they continued on their way.

The road in the back mountain is relatively gentle. After an hour, there are more pedestrians, and you can see scattered terraced fields, tea gardens, and some fruit trees.

There are two small villages on the gentle slope below, Liuwa Village in the north and Liujian Village in the south. Below is a rushing river. The river rushes out from the mountains, then winds around the north of Nanfu Mountain, and flows outside the mountain to join the Heilong River.

The scenery here is beautiful and the natural resources are rich, but the villagers living here are poor.

If the tourism industry was engaged in the previous life and the roads were repaired, this place would definitely be a 4A scenic spot. Add some historical figures or events to a 5A scenic spot.

Finally arrived at the entrance of the village.

Ding Liren pointed to a winding path and said, "Go forward along this road."

The houses here are all thatched houses with loess walls.

Also, it costs a lot of freight to bring in tiles and bricks from outside.

According to Ms. Zhang, there are not even a single camel in Liuwa Village and Liujian Village, so people have to carry food on their backs when going to the mountains.

Eleven years after Mrs. Zhang married into the Ding family, she had nearly ten thousand yuan of money to support her mother's family. The Zhang family used this money to buy two acres of mountain land.

There is little land here and the people are poor, but few people starve to death. As long as you work hard, you can cultivate land, grow tea, plant fruit trees, hunt, fish, and collect mountain products to satisfy your hunger.

However, there are no fences here, and every house has a high earthen wall. There are many wild animals in the mountains, so in order to prevent wild animals from entering the yard in the middle of the night.

Suddenly, Ding Liren shouted, "Brother Jinshi."

Zhang Jinshi is the second son of Zhang Dabao, the eldest brother of the Zhang family, and is half a year older than Ding Liren.

A black boy who was playing with his friends saw them and was so excited that he turned around and ran back, shouting as he ran, "Master, master, brother ok, sister Xiang is here..."

Although it was Ding Xiang’s first time in Liuwa Village, the Zhang family had all been to Ding’s house and knew Ding Xiang and Ding Xiang.

Arriving at Zhang's house, Zhang Laozhang welcomed him out. He said in surprise, "Oh, Uncle Shanzi is a rare visitor. Where is Zhaozi?"

He doesn't know Xia Dahe

She was even more surprised to see Ding Xiang actually coming.

Dingshan and Xia Dahe put the child down.

Dingshan said, "Something happened to my second brother's family. Let's send these two children over."

Zhang Laozhang took Dingshan and Dingshan into the house to talk, and asked Zhang Jinshi to go to the fields to ask his son to come back to accompany the guests, while his daughter-in-law came back to cook and clean the house.

It's not the end of the day now, and it's too late for Dingshan and Dingshuan to leave the mountain.

Dingshan said hurriedly, "We still have something to do at home, so we have to get out of the mountain in a hurry."

Zhang Laozhang asked his granddaughter Zhang Yu to quickly boil some eggs and bake some cakes for them to take with them on the road.

My eldest uncle Zhang Dabao has two sons and two daughters. The eldest daughter Zhang Yu is thirteen years old, the eldest son Zhang Jinshan is ten years old, the second son Zhang Jinshi is eight years old, and the youngest daughter Zhang Qian is six years old.

The second uncle, Zhang Xiaobao, was seventeen years old and did not have a wife yet. He had a high vision and wanted to find a handsome man.

Zhang Yu looks like Mr. Zhang, tall and thin, and very diligent.

She smiled and led her little brother and sister to sit down under the eaves. She reached out and picked a few ripe dates from the jujube tree in the yard, then went to the kitchen to get busy.

Zhang Qian was very shy and brought two bowls of water out to the little brothers and sisters, "Brother Ren, sister Xiang, drink water. Add sugar, it's very sweet."

Before Ding Xiang could say anything, she ran into the kitchen with a red face to help her sister light the fire.

Zhang Qian is thin and has a sallow complexion. She has always been in poor health and often gets sick. Lilac once squeezed her little hand, which was really as thin as a chicken's claw.

The big yellow dog named Facai barked twice first, then squatted down next to Lilac very honestly.

Ding Liren was puzzled, "Every time my eldest brother and I come here, it's so tight. Why is it so honest today?"

Ding Xiang ignored him, but stared blankly at the distant Cock-headed Wasp.

In a short time, Uncle Zhang and Auntie Yu, who were busy in the fields, rushed back.

Zhang Jinshi said that Zhang Xiaobao and Zhang Jinshan went to the mountains to cut firewood and collect mountain products, but they could not be found.

After the adults finished speaking, they called the little brothers and sisters in.

Zhang Laozhang pulled the little brother and sister against his legs and said, "We are poor and cannot help Ding's family financially. These two children will be taken care of and can live as long as they want. Let Ding's family and son-in-law rest assured... …”

The Zhang family caught two chickens, a pack of mushrooms, and two taels of silver. They also went to a neighbor's house to buy some good anti-hemorrhage medicine, Golden Snake Vine, and asked Ding Shan and Xia Dahe to bring it to Ding Zhuang.

Ding Xiang felt grateful that her mother had not helped them in vain. The two taels of silver didn't look like much, but they were probably half of his family's savings, saved for Zhang Xiaobao's wife. If the money is taken out, if my family cannot pay it back immediately, my uncle's marriage will be postponed again.

The Zhang family's yard is not big, with a jujube tree in the middle. The main house has six rooms in the front and back. Except for one main room, the other five rooms are all occupied. There is no special warehouse, and every room is filled with food or sundries.

There are two side buildings at the back, one is the kitchen and the other is the toilet, pig pen and chicken pen.

Ding Liren whispered to Ding Xiang, "The toilet in his house is smelly and scary. My sister poops and pees in the bucket. My brother will help you empty the bucket."

Ding Xiang looked at the seven-year-old carrot head, shook her head and said, "No need."

Ding Liren added, "When my sister goes to the latrine, let Cousin Yu or Cousin Qian accompany her. Don't fall down."

"okay."

Zhang Laozhang arranged for Dingxiang to live with Zhang Yu's sisters, and Ding Liren to live with Zhang Jinshan's brothers.