Fragrance Returned

Lisheng sang loudly, "The Lord Xingshou is seated."

With the support of Ding Zhao and Ding Chi, Ding Zhuang walked into the hall and sat on the throne.

Seeing the birthday gifts, birthday peaches, birthday noodles and birthday curtains all over the house, and the descendants and relatives standing together, Ding Zhuang felt very excited and his eyes were hot.

When I was young, I thought I couldn't even leave Gu'an Town, but I didn't expect that my family adopted Xiangxiang. Under Xiangxiang's guidance, the whole family came to the emperor's lap.

Ding Zhao stood behind Ding Zhuang and first sang a lot about how Ding Zhuang was capable, how he managed his family well, how he opened "Baotie", and how he led his descendants from Beiquan Village to the capital, became an uncle, and suffered many hardships. Award from the Emperor and Queen...

Afterwards, Li Sheng sang loudly, "The birthday greetings begin, may you live a long and prosperous life."

First, Ding Zhao's family and Ding Chi's couple, with the elder in front and the younger in the back, knelt down and kowtowed to celebrate their birthday.

The second one is Dingshan's family and Ding Shuniang's family. The seniors bow to each other and the juniors kowtow.

Then Ding Youcai's family and several relatives kowtowed to celebrate their birthday.

Finally, there are Zhang Dabao’s family and Zhang Xiaobao’s family.

Everyone said all kinds of auspicious words.

"I wish my father to be as blessed as the East Sea, live as long as the Southern Mountains, be safe and healthy every year."

"I wish my grandfather a long-lasting blessing and everlasting youth."

"I wish my brother good health and long life, good fortune and longevity."

"I wish the old man a hundred years of heroism and longevity."

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At the end of the year, guests from the capital arrived one after another.

The first to arrive were Princess Dongyang, Prince Consort Xun, and Xun Yibo's family.

Prince Consort Xun and his son went directly to the outer courtyard, and Dongyang came to the inner courtyard.

When they heard that the legendary princess and consort had arrived, the people in their hometown were excited, curious, and frightened, so they all came over to kowtow to them.

The voice immediately became quieter.

Then, relatives and friends such as Zhenhaihou's Mansion, Wei Guogong's Mansion, Dudu Ren's Mansion, Zhang Shangshu's Mansion, Xun's Mansion, Shen's Mansion, Wang's Mansion, Xue's Mansion, etc. all came. Prince Ji's Mansion, Prince Qing's Mansion, the Eighth Prince's Mansion, and Prince Rongjun's Mansion also sent People sent congratulatory gifts.

In particular, senior officials such as Marquis Sun, Governor Ren, and Xun Qianli came to congratulate them personally, which made Ding Zhuang and his son extremely happy.

People in my hometown listened with admiration and envy as the rites sang about which family members were coming and what gifts were given.

Oh my god, it turns out that Ding Zhuang is so arrogant in the capital!

At the beginning of noon, the emperor and queen's reward came again.

Men, women, old and young all went to the front yard to receive the order.

This made Ding Shuniang, Zhang Dabao and others cry excitedly. Unexpectedly, they also took advantage of the opportunity to follow the imperial decree and Yizhi.

"Glory, there is smoke coming out of the ancestral graves."

The emperor was rewarded with a tiger-head pine wood longevity stick, and the queen was rewarded with two gold and jade Ruyi sticks.

Ding Zhuang's eyes and nose were red with excitement, and he murmured, "The Holy Grace is so powerful, the Holy Grace is so powerful."

In Beiquan Village, Linshui County, the sun shines warmly on people at noon.

Beside a bare tree, Mrs. Wang was chatting with two village women.

Wang is not in good health now, walks very slowly, and cannot do much work, but she still curses loudly.

She wore silk clothes, gold earrings on her ears, and gold bracelets on her wrists.

She said loudly, "This gold bracelet and gold earrings are from my second son who is filial to me, and the clothes are from my fourth son who are filial to me. The eldest son is stingy, he only listens to the words of that short boy He, and never pays filial piety to my mother... …”

Someone asked, "This is Uncle Ding's 60th birthday, why didn't you go with him?"

Wang said, "My husband and eldest son want to take me there, but I don't want to go. I want to watch over He at home and not allow her to move the good things at home to her parents' house."

The other two people curled their lips, they all knew that it was Old Master Ding who wouldn't let her go.

A lame woman walked numbly from the other side.

It was Hao.

Listening to Wang's words, Hao felt extremely sad.

The Wang family forced him to kill himself, and the Wang family also forced his daughter to run away.

Now, although Ding Youshou wants him, he doesn't give him a title. They lived in two thatched houses, and they were hungry and full. They never had enough to eat, let alone silk clothes and gold earrings.

The tribesmen also do not allow them to go to the capital to find their daughters to ask for money and happiness. It must have been the Wang family who instigated it, only the Wang family could be so bad.

And Wang's son became an official, and she lived a good life in gold and silver with her son. The family built a large tile-roofed house and bought more than 20 acres of land, becoming a small landowner in this area.

God is not blind and allows this evil woman to live a good life and show off everywhere.

Hao saw a three or four-year-old boy playing with stones in the distance.

The opportunity has come.

There is no hope for her own life, and that evil woman can't even hope for a good life.

Hao walked in that direction.

Not long after, a boy of seven or eight years old came over and said, "Aunt Wang, I just saw Guiqi being beaten to the ground behind the village and unable to get up. He was crying."

The daughter-in-law He went to the county town to sell things, leaving only Wang and her second grandson Ding Guiqi in the family.

The noodles were all out of the pot, and her grandson was crying for some bean curd, so Wang had no choice but to take him to Jiang's house to buy bean curd.

Seeing two women here, they came over to chat. She was so happy when she talked about her family's good life now that she forgot to buy bean curd and didn't notice her grandson leaving.

Mrs. Wang looked around and found that her second grandson was not there.

She hurriedly walked in the direction pointed by the young man.

It was midday meal time, and the back of the village was silent, except for the faint cry of a child.

It was Guiqi's voice.

Wang's pace quickened, "Guiqi, Guiqi..."

I saw Ding Guiqi lying on the ground crying, with blood on his head.

Mrs. Wang bulged her eyes and cursed, "Who is so wicked as to beat my grandson..."

Before she finished speaking, she felt a sharp pain in the back of her head. She turned her head and saw Mr. Hao glaring at her with a wooden stick.

Wang was frightened and shouted "Kill me". Just as she was about to run away, Hao's stick came down again.

Once, twice, three times, four times...

Hao didn't stop until Wang was knocked to the ground, her head was beaten beyond recognition, and her brains were knocked out.

Ding Guiqi was so frightened that he could no longer cry and looked at them stupidly.

Mr. Hao looked at Mr. Wang, who was already dead, with a smile on his face.

Are you having an easy time? Can't make it!

Mr. Hao took off his belt and hung it on a tree branch. He then brought a stone, stepped on it, and stuck his head in.

I don’t want to live through this hard life for a long time...

At the end of the day, He came back carrying a large basket of things. She sold some insole bags she made in the county town, and bought some meat and cotton.

She was a little angry when she saw a big lock hanging on the door. It should be the child's lunch break.

When I opened the door, there was no one in the room, and the gnocchi in the pot had been cooked dry.

This is a midday dinner for my mother-in-law and her son.

He had an unknown feeling in his heart and ran out to find someone.

Some people said that they saw Wang going to the south of the village at noon, and several people followed He there.

As soon as they entered the woods, they first saw Hao hanging on the tree, and everyone screamed in surprise.

Then there was Wang, who was lying on the ground with his head beaten, and Ding Guiqi, who was lying on the ground.

Mrs. He first hugged her son and cried loudly. She put her hand into the child's cotton-padded jacket and touched his chest. It was still hot.

She shouted, "Help me ask Dr. Zhao to come over."

She ran home with her baby in her arms.

Those people did not dare to touch the Hao family and the Wang family, so they went to the village to call Li Zheng.

Ding Youshou was lying at home sulking.

So many people went to the capital to celebrate their birthdays, and he wanted to take Hao with them, but those people didn't take them.

It was freezing cold and the ships were out of service. The lame Hao couldn't walk to the capital at all. He wanted to hire a donkey cart but didn't have much money.

That stinky bitch hasn't come home yet and is wandering off somewhere.

Suddenly there was a noise outside, saying that Mrs. Hao had hanged herself and Mrs. Wang had been beaten to death...

Ding Youshou was so frightened that he ran out quickly.

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