Fragrance Returned

The young lady was so proud that she went to her aunt and grandma's house to show off.

Ding Xiang said, "You learn to tie your trousers for yourself, not for them, so why show off."

Xiao Zhengtai felt that her sister was right, she giggled and said, "It's no wonder that grandpa likes my sister, she is just smarter than me."

While Ding Xiang teaches Ding Lilai the chores of life, she also teaches him simple arithmetic. But Xiao Zhengtai's thinking is chaotic and different from ordinary people.

For example, when learning to tie pants, he actually remembered that he tied them three times, thirty times and five times a day.

Logically speaking, counting from one to ninety-five is much simpler than adding two-digit numbers, but now he can't count to thirty-five, but he knows what thirty plus thirty plus thirty plus five is.

Even so, Dingxiang praised Dinglilai for being smart every day, and he was no stupider than his second brother.

When his sister praises him, the young lady becomes so happy that she can't even see her eyes and even jumps a few times.

Mrs. Zhang was also busier, and Ding Xiang took the initiative to share a lot of the work. Ding Xiang is almost entirely responsible for bringing up and teaching Ding Li's children. She would also help feed the chickens, pick vegetables, watch the medicine boil, wash Grandpa's face and feet...

She also wanted to light a fire and change the bandage on her grandfather's injured hand, but several adults disagreed.

I lit the fire because I was afraid that she would be burned accidentally, and I changed the cloth belt because I was afraid that she would be frightened.

Lilac enjoys doing it.

What she didn't know was that whenever Ding Zhuang saw that busy little figure through the small window, his eyes were full of love and remorse.

Xiangxiang is only three years old and has to do so many things. How will I explain to An An when I see her in the future?

In mid-September, Ding Zhuang's hands were much better, but his body was still very weak and thin. You can go out for a walk and do some light tasks within your ability, such as carrying water with one hand to water the vegetable field. If you don't let him do it, he won't be able to rest.

When she sees grandpa walking out of the room, Ding Xiang will hug her grandpa's thigh and enjoy herself for a long time. As soon as Ding Xiang hugged the thigh, Ding Lilai would also hug the other leg.

Grandpa's smile is only for his sister, and Ding Lilai's children are used to it.

The second brother said that a man cannot be jealous of his sister. Being jealous is a sign of not loving your sister.

On this day, Ding Zhao bought a small bag of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes from the town and took it home to honor Ding Zhuang.

Ding Xiang was talking to her two little brothers in the yard. Ding Zhuang stuck his head out of the window and shouted, "Xiang Xiang, come here."

As long as grandpa has something delicious, he will call Ding Xiang in and eat alone behind closed doors.

Ding Xiang looked at Ding Lilai, who was eager, and Ding Liren, who deliberately ignored her, went to her grandfather's room in embarrassment.

Ding Zhuang opened the oil-paper bag with a smile, took out a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake and handed it to Ding Xiang. He placed his own piece on the table and wrapped the oil-paper bag with one hand. Said, "Eat Xiangxiang tomorrow."

Ding Xiang discussed, "Grandpa, let me share my piece with my brothers tomorrow."

Ding Zhuang shook his head and said, "You eat it. Those two brats can grow a lot of meat even if they eat pig food, so why do they eat so well? Alas, Xiangxiang is much thinner, and her chin is pointed."

Ding Xiang was helpless, even if she lost weight, she was still the fattest girl in Beiquan Village.

She had to eat. Grandpa wants to pamper her, so she has to listen to him.

She secretly vowed that she would make money quickly so that her family could eat osmanthus cakes whenever they wanted.

Ding Xiang scratched her head and thought about a plan to make a fortune.

The opening of the embroidery shop has to be postponed, and the family's money is tight.

She finally thought of a simple and easy way to make money.

That is to make sticky rice paper.

There was no glutinous rice paper in this era. If the candies were not sealed in the jar, they would melt soon, leaving your hands dirty and sticky.

If you use a translucent glutinous rice paper package, the sugar will not melt in a short period of time, and even if it melts, you will not be afraid of getting your hands dirty.

Not only does it look great on the plate, it’s also easy to store.

After making up this idea, every time Zhang used a clay pot to cook white rice porridge or a large pot to cook corn porridge, Ding Xiang would deliberately pick up the porridge skin on the side of the pot and put it in her mouth.

He also said, "This kind of rice skin is like paper and transparent."

The cornstarch I drank this morning had been boiled for a long time and was extremely sticky. There was still a small bowl left. Mrs. Zhang went to the county town to sell luozi, and the only ones at home were her grandfather who was still resting and Ding Li who was following her around.

Ding Xiang found a piece of clean white cloth to filter out the impurities in the paste, washed it with hot water to make a starch paste, and then spread the starch paste evenly on a wooden tray, brushing it very thin, and took it outside to dry.

There is no dryer here, and there is no kang now. Fortunately, the sun is strong and the wind is strong, and soon the paste turns into white, translucent glutinous rice paper.

Lilac picked up the glutinous rice paper, which was tough and translucent. It's just not very uniform, thick in some places and thin in others.

Ding Li came to the side and asked, "Sister, what is this? Can you eat it?"

Lilac pulled off a little bit and fed it into his mouth.

Little Shota squeaked, "It has no taste. Hey, it was gone before I even chewed it."

Ding Xiang didn't explain much, and he didn't understand even if she did.

She cut the paper into several pieces and went into the house to ask for candy from her grandfather. These candies were given by Ding Shuniang when she came to see Ding Zhuang. They were put in porcelain cups with lids. Ding Zhuang doesn't like to eat sweets, so he secretly gives Ding Xiang one or two pieces every day.

"Grandpa, give me six pieces of candy."

"Why do you need so much? Eat one piece at a time and eat slowly."

Ding Xiang explained, "I'm doing an experiment. Using this kind of rice peel to wrap sugar will prevent the sugar from melting."

Ding Zhuang smiled and said, "Silly girl, when the rice skin melts, the sugar will also melt."

Ding Xiang said, "The rice skin will not melt. I looked specifically and found that the rice skin on the side of the pot will not melt for several days. Master, I want four pieces of candy."

The granddaughter couldn't do anything when she acted coquettishly, so she had to give her four pieces of candy.

"Don't waste it, there are only a few pieces left."

Now that the weather is cool, sugar is not easy to melt, so Ding Xiang placed the plate with sugar next to the stove with a piece of oil paper on top.

Except for Ding Lilai and Xiao Zhengtai, who was chewing his fingers and drooling, the adults didn't pay much attention, thinking that those few pieces of candy were just for children to play with.

Ding Xiang specifically told the young lady, "You are not allowed to steal the candy on the plate. When my sister makes a lot of money, I will buy a lot of minced meat balls and give you a big bowl."

She didn't say that the braised chicken with elbows was too expensive and she couldn't bear to part with it.

No matter how delicious the candy was, it was not as attractive as a bowl of meatballs. Ding Lilai tried his best to control his desire to eat those few pieces of candy.

Two days later, Lilac asked for two more pieces of candy and left.

Two days later, after everyone finished dinner, Mrs. Zhang put the bowls into the kitchen, and Ding Xiang walked in with a plate.

There were two pieces of caramel stuck together on the plate, and four pieces were wrapped in something paper that looked like caramel.

Ding Xiang said, "It's cold now, so I specially put this plate of sugar on the stove. It's equivalent to the summer temperature for cooking."

She pointed to the unwrapped candies and said, "These two unwrapped candies have been left out for four days and have become stuck together."

Then he pointed to two pieces of candy wrapped in paper and said, "These two pieces of candy wrapped in paper have also been left outside for four days. The paper on the outside is dry, but the sugar inside has melted a little. I use jade batter to make the paper." It’s edible and melts in your mouth.”

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