Fragrance Returned

The next morning, Ding Zhuang took Ding Xiang to visit the ancestral graves in the mountains. Actually, he wanted to show Xue his little granddaughter who looked very much like her.

The mountain road is difficult to walk, and the child cannot be carried but carried on his back. Ding Zhuang carried it on his own, and the quilt wrapped Ding Xiang tightly, leaving only a crack in front of his eyes.

Seeing that Ding Zhuang was actually carrying the child on his own, and Mrs. Zhang was holding the basket with the knife head in one hand and Ding Liren in the other, the villagers looked at them as if they were monsters.

There is no reason for an old man to carry his granddaughter on his back and his daughter-in-law to follow. That Ding Zhuang looked tall and tall, and he did things that were not worthy of publicity. In the early years, he only recognized his wife and not his mother, but now he dotes on his granddaughter.

They discussed this in private, but did not dare to say it in front of Ding Zhuang. Ding Zhuang is a gangster and is afraid that he will beat someone up.

When he arrived at the ancestral grave of the Ding family, he took off the lilac and held it in his arms.

They first came to Xue's grave.

Mrs. Zhang put down the basket, broke off a branch and swept the tombstone, then the grave. Then take out a bowl of cooked meat and three apples and put them on the table.

Ding Zhuang knelt down and said, An'an, I'm here to see you again. We have a granddaughter named Xiangxiang, who looks very much like you, and... haha, if you meet her, you will definitely like her...

The voice has never been gentler.

Mrs. Zhang took the cloves and knelt down to kowtow, followed by Ding Liren.

When they stood up, they discovered that there were at least two dozen birds hovering above their heads, and some birds were flying here.

Several people quickly went down the mountain.

On the tenth day of September, the second room of the Ding family paid for their granddaughter's full-moon wine.

Mrs. Zhang was too busy alone, so she invited Dingshan's daughter-in-law Xie and her daughter-in-law Zhao to help.

Through the adults' conversations, Ding Xiang also learned about the basic situation of the Ding family.

The ancestors of the Ding family fled from Shu, and there are not many clan members here. There are three houses in Beiquan Village, namely the Ding family's big house, second house and third house. There are four in the neighboring village of Nanquan Village, and more than a dozen in Wusong Town, thirty miles away.

Ding Zhuang is the second eldest of three brothers. He is forty-five years old this year.

The eldest brother, Ding Li, is forty-nine years old, honest and dull, and has been farming at home. My daughter-in-law, Mrs. Xia, whose natal family is in this village, is a naughty, greedy and shameless person. Ding Zhuang hated her the most. He never allowed her to enter the second room and wanted to beat her up when he saw her.

They have two sons, 28-year-old Ding Youcai and 25-year-old Ding Youshou.

Ding Youcai's daughter-in-law, Wang, was as greedy and aggressive as Xia, and she specialized in saying unpleasant things.

Wang gave birth to four sons at one go, named Dafu, Erfu, Sanfu and Sifu. It's a good thing to have a son, but having too many children and being poor means great pressure.

Ding Youshou's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Hao, has always been suppressed by the Wang family and is not welcomed by her mother-in-law, the Xia family. Because she had not given birth to a son for seven years after being married, she only gave birth to a daughter named Ding Pandi.

He didn't have this name before because Hao had not given birth to a son this year, so he changed it to Ding Pandi.

The third brother of Ding Zhuang is called Ding Shan. He is forty-two years old. He used to run a business outside, but he has not done so in the past few years. He rented a small shop in the town and sold groceries. Life is not as easy as living in a second house, but it is still better than many families who only rely on farming.

Daughter-in-law, Mrs. Xie.

The son Ding Qin is twenty-three years old. He has been in poor health since childhood, and most of the family's money is used to treat his illness and buy medicine. My daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zhao, also gave birth to only one daughter, Ding Zhen.

Sanfang's family was also unhappy with Xia, because she always wanted to adopt her grandson to Sanfang.

The relationship between the second and third bedrooms is very good, and they often visit each other. Ding Zhao and his wife went to the capital to see a doctor. Ding Shan asked his daughter-in-law to come to the second house often to help take care of the two children.

Except for going to the mountain with the first-fang's male to worship ancestors during the Chinese New Year, the second-fang's wife basically doesn't interact with the first-fang's. This time Ding Zhuang was very happy and invited Ding Li and his two sons.

Ding Zhuang also has a biological sister, Ding Shuniang, who married in Linshui County.

Ding Shuniang is forty-three years old and has a good relationship with her second and third brothers. She also hates her sister-in-law, Xia. When I come to Beiquan Village as a guest, I only go to the second and third rooms.

When Ding Shuniang got married, Xia didn't want her mother-in-law to buy her more dowry, so she instigated her mother-in-law to crowd into Xue's private house. Mrs. Xue liked this sister-in-law very much. She secretly gave her five taels of silver without giving it to her openly.

Although Ding Shu's mother-in-law's family is in the county town, it is very poor. After they separated, the man and she used the five taels of silver as capital, rented a house and opened a bun shop. Unexpectedly, the business got better and better, and later they not only bought a house, but also a shop.

After Xue's death, Ding Shuniang saw that her second brother could not take care of the baby, so she took Ding Chi back to her home to raise her. Her son Guo Liang was only one year older than Ding Chi, and the two children ate and slept together until Ding Chi married a daughter-in-law and lived separately.

However, Ding Zhuang particularly disliked the second son. One reason was that he felt that Mr. Xue died giving birth to this son, and the other reason was that Ding Chi did not live up to expectations.

I also don’t like the second daughter-in-law’s Tang syndrome, as if they got pregnant first and then got married.

When I was a child with Down syndrome, I had a high fever. After I recovered from the illness, I became less intelligent. It's not that he's completely stupid, he's just careless.

Ding Zhuang usually doesn't mention them, and whenever he mentions them, he scolds them, saying that one of them is a bad guy and the other is a bad guy, and he feels sorry for his third grandson...

Ding Chi's son is called Ding Lilai, and he is two years old.

Ding Zhuang's previous name was Ding Lilai.

The word Li is not from this generation, but because Ding Lichun was born on the day of Beginning of Spring, he got this name, and all subsequent boys' names also used the word Li.

But when Ding Chi registered his child's household registration, he secretly changed Li to Li, hoping that big profits would come.

Naming his heir was a big deal, which made Ding Zhuang angry for several days.

Ding Xiang heard this allusion and grinned happily for a long time.

Zhang’s natal family was also invited. Zhang's natal family is in the mountains, and it takes more than three and a half hours to walk. She spent ten coins to hire someone to deliver the letter. They came one day in advance and left the next day after finishing their meal.

Dingxiang drank milk this morning, and her two brothers teased her for a while before falling asleep.

After she woke up, she felt herself falling from one embrace to another, listening to the adults' praises and Ding Zhuang's proud laughter.

They were hugged in a circle, not knowing who was who.

A little daughter-in-law’s child is less than one year old and still has breast milk. Mrs. Zhang asked her to feed cloves.

As soon as the small circle came closer, Ding Xiang turned her head away in disgust and refused to eat it no matter how coaxed she was.

Mrs. Zhang could only take the child and said with a smile, She has been eating rice soup and goat's milk since she was born, but she can't get used to human milk.

Mrs. Zhang carried her into the bedroom and blocked out the noise outside.

There were nearly a hundred guests today. Eleven tables were set up in the courtyard and one table was set up in the upper room to entertain the distinguished guests. I heard Ding Zhao and Zhang say privately that the birth of two sons together would not be as many guests as they invited today.

No matter how many guests there were, it had nothing to do with Ding Xiang, she just fell asleep.

In the afternoon the guests left one after another. Ding Chi's family will leave tomorrow and live in the west wing.

Not long after the guests left, Ding Zhuang's curses and Ding Chi's rebuttals came from the upper room, followed by the smashing of stools and tea bowls and the loud cries of Ding Liren and Ding Lilai.

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