Xianggui

Chapter 26 Another Message

Ding Zhao was so angry that his hands itched and wanted to beat someone up, but he didn't have the patience to teach him anymore, so he asked Ding Lichun to take his two younger brothers to set off firecrackers outside.

When Ding Lilai heard the firecrackers being set off, he jumped excitedly and spoke fluently.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, listen up."

The children were gone, Ding Zhuang glared at Ding Chi and said, "If you don't teach your children well, you think about the pie falling from the sky every day and make a windfall. Liren can count to fifty when he is two years old, and he can also recite several poems." Lichun, who can't read, can count to ten."

Ding Chi said disapprovingly, "My aunt said that I can't count to twenty at the age of five, so it doesn't matter that I'm smart when I grow up."

Ding Xiang thought to herself, children over two years old have no concept of counting, and they simply follow the adults' instructions, counting more means having a good memory.But Ding Lilai is completely different. He absolutely understands the true meaning of numbers, and he knows addition without a teacher.

The kid was dull in some ways, but extremely sensitive to numbers.The premise is that they must be well educated, otherwise it would be a pity.Especially in ancient times, masters mainly taught the Four Books and Five Classics, and parents also felt that only by reading the Four Books and Five Classics and taking the imperial examinations would they be successful.

Ding Xiang straightened out her small chest, such a cute little brother, she will train her when she has the opportunity.

There was still light snow outside, and the weather was gloomy. The lantern in front of the door was swaying in the wind, and occasionally there would be one or two firecrackers.

Needless to say, he knew that the firecrackers were set off by Ding Tiejiang's house and Xia Yuanwai's house.

Beiquan Village is a large village with more than 80 households.It is also close to the county seat and the Jingqian Canal, and most people's lives are considered easy.The so-called good life means being able to eat enough.

There were only four or five families who had spare money to buy firecrackers, and only Xia Yuan's family and Ding Tiejiang's family were willing to set off firecrackers during the day.

Xia Yuanwai is the richest man in Beiquan Village and the only boy in the village.

Ding Xiang later found out that Ding Zhuang and Xia Yuanwai did not deal with each other.Member Xia also has another identity, that is, the younger brother of the Ding Xia clan.

He also dislikes Ding Xia's shrewdness and shamelessness, but he can't understand Ding Zhuang who is so aggressive, beats his brother and sister-in-law to death, and pissed off his wife to death.At the beginning, Ding Zhao wanted to find a guarantor for the children's examination, but Xia Yuanwai's dead father obstructed him, saying that Ding Zhuang was not filial, so that no one was willing to give Ding Zhao a guarantee, and Ding Zhao's dream of taking the imperial examination was ruined...

Ding Zhuang was so angry that he took a kitchen knife and tried his best to find Mr. Xia, but Ding Zhao stopped him.

Ding Zhao said, "If my father kills someone and my father dies, my son and grandson will not be able to take the imperial examination, and my mother's last wish will never be fulfilled. Although I cannot take the scientific examination, in the future my son and grandson will be able to..."

Ding Zhuang endured the bad breath, and the two families have been strangers since then.

The second richest person in Beiquan Village is Tiejiang Ding's family.

The third richest person is Xia Lizheng's family, whose father is the head of the Xia clan.Jiang Tofu's family ranked fourth, and Ding Shan's family ranked fifth.

In Shenshi, the food was put on the table, and Ding Zhao and Ding Chi led the three boys to set off a small string of firecrackers in the yard, and the New Year's dinner began.

Smelling the aroma of wine, coriander and vegetables, and seeing Mrs. Xiaozheng eating happily, Ding Xiang, who was sitting on the kang, couldn't help drooling.She fixed her eyes on the beautiful chicken on the plate, babbling and babbling.

Ding Lilai shouted, "Look at my sister, the bib is wet with saliva."

The crowd laughed.

Ding Zhuang got up, hugged Ding Xiang and sat down at the table, tore a piece of grilled chicken and placed it in front of her.

"Can't eat, lick."

Ding Xiang was so hungry that she leaned forward and stretched out her tongue to lick the meat.

Really fragrant!

Ding Lichun was not convinced, "Master, the big meat is too oily, my sister will have diarrhea after licking it."

Ding Zhuang's face darkened, and Ding Lichun said weakly, "My lord said that to me before. You can't just allow the state officials to set fires, but not the common people to light lamps."

Last time he licked his sister's meat, he was slapped twice by his grandfather, so he could scold him.

Ding Zhuang was so angry that he raised his hand and wanted to hit someone.

Seeing that the eldest brother was looking for a beating again, Ding Xiang hurriedly hugged Ding Zhuang's neck and kissed his big black face, making his face drool.

Ding Zhuang's heart was softened, he looked at his granddaughter and smiled.

Later, Mrs. Zhang took Lilac and asked Ding Zhuang to continue drinking.

After dark, Lilac saw the fireworks as she wished.

Ding Lichun put the fireworks tube on the ground, and the few bunches of fireworks were only sprayed more than one meter high, and the time was short, which still surprised Ding's family and the people who came to see the fun and cheered loudly.

Ding Lichun was even more complacent.

Ding Xiang felt that this was more dazzling than any fireworks she had seen in her previous life, which made her excited and roared along with the adults.

Soon, the over-excited Ding Xiang fell asleep in Ding Zhuang's arms.

What Ding Xiang didn't know was that Ding Zhuang gave each of his four grandchildren twenty Wen as lucky money.Ding Liren Yinuo returned two Wen to Ding Lichun, and Mrs. Zhang wrapped Ding Xiang's new year's money in a red cloth and pressed it under her pillow.

Ding Xiang was awakened by a burst of firecrackers.

Hearing Ding Lichun and Ding Zhao's surprised voices, knowing that it was midnight, the Ding family and Xia Lizheng's family set off a long string of firecrackers.

The sound of crackling announced the arrival of the new year.

The next moment, Ding Xiang fell asleep again.

In a daze, Ding Xiang was awakened by the sound of a gong again.

"Guimao year, Jiayin month, Gengshen day, 19th year of celebration, Xia Mou wishes all the folks a new year! Good luck, joy and well-being, good weather, prosperity and peace of the country..."

It was Xia Lizheng's loud voice. As the most grassroots leader, he gave New Year greetings to the whole village in this way.

What he said earlier was the perpetual calendar, and what he said later was the emperor's reign.

Ding Xiang learned another piece of information. The emperor's grandfather had been emperor for 19 years, so he was born in the 18th year of Qingguan.She can't remember the perpetual calendar, so she will only remember the emperor's year name in the future.

Mrs. Zhang is busy in the kitchen.After making breakfast, she first dressed her two sons in new coarse cloth clothes, and then Ding Xiang put on a red fine cloth dress, small slit trousers, and a red embroidered cap with a small lotus leaf.

When he came to the main room, Ding Zhuang was dressed in new clothes and sat on the grand master's chair beside the Eight Immortals table.

Ding Zhao and Ding Chi took their wives and children to kowtow to Ding Zhuang for New Year greetings.

Ding Zhuang praised Mrs. Zhang for her ability, "The eldest daughter-in-law gave me a good granddaughter Xiangxiang last year. She respects her elders, takes care of her husband and children, and does everything well."

Very generously rewarded Mrs. Zhang with a big red envelope containing one tael of silver.

He glanced at Tang, and although he was very reluctant to praise her, he said against his will, "The second daughter-in-law is also good, from now on I will take good care of my second, and I will definitely not give money that shouldn't be given."

He also gave her a red envelope.

Afterwards, he gave each of the four grandchildren a red envelope, which contained twenty Wen coins.

The three Ding Lichun brothers kowtowed to the Ding Zhao couple and Ding Chi couple to pay New Year's greetings. Ding Lichun hugged the little clove to pay homage.

Ding Xiang's red envelope was kept by Mrs. Zhang.

Before putting the red envelope into his bosom, Ding Lichun said to Ding Xiang, "My brother saved the money, and when my sister's hair grows, I will buy flowers for my sister."

After hearing this, Ding Liren made another wish, "When my sister grows up, I will buy tofu brains for her to eat."

Ding Lilai also quickly expressed his opinion, "Buy a big elbow seven for my sister."

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