Xianggui

Chapter 54

Ding Zhuang was ill for two months. This was the first time he drank alcohol, and once he drank he couldn't stop.

No one dared to disturb Ding Zhuang's drinking, including Ding Shan.

Ding Zhao gave Ding Xiang a wink.

When Ding Zhuang was pouring the fifth glass of wine, Ding Xiang was reluctant, "Master is not in good health, so I can't drink any more."

As he spoke, he slid down the chair and held on to his arm holding the wine cup.

Ding Zhuang smiled and begged, "Good grandson, I'm fine. I'm happy today, let me drink more."

Ding Xiang pouted and said, "No, the doctor told Xiangxiang specifically that you can't drink too much before your illness is cured. If Xiangxiang doesn't stop it, it's filial."

Ding Shan laughed loudly, "A three-year-old child can say these words, so smart. The second brother is right, Xiangxiang will definitely be Feng Suzhen in the future."

Ding Zhuang liked to hear this, and when he saw his granddaughter was about to cry, he said with a smile, "Okay, okay, I won't drink after drinking this cup."

His smile is uglier than crying.

Ding Shan laughed and said, "Let's not drink, take out the wine and only eat dumplings."

Just as he was talking, there was noise outside.

Ding Lichun and Ding Liren ran out to watch the fun, and came back after a while and said, "It's Lao Bi's house. The first, third, and fourth rooms are going to the second room to make trouble. They want to drive Aunt He and Sister Qing to live in a dilapidated house at the head of the village." , They are crying and going to jump into the well."

There are four houses in the Bi family, the second house is the richest, and they built several large tile-roofed houses.It is a pity that there is no son. The man died of illness a few months ago.

Ding Shan was so angry that he put the wine cup on the table, and cursed, "Greedy, my brother is dead, and he took over other people's fields and houses, and he didn't even give mother and daughter a way to live."

He hates people who are desperate, and he wants to help uphold justice but dare not.

He was afraid that people would say that he was playing tricks on widows.

Ding Zhuang said to Ding Zhao and Ding Qin, "Go and talk to Xia Lizheng, don't kill anyone."

He was an old widower, and he couldn't manage the affairs of the widow's family, so he had to ask his son to talk to Li Zheng.

The noise finally stopped.Ding Zhao came back and said that Xia Li was going to uphold justice with several people, saying that he had to leave a way for orphans and widows to survive.Two rooms are reserved for their mother and daughter, and the other rooms are divided into Bi's big room, third room, and fourth room.

Occupy other people's private property, but still leave a way to survive.

Ding Xiang finally saw what it meant to be a poor family.As soon as the man died, his uncles and brothers went to his house and robbed him of the fields and houses, forcing the mother and daughter to throw themselves into the well, which was justified.

Ancient families struggle without boys.Most people in this era believe that if there are no heirs, heirs should be adopted, and heirs should be confiscated, and once a man dies first, he should be wiped out—we can't take advantage of people with foreign surnames.

The more remote the country, the more deeply rooted this concept is.

No wonder the poor Wang has been staring at Ding Youshou and Sanfang.Now that Sanfang has a son, she can only make up her mind on Ding Youshou and his wife.

The eldest family has not yet separated, Ding Xia's family is dead, and Wang's family is still enslaving Hao and Ding Pandi.

Everyone like Ding Shan didn't care what they were doing, and Ding Youshou, her husband and father, didn't do anything. Hao Shi and Ding Pandi struggled every day with endless things to do.

I heard that Ding Pandi resisted once, was scolded by Mrs. Wang, and strangled several times.No one helped her, and she didn't dare to resist anymore.

Hao Shi didn't resist either, I don't know what bad idea she was holding back.

Ding Xiang doesn't quite understand people like Hao Shi.Mrs. Wang is just a sister-in-law, and she is unreasonable. Mrs. Hao can do it with her in a straightforward manner.But Hao Shi just didn't know what to do, and he didn't dare to help his daughter openly, but secretly used the three worst methods to punish the child.

Poor brother Ding Pan, no one will help the child laborer no matter how hard or tired he is.

Poor Ding Sifu, his parents didn't know he was killed, and he still wanted to take advantage of it.

Ding Xiang really wanted to help those two children, but she couldn't do anything, she was just a baby now.

I can't see Ding Pandi basically, and I can see him from a distance.Occasionally seeing Ding Sifu approaching his door, he would let him in to play and give him some delicious food.

It started to rain at night, and it rained for several days in a row, and it rained heartily, and the weather completely cooled down.

Ding Zhuang felt that his body had fully recovered, and this morning he went to work in the iron shop in the town with his son and grandson.

Ding Xiang, who had been on tenterhooks all this time, was finally relieved.Grandpa's health has completely recovered, and she has the mind to do other things.

She wants to gradually show her talent and earn a lot of money for the family.

Let's start with the network that she has the most contact with.

Ding Xiang's fingers are not very flexible, but she can draw and speak, and Zhang is a craftsman.Work harder and strive to train Mrs. Zhang as a designer.

If conditions permit, Ding Xiang would like to open an embroidery shop that mainly focuses on knots and buckles, supplemented by embroidery.Later, it will gradually grow and develop into a sweater knitting factory and store.

Ding Xiang has attacked Zhang's sideways. In this era, there is no deduction, not even the simplest abacus.Cross-collar clothes are tied around the waist with a belt, and double-breasted clothes and double-breasted sash are tied with ropes.

If the buttons are made, it will be a revolution in clothes.

I have already thought of the name of the shop, it is called "Nine Deer Weaving and Embroidery Pavilion".

"Weaving and Embroidery Pavilion", as the name suggests, weaving row is in front of embroidery.

As for the meaning of "Nine Deer", only Ding Xiang knows.

Drawing the "Nine-Colored Deer" comic book was the first job she took, and she was still in college at that time.

Ding Xiang pestered Zhang for silk thread, and Zhang responded by giving her some cotton thread for sewing clothes.

Ding Xiang twisted her body, "It's not this one, it's the cable from my mother. If my mother won't give it to me, I'll ask my grandfather and father for it, and they will definitely give it to me."

There are several kinds of threads in this era. The first and second strands are embroidery threads, the third strands are used for sewing clothes, the fourth strands are used for sewing quilts, and the fifth strands are the thickest and are specially used for tying netting.

The five-strand thread is thick but not too thick. It is much thinner than the No. 1 and No. 2 threads in the previous life, and it is almost as thick as the No. 5 thread.

Mrs. Zhang had no choice but to give her two blue five-strand cotton threads.

Ding Xiang was unwilling, and exchanged a blue wire for a yellow wire.

First hit the plum-blossom-shaped fan pendant that Mrs. Zhang had hit.

Her chubby fingers were inflexible, and the webs she made were of varying degrees of tightness.In addition to sitting and playing while eating, I still finished playing a small fan pendant for most of the day.The blue petals have bright yellow cores, and some yellow tassels are hung.

Mrs. Zhang's jaw dropped in shock, "God, Xiangxiang really knows how to play webbing, and she does it so well. No wonder your grandfather always said that you are the first in Jiaodong, and you really are."

Ding Xiang Nuo Nuo said, "Xiang Xiang learned from my mother."

"You can play so well just by looking at it. No one is more capable than Xiangxiang." Mrs. Zhang praised sincerely.

When Ding Zhuang came back, Ding Xiangpidian gave it to him in a filial piety, and promised to make one for his father, mother, eldest brother, and second brother in the future.

Ding Zhuang was overjoyed, "Master enjoys Xiangxiang's blessing."

He tied the pendant to the big cattail fan, but he didn't think it would fit, it was a pity for such a beautiful pendant.He took it down again and said to Ding Zhao, "Go to the county some other day and buy some big folding fans back."

Ding Lichun said, "Buy a few more, my sister will call us."

Ding Zhao nodded and promised that he also wanted the fan pendant made by his daughter.

(End of this chapter)