Chapter 127 New Year’s Gift

Ding Li didn't go to school for three days. He only went to the latrine to eat, sleep, and held Ding Xiang's little hand every day to complain about his pain.

He couldn't let go of his uncle, aunt and brother, and even more reluctant to let go of his sister.

Ding Xiang listened quietly, and helped him analyze it softly, ensuring that nothing had changed before and after the separation, and then told him about the care and love his elders had for him.

They also agreed that when a new house is built in the future, Ding Lilai will move to the new home with them. As close as Ding Liren is to his sister, he will be as close to her...

After working for three days, Xiao Zhengtai put down his mental burdens, accepted the reality, and went to school with Ding Liren.

Ding Liren used to be impatient with Ding Lilai's stubbornness and love to compete with him for his sister. But now he is very patient. When he saw his sister waiting for them at the door after school, he let Ding Li take the first step to hold his sister's hand.

After finishing this important matter, Ding Zhao bought the land to the east of the yard and started building a house in the spring.

The front and rear of the new courtyard are flush with the front and rear of the old courtyard, so build a house similar to the old courtyard. Even if you want to build a bigger building, there are houses on the front, back, left and right.

Ding Xiang doesn't think this yard will be big, and living here is temporary. I will move to the city or even the capital in the future.

Ding Li came to buy the twenty acres of land every year, and there was basically no land for sale a year ago.

When Ding Zhuang was completely free, he polished the honey-scented beads according to his granddaughter's request.

He thought in his mind that after polishing the beads, he would polish the safety buckles. His carpentry skills had improved again, and he would carve a small gourd for Xiangxiang.

He had already seen the grain of the fragrant wood and knew which direction to carve it from.

Sitting on the warm kang, with my little granddaughter acting coquettishly, no longer tired, this day was the happiest and most comfortable after An An's death.

Although it is inconvenient to use two fingers to do carpentry work, it is much better than making your fingers hurt when blacksmithing.

At noon on the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month, a waiter from Jiusi Embroidery Shop came to Dingxiang's house and said that he had something urgent to do with shopkeeper Gong.

The waiter's name is Wang Shu, and he was Gong's confidant when he was the shopkeeper.

He told Mrs. Gong, "The embroidery workshop is about to close. The owner asked us to sell the inventory at a low price and sell the shop after the new year."

Ding Xiang rewarded him with five coins, and Ding Zhuang left him to eat and drink.

The next day Zhang went to Jiusi Embroidery Workshop.

Mrs. Gong told her that as long as the price is right, there are good materials such as Qian silk, Song brocade, and Shu brocade, Su embroidery from Cuiling Pavilion, Xiang embroidery from Xiangyunfang, Shu embroidery from Xishanghe, and good silk threads from Wucheng. , buy everything you can.

This is the brand effect.

Ding Xiang secretly thought that in the future, we will add the buckles from Jiulu Zhixiangfang.

Zhang bought more than a thousand taels of goods, loaded them into three carts and brought them back.

Mrs. Gong and Mrs. Zhang went to the county seat again and had private contact with several embroiderers with the same accountant candidate.

Those few people knew that Jiusi Embroidery Workshop could not grow, and expressed their willingness to follow them.

On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, Ding Liren and Ding Li came to take a long vacation.

Ding Zhuang polished two brown beads and two red beads.

He handed it to Ding Xiang, "Is my granddaughter satisfied?"

Four small beads were held in the white palm of her hand. They were shiny, oval, a little thinner than her little finger, and exuded a faint fragrance. It's wood, but it has the luster of honey wax.

Ding Xiang smiled and said, "It looks good. Grandpa is not only good at blacksmithing, but he is also good at carpentry."

She ran to Mrs. Zhang and asked Mrs. Zhang to take out the box containing the beads, and picked out three gold beads, one large, two small, and the word "bamboo" was engraved on the big gold beads.

She asked Mrs. Zhang to use these three gold beads and two brown honey-fat beads to weave a colorful bracelet with black thread. This was a gift for the county magistrate.

They couldn't afford to give away the whole bunch of honey-fat scented strings. This kind of colorful bracelet with honey-fat scented beads was cheap, high-quality, unique and beautiful.

As for the origin of the honey-fat fragrant beads, it is only said that Ding Zhuang went to Jiangnan to buy them, which were cheaper than the big beads.

Then I found three gold beads, one large, two small, and smaller than the ones just now. The big gold beads had "福" engraved on them.

Then use these three gold beads and two other red honey-scented beads to weave a colorful bracelet. Weave it with red thread, this is for the money lady.

The county magistrate must be cured of, and the relationship between the Qian family must be maintained well.

The Shen family will definitely not be happy if they want to buy Jiu Si Embroidery Shop and open Jiu Lu Weaving and Embroidery Shop, and let Gong continue to be the shopkeeper. With the right and wrong, the Shen family didn't dare to touch them.

The reason why I gave it to Aunt Qian and not to Master Qian was because Master Qian didn’t like others to pay attention to his hands.

The other four honey-fat fragrant beads will also be made into two colorful bracelets, one for General Sun Shen and the other for those who need it in the future.

On the 22nd, the Ding family went to the county to deliver New Year gifts.

The three brothers Ding Zhao and Ding Lichun went to the county magistrate's house to see him off. In addition to a string of honey-fat fragrant bead colored bracelets in a brocade box, an incense burner, and two other ornaments bought by Jiang Nan.

Ding Zhuang took Ding Xiang to Qian's house to deliver it. In addition to the honey-fat fragrant bead-colored bracelets, there is also a set of clothes belonging to the second master Qian and a basket of bacon.

The ox cart went to Qian's house first. Ding Zhuang, Ding Xiang, and Ling'er got off the car, and then took down the things. Ding Zhao and others went to the county magistrate's house.

Not only were Qian Dahu, his wife, and Qian Fei at home, but there were also five young men and women.

The eldest son of the Qian family, Qian Lei and his wife, and his daughter, Qian Yuniang and his wife, both came back. Their respective sons and daughters were too young, so they were left to be taken care of by their mother-in-law and mother-in-law who lived in Jiaozhou.

There is also a young master named Zhu.

Before Ding Xiang could give them a gift, Aunt Qian picked her up, kissed her and said with a smile, "The little man finally came to my house again, I'm so worried."

Ding Zhuang had met these men in Jiaozhou and greeted them one by one with cupped fists, "General Zou, General Qian, General Zhu."

Qian Lei is very similar to Qian Dahu, and they look like father and son at first glance.

Zou Qing is Qian Dahu's son-in-law and Qian Yuniang's husband. He looks strong and brave, and at first glance he looks like a mighty soldier.

General Zhu Xiao is nearly 20 years old, with wheat complexion, tall and thin, and handsome appearance.

Ding Xiang always felt that he looked very serious, but he had a different temperament, which was different from the other two soldiers and Qian Dahu, and even more different from his own grandfather.

A young daughter-in-law who looked like Mrs. Qian smiled and said, "Mom, I have never seen you treat me with such care when I was a child."

It’s Qian Yuniang.

Aunt Qian joked, "Were you Xiangxiang handsome when you were a child?"

Everyone laughed.

Qian Yuniang pouted, stamped her feet, and pulled Aunt Qian's sleeves, which was considered coquettish.

The Qian family was a military general, and they didn't pay much attention to it. They were joking together in the hall.

Aunt Qian was very happy when she saw the colorful bracelet given by the Ding family. He smiled and said, "Oh, I'm also wearing honey-scented beads. They are more unique and beautiful than those big strings of beads."

After saying that, he kissed Ding Xiang twice more.

Qian Yuniang stretched out her hand and said, "Mom, you've had enough hugs. Give me a hug. I also appreciate it."

Aunt Qian was unwilling to let go, so Qian Yuniang hugged Dingxiang, touched her face, took a jade bracelet from her wrist and stuffed it into her hand.

Ling'er came over to take it.

Qian Yuniang sniffed and asked, "Did Xiangxiang apply medicine?"

Ding Zhuang also told Ding Xiang that she lost her soul when she was a child and the Taoist priest asked her to take pills.