Ding Zhao was so angry that he wanted to beat people, but he didn't have the patience to teach, so he asked Ding Lichun to take his two younger brothers to set off firecrackers outside.

When Ding Lilai heard about the firecrackers, he jumped excitedly, and his words were smooth.

"Big brother, second brother, listen."

The children were gone, Ding Zhuang glared at Ding Zhi and said, "It's not good to teach the children, thinking about pies falling from the sky every day and making a windfall." Liren can count to fifty at the age of two, can memorize several poems, and Lichun, who can't read, can also count to ten. ”

Ding Zhi said disapprerovingly, "My aunt said that I was less than twenty years old at the age of five, and I was so smart when I grew up." ”

Lilac secretly thought that two-year-old children had no concept of counting, but simply followed the adults and said that counting more is a good memory. Ding Lilai's child is completely different, he definitely understands the true meaning of numbers, and addition is also self-taught.

The child is sluggish in some ways, but extremely sensitive to numbers. The premise is that you must educate the Fa, otherwise it will be a pity. Especially in ancient times, the master mainly taught the Four Books and the Five Classics, and the parents also felt that only by reading the Four Books and the Five Classics and taking the imperial examination could they be successful.

Lilac straightened her small breasts, such a cute little brother, she will have the opportunity to train her in the future.

There was still light snow outside, the weather was gloomy, the lanterns in front of the door were swaying in the wind, and occasionally a firecracker or two could be heard.

Needless to say, I also know that those firecrackers were set off by Ding's blacksmith's family and Xia Yuanwai's house.

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

There are only four or five families that have spare money to buy firecrackers, and only Xia Yuanwai's family and Ding's blacksmith's house are willing to set off firecrackers during the day.

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

Ding Xiang later learned that Ding Zhuang did not deal with Xia Yuanwai. Xia Yuan also has an identity, that is, the younger brother of the Ding Xia clan.

He also hates Ding Xia's shamelessness, but he is even more disgusted with Ding Zhuang, who is so aggressive, beats his brother and sister-in-law to the point of bleeding, and is angry with his mother. At the beginning, Ding Zhao wanted to take the Tongsheng exam to find a guarantor, but Xia Yuanwai's dead father made a hindrance from it, saying that Ding Zhuang was not filial, so that no one was willing to vouch for Ding Zhao, and Ding Zhao's dream of taking the imperial examination was extinct......

Ding Zhuang was so angry that he was going to find Old Man Xia with a kitchen knife to fight for his life, but was stopped by Ding Zhao.

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 realized." Although I can't take the scientific examination, my son and grandson will be able to ...... in the future."

Ding Zhuang endured this evil breath, and the two families became strangers from then on.

The second richest man in Beiquan Village is the Ding blacksmith family.

The third richest man is the Xia Li family, and his father is the patriarch of the Xia clan. The fourth is Jiang Tofu's family, and Ding Shan's family is fifth.

At the time of Shen, the meal was put on the table, Ding Zhao and Ding Zhi led the three boys to put a small string of firecrackers in the yard, and the New Year's dinner began.

Smelling the aroma of wine and coriander, and then seeing Xiao Zhengtai feasting, the cloves sitting on the kang couldn't help but drool. Her eyes were fixed on the beautiful chicken on the plate, babbling and babbling.

Ding Lilai shouted, "Look at my sister, my saliva is wetting my bib." ”

The crowd laughed.

Ding Zhuang got up, picked up Lilac and sat down at the table, tore a piece of grilled chicken and put it in front of her.

"Can't eat, lick it."

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

It smells so good!

Ding Lichun was unconvinced and said, "Master, the big meat is too oily, and my sister will have diarrhea if she licks it." ”

Ding Zhuang's face sank, and Ding Lichun said weakly, "That's what the master said about me before." You can't just allow the governors to set fires and not allow the people to light lamps. ”

Last time, he licked his sister's meat, and was slapped twice by his grandfather, so he was scolded.

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

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

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

Later, Zhang took the cloves over and asked Ding Zhuang to continue drinking.

After dark, Lilac saw the fireworks as she wished.

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

Ding Lichun was even more proud.

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

Soon, the overexcited Lilac fell asleep in Ding Zhuang's arms.

What Ding Xiang didn't know was that Ding Zhuang gave each of his four grandchildren twenty yuan for New Year's money. Ding Liren Yinuo returned two pennies to Ding Lichun, and Zhang wrapped the cloves' New Year's money in a red cloth and pressed it under her pillow.

Lilac was awakened by the sound of firecrackers.

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

A crackling sound announces the arrival of a new year.

The next moment, Lilac fell asleep again.

In a daze, Lilac was woken up by the sound of a gong.

"In the year of Gui Mao, in the month of Jiayin, on the day of Gengshen, in the nineteenth year of Qingguan, Xia has given you a New Year's greeting! Good luck, joy and health, good weather, peace and security, peace and ......"

It was Xia Lizheng's loud voice, as the leader of the most grassroots level, he greeted the people of the village in such a form.

He said the perpetual calendar in front, and the emperor's year name in the back.

Ding Xiang knew another piece of information, the emperor's grandfather had been the emperor for nineteen years, so the era of his birth was the eighteenth year of Qingguan. She can't remember the perpetual calendar, and she will only remember the emperor's year name in the future.

Zhang is busy in the kitchen. She made breakfast, first dressed her two sons in a new coarse cloth dress, then dressed Lilac in a red muslin dress and small open crotch pants, and put on a small red embroidered ruffle hat.

When he came to the hall, Ding Zhuang was dressed in new clothes and sat on the Taishi chair next to the table of the Eight Immortals.

Ding Zhao and Ding Zhi took their respective wives and children to kowtow to Ding Zhuang for New Year's greetings.

Ding Zhuang praised Zhang's ability, "The eldest daughter-in-law gave birth to a good granddaughter Xiangxiang last year, who respects the elders and takes care of her husband and children, and does everything well." ”

Very generously rewarded Zhang with a big red envelope containing one or two pieces of silver.

He glanced at Tang, although he was very reluctant to praise her, he still said against his will, "The second daughter-in-law is not bad, in the future, you must take care of the second child, and resolutely refuse to give the money that should not be given." ”

also gave her a red envelope.

After that, he gave each of the four grandchildren a red envelope containing 20 yuan.

The three brothers of Ding Lichun kowtowed to Ding Zhao and his wife and Ding Zhi and his wife to pay New Year's greetings, the little cloves were held and worshiped by Ding Lichun, and the Ding Zhao brothers each took out four red envelopes containing 16 yuan to the four brothers and sisters.

The red envelope of the clove was received by Zhang.

Before Ding Lichun put the red envelope into his arms, he said to Lilac, "My brother saves the money, and when my sister's hair grows, I will buy flowers for my sister to wear." ”

Ding Liren listened to it and made a wish, "When my sister grows up, I will buy tofu brains for my sister to eat." ”

Ding Lilai also hurriedly said, "Buy a big elbow seven for my sister." ”