The Rise and Fall of the Ding Family in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 007 Blind Date

Yang, her son, and Xue Liang slowly returned to the side hut where Ding Hao and Xue Liang shared a room, and the quick-witted Miss Xiao Qing had also had the bone-setter send in medicine for the gold sores. With a small light burning, Yang said worriedly, "My son, get down quickly, let my mother take a look at your injuries and put some medicine on you."

Ding Hao grabbed his belt and said with some embarrassment, "Mother, there's no need, in a moment, Brother Da Liang and I will just apply some medicine on each other."

Yang was slightly stunned, and spat lightly, "You child, the flesh that fell off of my mother's body, you still feel bashful? Alas, also yes, unknowingly, you have grown so tall, if ordinary people, should say a daughter-in-law, but you are ......, it is mother even dragged you down."

This said, her eyes red, and want to fall tears, Ding Hao hastened to comfort: "Mother, you do not say, the child does not dislike the mother ugly, the dog does not dislike the family poor. You gave me this body and my life, that's the greatest favor of all, is it possible that I don't rely on myself to earn a family, don't rely on my own ability to let my mother enjoy her old age in peace, but also complain that his parents gave him life and didn't offer him another piece of glory and wealth, that's the most unproductive goods."

Yang didn't expect her son to be able to say such thoughtful words, and her heart was both touched and pleased. Ding Hao tore off a sheet from the side of his own bed, let Yang sit down, carefully ruffled her hair, put on the gold sore medicine for her, and then gently wrapped the cloth, Yang held her son's hand, her heart filled with a feeling of peace and happiness. Son female this illness, finally enlightened, no longer always dull, son grows up, undoubtedly a mother's heart is the greatest fulfillment.

Xue Liang carrying a black weight in his hand, has been standing on the side. This room is simple, no table, no chairs, in addition to the pavement there is nothing else, so the things in his hands also have nowhere to put down. After helping his mother apply the medicine, Ding Hao twisted his head and couldn't help but wonder, "Piggy, what are you carrying in your hand?"

Xue Liang gave a silly smile and said, "Roe deer, if you throw it down unfortunately, I picked it up, and it's just charred the outside layer, the inside is fragrant."

"Good, come, you also sit, let ...... s eat roe deer meat."

Xue Liang held the black roe deer meat and sat on the side of the kang, Ding Hao pulled off a leg from the roe deer, although the outside is scorched, the meat inside is really still very tender, and there is still a hint of heat rising vaguely.

"Mother, taste it, it's fragrant."

"Ay", Yang took a bite of the fragrant roe deer meat in her son's hand, slowly chewing, tears gradually gathering in her eyes, she quickly turned her head for an excuse and quietly wiped away the tears on her cheeks, and then turned back to look at her son and Xue Liang, who were chewing the roe deer meat with a big mouthful of meat, and joyfully blossomed into a smile.

This mother, in today's Ding Hao's heart, would have had no sense of blood connection. This Xue Liang, who was not a brother with the same feelings as a brother, in today's Ding Hao's heart, was originally no more than an irrelevant passerby. He had inherited the original Ding Hao's memories, but not his feelings, but now he clearly felt that a touch of deep mother-son and brotherly love was rising again in his heart.

He suddenly felt that in this world, he did not have nothing.

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Ding Tingxun, the head of the Ding family, rushed to the city to meet an old friend in the past two days. This old friend's name is Li, Li Yuchang, a big salt merchant. Master Ding's family has tens of thousands of hectares of land and produces countless grains, all of which are sold to the Northwest Border Army, which doesn't have so much silver to pay for, so it issues salt citations that are sold exclusively by the government and allows him to return to the mainland salt factory with the citations to pick up the salt, which is then used to pay for the grains.

Ding Tingxun is a landlord and squire with status and merit, operating a business has been a bit degraded, or not to mention older, not inevitably difficult to leave their homeland, do not want to operate in the field outside of the industry again, so always give the salt guide to this good friend, by him to bring people to the salt out, and then use his mastery of the commercial network, distributed to the marketplace everywhere to sell.

The two have been working together for many years, and their friendship is so deep that they are now more than just business friends, and have become family friends. Ding Tingxun would like to invite his old friend to his residence, but was Li Yuchang politely refused, Ding Tingxun surprised to ask, only to learn that Li Yuchang's nephew's daughter, Tang Yan Yan, this time along with him to the city of Bazhou, Li Yuchang in the city of Bazhou to deal with some of the shopping center after the business will be sent to her to the Guangyuan.

This Li Yuchang is a family business is extremely solid big salt merchants, his brother-in-law Tang Baiquan is even better, Tang is the entire northwest region of one of the most powerful family, rich can rival the country. Tang family and Guangyuan General Cheng Shixiong is in-laws, Guangyuan General Cheng Shixiong is Tang Yan Yan's aunt, this time Tang Yan Yan is on behalf of the Tang family to the aunt's mother to celebrate the seventieth birthday.

Ding Tingxun figured out the intricate relationship between the Tang family, the Li family, and the Cheng family, and heard that this Miss Tang is still in her boudoir, and did not feel like getting upset. His favorite second son Ding Chengye, look to the crown years, but compared to his older brother's stability and gravity is really too far, all day cockfighting, idleness, and often stay in the land of fireworks, really let him exhaust the brain. He has been thinking of giving this second son to marry a marriage, hoping that after the marriage he can become stable.

But one to the Ding family's power, in Bazhou place this gateway equivalent to the family is not good to find, find and may not have the age of the girl can be married, married to may not be down to his son of this wild horse, but if it is the Tang family ...... that would be different. The Tang family on the wealth and power, are higher than his Ding family a big cut, really want to be able to climb this marriage, Ding's position in the Northwest is certainly as stable as Mount Taishan, and the Tang family's Miss is afraid that they can not control their own son that does not compete?

To say that his second son Ding Chengye, idle indeed playboy, but that look is handsome extraordinary. Eyebrows clear, red lips and white teeth, do not know the bottom line, who looked at his appearance outside the gold and jade, do not praise a fluttering good son?

Ding Tingxun think to think, will borrow wine to cover up the shame, to Li Yuchang said the intention of marriage, Li Yuchang does not know the original face of the Ding family's second young man, every time he came to Bazhou, are in a hurry, Ding Chengye a table of talent, in front of him has always been the right answer to the right, courteous and polite, very much into his eyes. Besides, although the Ding family's wealth and power is not as good as the Tang family, it is barely a match. His brother-in-law died early, the Tang family is now the nephew in charge, he is the maternal uncle for his nephew's daughter to worry about the marriage is also should be, so there is no way to agree to a date to let the two children in the city of Bazhou to meet first, if they are interested in each other, and then to the Tang family to ask for a marriage is not too late.

Ding Tingxun was so happy to hear this that he didn't return to his home that day, but only accompanied Li Yuchang to have a banquet with his guests, and only in the evening did he write a letter in a hurry, which he brought back to his home, so that Ding Chengye would rush to Bazhou City early the next morning to receive a reception at the Baifeng Building for Uncle Li Shiyi, and arrange for his son to meet with Miss Tang in the meantime.

Ding two young read the letter on the boss of the reluctance, the big family of the lady he saw more, long beautiful not more, bad temper is a catch a large number, I heard that the Tang family than his Ding family and the power, he was lazy to marry a small ancestor back to spoil his free days, but the father did not dare to disobey the order, get up early in the morning he had a look of gas is not good look, the maid with scolding even the girl ring, so that the people who wait for him are not dare to out.

Waiting for the sun to rise, Yan Jiu in the ready carriage and horse next to the anxious like a hot pot on the ants when the ball is spinning, Ding Chengye only slowly arrived, not lively on the car.

Yan Jiu chased after the car, staggeringly instructing, "Quickly, quickly, immediately send the second young master to Baifeng House, today is a good day for the second young master's blind date, and the girl is the eldest miss of the Tang family in the northwest, if you guys delay, come back and I'll pick your skins!"

Xue Liang shook the reins of his horse, and the carriage sped out. Xue Liang approached Ding Hao as if he was unsteady, and whispered softly, "The second young master is going to have a blind date today? Poor ah, that Miss Tang's life is ruined ......"

The corners of Ding Hao's mouth hooked slightly as he gently said, "A blind date is not a marriage. To match into a minion, it's not that easy, is it ......"

Xue Liang blinked, "How do you say that? With our Second Young Master's family history and appearance, there's still one that won't work out?"

Ding Hao did not answer, he flicked his wrist to raise the whip, "Snapping" hit an explosive whip flower, the corners of his lips showed a hint of Cold smile: "There is not a gentleman who does not report revenge ah ......."