I finished reading "The First Fragrance", but I still couldn't let it go. What I can’t bear to part with are those kind, honest and strong people, those timeless, beautiful and exquisite words, and those lively customs and customs of Peiping. The lingering sound lingered for three days, as it should be.

I opened this book casually because I was bored. The author, Jiang Tianxueyi, is also a name I am not familiar with. After reading a few pages, I fell in love. My love is very contradictory. I want to finish it in one go and enjoy it, but I also want to savor it carefully and let the happiness of reading last longer.

"The First Fragrance" not only writes about the love and hatred of family and country, but also writes about the scenery of Peking. What moves me the most are those people who persevere to survive in difficult circumstances, and their passionate love in the harsh winter of life. They are the best incense in the city of Peiping. Even if they are trampled into the dirt by life, they still maintain their yearning for the future, their persistence in their ideals, and their protection of kindness.

"Beef Liu" is a very small shop, and its owner is Liu Tianlu. Because the beef he cooked was delicious, someone gave him a banner with five golden characters written on it: The best flavor in Nancheng.

Tianlu recruited a waiter named Cuixi. Cuixi, who is beautiful, kind, hard-working and dexterous, blinked her big eyes and gradually walked into Tianlu's heart. Tianlu's care for his old neighbor and Cui Xi's care also made Cui Xi unable to help but feel anxious.

The river is thawing, the willow trees are sprouting buds, and the grass is swaying its soft waist in the wind. Spring is here. But that society looked down upon the tenderness and sweetness of the poor, and when spring came, life showed its ferocious face again.

The Guang'anmen Tax Office has a new director named Wen Mengyu, known as "Wen Beile". Whether he is really Baylor cannot withstand a little scrutiny, but it is true that he is lustful and amassing money.

Wen Beile met Cui Xi who was going to deliver beef at the young lady's house. Those dark eyes drew his soul away. Fortunately, Tianlu got the message from others and arrived in time, so Cuixi was saved from being ruined. In anger, Tianlu almost made Wen Beile unable to be a man from now on.

Wombele has never suffered such a loss. He vowed to crush Tianlu like a bug. All kinds of evil tricks were thrown at Tianlu. Tianlu had lost all his wealth and could not escape his bad luck. "Beef Liu" closed the door, Tianlu was sent to prison, Tianlu's house was innocently caught in a fire, Cuixi was forced to escape, and no news was heard.

Winter is dry, cold and long. Poor people have worked hard for half their lives, but when a storm comes, they have nothing to cover them again. But there are always some unyielding lives that survive tenaciously in the harsh winter, and there are always some friendships that make people hopeful in the darkness.

Jin Dan, the son of Fourth Master Jin, is a progressive young student. He quietly solicits his classmates to find connections and save Tianlu.

Grandma Cao, an old neighbor who has been taken care of by Tianlu, intercepted the drunk Wen Beile on the roadside at night and gave him a meal, which almost made him meet the King of Hell.

Tianlu finally came out of prison. The small restaurant was closed and the home was burned down, but the people are still there, the craftsmanship is still there, and the favor is still there, Tianlu will not give up hope. In order to revive "Nancheng's No. 1 Fragrance" and to find Cui Xi, he traveled far away.

Where is Cuixi? Where did Cuixi go? In order to avoid Wen Beile's entanglement, she quietly ran away. Together with the men, she pulled an ice cart in the cold winter. Not only did she survive, she also provided for her brother and his family. Life can change her appearance, but it cannot make her give up her passion for life. She picked up the narcissus heads that others had discarded from the street and took care of them. The narcissus actually pulled out the green leaves and spit out yellow buds.

Winter is coming, can spring be far behind? Faced with such a stoic life and such a deep friendship, God cannot bear to keep a straight face. Tianlu and Cuixi finally met and got married. Their "Beef Liu" is open again.

"The most fragrant food in Nancheng", why is it just beef?

Qiu Liyun, the top master of Yuechang Jewelry Shop, is good at making all kinds of head and face jewelry. By chance, the big shopkeeper Zhao Botao met his old friend's daughter, Forsythia, and introduced her to Liyun.

Excellent souls always attract each other, and Liyun and Forsythia have different feelings in their hearts. If the relationship between Tianlu and Cuixi is simple and passionate, then the relationship between Liyun and Forsythia is implicit and deep. They are both excellent and can't help but sympathize with each other, but they are also proud and independent. Li Yun admires Forsythia and cherishes Forsythia, but Forsythia's talent offends his pride.

Li Yun and Lian Qiao’s fathers were both craftsmen in the palace. The two were originally good brothers who supported each other, but due to some misunderstandings, some discord arose between them.

The Queen Mother is celebrating her birthday and needs a tiara. As the top craftsmen in the palace, the two strong men each worked hard and worked hard to win the first prize in the competition.

As a result of the competition, Liang Zi won because of his originality. He was praised and received a reward. The flower he made was named "The First Fragrance". Maochun, on the other hand, was fined a salary and played twenty boards. This made Maochun, who was arrogant and arrogant, furious all the time. The two people who were as close as brothers eventually became strangers.

Today, Liyun inherits his father’s craftsmanship and works meticulously and strives for excellence. Forsythia was also influenced by her father. The hair flowers she made were unconventional and unique in their own way.

New ideas can sometimes be eye-catching, but sometimes they may not be popular. Just like Liang Zi, after the palace workshop was disbanded, his life was difficult and unsustainable, and not many people could understand his art. Most people still like to be solid and old-fashioned. The old ones, at least won't go wrong.

Liyun hopes that Forsythia can change her character, become a craftsman, and give herself a stable life. But Forsythia can't do it. She always has a lot of ideas in her mind, and she always wants to derive new things from old craftsmanship. She is unwilling to follow the custom, even if she suffers a lot for it.

Liyun was finally disappointed. He understands Forsythia, he understands her, and knows that even if she is placed in the most miserable situation in the world, she will still plunge in. This deep love is not for anyone, but just to fulfill her own temperament. After all, they are on two different roads.

Liyun got married. Bo Tao was seriously ill and entrusted Liyun with his daughter Jiuru and the Yuechang store.

Forsythia left and went to Hangzhou Art College to study fine arts. Liyun advised her to do her hair well and not to abandon her familiar skills easily. Forsythia still followed her heart. Being able to do whatever you want is a kind of willfulness, and being able not to do something is a kind of freedom in your bones. Forsythia chose freedom.

Liyun is a rigorous craftsman, while Forsythia has a heart for pursuing art. One wants to inherit, one likes to innovate, one upholds ingenuity, and the other is always exploring. They know each other and love each other, but they can never get along. Two proud hearts eventually drifted apart.

Tianlu and Cuixi, Liyun and Forsythia, they are walking on different life paths, but they have the slightest connection with each other because of the same temperament.

Tianlu and Cuixi's "Beef Liu", after several generations of hard work, finally put on the crimson guise again: Nancheng's No. 1 fragrance. Liyun and Forsythia are also on their own chosen life paths, using wisdom and perseverance to achieve their own "first fragrance".

There are also a group of hard-working, kind, honest and trustworthy people in the article, such as Jin Dan, Qin Ye, Dou Ye, and Cao Nainai. Although they live at the bottom of society, they exude the light of humanity. They are the weeds that stubbornly emerge from the frozen soil covered with ice and snow in early spring, the clusters of purple flowers blooming on the ground, the life that is revived by the spring breeze, and the "first fragrance" of that desolate era.

No matter how windy and rainy it is, it falls into pieces and becomes mud, but only the fragrance remains the same.