Zhang Yu and them came late, and the rest of the second uncle was close, needless to say. My brother-in-law and sister-in-law also rushed back from the provincial capital early, and they arrived last night.

When Zhang Yu's family arrives, this big family will be counted!

Lao Yu's family is a big family, not counting side branches, just Zhang Yu's grandfather's family, there are more than 20 people.

Grandpa and grandma, this is the ancestor of the family, and it can be regarded as the first generation. Below, the eldest uncle, the second uncle, the younger aunt and the old mother Yu Fang, this is the second generation, and they are all married, so the population should be multiplied by two.

In the third generation, there are two male babies in the eldest uncle's family, a female baby in the second uncle's family, a male baby in the uncle's family, and a female baby in the aunt's family, plus Zhang Yu. And the eldest cousin and second cousin of the eldest uncle's family are all married, and they all have a child in the family, the eldest brother's male baby, the second brother's female baby, plus two cousins-in-law, which makes there be four more people.

If you count Qin Siya, the prospective daughter-in-law, there are a total of twenty-three people. This is still because Zhang Yu got married late in his generation, or some of them have not yet grown up, otherwise, there must be more than 30 people.

If it weren't for family planning, Zhang would have at least twice as many people in his generation, because most of them have only one child in their families.

Grandpa Zhang Yu still has some uncles, brothers and cousins in the village, and none of them have five suits. In the village, this can be regarded as a pro, so on the day of the birthday, in addition to Grandpa Zhang Yu and his family, those relatives of cousins and uncles will also come to participate.

In the countryside, if there is a long-lived old man in a family, then the surname will be happy. In terms of the current medical theory, that is, people with this surname have good genetics and are prone to longevity.

Therefore, on the day of the birthday, Lao Yu's family came to a hundred and dozens of people. There were fifteen tables on the banquet alone, and this was still the kind of large round table for ten people, otherwise it might not be able to be used.

Rural birthdays are generally very lively and festive, and only the elderly who are over eighty years old will have a big birthday, otherwise the birthday star himself can't stand it, and there will be a saying that he will lose his life.

Generally speaking, red events, that is, happy events, such as marriage and birthday, must be invited. White things, that is, funerals, this is particular, and the old man made a will before he died, saying that he must invite the team. Then, only happy and mourning can invite the team.

What is a joy and mourning? It is the death of an old man, who is over 70 years old. In the past, I paid attention to the fact that a lifetime was sixty years old, which was for the next life, and if I could live to the age of seventy, that was the age of ancient rarity, which was called middle life!

Seventy is fashionable and eighty is old, so the eighty-year-old man is also called the old age. And at the age of ninety, it is for longevity, also known as big birthday!

So from the age of seventy, it can become a joy and mourning. Although a happy funeral is a funeral, it is also a happy event, so I will invite the drum team!

The drum troupe is generally composed of folk artists, and they usually work as farmers at home and do odd jobs. As soon as someone had something to do, several people got together and performed blowing, blowing, blow

Of course, this was all before, and now we pay attention to folk music, so these drum troupes have also begun to be professional. In addition to coming out to pick up some red and white ceremonies, most of the time, they also participate in various activities everywhere, and they earn a lot of money.

When I got up in the morning, before dawn, everyone got up and prepared early.

It's much better now, the banquet is all big bags out, and you don't have to worry about anything at home. The master master led the team, from pots and pans, to tables, chairs and benches, all kinds of ingredients were brought by themselves. Tell how much money is on the table, and then count the money according to the table.

If you put it in the past, you would have prepared the ingredients and various utensils at least three days in advance, and then you would have to pay for the master chef to come and cook. Not to mention the trouble and waste effort, it is not necessarily much cheaper.

Not to mention anything else, just borrowing, or renting some pots and pans, tables, chairs and benches, it will be a waste of old things.

Although these are all taken out, the family can't sleep lazy and don't care about anything. At the very least, the venue should be cleaned up, and the water, electricity, and firewood for cooking should still come out at home. So there's a lot to keep busy.

Zhang Yu and a few of them were called up early, and then they began to clean the yard and sweep the street. As for why we sweep the streets, it's because we need to build a shed so that we can set up a table.

In the past, what kind of banquet was usually held at home, and at most there were more people plus the yard. If it's that kind of big scene, such as getting married or something, I will borrow the neighbor's house and the house of the front and back door.

But now it's different, now when the big bag is out, the master will bring the steel pipe frame and canvas greenhouse. Then, whether it is winter or summer, a canvas greenhouse will be set up outdoors. Of course, in winter, they will surround the surroundings so that they can block the wind and save the cold!

When the floor is cleaned, I will help build the greenhouse, and when these are done, that is, it will be dawn, and I will start to have breakfast.

Breakfast is prepared by the master, a large pot of two-rice porridge, and a freshly steamed white steamed bun. Served with salted radish strips, two rice porridge with steamed buns, it tastes sweet and delicious, crisp radish strips, not pickled vegetables, but salted overnight, after removing the water, a little salty tender radish strips.

I don't know if it's because of work, Qin Siya, who has always eaten a lot, actually ate two steamed buns and drank a big bowl of gruel. You must know that this steamed bun is not the kind of small steamed bun bought in the city, but a large steamed bun steamed in a large pot in the countryside, with at least two sides. Moreover, the rice bowl in the countryside is not the kind of small family style rice bowl in the city, which can only be filled with a small scratch rice at a time. Although the rice bowl here is not the big bowl of the noodle restaurant, there are also adult palm-sized rice bowls, and one bowl can definitely hold two ordinary small bowls.

"Hiccup......

After Qin Siya finished eating, she burped embarrassedly, and immediately covered her mouth, looking left and right to see if others were laughing at her. As a result, she found that everyone was eating happily, only Zhang Yu next to her glanced at her, and then continued to eat radish strips.

No one noticed her, but she blushed herself. The first time I came to Zhang Yu's grandfather's house, I ate so much that I was about to catch up with my stupid daughter-in-law.

"But it's really delicious! I accidentally ate too much!alas!" Qin Siya thought with some annoyance in her heart.

Just after breakfast, the drum team arrived, and he had already set up a platform in front of the courtyard yesterday. It's the kind of scaffolding that is laid with planks and covered with canvas.

They lifted the drummers out of the car, set up the chairs and tables, and got ready to go. But what makes Zhang Yu strange is that in the past, these drum groups were all dry blowing and singing, and there was no microphone and audio equipment. Now they actually brought a lot of audio equipment, which seemed to be quite advanced, because Zhang Yu saw a very good keyboard.

At 8:9 a.m. at the auspicious time, the cannon will be played, and the birthday celebration will begin!