After a night's hard work, my mother-in-law was not afraid to see the people who came to help this morning. Just sat under her tree and watched the people go back and forth.

The women who came to help were all found by Aunt Guo, and there were six or seven of them, picking, washing, cutting, cutting meat, relying on oil, and cleaning fish. Busy and happy, Aunt Guo picked a basket of vegetables from her home. The eldest aunt also sent two baskets, and the aunts who came to help each brought some, so that it was enough to look at today's dishes. Aunt Guo took two rabbits from home, saying that they were picked up by the sisters-in-law yesterday from the mountain.

The noodles used to steam the steamed buns were made by Aunt Guo last night, and the work of steaming the steamed buns was handed over to her sister-in-law and second sister-in-law. The steamed buns are steamed directly at Aunt Guo's house, and they can be served at noon.

At eight o'clock, our dishes were cut and washed, and the master master also came to look at the dishes we prepared, and then asked Guo Erge and a group of young men to help him support the pot, a total of three pots, one for stewed fish, one for vermicelli rabbit meat, and the other for stir-frying.

The master here started to cook, and Uncle Guo and Uncle Guo also came, and today the two of them are responsible for collecting gift accounts, Uncle keeps accounts, and Uncle Guo collects money.

At that time, there was still very little money in the rural gift account. There are also one or two cents, and generally five cents more. Those who can come up with a dollar are some immediate relatives and friends who have a particularly good relationship.

The table was set to open at ten o'clock, and by half past nine the people had basically arrived, and there were many people who came, and ten tables were full, and some tables even made eleven or two. They all sat at the table, drinking boiling water and chatting. Some children smell the smell of meat wafting from the pot, and their eyes are gluttonous and swallowing.

There was no way to compare the living conditions at that time with now. Meat is not expensive, it is very cheap for six or seven cents and 1 catty, but no one is willing to take six or seven cents to buy meat for their children. You have to say, luckily we're in the mountains. There is a river in front and a mountain in the back, and every year the fish in the river, pheasants, hares, and wild fruits in the mountains can be sacrificed to the children. People who live in the mountains, as long as you work hard, will never starve to death.

At ten o'clock the table was set up punctually, and five or six young men put plates of dishes on the table, and each plate was full of dishes.

The first dish was a two-pound plate of braised carp, and then a rabbit stewed vermicelli with some potatoes in it. The rest is greens, bean stew, eggplant stew, chili stir-fried meat, etc., etc...... The two sisters-in-law of the Guo family spread the basket with clean cloth and loaded four baskets of steamed buns, about 300 steamed buns.

The dishes are all served, the steamed buns are also served, and the chopsticks are also distributed to each table. The third brother Guo and the second brother of my uncle's family, the two of them gave each of the drinkers here a glass of liquor.

Aunt Guo stood in front, raised her glass and said, "Today is the full moon of Sun Jinzhu's dragon and phoenix fetus, and I hereby put down the full moon wine to thank all the neighbors here for taking care of them in the past." Sun Jinzhu was not at home as a soldier. I thank the Sun family for not giving up, today as a guest here, I want to have a glass here, I hope that the dragon and phoenix fetus of the Sun family will live a long and healthy life" drank the liquor in the cup in one go, Aunt Guo waved her hand and said: "Everyone eat and drink well, open the table." ”

With Aunt Guo'er's opening of the table, hundreds of people waved chopsticks together, rushing to the food they wanted to eat.

The feast came to an end amid a noisy exchange of cups and lamps, and all the well-fed men were gone, leaving some women to help clean up the plates and bowls. The leftovers on the table were also packed and taken away, and there was nothing left, only three steamed buns remained in the steamed bun basket. (Disappointing or not, it feels too simple, the full moon wine in the countryside doesn't have so many rituals.) When you're well fed and you're done. )

More than a dozen women squatted in the courtyard, picking up the dishes and washing the dishes, each busy, separating the brushed dishes and bowls according to the names written on the back, and putting them in a box as they were, so that they could be sent back to each family later.

The eldest brother, the second brother, and the third brother Guo, they led a group of young men, and they were also busy sending tables and stools to each family.

By the time everything was calm, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon. The two children have been milking three times in the past half a day. It's very easy to sleep when you're full, and I didn't cry at all. My mother-in-law's lunch was only eaten when I brought it to the house, and there were so many people outside that she felt panicked, and now that there was no one and it was quiet, she went to sit under the tree again.

When everything was done, I saw that there were still 2 catties of meat and three steamed buns left in the kitchen, as well as two handfuls of green onions left over from making green onions.

Everyone else left, leaving Uncle Guo, Aunt Guo, and Uncle Guo sitting in the room, waiting to calculate the gift account received today.

"Finish cleaning up, right? Pillar daughter-in-law, come over and calculate today's gift account," Aunt Guo said.

"Okay, I'll be right over," I said in the kitchen, and went into the house and sat on the side of the kang and watched them fiddle with their abacus.

"Zhang Ying's family is 2 cents, Li You's family is 5 cents, and your village elder's uncle's family is 1 yuan............ "The uncle counted the bills one by one.

Uncle Guo and Aunt Guo and I put the two cents and five cents separately into a stack there, and then checked and recorded each stack of money on a piece of paper on the side, and then added them together to calculate how much it was. The amount of money calculated with the uncle, is it the same.

After checking it here, the uncle's side also calculated it, and the result was the same as 63 yuan and seven cents.

After settling the account, the uncle is leaving. He gave me the gift account and said, "Put this away, whoever has a wedding ceremony or something in the future will have to follow this to follow the ceremony." ”

"Well, I see, uncle," I nodded, taking the bill.

"That's it for now, I'll go back, and let your eldest brother and second brother pick you up and go back to your parents' house for a while the day after tomorrow. With that, the eldest uncle went out.

"Okay, I'll pack up my things the day after tomorrow and wait for my brother and them to come. I said as I saw off my uncle.

When he walked to the door, the uncle said, "Okay, don't send it, you can go back." ”

"Uncle, go slowly"

After sending off the uncle, I hurried back to the house. While Aunt Guo was still there, I had to ask if the wine at today's banquet was bought by Aunt Guo and the others in advance. I remember that each bottle of wine should cost one yuan now, and I drank more than ten bottles of wine today, and the ten yuan I took yesterday was definitely not enough. It seems that Aunt Guo was afraid that I didn't have so much money yesterday, so she didn't tell the truth.

"Send your uncle away, okay, that's fine, we're going back too. Seeing that I was back, Aunt Guo and Uncle Guo stood up and said.