made an appointment with my mother-in-law, and after cleaning up the table, I let her take a nap on the kang.

Seeing that my mother-in-law and children were asleep, I put on my shoes and went to Aunt Guo'er's house with ten yuan in my pocket.

Aunt Guo's house is next door to my house, and her yard is also very large, and when you enter the door, it is a very flat yard, which is where Uncle Guo and his family usually do carpentry. On the left and right sides are the wings, the left one is used for grain, the right one is used for wood, and the main house is a five-room house with a ridge. The old people live in the east, the small ones live in the west, and the houses now are made of mud and grass for the roof. There are hard-working men in the family, and every year they will put another layer of mud on the walls and a layer of grass on the roof, so that the house will be warmer in winter.

As soon as I entered the courtyard gate, I saw Uncle Guo and Guo Sange doing carpentry in the yard, Uncle Guo was polishing and polishing the finished table, and Guo Sange was making the fourth bench. When there is a girl in each family in our family who wants to get married, the parents will prepare a table and four benches, which is a set, hoping that after the daughter marries into the in-law's family, she can eat at the table and eat enough.

"Uncle, third brother, are you busy! Is my Aunt Guo at home?" I greeted with a smile.

"Oh! It's the daughter-in-law of the pillar, isn't this the girl of Teacher Wang's family of the second team going to get married in a few days, Teacher Wang asked me to make a set of cabinets and a set of tables for his girl. Hehehe, your Aunt Guo is in the house, you can go into the house. Uncle Guo said with a smile. (The cabinet was a must-have piece of furniture for every family when we got married in the sixties and seventies.) The author Jun also saw it when he was young. )

"Hahaha, the pillar daughter-in-law is here, I saw you coming in the house, come in!" Aunt Guo opened the door and greeted me with a smile.

"Hehe, I'm here to knock on the door, why didn't I see the child and my sister-in-law? ”

"Come into the house, your sister-in-law and sister-in-law are leading those naughty bags up the mountain. Go and see if your brother set them up a few days ago, if there are pheasants or something. Isn't your third sister-in-law out of the full moon? Hold the child and go to her mother's house for a few days. ”

"Aunt Guo, I'm here for something and want to trouble you," I said to Aunt Guo after entering the house.

"Hey, what's the trouble, don't bother, you squeak, come and sit on the kang and say," said Aunt Guo, who took my hand and pressed me on the edge of the kang, and asked me to sit there and talk to her.

"That's right, isn't it a full moon for me, according to the rules, I'm going to have a treat tomorrow, who should I invite and how many dishes should I make? I don't know where to borrow tables and stools, so I thought I'd come to you to help me come up with an idea."

"Oh, this thing is really cumbersome, I have to talk to you about it" Then, Aunt Guo told me some rules for full moon wine. She said, "Here we are, there are two ways to set up wine after giving birth. One is a birthday feast, the other is a full moon feast, the birthday feast is a full-term child, three to five days after giving birth to a child, a boy is a three-day feast, each table has eight dishes, and a girl has a five-day feast, and each table has seven dishes. Your third sister-in-law in my family gave birth to a boy, and she set up eight dishes for a three-day banquet. You're still here to help choose the dishes, you forgot. Aunt Guo said with a smile.

I really forgot, it's been too long ago for me. I only remember that after giving birth, I held a full moon banquet, but I don't remember the details of the banquet. I forgot that there is a rule of three days and five days.

"Aunt Guo, how should the full moon banquet be placed. I asked.

"Listen to what I tell you, this full moon banquet also has the rules of the full moon banquet. The full moon banquet is a banquet that can only be set up for boys, and the full moon banquet for a boy has to be set up with nine dishes. ”

"Ah, what about the girl?" I asked.

"Girls, girls don't give a full moon feast. Some people don't like girls, and they can't even set up a five-day banquet. Aunt Guo replied.

"And what should I do with my house?" I asked.

Aunt Guo patted my hand and said to me: "Your family, your family is different, whether your family gave birth to twins or dragon and phoenix fetuses, what a rare auspicious thing." When setting up a feast, each table should be set with ten dishes, which means perfection. ”

"Oh, I have to set ten dishes, then Aunt Guo, how many tables do you say I want to set up in my house? What do you want to eat as the main food? Who do you want to invite? Do you have to ask a chef to cook? Do you have to have a guest? I don't understand any of this!" I said anxiously.

"Don't worry, I won't tell you, you can set up ten tables, there are more than 200 households in our village, and half of them can come, and that's about it." There are 10 people at each table, and 100 can be made at 10 tables. If you want more than that, squeeze it on each table, and you can sit down to 12. (At that time, when you went to the feast, you could only go to two people per family, and you could take a bowl and wait for the feast to be over, and then pack the rest of the dishes home for the children to eat.) )

"Hmm," I nodded as I listened.

"With what you invited, that is, a few elders in the village. There are also village officials, and relatives of your mother's family. No one else needs to be invited, let your third brother stand in the village and shout a few times tonight."

"I see, I'll go and ask for it in a moment," I said.

"Don't go by yourself, you go to your uncle's house first and let your uncle or his eldest brother accompany you. That way, no one will look down on you. Even if the man is not at home, there is a mother's family to support you," Aunt Guo said to me.

"Well, thank you, Aunt Guo, I know," I nodded in agreement.

"The master in charge of the spoon and the guest are all exquisite, and they must be filial to both parents and children. Our village is generally looking for wedding banquets. Master Bo in the east of the village, who is filial and filial, has two sons and a daughter, and he has no cooking skills. If you don't dislike Aunt Guo, I'll be a guest for you. Aunt Guo looked at me and said.

"Oh, Aunt Guo, what are you talking about, how can I dislike you, I mean that the guest is not a light agent, and if you are worried and tired, you can help me and I can't thank you! How can I dislike you. I took Aunt Guo's hand and said.

"Hehehe, since you don't dislike it, then Aunt Guo will help you be a guest of this point. Aunt Guo said with a smile.

"I don't dislike it, I don't dislike it at all. Then Aunt Guo, what do you say about the ten dishes? Where are the tables and stools borrowed? I asked.

"Ten vegetables are easy to make, and now there are all kinds of vegetables in the garden, so it is not difficult to make ten at all. The main thing is to buy some meat, and every green vegetable has to put a little meat in it to look good. You have to buy ten fish, and you have to have one fish on each table. If you want to eat the staple food, you can steam the steamed buns with two noodles, and I have cornmeal at home, so I can buy some flour. Later, let your second brother go to the county seat and help you buy it back. Aunt Guo said.

"I'm going to use your family's food again, then Aunt Guo, how many catties do you remember, and I'll give it back to you in the fall." Second brother, do they have time? Don't they have to send furniture, how much do you have to buy these vegetables and meat, and is it enough for me to bring ten yuan?" I asked.

"Let's talk about food in the fall. Your second brother and they have time to go one trip left, and the cabinets are all delivered, so pull these tables and stools over in one trip and it's over. Ten yuan is enough, I can't use it up, whoever is in charge of the bag is enough for one yuan red envelope" Aunt Guo replied, after listening to me, I nodded, and handed the money to Aunt Guo so that the second brother could help me buy something.

"Tables, stools, etc., let Uncle Guo and your eldest brother borrow them for you. If you borrow it, you can just pull it to your yard and put it on the table, and now it's summer, and you can set up a table outside tomorrow. ”

"Well, good"

"I'm going to find some old ladies in the afternoon and ask them to help tomorrow. I'm going to pick some more vegetables and prepare them for tomorrow," Aunt Guo said.

"Then I'll go to ask someone in the afternoon, and when I'm done, I'll go home and clean up the yard. I also went to the back garden to pick some vegetables and come down, saving the dew tomorrow morning. I said.

"Yes, that's it" After saying that, Aunt Guo laughed, and I laughed a few times.