September 29, Mid-Autumn Festival. In 85 years, the traditional festivals of Mid-Autumn Festival and Qingming Festival did not have a three-day holiday, not even a half-day holiday. But this time I was lucky, it was Sunday, so the Zhang family's family banquet was about to start.

Grandma is a lively person, and as long as conditions permit, she will gather the whole family. Of course, no one can afford to go to the restaurant in this era, and the party is held at home like Zhang Zhao's birthday last time.

Early in the morning, my mother went to the market to buy vegetables, and my father boiled a pot of boiling water to kill the chickens. The chicken was picked up by the second uncle from nowhere the day before yesterday, a little hen of more than two catties.

Zhang Zhao took a few bud rice grains and fed it, but was stopped by his father. Alas, there is not even a severed head meal, and the chicken power needs to be strengthened. The little hen seemed to know her fate, and clucked to get into the corner, but the rope tied to her feet prevented it from moving, so she had no choice but to kill her by the neck.

Killing chickens and losing their hair and losing their hair were bloody, Zhang Zhao ran to see his aunt and grandmother picking mushrooms. The mushroom is a fine red pine mushroom, which has been hanging on the lintel for a long time, dried in the sun, and slowly expands after soaking in water, exuding a faint pine fragrance.

"Zhang Zhao, you go play first, and when the chicken is stewed, grandma will leave you a chicken thigh!" grandma said as she picked out the cleaned mushrooms.

Zhang Zhao waved his hand and said, "Don't leave it for me, I don't eat chicken legs." ”

My aunt smiled: "Haha, Zhang Zhao, don't you like to eat chicken legs the most?

Zhang Zhao rolled his eyes and said, "Even if I carry forward the style, can't I?" This is also an interesting story when I was a child, now my uncle and aunt are not married and have children, the Zhang family has Zhang Xiao, Zhang Jun and Zhang Zhao three children, but there are only two chicken legs, children, of course, what is less to rob, and then there were three warriors fighting for two peaches in ancient times, and now there are three brothers who grab two chicken legs. Although the brothers are all low-level people who have little combat effectiveness, they have inherited the fine tradition of the Chinese nation's infighting. The brothers will never leave a hand when they fight.

My aunt looked at Zhang Zhao like an alien, and then pinched Zhang Zhao's nose with her hand and said, "Is what you said true or false?

Zhang Zhao slapped away his aunt's hand and said, "Auntie, are you dirty, wipe it on my face if it is water and mud with one hand?"

My aunt laughed and said, "Haha, are you angry? My third nephew is so funny, come and let my aunt have one." ”

Grandma scolded angrily: "Go, crazy and uneducated, when you get married, be careful that your mother-in-law will suffer for you!"

My aunt said nonchalantly: "Mom, now it's all free love, wouldn't it be good if I find a partner and just find someone without a mother-in-law?"

Grandma said: "You are even more miserable without a mother-in-law, you have to take care of all the big and small things in the family, enough for you! Your mother and I married into your Lao Zhang family when I was 16 years old, and your grandmother had a stroke and was bedridden in the first year, and then ......."

My aunt stuck out her tongue and didn't dare to speak anymore, so she had to hum and listen to her grandmother's persuasion and education. Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Zhao also turned around and slipped away quietly. After all, grandma is old, and she likes to talk about the stories she thinks about back then, and like grandpa's Changbai Mountain tiger, everyone has heard it many times, and I really don't want to hear it anymore......

At noon, the food was relatively simple, and soon after eating, the motorcycle at the door suddenly sounded, and the second uncle's family of three drove the police nephew again. This is the first time Zhang Zhao has seen his second mother after being reborn, compared with the image of the fat one in his memory who can't walk fast, although she is also a little blessed at this time, but at least it is still an ordinary standard.

As soon as the second mother entered the house, she greeted people one by one, and even Zhang Zhao was not left behind. Then he began to hold his grandmother's hand and have a short chat. The second uncle saw that his father was using boiling water to defeather the chicken, so he said, "Call me after you finish it in a while, and I'll stew the chicken." Then he went into the house and lay down.

Zhang Jun walked up to Zhang Zhao and asked, "Zhang Zhao, is the chess you played for me last time still there?"

Zhang Zhao said: "Yes, when I find someone, the more people who play chess, the more fun it is." ”

While he was talking, the door was pushed, and the uncle's family also walked in. The adults began to get busy after greeting each other, and Zhang Xiao naturally walked in front of Zhang Zhao, and as soon as he opened his mouth, it was also a matter of chess. Then let's start playing, Zhang Zhao was a little puzzled, this game chess that he made casually, and the pit was to the death was really so fun? But thinking about the poor entertainment activities in this era, it is also relieved.

The three brothers played a game of chess for a while, and the aunt came over with a plate of fried shrimp chips and vegetable balls while eating. Placing the shrimp slices in front of Zhang Xiao and said, "Don't play with the few of you, come and eat some." ”

Zhang Xiao didn't raise his eyes, he was now in the lead, and he still had a dog on his body that he could win as long as he didn't step on the starting point of retreat......

Zhang Jun cheered, grabbed the shrimp slices and meatballs and ate them, and didn't even care that it was supposed to be his turn to play chess.

Zhang Xiao urged: "Zhang Jun, you go quickly!"

"Wait, wait!" Zhang Jun grabbed two more balls and stuffed them into his mouth before saying to Zhang Zhao: "Little brother, you can help me play the dice!"

Zhang Zhao pouted, this foodie......

In the evening, except for the uncle who was a soldier in the field, the whole family gathered together. 12 people packed the small table to the brim. Grandpa didn't rush to eat today, not for anything else, and today's Mid-Autumn Festival card friends also went home for reunion. Dad opened a bottle of Hongxing Erguotou and poured it for his two brothers and two sisters-in-law. And Zhang Jun couldn't wait to pour himself a bowl of wheat beer, and drank it all.

"The dish is here, be careful not to burn it!" Zhang Mu used two rags to carry an aluminum basin and put it in the middle of the table, which was today's main dish chicken stewed mushrooms, emitting this pungent sound.

Grandma said, "Xiaoyan, hurry up and come over for dinner, I'll wait for you!"

Zhang Mu smiled: "There is still a bean sprout to fry, you eat it first." ”

The aunt said, "Third sister-in-law, you can eat first! I'll get the leftover dishes later." ”

Mom nodded and said, "Okay, I'll sit down and eat a bite before I do it." ”

Seeing that everyone was seated, the second uncle said, "Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, big brother, can you have a cup?"

The uncle smiled innocently, revealing two silver dentures: "Credit Suisse, it's better for you to come, I'm stupid and can't say anything." ”

The second uncle raised his eyebrows and said: "The young and the old are orderly, the father and mother don't drink, it must be you who have a drink?"

The uncle no longer shirked and picked up the wine cup and said: "It's a holiday, this day is getting better and better day by day, I remember that two years ago, Aunt Yin's family had to kill the chicken and send half of it to our family, and now we have chicken and meat ourselves." Come, I wish our old Zhang family a better and better life!"

The whole family raised their wine glasses in one session, and even Zhang Zhao and the others touched the wine bowl containing the drink. Grandma wiped her eyes excitedly and said, "It's all good, it's all good, Bodhisattva bless, there will be no hard life in the future...... everyone drank it all.

After that, it was a staggered fight, because Zhang Zhao gave up the battle for chicken legs, and the children were happy. The fathers mentioned a few words about their childhood, both happy and bitter. Especially during those ten years. Grandpa was once captured by Principal Chang to serve as a soldier - and then he was taken in in a daze before he even went to the battlefield. If it weren't for Grandma Yin's family, the brothers would have gone to the countryside again, and it is estimated that there may be starvation to death.

Zhang Zhao remembered Liu Diangong's masterpiece "The Three-Body Problem" in later generations, which quoted a passage from the movie "Maple": "Are they martyrs?" "Then they are enemies?" "No, they are historical ......."

Whether it's heavy or sad, it's all in the past. Today's Huaxia steel pipe reform and opening up is less than 10 years, has already made many people have fish and meat on the table, as for what will become of China in 30 years, even if Zhang Zhao, a first-hand witness, will not believe it, right?

Please believe that our motherland will become stronger and stronger, and our days will be better and better, because even if it has broken its spine and is covered in bruises, the dragon of Huaxia is destined to return to the Nine Heavens, because it is where it should be...... Zhang Zhao said silently in his heart.