【Chapter 023】 Grand Birthday Banquet

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The old man's life is calculated according to the lunar calendar, the second day of the seventh month, which happens to be the second day of August this year.

From the day of July 30th, more than a dozen unmarried grandchildren such as Xiao Feng and Xiao Qiang began to thoroughly clean the old house inside and out under the command of their elders.

The old house usually only has two elderly people living in it, only the master bedroom, kitchen and study room of the hall house are popular, and the last time the other places were cleaned was half a year ago during the Spring Festival. No way, the old house is too big, upstairs and downstairs plus the long wings on both sides, as well as the annex building in the backyard, a total of 4o rooms, plus various corridors, stairwells, the two old people usually can't take care of it.

In fact, according to the ideas of the two old people, it is best for the whole family to live in the old house together, but the young people have their own ideas, and the old people can only guard the old house alone. This time, Xiao Feng decided to return to Ginkgo Village and live in the old mansion with the two old men, which made them smile a lot.

This time, the relatives in the field will come back, and the main venue of the birthday banquet will be set up in the old mansion, so before the birthday comes, Xiao Feng's task is to clean up the old mansion.

The more he learned about the old house, the more Xiao Feng felt that the old house was a collection of the architectural culture of the Central Plains and the ethnic culture of the Yunnan-Tibet region, and could be used as a museum for public exhibition. However, the old mansion is the spiritual sustenance of the Xiao family, and opening up to the outside world is not in line with the feelings of the Xiao family.

As for the preparation of the birthday banquet, the payment of funds, etc., it is not Xiao Feng's turn to worry about the juniors, they just need to work hard.

In order to celebrate the old lady's birthday, the four brothers Xiao Jinxu decided to invite everyone in the village to eat a flowing water banquet after discussion. Anyway, the whole village plus relatives from other places, there are 1ooo people who participate in the birthday banquet, and a hundred tables of flowing water seats, which is not too much of a burden for the Xiao family.

The cost of running a banquet in the countryside is not as high as that of a restaurant banquet in the city, and it costs about three or four hundred yuan for a table. The cost of tens of thousands of yuan, the four men of the Xiao family will be divided into one point, and each of them will be 10,000 yuan.

Xiao Feng and Xiao Qiang and a bunch of grandchildren, great-grandchildren and even great-great-grandchildren, when the time comes, they can be responsible for kowtowing and taking red envelopes!

At this time, Xiao Feng didn't have any special status, he was instructed by a few elders to go around, and after cleaning the old house, he participated in the preparation of various ingredients, and he was very busy.

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Xiao Feng's parents only rushed back to Ginkgo Village on the afternoon of July 31, after all, they still needed to go to work, and for the old man's birthday, they spent a lot of effort to transfer shifts and ask for leave, so they could spare a week.

Xiao Feng hopes that his parents can quit their low-paying jobs and enjoy their old age at home, but this is just a thought. After all, their parents are not yet fifty years old, and it is a little early for them to retire.

"I'll settle accounts with you later!" After Xiao Jinyang saw his son, he threw down a sentence with a straight face.

The news that Xiao Feng decided to stay in Ginkgo Village Xiao Jinyang learned about it on the phone of his eldest brother Xiao Jinxu, which made Xiao Jinyang, who had always had a bad temper, very dissatisfied and felt that his son was making his own decisions. It's just that at the moment of the old man's birthday, Xiao Feng is protected by the old man, and Xiao Jinyang can't say anything.

"Son, you shouldn't hide it from your father this time!" Xue Lifen knocked Xiao Feng's head and said, "Go back and explain to him clearly, don't lose your temper!"

Xue Lifen knew in her heart that her husband felt that his son had made such a big decision but did not ask for his opinion, and felt that his authority as a father was being challenged, and his mood was naturally not much better. Xiao Feng's personality is the same as his father, he is face-saving and stubborn, and Xue Lifen doesn't want the father and son to fall out because of this incident.

"Mom, I know it's my problem!" Xiao Feng nodded and said, "I'll make it clear to Abba at night and win his support!"

After obtaining Zizhu Space and returning to Ginkgo Village, Xiao Feng also thought deeply about his future planning and various actions over the years. Aside from other problems, Xiao Fengxian and his father are not very harmonious, and the relationship is a bit stiff. This point, in the matter of deciding to stay in Ginkgo Village this time, is undoubtedly revealed, Xiao Feng did not communicate with his father at all.

Maybe it's because of the conflicting personalities, maybe it's because the father and son spend too little time together, or maybe it's because Xiao Feng wasn't very sensible before,......。 After the problem was presented, Xiao Feng decided to take the opportunity of the old man's birthday banquet to have a good talk with his father and ease the relationship between them.

In life, if you are regarded as an enemy with the people closest to you, it is too sad.

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On the day of the old man's birthday, the sky was beautiful, and the bright sunshine poured on Ginkgo Village in the early morning, which made people feel more comfortable.

The old man has been teaching in Ginkgo Village all his life, and basically all the clansmen and villagers under the age of 5o have been his students, and his prestige in the village is not comparable to ordinary people.

Therefore, as soon as the news of the old man's birthday banquet spread, the entire Ginkgo Village was moved, and every household took the initiative to send young and strong laborers to help. In the countryside, whether it is a red or white happy event, whether it is popular or not, you can see the popularity and prestige of a person in the village.

A hundred tables of flowing water seats require a lot of ingredients, but fortunately, the Xiao family has a lot of money and has made preparations in advance, so it is not too difficult to deal with it.

Whole chicken, whole duck, whole fish, steamed pork, brine platter, stewed chicken in casserole, all kinds of seasonal vegetables, wild game, basically the best ingredients that can be found around Ginkgo Village are all present at the old lady's birthday banquet. You must know that for this birthday banquet, Xiao Jinxu began to contact various suppliers as early as a month ago, and there were no mistakes.

After the old lady got up in the morning, he and the old lady changed into new clothes, sat on the Taishi chair in the hall, and began to accept birthday greetings from their children and grandchildren and relatives from all walks of life.

First, Xiao Jinxu, as the eldest son, was naturally ranked first, and he led his mother-in-law, son and daughter-in-law, grandson, granddaughter-in-law, great-grandson, daughter, son-in-law, grandson, and so on, to kowtow to the old man for his birthday.

Watching the boss take the family to pay homage to himself, the old lady smiled from ear to ear, he held Xiao Haoyu, the great-grandson, in his arms and teased him for a while. For the old lady, now that the family is prosperous, the five generations are in the same house, and he is worthy of his ancestors.

When Xiao Jinxu took his children and grandchildren to kowtow, the old lady began to distribute red envelopes, everyone had a share, and there were not many of them, with auspicious meanings.

After Xiao Jinxu, the other children of the Xiao family also took their respective families to kowtow to the old lady one by one according to their ranking, and the scene was extremely spectacular.

Xiao Feng silently counted beside him, the old man raised four sons and three daughters, and now has eight grandchildren, nine granddaughters, three great-grandchildren, two great-granddaughters, five great-granddaughters and four great-grandchildren, plus Xiao Haoyu and a great-grandson. The number of people who are related to the old man by blood is 39, plus the daughters-in-law, sons-in-law and others in each room, the total number of people is over 6o.

As some younger generations will continue to get married and have children, the number of people in the big family of the Xiao family will continue to increase, and maybe one day when they have a reunion dinner, the number of people will likely exceed 100!

After the old lady's direct descendants finished their birthday greetings, it was the turn of the distant relatives of the Xiao family and the villagers of Ginkgo Village to pay their birthday greetings and take the prepared red envelopes from the old lady's hands.

The changes in Ginkgo Village in recent days have made the clansmen and villagers full of hope for the future, and they also hope to take this opportunity to express their gratitude to the old lady and the Xiao family.

Many years later, people recalled the old lady's birthday banquet and considered it to be a watershed in the history of the Ginkgo Village Exhibition. It was after this that Ginkgo Village ushered in the opportunity of fast development, and in a very short period of time, it has grown into a well-known tourist resort in western Yunnan and even in China, and a model of new countryside!

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