June 12.

The weather was sunny and the sun was warm, and it was not very hot because it had just rained in the morning.

The General's Mansion was full of people, and the vehicles at the gate were lined up on the street.

In front of the door, two red lanterns are hung on each of the two large pillars, and the plaque at the door is also hung with festive red silk.

Men and women sit separately.

The men are seated in the main hall, while the women are seated in the side hall.

The main hall had already been set up early.

There is a horizontal couplet hanging on the hall, on which is written the name of the old lady and the longevity, in the middle hangs a big "longevity" word, and on the left and right sides are a hundred blessing characters of different forms written by Yuan Tian, indicating that the hundred blessings are longevity, and the blessings and longevity are complete.

On both sides are hung a picture of Magu wishing her birthday and a picture of an Antarctic fairy sending a peach.

A long red carpet stretched from the doorway to the chair of the Grand Master in front of the hall. There are longevity screen intervals on both sides, and longevity is set off.

In addition to a large Taishi chair in the center of the main hall, there is also a long table and a table of eight immortals. There are large seats arranged on both sides, draped in red chair shawls, red chair cushions, and silverware and porcelain are placed on the table, on which there are enshrined Shou wine, Shou fish, Shou noodles, Shou cakes, Shou fruits, Shou peaches, etc.

On either side of the main hall were four tables of eight immortals, which were filled with guests.

Female guests also took their seats in the side hall.

Yuan Tian was responsible for greeting male guests, and Li Guqin was responsible for greeting female guests, both of whom were busy in their respective posts.

And the old lady of the birthday star was still surrounded by a few maids in her room.

"The old lady is really good-looking today." Lu'er smiled and praised.

"You little girl! What to say? The old lady made a gesture to fight, "You don't want to see how old I am?" Pretty too? The wrinkles on this face can be sandwiched with flower petals. ”

"Old lady, you are not old, at least I can't see it, you are a real beauty!" Lu'er also took advantage of the situation to hide.

"Looks like you're really going to be beaten?" The old lady also rarely joked, "You are really beautiful and beautiful, just like the flowers and bones in the garden, blooming brightly." ”

She looked at her face in the mirror again, touched the obvious wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, and sighed, "I'm going to be a year older again, it looks like I'm really old." ”

"Don't say that, old lady, where are you old? I look similar to my wife, with temperament and good looks. You don't believe Indigo! Lu'er's mouth crackled and she couldn't stop talking.

When Indigo, who was called by name, heard it, she nodded quickly, and her whole face was red to her neck, "That's right!" Sister Lu'er was right. ”

Lu'er saw that someone agreed with her point of view, and her neck was raised high, like a victorious rooster, triumphant.

The old lady chuckled, "You bad girl, your mouth is still so sweet?" It seems that I have to give you a good tooth, otherwise you will be sweetened to death, and then you will blame me. ”

Lu'er was stunned at first, but didn't react.

Cui'er pushed her and said with a smile: "The old lady is saying that she wants to show you a husband!" ”

As she spoke, she grinned and covered her mouth and smiled.

Lu'er reacted, her face turned red, and she couldn't help but sneer: "Old lady, what are you talking about!" ”

Indigo was also next to her blushing and pursing her lips and smiling.

"I didn't say anything." The old lady is serious.

"Grandmother, are you ready?" Won Shanjia knocked on the door.

"Old lady, your heart is here, and the slaves and maids are going to stand back." Midori grinned, and shifted her embarrassment.

"It's not my heart." The old lady didn't look at her, wiped the hair on her forehead with a smile, and scolded with a smile, "You little hoof, why don't you open the door for the young lady?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes~ The slave doesn't dare to snub your heart." Lu'er saw that the old lady was happy today, and she was even more unscrupulous when she joked.

So saying, she went to open the door.

"Second Miss, come in." Midori walked around the screen and opened the door.

Yuan Shanjia brought Qing'er in and asked Lu'er with a smile, "Grandmother is ready?" The auspicious time is coming. ”

As she was about to answer, the old lady came out from behind the screen.

"Why aren't you ready? I was ready early. It was these little girls who wanted to say that I was much younger, and I was so excited that I stayed for a while. ”

"Grandmother isn't much younger." Yuan Shanjia looked at the old lady's dress, and her eyes lit up, "I feel much brighter than usual, grandmother, why don't you usually dress up like this?" ”

Yuan Shanjia looked at the old lady's upright spirit and was very happy.

"Usually? Spare your grandmother and me. This outfit is usually worn, and it is really too tiring. The old lady sighed and shook her head, resolutely refusing.

Yuan Shanjia considered that this outfit was indeed a bit heavy, and the old man was not suitable for dressing like this all the time, so he had to pout, "Okay." ”

"Old lady, the auspicious time has come." Cui'er reminded softly.

"Grandmother's auspicious time, let's go to the hall." Yuan Shanjia said as he draped the red satin quilt over the birthday elder's body.

The old lady nodded, tightened her clothes, and led the group to the hall in a soft sedan chair.

Hall.

The Yuan Mansion was originally separated, and the heirs were scarce, so there were really few relatives sitting on the side, and there were only a few intimate ones.

"The auspicious time is coming~" the master of ceremonies sings.

The old lady sat on the chair of the master in the hall, and the old lady sat on her left hand side.

"Walk through the hall." The old lady said.

The master of ceremonies reported one by one.

"Yuan Shanqi, the eldest daughter of the Yuan family."

"Yuan Shanjia, the second daughter of the Yuan family."

……

So he walked on the red carpet with Yuan Shanqi as the leader, and took Yuan Shanjia and several outstanding children from the sidelines.

"Sound the cannon and play the music, and light the lantern."

The eldest son, Yuan Tian, lit the five longevity lamps on the desk.

Yuan Tian took Li Guqin to bring wine and poured two glasses.

The old lady took the wine, walked slowly to the front of the hall, and toasted a glass of wine outwards and inwards. The so-called outward respect for the sky, inward respect for the earth. Then return to your seat.

Afterwards, the old lady and the old lady bowed to each other and said to each other, "Hard work, Mrs. (master)." ”

Wait for the old lady to sit down again.

Yuan Tian knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank you for my mother's kindness, my mother worked tirelessly for me, and my son went to the battlefield to make my mother worry." The son of twenty parties got married, which made the mother worried. The son is thirty and has no son, which worries the mother. My mother has done a lot for me, and my son has nothing to repay. On this good day, my son only wishes that my mother will be healthy and live a long life. ”

Li Guqin also knelt down and kowtowed.

"Good, good, good." With tears in her eyes, the old lady stepped forward to help her up.

At the same time, Yuan Tian offered his birthday gift and bowed deeply, "Mother, this is the peace charm that my son asked for in Hongfu Temple." Offering incense in the temple for eighty-one days, I only wish my mother's body to be healthy from now on. ”

The old lady wiped the corners of her eyes and handed the small blessing bag in the tray next to her into his hand.

Then Yuan Shanqi and Yuan Shanjia stepped forward to celebrate their birthday.

They said in unison: "I wish my grandmother happiness such as the East China Sea, longevity than Nanshan, the sun and the moon are bright, pine and Changchun, smile often, enjoy the family forever, every year has today, every year has today." ”

After speaking, Yuan Shanqi took the lead in presenting his gifts.