Everyone's eyes were fixed on the bowl in their burdens. I think if it weren't for the dust on the bowls, there's a good chance they'd be swarming on it.

While washing the dishes, various dishes that are already cooked are also being heated urgently. The dishes were served and the bowl frames appeared almost at the same time.

The crowd went crazy and flocked to the bowl frame for the first time. It's just that the place where the bowls are placed is too small, and there are too many people. And so, the fierce scramble began. At this moment, the advantage of physical strength is fully reflected. If you successfully grab two bowls, you quickly pounce on the table as quickly as possible. Because whoever is fast can grab the fish. Of course, the family is pre-coordinated and has a clear advantage. Some people grab the bowl, some people occupy the fish plate, and in the end, they naturally return with a full load. If you move slowly, you can only use the bowl to deduct some vegetables and go home.

The dishes and bowls are coordinated, the dishes on the table are cleared, and the bowls happen to be gone. Thus, in a scene that was countless times more intense than the first batch, the second batch ended at an even faster pace.

In the next few batches, the scramble was equally fierce. No matter how you cooperate, everyone's first goal is the bowl. Even if you don't have any food, be sure to bring two bowls back. This was the common idea of those who came to the banquet at that time. The reason why we have such an idea is related to the funeral concept that has been passed down from generation to generation on our side.

It is said that the bowl at the white banquet of the Broad-old's return to heaven is used to eat, and it will bring a lot of benefits to the diners. Such benefits are directly proportional to age, and the older the person who has returned to heaven, the more significant such benefits will be. My wife was the oldest in the village at the time, and the attraction of being 100 years old (we are all imaginary years here, so the wife who has passed her ninety-ninth birthday is a real 100-year-old in the eyes of the locals) is extremely huge, which is why such a crazy move occurred. Of course, these bowls are usually used for future generations of children to serve rice. It is said that the younger the age, the better the effect. If a child eats in such a bowl, he will surely be blessed with longevity and good luck in the future. You may think this statement is ridiculous, but people at the time really believed it. Even now, when an older person dies, a certain number of bowls are placed at the door for guests to pick up.

I don't want to make too much of a judgment on the madness caused by absurd ideas. It's just that the madness at that time brought endless trouble to my father. At the time of the transition from a planned economy to a market economy, my father finally realized what it meant to "plan to keep up with changes." Bowls, fish, and all kinds of vegetables, that's bought and bought. And back then, buying things wasn't like now, and you didn't have to buy them if you had money. But just for the sake of meat, my father specially bought two pigs raised by the village people, and they were killed and used. I have always admired my father's ability to coordinate and adapt to changes. I asked myself, even now, I am far from being able to compare with my father at that time. To put it in layman's terms: the gap is not a small one.

Such a grand and grand Pepsi feast consumes more than just incomparable energy. Afterwards, my father did not make complete statistics, and estimated that he used more than 10,000 yuan. Now it seems like nothing. But, don't forget, it was the eighties of the last century. At that time, there was a special title, called "10,000 yuan households". The so-called "10,000 yuan household" is a family with assets of 10,000 yuan. This was already quite rich at that time, so it won the glorious title of "10,000 yuan household". In other words, the "10,000 yuan household" was the rich man at that time. However, for this grand white affair alone, my father spent more than 10,000 yuan. This is definitely a big financial burden for my father. But the father, who values family affection the most, feels that this is a respect for the deceased, so he never said a word "no" from beginning to end. Not only is everything well arranged, but all the costs are borne by you.

For this white event, I was wearing a red hat. Among the crazy people mentioned earlier, there are many who wear red hats, but there are also many people who wear green hats. What's more, some of them are cuckolds, and they will wear them because they can't figure out what color hat they should wear. It is not difficult to see how senior our family is in the village.

I remember such a small anecdote. Every Spring Festival, we have a custom of visiting the door to pay New Year's greetings. Of course, under the impact of modern civilization, such customs have become more and more light. The so-called "New Year's greetings" is a grand event in which the whole village congratulates each other on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year. After everyone has breakfast, only one person is left at home, and all the others go out, and one family after another congratulates. Everywhere they went, of course, the enthusiastic left-behind elders would hand out cigarettes (one for adult men) and candy (for women and children).

When I was a child, I always carried a large convenience bag, and then led by my elders to go from house to house and say "Happy New Year" in a milky voice. At that time, limited to the conditions, people sent fruit candy, and a family generally only issued two pieces (take the meaning of "good things come in pairs"). But, even then, I usually have to come back halfway to change the handy bag. Because the big convenience bag is already full of sugar. It can be seen that on the first day of the Lunar New Year, I have to congratulate many families on the New Year.

Maybe it's because of my junior background, so it's easier for my actions to attract everyone's attention. It is said that in the village, the precedent of children carrying bags for New Year's greetings began when I was there. Hehe, boast. When I was a kid, I was a little famous.

A descendant of my clan, a little older than me. His heartfelt words are that every Chinese New Year, the most feared thing is to come to my house to pay New Year's greetings. Because, our family is full of wives, male and female. What is this concept? I just mentioned my wife's birthday and white things. I am Congsun, so I call her Mrs. This is different from the grandparents, the male is called "grandpa", and the female is called "grandma". If it is replaced by "he", it is still called "wife". All of them have the words "male wife" and "female wife". But what if it is from Congsun? Probably because of the scarcity of the situation, we don't seem to have come up with any new titles there, and we still call them "Mrs." In other words, since my father's generation, he has to be called "Mrs." Therefore, when he came to my house to pay New Year's greetings, he felt like the "wife" of the family. This made him feel very awkward, so he declared that "what I am most afraid of is to go to my house to pay New Year's greetings"!