Episode 45 A Dangerous Life (41) The old mother has a birthday
Compared with Guo's mother's previous birthday for many years, this time it was more luxurious, because the children also knew about their mother's illness, and maybe this was the mother's last birthday.
In addition to Guo Kaixin's number, Guo's mother's birthday can be said to be the most complete one, Guo Kaiqing, who is newly appointed to a certain 'machine step division' as a teacher, also rushed back to his hometown in City A the night before his mother's birthday, and the courtyard of Guo's old house is even full, and the head is driven.
'The old lady is here, get out of the way!' In order to prevent Guo's mother from 'suffering', Guo's mother used to live in the village's 'third mother's house, and now the feast has been placed, Guo Kaishan and Guo Kaiying, two brothers on each side, supported Guo's mother and went back to the yard.
'Big, big joy, you're seventy this year, aren't you?' 'A middle-aged post-graduate student, his generation is very small, but he is now the 'village director' in the village, Liu Dart's parents have already asked him to take him to 'Yanzhou', and the village has also been replaced by young cadres.
'My mom is seventy-three! The eldest sister of the Guo family introduced on the side.
'Seventy-three, eighty-four, this is the threshold of the elderly! The old man in the village who was watching the excitement suddenly came out.
Guo's mother was stunned at first, and then she didn't mind what others said, and walked into the east house uprightly.
'The filial son and grandson of the old Guo family give their grandmother a birthday greeting! The village director is also the 'master of ceremonies' today, in fact, he values the leaders of the town and the district more, because the Guo brothers invited them, and the 'parent officials' in these places also came to the old Guo's house to cheer.
'Mom, eldest son, eldest daughter-in-law kowtowed to you!' Guo Kaiwei of the "Changfang" family is still the 'patriarch' of his own surname, although he is younger than the eldest sister of the Guo family, but he has a heavy responsibility, and every year he kowtows to Guo's mother, and the two of them kowtow first.
After kowtowing, Guo Kaiwei and his wife took the red envelope given by their mother and stood aside.
'Mom, eldest daughter, eldest son-in-law has kowtowed to you! The eldest sister of the Guo family is also a person in her fifties, and as soon as she finished speaking, the tears in her eyes burst out of her eyes, but fortunately, it was daytime, and there was no 'headlight' in the house, so she hastily took her mother's red envelope and withdrew to the side.
Guo Kaishan's wife only had himself in City A because he 'couldn't take leave', and I saw him come over with a plate of fresh peaches, kneeling and holding fresh peaches, holding them high above his head, and shouting a few times, 'Mom! The queen mother's longevity peach has arrived, eat this fairy peach, you will definitely live a long life, the third son kowtows to you! ’
The sister-in-law of the Guo family took the plate of Sheng Tao, took it to Guo's mother, and asked Guo's mother to pick one, and then put the plate aside, Guo Kaishan kowtowed to his mother solemnly.
Guo Kaiqing and his wife came from afar, and Chen Shuqin had never seen such an occasion, but fortunately, someone had given them a 'board' before, and the two of them walked through the audience like cats and tigers.
After Guo Kaiying and his wife kowtowed, the next thing was the children of the little generation, these grandsons stood in two rows, the middle of the front row was 'eldest grandson Guo Xiaochun', the right head was 'second grandson Guo Xiaoer', the left head was 'third grandson Guo Xiaosong', and the back was Guo Xiaogang, Guo Xiaoqing, Guo Xiaoying, only Guo Xiaoshan was missing.
Seeing that the grandchildren were all grown up, Guo's mother was very happy, picked up the plate of peaches offered by Guo Kaishan from the side, and gave each of the six young people one by one, "This is what your third uncle specially asked people to bring from the south by plane, you all taste it!" ’
'Thank you Grandma! Several little brothers also received red envelopes from Guo's mother, but they were not qualified to stay in the house, so they had to go out.
Since there are also a few 'worshipping brothers' of the Guo brothers, they naturally have to go into the house to kowtow and worship their birthdays, and then everyone returned to the seats in the courtyard and sat down, and then the eldest brother Guo Kaiwei spoke.
In order to show Zhang Xian's filial piety, Guo Kaiwei really had a 'big blood', the scale of this banquet is also very large, he didn't have a penny from his brothers, and he spoke for half an hour, until the guests in the seats yawned, and he finished speaking.
'Young and old men of the village! My old Guo family courtyard is small, in order to entertain everyone, our buddies in my second aunt's house, the village director's house, have set up a banquet, according to the first few regulations, do not accept gifts and gifts, please come more, it is best for the whole family to go over to sit! Guo Kaiying shouted loudly, and then someone led the villagers to go to another house for dinner.
Other people's meals are 'flowing water seats', eat for three days, every family doesn't have to cook, as long as you are hungry, find a place to sit down, someone must serve you food, only in the courtyard of Lao Guo's house, all the people invited are 'VIPs', at least it has to be a 'formal level'.
'This old Guo family's third and fifth children, aren't they in the army, how do you see them wearing military uniforms when you come back, are they changing jobs! The village director's home is the most spacious courtyard in the village, and this small self-employed person who has made money was also elected by the villagers in the democratic election, and the villagers eat at his house as a comfortable thing, just because the 'village director' is very easy-going, there is no official frame at all, and they eat and drink well, and they did not let the villagers ask about the affairs of the old Guo family behind their backs.
'You ask me, how do I know, anyway, I didn't see the two of them driving back this time, you didn't see the license plate, it's all from this province! ’
"You two old ladies don't be blind BB, okay, the third and fifth elders of the Guo family are still in the army, they are all big chiefs, if people wear the chief's military uniform in the courtyard, where do you dare to enter his house, this is called close to the people, and it is also called low-key! Naturally, there are villagers who are good with the Guo brothers on weekdays, and they are all fighting for the Guo brothers.
"Like you see, I think you're blind!"
'If you don't believe it, I'm too lazy to tell you, oh no, there's one more thing, you look at it, tomorrow morning, the old Guo brothers will definitely go to his father's grave, on this formal occasion, the two of them will definitely wear military uniforms, and then they will know that what I said is true or false! ’
As the villagers said, early in the morning after Guo's mother's birthday, the Guo brothers and their male grandchildren will go to the grave of Guo's father, only to see that today Guo Kaishan is wearing a neat 'Manjin general uniform', Guo Kaiqing is also wearing his 'Ermao Si,' Guo Kaiwei has just been appointed by the Ministry of Public Security as a 'second-level police superintendent', and Guo Kaiying is also a 'three-pole police superintendent' sign to follow behind several elder brothers.
Along the way, the members of the grandchildren, all holding a large number of firecrackers and offerings in their hands, because of the paper work and burning paper, were transported by others first, but they were still tired enough, and a few little brothers kept complaining, but the voice was very small, for fear that the elders would hear it.
Sitting on both sides of the road, on the 'big moat' at the edge of the village, the villagers looked at the people of the old Guo family as if they were looking at the 'Western scenery', walking towards the grave of Guo's father.
'Oh mom, I opened my eyes today, what kind of cadre is this Guo Laosan, why is it golden on his shoulders, it won't be a pure gold brand! Although it has been several years since the reform and opening up, there are many elderly people who do not watch TV, let alone read newspapers.
'I haven't seen it, I haven't seen it either, I only know that this Guo Lao Wu's clothes are similar to Liu Dart who came home a while ago, but Liu Dart is wearing the clothes of the armed police, this is called a colonel, is it called a 'colonel'! ’
Young people, for Guo Kaishan's 'Major General Epaulette', they have also seen it from TV dramas or pictorials, so they also explained it to the old people, and the old people listened to it, and admired the people of the old Guo family even more, they really showed talent.
In the past two years, most of the Guo brothers have been 'going to the grave independently', whoever rushes home will come to the grave of Guo's father to worship, but if it is really 'all out', this is very rare, not only the grandchildren of the Guo family have not seen such a big battle, even the old people in the distance have also come closer to take a look, to see if the Guo brothers have any 'programs'.
In fact, there are really not many "programs", that is, the offerings are richer, and there are more paper burning and paper work, after the sacrifice is completed, it is the never-ending firecracker time, this is the firecracker of two small trucks, both of which are the city's firecracker factories to the "filial piety" of the two Guo brothers, as the city bureau in charge of "criminal investigation", "public security" deputy director, Guo Kaiwei as long as one is not satisfied, these firecracker factories will have to stop production immediately, Guo Kaiying is even more good, although he is the political commissar of the "public security bureau", but their branch is the main "fire" and ' flammable and explosive', the leaders of these firecracker factories have to take the new products to these two 'old brothers' to try first, and they have to ask their opinions.
During Guo's mother's birthday, some of Guo Kaishan's old comrades-in-arms in the military factory called him and wanted to participate in this banquet, but Guo Kaishan refused one by one. Major general's uniform', rarely weared, today is the eldest brother Guo Kaiwei forced the third brother to wear the 'general's uniform', in order to let the dead old father take a good look at him, but also to let the local leaders see what is called 'powerful'. ’
'Eight colonels do not top a major general', this is recognized by all in the army, just like everyone has crossed a single-plank bridge, to move from 'colonel' to 'major general', there is a difficult process, walking behind the third brother Guo Kaishan, Guo Kaiqing has always walked with his head down, but his nephew talked to him from time to time, and he just replied with a sentence or two, in the eyes of outsiders, the fifth elder of the Guo family can be regarded as 'inferior', he is really not as good as his third brother Guo Kaishan. R1152