Chapter 68: Birthday Greetings
Du Dad and Du Ma were already waiting for them at the door. Early this morning, the juniors of the Tang Sect had to go to the main hall to give the old man luggage first, first the branch of the lineage, and then the relatives of the side branches. The friends who invited me would probably come around noon and have a meal with the old man. Dinner time is reserved for family members and old friends, so it doesn't matter if everyone can play late.
When Xiao Yi and the others arrived in the main hall, everyone except for the fourth uncle's family came. Xiao Yi finally met the second brother Zhang Wu, who had been busy for the past two days, and the fourth brother Mohai, who only came back last night. The third brother, Tang Biyuan, saw Xiao Yilai on the first day.
I haven't seen several brothers and sisters for a few years, but the relationship is still the same. The second brother Zhang Wu is a bit old-fashioned, and because he is the eldest in the family this time, he has to help the elders work. The third brother Bi Yuan wanted to make an appointment with Yun Feng on the first night, but was stopped by the old man, and he didn't have a chance until today, so as soon as he met and greeted everyone, he and Mo Hai dragged Yun Feng to the side to talk.
Xiao Yi looked at the group of people around him wearing coats and cheongsams standing in such a classical mansion and talking, and suddenly felt that he had traveled to which dynasty. Such a tradition has been continued in the Tang Sect, so from the outsider's point of view, the people of the Tang Sect, even if they are in business, will have some elegance and classicism. For thousands of years, that kind of temperament has infiltrated into the bones of the Tang people.
The fourth uncle's family came soon, Yishi changed into a red gown today, I think it was a war of words with the fourth aunt yesterday, and Yichen was wearing a short cheongsam that was quite trendy.
Yichen is in good health, and he is not afraid of the cold like Xiao Yi, so the cheongsam just covers his thighs, and his lower body is a tight black bottom. Yichen's cheongsam is just the opposite of Xiao Yi, it is an extremely loose red shirt, and the front and back are embroidered with butterflies of this form. The cropped wide sleeves vaguely reveal the fleshy arms like lotus roots underneath. With a cheongsam on his head, he combed two round buns, which is very cute.
The descendants have all arrived, and the old man and the old lady are still sitting on both sides of the Eight Immortals table. Today, the old man and the old lady have changed into a new set of cheongsams and cheongsams. One color of bright red, with auspicious clouds of dragons and phoenixes painted on them.
Old man Tang is actually not as majestic as the old people in other families, although he is stubborn and says the same thing about many things, but more often, the old man is still a very kind old man, willing to surround his knees with his children and grandchildren, willing to fight with his grandson, and willing to tease his granddaughter. Therefore, the younger generations of the Tang Sect are more cordial to the old man than the young people of other families.
First of all, the eldest uncle's family, because the eldest Tang Xianwen did not come back, so the second brother Zhang Wu kowtowed three more times to the old man for his brother.
"Son, daughter-in-law, I wish my father happiness as the East China Sea and longevity than Nanshan. Mother always smiles, and everything goes well. ”
"Grandson Zhang Wu wishes grandparents to have today every year, and every year to have today."
After speaking, the three of them each kowtowed to the two old men.
After that, the second uncle's family, the third uncle, and the fourth uncle's family also kowtowed as usual, and the two old men also gave red envelopes each.
In the end, it was Xiaoyi's family's turn. It is rare for the old man to look at Du Dad and Du Ma happily. Waiting for the four of them to kneel, the old man coughed twice and looked at Du Dad and Du Ma, "What happened to the two of you back then," As soon as the old man's voice fell, the old lady glared at him, what stall, what did you do about the past.
The old man waved his hand and continued: "In the past few years, although you have come back to have fun if you have nothing to do, I still have to say a few words about the events of that year. You don't need to
I'm sorry, but everyone in the room knows it. Halfway up, I have also seen it over the years, Ah Luo has lived a very happy life with you, if he had obeyed my arrangement, it might not be like now. Your mother and I see this. When the old man said this, he paused for a moment, as if he was thinking back to what had happened. The old lady took the old man's hand over there and patted it.
"You are not young, your mother and I are also eighty, and we don't need to talk about what happened more than twenty years ago. You still have thirty or forty years to go in the future, and I hope you can stay like this for the rest of your life. Old man Tang was talking here, and the old lady couldn't help but shed tears over there.
"These words should have been told to you when Ah Luo got married, and now I will explain them to you."
Dad Du kowtowed, and his voice was a little choked: "Dad, Mom, we really didn't do the right thing back then, and let the second elder worry about it." The two of you are a lot of adults, and you have never bothered with us juniors. Being able to get together with Aluo, I Du Kui have never regretted it in my life. Please rest assured, I will definitely cherish her in this life. ”
"Dad, Mom, my daughter is not filial, which made the two old people sad back then." Du's mother was already crying silently as she spoke. These words of the old man, Du's father and Du's mother have been waiting for decades. Although Xiaoyi grew up, the two families also communicated normally, but the blessings of the two old men were precious to Du's father and Du's mother, who were close to their age.
The other people sitting here were also excited about such a scene. Especially a few uncles, when they saw their little sister and brother-in-law being accepted by their parents, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.
After Du's father and Du's mother and Yunfeng got up, Xiao Yi knelt down again, this time at Mrs. Tang. Respectfully kowtowed three heads: "Xiao Yi kowtowed to her grandmother, last year's grandmother's 80th birthday, Xiao Yi couldn't come back because of her studies, and today I made up for my grandmother here." I wish you a younger and younger life, and good health with your grandfather. ”
"Good, good, good, good, it's so good, it's rare that we can all come back, it's just the old family." Mrs. Tang is happy, and when she is old, she hopes that her children and grandchildren will be by her side.
"Yiyi, Yichen, you two come forward." The old lady beckoned to the two of them, and then took out a small cloth bag wrapped in red satin from her bosom. Spread out on the table, open layer by layer, there are two bracelets of different colors lying quietly.
Looking closely, Xiao Yi couldn't help but take a breath, two bracelets, one green and one purple, are the best jadeite varieties, purple is a very rare red and purple jadeite in jadeite, with a strong sense of transparency and high saturation. Lying there quietly, mysterious, attracting attention. And the green one, at first glance, is the top grade of jadeite, and the emerald green color seems to be able to pinch out the water, verdant and dripping. These two bracelets, I'm afraid that any one of them will be priceless.
Mrs. Tang, picked up the purple one and handed it to Xiao Yi, and then handed the green one to Yichen, "bring it", Xiao Yi is left-handed, so she wears it on her left hand, and Yichen wears it on her right hand, it is also a coincidence, these two bracelets just match the cheongsam that the two of them are wearing today.
"Thank you, Grandma." Xiao Yi and Yichen saluted at the same time.
Mrs. Tang waved her hand, "You are the only two daughters of the Tang Sect and the only sisters, I know that the two of you are very good, and you will get along like this in the future." This pair of bracelets was given to me by my sister when I got married, and it is a pair of sister bracelets. ”
"Yes, Grandma."
Xiao Yi and Yichen bowed down again and replied.
The old lady nodded, turned her head to look at Old Man Tang, and the old man swept the boys sitting in the seat, "Your grandmother just said to them is also talking about you, and you have to remember even more, family and everything is prosperous, you brothers, no matter where you are in the future, you must remember that you are brothers and will be together forever, and after a few decades, our old group is gone, and it is up to you brothers and sisters to support this Tang Gate." ”
"Yes, Grandpa." The boys also stood up and bowed in reply.
The old man nodded with satisfaction and let the people start breakfast. Because it was all family, the meal was not restricted, with one table for adults and one table for children. There is no rule of eating without saying anything when eating in Tangmen, so there was constant laughter at the dinner table for a while.
Xiaoyi originally didn't like to eat together with so many people, but since she went to the United States, she began to miss such a large family sitting around and eating together. Watching the brothers talk about what they saw together, and then teasing and teasing each other, listening to Yichen and Yishi's revelations that they didn't want to let each other go, they didn't care about the rice that made everyone laugh.
After eating, everyone continued to sit and chat, it was rare to get together, and many people were rarely able to relax, Yun Feng forgot to bring his mobile phone and said that he wanted to go back to "Graceland" to get it, Xiao Yi hurriedly dragged Yun Feng and said that he wanted to go back together, and he wanted to change his shoes, and this pair of high heels had already made her a little overwhelmed.
The two walked out of the main hall, Xiao Yi still put the weight of her whole body on Yun Feng's body, and Yun Feng almost hugged her and walked back.
"Grandma, don't wear it next time if you can't wear it, just rely on us, no one can do anything to you if you don't wear it, who are you torturing?" Yun Feng looked at Xiao Yi's painful appearance, and he couldn't bear it, but the words he said were extremely inadequate.
"I want to practice, don't you always say that girls should be able to wear high heels, but they don't have to wear them for a long time, just like boys should be able to smoke and drink, but they don't have to be long, and now you're talking about me." Xiao Yi couldn't wait to take off her shoes and walk barefoot on the ground, in fact, the shoes were very good and comfortable to wear, but the heels and the little toes in front of me were grinding painfully.
Yun Feng shook his head and didn't speak, and the two continued to walk back. After walking for a few minutes, Xiao Yi gradually got used to it, "Brother, I just saw that you are sometimes distracted at the dinner table, and you are still unhappy?" "Xiao Yi's observation skills are very good, she doesn't say many things doesn't mean she doesn't know, her eyes can always notice things that others can't notice.
Yun Feng smiled and shook his head, "No, I'm happy, very happy, really, Yiyi." Saying this, Yun Feng didn't look at Xiao Yi, but still looked at the road in the distance.
Xiao Yi looked at Yun Feng like this, and felt a little uncertain in his heart, he intuitively had something on his mind, but he couldn't guess, "Brother, do you think that the second brother and the third brother are all grandfather's grandsons, and you are the only grandson, so ......" Xiao Yi said, he felt that he was strange, what does it matter to grandchildren?
Yun Feng couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard Xiao Yi say this, touching her head, her sister is really sensitive, and she can feel the slightest emotional fluctuation of others. No, it's no one else, it's just the people closest to her, she cares, and she won't blink an eye at other people, even if her emotions go up and down.
"Don't guess, I'm really fine, I just think that I, Du Yunfeng, have accumulated some virtue in my last life, I can be adopted by my parents in this life, I can have a sister like you, and I can have a group of brothers from my grandfather's family."