XVIII. Gathering and feasting

The wheelbarrow walked along the main road for two days and came to a small town.

The town was originally a wild place, hundreds of years ago, a merchant surnamed Bai built a small building here, and then built a wharf, which became a place where land and water meet, and soon became prosperous.

Time flies, the dynasty changes, and the white building is no longer there, but the surname Bai is still the largest family in the town, and it has also built a pavilion manor that is taller than the white building.

Today's town is also more prosperous than in the past, with a steady stream of cars, horses and boats, and many shops with colorful silk hangings.

"What's the joy of that?" The newcomer asked, puzzled.

The men, women and children on the street enthusiastically introduced: "It is Mrs. Bai's birthday, celebrating half a month." Saying that, he also pointed the way, "The Bai family manor also has a flowing water banquet, and everyone can go and eat a bowl of eight-treasure ruyi porridge."

The little ones jumped around and shouted, "You can watch a show."

They called their friends and ran in one direction.

The newcomers couldn't help but sigh, celebrating half a month, there was a flowing water banquet and a miscellaneous show, this old lady's birthday banquet was really not small.

A large manor in the south of the town belongs to the Bai family, and the cars and horses in front of the door are not clear.

When a splendid carriage stopped in front of the door, a large crowd poured out from within, men and women clustered around an old lady with white hair and gold and silver.

"My darling, grandchild—" she shouted.

A young man with golden light jumped down in the carriage, pounced with open hands, and picked up the white-haired old lady.

"My dear grandmother—" shouted the tall and junior six.

The white-haired old woman in gold and silver was held by the young man in gold and silver, and the young man lifted the old woman up to a height, just as he was lifted up by his grandmother when he was a child.

The old woman burst into laughter, and the women next to her shouted "Put it down!" "Beware of dizziness."

Gao Xiaoliu put down Old Madam Bai with a smile and looked at it: "Grandmother, why are you looking good again?"

Old Madam Bai laughed, stretched out her hand to hold Gao Xiaoliu's face and looked at it, her brows furrowed: "Why has my good boy lost weight again?"

No matter how fat the younger generation eats, it is thin in the eyes of the spoiled elders, but a woman next to her covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Grandmother, you are really right this time, Xiaoliu was broken by his uncle, and he just raised it."

Hearing this, Old Madam Bai was stunned for a moment, and immediately became furious: "Someone, come on, go and break the leg of that short-lived ghost!"

The men, women and children around were busy persuading, and the girl who spoke was pulled down, and Gao Xiaoliu also smiled and grabbed the old lady and whispered in her ear, "I interrupted it myself."

Old Madam Bai was thoughtful, but still angry, "That's also killed by him," and then hugged Gao Xiaoliu and cried, "My poor son." And he cried, "My poor daughter died early." He also scolded his sons, "I don't care if I see my nephew suffering."

The people around laughed and let her scold.

Only Gao Xiaoliu nodded with satisfaction on the side: "Grandmother's scolding is full of anger, this is a sign of longevity."

Old Madam Bai was amused again, and pulled Gao Xiaoliu to take a closer look: "You can't be careless about your leg injury." He called for someone to carry the soft sedan chair.

Gao Xiaoliu hurriedly refused: "There are so many people, they are carried and affect my graceful demeanor." I repeatedly promised that I would not be seriously injured and would not become lame. After that, he held the old lady, "Come and see what gifts I have brought you, they are all your favorites."

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"It's a lot of hard work!" Old Madam Bai winked at Gao Xiaoliu, "After the display, the best will be selected, and there will be a lot of money to give."

So much money is enough to make many readers bend their waists.

Gao Xiaoliu patted the old lady's hand and nodded: "This is decency! If we have money, we have to do things decently."

Old Madam Bai's eyes narrowed: "I knew you liked this, when you were a child, you shouted every day that you wanted to be the number one writer in the world!" Speaking of this, he hated, "It's all because of your short-lived father, I have to learn to do business!"

Then patted Gao Xiaoliu's hand.

"When the time comes, you will also write birthday wishes to your grandmother, be the first, overshadow everyone, you will be the first writer in the world!"

Gao Xiaoliu smiled and nodded: "Okay, sure enough, my grandmother understands me best!"

Old Madam Bai was even happier, and pulled him to walk inward quickly, "Look, there are still here."

After the entrance, there are two large courtyards on the left and right, there are long tables on the east side, and there are ten large cauldrons for boiling porridge, which are steaming and fragrant, and a stage is set up on the west side.

At this time, there were two blind musicians on the stage tinkling and beating happily, a thin artist tossed and turned with the beat of the drum, Gao Xiaoliu couldn't help but stop, when he stopped to look, the artist turned over and stood firm, opened his mouth and spit out a mouthful of fire to the audience......

Old Madam Bai applauded and laughed, and asked, "How is it! How's that?"

Gao Xiaoliu also applauded and laughed: "Okay, good!"

Mrs. Bai said, "When you were a child, you liked to juggle, and you could step on the ball and spin around at a young age, and you said every day that you wanted to start a theater troupe." Speaking of this, he hated and scolded, "It's all because of your short-lived father, you have to do the restaurant business, what is there to do in the business of that broken restaurant, where is there a shortage of money!"

The people around couldn't help but be stunned when they heard it, and some people who didn't know whispered what kind of restaurant it was, and when they heard about the Beijing Huixian Building, their jaws dropped even more - in the eyes of Mrs. Bai, it was just a broken business, that bit of money?

No matter how shocked the people around her were, Old Madam Bai patted Gao Xiaoliu's hand: "This time, you will also go to practice again, and when the time comes, your grandmother will give you a full house!"

Gao Xiaoliu nodded repeatedly: "Okay, grandmother, just wait and see!"

The people around also heard it at this moment, and the birthday banquet of Old Madam Bai didn't look like it was for herself, but it seemed to be for her grandson.

This is too spoiled!

The rest of the Bai family looked surprised, Gao Xiaoliu didn't feel anything, his eyes swept around the stage, in addition to the performances on the stage, there were also many people preparing under the stage, they were dressed differently, the equipment was different, some people were clearing their throats in Yiyi, some were walking on stilts in place, most of them were distracted by the sight they were throwing, and some of them raised their eyes to look over.

"Come on, let's go to the back, there's still something to be fun." Old Madam Bai said.

Gao Xiaoliu was led, shuttling through the noisy and lively, in addition to congratulating the performance, there was also an endless stream of miscellaneous people.

"Let's let let let." A tall and thin young man walked by carrying two bundles of firewood like a hill, "Firewood from the East Courtyard."

In front of the courtyard gate leading to the back kitchen of the east courtyard, the servant stretched out his hand to check, "Is there a pair of sticks?"

The tall and thin young man stood firmly, reaching out and pulling a slip from the placket of his shirt.

The servant took it, looked at the flower mark, put it away, and shouted, "Two bundles of firewood in the back kitchen—"

As soon as firewood was delivered, a man wearing a hat came from behind, carrying a frame full of chickens, ducks and geese.

"Slivers." The servant continued to ask.

Then I saw the man in the hat stretching out his hand and handing over a note, the servant hadn't looked at the note, and was startled when he saw an iron hand, but he immediately calmed down again, took the note and looked at the imprint, and didn't ask much without saying a word, and waved his hand: "A basket of chickens, ducks and geese in the back kitchen——"

Here is busy preparing for the birthday banquet, and the door is also lively and lively, and guests are constantly coming in.

A middle-aged couple got out of the car and walked side by side.

Where's the friend?" The greeter at the door asked with a smile.

The couple looked reluctant and handed over a slightly scribbled gift box with the word "longevity" pasted on it.

"Distant relatives." They were concise and to the point.

The welcome guest is not surprising, looking at the post flowers on the gift box, he smiled and stretched out his hand: "Two distant relatives, there is an invitation in the east wing——"

The couple walked side by side.

The noisy atmosphere was the same as that of a common banquet, but when you looked closely, it seemed that the host and the guests were not very familiar.

Of course, for Gao Xiaoliu, a lot of familiar flavors can be seen from these people, but-

He couldn't help but look out.

Has the person he most wanted to see come?