The gifts selected by Yang Jing are naturally no problem, except for the painting of Zheng Banqiao's "Turtle Although Shou" selected for his grandparents, other gifts are absolutely handy.Like the aunt's gift is a "Hundred Longevity Map", which is a famous painter in the early Qing Dynasty, and this "Hundred Longevity Picture" is his real work.Prepare for your parents is a piece of Hetian Yuzigang card, although this Zigang card is not the work of Lu Zigang, but it is also an old object, it is the craft of a Suzhou carver called "Chen Jue" in the early Qing Dynasty.The birthday gift for my aunt is a ivory Ruyi from the Qing Dynasty.This ivory Ruyi is white and yellow, and the style is simple, and at a glance you know that this is definitely from a high-ranking family, and it may even be from Ouchi.The gift for the old man is very valuable, it is a gold and jade ornament, a jade carving of the birthday star Weng holding a longevity peach, but this jade carving is standing on a base of rosewood and gold.The height of the birthday star Weng is about twenty-five or six centimeters high, holding a cane in his left hand and dragging a big longevity peach in his right hand, smiling and cute.Birthday star Weng stepped on the golden auspicious clouds, the auspicious clouds needless to say are naturally made of gold, and then the golden auspicious clouds are connected to the lower part of the rosewood base, and the three together constitute a large ornament.This birthday star Weng is carved with a whole piece of Hetian jade, although it is not a superb material, but the carving is quite good, and this is also an old object, according to Yang Jing's identification, this birthday star Weng's big ornament is from the Qing Dynasty's alcohol prince's mansion uncle, don't look at the youngest one in his generation, but in the genealogy of the old Li family, he is an out-and-out eldest grandson.Even if there are two cousins above him, that is, the two sons of Yang Jing's second grandfather, Li Long is the eldest grandson of Lao Li's family tree.As the eldest grandson, the second uncle celebrates his 80th birthday, and the uncle, who is a nephew, must give the most valuable gift, so Yang Jing prepared such a gift for the uncle.As for the gifts of Yang Jing and eldest cousin Sun Qiaozhe, it was much simpler.The second grandfather has two hobbies, one is drinking tea and the other is raising birds, so Yang Jing gave the second grandfather a set of plum blossom Zhou Pan pot with five heads, and the gift of the eldest cousin Sun Qiaozhe is a gold-inlaid birdcage made of rosewood.These two gifts may seem simple, but they are actually not simple.Yang Jing's five-headed plum blossom Zhoupan pot is the work of Wang Yinchun, one of the "Seven Elders of Zisha", and if this set of pots is to be auctioned, the starting price must be at least 2 million.And Sun Qiaozhe's bird cage doesn't seem to be inconspicuous, but the bird cage is from the Qing Palace, and it is a bird cage used by Qianlong to raise birds, and these seven gifts naturally made Yang Ma very satisfied.Just kidding, aren't you satisfied?
Yang Jing didn't tell his mother the value of these gifts, but his uncle knew.When the uncle quietly told him that the value of the seven gifts of the second sister had exceeded eight figures, his mother was also a little dumbfounded, but Dad Yang was very open-minded, and he told his wife the reason for this, and after his son is now worth money, Mother Yang stopped talking.In any case, these seven gifts are absolutely handy, and they are all very appropriate.It was more than eight o'clock in the morning when Yang Jing received his parents and his group, and when he dragged the family to the courtyard house of the second grandfather in East 41, it was already about half past nine.Because the small alley in front of the second grandfather's house was very narrow, the car did not drive in, but parked outside, and the family walked in.When he walked to the gate, Yang Jing's eldest cousin, the eldest son of the second grandfather's family, Li Yuhua, the lobby brother of his uncle Li Long, and his daughter-in-law were already at the door.The eldest cousin, as the eldest son of the second grandfather, must stand at the door to greet guests on this occasion today, even if the guests who come today are relatives, but this rule cannot be abolished.Yang Jing's eldest cousin is sixty years old this year, but he is already the grandfather of two grandchildren.The eldest grandson of the eldest cousin, Li Xiang, Yang Jing had seen it a few years ago, and he gave the little guy a Bodhisattva pendant of Hetian jade.Now that little guy is in his teens.However, the eldest cousin's son, that is, Yang Jing's cousin, added a granddaughter to the eldest cousin last year, and the little guy is still breastfeeding Li Yuhua saw the big family of the uncle's family coming over, and a happy smile appeared on his face, and he pulled his wife and hurriedly greeted him.This is the relationship between uncles and brothers and sisters, and the relationship is very good.After a period of greetings, the whole family walked into the courtyard under the guidance of Li Yuhua.As soon as I walked into the yard, good guys, it was lively like a rural gathering, dozens of people were already busy inside, some were busy setting tables and chairs, some were busy doing sundries, and more were busy chatting and talking.Today, the youngest birthday star of the old Li family's generation is celebrating his 80th birthday, so all the younger generations of the old Li family who can come are here.If you want to talk about the lineage of my mother's family, the population is very prosperous.Yang Jing's grandfather and brothers and sisters are four, although Yang Jing's aunt and grandmother have passed away a long time ago, but there are three sons under the family, and Yang Jing's aunt and grandfather are still there, and the eldest aunt and grandfather are also four generations of people in the same house, and there are thirty people on the aunt and grandmother's side alone.And Yang Jing's second aunt and grandmother have more people in the family.Compared with the eldest aunt and grandmother, Yang Jing's second aunt and grandmother married earlier, married out at the age of sixteen, and now the great-grandchildren of the second aunt and grandmother are all fathers, and the second aunt and grandmother are eight hundred years in the same house!
The second aunt and grandmother, a daughter, and three sons, this big family adds up to a small fifty people.As for Yang Jing's second grandfather, there are quite a few of them.The two sons of the second grandfather have a daughter, except for the youngest son, who has not yet become a grandfather, the eldest son, Li Yuhua, who greets guests at the door, has long been a grandfather, and the only daughter of the second grandfather is also a grandmother.With the addition of Yang Jing and their family, there are more than 100 people in the entire courtyard.Although the courtyard where the second grandfather lives is a two-entry courtyard with five north, six compartments and inverted seats, covering an area of more than 400 square meters, so many people gather in the courtyard, it still looks Wuyang Wuyang.After entering the courtyard, the second generation of the old Li family, that is, Mama Yang's generation, put down the gifts and went directly into the house to talk to the old man and the old lady.Mother Yang and her generation are also a lot, and there are fourteen cousins and sisters combined, except for Li Yuhua and his family who greet guests at the door, Li Yuhua's younger brother Li Yumin and his family are busy working outside, and everyone else is talking to the old man and old lady in the house.Like Yang Jing's grandparents, Yang Jing's second aunt and second aunt and grandfather and eldest aunt did not come.A few years ago, Yang Jing's second aunt and grandmother were blocked because of cerebral thrombosis and had been sick in bed, and then Yang Jing took a time to run to the second aunt and grandmother, and gave the second aunt and the second aunt a needle, and now the second aunt and the second aunt are in good health.Then Yang Jing gave the second grandfather, the second grandmother and the eldest aunt and grandfather needles respectively, so now these old people are in good health!
But they didn't come on this occasion, they won't come alone until two or three days later, and then the people of their generation will get together for a good get-together, and today's occasion is mainly for children.Yang Jing's grandparents also plan to come back in two days.This time, the second grandfather celebrated his 80th birthday, and he did not set up a banquet in the hotel, but did his birthday at home.The courtyard of the second grandfather's house covers an area of more than 400 square meters, in addition to the house, the courtyard is about fifty or sixty square meters, which can set up five or six tables of banquets, and the rest of the banquets are placed in the house.There will be a total of 11 tables set up today.Of course, before the opening of the banquet, after the auspicious time arrives, the first thing to do is for the younger generations to pay homage to today's birthday star.For Mother Yang and the four brothers and sisters, today's birthday star Weng is their uncle, and for the second generation of the second aunt and the eldest aunt, today's birthday star Weng is their uncle, and this relationship is really close.Therefore, when the auspicious time arrives and the younger generation begins to worship the birthday, all the younger generations except for the two little ones who are still breastfeeding, the others, under the leadership of the second generation, have kowtowed to the old birthday star sitting in the hall and presented birthday gifts.On this occasion, it is natural for the younger generation to kowtow to the birthday star Weng, and no one will object to this matter.Even Gege didn't feel that it was wrong, but felt very novel, and followed Yang Jing to kowtow to the old birthday star three times.In fact, this kind of birthday worship is also an essence of the ancient Chinese heritage.The inheritance of China is based on "filial piety" first, so it is natural to bow to the elders of the family.If you really talk about it, the second grandfather's birthday this time is not very lively.Yang Jing has seen on the news more than once that those big families in the south pay birthday greetings to the old people in the clan, and there are hundreds of people at every turn, and the scene is far more lively than today's occasion.But in the north, it is rare to be able to gather more than 100 people to come to pay homage.Therefore, the smiles on the faces of the second grandfather and the second grandmother have never fallen today.The more than 100 juniors just kowtowed for half an hour, and they tossed until almost twelve o'clock, and the banquet began.The meals for the banquet were all delivered by the hotel, and the hotel made a bowl of longevity noodles for the old man after learning that there was an old man celebrating his 80th birthday today.Among the younger generations of the third generation of the Lao Li family, Yang Jing and his three sisters are the youngest, just like the cousins of the second aunt and grandmother's family, who are almost as old as Yang Jing's uncle.Li Yinuo didn't come today, if that little girl came, with her fourteen years old this year, there are many people in their twenties who have to call her aunt just like Liu Baojun, the eldest grandson of Yang Jing's second aunt and grandmother's family, who is two years younger than Yang Jing, but she has to honestly call Yang Jing "uncle" and Gege "aunt" No way, this is that the radish is not big, and it grows on the "generation"!