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The gifts Yang Jing chose were of course no problem, except for Zheng Banqiao's Turtle Lives Longevity that he chose for his grandparents, other gifts were absolutely available.

Auntie's gift is a Hundred Shoutu, a famous painter in the early Qing Dynasty, and this Hundred Shoutu is his authentic work.

I prepared a piece of Hetian Yuzigang plaque for my parents. Although this Zigang plaque is not the work of Lu Zigang, it is also an old object. It is the craftsmanship of a Suzhou carver named Chen Jue in the early Qing Dynasty.

The birthday gift prepared for my aunt was an ivory Ruyi from the Qing Dynasty. This ivory Ruyi is white and yellowish, with a simple and simple style, one can tell at a glance that it is definitely from a high-ranking family, and it may even be from a big family.

The gift prepared for the old uncle was very expensive. It was a gold inlaid jade ornament, a jade carving of a longevity Weng holding a peach in his hand, but this jade carving stood on a base of red sandalwood and gold.

The height of the birthday star is about 25-6 centimeters. He holds a stick in his left hand and drags a big birthday peach in his right hand. He is full of smiles and looks cute.

The birthday star stepped on the golden auspicious cloud, needless to say, the auspicious cloud is naturally made of gold, and then the golden auspicious cloud is connected to the lower part of the red sandalwood base, and the three together constitute a large ornament.

This birthday star is carved out of a whole piece of Hetian jade. Although it is not a top-quality material, the carving is quite good, and it is also an old object. According to Yang Jing's identification, the big ornament of this birthday star is from the Qing Dynasty. Prince's Mansion.

Although the old uncle may be the youngest in his generation, but in the genealogy of Lao Li's family, he is the out-and-out eldest grandson. Even though there are two cousins ​​above him, that is, the two sons of Yang Jing's second grandfather, Li Long is the eldest grandson in Lao Li's family tree.

As the eldest grandson, to celebrate the 80th birthday of his second uncle, the nephew of the old uncle must give the most expensive gift, so Yang Jing prepared such a gift for the old uncle.

As for the gifts from Yang Jing and eldest cousin Sun Qiaozhe, it was much simpler. The second grandpa has two hobbies, one is drinking tea and the other is raising birds, so Yang Jing gave the second grandpa a set of five-headed plum blossom week pan pots, and the gift of the eldest cousin Sun Qiaozhe was a gold-encrusted bird made of rosewood cage.

These two gifts seem simple, but in fact they are not.

The set of five-headed plum-blossom Zhoupan ewer presented by Yang Jing is the work of Master Wang Yinchun, one of the Seven Old Zisha.

And Sun Qiaozhe's birdcage doesn't seem very eye-catching, but that birdcage is from the palace of the Qing Dynasty. It was a birdcage used by Lord Qianlong to raise birds.

These seven gifts naturally made Mama Yang very satisfied. Just kidding, is it okay to be dissatisfied? Yang Jing didn't tell his mother the value of these gifts, but the old uncle knew.

When the old uncle quietly told his second sister that the combined value of these seven gifts exceeded eight figures, the mother was a little dumbfounded

However, Father Yang is very open-minded. After he told his wife the reasons for this and his son's current wealth, Mother Yang stopped talking.

In any case, these seven gifts are definitely available, and they are all very special for the occasion.

It was after eight o'clock in the morning when Yang Jing received his parents and the others, and it was already around nine thirty when he took the family to the courtyard where the second grandfather was located in East 41st.

Because the alley in front of the second grandpa's house was very narrow, the car didn't drive in, but parked outside, and the family walked in.

When they reached the gate, Yang Jing's eldest cousin, the eldest son of the second grandfather's family, Li Long's eldest brother Li Yuhua and his wife were already at the gate. As the eldest son of the second grandpa, the eldest cousin must stand at the door to welcome guests on this occasion. Even if the guests who come today are all relatives, this rule cannot be broken.

Yang Jing's eldest cousin is sixty years old this year, but he is already the grandfather of two grandchildren. Yang Jing met Li Xiang, the eldest grandson of my cousin a few years ago, and gave the little guy a Hetian jade Bodhisattva pendant. The little guy is now 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 whole family of the uncle's family coming over in a mighty manner, with a happy smile on his face, he pulled his wife to greet him quickly.

This is a serious relationship between uncles, brothers and sisters, and the relationship is extremely advanced.

After exchanging pleasantries, the whole family walked into the courtyard under the guidance of Li Yuhua.

As soon as you walk into the yard, my good fellow, the bustling inside is like a big market in the countryside. Dozens of people have already been busy inside, some are busy setting up tables and chairs, some are busy doing sundries, and more are busy. chat and talk.

Today, the youngest birthday star of Lao Li's family celebrated his 80th birthday, so all the younger generations who could come from Lao Li's family came.

Speaking of the line of my mother's family, the population is very prosperous. Yang Jing has four grandfathers, brothers and sisters. Although Yang Jing's great aunt passed away long ago, there are three sons under the family, and Yang Jing's great aunt is still there, and the great aunt is also a member of the same family. There are thirty young people on the side of the great aunt and grandma alone.

And Yang Jing's second aunt's family has even more people. Compared with the eldest aunt, Yang Jing's second aunt got married earlier, at the age of sixteen, and now the second aunt's great-grandsons are all fathers. The second aunt and the second aunt are very serious The fifth generation is under the same roof!

The second aunt, a daughter, and three sons, this big family adds up to fifty people.

As for Yang Jing's second grandfather, there are quite a few of them. The second grandfather has two sons and one 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.

Including Yang Jing and his family, the whole courtyard has more than a hundred people.

Although the courtyard where the second grandpa lived was a two-entry courtyard with five north rooms, six rooms and inverted rooms, covering an area of ​​more than 400 square meters, so many people gathered in the courtyard, it still seemed dark and dark.

The second generation of Lao Li's family, that is, Mama Yang's generation, entered the yard, put down the gifts, and went directly into the house to talk with the old man and the old lady. There are quite a few people in Mama Yang's generation, and there are fourteen cousins ​​in total. Except for Li Yuhua and his wife who greet guests at the door, and Li Yuhua's younger brother, Li Yumin, who are busy making arrangements outside, everyone else is inside the house. Talk to the old man and the old lady.

Like Yang Jing's grandparents, Yang Jing's second aunt, second aunt, and eldest aunt did not come. A few years ago, Yang Jing's second aunt was confined to bed because of a cerebral thrombosis. Later, Yang Jing took some time to visit the second aunt's place and stabbed the second aunt and the second aunt. Needle, now the second aunt and the second aunt are in great health.

Then Yang Jing gave needles to the second grandpa, second grandma and eldest aunt respectively, so now these old people are in good health!

But they didn't come here on this occasion. They would come alone after two or three days, and then people of their generation would get together to have a good gathering. Today, this occasion is mainly the children's world.

Yang Jing's grandparents also planned to come over in two days.

This time the second grandpa celebrated his 80th birthday, and instead of having a banquet in the hotel, he celebrated his birthday at home.

The yard of the second grandpa's house covers an area of ​​more than 400 square meters. Except for the house, the courtyard in the middle is about 50 to 60 square meters. It can hold five or six tables of banquets, and the rest of the banquets are placed in the house. There are eleven tables in total today.

Of course, before the banquet started, when the auspicious time came, the first thing to do was to pay respects to today's birthday star Weng.

For Yang Ma and his four brothers and sisters, today's birthday man is their uncle, and for the second generation of the second aunt and the eldest aunt, today's birthday man is their uncle. The relationship is really close.

Therefore, when the auspicious time comes for the younger generation to pay birthday respects, all the younger generation, except for the two little ones who are still breastfeeding, under the leadership of the second generation, kowtow to the old birthday star sitting in the main room and present birthday gift.

It is only natural for juniors to kowtow to the birthday star on such an occasion, and no one would object to it. Even Ge Ge didn't think it was wrong, but found it very novel, and followed Yang Jing to kowtow three times to the old birthday star.

In fact, this kind of birthday worship is also an essence of China's ancient inheritance. In China's inheritance, filial piety is the first priority, so to pay respects to the elders in the family, it is natural to kowtow.

To be honest, the second grandpa's birthday celebration this time is not too lively.

Yang Jing saw on the news more than once that big families in the south paid birthday wishes to the elders in the family, and there were often hundreds of people in the family. The scene was far more lively than today's occasion.

But in the north, it is rare for more than a hundred people to come to pay their respects. Therefore, the smiles on the faces of the second grandfather and the second grandmother never fell.

The more than one hundred juniors just kowtowed for half an hour, and the banquet didn't start until it was almost twelve o'clock.

The meals for the banquet were all delivered by the restaurant. After learning that an old man celebrated his 80th birthday today, the restaurant specially made a bowl of longevity noodles for the old man.

Among the third generation juniors of Lao Li's family, Yang Jing and his three sisters are considered the youngest, just like the cousins ​​of the second aunt's family, who are almost as old as Yang Jing's old uncle. Li Yinuo didn't come today, if that little girl came, with her fourteen years old, many people in their twenties would have to call her aunt.

Just like Liu Baojun, the eldest grandson of Yang Jing’s second aunt’s family, who is only two years younger than Yang Jing, but he has to be honestly called Yang Jing “Bo” and Gege “Auntie”.

There is no way, this is because the carrot is not big, it grows on the generation!