The old man’s birth is calculated according to the lunar calendar. The second day of July is exactly the day of August 2 this year.

Starting from July 30th, Xiao Feng, Xiao Qiang and more than a dozen unmarried grandchildren began to thoroughly clean the old house under the command of their elders.

There are only two elderly people living in the old house. There is only the main bedroom, the kitchen and the study room in the wing room. The last time other places were cleaned was half a year ago. There is no way, the old house is too big. The long wing room on both sides and the auxiliary building in the backyard has more than 40 rooms in total, plus various corridors and stairwells. The two elderly people usually can't take care of them.

In fact, according to the two old people's ideas, it is best for the whole family to live in the old house together, but the young people have their own ideas, and the old people can only guard the old house alone. This time, Xiao Feng decided to return to Ginkgo Village and live in the old house with the two old people, which made them have a lot of smiles on their faces.

This time, relatives who are on the birthday of another place will come back, and the main venue of the birthday banquet will be set up in the old house. Therefore, before the birthday, the task of Xiao Feng and other juniors is to clean up the old house.

The more I know about the old house, the more Xiao Feng felt that the old house was a collection of Central Plains architectural culture and ethnic culture in Yunnan and Tibet, and could be used as an exhibition for the outside world. However, the old house is the spiritual sustenance of the Xiao family, and opening up to the outside world is not in line with the emotions of the Xiao family.

As for the preparation of birthday banquets, the payment of funds, etc., it is not the turn of younger generations such as Xiao Feng to worry about it. They just need to devote themselves to their work.

In order to celebrate the old man's birthday, Xiao Jinxu and the four brothers discussed and decided to invite everyone in the village to have a mat. Anyway, the entire village, plus relatives from other places, had 1,000 people attending the birthday party and a hundred mats, which was not too much burden for the Xiao family.

The cost of holding a redeemable seat in the countryside is not as high as a restaurant in the city. It costs about three or four hundred yuan per table. The cost of tens of thousands of yuan is only 10,000 yuan per person.

Xiao Feng and Xiao Qiang and other groups of grandchildren, great-grandson and even great-grandson will be responsible for kowtowing and getting red envelopes!

At this time, Xiao Feng had no special status. He was ordered by several elders to sweep the old house. After cleaning up the old house, he participated in the preparation of various ingredients, and was very busy.

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Xiao Feng's parents rushed back to Ginkgo Village on the afternoon of July 31. After all, they still need to go to work. For the old man's birthday, they spent a lot of time to transfer classes and ask for leave, and only made a week of free up.

Xiao Feng hopes that his parents can quit the job with low income and enjoy their old age at home, but that's just thinking about it. After all, his parents are less than fifty years old, so it's a little early for them to retire.

"I'll settle the score with you later!" After seeing his son, Xiao Jinyang threw down a sentence with a stern face.

Xiao Jinyang learned that Xiao Feng decided to stay in Ginkgo Village on the phone of his elder brother Xiao Jinxu, which made Xiao Jinyang very dissatisfied and felt that his son was making his own decisions. However, on the old man's birthday, Xiao Feng was protected by his old man, so Xiao Jinyang couldn't say anything.

"Son, this time you're hiding it from your dad, it's not very good!" Xue Lifen knocked Xiao Feng's head and said, "Let's go back and explain it clearly, you can't get angry!"

Xue Lifen knew in her heart that her husband felt that his son had made such a big decision but had never sought his opinions. She felt that his authority as a father was provoked and naturally she was not much better. Xiao Feng's personality was the same as his father, and he wanted face and was stubborn. Xue Lifen didn't want the father and son to have a quarrel because of this matter.

"Mom, I know it's my problem!" Xiao Feng nodded and said, "I will explain it to my dad tonight and win his support!"

After obtaining Zizhu Space and returning to Ginkgo Village, Xiao Feng also thought deeply about his future plans and his various actions over the years. Putting aside other issues, Xiao Feng found that he and his father were not very harmonious and had a bit of a stiff relationship. This point was undoubtedly revealed in the issue of deciding to stay in Ginkgo Village this time, and Xiao Feng did not get angry with his father at all.

Perhaps it was because of the conflicting personality, or perhaps it was because the father and son spent too little time together, or perhaps it was because Xiao Feng was not very sensible before... After discovering the problem, Xiao Feng decided to take advantage of the opportunity of the old man's birthday party to have a good chat with his father to ease their relationship.

In life, it would be too sad to regard the enemy with the closest person.

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On the old man’s birthday, the sky was beautiful, and the bright sunshine poured into Ginkgo Village early in the morning, making people feel even more comfortable.

The old man taught in Ginkgo Village all his life. Basically, the tribesmen and villagers under the age of 50 were his students, and his prestige in the village was beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Therefore, as soon as the news of the old man holding a birthday party spread, the entire Ginkgo Village was moved, and all households took the initiative to send young and strong laborers to help. In the countryside, whether it is a wedding or a happy event or not, it can be seen that a family’s popularity and prestige in the village.

There are a lot of ingredients needed for a hundred tables of flowing mats. Fortunately, the Xiao family is rich and prepared in advance, so it is not too difficult to deal with it.

Whole chicken, whole duck, whole fish, steamed meat, braised platter, stewed chicken in casserole, various seasonal vegetables, mountain delicacies, and basically the best ingredients you can find around Ginkgo Village all appeared at the old man's birthday party. You know, for this birthday party, Xiao Jinxu started contacting various suppliers a month ago, and finally there were no mistakes.

After the old man got up in the morning, he changed into new clothes with the old man, sat upright on the chair of the master in the main hall, and began to accept birthday wishes from his children and grandchildren and relatives from all walks of life.

First of all, as the eldest son, Xiao Jinxu was naturally ranked first. He led his wife, son, daughter-in-law, grandson, granddaughter-in-law, great-grandson, daughter, son-in-law, grandson and other dozens of people kowtowed to celebrate the old man's birthday.

Seeing the eldest and his family paying their birthday, the old man couldn't stop smiling. He held Xiao Haoyu, the great-grandson, in his arms and teased him for a while. For the old man, now that the family is prosperous and five generations live together, he is worthy of his ancestors.

When Xiao Jinxu kowtowed with his children and grandchildren, the old man began to distribute red envelopes. Everyone had a share, but there were not many, which meant auspiciousness.

After Xiao Jinxu, the other children of the Xiao family also kowtowed to the old man one by one according to their rankings. The scene was extremely spectacular.

Xiao Feng counted silently beside him. The old man raised four sons and three daughters. Now he has eight grandchildren, nine granddaughters, three great-grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, plus Xiao Haoyu, a great-grandchildren. There are 39 people who are related to the old man. In addition to the daughter-in-law, son-in-law and others, the total number exceeds 60.

As some juniors continue to get married and have children, the number of people in the Xiao family will continue to increase. Perhaps one day when you have a reunion dinner, the number may exceed 100!

After the old man's direct juniors finished their birthday, it was the turn of distant relatives of the Xiao family and the villagers of Ginkgo Village to pay their birthday, and they took the prepared red envelopes from the old man.

The changes in Ginkgo Village in recent days have made the tribe members and villagers full of hope for the future. They also hope to take this opportunity to express their gratitude to the old man and the Xiao family.

Many years later, people recalled the old man's birthday party and believed that it was a watershed in the history of Ginkgo Village's development. It was after that that Ginkgo Village ushered in the opportunity for rapid development and grew into a well-known tourist destination in western Yunnan and even in China in a very short time, and a model of new rural areas!
Chapter completed!