There is a lot to do today, nothing else but my second uncle’s 80th birthday!
Yang Jing only got the news the day before yesterday. As soon as he got off the plane the day before yesterday, he received a call from his grandmother, who told Yang Jing the news and told him that the second generation of the Li family would all go.
This is no small matter. For a family to have an elderly person celebrate his 80th birthday is a great thing in every way.
As the old saying goes, it is rare for a person to live to 70, but 80 is considered an old man. In ancient times, an 80-year-old person was considered a very old man. When meeting the emperor, he did not have to bow. The emperor had to salute him with his hands clasped.
In ancient times, people who lived a long life must have great fortune, so even the old emperor would like to have a share of this fortune.
Nowadays, with the continuous improvement of living conditions and medical conditions, there are more and more people over 80 years old. But no matter what, when an elderly person in a family reaches his 80th birthday, not only the family, but also the whole family will come to celebrate as long as they have the conditions.
So, when Yang Jing called his mother, she told him the details.
Yang Jing's grandfather has four brothers and sisters, and he is the third child, but he is the eldest son in the family because he has two older sisters. His eldest sister passed away 20 years ago, and now there are only three sisters left. His second sister, Yang Jing's second aunt, is also 90 years old this year. She is 10 years older than Yang Jing's second uncle, but her birthday is later, in September, so this year, not only will we celebrate the 80th birthday of the second uncle, but also the 90th birthday of the second aunt.
When the elderly in the family celebrate their full birthdays, they usually do so one year in advance, that is, by their virtual age. So this year, two elderly people in the Li family celebrated their 80th and 90th birthdays respectively.
This is a great joyous event for the entire Li family. So this time when the second grandfather celebrates his 80th birthday, Yang Jing's family of three, Yang Jing's aunt's family of five, Yang Jing's aunt's family of three, and Yang Jing's uncle and his wife will all come. Li Yinuo can't come because she has to go to school, otherwise the girl will also come.
However, Yang Jing didn’t know his second uncle’s birthday or his second aunt’s birthday, so he didn’t make any preparations in advance.
But now that his mother has explained the situation, Yang Jing has to prepare a gift.
Needless to say, he is the only one in the family who has so many treasures that it would be more than enough to pick out a few to use as birthday gifts.
Yang Jing knew that since his parents were participating in the birthday celebration, they, the third generation, did not need to send birthday gifts to the elderly separately, as all the second generation of the Li family were represented. Of course, if Yang Jing and his family wanted to send gifts, there would be no problem, but the value of the gifts must not exceed the gifts given by the elders, otherwise it would be against the rules.
In other words, Yang Jing needs to prepare four gifts for his mother and others, and also prepare a gift for his grandparents. Although his grandparents are not coming, he still needs to express his gratitude.
Later, Yang Jing asked his eldest cousin if she was going to give him a birthday gift. His eldest cousin said that it was for those who were married and had a family, but not for those who were not married and had a family, so Yang Jing prepared two more sets of gifts.
He and his eldest cousin were already married, so they also had to send birthday gifts to their second grandfather. So Yang Jing prepared seven gifts in total.
It would be difficult for others to prepare these seven sets of gifts in a hurry, but it was nothing for Yang Jing. There were still many treasures in the basement of Hai Siheyuan. Those treasures were not qualified to be exhibited in the Grand Canal Museum, but they were also extremely precious antiques and artworks for ordinary people. Especially, Old Na really collected a lot of miscellaneous treasures, such as the Qing Dynasty's ornamental lion head walnut, the bird cage made of rosewood inlaid with gold and silver, the Qing Dynasty ivory carvings... So, Yang Jing just walked around in the basement and prepared the birthday gifts.
But when preparing the gifts, Gege suddenly said, "Yang Jing, I suddenly remembered that my grandma is also going to celebrate her 80th birthday this year!"
"Ah? Your grandmother was also born in the year of the horse?"
"Yes, she was born in the Year of the Horse. She is seventy-nine years old this year, which makes her eighty. But my grandmother won't celebrate her birthday until the end of the year."
"My dear, I won't say anything more. Your husband will definitely choose a good gift for you."
Gege smiled and said, "That's not what I meant. I just suddenly remembered something that happened a few years ago. I still remember when you just came back that year, we went to Uncle Jiang's to choose a birthday present for grandma. You gave grandma a bracelet carved from Hetian white jade. My grandma loved it and still wears it on her hand until now. She doesn't want to take it off."
"Hehe, my lady, back then I used a bracelet like this to trick you into marrying me..."
"Go away, what nonsense are you talking about!" Gege punched Yang Jing coquettishly, "I am not following you just for your treasures. When you were still a poor boy, I saw a pearl in your eye and chose you. It's just that a certain fool was afraid of this and that, and made me wait for several years! Humph, you still have the nerve to say that now..."
Yang Jing was moved, and he grabbed his wife's hand and said, "Wife, we have gone through many trials and tribulations. Our relationship has gone through many tests, and in the future our relationship will be as strong as gold and as solid as a rock! We will definitely walk through life hand in hand! I will also treat you well for the rest of my life..."
The two wanted to spend some time together in the basement, but the phone rang at an inopportune time. Yang Jing picked up the phone and it was indeed his mother.
"We have already passed Cangzhou, and we will arrive at Yanjing South Station in about 40 minutes. Please come and pick us up as soon as possible!"
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