On August 12, Song Qiu's aunt held a banquet at her house. The baby turned one year old. It was not a big event these days.
If a person has his first birthday party in his life, he will have to wait for sixty drinks.
Of course, some people even do it when they are 40 or 50. It just depends on how lively they are, or if their family is good at it.
After all, not everyone will make money from this wine event.
Favors from fellow villagers usually consist of a gift of ten cents. Depending on the wine, some extra gifts may be added, such as red cloth for marrying a daughter or something.
In other words, more substantial gifts from relatives will be needed.
But the banquet usually requires at least eight dishes, including chicken, duck, meat, and fish, and more. Otherwise, you can’t make others laugh by hosting a banquet!
Therefore, not all wine-making is profitable.
Early in the morning, Song Qiu told the Wang family to stay at home and cook for themselves at noon. He also told Aling, who was looking eagerly, that he would bring her delicious sugar packets, and then he drove the mule.
The car took Old Yuan out of the village and headed to Xiashui Village.
As soon as I left the village and walked onto the official road, I saw a group of people walking behind me.
It was Yuan Shuanzi and Lao Meng, together with Yuan Cheng, Yuan Daping, and a group of five people.
This is different from visiting a relative's house to have a drink. Generally, the whole family can go out.
But each family has its own affairs, so of course it’s impossible for the whole family to go.
As the heads of the family, Yuan Shuanzi and Lao Meng must attend as long as they can move. Last time they had the eldest son and his wife, so this time the second son and his wife went with them.
I also brought my eldest grandson with me.
Why only take care of the eldest grandson and take care of the eldest grandson alone? This is what Old Meng has been waiting for these days.
As soon as the two parties met and exchanged a few pleasantries, Song Qiu quickly asked everyone to get on the mule cart and go to Xiashui Village together.
This is the advantage of having a car. You don't have to walk on both feet, but you can go a lot faster.
When they arrived at Hu's house, the waiter was still cooking meat. The table hadn't been set yet, so it was still early to sit down.
Mrs. Hu Yuan was very happy to see her mother-in-law's family. She quickly and warmly invited them into the main room to sit down, and personally accompanied them to greet them and talk to them.
With my son and daughter-in-law here, there is no need for the two elders to do anything today.
The first to arrive in the hall were Hu Changshan's brothers-in-law and cousins, as well as the natal families of Hu Yuan's two daughters-in-law, and some other relatives.
The people in the same room were so noisy that the roof was blown down when they talked.
Fortunately, the main hall of the Hu family is spacious!
We all know each other from time to time, and when we sit together, we still have something to say.
The adults say that the east room inside is for the little kids.
Hu Mengsheng, who was not yet married, was entertaining a room full of children, big and small. Song Qiu and Yuan Daping went in together, found a seat, sat down, ate melon seeds and watched the other children playing and joking.
She is an adult at heart, so of course she is not used to playing around with these kids.
Not long after she sat down, a little girl about the same age as her came over and said, "Who are you related to my aunt's family? I didn't see you when I came to wash three wines last year."
Song Qiu glanced at her and upon hearing her words, he guessed that she might be the niece of her second cousin Mo's family.
When she said she was washed with three wines last year, didn't she mean that Mrs. Mo had given birth to a child last year?
At that time, her mother happened to be delivering the baby nearby, so she came by herself without taking her with her.
"Oh, this is my aunt's house."
When Mo Dani heard this, she nodded suddenly, "Then we are the same generation!"
Having said that, he felt as if he had found an organization in an instant, and he was so happy that he started chatting with Song Qiu.
Song Qiu's eardrums hurt from the noise, but listening to her talk, he also found it a bit funny.
After all, half of the kids in this room looked the same age as them, but turned out to be older than them.
For example, Hu Mengsheng is only two years older, but one generation older.
The children sat in the room, but naturally they couldn't sit still. After a while, someone started shouting that they wanted to go out and play.
As the host, Hu Mengsheng's task today is to entertain these children. When he saw this, he said: "There are two wild pomegranates on the short slope behind our house that are ripe now. Do you want to pick them?"
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Of course, people who come to other people's homes are not allowed to wander around casually. When they heard that they were going to pick pomegranates behind the house, everyone expressed interest and gathered around Hu Mengsheng to let him lead the way.
Mo Dani watched and affectionately took Song Qiu's arm to follow her.
When Song Qiu heard that there were pomegranates, he was also curious about what the pomegranates in ancient times were like and whether they were as red and sweet as those in later generations, so he went along.
A group of people arrived at the back of Hu's courtyard. Behind this is a low slope and a forest. The trees are bustling with people but not dense.
Among them, there are two pomegranate trees. At this time, the trees are covered with pomegranates one by one. Some two or three are next to each other, hanging at the waist of the tree trunk.
Some are completely red, and some are half green and half red.
Perhaps it's because the wild ones have not been well cared for. The heads are not big, and they are not as beautiful as the pomegranates Song Qiu had eaten in his previous life.
Several girls shouted and rushed to pick pomegranates.
The boys weren't interested, so they went off to climb trees and dig out bird's nests while shouting.
Song Qiu was pulled by Mo Dani, and he went to pick a relatively red pomegranate, peeled it off, and squatted under the tree to taste it.
Hmm, quite sweet.
Song Qiu likes to eat pomegranates the most. This food tastes good and makes her eat it happily.
But unexpectedly, an unexpected voice suddenly sounded next to her, "I thought she was really a spirit, but it turned out that she was just a little girl like us, nothing outstanding, and she was embarrassed and praised like a flower.
That’s it.”
These words sounded incomprehensible, and Song Qiuben didn't understand him, but the eyes staring straight at him were so obvious that people couldn't even ignore them.
She raised her eyes and looked over, and saw a girl of about the same size, staring straight at her without hesitation, with the corners of her mouth curled up, and there was sarcasm on her face?
"Are you talking to me?"
"You are not blind. You didn't see me looking at you. Who are you talking to?" Hu Jinhua curled her lips and said in an unhappy tone: "They say you are so smart, hard-working and capable, and you are just like an adult at such a young age.
I thought you should be sitting in the main room chatting with the adults, but why are you like us little girls, running out to pick pomegranates and steal your mouth?"
Song Qiu thought about it for a long time, and then he roughly remembered that this little girl seemed to be the granddaughter of her aunt and uncle's cousin, and she had seen her before.
But I'm not familiar with it. If I'm not familiar with it, I'm not familiar with it. Why do you suddenly act like this?
It seems like she offended her?
Song Qiu felt baffled. It was really hard to explain what these little girls were thinking.
She didn't want to care about it and argued with a little girl. She wasn't really a little girl.
There is no need to lose her bearing as an adult soul.
But this Hu Jinhua has often heard her grandma compare her with this Song Qiu these days, and she has long been dissatisfied with Song Qiu in her heart. She just wants to open her eyes and take a closer look today, does this Song Qiu have three heads and six arms? Or how did it get it?
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How can she be more diligent, capable, smart, have ideas and make money than her?
Looking at it this way, isn't she a girl like them who sits and eats melon seeds, runs out to play around and picks wild pomegranates and is happy to eat them?
Why is he better than her?
Hu Jinhua was so angry that when she saw that Song Qiu was not willing to talk to her, she rushed over and pushed Song Qiu.