By the time Zhang Hao and his party returned home, it was already past six o'clock in the evening, and Li Dajuan and others had already prepared the banquet.
Yang Huaqing also came and stayed busy all afternoon.
Seeing grandpa coming back, little pudding immediately took a red crown and carefully put it on grandpa's head, announcing that the birthday banquet had officially begun.
"Grandpa, little Pudding wishes you a happy birthday and a long life." The little guy said in a milky voice.
"Okay, grandpa is waiting to drink the wedding wine of our little pudding and big pudding. You two must not imitate your sister-in-law. Grandpa is old and cannot wait too long."
Zhang Chongxin used the topic to express his ideas.
When Zhang Jiaqi heard this, she immediately became unhappy: "Dad, if I don't get married...who will it bother me?"
"Huh, didn't I ask you to bring Xiao Tao back with you? Did you turn a deaf ear to it?"
Zhang Chongxin said "angry".
"Why? I'm not related to you, why should I rush to give it to you..."
Zhang Jiahui quickly grabbed her little sister and said, "Okay, today is dad's birthday. Stop arguing. It's unlucky."
"Sister, dad is deliberately looking for trouble."
Zhang Jiaqi said with aggrieved face.
Recently, her relationship with Xiao Tao has made a significant breakthrough. The two parties have officially confirmed their relationship, but they have not yet reached the stage of coming to the door.
So I didn’t invite my boyfriend over.
I didn't expect that dad would be so impatient.
Zhou Jianneng followed up and persuaded: "Old Zhang, I'm not talking about you. Jiaqi is already the deputy director. As a parent, you have to save some face for your children.
Besides, what era is it now? Whether you want to get married or not is a matter of personal freedom. Force is useless. When fate comes, you will get married without any urging.
Look at my Hengming, isn’t he a ready-made example? I’ve had so many blind dates with him before, but in the end I didn’t like any of them, it was all in vain.”
Just at the beginning of the month, Zhang Jiaqi was promoted by the superior department to the deputy director of the Foreign Affairs and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office. To put it bluntly, she is responsible for dealing with various problems of illegal immigrants and stranded people. It is typical that she has too little power but too many tasks.
Zhang Chongxin snorted coldly and said nothing more.
After a while, the dining table was filled with all kinds of delicacies, a combination of meat and vegetables, which made people salivate.
Zhou Jianneng took a deep breath of the aroma and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Sister-in-law, your family's living standard is good enough? You actually cook so many dishes. Our family usually only has one or two meat dishes at most, and even less vegetables.
, I can’t eat it more than once a month.”
"Then what are you waiting for? Move here quickly! There are food stamps here in Huicheng every month. Generally, families will receive a few kilograms. They mainly include radishes, cabbage and tomatoes, and occasionally other types." p>
Li Dajuan laughed and persuaded.
"Auntie, my dad and I have decided to move here next month, but we are going to Shencheng. Fortunately, the distance between the two sides is very close, so it is not difficult to meet."
Zhou Hengming quickly interrupted.
Li Dajuan was suddenly a little surprised: "Why don't you come to Huicheng? We can live together and have someone to take care of you."
"Mom, if there are no accidents, Uncle Zhou and the others are going to open a new company in Shenzhen this time. They live close to each other and can easily commute to get off work. They can't just run back and forth every day, right?"
Zhang Hao explained helpfully.
"What a pity, can't we open a company in Huicheng?" Li Dajuan asked casually.
"Okay, old woman, don't ask questions. Old Zhou has his own reasons for opening a company in Shenzhen." Zhang Chongxin said impatiently.
Li Dajuan glared at her old man fiercely, and then asked everyone to come to the table.
The adults sat at a table, and Li Dajuan and her two parents-in-law sat at a table with the children. The food on the children's table only had a little chili pepper.
Everyone had a great time.
After the banquet, the birthday greetings began.
As the only son of the old Zhang family, Zhang Hao was the first to appear. He first sent blessings and then gave a set of "six springs and ten cloths" as a birthday gift.
Since the opening of Sihaijizang, he specially asked his second brother-in-law to buy a set of "Six Springs and Ten Cloths" at a high price without telling his father to make up for his previous mistakes.
Last year, he did go a bit too far. He didn't consider the old man's personal feelings, which made the old man lose face in front of Uncle Zhou.
Although the old man has forgiven him, he cannot pretend that nothing happened. He still has to make up for what can be made up, and the old man cannot leave any regrets.
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After Zhang Chongxin got the gift, he was so happy that he opened his mouth from ear to ear, and then he carefully appreciated each item one by one in front of everyone.
Seeing this, Zhou Jianneng gave a wry smile, then took out his gift and handed it to his old friend:
"Old Zhang, it's a coincidence that the birthday gift I gave you is also 'Six Springs and Ten Cloths'."
Seriously speaking, this can be regarded as returning the property to its original owner.
Zhang Jiayi quickly smoothed things over and said: "This is called good things coming in pairs, good luck and good fortune."
Zhang Hao, on the other hand, felt a little guilty, and at the same time he also complained a little about Zhou Jianneng. This was really a case of not opening the pot.
Zhang Chongxin glanced at his son, and then happily accepted the gift from his old friend.
Next, the birthday wishes were given by Zhang Jiahui and his wife, Zhang Jiayi and Zhang Jiaqi, and they all gave some relatively common gifts.
Next is the birthday greetings from Cao Fan and others.
The gifts are all similar.
Finally it was the twins' turn.
The two brothers knelt in front of their grandfather, kowtowed three times, and then sent them their best wishes.
The big pudding gift was a pair of Wenwan walnuts. The surface of the walnuts was oily and translucent. He bought them from the second-hand market and spent a month's pocket money.
Zhang Chongxin took the walnuts in his hand and tried to play with them to show his love.
Unwilling to be outdone, Little Pudding took his gift and sent it to his grandfather:
"Grandpa, this is a painting I drew. There are grandparents, grandma, parents, Aunt Yang, aunt, second aunt and sister-in-law on it.
There are also the eldest uncle and the second uncle; there are the eldest cousin, the second cousin and the third cousin; there are the eldest cousin and the second cousin; there are the aunt, the little uncle and the little sponge; there are also egg yolks and toffee." p>
"Wow, our little pudding is so smart, he actually learned how to draw a family portrait."
Zhang Jiaqi walked over and hugged her little nephew.
Others also started to praise me.
Little Pudding held his head high, like a proud peacock.
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After the birthday greetings, the three sisters of the Zhang family rolled out a small trolley that had been prepared in advance from the kitchen. On the trolley was a three-layered cream cake.
The cake was made by Zhang Jiayi and her mother-in-law, Aunt Lisa. The style is very simple, without so many fancy embellishments, just some watermelon meat and grape berries.
Immediately afterwards, music sounded at the scene, and everyone sang a birthday song along with the music:
"I wish you a happy birthday and happiness;
I wish you a happy birthday and happiness forever;
I wish you a happy birthday and happiness;
I wish you a happy birthday and happiness forever!"
"Pa bang bang..."
After the applause, the twins shouted at the same time:
"Grandpa, please make a wish quickly."
Zhang Chongxin smiled, stood in front of the cake, lowered his head, closed his eyes, put his hands together, and made a wish that "the whole family is safe".
Then he opened his eyes and blew out all the candles in one breath, causing his grandchildren to applaud.
"Grandpa, what wish did you make?"
Big Pudding asked impatiently.
Zhang Chongxin touched his eldest grandson's head, smiled and shook his head: "It won't work if you say it."
"Okay, grandpa, can you cut the cake quickly?"
Big Pudding urged.
Little Pudding also looked impatient.
"Okay, you two little gluttons!"
Zhang Chongxin took the fruit knife from his eldest daughter.