An unforgettable night of Lantern Festival

We returned to Shanghai from Nanchang on the thirteenth day of the first month, just in time to be reunited with her parents, brothers and sisters at her sister-in-law's house to celebrate the Lantern Festival.

There are five children in the parents-in-law's family. except that the aunt stayed in Shanghai after she graduated from Shanghai Foreign Studies University, the other brothers and sisters originally had good units in Nanchang, but they were not satisfied and successively changed jobs to apply for jobs in Shanghai. occupations include college, middle and primary school teachers, cadres, doctors, civil servants, company supervisors, and so on. Over the past ten years, through their struggle and efforts, they have made achievements and development in their work and career. With the parents getting old, the family has formed a conventional method. During the holidays, six small families take turns to be the host, entertaining a large family, old and young.

A rotating banquet plan was specially formulated before the Spring Festival in 2017. As we are going back to my parents' home for the Spring Festival in Nanchang this year, after attending the big brother-in-law's New year party, several other uncles will not be able to attend as desired. This time, I had planned to return to Shanghai after the Lantern Festival, but I returned ahead of schedule due to changes. The unexpected Lantern Festival reunion made everyone overjoyed.

Although it has become the habit of the he family to take turns to be the owner, the way and content of reunion keep pace with the times. From simple dinner to dinner, family discussion, variety show, talent show, family etiquette research and so on. Through the four generations of this extended family in the same room, it is happy, prosperous and warm regular exchanges and gatherings, which enhance the affection of the family, unite the hearts of the people, and coruscate endless vigor and vitality. in particular, it brings a lot of joy and relief to the octogenarian parents-in-law.

As the eldest son-in-law of their family, for more than 30 years, I have gradually integrated into this big family with a bumpy past and a bright future of harmony, unity, mutual assistance and fraternity. And get spiritual and life encouragement, spur and warmth.

2016 was an extraordinary year in this big family, and great events followed. Xiao Bao, the son of my brother-in-law, was admitted to a key high school admired by Shanghainese. My son was promoted from the middle level to the leadership position of the college. My uncle was rated as the advanced party member of the unit. The most exciting thing is that the only daughter of my sister-in-law has been admitted to Oxford, one of the top 10 famous universities in the world, and will study for a doctorate at Oxford University in the UK this autumn.

2017 indicates that the big family will enter a higher level. With this pride and glory, the night of the Lantern Festival of the year of the Rooster is particularly festive and cheerful.

The hostess of the family, the sister-in-law of the doctoral supervisor of Shanghai Jiaotong University, appears particularly excited and busy, usually busy with doctoral students, project research and writing, mostly making do with three meals a day. Today, she has to do it herself. It is really not easy for her to cook a family dinner with more than 20 people. Fortunately, she and her daughter made preparations a few days ago, and the brothers and sisters took the initiative to bring several specialty dishes, and a rich table of delicacies was soon ready.

After the banquet, the highlight of the Lantern Festival night, the family art show, began with the announcement of the host's sister-in-law. First, our three-and-a-half-year-old grandson Ding Ding sang "two Tigers", and then everyone appeared from small to big. According to their own specialties, they each came up with 18 martial arts: solo, legendary singing, poetry, prose recitation, sketches and so on. There are impromptu performances, but most of them come prepared.

The program performed by my brother-in-law and his family is novel and chic, and the live voice broadcast of air traffic control is performed jointly by the pony working at Shanghai Airport and his parents. They serve as air traffic control commanders, aircraft pilots and tower dispatchers, respectively, to guide aircraft take-off and landing. Let everyone really feel a real scene of aviation flight management work. At the same time also experienced the pony's articulate, calm and calm elegant demeanor and bearing.

My sister-in-law's program is also very meaningful. Holding an old exercise book in her hand, she affectionately read the observation diary written by her daughter in primary school. She vividly described and portrayed the personality, habits, movements and demeanor of her three cousins, Xiao Bao, Ma, and Xiao Hu. The language is fluent, simple and vivid. You can hardly believe that it was written by a 10-year-old pupil. Between the lines, she reveals her literary talent and good character of careful observation. It is not difficult for us to understand why she is loved and respected by the doctoral supervisors of the University of Oxford.

With the passage of time, everyone gradually entered the state, the program is more and more wonderful, bright spots. The modern poetry recitation of my eldest aunt and daughter-in-law is full of voice and emotion, and that move belongs to professional standard and extraordinary demeanor. Her acting ability should benefit from the skills she acquired when she served as secretary of the Civil Aviation Youth League Committee for a long time. The Tang poetry recitation of our 7-year-old granddaughter Yue Yue was full of cadence and praise. However, the most commendable program is the program of the father-in-law and mother-in-law, who made meticulous designs and preparations as early as a few days ago for this family party. Their 90-year-old father-in-law is Hale and hearty, extremely excited, as the head of the family, a retired member of the Communist Party of China, the standard Bolshevik, treats everything meticulously. He sat upright, holding the old songbooks he had treasured in his early years, and sang several revolutionary songs in a loud and loud voice, which drew warm applause and cheers from everyone.

The mother-in-law was calm and relaxed, and unhurriedly took out the speech she had written at home and recited it. This old gardener, who has worked conscientiously for most of her life on the front of primary education, gave full play to the advantages of her Chinese teacher and made a strategic exposition and summary of the family's work, life, family, and career in the past year. And talked about expectations and prospects for the future development. Everyone was exhilarated and moved after listening to it.

Influenced and infected by the poetry conference of CCTV not long ago, the flying flower orders of many people, such as brother-in-law and brother-in-law son, made everyone applaud. Tang poetry and Song ci, open the mouth to come, the game echoes, catchy, one after another, a good scholarly atmosphere. The whole party lasted until after 11:00 midnight, everyone had a good time, but hated that time passed too quickly.

The busiest thing tonight is my period. As an amateur photographer, how can he lose this once-in-a-lifetime beauty and exciting moment? he wants to record this unforgettable Lantern Festival night with his camera. Let every family member share this long and profound happy time for a long time.