How will the old man celebrate his 66th birthday?

Buy a cake, a piece of clothing, and a red envelope.

The folk custom here is: Whenever someone reaches his sixty-sixth birthday, he must eat dumplings made by his daughter. Derived from the proverb "If you lose a piece of meat at sixty-six, your children will make up for this piece of meat." There are also requirements for making dumplings for the 66th birthday, which are: 6 taels of meat, 6 taels of bread, 68 dumplings, 66 of which are for 66 years old, and the remaining two are for heaven and earth.

But there are also unwritten rules for celebrating your sixty-sixth birthday. No matter when your birthday is, celebrate it on the sixth day of the first lunar month.

My husband happens to be 66 years old this year, and my daughter came back to make dumplings on the fifth day of the first lunar month. She accurately weighed out 6 ounces of noodles and 6 ounces of fine meat, and shouted while doing it: Mom - come on, what should we do next?

I was angry and laughed at the same time, and said: You are really worried. You can’t do anything but eat.

But there are also clever things. She rolled the dough into a long strip, folded it back, cut a knife in the middle, and said: two 34. Fold it again and cut it again, and say: these 4 strips have 17 pieces each. As he said this, he took a strip of dough, used a knife to make 16 marks on the dough, and said: These are 17 dumplings.

I couldn’t help laughing and said: Look how smart my girl is.

She immediately said slowly: You are not stupid to begin with.

I smiled and said: Really, I never forget to praise myself.

I went to the kitchen to be busy, and after a while my daughter called out again: Mom - come on, the cutting is not accurate, the last few are too big.

I said: Just be as big as you want, and eat the big ones.

The dumpling fillings are also divided into 4 portions, and then divided into smaller portions. The calculation was pretty good, and the fillings and noodles were just finished. The dumplings were finally made, but there were a few big thieves among them.

My daughter-in-law’s work had to rush out a batch of drawings, so she went back to the city on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. She hurried back on the evening of the sixth day of the Lunar New Year and brought back 66 dumplings made for her father. Since I was busy going to the hotel, I put the dumplings in the refrigerator. After returning from the hotel, around 9pm, my wife said: I have to eat some dumplings made by my daughter-in-law, so as not to ruin my child’s heart.

After the dumplings were cooked, my wife showed them to me. I took a look: This bowl of dumplings is as big as water. There are no big dumplings with too much filling, and there are no flat dumplings with little filling. I looked at my wife and said: This kid made the dumplings by herself after get off work until about 11 o'clock in the middle of the night. Judging from the evenness of the dumplings, she worked hard.

This job belongs to your daughter, and your daughter-in-law took the initiative to do it for you, which shows her filial piety. OK, we are blessed to have two good daughters.

My wife also said with emotion: Yes, it is better to have a good daughter-in-law than a good son.

I smiled and said: You are so blessed to have a good son, a good daughter-in-law, a good daughter, and a good son-in-law.

My wife said: Why don’t I thank you?

I laughed and said: When did you learn to speak? This is what I have been saying all my life.

My wife ate the dumplings made by her two daughters. He looked so beautiful on this birthday.

The folk custom here is: when everyone reaches his sixty-sixth birthday, he must eat dumplings made by his daughter. It comes from the proverb "Sixty-six loses a piece of meat, and this piece of meat must be supplemented by children." There are also requirements for making dumplings for the 66th birthday, which are: 6 taels of meat, 6 taels of bread, 68 dumplings, 66 of which are for 66 years old, and the remaining two are for heaven and earth.