Had a moon-cake festival

By  /  Liao Qing        Photo  /  Yang Tao

       My parents phoned to say that they would come back to spend the Mid-Autumn day. Hung up, the whole family began to prepare food. My grandpa was responsible for procuring, including chicken, duck, fish, meat and kinds of vegetables, who went back and forth three or four times and carries three or four panniers. My grandma called relatives and friends one by one, inviting them to be guests on the Mid-Autumn day, the people including my oldest uncle, the third aunt, my oldest aunt and my father’s second uncle. My younger sister and I were responsible for cleaning, and at last we cleaned thoroughly inside and outside of the house. My grandpa’s father, the “Commander in Chief” of our family, touched here and looked there with his stick, who finally nodded with satisfaction：“This looks like a feast!”
        On the Mid-Autumn day, the whole family was really busy. My grandma was the chef, who also invited several neighbors to help her. The kitchen is steaming, where the pots, bowls, pans and basins clattered together, which was very lively. My grandpa celebrated all guests kindly, arranging seats, serving cigarettes and tea, declaiming, and the living room came out bursts of laughter.