As soon as the Morning Prayer* at St. James ended, Jean and I returned to Dajia, where her mother (my yuèmŭ or zhàngmŭniáng) gathered all his children and their spouses today for a special Joint Birthday Party.
My yuèmŭ told us about the Birthday Party: It was originally meant to celebrate my brother-in-law Zhonghe's birthday; he's 70 years old this month. But my mother-in-law, who is 92 now, said she didn't really know if she will still be alive when the rest of us are 70 . . .
Anyway, she decided to give each of us a present for the 70th birthday. So now, when celebrating Zhonghe's 70th birthday, she fulfilled all her wishes ahead of time -- she has given each of us a big hóngbāo** (very big, indeed) to celebrate everyone's 70th birthday!
Note:
* We usually have Holy Eucharist at St. James' Episcopal Church on Sundays, but this morning we had Morning Prayer instead because Rev. Lily was asked to help at the Church of the Leading Star and no other priest could come to preside over the Eucharist.
** The term hóngbāo literally means "red envelope": You may click and see the explanations in the Chinese or English Wikipedia for more information.
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2) Happy Birthday to My Mother-In-Law (2021)
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