A bowl of braised pork ribs with radish, a roasted local chicken with a secret method, a piece of fried tofu with green onions, a plate of stir-fried vegetables with minced garlic, plus a pot of fresh fish and vegetable soup, a family of three, four vegetables and one soup.

There is no deliberate show off of skills like the "Feast of Fallen Flowers", only the warmth and simplicity of family affection.

Although Li Qi and his wife had long regarded Uncle Shen as a family member, Uncle Shen could always abide by his duty as a servant. Princess Lin'an personally served a large bowl of food and walked to the backyard to eat alone.

"If it's not enough, come again." Princess Lin'an watched him walk out and never forgot to add this sentence.

The family of three sat down at the dinner table. Li Jingshu asked with a smile, "How are my father, mother, and Uncle Shen's health these years since I left home?"

"Okay, everything is fine." Princess Lin'an looked at the dishes on the table and smiled from ear to ear. "My dear, when did you get such good skills?"

Li Jingshu smiled and said, "I go out alone, so I have to slowly learn to take care of myself."

Li Qi first tasted a spoonful of fish soup and praised it highly, "It's so fragrant, better than your mother's..."

"What did you say?" Princess Lin'an glared at him and said, "For the sake of you praising our daughter, I won't argue with you this time."

"Ten thousand dollars worth of wine in a golden goblet, ten thousand dollars worth of wine on a jade plate." Li Qi took out a jar of wine from the depths of the cupboard and said proudly, "Today my beloved daughter returns home, and she will be greatly enlightened."

"Okay, didn't I say you are not allowed to drink? Why is there a jar hidden here?" Princess Lin'an stretched out her hand to grab the wine jar from Li Qi's hand.

Li Qi is a top player at the top of the list, if he deliberately prevents her from grabbing it, how can she succeed? One of them hid and the other chased, and they actually circled around the dinner table.

"Mother." Li Jingshu reached out to stop Princess Lin'an and pleaded for her father, "Why don't you let dad drink?"

"Hi!" Princess Lin'an sat on a chair tiredly, waving her palms to fan herself, "Your father is a light drinker. He gets drunk after just two drinks. When he is drunk, he talks nonsense and makes trouble, which makes people laugh."

"Who is drinking too much?" Li Qi stared and said, "My daughter came home today and I am happy. What will happen if I drink two drinks?"

Li Jingshu keenly felt that the matter was not as simple as it seemed, but now was a beautiful moment for family reunion. She was not in the mood to say more. She just smiled and took the wine jar, poured a glass of wine for Li Qi herself, and held it

Li Qi said in front of him, "Dad, my daughter respects you."

Li Qi happily took the wine glass, stroked his beard and said with a smile, "She is really my father's good daughter."

Princess Lin'an snorted, put a piece of fried tofu into Li Qi's bowl and said, "Drink less and eat more vegetables."

The couple had a tacit understanding, and they only focused on drinking and eating, and asking about Li Jingshu's recent past, and never mentioned urging her to get married.

After the food and wine, Li Qi took the initiative to put away the cups and plates and went to the kitchen to wash the dishes. Princess Lin'an took Li Jingshu's hand and said, "After traveling such a long way, I asked Uncle Shen to boil a basin of hot water for you and take a good soak."

Take a bath."

Li Jingshu said happily, "That's great. After being away from home for so many years, I always miss my big limestone bathtub."

After Princess Lin'an told Uncle Shen to boil water, she pulled Li Jingshu into her boudoir and said, "I remember back then, Mr. Xu bought this tub for you, saying it would be good for your illness." She paused and then said.

"How's it going? You haven't gotten sick again in the past few years, have you?"

Due to Princess Lin'an's diligent cleaning, this boudoir was still spotless even though it had been idle for several years, and there was still a faint fragrance left.

"No." Li Jingshu answered her mother's words and looked up at a painting hanging beside the bed.

This is one of her self-portraits. In the painting, Li Jingshu is wearing the same blue dress as she is now, sitting by a stream formed by a mountain spring, playing the piano with concentration.

She was surrounded by a flower field in full bloom. The petals could not bear the force of the wind and were blown down in colorful pieces. A group of birds were unaware of the sound of the piano under her fingers and rushed to circle around her. There was stillness in the picture, but also movement in the stillness.

, the invisible wind and the shadowless sound of the piano are vividly and vividly displayed through falling flowers and flying birds.

In the lower left corner, two lines of small letters read

Thousands of pains urge the flowers to fall, no one can complain

Thousands of sorrows are born on the piano, and hundreds of birds compete to hear about it

This is exactly the painting Li Jingshu left behind before running away from home eight years ago.

"It's been eight years." Li Jingshu reached out her hand with complicated emotions, gently touched the frame and said, "I was only sixteen years old that year."

Princess Lin'an was obviously very touched, "You left home at the age of sixteen and didn't come back for eight years. Do you know how your father and I spent these eight years? You are so young and ignorant of the world. Do you know that we

How worried are you?"

"Mom, stop talking about this." Li Jingshu sighed silently, "Where is my bathtub?"

"Here we come." Uncle Shen pushed a huge limestone bathtub into the room.

The shape of this bathtub is very peculiar, neither round nor square, but full of natural curvatures, as if a large naturally formed limestone stone had its center cut out.

The bathtub has been filled with hot water, and the entire tub is placed on a strong copper bracket. There are four wheels under the bracket for easy pushing.

The limestone is loose and porous, and the hot water quickly soaks into the pores of the tub without leaking, which is extremely delicate.

Princess Lin'an stroked the side of the tub and said with emotion, "You would always faint suddenly and inexplicably when you were a child. No matter what you were doing at the time, your father and I were so anxious. If Mr. Xu hadn't come to the house every day to take care of you."

, and I gave you this special big bathtub, so that you gradually stopped getting sick."

"It's all in the past, why are you bringing it up?" Li Jingshu said sheepishly, "Uncle Shen, I want to take a bath."

"Be careful." Uncle Shen smiled lightly, turned and left.

"Mom." Li Jingshu called again, "I am a big girl."

"Are you shy when you are with your mother?" Princess Lin'an touched her hair lovingly and smiled softly, "Okay, okay, I'll go see if your father's dishes have been washed, so as not to break anything again."

After that, he left the room.

Li Jingshu sighed deeply, took off the clothes she had not changed for several days, and lay down in the large bathtub that she had missed for many years.

After bathing, Princess Lin'an promptly sent her a set of new clothes, "My mother made this new embroidery last year. I don't know how tall you have grown. It's all based on your imagination. You can try it on to see if it fits you."

Li Jingshu looked at this cherry-pink dress, pointed to the delicate patterns on it and said, "It's so exquisite. It's worthy of my mother's craftsmanship."

After changing into her new clothes, she raised her arms and turned around in a circle, asking, "Does it look good?"

"It's beautiful, it's beautiful." Princess Lin'an said cheerfully, "It's like a fairy descended from the earth and fell into our home."

"Then your mother, who is a little fairy, is naturally a big fairy." Li Qi walked to the door at some point and looked at the happy mother and daughter and said.

A rare blush appeared on Princess Lin'an's face, and she spat, "We are an old married couple, and yet they are still so immoral. Didn't you say you were going to apply sesame oil in the afternoon?"

Just when Li Qi wanted to say "Let's go now," Li Jingshu interrupted him and said, "Let me go. I haven't been back for so many years. I also want to see what changes have happened in Jiangpu."

"But you just..." Princess Lin'an said in confusion, "Why don't you take a rest first and get some sleep?"

"It's okay." Li Jingshu walked to the door and said, "Look, the sun has come out. It's sunny after the rain. I want to go out for a walk."

Princess Lin'an could only say, "Well, be careful. I heard that a group of strange people have been spotted recently at the Guandi Temple in the north of the city. Don't go there."

Li Qi also warned, "Don't go too far, the world is not peaceful now."
Chapter completed!