Li Minglou took a seat, and Mrs. Li, who was shrouded in darkness, announced the start of the banquet with a smile.
"Xian'er, these are all meals made according to your taste." she said.
Logically, I should have said that I can't taste the taste of my hometown when I leave my hometown, but Li Minglou will take the cook away. It is not impossible for her to dig earth and transport water from Jiannan Road, Jiangling Prefecture.
If I can't say these words, the sadness of leaving home will be a little less.
Mrs. Li picked up a chopstick and put it into Li Minglu's bowl: "Grandma hasn't been with you for a few years. I don't know if I will see you again in the future."
The words were choked with tears.
Zuo and Lin hurriedly stepped forward, and everyone present who had just picked up their chopsticks put them down and stood up. Even the two children were carried out of their seats.
"Mom, this is a big day." Mrs. Lin advised, sniffing hard and stuffing back her tears.
"Taiyuan Mansion is not too far from here. Mother misses them, so Xian'er will come back and stay for a while." Zuo looked at Li Minglou and said with a smile.
For Li Minglou, traveling is not difficult. As long as she wants to, she can see the horizon.
Li Minglou picked up the wine bottle and poured a glass for himself and Mrs. Li.
"Grandma, take good care of yourself." She said, passing the wine glass to Mrs. Li's hand, and drank it all herself.
Mrs. Li took the drink with tears in her eyes and said repeatedly: "My son, you must be well too." She drank the wine in one gulp.
Li Minglou nodded: "I will be fine, I will be fine." She glanced at everyone in the room, "Only you can be fine."
Does it mean that everyone is thinking about her, and if she is doing well, everyone will feel at ease and be well? It sounds a bit weird.
But no one questioned the weirdness of her words, whatever she said was fine.
Li Mingqi didn't care even more. She was a little regretful and dissatisfied. The lights around them were too dim and they couldn't see their gorgeous clothes because they were shrouded in darkness.
"Minglou, you are going out, I made a sachet for you." Li Minghua handed over a sachet.
Mrs. Li always doted on the younger generation, and this time she asked Li Minglou to sit next to her, so the granddaughters also sat at the same table.
Li Minglou put down the wine glass and reached out to take it, and looked at Li Minghua. She hadn't seen her in ten years. These sisters were very vague in her memory. She thought about it and finally said: "Thank you, second sister."
There are five daughters in this generation of the Li family. The eldest daughter is already married, and there are four more in the family including Li Minglou. Li Minglou is the third among the daughters.
Although everyone calls her the eldest lady with half respect, half irony and half joking.
Li Minglou knew what everyone was saying behind their backs, and he wasn't angry or frightened and didn't care.
Seeing Li Minglou take it, Li Mingqi took out a silk handkerchief: "Sister Minglou, I made the handkerchief myself. Sister, don't dislike it."
Li Mingran then took out a painting. Nv Hong couldn't do anything to draw it out: "This is the four seasons picture of our garden. I have been painting it for a long time. You can take it to Taiyuan Mansion and look at it when you feel homesick."
The jewelry Li Minglou wears is a luxury that ordinary people have never experienced, and the sisters gave her their sincerity.
Li Minglou accepted it, and Jinjue gave a return gift, a set of jewelry for each person, which was also her intention.
The three sisters all wore a set of gold hairpin earrings and necklaces. Once they were opened, they shone brightly in the dim room. Even Li Minghua, who never liked jewelry, was amazed.
Li Mingqi looked at her set of jewelry with a complicated expression. The necklace was the one she forcibly borrowed last time.
At the adults' signal, the two little nieces also staggered up to Li Minglou, holding simple gifts expressing their feelings, and shouted to their aunt to give them away. Li Minglou treated them equally and gave each of them a set of jewelry.
"Sister-in-law, what are you doing?" Mrs. Lin looked at Mrs. Wang next to her.
Mrs. Wang was reaching out to touch her body and sighed: "My eyes are hot, and I also want to give Xian'er a gift, and then take back the gift to make a fortune."
Mrs. Li laughed with tears in her eyes and pointed at her: "Do you still look like an elder?"
Mrs. Wang came over and poured wine for Li Minglou: "Elders, we can only have a glass of wine with our Xian'er."
Laughter rang out in the room, and Li Minglou picked up his wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.
"You are a good drinker, but she can't compete with you." Zuo smiled, took Li Minglou's wine glass and let her eat.
Mrs. Li smiled and greeted everyone and sat down to eat. The hall began to pour wine, eat vegetables, chat and laugh. The girls were walking around and it became lively. It would be better if the lights were brighter. There were a group of dark people sitting in the dark hall.
People are eating and drinking, their figures stacked one on top of another, standing in the yard and looking at them, I always feel a bit cautious and panicked.
A night of family fun.
Many people didn't sleep that night. At dawn, motorcades rushed to the Li family mansion. Mrs. Li and other female family members came out surrounded by Li Minglou, who was wrapped in a cloak, a hood and a black umbrella.
"Please write more letters and tell grandma if you have anything you want." Madam Li held her hand and warned her with tears.
The love between grandparents does exist, but it is this love that makes them feel that they deserve to receive Li Fengan's inheritance. This is the helplessness of human nature.
But this is not unsolvable.
When Li Fengan was alive, none of them dared to get involved in robbery, and Li Fengan did not break away from his family because Li Fengan could suppress them.
The main reason why Yuanji and the others were so tough against the Li family in that life was that the Li Minglou siblings were too young to suppress these uncles.
As long as she can be like her father, she can continue to maintain harmony with these relatives, at least she will not be instigated by others to cause internal strife.
Li Minglou kowtowed to Mrs. Li and said goodbye to Mrs. Zuo and other elders: "Grandma, my aunts will fulfill my filial piety for me."
A group of people hurriedly stretched out their hands to support him, all wiping away tears.
Li Minglou did not let the farewell last too long, and got into the carriage after the ceremony.
Li Fengchang and the men in his family followed the Jockey Club all the way out of Jiangling Mansion.
Xiang Jiuding came to bid farewell to the female relatives of the Li family, but Xiang Nan did not come. Xiang Nan had left overnight yesterday. The reason was that he was involved in military affairs and the deadline for leave had come, so he could not go with Li Minglou.
"He wanted to finish his errands early and then return to Taiyuan Mansion early to celebrate the New Year with Miss Minglou." Xiang Jiuding explained.
"That's good, that's good." Mrs. Li was very satisfied, "He is serious about it."
Li Minglou smiled and said nothing. Since she was about to set off, the pain in her body has eased a lot.
Since it was a way out, she walked over to Xiang Nan without hesitation.
The carriage drove out slowly, and the streets were crowded with people watching. Everyone had watched Li Minglou get married last time, but this time it was different.
"Did you see it? Disfigured?"
"What's it like?"
"I saw it, in front of Li's house, wrapped up tightly, holding an umbrella under the blue sky, like a ghost."
Discussions on the street followed Li Minglou's carriage.
Mrs. Li and her female relatives stood at the door to see each other off from afar, unwilling to go back until they were out of sight.
Li Mingqi stood behind and covered her mouth with her hands, yawning. Looking at Li Minghua's expression of sadness, she couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled and whispered: "You are reluctant to leave, but she may not remember you. She couldn't recognize you at last night's dinner.
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Li Minghua said: "I just think that we will be separated in the future. As a girl, it is unfair to have to leave home and become someone else's family."
Li Mingqi smiled: "Minghua also wants to get married."
After all, girls are shy when it comes to getting married. Li Minghua raised his hand and grabbed Li Mingqi's armpit, causing Li Mingqi to laugh without warning.
Zuo turned around and glared at them as a warning. The girls stood still and continued to watch the travelers off.
Li Minglou's huge convoy traveled day and night, stopping at inns and inns, and marched slowly towards Taiyuan Prefecture. At the same time, Yuan Ji sent a single horse of the fifth grade to arrive in front of the tall city gate of the capital day and night.