Chapter Forty-Eight: Farewell
Li Minglou sat down, and Mrs. Li, who was shrouded in the darkness, announced the opening of the banquet with a smile.
"Xian'er, this is all a meal made according to your taste." She said.
It stands to reason that she should have said that she can't eat the taste of her hometown if she leaves her homeland, but Li Minglou will take the cook away, and it is not impossible for her to dig soil and transport water from Jiannan Road, Jiangling Prefecture.
If you can't say this, the sad taste of leaving home is a little less.
Mrs. Li took a chopstick dish and put it in Li Minglou's bowl: "Grandmother hasn't been with you for a few years, I don't know if I can see you in the future." ”
Tears welled up in tears and choked up at the end of the words.
Zuo's Lin hurriedly stepped forward, and the people present who had just picked up the chopsticks all put down, and the people also stood up, and even the two children were carried out of their positions.
"Mother, this is a day of great joy." Lin persuaded, sniffed hard, and stuffed back the tears.
"Taiyuan Mansion is not too far from here, my mother misses them, so Xian'er will come back to live for a while." Zuo looked at Li Minglou and said with a smile.
For Li Minglou, it is not difficult to walk, as long as she wants to, she can see the horizon.
Li Minglou picked up the wine jug and poured a glass for himself and Mrs. Li.
"Grandmother, take good care of yourself." She said, handed the wine glass to Mrs. Li, and drank it herself.
Mrs. Li tearfully took it and said in a row: "My son, you have to be well." "Drink the wine too.
Li Minglou nodded: "I'll be fine, I'll be fine." Her gaze swept over the room, "You're going to be well." ”
It means that everyone is worried about her, and everyone will be at ease if she is good? Sounds a little weird.
But no one questioned the weirdness of her words, she could say anything.
Li Mingqi didn't care even more, she was a little regretful and dissatisfied, the lights around her were too dim, and their gorgeous clothes were shrouded in darkness and couldn't be seen.
"Minglou, you're going out, I'll make a sachet for you." Li Minghua handed over a sachet.
Old Madam Li has always doted on her juniors, and this time she let Li Minglou sit beside her, so the granddaughters also sat at a table.
Li Minglou put down the wine glass and stretched out his hand to take it, looking at Li Minghua, she hadn't seen them for ten years, these sisters were very vague in her memory, and she thought about it before she said: "Thank you, second sister." ”
The Li family has five daughters in this generation, the eldest daughter has been married, and there are four more in the family, including Li Minglou, who ranks third among the daughters.
Although everyone called her the eldest lady half-respectfully, half-sarcastically, half-jokingly.
Li Minglou knew what everyone was called behind him, and he didn't get angry or panicked.
Seeing Li Minglou take it, Li Mingqi took out a silk handkerchief: "Sister Minglou, I made my own handkerchief, sister, don't dislike it." ”
Li Mingran then took out a painting, and she couldn't do anything to get her hands on: "This is the four seasons map of our garden, I have been painting it for a long time, you can take it to Taiyuan Mansion, you can see it when you are homesick." ”
Li Minglou's wearing jewelry is a luxury that ordinary people have never had, and the sisters are giving their hearts.
Li Minglou accepted it, and Kumquat gave a return gift, a set of jewelry for each person, which was also her intention.
The three sisters are all a set of gold hairpin earring necklaces, which shine in the dim room as soon as they are opened, and even Li Minghua, who has never liked to dress up with jewelry, was amazed.
Li Mingqi looked at his set of jewelry with a complicated expression, and the necklace was the one he forcibly borrowed last time.
At the suggestion of the adults, the two little nieces also staggered to Li Minglou with a simple gift to express their hearts and shouted to their aunt to give it away.
"Sister-in-law, what are you doing?" Lin looked at the Wang family next to him.
Wang Shi was reaching out to touch his 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." ”
Old Madam Li sneered with tears in her eyes and pointed at her: "Do you still look like an elder?" ”
Wang came over and poured wine for Li Minglou: "The elders can only have a glass of wine with us Xian'er." ”
Laughter rang out in the room, and Li Minglou took a glass of wine and drank it all.
"You're a good drinker, she can't compare to you." Zuo smiled, took Li Minglou's wine glass, and let her eat.
Mrs. Li smiled and beckoned to sit down to eat, and the hall began to pour wine and eat food, and the girls shuttled and became lively, but it would be better if the lights were brighter, and there was a group of black people sitting in the dark hall, and the figures were overlapping and shaking to eat and drink, and they always felt a little cautious and panicked when they stood in the courtyard and watched.
A night out for the whole family.
There were also many people who didn't sleep that night, and as soon as the sky was dawning, the convoy of the Li family's mansion was surging, and Mrs. Li and other women walked out in a huddle surrounded by Li Minglou, who was wrapped in a cloak and a hood and holding a black umbrella.
"I have to write back more and tell my grandmother if I want anything." Mrs. Li took her hand and told her with tears.
The love of the grandmother is indeed there, but it is this family affection that makes them feel that they deserve to get Li Fengan's inheritance, which is the helplessness of human nature.
It's not inexplicable, though.
When Li Feng'an was alive, none of them dared to get involved in robbery, and Li Feng'an did not break up with his family, because Li Feng'an could suppress them.
The reason why they were so tough against the people of the Li family was that Li Minglou's sisters and brothers were too young to suppress these uncles.
As long as she can do what her father did, she can continue to maintain harmony with these relatives, at least she will not be provoked into infighting.
Li Minglou kowtowed to Mrs. Li and said goodbye, and bowed to the Zuo family and other elders: "Grandmother, the aunts will do my filial piety for me." ”
A group of people hurriedly stretched out their hands to help, wiping away their tears in unison.
Li Minglou didn't let the farewell last too long, and got into the carriage after the ceremony.
Li Fengchang and the men in the family followed the horse club and sent them out of Gangneung Mansion one after another.
Xiang Jiuding came to bid farewell to the ladies of the Li family, Xiang Nan did not come, Xiang Nan had already left overnight yesterday, on the grounds that he was in military affairs and the deadline for leave had arrived, so he could not walk with Li Minglou.
"He wants to finish his errand early, and then go back to Taiyuan Mansion as soon as possible to celebrate the New Year with Miss Minglou." Xiang Jiuding explained.
"That's good, that's good." Mrs. Li was very satisfied, "He has a heart." ”
Li Minglou smiled and didn't say anything, since she was really about to set off, the pain in her body had eased a lot.
Since it was a way to live, of course she walked over without hesitation.
The carriage drove out slowly, and the street was crowded with onlookers, everyone had already watched Li Minglou's marriage last time, but this time it was different.
"See? Disfigured? ”
"What is it?"
"I saw it, at the door of Li's house, wrapped tightly, and still holding an umbrella in the blue sky and daytime, like a ghost."
The discussion on the street followed Li Minglou's carriage and rushed away.
Mrs. Li and other female dependents stood at the door and saw each other off from afar, and they were reluctant to go back until they couldn't see it.
Li Mingqi stood behind and yawned with his hand covering his mouth, looking at Li Minghua on the side, he couldn't help but smile and whispered: "You are reluctant, she may not remember you, she couldn't recognize you for a while at dinner last night." ”
Li Minghua said: "I just think that we will be separated in the future, as a girl, we have to leave home to become someone else's family, it's unfair." ”
Li Mingqi grinned: "Minghua also wants to get married." ”
In the end, girls are still very shy when it comes to getting married, Li Minghua raised his hand and grabbed Li Mingqi's armpit, Li Mingqi didn't watch out for laughter.
Zuo turned his head and glared at them in warning, and the girls stood up and continued to look at the people who were traveling away.
Li Minglou's huge convoy traveled day and night, meeting shops and staying at post stations, and slowly marching towards Taiyuan Mansion, while at the same time, the middle five single-man horses sent by Yuanji came to the tall gate of the capital day and night.