Otoharu

Mrs. Li looked at her son and daughter-in-law sighing, waved her hands speechlessly and said, "Boys, it's a good thing to suffer more setbacks. Don't you think our two eldest grandsons have calmed down a lot after this time? I also work harder, I think they are doing well now, and they will definitely have great prospects in the future."

Li Yan was also speechless, complaining silently in his heart: Mom, why have you changed? You didn’t say that before. You used to love the two children the most. Is Brother Kang and Jian still your sweetheart?

Mrs. Jiang was also a little bit dumbfounded, but she felt much relieved, and said with a smile: "I don't expect them to be very successful, as long as they live in peace for the rest of their lives."

Jiang's thinking has always been very simple, no matter how much wealth and splendor, it is not as good as a neat and peaceful family.

"Okay, let's stop chattering outside, it's icy and snowy, hurry up and get in, don't catch the cold anymore." Mrs. Li went over to greet her two grandchildren as she said this.

The maids and women on the other side also basically took their things, and a group of people entered the inn in a mighty manner.

Few people travel far in the twelfth lunar month, so the station is quite empty.There was only one waiter guarding the counter.

Seeing a guest coming to the door, Xiaoer also saw that it was a family member, and guessed that it was an official who had left Beijing to take up his post, so he didn't dare to neglect, and immediately stepped forward to say hello.

Xiao Er invited everyone from the Li family to sit down first, and after the tea was served, the steward of the inn quickly came over.

"My lord, may I ask your surname?" The shopkeeper asked with a respectful attitude, bending over and saluting.

Li Yan immediately took out his letter of appointment, and replied, "My surname is Li, and I'm going to Jiangnan Road to take up my post."

The shopkeeper took the letter of appointment, checked it carefully, and carefully returned it to Li Yan, and replied with a smile: "There are just four upper rooms left here, please come up with me."

As soon as Mrs. Li heard that she wanted to live in four rooms, she immediately said, "You don't need so many rooms, just keep two rooms, and just replace the others with ordinary ones."

Li Yan knew that his mother was worried about money, so he smiled and explained: "Mother, my son is an official of the imperial court, and there is no money to live in this inn. Board and lodging are free."

No need for money, that's fine.

Mrs. Li thought about it, and said again: "Shopkeeper, do you have any hot food here? I'll bring some over in a while. We haven't had dinner yet."

"Yes! Yes! What do you guys want to eat, just tell the kitchen, our cooks here are pretty good."

"It's so late, it doesn't need to be complicated, let's cook a few bowls of egg noodles." Afraid that her mother-in-law would really like to eat some delicacies, Jiang hurriedly said.

"Let's make some side dishes, pickles are still required for noodles." Mrs. Li pouted and added another sentence.

When it comes to eating, she can't help but think of her precious granddaughter. In this world, no one can eat more than her Mei Meier.

I can't think about it, I can't think about it, the more I think about it, the more sore my eyes become, and when my son and daughter-in-law see it, it's inevitable that they will be sad together again.

Mrs. Li rubbed her eyes, but finally kept the tears from falling.

The shopkeeper took several people upstairs to look at the room.The house is very clean and the furniture is quite new.

Jiang was very satisfied, and immediately ordered several servant girls to put on the quilts they brought, and immediately lit the brazier.

When the room warmed up, she sent someone to call Nanny Lin and Chuan'er.Take the twins to sleep in the house, so they don't catch cold from sleeping in the carriage all the time.

After all this was done, the night was dark.

Everyone in the Li family felt hungry, so Jiang thought about sending the buns and dumplings to the kitchen to ask if the supper was ready.

But before the maids could go out, there was a knock on the door.

"It must be to deliver food." Jiang said to her husband and mother-in-law with a smile, and got up to open the door.

She walked to the door and opened it, and she froze there as if struck by lightning.

"Mother, we're back." Li Mei'er was wearing simple men's clothing, standing outside the door with reddish eyes, holding a big food box in her hand, smiling as usual.

Jiang Shanqing was also dressed plainly, standing beside her quietly, his face was obviously camouflaged, he was less cool and handsome, and more calm and stable than his age.

Subconsciously, Jiang covered her mouth with her hands to prevent herself from crying, but the tears still flowed out uncontrollably.

"Ayan's daughter-in-law, what's the matter?" Seeing that Mrs. Jiang hadn't come back for a long time, Mrs. Li asked.

Jiang immediately stabilized her emotions and pulled the two people outside the door in.

She wiped away the tears on her face, held the two of them tightly with both hands, and she cried with a smile, "Just come back! Just come back!"

The mother and son in the room also sensed that something was wrong when they heard the movement, and walked out quickly.

When Mrs. Li saw her granddaughter and grandson-in-law, she burst into tears instantly. She ran over and grabbed Li Meier, punched her hard on the back, and cursed with a sob: "You damn girl, where have you been all these days! No! Knowing that there are seventy and eighty-year-old grandmothers waiting at home, you really want the old woman, me, a white-haired person to give a black-haired person!!"

Mrs. Li cried more and more fiercely while beating her, and finally became the one holding Li Mei'er and couldn't stop crying.

Li Yan was originally sad and happy, but seeing his old mother's appearance, he couldn't help but want to laugh, and couldn't cry in an instant.

"Grandmother, don't cry. If someone sees it later, they will think that my father is unfilial, which made you angry." Li Meier's face was also full of tears, but she still smiled and comforted Mrs. Li.

Hearing what she said, Mrs. Li couldn't help but thumped her on the back again.

"If you're a dead girl, you'll say bad things. My son and daughter-in-law are filial, but my granddaughter is not filial. She's always so angry that my old man can't eat!"

"Then I'll cook the glutinous rice noodles carefully for your grandmother, but I'll give them to Brother Kang and Brother Jian. Anyway, you can't eat it, grandma." Li Meier held up the food box in her hand and said with a suppressed smile .

"Who says I can't eat it, old lady, I have a good appetite, so I quickly take it out after cooking, so that the dough won't taste bad after a while." Mrs. Li snatched the food box from Li Meier's hand, and quickly put it on the table.

Everyone in the room cried and laughed for a while, and then happily ate the noodles made by Li Meier herself.

Mrs. Li's appetite is really good, and she ate two bowls of noodles by herself. In the end, Li Mei'er was afraid that she would eat too much and refused to let her continue eating, so she gave up.

After eating and drinking enough, everyone fetched water to wash their faces, and Jiang asked Li Meier and the two of them calmly, "Mei Meier, what happened in the palace that day, why did everyone think you two were dead?"