Jiang Li didn't have time to look around the room she was in, and subconsciously looked outside the door following the sound.
"Slow down, ma'am, please walk slowly. The girl won't fly away!"
A steady male voice came from outside the door, which made people feel at ease.
"Li'er finally came back, I can't wait to see her!"
The woman's voice was full of joy. She quickened her pace and walked towards the main hall with great vigor.
The footsteps outside the door were getting closer and closer, and more and more rapid, and soon a figure came into Jiang Li's sight.
The woman was dressed elegantly and had kind eyes. The smile in her eyes deepened when she saw Jiang Li.
"Li'er, you're finally here. I missed you so much!"
The person who came was Jiang Li's mother, the first lady in the Jiangnan noble circle - Qin Fengwan.
The moment she saw Jiang's mother, Jiang Li looked a little dazed and stared at her.
Mother Jiang didn't notice the complex emotions that flashed across Jiang Li's eyes, and walked towards her with a smile.
When Jiang's mother came over, Jiang Li also stood up from her seat. Jiang's mother came to her and hugged her tightly.
"Li'er, you don't know how much I've missed you these days!"
It's funny to say, the original owner was so infatuated with love that she tried to please Zhou Qingyuan, Old Madam Zhou, and the two children left by Zhou Qingyuan's deceased wife since she married into the general's mansion. In order to gain their approval, she was busy all day long.
Although she was already in Jiangnan, she didn't even have the time to come back to see Father and Mother Jiang.
Although the Jiang family is the richest family in Jiangnan, they are not nouveau riche who became rich overnight. Their family business was built up bit by bit.
Therefore, although the Jiang family is a merchant family, they are very polite.
Jiang's father and mother knew that they couldn't always go to the general's house to disturb their daughter after she got married, so when they missed Jiang Li, they would send a servant to the general's house to tell the maidservant around Jiang Li, and they didn't go to the house in person to disturb her.
But every time Jiang Li refused outright on the grounds that she was too busy, which left Jiang's father and mother helpless. When they really missed their daughter, they could only visit her in person.
But even though the two elders arrived at the general's mansion, the original owner had no time to entertain them and was busy trying to please the Zhou family.
The original owner was raised in the palm of the hands of Jiang's father and mother. After seeing the life their daughter led in the general's mansion, they naturally couldn't stand it and found fault with everything. The two of them, who were already dissatisfied with the marriage, became even more dissatisfied with Zhou Qingyuan's family.
Old Madam Zhou naturally would not tolerate outsiders pointing fingers at the affairs of their general's mansion. On the one hand, she enjoyed the Jiang family's wealth, and on the other hand, she looked down on the Jiang family's identity as merchants.
They always believed that the Jiang family was marrying up to the level of their general's family, and they treated the original owner's daughter-in-law harshly and were dissatisfied with everything about her.
Old Madam Zhou was unhappy with the fact that Father and Mother Jiang were picky about the General's Mansion, but she didn't dare to say it in front of them, for fear of losing the Jiang family's cash cow. Therefore, she had to warn the original owner not to allow Father and Mother Jiang to visit again.
The original owner, who was determined to please Madam Zhou, naturally obeyed her words. From then on, Father Jiang and Mother Jiang never came to the general's mansion again.
Father and Mother Jiang could not go to the general's mansion, and the original owner stayed in the mansion and refused to come out. It had been a month since the two elders last saw their daughter. God knows how they survived this month.
Jiang's mother hugged Jiang Li tightly. She was both excited and sad when she saw her daughter.
This is their daughter whom they have loved since she was a child, but now they can only see her once a month. Only Mr. and Mrs. Jiang know the sadness in their hearts.
Jiang's mother's body temperature was transmitted to Jiang Li through her clothes. Jiang Li, who had lacked maternal love since childhood, stood stiffly in place, allowing Jiang's mother to hold her, feeling the hard-earned warmth.
"Li'er, Mommy missed you so much. Since you're here today, why don't you stay and have a meal with Mommy and Daddy?"
Mother Jiang held Jiang Li in her arms and talked to her, her tone pleading. They were obviously blood relatives and had deep affection for each other, but now even having a meal together had become a luxury.
Jiang Li nodded, slowly raised her hands and hugged Jiang's mother, her voice a little bitter: "I miss my mother too."
Mother Jiang's eyes instantly turned red, and she patted Jiang Li on the back: "Silly child, come back whenever you miss your mother, your parents are always waiting for you."
When Father Jiang arrived at the door, he saw the mother and daughter hugging each other and smiled with relief.
My daughter is finally back! "Look at me, I'm old and my memory is not good. Li'er, are you hungry? I'll ask the kitchen to cook your favorite dishes!"
The moment they turned around, Jiang Li and Jiang's father's eyes met in mid-air.
Perhaps influenced by the original owner's memory, Jiang Li's eyes turned red when she saw Jiang's father, and she walked towards Jiang's father.
"Dad, I miss you so much!"
Jiang Li threw herself into Jiang's arms. Father Jiang, who had not been so close to his daughter for a long time, stood there in a daze.
At this moment, everything seemed to have returned to the way it was before.
The girl turned back into the girl who liked to pester him and act coquettishly.
Father Jiang came back to his senses from his daze, raised his trembling hand and touched Jiang Li's back, his eyes reddened uncontrollably.
"My daughter, you are finally back."
Father Jiang's voice choked with sobs, and he tightly hugged his daughter whom he had missed for so long.
"Dad, it's my fault. I was confused and ignored your and mom's feelings recently. Don't worry, I will never do that again. I hope you can forgive me."
At this moment, Jiang Li has sincerely regarded Jiang's father and Jiang's mother as her own parents, and what she said was all sincere and genuine.
"Silly girl, your parents have never blamed you, so how can they forgive you? Your parents are so happy that you can come to our house, so how can they blame you?"
Father Jiang gently stroked the back of Jiang Li's head. This was his precious daughter, so how could he bear to blame her in the slightest?
Jiang Li hugged Jiang's father's broad waist tightly, greedily feeling his undisguised fatherly love.
"Then Li'er will come over to eat with mom and dad every day. Mom and dad, remember to save some food for me. Li'er likes the dishes mom cooks the most."
Jiang Li's coquettish tone successfully made Jiang's father laugh, and the atmosphere between the father and daughter instantly became relaxed.
"Don't worry, this will always be your home. No matter when you come back, your parents will welcome you with open arms."
Jiang Li spoke a few more words to Jiang's father, then let go of his waist and held his arm as intimately as before.
“Dad is so nice!”
Father Jiang smiled cheerfully: "Let's go and see what food your mother prepared for us!"
"Hmm! I think I smell the fragrance of rice!"
Jiang Li nodded, took Jiang's father's arm and walked towards the kitchen with him.
Because Jiang Li had arrived, Jiang's mother asked the kitchen to prepare a table full of her favorite dishes today, two of which were cooked by Jiang's mother herself.
Since Jiang Li married into the general's mansion, the family sat at the same dinner table for the first time in a long time.
Father Jiang and Mother Jiang sat on either side of Jiang Li, constantly putting food into her bowl. Soon the food in Jiang Li's bowl was piled up like a small mountain.
"Here, try this. Li'er has lost weight and needs to be nourished!"
"And this, this is also my daughter's favorite, eat more!"
Father and Mother Jiang kept picking up food for Jiang Li and looked at her with smiles on their faces, unable to get enough of looking at her.
"Mom and Dad, I'm not a child anymore, don't worry about me, just eat."
Jiang Li also put some dishes into the bowls of Jiang's father and Jiang's mother, and looked at the two of them helplessly.
"Okay, okay, eat, eat it all!"
The family was very harmonious at the dinner table. From time to time, bursts of laughter could be heard from the room. The servants in the Jiang Mansion also laughed when they heard it.
"By the way, my girl, why are you back today? Did the people in the general's mansion bully you again?"