Chapter 122: Flower Viewing Banquet
When they arrived at the gate of the Li Mansion, several carriages were already parked, and several gorgeously dressed ladies and ladies stepped out of the carriages and entered the door surrounded by maids and servants. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
When their carriage stopped, someone from the Li Mansion came up to greet them, and led them into the flower hall to rest warmly and thoughtfully.
Many people arrived one after another, and the hall was full of warblers and swallows. People who are familiar with each other get together to talk about some gossip while looking at the people around them, and they inevitably have to taste it up and down again. Although Mrs. Li San did not show up, the atmosphere was warm. Half an hour later, Li's mother came over with a few maids.
"Ladies, ladies and ladies, the banquet in front of you is ready, please come with me." Mother Li said to the women, and glanced at Wang Jian quietly. Seeing her sitting quietly in the corner, even if no one spoke to her, she was at ease and unrestrained, and I couldn't help but feel very satisfied.
Soon the crowd followed her out of the flower hall, through the front yard, to an open place.
More than a dozen small oil trucks lined up in turn, and they couldn't see the end at a glance, the scene was very grand and spectacular, and the ladies praised the Li family in their hearts.
After the oil truck started, although the ladies sitting in the car were reserved, some couldn't help but lift the curtain to secretly look at the scenery in the yard.
Compared with the exquisitely designed and well-laid out back gardens of other rich and noble families, the biggest impression of the backyard of the Li Mansion is one word, big.
The small pond in the garden of ordinary people's houses is a lake several acres in Li's mansion, and the trees are even more continuous, dark and deep. The houses are scattered and form their own courtyards. Many of them are hidden behind the green trees, and only a few eaves tiles are exposed, which makes people curious.
There are few traces of artificial carving in the backyard of Li Mansion, which is more natural and atmospheric, wild and interesting, less rigid and restrained, and more free.
Wang Jian had been here before, so naturally he would not be as amazed as others, and he sat in the carriage very calmly. However, Mrs. Zhu has come several times, and she has never been anywhere except for Mrs. Li San's courtyard, and she is very curious, but she is embarrassed to look out because of her face.
Mingzhu had the heart to take a look, but when she saw Wang Jin's demeanor, she couldn't help but feel a thorn in her heart, so she endured it and didn't look at it.
The small oil car was steady but not fast, and stopped after about a stick of incense.
After everyone got out of the car, they almost forgot to breathe by the beautiful scene in front of them, and the slight unhappiness caused by waiting in the flower hall for a long time before disappeared.
The large open space in front of me is full of green grass, and now it is only the beginning of spring, and the grass on the roadside outside has just sprouted, and I don't know where this grass comes from.
There are more than a dozen banquet round tables in the open space, the position is not neat, but staggered, divided by various flowers and bonsai, from the position where they get off the car, it looks like a sea of flowers. In this season, the flowers with a wide variety of varieties and different forms amazed the female dependents, and there were more conjectures about the profound heritage of the Li family.
Mrs. Li San stood on the edge of the grass to greet everyone, and the road to the banquet was surrounded by pots of pots or delicate rhododendrons or light orchids or rich peonies.
These ladies and ladies dressed in various colors shuttle through the sea of flowers, their eyes are full of delicate colors, coquettish laughter, ********, and extremely eye-catching.
When Mrs. Li San saw Mrs. Zhu leading the two little girls over, the smile on her face became even bigger, and after a few words of greeting with her, she looked Mingzhu up and down, and said two good words in a row.
Mingzhu was very happy in her heart, but her face showed shame, and she bowed her head slightly after saluting Mrs. Li San, and stopped talking.
"This is Miss Jin'er, right?" Mrs. Li San smiled at Wang Jin behind Mingzhu.
Wang Jinzheng was staring at a pink camellia in front of her, and when she heard this, she hurriedly came back to her senses and saluted her, nodding and saying, "Exactly." ”
"The last time you came to the house as a guest, I took a look, you are a good girl, you will come and sit next to me later!" She said kindly, looking at Wang Jin's eyes becoming more and more gentle.
Mrs. Zhu's eyes flashed slightly when she heard this, and she wanted to say something but held back.
Wang Jian was a little surprised, his eyes caught a glimpse of Mingzhu's not very good face, and a few thoughts flashed in his heart, as if he understood something.
She replied respectfully to Mrs. Li: "Yes, Jin'er and Sister Mingzhu will definitely go to Madame's place to disturb them later." ”
Mrs. Li San was slightly surprised when she heard this, but she still smiled on her face, and said a few more words to them before continuing to entertain the other guests.
Mingzhu looked at Wang Jin beside her, her eyes were a little complicated and struggling, but she quickly regained her calm.
"I don't know how the Li family made so many flowers bloom at this time." Wang Jin looked at the pot of crane orchid in front of him and couldn't help but exclaim.
Mingzhu's heart was also extremely shocked, and she suddenly remembered something she had heard by chance before.
"The Li family has a Zhuangzi who cultivates flowers and trees." She looked at Wang Jin and said, "I heard that the eldest prince Li bought it for the girl who was married before. ”
And what's going on? Wang Jin was a little surprised, and joked: "I didn't expect that Mr. Li is quite good at coaxing girls!" ”
Seeing that she didn't mind at all, Mingzhu couldn't tell whether she was relieved or more disappointed.
The ladies of each family admired the flowers, and they all sat down around Mrs. Li San and started talking.
"The weather is so good today, it's just right to go out for a walk, and the flower-viewing banquet that Mrs. prepared for us is really eye-catching, and I feel a lot better." A lady dressed in lake blue chuckled.
"Hehe," Mrs. Li San said with a smile, "no matter how beautiful the flowers I have prepared, how can they be as beautiful as the little girls you brought?" You're the ones who make me look good! ”
All the ladies laughed, and praised Mrs. Li San in their hearts for being able to speak.
"At this time, I don't know how there are so many such good flowers in the house, which is really enviable." Another woman.
Mrs. Li San said: "It's not my son, how many years ago I bought a manor, specializing in these flowers and plants, I look at it there It's a pity, it's better to take it out for everyone to enjoy, it's better to be happy alone than to be happy!" ”
Seeing that she took the initiative to mention Li Mingqian, the others were easy to speak, and someone said: "Then we are stained with the light of the eldest prince, we have to thank him!" ”
Mrs. Li San pouted and said: "Thank him for what he has done, now he is bored in the house every day and does not go out, and he can't invite him to the eight sedan chairs!" ”
Mrs. Zhu hurriedly interjected: "It's a good thing that the eldest prince studies seriously, let's not disturb him." As he spoke, he glanced at the lady who had spoken before, with a slight disdain.
Some people also remembered the incident of this year's autumn festival, and when they heard this, their hearts moved, and they were curious about Mrs. Li San: "The eldest prince is so hard, is he going to participate in this year's autumn festival?" ”
Mrs. Li San nodded, smiled and sighed: "His temper somehow changed his temperament and opened his mind, and he agreed to participate in the imperial examination, and it was not in vain that I copied the scriptures and worshiped the Buddha every day." ”
"I remember that Mr. Li was the head of the case in Yangzhou when he took the exam, wouldn't he be able to solve the yuan if he participated in the Autumn Festival!" Someone answered, and his tone was extremely excited.
Hearing this, Li Mingqian not only has a rich family, but also expects to be dressed in official robes, and the ladies are even more hot, and they are more and more thinking about how to make Mrs. Li San take a fancy to her daughter.
The girls in the flowers are in groups of threes and twos, smiling constantly, and their bright and energetic cheeks carry their different styles. They were shuttling among the flowers, or stopping to watch, or looking down to smell the incense, and this scene fell into the eyes of the man in a small building not far away. (To be continued.) )