Chapter 230: Exotic Flowers
The Mid-Autumn Festival night banquet in Rongguo Mansion is in full swing. Since Jia's mother brought out the best osmanthus and chrysanthemums in her flower hall, and asked Wang Xifeng to bring out a few big red lanterns that had been made earlier, so that she could guess the lantern riddles, the sisters' emotions were mobilized.
Jia's mother is very generous, and the lantern riddles made by the sisters are all given by her. If you don't eat or play, as long as you answer a question, you can receive a gift from her.
Therefore, the sisters and Jia Baoyu, you guess, I guess, I guess, but I got a lot of gadgets from Jia's mother.
Even Xichun also answered one and got a pottery piglet.
Later, Jia's mother came out with two lantern riddles, and asked Aunt Xue and others to guess them. Aunt Xue is a hot scene, and after guessing Jia's mother's lantern riddles, she also came up with two tricks for the sisters to guess...... With the addition of the elders, the scene became more and more lively.
After a while, during the interval of Jia Muhe's laughter, she happened to see Zhou Rui's family who walked in to talk back to Wang Xifeng, so she said, "Can someone come over?" ”
At this time, Wang Xifeng had already listened to Zhou Rui's reply, and said:
"Hi, Ancestor. I'll tell you what's going on, and you'll be allowed to come!"
Zizi, not only did they want to come, but they also brought a whole family here, saying that they wanted to please your old wine to drink! Ancestor, you have to prepare enough wine, otherwise you won't have enough to drink! ”
Jia Mule said: "So, Brother Rong's daughter-in-law are all coming over?" ”
"But no, I heard that your old man called him, and the second brother didn't say a word, but with a wave of his hand, he brought the whole family over. If it weren't for the ancestors to bring flowers over to you, I'm afraid this time would have already arrived. ”
Hearing Wang Xifeng say this, the sisters were overjoyed. Jia Mu was also happy: "This is very good! Feng girl, you quickly arrange a few places to come out. ”
Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "It's just to arrange it, but I just want to go back to your old words, so it's delayed." This is coming to urge me again......"
Jia Mu scolded with a smile: "It's all your reason." ”
On the willow tops of the moon, Ning Guo and the others went to Rongguo's mansion in the white moonlight.
Since Jia Qing decided to go to Rongguo Mansion for a banquet, the You family and the Qin family had nothing to do. Jia Rong didn't want to move, and under Jia Qing's resolute attitude, she didn't dare to say anything she couldn't say, so she could only follow her to Rongguo Mansion by car.
When I entered the Rongguo Mansion, I saw red lanterns hanging everywhere, and there were night guards walking around everywhere, but they were much more energetic than Ning Guofu.
There were already housekeepers and mothers-in-law of Rongguo Mansion waiting on various main roads, leading Jia Qing all the way to the venue of the night banquet.
After passing the last door, I raised my eyes and saw Jia Zheng and Jia Yu sitting in front of the side, with Jia Lian, Xue Pan and others sitting on both sides.
Jia Rong asked Jia Qing to resign, so she went over there to find a seat and sit down. Jia Qing didn't stay, slightly saluted Jia Zheng, who was looking at him, and walked behind the screen.
"My grandson has seen my ancestors."
When he arrived in the court, he first gave Jia's mother a salute. Seeing her nodding with a smile, she led everyone to greet Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue and others, and finally said:
"I thought that my ancestor would hold a banquet tonight. It's a pity that there are a lot of trivial things entangled today, delaying the time for my grandchildren to come over and have fun.
Fortunately, I hurried and hurried, and finally caught up with this last stubble. I see, everybody's still there. ”
Jia Mu smiled: "I'm waiting for you, don't sit down quickly, just talk there." ”
Jia Qing looked around and found a place closer to the sisters to sit. The Qin clan and the You clan also blessed themselves, and then took their seats.
After Jia Qing sat down, he looked at the high-quality fruits and side dishes on the table, didn't bother to talk to the person next to him, reached out and grabbed two big red apples, and ate them in a big gulp.
Occasionally, he put down the apple and ate it with a sip of wine and a mouthful of food.
After a while, he noticed that someone was looking at him, and when he looked up, he realized that at least seven or eight pairs of eyes were staring at him.
"Ahem, there are a lot of things to do today, and I don't care about eating, and I'm a little hungry......"
Jia Qing explained curtly.
Sanchun and Lin Daiyu all laughed and did not speak, they were used to seeing Jia Qing's informality when eating.
Xue Baochai's relieved expression on the left indicated that she was slowly accepting.
Aunt Xue said secretly: This child is really a maverick, and now his status is becoming more and more noble, and he is still so wanton......
In the past, I have heard of such people, and those people are either vulgar people who do not understand etiquette, or they are true celebrities who return to the basics and do not conform to conventions.
The child in front of him obviously won't be the former. The latter, too, is not quite like ......
It can only be said that it is very individual.
Aunt Xue thought about it for a long time, but she couldn't give Jia Qing a certain sex, so she could only describe it with the words "personality".
Jia Mu also looked at Jia Qing for a while.
This grandson is different from all his grandchildren! Not to mention the fact that he inherited the title at a young age. Just looking at his appearance, he is also a handsome young man with a dignified appearance, graceful demeanor, and in line with her aesthetics.
Although what he did at this time had nothing to do with the word noble son. Strangely, she didn't have the slightest hint of disgust!
Because, Jia Qing has never lost her manners in front of her. He always seems to be able to quickly change his style of doing things so that he can best adapt to the environment.
Suppressing these complicated thoughts, Jia Mu took advantage of Jia Qing's explanation and said, "You just take care of yourself and munch on it, and your sisters are still waiting to see what you brought over!"
Have you forgotten? ”
Jia Qing casually took the handkerchief handed to him by Xichun next to him, wiped his mouth, and said:
"I don't dare to forget this, it's all ready."
As she spoke, she glanced at Xianluan and Peifeng, who were standing on the side, and the two of them immediately went down, and after a while, she led a few mothers-in-law in Ningguo's mansion and brought two pots of flowers in.
"It's so pretty!"
This is the involuntary voice of the maid group, which directly proves that Jia Qing's two pots of flowers are good-looking.
Since most of the sisters had seen each other in advance, they just looked at each other silently at this time and did not speak.
Jia Mu and others had never seen it, but frowned and looked carefully. Jia Mu even went down a few days under the service of the mandarin duck.
"Brother Qing, why do you look like this?"
After getting off the high school, Jia Mu took a closer look at these two pots of flowers, a pot of osmanthus and a pot of chrysanthemums.
Needless to say, the brightness and neatness are not to mention, and they are about the same as hers, but this color is ......
It's actually a plant with different colors of flowers, or even the same flower with different colors. Curious, I couldn't help but ask.
Jia Mu left her seat, and the others also gathered around.
Jia Baoyu said: "I know the ancestors, this is the practice of grafting flower branches, grafting different varieties of flowers to one plant, so there are so many colors. ”
Jia Mu looked at Jia Qing, and Jia Qing smiled and said nothing. Seeing this, Jia Mu ordered someone to get closer to the lamp and candle and look at it carefully.
"Yes, this osmanthus is indeed grafted, and there are still traces on the slender branches on it. It's just that this pot of chrysanthemums is really weird, and it doesn't look like it has been grafted. ”
After a long time, Jia Mu said her conclusion.
Jia Baoyu listened to it and stepped forward again to take a closer look. Indeed, as Jia's mother said, if you take a closer look at the branches and leaves, there are indeed no traces of grafting on the branches of these chrysanthemums, which are very complete.
However, it has produced many different flowers.
The others also stepped forward to find out, but in the end, they couldn't say a reason, so they had to look at Jia Qing and let him solve his doubts.
Jia Qing smiled slightly:
"The ancestor is right, this chrysanthemum is indeed not grafted. It is a complete chrysanthemum. ”
"Complete?"
Jia Mu and others expressed their incomprehension and discussed a lot.
Xue Baochai said: "There are many strange flowers in the world, but most of them are born in places that are inaccessible and have a very bad environment.
Moreover, it is only slightly bizarre. Like this pot of the Qing brothers, not only one plant has four colors, but also has the same flower and different colors, which is really unheard of.
Tonight, it was an eye-opener! ”
Jia Qing secretly praised Xue Baochai for having a wide range of knowledge. I know that extreme environments can change plant varieties.
However, the pot he took out tonight was not a genetic mutation caused by a simple environmental stimulus, but a ......