The Happy Life of a Duchess

Here, Adele, who bustlingly completed the promotion and acceptance of the essay contest, finally came to the Duke's father and Countess Stan, who had been playing longer than expected.

"Father, Countess, you are finally back."

Adele hugged them with a smile and kissed each other on the cheek, all smiles on their faces.

"Honey, how are you when you're alone at home? We heard a lot about you on the way back." Mrs. Stan blinked with her, her face full of joy.

"However, the thing I am most proud of is that I switched to England this time..."

Mrs. Stan and others went to the west of Paris this time, which is the area in Normandy.

Adele didn't expect that when they arrived at the beach, the two of them slapped their heads and went directly to England by boat. In this way, a month later than originally expected, the two of them not only didn't stay at the beach for too long, On the contrary, it took longer because of the diversion to the UK. More than two months passed, and Adele was very worried.

After all, the present cannot compare to the future that Adele has always been familiar with. From the safety factor to the degree of convenience, there are great improvements to be made.

Fortunately, everything went well, the two of them diverted to the UK, and came back smoothly, bought things, and basically managed to relax.

After all, people who are not short of money, although travel is frustrating, but spending more money can greatly reduce all kinds of troubles during the journey, and can also enjoy greater convenience.

"Honey, you don't know how wonderful our trip is, seriously, you should go with us..."

Mrs. Stan waved her hand with an exaggerated look on her face.

Adele then showed yearning and apologetic expressions. Fortunately, Mrs. Stan only mentioned it a little bit, and she didn't really want to care about this matter, so she quickly skipped these things and started to talk to Adele shared what she had seen and heard along the way.

Unlike Mrs. Stan, his father, Duke Juradi, was obviously more restrained. Of course, he would not talk about these things with Adele so enthusiastically.

However, as a fairly patient elder, he is still willing to sit on the sidelines and listen to his sister and daughter talking at this time.

Mrs. Stan is getting old, and sometimes she speaks a little incoherently or repeats a sentence several times before she can continue.

This is also part of the reason why young people don't like to talk to her. Of course, she seems to talk a lot, and there are reasons for this. More often, her desire to express is very strong, but she can't organize it well for a while. Say it all.

But Adele is indeed a very patient listener, otherwise Mrs. Stan would not have treated her so sincerely and friendly if she was just pretending to be obedient.

Even his own son can't listen to her so patiently. Adele can do it. How can Mrs. Stan not like her?

She is also a countess after all, and she has seen a lot of rich and powerful people.

After a lifetime, he can be regarded as having seen all kinds of big scenes, and he is also a person who has experienced the turmoil.

If Adele wasn't a well-behaved and lovely child, even with her brother's friendship and entrustment, she would just take money to help the two of them carelessly.

But if Adele is such a lovable and good child, especially if she loves her, then she will naturally treat her more sincerely and wholeheartedly, which is also human nature.

Mrs. Stan has long passed the time when she needs any favors.

She doesn't even care about her own son, he has his own life, his own ideas and career, and of course his own wife and children, and even the wind and rain outside, unless it involves the family, it is related to the entire glory and decent, otherwise she would not like to worry about it.

Enthusiasm and thinking for others from the heart are still two different things.

Of course, she also likes to order things, and she also likes to give young people some insights of her own. This is her character, especially when she is old.

But at the same time, to give advice from the perspective of the elders, sometimes it is necessary to be more sincere, not to mention that it involves her own dedication, whether it is money or energy, it is not good for a person who is stingy with this kind of real expression. Easy.

Anyone can use their lips to speak the truth, and they speak clearly and sincerely.

But it is another thing for people to personally go out and give something of themselves to help others.

Mrs. Stan's desire to share was so strong that even the Duke's father couldn't sit down behind him, so he still had to stay aside patiently.

Adele listened to the whole process.

After the two of them came back and rested for the night, Mrs. Stan took Adele and the two of them, and took the duke's father who was also at home. From the afternoon, he talked in a daze until late at night, and continued to talk after dinner, until Have supper.

Mrs. Stan's energy was exhausted, so she drank some white soup and was ready to go back to rest, but continued to chat the next afternoon.

Adele has not been so busy recently, so she has the time to chat with Mrs. Stan so leisurely.

Some time ago, just half a month ago, they were completely overwhelmed by the manuscript. The large number of submissions exceeded their expectations, and they had to hurry up to find someone to help.

For a few days in a row, Adele only slept for a few hours, got up early and stayed late, basically as soon as she woke up to freshen up, she had already brought the manuscripts that had not been submitted for the first "audition" to the study room to read thing.

Fortunately, after re-division of labor, adding manpower and assigning tasks, the essay solicitation is on the right track.

The manuscript that should be submitted has already been submitted, and it is time to go through the review process. Currently, Leo and the editor are busy looking at the received manuscript.

Mr. Weihan, Mr. Crewe, plus the new assistant editor, and another girl from Leiola, who is also a member of the salon, is quite educated and good at history and literature, and Mo Jiana and Adele who come to help from time to time, five regular members and Adele and Morgana who help from time to time, and occasionally other salon members who are willing to help participate——

Seven or eight people read thousands of submissions, and the difficulty lies in identifying those handwriting that may be somewhat scribbled and heavily altered.

In fact, the reading speed of several people is very fast. Basically, if a work is in the form of a novel, you can scan the beginning, look at the result, and glance at the middle for about half a minute to know what level of work it is.

Among them, most people are still relatively particular, at least they will not use draft paper as a submission for the competition, at least they will ensure that the paper is clean and tidy.

However, it is still unavoidable that there are some manuscripts that have been too spent to be read or some accidental damages occurred in the letters on the way. These manuscripts will be taken out separately, and those who can be identified will try their best to identify them, and those who cannot can only be regretted out.

To their surprise, perhaps because they were more confident, the number of submissions to the female orientation was actually about the same as that of the general orientation. After a rough calculation, one was about [-], while the latter was [-]. This is a sloppy calculation. to two days ago.

The deadline for soliciting papers for the event is next week, and in the last few days now, there are still letters being sent. For this reason, Adele specially asked Mr. Weihan to recruit a temporary helper in the magazine——

Miss Mandela is a literate civilian lady. She used to teach French in a boarding school, but she resigned from this job because she was going home to get married. As a result, she did not expect that some changes happened to her marriage. After a long time, she no longer looked forward to it. .

She is also one of the readers of the magazine. After realizing that she might need to work at home to earn some flexible expenses, the first thing she thought of was this newspaper run by women and with respect in her words.

She was the only one among so many people who came to her door and asked if there was a job opportunity for her. It also happened that Adele and others were busy with the essay competition, and the magazine's other normal activities were difficult to carry out. Yes, after a simple interview, Mr. Weihan recognized the cultural quality of this lady.

So, Miss Mandela got a job helping out in a magazine she likes, and the hourly salary is very kind, which is almost the same as her salary as a school teacher, and because it is an hourly salary, and she has been very busy recently , but calculated to earn more a month.

She is responsible for sorting letters, distinguishing the submissions of different directions, and then checking other letters from readers or complaints.

However, because of the essay competition, some jealous and vicious people specially sent dangerous items, so Adele and others made her wear thick linen gloves before working, and after that, they specially provided her with hourly wages.

For all the letters, she has to do a simple review, especially the malicious letters that may be mixed with insults and curses, and packages that may contain dangerous items. They must be sorted out and thrown away or kept. evidentiary.

Later in the day, Adele was still reading Mr. Duval's letter in her room.

The two of them basically exchanged letters every day, and they didn't meet each other all the time, but with the letters, the longing for each other in their hearts was relatively eased.

But this time, when Mr. Duval asked her whether the trip of Mrs. Stan and Duke Jurati went smoothly, Adele couldn't answer all of them honestly.

After all, the real reason for Mrs. Stan to drag her father to another route was that she thought that she might as well take a trip to London to see the latest objects there.

Although they are confident French, they have to admit that under the leadership of Queen Victoria, who is still a puppet queen, Britain has developed better than ever.

Right now, while France is still struggling with revolution and institutional issues, it seems that Britain has found the secret to their prosperity and strength.

Their industry is developing very well, and various overseas things often flow into the UK. Compared to buying them when they reach France, Mrs. Stan also hopes to find a wave of good things——

The fundamental purpose is to make a dowry for Adele.

As a woman, Mrs. Stan cares more about jewelry and clothes.

Of course, Duke Jurati would not miss her French-style jewelry necklace, but Mrs. Stan immediately thought of the wedding dress.

"Use the wedding dress left by my sister?"

Mrs. Stan skipped this idea in her mind and immediately vetoed it.

But after thinking about it, she felt that she still had to search for good materials again.

The best wedding dresses can only be made with good lace and fabrics, and it is not like the rich dark velvet wedding dresses that were popular at the time of Mrs. Stan.

This is how the trip to the UK came about.