Pride and Prejudice of Jane Eyre

After lunch, the group returned to their rooms to rest under John Ai's instructions.Jane Eyre can't wait for this, she is still dizzy, and she hasn't been able to adapt to life on land!The maids gathered around, chirping and showing their hospitality in various accents, Lilith stepped forward and dealt with it gracefully.Arranging for the maids to tidy up the lady's clothes, or prepare bath water, or incense... Jane Eyre was very embarrassed by the colorful flowers in front of her, but Lilith was used to seeing them, and she could handle them with ease.With her support, she followed Butler Lu Sien back to the room.

Her room is just opposite to her uncle's, and they are all on the first floor. The garden is outside the window. When the window is opened, the fragrance of flowers blows in with the salty sea breeze.The entire room is also decorated in British style. Even in a foreign land, Mr. Ai has completely arranged the place to look like he is in England.The bedding on the four-poster bed is fine silk, and the curtains are printed with lovely florals, swaying with the breeze.On the ground is a large area of ​​white carpet, which is replaced regularly.The carved solid wood wardrobe is very large, even though she has bought so many clothes, it can only occupy a small part of it.

After some rest, there was a knock on the door, and it was Mr. Lu Sien: "How is Miss Ai's rest?" He didn't try to look into Miss's room, Lilith sideways blocked his line of sight (outer room and inner room The door in between is not fully closed).

"Miss Eyre is up."

"Well, Mr. Ai is already waiting in the study." He bowed to leave, and Lilith also made a big gift.

Jane Eyre heard the movement at the door, and quickly tidied herself up, planning to go to the study.Lilith stopped her and insisted on arranging her hair, putting on hair ornaments, necklaces and earrings, and pinning a brooch on her.Jane Eyre was at her mercy, and she felt it was unnecessary, but when she was in England, both Adele and Georgiana had to at least freshen up when meeting guests or elders—sometimes they even had to change their clothes.Such a ladylike style fell on her head, she couldn't help but feel very uncomfortable and troublesome.

Jane Eyre wants to work hard to adapt to such a life, not to make herself seem too out of place.

Butler Lu Sien used to be the butler of a British nobleman who was in trouble, and was rescued by John Love after being shipwrecked.At that time, his wine estate had just started, but Lu Sien was willing to accept only a daily salary of two pieces of bread and a glass of wine to repay his benefactor.More than ten years have passed, and John Eyre's wine estate has already dominated one side. Although it is not yet a monopoly, in the Madeira wine market, the Verdelo produced by Ayer's wine estate is already the highest market price.

Sitting at the desk, Uncle John proudly introduced his property to his niece. He asked Mr. Lu Sien to fetch the map and pointed it out to Jane Eyre.

"From here to here are our grape plantations." He circled a huge area on the map, "Madeira's sunshine is the best nourishment, and the glucose here is abundant, which is the best grape plantation." raw materials. In two to three months, the first batch of Vantillo will be mature, and you can pick it yourself by then.”

"Can I learn to brew wine, too?"

"Of course, Janet." He looked at his heir. She didn't look plump, nor did she have the squeamishness of a girl. The curvature of her jaw line was exactly the same as his, with some natural arrogance.But the smile that often hung on the corner of her mouth softened her face.The first time he saw her, he found the rebellion in her bright eyes—just like when he was young, she didn't inherit her father's tranquility at all. "I don't think ladies should stay away from affairs. I will always leave these to you. You have to learn now."

Jane Eyre shouted in surprise: "Uncle John!" This is really straightforward!Never thought he would say that.

John smiled and stretched out his hand. Lu Sien tacitly handed him a cigarette and lit it for him. "My Janet, I don't want to beat around the bush. I want to adopt you. It was decided years ago, you should know."

"Yes, uncle . . . but . . . "

"How did you learn to be so timid?" He took a deep puff on the cigarette, and lightly exhaled a smoke ring, "You are my only relative, and you should inherit my business, my property, and my manor There is no need to hide it. I was once misled by Mrs. Reed into thinking that you were dead, so I no longer cared about business like I did when I was young. But now you have appeared!" His tone suddenly rose , "My Janet, if you were a man, I would demand more from you—"

"Uncle, you can treat me as a man." Jane Eyre interrupted him, "I don't think I have lost everything to men except physical strength."

"Oh!" John was choked by the smoke, and laughed randomly, "You have completely inherited your mother's disposition! She had a lot of courage and tolerance back then, and my brother completely listened to her. I was pleasantly surprised! "

Jane Eyre didn't expect that Jane Eyre's parents turned out to be such a pair: "Uncle, since my parents are mentioned... Do I have other elders?" In the original book, there are still cousins ​​and cousins. .

John suddenly silenced his needs, and then he poured himself a glass of wine: "Yes. You also have an aunt, but she hurt too many people back then and left the family voluntarily. We haven't seen each other since... .I don't know what to do now. This is not an important person."

Although he said it was not important, his tone still couldn't hide his sadness.Jane Eyre didn't want to uncover his scars, and secretly made up her mind that she must find out the whereabouts of the rest of her relatives when she had the opportunity.

"I'm a little tired." Uncle John sighed. Lu Sien stepped forward and helped him up. Jane Eyre picked up the civilized stick leaning against the desk and handed it to him, "You can come and go as you like in the manor If you are tired, go back to your room and rest."

Jane Eyre nodded, and helped Mr. Lu Sien back to his room together.

When John returned to the room and was about to close the door, he turned to her and said: "Next weekend I will hold a banquet to announce my heir to Madeira-you get ready!"

This week, Jane Eyre was extremely busy.

During the day, she was always in the study, and John patiently taught her about grape growing and wine making.When the temperature dropped a little in the evening, John took her to the vineyard in a carriage again, inspected the work of the hired women, and introduced her to everyone.After a busy day, she was free to lock herself in her room and start revising the draft that she had completed on the boat.

She was trying to adapt to Madeira's climate, which was not easy.Here is located in the tropics, and Jane Eyre is naturally afraid of heat. She used to live in a place with four distinct seasons, and later she survived the winter in England. She was at a loss for the hot weather and often woke up at night.She had a lot of prickly heat, and John found a lot of ice cubes and put them in her room, so that she could barely sleep.Sometimes when I wake up at night, I see Lilith fanning herself, drowsy, but whenever she moves, Lilith wakes up and grabs her hand not to let her scratch it.

Gradually, she also got used to it.

Soon it was the day of the banquet, and the entire El Manor was busy from top to bottom since the first ray of sunlight entered the gate in the morning.

The main meal and desserts for the banquet were prepared in the kitchen—the "fresh styles" that Jane Eyre had come up with, but this time she didn't worry about it. Lilith was very talented in this area, and she came up with a lot of new ideas.The maids were arranged to wipe the decoration of the entire manor, the sofas in the banquet hall were arranged by the servants, and John purchased a new batch of furniture.Lu Sien stayed with John all day, coming in and out many times, not knowing what he was busy with.

Jane Eyre was treated as a doll all day long, and Lilith dressed her up carefully so that she would shine as soon as she appeared at the banquet.Jane Eyre has no hope for this, after all, she still knows how she looks.But even so, when she saw herself in the mirror, she couldn't believe it at all.

The person in the mirror had long black hair in a beautiful bun, with curly hair hanging down.The eyebrows are drawn delicately and vigorously, and the eye sockets are cast with a faint shadow, making the eyes even more radiant with soft light like black pearls.The bridge of the nose is straight, the small and thin lips are smeared with rouge, and the cheeks also have a natural and good complexion of the same color.

She was wearing a traditional British dress with fashionable elements, and the waistline was narrowed. Fortunately, she was thin and didn't suffer too much.The breasts that were not considered full were drawn out into beautiful curves.The buttocks are padded high, this is the most popular style now, it is really not good-looking for Jane Eyre's aesthetics, but all the maids praise this design.

When going downstairs, Lilith lifted her skirt and reminded again in a low voice: "Your upper body must lean forward slightly! Miss Jane, that's the way to look good!"

"Oh! My God." Jane Eyre breathed a sigh of relief, the waist was pulled so hard that she couldn't breathe, but for the sake of the manor and her uncle's face, she had to perform this scene wonderfully.

"This is our protagonist today! Miss Jane Eyre!" John smiled brightly, and raised his hand to signal the guests to look up the stairs. Jane Eyre cheered up and showed a standard smile that she had practiced in front of the mirror for many days .

She walked down the stairs slowly, and one gentleman after another came up to salute her, introduced themselves, and praised her beauty with completely unrepeated words-this made her wonder if they had rehearsed long ago, otherwise Where do so many gorgeous words come from!Her mind spun rapidly, remembering everyone's names.

"This is Mr. Devon Louis Jr.." John took Jane Eyre's hand and introduced to her, "The heir of the Louis barrel factory and forest area, those in our winery are excellent in workmanship and excellent in sealing. The wine barrels are all their products."

Jane Eyre looked up, and it was a young gentleman.He has beautiful blond hair, neatly combed slightly curly hair, blue eyes that glow passionately by candlelight, and his lips are naturally colored enough to make most women envy.His jaw was thin, his jaw line sharp, and his figure tall and straight.Jane Eyre had discovered this gentleman who was faintly noticed by all the ladies present early in the morning.

"Hello, Miss Eyre, it is my honor to know you." He bent down, and Jane Eyre held out her hand, and he kissed it naturally.He raised his head, and the eyes in the deep-set eye sockets were particularly affectionate.

Jane Ainai missed a beat, and she suddenly felt that this look looked familiar.

John showed a smile and patted Jane Eyre's hand: "Then I won't disturb the young people's conversation! I, an old man, can't understand your new topics! ——Oh! Donald, you are here, I'm looking for It's been a long time!" His eyes passed between Jane Eyre and Mr. Louis, and he greeted the person on the opposite side, who showed an unexpected expression, and John randomly passed between the two of them, putting his hands together On that person's shoulders, it was taken away from here.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Louis." Jane Eyre recovered and looked at the man in front of her.

Obviously, this is Uncle John's "blind date" for himself, although he never reminded her.But it's not easy to lose her uncle's identity in front of outsiders. Even though she was very unhappy in her heart, she was not rude and started talking with the other party.

Mr. Louis is very good at words, he took a glass of cocktail for Jane Eyre, and began to talk.Although Jane Eyre held a kind of "hostility" and had a bad first impression of him, she had to admit that the tone and content of his speech were really pleasant.He humorously joked about the huge difference between the weather in England and Madeira, cared about whether Jane Eyre was well adapted, and also provided a lot of cooling tips—just what she needed!

"When I first came to Madeira with my father as a child, the heat was unbearable and I hid in Uncle John's wine cellar! It must be the coolest place in Madeira! I fell asleep there more than once, And almost fell into the barrel a few times—"

"—Your parents were very anxious about this. Then I learned that when you can't find anyone, you come to my wine cellar, and you can always see where you are drunk between the barrels! "Uncle John appeared again. As soon as his words fell, Mr. Louis scratched his head shyly and laughed randomly.

His laughter caused the ladies to look this way frequently, and Jane Eyre pursed her lips.

Throughout the banquet, Mr. Louis stayed by Jane Eyre's side.It puts a lot of pressure on her - she's almost the envy of every woman.The young men always came up to greet Jane Eyre, but Mr. Louis sent them away with the attitude of a male companion.

Twelve o'clock struck, and the party was over.Jane Eyre finally loosened the facial muscles that had been raised all the time, and she was too tired to smile anymore.

During the month after the banquet, Mr. Louis often came to visit.Jane Eyre's resistance from the beginning has also become used to it, or numb.She euphemistically mentioned to her uncle several times that she couldn't afford to lose weight from Mr. Louis' enthusiasm, but he always pretended not to hear it.

In the evening of this day, she was writing a letter in her room when a flower flew in through the open glass window.She sighed, thinking it was Mr. Louis' trick again, but when she looked up, it was Mr. Briggs standing outside the flowers!He glanced left and right, made sure there was no one there, and gestured for her to go out the window to talk.

Jane Eyre was taken aback - she almost thought that Mr. Briggs had strange thoughts, and saw his anxious face at random, so she reacted, stepped on the window sill and jumped down.

As soon as she approached, she was about to speak, when she heard Mr. Briggs' low and urgent warning: "Stay away from Mr. Louis!"

The author has something to say: the data has been bleak recently, and I don’t have a quiet environment and enough time to write articles every day after returning to China. I am not satisfied with what I write, and it is no wonder that readers are not satisfied...a headache.Today I finally made the outline, and the rhythm will be better.

Madeira is relatively short, about five chapters left.The fattening party can look forward to Mr. Darcy's long pursuit of his wife~