[Comprehensive classics] Darcy or Brandon

The sun cleared on the second day of the dance, and there was still thick snow in the field, but the temperature had risen a lot. Annie took all the quilts and blankets at home to the yard to bask in the sun, while slapping them with poles and hanging them on two big trees. Quilts and blankets between trees.

Lucy stood in the middle of the yard throwing a wooden stick and playing with Harder. When she threw the wooden stick again, she raised her head to look at the sky, and said with some depression: "The clouds in the sky are so real. A lot, it looks like it will snow in two days."

"I think so, so we have to take advantage of the sunny weather to wash all the dirty heavy clothes. It's not very comfortable to dry clothes in the fireplace." The blanket used to cover the legs raised a cloud of dust.

"Do you want to do laundry?" Lucy drooped her shoulders in frustration, ignoring Hade who picked up the stick.

"Yes, go and get your overcoat and those two thick shawls and wash them." Annie knew that Lucy didn't like to do some washing and cleaning, and occasionally she could help her with some small pieces of clothes Washing, but Annie would never wash thick clothes for her. There is not even a washboard these days, and all laundry is done by hand. It is not easy to wash a thick woolen coat.

Lucy nodded after listening to Annie's instructions, then took out the wooden stick from Hader's mouth, leaned back a little and threw the wooden stick far away, then patted the dust on her hands resignedly and said, "Annie , Which clothes do you want to wash, I will help you take them down together."

"My dark blue coat and that pink sweater and wool trousers, we have to wash them quickly, before the strongest sunlight at noon comes, so that the clothes can be dried as much as possible."

"Even so, it still won't dry in the end, but in the end, it still has to be dried by the fireplace." Lucy said with a curl of her lips.

"I will dry it in the sun tomorrow, so that the clothes will not have a smell of smoke and fire." Annie said that she really likes the smell of the firewood burning in the fireplace, but that doesn't mean she likes the clothes dried by the fire The weather in the UK is really terrible. Most of the time of the year is either foggy or rainy. Clothes need to be dried from time to time. Especially in winter, there are very few sunny days. Sunny days need to be applied well.

Just as Lucy was about to enter the house to get the dirty clothes out in dejection, the doorbell suddenly rang at the front door.Lucy's eyes lit up, she said that a guest was coming, and ran into the house.

Annie shook her head helplessly seeing her like that, then took off her apron, adjusted her skirt and followed into the room.

It was Mr. Anthony and their new friend Mr. Bull who came to visit the two sisters yesterday. Both gentlemen were dressed in black hunting suits, thick dark brown capes, and tall cowhide boots. He looks unusually handsome, and Mr. Bull has a bit of a soldier's temperament on his serious face.Behind both of them was a footman, holding a shotgun in one hand and leading a tall horse carrying prey in the other, with several beagles around their legs.

Harder stood at the door and yelled several times at the beagles who seemed to be invading his territory.The beagles together were not half the size of Harder, but they showed no sign of being afraid of Harder, and grinned at Harder, but they were stopped by two servants before they could bark.

"Miss, please forgive me and Mr. Bull for our presumptuous visit." Anthony took off his hat and saluted, and said apologetically.

"Lucy and I are very happy to have friends come to visit us. Gentlemen, please come in, it's too windy outside." Anne said enthusiastically, and turned her body sideways to let the two gentlemen enter the room.

"That's very good. We just needed something hot to drink. Although the sky has cleared today, the temperature seems to be lower than yesterday. It is too cold to hunt in the fields. If it weren't for me and Mr. Bull I'm sure I'll be hunting for a while." Mr Anthony took off his cloak and hung it and his hat on the coat hook.

"We've caught enough prey today, Anthony, it's not a good habit to be too greedy." Mr. Bull said after putting away his cloak and hat.

Anthony blinked and said in a low voice, "I thought the most greedy people were always businessmen, Stang."

Mr. Bull sat on the sofa, glanced at Anthony and said, "Anthony, don't make such jokes with me, I will really think you have doubts about my character."

"Still, I've told you many times that you should change your old-fashioned personality. You are not flattering." Anthony sat opposite Mr. Bull and said.

"I will never change myself to please others, especially I think there is nothing wrong with my character." Mr. Bull said firmly.

Mr. Bull's stubborn attitude made Anthony very helpless. What he said just now was entirely for Mr. Bull. When he talked with Mr. Bull this morning, he heard him ask about Anne several times. He could clearly feel Mr. Bull's affection for Annie. , so he wanted to remind Mr. Bull to let him behave better, so as to win the favor of the ladies.

You must know that the ladies always like young, handsome, funny and wealthy gentlemen. Mr. Bull obviously doesn't meet the requirements except for being rich.Mr. Bull's identity is a businessman, his status is relatively low, and he is now 30 years old, which is a bit old for Annie. Besides, Mr. Bull is not handsome.

It's a pity that Mr. Bull didn't seem to understand Anthony's kindness at all, and he was still sitting on the sofa with a straight face and back.

Anne and Lucy didn't care about Mr. Bull's expression at all. Neither of them was arrogant enough to judge others casually based on their appearance, and they were always kind to others, so even if Mr. Bull was serious Their expressions didn't change at all, and the two of them greeted the guests quite warmly.Annie brought over the two Chinese dim sum she had made early in the morning, while Lucy hurriedly made a pot of tea and poured a cup for each of the two gentlemen.

Anthony and Mr. Bull went hunting early in the morning, so even though there are still two or three hours before lunch time, the two gentlemen already feel hungry after exercising vigorously all morning.Seeing the steaming dessert Annie brought up, Anthony thanked him and grabbed a white round dessert and took a bite.

"Well, Miss Steele, the taste of the dim sum is really good, and the texture is very different from what I usually eat. It is very delicious. Can you tell me the name of this dim sum? I think I can go back and let our cook try it Let's see." Anthony said after swallowing the food in his mouth.

"Anthony, your cook probably doesn't know how to make this dim sum. Both of these dim sums were created by Annie herself. The one you ate is called Custard Bun, and the other is called Sesame Crisp. Both are very troublesome to make. , especially sesame crisps, you see, there are many layers inside." Lucy said with a slightly smug expression.

"Then I have to try it." Anthony ate the custard bun in his hand in two or three mouthfuls, picked up the sesame cake introduced by Lucy, looked at it carefully, and then said to Mr. Bull: "Stang, you Try it too."

Mr. Bull was also a little curious about the dim sum made by Annie, so he took a piece of sesame cake and brought it to his mouth like Anthony.

Many people don't like to eat puff pastry, because eating puff pastry is very skillful. If the skill is not good, you must put a handkerchief on your lap, otherwise a pile of food crumbs will be scattered after one bite .Anthony and Mr. Bull, who had never eaten this kind of dim sum, obviously did not have that kind of superb skills, so after the two of them bit into it without reservation, most of the sesame cakes in their hands fell apart at the same time. There was a pile of food crumbs on the legs.

This is really rude, the two gentlemen held up the remaining sesame cakes in their hands a little at a loss, and then looked at the food crumbs on their legs in surprise at the same time.

"Haha." Lucy couldn't help laughing, hugged her stomach and said with a smile: "Sorry, sorry, I should have told you in advance, you must be careful when eating these, because they are very fragile."

"Lucy!" Annie yelled in embarrassment and amused, and then quickly said to the two gentlemen, "Please wait a moment, I'll put that piece of cloth on the carpet before you stand up."

"Okay, but I think I'd better eat half of this and then stand up." Anthony was embarrassed for a while and then returned to smiling. This situation did not make him feel any embarrassment. The dim sum is more interesting, and the taste of this dim sum is really good.

Compared with Anthony's indifferent appearance, Mr. Bull didn't show it on the face, but he cursed embarrassingly in his heart. It's too embarrassing for this kind of thing to happen in front of a girl he has a crush on, even if it doesn't seem to be him. wrong.

With this little episode, Mr. Bull expressed his intention to leave after not staying for long. Anthony didn't know Mr. Bull's thoughts, but as a friend, he quickly ended his topic very considerately, and then talked with Mr. Bull and the two The lady said goodbye and left.

"Oh, Anthony ate all my custard buns." Lucy complained holding the empty plate.

There were only four custard buns with a diameter of about two inches on the plate, which was nothing to a tall man like Anthony.Annie felt that if the sesame crisps were not easy to eat, Mr. Anthony, who is familiar with himself, would probably eat them without hesitation.

"Four custard buns for one fat rabbit and two wild ducks, I think it's a good deal. If Mr. Anthony and Mr. Bull can come and sit on the way home from hunting next time, I'd be more than happy to exchange them for snacks." ’ said Anne, bringing the hares and wild ducks left by the two gentlemen into the kitchen.