beauty and money

Mr. Yang was surprised to see Miss Mary again. He wondered if he was dazzled, but when the gentleman walked over in a panic, Mr. Yang confirmed that she was Miss Mary.

"Why are you here? You still look like this!" Mr. Yang stared at his big round eyes, which made the already big eyes seem to fall out of their sockets at this moment.

Mary's cheeks flushed slightly and she didn't know whether she was nervous or ashamed and said, "Come to learn." She didn't know how to answer, to rewrite history?To challenge the patriarchal society?No, she is just thirsty for knowledge and afraid of her empty mind.

Mr. Yang shook his head slightly as if he had heard something unbelievable. His mind could not imagine that Mary would make such a bold move.You must know that this is a challenge to authority. Even in the nineteenth century, women can only study in women's colleges, and they are all middle class. Both nobles and squires will hire tutors, and they will not board their daughters under uncontrollable conditions. Down.

"Does Mr. Bennet know?" Afterwards, Mr. Yang realized that if Mr. Bennet didn't know, then this lady is running away from home. This is a devastating blow to a family, and it has nothing to do with elopement. It's different.

"It was my father who gave me the opportunity to study here." Mary said, looking around nervously, for fear that anyone would overhear their conversation.

"Oh, God, Mr. Bennet must be crazy." Mr. Yang stroked his forehead with his hand.

"Please take back your speculation about my father. Don't you think I'm not worthy of this qualification?" Mary's eyes burned immediately, and she forgot the tension just now. She is a girl who cares about her family. Mr. Yang's words obviously made her She was furious.

"He's absolutely insane, doesn't he know the Oxford tradition of freshmen?"

"What tradition?"

"At the opening ceremony, at 108:[-], the Tom Clock Tower will strike [-] times, and the freshmen will take off their shirts and run around the tower. This is a tradition that started in the [-]th century to prevent women from mixing into the college. You must Leave as soon as possible, if you are found out, I can't imagine." Mr. Yang took Mary's arm and pulled it out.

"Should the auditors do the same?" Mary resisted, but she couldn't help being afraid. Mr. Bennet never mentioned this matter.

This is a piece of history that Mary does not know. Between 1775 and 1778, when Mr. Bennet was studying, there was a very serious black death. People in the legal profession almost hid in the countryside, and Oxford was almost closed. What people did at the time was isolate and burn everything, and it was thought that the disease, like a cold, might increase the risk by being naked, so this tradition stopped at this time, and old Mr. Bennet He didn't tell his son about these things. He thought that this kind of interesting thing should be discovered by his son himself.So Mr. Bennet has only heard of this tradition, but he thinks it has been abolished, and he does not know that this tradition was revived in the 19th century.

Mr. Yang paused when he heard Mary's words, and said, "You don't need to be an auditor, but you have to attend. I think it's terrible for any lady to watch a group of naked men run around the tower the whole time." It's gone." His eyes were so dangerous that Mary felt creepy.

"I will stare at my toes all the time, I swear, I am sincerely eager to learn, the previous world said no to me, wouldn't even the door of knowledge be opened to me, if I were to return empty-handed, then I would rather die Please don't expose me, please." Mary bowed her head and begged Mr. Yang.

He sighed helplessly. No gentleman would want to marry a lady like Mary. She was too smart and stubborn, but what position did he use to stop her?Anyone who aspires to knowledge and learning should be respected.There are countless people who have a unique environment and conditions, but they are lazy, wasting their time day by day, and wasting their lives on various meaningless things.

"If this is your wish, I will keep it a secret." Mr. Yang glanced at his pocket watch, and he had to leave first. He came here to apply for the position of teaching assistant, but he was not fully sure. Others in the position, his family background is not enough, financial resources are not enough, and the only available knowledge is not his. To have a place in Oxford, you can't just rely on talent and talent.

After Mr. Yang left, Mary breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't realize that her face was blushing, but felt that her face was hot.Thinking of that Oxford tradition made her shyly feel like she was going to burn.

No matter what Mary thought, on the day of the opening ceremony, more than a hundred freshmen were led to the Tom Bell Tower. As the bell rang, their instructors informed them of this tradition, and several auditors did not need to participate but stood Watching from the sidelines, the freshmen, including the classmate Elliot who had talked with Mary on the stagecoach, also took off their clothes.Seeing this scene, Mary couldn't help but lowered her head with a red face. From the corner of her eyes, she glanced at a bunch of white bodies, and her whole body was burning hot.

As the bell rang, the group of freshmen shivered like quails in the cold wind in early spring. The strong ones didn't care, but some of the weak ones were almost no different from women, and their limbs like reed sticks looked particularly weird. , There are also some fat ones who can't keep up with the team at all, and follow slowly behind. If the freshmen who have not finished running before the bell is struck, they will be looked down upon by others and become the targets of bullying and ridicule.

The action of Mary looking down at her toes caught the attention of a tall boy who was also an auditor and took No.1 in the entrance test. The test, but he just thinks that he is superior, and looks down on the other few who are also auditors.The boy thought that he should be admitted to Oxford even with his own talent, but being an auditor was a status symbol, either from a traditional generation or a wealthy aristocrat.

Looking at the shivering, red-faced boy in front of him, he not only moved closer.Mary felt a figure enveloping her, whispering softly in her ear, the content was really unbearable.

"Why don't you dare to watch it? Little gays, aren't their bodies beautiful? Hmm? If this is a seminary, you will be hanged, gay." His voice is not loud but enough for the surrounding When people heard it, their faces changed, and they moved away from Mary like they were avoiding pests.

Mary's face turned from red to blue. She knew she couldn't show weakness now, otherwise her life would be very exciting this semester. Although she had heard that the relationship between men was against the will of God, she didn't want to give up because of personal preference. Just criticize others or even utter bad words.It was the first time she was insulted like this, so she made up her mind to fight back viciously. "I think those who stare at other people's bodies are more suspicious than me. Those who maliciously offend and insult others will also be punished by God. If you have any questions, please keep a distance from me. Maintain the most basic manners, otherwise what is waiting for you may not be an apple but the teeth of a poisonous snake." Mary is not short, but she can only be considered medium among men, but her eyes are slightly narrowed, and her tone of voice is domineering , the thin face is more angular, especially the brown eyes, where the fire is blazing, and there is no fear at all.

People tend to trust those who are upright, and start to be skeptical of those who are timid. Therefore, Mary's counterattack completely convinced people of the integrity of this gentleman. disgusting.

Unexpectedly, this little quail-like figure would have such courage, not afraid of any accusations, he left a deep impression on the auditors present, and the tall boy was completely speechless by the counterattack, so he had to retreat aside.After this incident, Mary knew that she could no longer stare at her toes, so she stared straight at the freshmen running, but looked up, looking up at the Tom Bell Tower, even if she was seen, she would only think that she was admiring in her heart Just look at this ancient tower.

Soon, 108 bells rang, and this group of freshmen had officially entered Oxford to study. Compared with the formal students recruited by the college, the audit students had more choices. Although their graduation certificates were different from the formal students, this did not It does not affect the amount of knowledge learned. Even if some people have an Oxford diploma, they may not have anything in their heads. Even if some people have not read any books, they still have countless life wisdom.

Mary is very interested in medicine, but this professional course cannot accept audit students, because the students who enter this college are not students with no medical experience, but some students from medical families who have advanced studies or graduated from other medical schools with a certain foundation.

However, medical courses, including human anatomy, these cutting-edge sciences are still open to all students. In this era, dissecting the human body is simply a blasphemy against God. Only heinous sinners will be subjected to this kind of 'torture', so every dissection is like Oxford's A pageant.

There will be special explanations in the natural science courses. Mary saw medical students pay tribute to the portraits of Haller, Morgani, Weir and others in the celebrity gallery.Driven by the industrial revolution, the speed of scientific development is staggering. The geniuses of this era are like crucian carp in the river, but unfortunately there are few women. They are like the shadows behind men, forever being surrounded by their fathers. , brother, husband, and son.

Compared with chemistry, physics, biology and other subjects that require a professional foundation, Mary desperately finds that she can only choose literature and art, but she has no interest in philosophy, but she has a strong thirst for knowledge. After listening to a few sections, it seems like a bible After general courses, she eventually chose Philosophy.

This is better than seminary. For people with her background, it seems that finance is their favorite subject, but Mary often attends courses of other majors besides her own major, which makes her schedule very full. , and she doesn't have much leisure time to socialize with people. After all, she has a different status, and she doesn't live in a college student apartment. Instead, she rents a one-person apartment outside with money, and doesn't hire servants. She does everything herself.After initially not adapting to public health facilities, she was able to clean the potty without changing her face, almost no different from the maid Grynn. She never thought that she would live like this before.

It's not that I don't want to hire servants, but the rent for the apartment is high.And Mary, who has basically adapted to the daily courses in Oxford, also began to worry about her food and clothing. She found that the goods in the university town were not expensive, but the rent was very high. In order not to reveal her identity, she had to rent it.

It’s not that Mr. Bennet didn’t leave money to Mary, but the rent was not so expensive when he was studying. He left sterling pounds that were more than enough for his time to study and a small luxury, but these pounds were in the place where Mary was studying. The time frame is still a bit stretched.Although Mary has resumed contributing to the publishing house, all she writes are short essays, and the fees she gets are small money. It is still okay to buy some books and supplies, but it is absolutely not enough to hire servants, let alone Mary's own With a special status, it is hard to guarantee that the servants will not find out, and the mouths of those temporarily hired servants cannot be trusted at all.

It was only when I lived alone that I realized that I would encounter many difficulties. These things would never have happened when I was Mary instead of Edward. Mary herself also loved to bury her head in books, so her diet was very irregular and she became thinner. See It doesn't look aesthetically pleasing, but it also saves her a lot of trouble virtually.

In the evening, Mary held a thick copy of Kant's New Cloud Hypothesis while walking and watching. In addition to the historic buildings and gardens in Oxford, there is also a long history of darkness. It can be said that the most evil cannot be avoided in the most sacred palace. things.

When she came to a dense forest, she heard someone shouting, "Please, let me go."