[Comprehensive Classics] Different Jane

It's a big change!

Harbison really obeyed Jane's words, and whitewashed himself and Anna.

The two of them were still dressed in rags, Harbison had cut his hair short and shaved his beard, and Jane saw his appearance clearly for the first time. This is probably weakness, no wonder he has to grow a big beard, ah, at least he looks a little fatter.

Anna, too, had her hair cut very short, and she had a sallow complexion, a tattered kerchief, and a listless look.

The faces of the two were very clean, and they looked younger by at least five years. They were not very old, but they usually felt a few years older than their actual age.They both stretched out their hands to show Jane, the nails were cut to the flesh, the fingers were clean, there was no trace of dirt, and they were whitewashed.

Jane was very satisfied, and she handed Harbison a large paper bag, which contained a four-pound brown bread.

"It will take a long time to sit on the train, this is for you to eat on the way."

Harbison was not pretentious. He took the bread and said, "Thank you, Miss Bennet." It can be seen that he tried hard to show a grateful expression, but he had been expressionless for many years, and the muscles on his face were a little out of control.

"And this." Jane handed over another small cloth bag.Without knowing why, Harbison took it, opened it, and there was a pile of pennies inside.

"Here are two shillings, which I lent you." Jane explained, "I haven't been to Cambridge, but the train certainly doesn't pass through the town. You may need to hire a carriage or something. Then you have to buy some daily necessities, and as a shop assistant, you have to get two decent clothes, cleaning supplies and so on. In short, it will be useful.”

Harbison didn't want it at first, but after listening to Jane's words, he thought about it, accepted the money, and then said firmly to Jane: "I will pay you back in the future, Miss Bennet. I really don't know how Thank you for everything you do for me, work, clothes, and… this." He held up his bread and wallet.

"Don't worry, Harbison, you will have a chance to repay me soon." Jane said meaningfully.

After packing up the Harbisons and throwing them to Cambridge, Jane also started to prepare. She borrowed a sum of money from Mr. Bennet as her start-up capital.

Mr. Bennet also officially announced at home that an old lady who lived in Cambridgeshire, a distant relative, wanted to find a young girl to accompany her. She heard that there were five girls in the Bennet family, and she appointed The oldest one.

Mrs. Bennet firmly opposed this matter. She hugged Jane and screamed: "No! Absolutely not! Mr. Bennet, I tell you, absolutely not! You don't want my Jane to be a nanny again, go , to serve that old woman who doesn’t know where she came from!” In Mrs. Bennet’s view, what to accompany her is to let her daughter be a maid!

Both Jane and Mr. Bennet were a little dumbfounded.Mr. Bennet took Mrs. Bennet to another room to explain. He knew exactly where Mrs. Bennet's weakness was.

I don’t know what Mr. Bennet said. Anyway, Mrs. Bennet didn’t object after that. She just hugged Jane and said that she was too hard. After a while, she said that she had no son and Jane had no brothers, so she went there suffer.

On the contrary, the other Miss Bennets all supported Jane. They hadn't experienced much and didn't know what it meant to "accompany an old lady with distant relatives". They just thought they could leave little Longbourne and go to other places Not bad either.

Only Elizabeth secretly gave all her savings to Jane.

"This time it's not as inconvenient as living at my uncle's house. It's always better to bring more money."

Jane was very moved, but she didn't intend to really ask Elizabeth for the money, "No, Liz, Mrs. Wood will prepare things for me, and I don't need your money."

"Do you think I don't have enough money? Take it." Elizabeth stuffed it into Jane's hand, "If you want to buy some gadgets, can you still ask for money? It's not your own home."

The kindness was hard to turn down, so Jane had no choice but to accept it.

When Jane left, she packed three boxes of luggage, clothes, hats, shoes, and various accessories... Mrs. Bennet wished she could bring everything she could use.

Jane took some of the jewelry, and gave the rest to the sisters, much to the delight of Catherine and Lydia.She also brought a few unfinished books and letters to Mr. Holmes. By the way, after leaving, she finally wrote a letter to Mr. Holmes, telling him that the address for correspondence in the future has changed, and he will come back next time. If you want to send a letter, you can directly write "Miss Bennet".

Mr. Bennet is going to send Jane to Cambridge himself, so that he can get acquainted with the place.Mrs. Bennet and May prepared a large basket of food for Jane, enough for both her and Mr. Bennet to go to Cambridge.The sisters all sent parting gifts and promises of mutual correspondence, and Jane was not afraid that they would know their address, since none of them could come to her by themselves without Mr. Bennet's permission, nor would they discover the truth.

When leaving, several girls chased the carriage and ran for a short distance, "Goodbye, goodbye, Jane~" The younger sisters yelled softly like little pigeons, which made Jane really feel a little sad, alas, next time we meet Is it Christmas?

The journey went smoothly, but Mr. Bennet and Jane only bought a ticket in the third-class carriage, which was too tiring.Presumably Mr. Bennet felt too tired, and when changing trains in London, he changed to a second-class ticket.

The second-class compartment was a small box for six people, but it was not full, except for Mr. Bennet and Jane, there was also a young couple.

It was already night when we arrived in Cambridge, and there were quite a lot of pedestrians on the road.Mr. Bennet felt that the air here seemed to be very different from Longbourn. He was carrying two suitcases, and Jane was carrying one suitcase. The two stood at the gate of the train station for a while, and Mr. Bennet decisively called a double car. wheeled carriage.

Mrs. Wood's house was a little far from the train station. It was a house with a small garden. It was too late to see clearly. There didn't seem to be many plants in the garden, and a clothes rack stood faintly behind the house.

Mr. Bennet took off his hat, put the box on the ground, and knocked on the door. Jane saw the candle moving from the back of the house to the door. After a while, the door opened from the inside, and an old woman with curly hair stood in the door Ask: "Who are you looking for?"

"Mrs. Wood?" asked Mr. Bennet.

"Yes, Mr. Bennet?" Mrs. Wood looked at Jane, "This is Miss Bennet, please come in."

Jane followed Mr. Bennet into the house. The house was very warmly furnished, but only Mrs. Wood and a maid in her forties, Dwyer... Jane saw the four-year-old German Will was taken aback for a while, she kind of understood why this Dwyer was still "Miss Dwyer" in her forties.

According to Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Wood should be sixty years old, and even now, she can be regarded as a beauty.Jane felt that Mrs. Wood and Dwyer could not really tell who looked younger.Moreover, Mrs. Wood's figure is really good, but her expression is not close to the kindness and kindness that Jane thought before, as if she is a little cold and arrogant.

Jane couldn't think of it at all, why would such a cold beauty who was not constrained by world affairs when she was young, agree to help her?

Mrs. Wood took Mr. Bennet and Jane to the small dining room, and then asked Miss Dwyer to serve the dinner.

"You got off the train just now. You should be tired today. Let's have something to eat first. I'll take you to your room."

"Okay." Jane felt that her daddy was a little restrained in front of Mrs. Wood... It really makes people imagine~~

This dinner was really one of the worst dinners Jane had ever had. She didn't have a great appetite, so she barely ate some mashed potatoes and salad. The hot milk was good with honey in it, and Jane finished it.

While Bennet and his daughter were eating, Mrs. Wood didn't leave. She sat on a chair not far away, her body straight.

After dinner, Mrs. Wood took Mr. Bennet and Jane upstairs. She held a candlestick with four candles and walked in front. Her gait was graceful and her figure was swaying.

"Miss Bennet's room here." Mrs. Wood led the father and daughter into a small room, which was decorated very early on for a girl: the high bed was covered with a set of floral bedding, and There is also a lace curtain hanging, which is very cute.Next to the bed is a small white dresser and a matching girly armchair.In the corner opposite the dressing table is a white wardrobe, the wardrobe door is a beautiful rose gray, and the four corners are engraved with lovely spiral patterns.There are double-layer gauze curtains hanging on the double-opening windows, and there is a small table under the window. On the table is a small vase with a rose plant in it, exuding a faint fragrance.

"It's so beautiful, I like it very much, thank you, Mrs. Wood." Jane put down the box and said in surprise.

Mrs. Wood showed her first smile, "As long as you like it, I'm still worried that the room might be too small."

"I think that's enough for me," said Jane.

"It's just that there's no toilet or bathroom in this room. They're on the first floor, and you'll have to share them with Miss Dwyer, is that all right?" asked Mrs. Wood.

"Yes." Although it is a bit inconvenient, Jane can accept it, and Bennet's house is also shared.

"Mr. Bennet..."

"Er, er, you... you may call me Charles, Mrs. Wood," said Mr. Bennet.

Mrs. Wood paused, "Charles, you can stay in James' room temporarily."

"Okay, okay."

Jane found the toiletries and pajamas. She has no cleanliness fetish, but she can't bear to sleep in dirty clothes without brushing her teeth, face or feet. This problem has existed in her previous life and cannot be changed.