[Comprehensive Classics] Different Jane

Jane still got up early the next day, and she had to get used to getting up early in the morning.Mr. Bennet hadn't gotten up yet, Jane came downstairs after washing up, and Mrs. Wood was already having breakfast.

She said it was breakfast, but it was actually more like drinking morning tea. When Mrs. Wood saw Jane coming downstairs, she turned her head and called, "Dwyer, Dwyer, bring Miss Bennet's breakfast here." Then she turned her head and said to Jane :"sit."

"Yes ma'am," Dwyer replied from the kitchen, and soon came over with a tray in one hand and milk in the other, and she placed two plates on the table, a plate of toast and a plate of petit fours. Roasted Bacon Roasted Mushrooms Cooked Beans.

"Did you sleep well last night?" Mrs. Wood was still sitting with her back straight, which made Jane straighten her back.

"Very well, thank you, Mrs. Wood, I think you can call me Jane directly, this is my name." To get along for a long time, Jane felt that it was necessary to get closer to each other.

"I know, Jane." Mrs. Wood's mouth curled up slightly, "Olivia, you can call me Olivia."

ah?It's not appropriate, is it?Jane looked at Mrs. Wood, but Mrs. Wood picked up her teacup and did not look at her.

"Mrs. Olivia." Jane had to compromise.

Mrs. Wood immediately put down her teacup and said with a smile on her face: "Are you going to have a look at the store today? The two people you sent live there, and they have done a good job. The store is almost ready, and you can come anytime open."

"Oh, yes, then Daddy and I wanted to go to see where the goods were purchased, and a flour merchant we knew introduced the store. But we have to go to the store first, and then we have to call Harbison to go with us. And Sugar, coffee, butter, etc." Jane said, "I'm going to put Ben in charge of external affairs. Anna can't talk, so I'm in the kitchen with me. I'm pretty good at my craft, Mrs. Wood, I mean, O Mrs. Livi, you must try my handicraft in a few days~"

Jane couldn't help turning on the familiar mode. She observed Mrs. Wood's appearance, and she didn't seem to dislike her nagging?

Jane remembered what she had inquired from her father before. Mrs. Wood's husband passed away very early. She had two sons, and the eldest son had also passed away. The younger son, who is a friend of Mr. Bennet, currently lives in London. Not much to do with Mrs. Wood.Mrs. Wood used to have a daughter, but she died when she was very young, so Jane thought, maybe Mrs. Wood was a little empathetic, but then she thought Emmm...someone like Mrs. Wood would encourage her daughter to go to the Open a coffee shop?

Empathy or something, probably an illusion.

Jane chatted with Mrs. Wood while eating. Mrs. Wood didn't look impatient at all, and drank a cup of tea all morning.Jane told Mrs. Wood about her plans and expectations for opening the store, and Mrs. Wood told Jane who lived around here and what decorations she had added to the coffee shop. The two chatted happily.

Mr. Bennet was bewildered when he saw it.

Mr. Bennet felt that he probably hadn't woken up yet, why didn't he come downstairs and see Mrs. Wood sitting at the table chatting with his daughter?

"Daddy, come and sit down." Jane waved happily.

"Oh... oh." Mr. Bennet rubbed his hands and sat beside Jane.

Mrs. Wood: "Good morning, Charles."

Mr. Bennet: "Morning, good morning, Mrs. Wood."

Seeing that Mr. Bennet was starting to feel uncomfortable again, Mrs. Wood stood up considerately, "Eat, I'm done." She took her cups and plates to the kitchen, and soon Dwyer took Mr. Bennet's Breakfast was brought out.

"Jane, have you and Mrs. Wood... been chatting just now?" Mr. Bennet asked Jane in a low voice.

"Yes, she's such a nice person," said Jane, resting her chin.

Mr. Bennet: "..."

Mr. Bennet took Jane to the store. The coffee shop was named "Hogwarts", which was named after Jane. It was a school in a book she liked very much.

The coffee shop used to be a bakery, and the whole bread-making place was in the basement, and the things here were basically untouched. The kitchen counter, oven, and even the rolling pin were all there, just in time for Jane to start working.

The ground part is the storefront, and the interior decoration is done by Mrs. Wood, she is very tasteful. The overall decoration is similar to Jane's idea. It is bright but not dull, and some small decorations are very young and lively.

The room of the Harbison couple is at the back of the store, and it is about the size of a bed and a chair, but they are already very satisfied.During this period of time, Anna silently polished all the kitchens in the store to shine. She was a smart person, and after Mrs. Wood made a little suggestion, he ran all over the suppliers in Cambridge Town.But they were still taken aback by Jane... They didn't expect that the person she said before was herself.

With Ben Harbison, it was much more convenient for Jane and Mr. Bennet. Under the leadership of Ben, they negotiated the price with the supplier and bought some ingredients, coffee beans and two sets of coffee-making utensils. Delivered to the coffee shop and transported to the warehouse.It was also the first time that Jane discovered that her daddy was not inexperienced here.

"Of course, when I was young, I also took care of it with your uncle..." Otherwise, I wouldn't have married your mother.Mr. Bennet sighed, and then told Jane, "You have to put the key away, and you have to take stock of the things inside every month, and you have to remember the location of things..." Hey, Mr. Bennet found himself It's a hundred worries.

In fact, Jane knew what Mr. Bennet said, but she still pretended to listen carefully.

Jane taught Ben the simple way to make coffee, but this was just a cover, in fact, it was Jane who did the cooking.She designed a menu with desserts including donuts, cakes, biscuits, puddings, and sandwiches, but what to do basically depends on Jane's mood.She hangs a small blackboard in the store, on which the menu is written every day.

Before it opened, Jane tried to make it twice at home. On the first day, she chose to make crispy honey buns, fancy rabbit honey pastries, love jam cookies, low-calorie yogurt cakes, Toasted toast pudding, cheesecake, chive and bacon sandwiches, potato sandwiches and egg and vegetable sandwiches.On the second day, she made cream muffins, milk bean biscuits, sausage bread, cotton cakes, puff pastry, mashed potato sandwiches, croissant bacon sandwiches, and tuna pocket sandwiches.

Mrs. Wood slowly put down the small silver fork, wiped the corners of her mouth gracefully, and said, "I now believe that you will be able to run Hogwarts... I must say that this name is really strange." As early as she saw I thought so when I wrote the letter.

Jane opened her mouth, thought for a while, and then said, "This is the name of a kind of lily."

"That must be a pretty lily."

"I don't quite remember which plant illustrated book I saw it in. I don't know why, but this name always reminds me of it."

In fact, Mrs. Wood didn't care too much about Lily or Hogwarts. Anyway, this is Jane's coffee shop, and she can call it any name.Another thing Mrs. Wood wanted to ask was, "Does your coffee shop serve meals?" Many coffee shops offer meals, but some don't.

"Not for the time being, I think we should focus on selling desserts."

"Wise choice."

Even so, Jane felt that Mrs. Wood seemed to be disappointed for a moment... an illusion?

Three days before the opening of the shop, Ben began to rub his teeth with salt every day as Jane asked. Uh, this taste is really bad, but after three days, Ben felt that his teeth seemed to be really white.He bought a set of clothes for "work" in the second-hand market. After searching for a long time, he found such a set of clothes with the fewest holes and all of them were broken in inconspicuous places. After Anna washed him clean, he put them on, Neat and without wrinkles, at this moment, I understand what Jane said before. If you want others to value you, you must first value yourself.

Ben and Anna didn’t get paid to work in the coffee shop. They didn’t complain, and they didn’t get paid as apprentices. Usually, the master (boss) just gave them a straw bed to sleep in and potatoes for food.We eat well and live well here, and Jane also said that he can give Ben a quarter of the daily tips, which is simply too generous. Ben doesn't think there is any unfairness at all. On the contrary, he thinks Jane is very kind up.

Good coffee beans are too expensive, Jane decided to work on the equipment, and then launched a favorite dessert, as for the coffee, so-so.

Porcelain is now a ostentatious thing to put in the cabinet as an asset. Of course, Jane can't buy porcelain cups and plates, so she buys glass and wood products, cute transparent small coffee cups and simple wooden plates, and all kinds of things. Small glass bowls, jugs, and jars, and a small vase on each table.

The props for brewing coffee are filter paper, filter cup and sharing pot. When someone orders, he only needs to grind black coffee according to the number of people, then serve milk and sugar, and let the guests add milk and sugar by themselves. It is very simple.The hard part is that Ben has to remember what everyone ordered and the price, and also has to calculate the price, change the money, and also have to match the various desserts with their names to avoid mistakes.

Ben is illiterate, so he can only rely on rote memorization. He heard that Jane plans to change desserts every once in a while, which makes him nervous.

Jane made a few food order books for Ben, with grids drawn on them, and the menus are represented by colors, such as black for black coffee, red for jam cookies, pink for cakes, yellow for bread, etc. Jane then taught Ben the simple Arabic numerals and calculation methods will do.

If it didn't work, Jane told Ben a way, put a handful of pennies in his pocket, and if he couldn't figure out how much change he needed, tell the guest that there was not enough change, and then come to her at the back, just shout at the stairs.

This is much simpler, Ben is still smart, he learned these in one day, but Jane felt that it was inconvenient, and decided to find a time to teach Ben and Anna to read and write.

Everything is ready to open the shop.