[Comprehensive Classics] Different Jane

"Daddy! Daddy!" Jane stretched out her head from the window and waved vigorously, then she hurriedly retracted, picked up her suitcase with a bang, and staggered towards the train door.

The train is slowly entering the station.Most of the travelers who took the train in the cold at this time were rushing home for Christmas, so they were tolerant to this girl who was so excited to see her relatives.

"Daddy, I miss you so much, do you miss me?" Jane gave Mr. Bennet a big hug as soon as she got off the train.

"Of course, of course, my child, oh, well, let's go get your luggage and go home." Mr. Bennet was not used to being so nasty outside, he carried Jane's suitcase and walked to the side to wait for her luggage.

"What is it, so heavy?" asked Mr. Bengalt.

"It's for food, there are three big bottles of sauce, be careful dad."

"...Does this thing need to be brought back specially? Can't we make it when we go home?"

"Oh, we don't have any here~ I bought jam made from fruit that Longbourn doesn't even have."

"Is it expensive?"

"Not anymore."

Then Mr. Bennet saw Jane's checked luggage again, and he was speechless for a moment.

"Jane, do you know that even if you have money, you can't waste it?" Mr. Bennet didn't know how to move this huge pile of boxes.

"No, no." Jane said quickly, "They're all Christmas presents, and they're packed so big that they won't be crushed, so they won't be heavy."

It's not a matter of weight...

Mr. Bennet had to make a few extra trips before throwing the boxes into the carriage.

Jane's suitcase was safely placed in the back compartment, in case there was any problem with the glass bottle inside. She herself was already sitting in front of the carriage wrapped in a thick kerchief.It has been snowing for the past few days, and it is so cold in the morning that people can hardly stand.

Mr. Bennet climbed into the driver's seat, and Jane immediately divided the blanket wrapped around her knees in half and covered Mr. Bennet's legs.

"I don't need it. It will be there in a while. If you walk slowly, there will be no wind." Mr. Bennet said.

"It's better than a sore knee." Jane had already learned about Mr. Bennet's physical condition from letters from her sisters.Many older people will suffer from rheumatism. Apart from the weather in the UK, the main reason is that many people did not pay attention to maintenance when they were young.

"By the way, this is for you, Daddy. I think it's better to give it to you now, or I will go back and explain it if Mommy finds out." Just as Mr. Bennet pulled the rein and was about to leave, Jane suddenly Stuffed something in Mr. Bennet's pocket.

"What is this?" Mr. Bennet took it out and saw that it was an envelope, and opened it again, and there was a check inside. Mr. Bennet was shocked when he saw the number on it.

"So much? Jane, you don't have to give it all to me." Mr. Bennet asked again, "Will this affect the store?"

"Of course not all of it." Jane said proudly, "I have set aside the reserve fund, Daddy, this is the money to pay you back, hee hee, am I capable?" She hugged Bennet Sir, lowered his head and said, "I can support myself in the future, and you and Mommy don't have to worry about us all the time."

Mr. Bennet didn't say anything, he stroked Jane's hair, his daughter is an independent person, he can't do more for her, he can only let her do what she wants to do.

"drive!"

"May! May! Is the broth ready?" Mrs. Bennet shouted anxiously standing in the living room.

"Ma'am." Mei stuck her head out from the kitchen, "But now I just finished breakfast, and I'm still far away from Chinese food."

"Really." Mrs. Bennet also knew that she was a little dizzy now, but she couldn't help it. "Liz, Liz, are the beds all made? Oh, poor Jane, last time she came back from London by train I’m so exhausted, I’m sure I’ll have to lie down this time.” Then she suddenly remembered, “Lydia, where are the slippers, where are the slippers? Are you warm?”

"Mom~ Mi!" Lydia was very dissatisfied with the whole family going up and down for Jane alone. "We have prepared enough. Jane is only gone for a few months, not a few years." She muttered , "Why do you make it look like the queen is here?"

"Lydia, are you ready for your homework? If Jane finds that you haven't made the progress she's given you, maybe she'll suggest sending you to boarding school, where you'll live like a nun." ” said Mary, passing by, threatening Lydia.

Mary, this is not completely alarmist. Jane wrote a letter before introducing a very famous abbey boarding school in Cambridge. It is said that many rich people will also send their daughters to study. Jane said that if anyone can't continue to study at home, she You can get a letter of recommendation and send it there to study for a few years.

Because Jane said it was a famous bridal school, Mrs. Bendner was almost tempted, and Catherine and Lydia were so frightened that they didn't want to become nuns!

"Of course, of course... Ah, Mommy, the slippers are ready." Lydia jumped up to get the slippers.

"Oh, yes, thanks, honey."

Mary shrugged and went to the kitchen to see if the water was boiling. Jane must have some hot tea when she comes back.

"Here they come!" Elizabeth ran down the stairs with a bang, yelling, "They'll be here soon!"

"What! My God, quick, quick!"

"Catherine! Catherine!"

"Here are the slippers!"

"Forget about the slippers, I'm going out and waiting for them!"

"I also want."

"Me too."

Along the way, Jane was about to freeze. Although Mr. Bennet drove the carriage as slowly as possible, she still felt numb to her face and ears. However, this did not calm down Jane's fiery heart.When she saw the roof of the house from a distance, Jane couldn't help but grabbed Mr. Bennet's arm and screamed excitedly: "I'm home! I saw Mommy~"

"Jane! Jane!" The four girls ran out like pigeons and surrounded the carriage, and then followed the carriage back. Elizabeth stretched out her hand to pull Jane from time to time.

"Jane, you're back."

"Tired of the journey, Jane? Your hands are so cold."

This is Elizabeth and Mary.

"Jane, you brought a lot of things back."

"Anything for me, any gift for me?"

This is Catherine and Lydia.

These two silly children, Jane asked deliberately: "Are you both doing your homework obediently?"

Lydia: ...No such thing.

A few steps to the door, Jane got out of the carriage supported by Elizabeth and Mary...she was frozen.

"Jane! My Jane~" Mrs. Bennet, who was not as fast as the children, rushed over, crying with tears and snot, "You have suffered, why have you lost so much weight, my Jane~~ It's you, a dead old man, who sent my daughter to be a servant, look how you have tortured my Jane..."

The more Mrs. Bennet thought about it, the more she felt that this was the case, and she burst into tears, and the other girls couldn't help touching their tears.

Jane is really funny and embarrassed, she can't say that this is not the case, she can only divert Mrs Bennet's attention, "Oh, Mommy, I am not a servant but to learn, don't talk about it, I I'm going to freeze, let's go into the house."

"Yes, yes, look at me, come in and get warm."

"Catherine, Lydia, you two help daddy bring my luggage in, I think you two like this." Jane ordered again.

"That's great." Catherine happily dragged Lydia to move those boxes together.

"It's really cold today."

"Sit down before the fire, my poor Jane; look at your hands, they are as cold as ice."

"Hey, Jane, wrap this up."

"Jane, I made hot tea and I'll bring it to you."

"Jane, here's the stuff."

"Jane, I warmed my slippers."

"Jane, this is a hot towel, wipe your face and hands quickly."

Jane quickly sat comfortably on the armchair with thick cushions, took off her boots and put her feet on the step stool to warm the fire, with a cup of hot tea in her hand, and a thick blanket covering her legs wool blanket.The whole family circled around Jane, and she was still saying, "Don't flatten the box, there are Christmas presents in it, oh, put it under the Christmas tree, it has names written on it. Watch out for the box, there are glass bottles in it ... Forget it, take it to me and open it."

Even after saying this, in fact, Jane is still sitting comfortably and directing the box that Catherine opened.

Catherine carefully took out three large glass bottles... sauce bottles from the box.

"You child, we can do it ourselves, and we still carry such a heavy thing so far away. Why did you bring such a big cheese, don't we have it here?" Mrs. Bennet complained and put the cheese in the box The things were sorted out for May to take to the kitchen, and then she looked at the label on the bottle, "horse meat sauce." Mrs. Bennet repeated with her mouth wide open in surprise, "horse meat sauce?"

Can horse meat be used as pate?Can this thing be eaten?

As a kind of livestock with high cost of breeding, horses will be enslaved in Longborn until they die of old age. At this time, the old horse meat is not delicious at all, that is, the poor who can’t afford meat will buy it for tooth-making sacrifices. Families like the Bennets don't eat much.

"We seldom eat it like this here, but it's really good when made into sauce." Jane squinted her eyes and said, "You can wrap the sauce directly with cabbage leaves, it's the best."

"Okay." Now that Jane said so, Mrs. Bennet decided to try it at noon, and there happened to be cabbage anyway.

"What is this, um... um... what does this word mean?" Mary was squatting by to look at another bottle, and realized that she didn't recognize the word on the label.

"Mango sauce, mangoes, we don't have them here. This is a foreign fruit. Be careful not to break it. It's really expensive. I bought a few specially for everyone to try. Be careful, Liz, be careful." "Jane stared at her and asked Elizabeth, who was picking up the bottle to read the label, to stabilize her hands.

"Put it down, Liz." Mrs. Bennet immediately asked Elizabeth to stop nervously.

"Chili sauce, ah, I know the word, chili." Catherine read the last label.

"Oh, yes, this one is not very spicy, I put sugar, it will make people feel warm in winter." Jane nodded, she likes this one the most.

"Then let's try it at noon." Lydia clapped her hands and said.

"You can only try one." Mrs. Bennet instructed May to move all the bottles to the kitchen and put them away.

"Then..."

"Horse meat sauce!"

"Mango sauce!"

Elizabeth and Lydia said different options at the same time, and then they stared at each other.

"Then try the horse meat first, and what kind of jam is that for breakfast?" In fact, Mrs. Bennet had already thought about it, and it was just a symbolic question.

The author has something to say: Jane: Go home, go home~

Mr. Bennet: My daughter is amazing.

Mrs. Bennet: My daughter is so pretty.

Mr./Mrs. Bennet: Like me!