[Comprehensive Classics] Different Jane

The pastor looked at his watch, and the time was almost up. They simply cleaned up the things on the ground, and hurried to prepare for the mass.

Jane came in through the side door and walked quietly to the row where the Bennet family was sitting. Several Miss Bennet moved a bit to make room for Jane.Elizabeth leaned on Jane's ear and asked her softly, "Did you find it?" Jane gave her a look.

Soon the bell rang, and the pastor came out to start mass. Sure enough, everyone was very surprised to find that the cross hanging around his neck was exactly the one that the three wives had said were lost.

Afterwards, everyone was naturally curious about how Mr. Pastor found it. Jane only said that the cross happened to fall in her pocket and got caught on a thread, so she couldn't find it at first.

Mr. Pastor is even more legendary. He directly said that this is a test given to everyone by God, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence?This cross was originally a symbol of his honor, but it happened to disappear in the room where everyone donated things when there was a Christmas Eve mass, and then it was found before the mass started?

Having said that, it is really scary to think carefully.

There are quite a few people who believe in this explanation. Mrs. Lange, Mrs. Meany, and Mrs. Anderson, who had big mouths before, were all devout believers. They went to Mr. Pastor privately with anxiety in their hearts, and they didn’t relax until they got a positive answer. tone.

Naturally, Jane didn't know these things. The most important thing for the Bennet family now is: Christmas dinner!

Although attending Mass the day before was exhausting, everyone got up early on Christmas Day because there were so many things to do today.

At the beginning, Mrs. Bennet wanted to go to the charity event organized by Mr. Pastor (continue to show off her new clothes by the way), but soon she realized that it was a bad idea to go to the kind of poor house that stinks like a pigsty. There is no one in the house. Admire her new outfit, maybe even get it stained with something indescribable!

Mrs. Bennet quickly found an excuse and dragged Mr. Bennet home.

What a shame. There is nothing Mr. Bennet can do about his wife's behavior.

Mrs. Bennet herself is very confident. There is a lot of work at home, so what if you come back!

Alright, alright, let's start preparing Christmas dinner! ╭(╯^╰)╮

The most important dish of the Christmas dinner is of course the roast goose~ Lydia loves it.I don’t know why, but this year’s Christmas goose is always not pleasing to Lydia. Every time she goes to feed, the fat goose always chases her (Lydia: Your geese are not good!).So when she saw that the fat goose was about to turn into a dish, Lydia pointed at the goose in front of the plate and taught her a lesson. Lydia was devastated.

Elizabeth: "Don't peel the potatoes yet." (o‵-′)ノ

Lydia: "Oh." >ω<

Roast goose is very time-consuming. After cleaning, it must be marinated with olive oil, various herbs and spices, onions, peppers, etc. for at least an hour, and then baked in the oven for four or five hours.And after roasting for a while, take it out and brush a layer of oil, put some potatoes in the goose belly, bake it for a while and brush it with honey, stuff some meatballs in the goose belly, bake it for a while, take it out and brush a layer of oil, Stuff some bacon sausages inside the goose, and of course the always obligatory kohlrabi...until there's nothing left to cram into the goose.Mrs. Bennet also bakes side dishes that don't fit in the goose's belly directly in the oven.

This method is Mrs. Bennet's exclusive secret recipe. Every year she stuffs different things into the stomach of the goose, but the method is the same.

It can be said that this is a dish, or it can be said that this is the whole table dish, so it is not too much effort.

The main task of Miss Bennet is to make Christmas desserts. In fact, they started yesterday. They made a lot of biscuits, candies and fruit tarts. The bucket was buried in the snow and frozen, enough to eat for a long time.

Apart from helping out, all the girls have to do today is Christmas cakes and bread.

Mrs. Bennet's traditional Christmas cake is called... Let's put it this way, if you usually put [-] grams of sugar in [-] grams of flour to make a cake, this cake puts [-] grams of sugar in [-] grams of flour... It is the same as the one that is boiled directly with sugar Almost, but also very strong.Even Mr and Miss Bennet with a sweet tooth can only eat a thin slice.Then this thing is still durable, and it will be fine for at least a week in winter.

Jane felt that Mrs. Bennet might have done it on purpose.

O(one︿one+)o

This year's cake was finally made by Miss Bennet themselves. They decided to make a delicious and different cake from previous years.

"My arms are so sore!" Mary complained as she enjoyed Catherine's massage.They made ice cream yesterday and cake today, so the workload of mixing is quite heavy.

"We're all going to do it, you're the one who talks too much." Elizabeth stirred vigorously, but she had to rest after a while.

Jane was used to it. She had to beat egg whites every day at Hogwarts. Of course she was exhausted at first. Fortunately, Ben and Anna helped her, but she still missed the electric egg beater very much.

A few people were resting, and Mr. Bennet and Lydia, who were in charge of sweeping snow outside the door, came back.

Lydia doesn't like cooking, and she'd rather be outside in the cold and sweeping snow with Daddy than in the kitchen peeling potatoes.But after a busy morning, she was really hungry. Lydia knew that there must be a lot of delicious food in the kitchen at this time, so she rushed straight to the kitchen as soon as she entered the door.Unexpectedly, she had just reached the kitchen door when Jane, Elizabeth and Mary shouted together: "Stop!"

Lydia was so startled that she almost slipped in the doorway.

"I'm scared to death, what are you doing?" Lydia said dissatisfiedly hugging the door frame.

"Look at your muddy head and feet, are you going to enter the kitchen like this?" As soon as Elizabeth finished speaking, Mary immediately interjected, "Wash your hands, wash your face, change your clothes, and change your indoor shoes." Jane was more convincing "You don't want to eat something terrible in your cake, Lydia?"

"Lydia! We just waxed the floors the other day!" Mrs. Bennet yelled.

"But I'm not alone..." Lydia was about to say that there was Daddy, but when she turned her head, she saw that Mr. Bennet had left his coat at the door and was looking for indoor slippers to change.

Lydia: "..." 〒▽〒

Seeing this, Mr. Bennet stepped forward to save the scene, "Ah, Jane, here is a telegram from you."

"What? What? A telegram?" The others diverted their attention as soon as they heard it, and surrounded them together.

Jane herself was curious, who would send her the telegram?Mrs. Wood?No, it shouldn't be her. Could it be Mycroft?She also knew these two.

In fact, of course more than that.

Jane opened the telegram, there was only a date and a time on it, yesterday, then she looked at the signature, "SH"

Damn you dead bear child! (‘д’)

Jane squeezed the telegram into a ball. It may be that her expression was too ferocious, which made others curious and worried about what was written in the telegram. Can Jane, who has always been good-tempered, become angry?

"Daddy, I need to check the train timetable." Jane adjusted her mood and said to Mr. Bennet.

"okay."

This train timetable was bought by Mr. Bennet when Jane went to London before.

Jane soon found what she wanted, announcing to her family, "I'm sorry, Daddy and Mummy, but we're afraid we're going to have a guest with us for Christmas. It's a Mr. Holmes whose father is One of Uncle Gardner's most important partners and shareholders. Remember I said before that when I was at Uncle Gardner's, he invited an important guest to dinner? It was Mr. Holmes."

"But why did he come to you all of a sudden?" Mrs. Bennet felt that this was too strange. Instead of being with her family on such an important day, she came to find Jane. Could it be... Hiss!

Jane still doesn't know that her mother's brain is so open, "I don't know what he is doing, but he is also studying in Cambridge now. We didn't know it until we met by chance." Jane said with a headache, she felt In all likelihood, the brat ran out by himself.

Mr. Bennet, the head of the family, stopped everyone from making noise: "Okay, since there are guests coming, we can't neglect, let's tidy up a room and come out...Jane, when will he arrive?"

"But what room do we have?" cried Mrs. Bennet, adding to the commotion at the busiest hour, and Mrs. Bennet was very displeased with this Mr. Holmes.

Jane sighed, and said, "Give him my room, so I can squeeze in with Catherine or Lydia. And, Daddy, I'm afraid I'll have to meet him at the train station."

Really... you're welcome.While feeling upset, Elizabeth was also very curious about how Jane knew this kind of guy.

Because there was not enough time to pick up people, the original plan was disrupted, so everyone had to speed up, but fortunately it was not too late.

Jane packed up her own things in the guest room, moved to the girls' room, and changed all the sheets, quilts and pillowcases in the guest room.

After lunch, Mr. Bennet harnessed the carriage and went to pick up people with Jane.Although it was noon and the sun was still out, it was still cold. Mr. Bennet and Jane were fully armed, covered from head to toe, with thick blankets on their knees, and filled two hot water bottles before they set out on the road.

Counting enough time, Mr. Bennet and Jane were not in a hurry, so they drove the carriage slowly.There are few people in the wilderness in winter. When the carriage is walking on the path, you can see some land planted with winter wheat and some land with vegetables in the distance. All the plants are covered with a layer of snow. Sometimes you can see one or two fat rabbits In the vegetable field, they attract the foxes in the small forest far away and the eagles flying high in the sky.

"It's snowing so you don't have to water it. There's been a lot of snow this year, so the harvest should be good." Mr. Bennet pointed to the land and taught Jane, "The harvest of wheat fields that have been planted for several years will deteriorate, so we have to stop for a year. Let the land grow fat. Al's father can raise the soil, and every year I ask him to send fertilizer, and he gives it a lot, he is a good guy."

It was not the first time for Jane to go this way, so Mr. Bennet didn't say much. He turned to ask Jane about that Mr. Holmes.

"Do you know him well? What kind of temper is he?"

"Who? Sherlock?"

"Mr. Holmes, is his name Sherlock?"

"Oh yes, he is a man who is a bit unruly on the surface but has a gentleman's demeanor in his heart. He knows nothing about the world and the world. He always tells some big truths that offend others, but he is very protective of his friends. Sherlock looks down on people who are stupid than him, Sadly though, he's literally one of the smartest guys I've ever met."

"Sounds like a nice guy."

The author has something to say: Jane: So Sherlock Bear, Second Second, Sherlock Holmes, are you running away from home? -________-''?