[Comprehensive Classics] Different Jane

"So, it's over?" Jane was very curious. It must be very interesting to work a dead house like Mycroft to go to France.

It wasn't really funny, and it gave Mycroft another headache to think about it, and it wasn't completely resolved.

Mycroft suddenly blurted out: "Jane, do you want to hire a small worker?" He immediately waved his hand to veto, "No, just pretend I didn't say anything."

Unexpectedly, Jane grabbed Mycroft's hand and pressed it on the table, "No, tell me, do you have any candidates?"

Jane has long wanted to hire a small laborer. These days, there is no such thing as child labor. If you can't do much work, you have to have an extra mouth to eat. Many craftsmen don't like to use it.

If it's just eating with more mouths, Jane doesn't care, the main reason is that she has too many little secrets, and it's too unreliable to just find a kid.

Mycroft grasped the spirit very quickly this time, he thought for a while, and said: "A boy who can only speak French, named Toby, is about twelve or thirteen years old, and has been fostered in a small hotel in the French countryside. Will work too. His mother died not long ago and his father commissioned me to bring him back to England, but I'm afraid that's all he can do for his son. That's what bothers me, the guy You just asked me to help before... now you want to leave the boy's matter to me." Mycroft also couldn't help showing a headache and an angry expression.

An illegitimate child, Jane immediately thought so, she opened her mouth, and didn't ask who the boy's father was, just asked: "Aren't you going to send him to school?"

"I thought so, but the boy's father is weak and timid, and his mother is reckless and stupid. I can't see how smart this boy is. Even if he goes to school, what can he learn? What can he do after graduation? Why? Accountant? Steward? Servant? Why don’t you just learn something to support yourself. He can’t even speak English now.” Mycroft became annoyed again as he spoke. This mess should not be accepted.At first, he thought it was just a matter of paying a sum of money, but he didn't expect that the boy's biological mother and adoptive father were both dead, and his adoptive mother was unwilling to raise another child, while the boy's biological father was afraid that his family and marriage partner would find out about this. Boy and let it go.

Mycroft tried to suppress the veins popping out of his forehead.

Obviously before, he begged so much that he had to run away, but now he has such an evasive attitude... Is he, Mycroft Holmes, such a talkative person?If he had known earlier, he shouldn't have softened his heart.

"If you don't mind, you can let him try it, but you have to make sure that any problems that may arise are settled."

Jane thought about it for a while and felt that the boy's qualifications are quite suitable. Doesn't the possibility of exposure be reduced if he can't speak English?

And let Mycroft, who always "talks by himself, run errands by others", run errands in person. The boy's biological father and Mycroft must be very good friends. So it relieved Mycroft's problem.

Jane chatted with Mycroft for a while, only to feel that the feeling between Mycroft and Mycroft was much closer, and some words were not as embarrassing as they were seen in the letter before.

But after Jane looked back to Pinpin, she felt that Mycroft seemed to be lowering her IQ to fall in love with her?

This...is true love? (*￣ω￣)

Mycroft and the boy Toby didn't live in the hotel, but rented a small house. I don't know where he found a French-speaking nanny who could temporarily teach Toby some simple English and He can read.

This would give Mycroft time to spend with Jane, since he still had a long vacation.

Mycroft was an official visit to Mrs. Wood, and took Jane away from her. This made Mrs. Wood very puzzled besides being polite. She asked Jane: "Is Mr. Holmes pursuing you? He will ask you Marriage proposal?" It's not quite proper for two people to hang out alone holding hands like this, but it doesn't matter if they are unmarried couples.

Of course Jane couldn't say that Mycroft had proposed to her, but she didn't think it quite right.She said to Mrs. Wood: "Nobody knows us anyway. Mycroft is on business, and he's going back to London in a few days."

Mrs. Wood, of course, did not accept this explanation. She wanted Dwyer to go with her, but Jane refused.

"Mycroft is a gentleman," said Jane to Mrs. Wood.

Mycroft was of course a gentleman, so the first time he just invited Jane for a walk.

"I heard that Sherlock often goes to Hogwarts, doesn't he bother you?" Mycroft found a topic.

"Of course not, he paid for it~" Jane said with a smile, "We often play crossword puzzles."

Uh, this Mycroft knows, I heard that Sherlock has always won less and lost more before.

"How is London? I read the newspaper and it said there might be an epidemic. Is it true? I heard that three homeless people died." This was what Jane saw in the newspaper a few days ago, "Oh, I forgot, you were not in London before."

"No, I know a little about this. It's not an epidemic, it's poisoning. Those three people have indeed been poisoned." Mycroft walked beside Jane with his hands behind his back, and he leaned slightly to look at Jane. .

"Oh my god, poisoning? Who would do that?" Jane was indeed frightened. As a former socialist youth, the daughter of a small gentry family in a quiet country, Jane never thought that killing would be so far away from her. close.

"If only you were in London at that time, you are so smart, you must think of who is so terrible." Jane really thought so.

"Oh, I'm not very interested in these things. If it's Sherlock, he might be more curious. He always likes all kinds of puzzles." Mycroft still knows his brother very well.

The topic turned to Sherlock again, Jane... It's hard to explain in one word, is it true that the legendary brother-in-law is true?

Mycroft accidentally saw Jane's strange expression, "Huh? What's the matter? Did Sherlock do something?"

"No... just talking about Sherlock, I asked him what kind of job he wants to support himself in the future..."

Jane originally thought that Mycroft would brag to her that "my brother can do anything", but Mycroft seemed to have misunderstood, and he asked enthusiastically, "Has he started thinking about this problem now? How did he do it?" said?"

Jane told Mycroft solemnly: "He said he relied on his father in the past, and relied on his brother in the future."

Mycroft: "..."

Really... as expected of Sherlock, Mycroft raised his forehead.

"Your brother is a debt!" Mycroft couldn't help but sigh.

"That's right, so is my sister!" Jane couldn't help but said, "Oh, it's really not easy for girls to learn something."

"It's not easy for us," said Mycroft.

This is the truth, every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, and being the eldest son (daughter) of the family is such a sad reminder, especially when there are bear children in the family.For a moment, Jane and Mycroft had a feeling of sympathy for each other.

The two chatted very happily, and when Mycroft sent Jane back, he asked her: "Want to visit the library of Cambridge University?"

"Is it possible?" Jane was surprised, "Is this appropriate?"

"Of course, er, as long as you want." Mycroft had already made plans, "I can arrange a small room, but it may not be convenient to go to the hall to feel the atmosphere there."

"My God, I really want to go!" It would be nice to be able to go, and Jane was not picky at all, so the two made an appointment to meet next time.

This news made Jane very excited. It was a surprise to be able to visit the Cambridge University library in this era, and Jane gave Mycroft a lot of points in her heart.

Jane was happy, and there were new tricks for Hogwarts desserts.

Now Anna is proficient at making beautiful toast and neat cake embryos, bread can be used to make several simple sandwiches with fresh fruits, vegetables, sausages, and ham, and cakes can be processed into cream cakes and cake rolls. This has become a regular snack at Hogwarts.

Jane was going to do something different.

Make red bean paste ahead of time, and Jane will make two red bean paste snacks today: red bean paste pancakes (dorayaki) and sesame red bean paste cakes.

Flour, eggs, sugar, milk, and baking soda are used to make batter. Originally, this cake should be made in a pan, but this is too inefficient. It is as easy as making a cake with an oven and a mold, and it only takes a few seconds to cook.Jane does not make it into a circle, but directly cuts it into a square, which is easy to control and the finished product is neat, with sweet bean paste in the middle.

Sesame bean paste cake is not troublesome. Butter, sugar and flour are mixed into a dough, wrapped with bean paste and rolled into a long strip, brushed with egg liquid with honey on one side, sprinkled with sesame seeds, cut into small pieces of [-] to [-], and baked until golden brown .

The red bean paste cake is soft and glutinous, while the sesame red bean paste cake is crispy, especially after the sesame seeds are roasted, the aroma is almost wafting across the street.These two snacks are simple to make. Jane teaches Anna while making them, and Anna can make them next time.

"Oh, these apples are not very good." Ben, who was receiving the goods, suddenly cried out. He shook the basket containing the apples, revealing the apples underneath.

These apples were originally stored last autumn. Unexpectedly, the deliveryman stuffed a few half-rotten apples under the basket, and cunningly turned the rotten side to the bottom.Ben didn't check for a while, so he accepted the defective product, and he shouted angrily: "This cunning fox, hateful Bevan, how dare he!"

Ben thought it was his fault, because the fruit merchant had been fine, so he let down his vigilance and didn't inspect the goods properly. He was angry and scared, worried that Jane would blame him.

Jane came over to have a look, indeed, it looked like it was on purpose, and she felt a little uncomfortable, so she told Ben, "Keep these rotten apples, his family's payment will be delayed for a few days. Give him back these rotten apples." If she doesn't do something, the other party will easily push forward.

"You must check every basket carefully." Jane warned Ben, "Forget it this time, if there is another one next time, you will have to pay for the loss yourself."

"Okay, I see, Miss Bennet." Ben wiped his sweat.

But because there are rotten apples, this basket of apples must be used up quickly, otherwise other good apples will start to rot.

"Let's make an apple boat today. Anyway, there is still time... make bread first." Jane thought for a while and said.

Anna was very afraid that Jane would lose her temper. She had been lowering her head and pretending that she was busy since just now. As soon as she heard Jane start giving orders, she immediately did as Jane said.

The temporary snacks did not have a recipe list written in advance, so Jane went through it carefully in her mind before starting to do it.

Apple boats use soft bread, which is similar to toast, but it is not a few small doughs rolled up and baked together in a mold, but a piece of dough that is rolled continuously, kneaded into an olive shape, and scratched on the surface Make a few slashes and bake individually on a baking sheet.

The scratched part of the bread will burst when it is baked, and the crispy crust on the top will make a crisp sound when pinched in the hand.Cut the bread into two-centimeter slices and continue to toast in the oven for a few seconds, so that each slice of bread becomes very crispy.

Apple slices, not too thin, marinate in sugar water for a few minutes, and then boil the sugar water into caramel water.Slightly fry the apple slices with butter. After the bread is slightly cooled, squeeze the butter on top. Put the apple slices on the bread slices, pour caramel water, and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

The appearance is very good, the aroma of the bread and the sweetness of the apple are completely integrated, the apple slices on the top are soft, and the bread slices below are crispy, the taste is very special, and it is also very convenient to take away, but the sugar content is a bit high.Fortunately, the British like high sugar content, and Jane herself is a bit insensitive to this... although she made it herself.

The author has something to say: Mycroft: My brother is a bear.

Jane: My sister is very bear.

Mycroft/Jane: (shaking hands) Love!