[Emma] Becoming Jane Fairfax

After a night of nervous tension, Wei Lai fell asleep soundly. Near noon, he found that the sun had risen so high in his sleepy eyes that he hurriedly got up from the bed. It felt a bit like being late for school when he was a student. , in a hurry.

The skirts for the dinner party last night were unusable. Most of the clothes in the closet looked old. She found a yellow and white high-waisted long skirt from Jane’s box and changed it. When she was looking for a skirt, she found that Jane There were three newspapers in the box, which immediately reminded her of the occupational disease of journalists. She hadn't read newspapers in this era yet.

As soon as the newspaper was spread out, Patty, the maid, knocked on the door, telling her to have lunch.

Got it!

I don't know if sleeping late in this era means that there are no rules, and it is not the behavior that a lady should have.Not to mention the 21th century, it is the [-]st century, and people who sleep late will still be called lazy.

Wei Lai opened the door, expecting to be educated by Miss Bates and Mrs. Bates, but was almost blinded by Miss Bates' smile.

what's the situation?

"Jane, come quickly. It's time for dinner. Today Patty made your favorite baked apples, which were sent by Miss Woodhouse. According to Mr. Woodhouse's instructions, the apples were baked three times, and they must be better than we used to bake. Twice the apples are more delicious and nutritious. Oh, yes, there is also beef pie, which is the beef sent by Mrs. Cole. It was delivered early this morning. It is said that Mrs. Cole’s family just killed the cow this morning. I have always known that Cole's beef is very tender. When Mrs. Cole delivered it this morning, she specifically asked about your health. It is a pity that I did not hear your performance last night. She is a person who knows how to appreciate music. She I thought you didn't play last night because you weren't feeling well, and that's what I thought too, Jane, you scared the hell out of me if you didn't know. But, it's all right, you got a good night's sleep, and I see you look better than It was much more rosy yesterday. Mrs. Cole invited us to visit her new house next week. The Cole family's new house is very big. I'm sure Mrs. Cole has a piano at home. Then, she can enjoy your performance .”

It turned out that she was worried about her body, so she didn't say much after sleeping in.

It's okay, it's okay...huh?No... what does the last sentence mean?

play?

The fear of being dominated by the piano last night has not dissipated, Wei Lai did not hold back, and the expression on his face can be described as panic, which startled Miss Bates: "Jane?"

Hearing Miss Bates's "Jane" with a changed tone, Wei Lai stopped immediately, and restored her calm and gentle lady face, "It's okay, aunt, grandma, let's eat."

playing the piano...

This has become a big stone in Wei Lai's heart. At present, Miss Bates spreads the image of Jane as a perfect and talented woman. Then in the future, things like playing the piano will only be more or less, and she can't do it again. She is always on tenterhooks, waiting for Mr. Knightley to rescue her.

No, she can't sit still, she has to come up with a proper solution.

Wei Lai ate the sour baked apples that were sweet and sour, and thought of a way to deal with it. After eating an apple, the little light bulb of wisdom on top of her head lit up.

She figured out a way - to sing.

Last night, Emma and Frank's playing and singing left a deep impression on her. Judging from the guests' reaction to Frank's impromptu singing, the singing is also very recognized.Perhaps here, playing the piano and singing seem to be ways to show off one's talents to the outside world, otherwise, Frank would not have thought of using last night's occasion to promote Jane's talents.

When Wei Lai was in university, she won the top ten singers on campus. She can't play the piano, but singing is her strong point.She decided to learn a few popular songs and folk songs, so that they will come in handy next time when there is a talent show, and she doesn't have to wait for others to rescue her.

Solving her most worrying problem at present, Wei Lai was in a good mood and ate a few more mouthfuls of beef pie. As a result, she overestimated Jane's frail body, and a few mouthfuls of beef pie made her stomach feel bloated. It's hard.

Miss Bates deserves to be the best aunt in England, but if Jane shows a little discomfort, it is a life-threatening event in her eyes.She hurriedly called Petty to invite Dr. Perry, but Wei Lai stopped her, but she just couldn't digest it after eating too much, so there was no need to call for a doctor.Moreover, it costs a fee to call a doctor. Mrs. Bates's glasses are broken and she has no money to buy new ones, so don't spend money on such minor problems.

Miss Bates was worried, but Wei Lai insisted not to ask Dr. Perry.

"Auntie, I'm really fine. Hiccup, I'm fine. You don't need to ask Dr. Perry. I'll just go down and take a walk. Don't worry." Afraid that Miss Bates insisted on calling for a doctor, Wei Lai opened the door and went downstairs.

When the sound of the door closing downstairs came, Miss Bates came back to her senses and was shocked. How could Jane go out alone, at least she had to be accompanied.Miss Bates was old and sluggish, and by the time she hurried down the stairs the niece was nowhere to be seen.

Two days later, Wei Lai saw Highbury for the first time.The population of Highbury is not small, about the size of a town.The houses side by side on the flagstone road are typical English country cottages.Hatfield, where the Woodhouse family lived, was on the east side, and Downwell, where Mr. Knightley lived, was on the west.

As Wei Lai walked, he marked the characteristics of the places he passed along the way in his mind to prevent getting lost.She kept walking westward, and there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the road, and the quiet space gave her a chance to think.

After two days in this new world, she was so busy recognizing people, pretending to be good, observing the environment, and attending dinner parties that she had no time to think about her current situation.

Now, she can think about it carefully, what should she do next?

Wei Lai never thought about whether she would live in a foreign country with the body and name of Jane Fairfax for the rest of her life. In fact, she has never been a character who expresses her worries about writing new words. After becoming Jane, how to live and live well is what she has to think about.

As she thought before, it is definitely not possible to live on the Bates family. As far as she knows, the apples, beef and pork legs of the Bates family are all given by others. Relief.A family that needs help from neighbors for basic necessities, even if it has a maid, can it be called rich?

She still doesn't know what jobs women in this era can do besides tutors. The newspapers she found in Jane's luggage belong to three different newspaper offices. Does this mean that the newspaper industry is developing well?Can Women Work in Newspapers?

When the book is used, there is less hatred, and Wei Lai deeply understands this.She bit her nails and thought about it, but she couldn't get it right. If she had read more books on the history of tenth-century England, she wouldn't be blinded now.

She now has a goal of working and earning money.

Wei Lai thought about it all the way, and walked a long way unknowingly. When he looked up, he saw a small forest, and in the distance, he saw an endless forest.Frightened by the idea of ​​"I don't know if there will be fierce birds and beasts in the woods", she has no courage to go any further. If she goes in, she will not be able to get out. As soon as she turned around, she encountered a person who was more ferocious than birds and beasts. horrible people.

"Why are you here?" Wei Lai was still in shock.

Frank Churchill stood firmly behind her, held a flower in his hand, and smiled beautifully: "I saw you when you passed Landauer. Jane, this flower is for you."

I don't know if it's a rose or a rose, Wei Lai looked at it, but didn't reach out to pick it up.

Frank smiled, didn't say any more, took the flowers back, and at the same time took a step forward, he was a head taller than Jane, and looked down at the top of Jane's head tenderly.

Sensing his gaze, Wei Lai's hair stood up all over his body, what is this guy doing so close.

"Jane." The voice was soft and soft, and the hand was raised, "Farewell to Weymouth, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

Hands are touching shoulders.

"Mr. Frank Churchill." Wei Lai took a step back, "Be careful."

Frank frowned, with a half-smile: "Mr. Churchill? Jane, do you call me Mr. Churchill?"

Wei Lai's pressure doubled under his stare.

She had made a decision to divorce Frank Churchill before, but she hadn't had time to think about how to do it or how to say it. At least she couldn't put forward the divorce straightforwardly. There had to be a reason that could convince him. After all, they were also considered to be in free love. Yue, suddenly proposed to break off the engagement. Wouldn't it be strange to change it to someone else?

Wei Lai stabilized his mood and decided to change the subject: "Frank, Frank, is your aunt feeling better?"

Speaking of his aunt, Frank's expression became less pretty, and he lowered his voice: "My aunt's health is up and down, and her temper is worse than before. Even my uncle wants to let her go, so I can't make it public yet. Our relationship, but Jane, you believe me, I will definitely let them accept you as soon as possible."

After hearing this, Wei Lai confirmed his conjecture that Frank was living off his uncle and aunt, and the financial power was in the hands of his aunt.From what he meant, he wanted to wait until his aunt passed away before making the relationship public. What if his aunt lived to be a hundred years old?Just let Jane wait forever?

How is the private engagement of these two different from the elopement of Lydia and Willoughby in Pride and Prejudice?Don't they all only care about the present and not think about the future?

Wei Lai suddenly lost the interest to continue talking with him, and said lazily: "Well, I hope your aunt's health will get better soon, I've been out for a while, it's time to go home, otherwise my aunt should In a hurry."

Frank immediately noticed that Jane was unhappy, and he hurriedly followed, wanting to say something more, Wei Lai stretched out his hand, and said first: "Don't stand too close to us, if someone sees and spreads some gossip, You and I both know the consequences. Isn't it our consensus to keep a distance and pretend to be unfamiliar? I'll go first. "

Wei Lai didn't know that this grove was the apple grove of Mr. Knightley's family, and that she and Frank happened to be seen by a pair of eyes when they came out of the apple grove one after the other.

Lance Amedeo came to Highbury with John Knightley to escape the blind date maniac, his mother.The Amedeo family and the Knightley family are family friends, and the relationship between the two families has always been maintained very well.He hid in Downwell for half a month, and a few days before his planned return to London, Lance received a letter from his sister urging him to go home, telling him that there was a big problem with the newspaper left by his deceased father, and he was urgently needed to go back. So, after lunch, we bid farewell to the Knightley brothers, and rode back to London.

He was not far from Tangwell when he saw a man and a woman coming out of the apple grove. Reminiscent of the two short conversations he heard last night, the man on the horse raised his eyebrows and whipped Swinging on the horse's ass, turned around and walked in the other direction.

The author has something to say: Frank didn't even have a serious job when he got engaged to Jane...