Lady of the Lord From the East

Christmas in the thirteenth century was just a religious holiday, a holiday set up to celebrate the birth of Jesus. At this time, there was no Santa Claus, people would not prepare a sumptuous Christmas meal at home, and it was not a child. One of our most anticipated festivals.

At this time, everyone celebrates the Christmas Eve the previous day, and attends the midnight mass in the church at midnight. Of course, for people in countries with high beliefs, this is a very important mass, but for Prady For ordinary civilians, the reason why they are willing to go to church without sleep most of the night is only because of the food that will be distributed after Mass.

In the whole of Sardinson County, there are four churches in total plus the one in the manor. These churches are not large enough to accommodate everyone. In the past, the commoners were willing to wait outside the church until the food was distributed, but this year, they lived far away. Those who prefer to stay at home and have a good night's sleep, the bread and drinks given out by the church are no longer enough to keep them out of the warm bed.

However, even in places where this religion is not prosperous, there are devout believers, so several churches are still very lively tonight, but there are fewer people who used to wait outside.

Of course, ordinary civilians can not go, but the earl family must participate.

Just like attending the midnight mass in Wangdu last year, the three elders of Felix's family went to sleep early this night, and were woken up before midnight, dressed up and rushed to the church, and in the church, Father Matthew. Ready to start Mass.

This church is a small church attached to the manor. The original resident church member was only Father Matthew. As he is old, he invites people to help with the daily maintenance of the church. Even the choir is done by himself. The children who live in the manor are selected to sing well, so except for every mass, the church is quiet. Even Father Matthew doesn’t often spend the night here. He prefers to live in a crowded place. in the castle.

However, after 200 small serfs lived here at the beginning of this year, Father Matthew was very willing to stay in the church. Except for the previous period of recuperation, Father Matthew basically lived in the church with the children. of.

However, this situation continued until November, when the collective dormitories for the small serfs were finally built, so they all moved out.

Father Matthew was alone in the church again, but he did not feel alone, because the children would still come to class during the day, and every day the children would take turns staying in the church to take care of him, and they would be responsible for the daily cleaning of the church, He cooks and washes clothes for the priest, takes care of his daily life, and sincerely treats him as an elder.

Wei Wei knew about this, but she didn't mean to interfere with their relationship. At first, she was a little worried that Father Matthew was brainwashing the children into church believers. It turned out that even if he didn't do it on purpose, most of the children were indeed They became believers, but this belief is not the only and the highest. Compared with belief in gods, they obviously revere their lord family more. Becoming a knight/official/maid of the Williams family, etc., all of them have eyes glittering, and they are even more excited than seeing a **** statue.

So there is no need to be afraid of the church abducting people to their side.

However, Father Matthew still found a few suitable seedlings and prepared to train them so that he could take over his own class in the future, and this has been approved by Felix and Wei Wei.

Midnight Mass began, and Wei Wei was still thinking about tomorrow.

After all, it is Christmas that has affected the whole world. If I don’t celebrate it, I always feel that this festival is in vain. So Wei Wei had someone cut down a suitable pine tree and put it in the castle hall with decorations on it. All kinds of pendants made by the maids, such as lace snowflakes woven with thread, colorful ribbons with bows, small red socks, small wooden **** coated with gold and red, and the top one made of copper. Stars, etc., although there are no decorative light bulbs but with candles, this Christmas tree can still attract everyone's attention at night.

Christmas tree is a custom that existed for a long time, but it is not very popular. Many religious countries do not have the habit of placing Christmas trees, and no one does it in Prady.

So from the beginning of the Christmas tree layout, it attracted a lot of attention from the castle, Dolores and Caroline followed it, and Caroline saw the little old man in red with felt hanging on the Christmas tree by the maid (Christmas tree). After the old man), he took the initiative to bring some of his dolls and wanted Wei Wei to help her hang them.

These dolls range from human-shaped dolls like Dolores' Amy to cute animal dolls. They are all toys that Dolores made for Caroline. Caroline usually treasures them. Among them, her favorite One has to take it everywhere, and stay with her for a while, but at the moment she is willing to contribute it all. That cute and looking forward little appearance has ruined Wei Weimeng, who has been very motherly recently, and holding her is just a few. Kiss, and then only chose the smallest doll and hung it up, fulfilling her little wish.

Caroline, who is already two years old, is well raised now. Although her physique is still weaker than that of healthy children, she can hardly see the signs of premature babies from the outside, and there is a lot of flesh on her face. She is Dolores. Si's favorite little model, those cute and beautiful clothes that Wei Wei helped her to draw, but not very suitable for the style of wearing in this period, Dolores will make her doll Amy first to try it on, and if she is satisfied, just try it on. I will make another set of sizes suitable for Caroline, so this little girl's dress is always novel to everyone, but it is extraordinarily cute.

And now she can speak a lot, and has the strong curiosity that a child of this age should have. When she curiously pointed to the red and white-bearded old man on the Christmas tree and asked "what is this", Wei Wei was naturally very happy Tell her the story of Santa Claus.

I don't know if I don't understand it, but Caroline accurately grasped one word: "Gift!"

She knows what gifts are. Her little aunt often gives her dolls and clothes, and her aunt always prepares her with all kinds of fun toys, and they are, without exception, gifts.

So the little lady knows that gifts are all kinds of beautiful and fun things! She likes it very much!

"Santa Claus, present!" The little lady was held in her arms by Dolilith, twisted like a small twist, trying to find Wei Wei next to her to hug her, but Wei Wei's current situation was not suitable for hugging her, so she only Reach out and let the little hand with the tiny dimples reaching towards her grab him.

She smiled and asked her, "Does Caroline want a present from Santa?"

"Well, a gift!" Caroline looked at Wei Wei with bright eyes. Although she couldn't be hugged, she was willing to hold hands.

"Only good children can get gifts."

Wei Wei touched her little curly hair. To say that after raising her for so long, there is nothing about Caroline that she is not satisfied with, that is, her hair, Caroline's hair color and Williams family tradition Her pure blonde hair is a little different, the color is slightly darker, close to dark gold, this color Wei Wei thinks is very good-looking, but her hair volume is relatively small, just because it is curly and looks fluffy, you will find it if you really get started In fact, it's a bit less, which is not a good thing for a woman who is proud of thick hair. I just hope that I can help her keep her hair well in the future.

"Caroline is good." The little lady nestled on Dolores' shoulders. The bright blue eyes were inherited from the family, and because of her young age, she looked rounder and bigger. With her curled eyelashes, when she looked intently When you are with a person, the innocence and cuteness flowing in and out is like a little angel.

"Really good?" Wei Wei used her other free hand to lightly stick to Caroline's face, without any force, she just pretended to shake it twice.

The adults knew that the increasingly lively Caroline could not be regarded as a good child. She was curious and mischievous, and she always caused a lot of trouble for Mrs. Nancy every day.

But the little lady thought she was a good child, she nodded seriously to prove herself: "Good!"

That little one is cute.

"Well, good kids can get Santa's presents, but not until Christmas."

Caroline tilted her head, only to understand that she can receive gifts, but she does not understand what Christmas is.

Wei Wei could only tell her that she had to wait two times after dark, and this time was the day before Christmas Eve.

Such a young child has not received special education, and of course has no concept of numbers, but she vaguely knew that it should not be a long time for it to get dark twice, so she woke up the next morning and asked Wei Wei when she saw it. Does she have any gifts?

Wei Wei simply took her and took her to the garden: "Our Caroline has been waiting for a day, and another day. At this time tomorrow, Santa's gifts will be delivered."

So at midnight that day, before going out to attend the midnight mass, Wei Wei asked the maid to stack the wrapped gifts under the Christmas tree in the hall. Felix and Dolores, who went out with her, did not notice this.

They finished the midnight mass in the church, ate the communion, and then returned to the castle. Although they had slept before, they still felt tired, especially Wei Wei. Although she was in good health, she did not suffer from morning sickness or the like. The situation, but her energy is still not as good as before, she became lethargic, and now she has developed the habit of going to bed early, and suddenly asked her to stay up late, she really couldn't hold it, and fell asleep in the carriage on the way back. .

When he got back to the castle, Felix saw that she was fast asleep, and was not willing to wake her up, so he got out of the car with the person, and under the guidance of the servant's lighting, he carried the person back to the bedroom to rest all the way.

The next day, Wei Wei naturally woke up a little later than usual, and she woke up under Felix's gaze.

Wei Wei still had some memories of how she got back to the bedroom when she was half-awake. She opened her eyes and smiled at Felix who was lying on her side: "Good morning."

"It's getting late, you woke up two hours later than usual." Felix said nervously, "You've been sleeping more and more recently, are you really okay?"

A man who is about to become a father is always overly conscious of crisis. Wei Wei's slightly different things will make him worry for a long time, and he can't wait to get pregnant instead of her.

"It's okay, it's normal." Wei Wei was about to get up as soon as she supported her hands, and Felix hurried to help her: "It will get better in a while."

Felix was skeptical, but seeing that Wei Wei's face was ruddy, her eyes were clear, and she didn't look tired, she was a little relieved.

In comparison, Wei Wei felt that he needed a good rest. All night his beard stubble appeared, and it was estimated that he had been worrying about him recently. He didn't sleep well at night, and his eyes were bloodshot at the moment. The whole person looks a little sloppy.

But Wei Wei no longer dislikes Felix like this. They know each other's state clearly in the morning. After living together, the relationship between the two is getting better and better, and many details that they would pay attention to before have gradually become larger and larger. Just like Felix used to only show Wei Wei the best side of himself, now he doesn't mind Wei Wei seeing her lazy appearance at all. Similarly, Wei Wei doesn't need to be in front of him every day. Holding it like a lady, I don't mind showing him some little habits that are not ladylike.

And such a change did not make them feel bad. On the contrary, the two prefer the current way of getting along.

I don't know how long he watched before she woke up.

Wei Wei wanted to push the person back to sleep again, but she looked at the newly imitated pendulum clock in the room, and the hour hand on it was almost reaching ten o'clock.

Time to go downstairs for dinner.

In winter, Sardinson County is finally not so busy, and Felix finally has free time. He has restored the daily training time that he had to reduce due to busyness to two hours a day, but because he was worried about his wife, he I only want to practice swordsmanship after Wei Wei wakes up, but Wei Wei got up late today, Felix has been waiting, and today's training will naturally be in vain.

"It doesn't matter, I'm on vacation today, and I won't do anything but rest!"

Since everyone has been given a holiday, how can he continue to work as a lord, so today he will have a holiday together!

There's nothing more happier for busy workers than a vacation, oh, except for promotions and pay raises.

But Felix is ​​the biggest one in Satinson County and has no chance of promotion and salary increase, so taking vacation is his greatest pleasure.

Not only did he want to give himself a vacation, but Wei Wei was not allowed to touch work today, and he couldn't even talk about it. Both of them needed to enjoy this rare vacation.

Of course, Wei Wei had to follow him on this matter, not to mention that she had no plans to handle official business today.

The couple tangled in the bedroom for a while before they had to pack up and go downstairs for dinner before lunch began.

Nowadays, the upper and lower castles are used to three meals a day, but because the owners get up at different times, their breakfasts do not need to be eaten together. Everyone can choose to eat in their own rooms or in the restaurant, or even in the garden. It is also possible to find a place with a beautiful view and enjoy the view while eating.

Only lunch and dinner are to be used together.

When Wei Wei and Felix came down, Dolores was already waiting in the restaurant, and even Caroline was there. The little lady hadn't learned to eat by herself, so Mrs. Nancy usually took care of her eating alone. Not with anyone else, but today is clearly not the same.

Mrs. Nancy got Wei Wei's instructions yesterday that Caroline and her family will eat lunch and dinner today, so she brought Caroline before the meal.

Today's Dolores and Caroline are both wearing red skirts and red boots, a small cape of the same color on their shoulders, and a red Christmas hat with white trim on their heads, standard Christmas dress.

This dress was prepared by Wei Wei for the maid. She has the same one herself. She is wearing it, but without a hat, and Felix, the head of the family, has not escaped a red dress today. If he gains weight, he will Bring a fake beard, it's a standard Santa Claus dress.

And Felix, who is not fat at all, but has strong muscles all over his body, is tall and big, wearing this two-piece Christmas costume with a belt around his waist, he looks handsome and tough, and has no sense of disobedience at all. .

Even he was very interested in this kind of easy-to-move tops and bottoms, and he felt that he could wear them when hunting on horseback.

"It's more comfortable and convenient to wear than the previous suits." As a knight who often needs to use force, Felix doesn't like the tight clothes of suits, although some aristocrats have become popular at fancy dress parties when they were in the capital. He wore a suit when he was married, but he hasn't worn it since he got married.

Christmas clothes are different from suits. Although they are two-piece suits, Christmas clothes are loose and comfortable, which is very convenient for activities. It is much more convenient than the robes they usually wear when they don’t wear armor.

"It's just that the color is too conspicuous. It's more suitable for hunting to change to an inconspicuous color." At this time, noble men did not reject bright colors, especially red. The existence of cardinals made this color the color with the highest class attribute. The color most often worn by nobles, both male and female.

"Okay, I'll make you a hunting outfit later." Wei Wei thought of British-style hunting outfits, similar to suits, but very convenient to move.

Well, I just ordered a set for myself and Dolores. The little girl is learning to ride horses this year. Side riding is not as convenient as straddle riding.

As for the fact that women can't straddle or wear pants, it doesn't work for her, and it doesn't even work for Prady now. Who wouldn't wear a pair of dresses under the big dresses of the banquets among the current noble ladies What about warm woolen trousers, otherwise that kind of skirt is fine in summer, but in winter it will freeze people.

After accepting wool pants, I will subtly recommend them to wear culottes like skirts in the future. Sooner or later, everyone will get used to women wearing pants.

So these constraints on women will gradually change.

Felix took Wei Wei to the seat. Today's focus is on the Christmas meal for dinner, so the lunch preparation is very simple, except that Caroline needs someone to feed her when she eats, causing a lot of noise, and the others are quiet enough to enjoy the meal point.

And Caroline obviously still remembered the gift. When she was eating, she began to ask questions again. Because of this, she refused to eat well. She kept trying to climb down from the chair to find Wei Wei.

Wei Wei had to tell her: "Santa Claus has already brought gifts, but we can't get them until our Caroline has eaten, because Santa Claus only likes good children, and bad children have no gifts, Carol Does Lin want to be a good kid or a bad kid?"

"I'm good." Caroline was confident in her own honey, and firmly believed that she was the best child.

"Good children will eat well, will Caroline eat well?"

Caroline looked down at the different baby food supplements in front of her. In order to make her have an appetite, all the food was colorful, and she actually liked it.

So she turned her head and ordered her own food to Mrs. Nancy who was feeding her: "Madam, eat this."

Unlike other children, Caroline, who was orphaned shortly after birth, would not say "mother and father", but "Mrs." when she spoke, and the lady in her mouth always referred to Mrs. Nancy. A nanny lady.

In her heart, Mrs. Nancy was probably her mother, who could not even be replaced by her real relatives, and Mrs. Nancy, who had no children, was obviously raising her as her own.

But everyone knows that the way older people love their children is to give what they want, and to spoil them infinitely. In this regard, Nancy obviously has a common language with those grandmothers. She is always responsive to Caroline. Therefore, Caroline becomes more naughty and mischievous day by day, but since Mrs. Nancy still has two masters on her head, she is not able to decide everything about Caroline, and children are the most observant. Knowing who is the oldest in the family, Caroline rarely makes trouble when it comes to Felix and Wei Wei.

And Mrs. Nancy also planned for the young lady. She knew that only with the love of the Count and his wife, Caroline could live a good life in the future, so she always found an opportunity to send Caroline to the two of them. Wei Wei also liked this little girl very much, and she was willing to play with her when she was not busy, and even had people make a lot of toys for her, which made Caroline like her aunt more and more.

But what she likes and trusts most is undoubtedly Madam Nancy, the person who accompanies her every day.

Mrs. Nancy heard that she took the initiative to eat, and hurriedly scooped the spoon to Caroline's mouth. Seeing that she didn't dodge, but obediently opened her mouth and tried to chew slowly with a mouthful of millet teeth, she felt happier.

She knows her own faults and is worried about making Caroline a stubborn, willful and unlikable girl, but obviously the three elders in the family have played a crucial role in Caroline's words and deeds, so Caroline is naughty Gui is naughty, but he knows when to be good and when to be coquettish and ask for things.

After the family finished their lunch, Caroline climbed down from the chair and ran to Wei Wei, hugging her thigh and raising her face with anticipation: "Wei Wei, where's the dress?"

Westerners are not as particular as Easterners when it comes to addressing them. Children can call their parents by their first names. Caroline was young and called her Weiwei after Dolores, and she happily agreed.

"The presents are under the Christmas tree. It's the tree with a lot of stuff and Caroline's doll. Do you remember where the tree is?"

"Remember!"

The little lady let go of her aunt's leg, grabbed her hand, and wanted to see the gift.

Wei Wei took the initiative to be dragged away, while beckoning her husband and sister-in-law to the hall together.

For the holidays, there is no reason to prepare only one gift.