[Tess of the D'Urbervilles] Concubine Wan Gui counterattacks the doormat

Jack Durbeyfield staggered down the path.He couldn't maintain a straight line when he walked, and more often he swayed to the left.

The people passing by saw him, and they all joked, "Sir John, which dinner party are you back from again?"

Poor old Jack couldn't tell that anyone was mocking him, and with a face flushed with drunkenness, he said triumphantly: "Hey, man, when our Tess marries Mr. Alec, I'll go to town Go to the most famous Hualusi Hotel and drink the best wine."

In the past week, since Tess was taken to the d'Urberville estate, the whole village of Marlotte knew that Jack, who is lazy and lazy, had a good fortune and his beautiful eldest daughter Tess was about to become a rich man. Ma'am, the Jack family is about to have a rich relation.Whenever everyone lamented Jack's good luck, old Jack didn't take it seriously.

"It's not a big deal. Our ancestors were once knighted in the Royal Oak, and their names are recorded in the royal family's Piper Register. Pastor Tringham knows our family history very well. As long as the news comes It is rumored that noble families like me will come to visit me in droves in carriages!" Old Jack said.

Hearing this, the people around looked at their family in a different way. It turned out that they were descendants of aristocratic families. They had a distinguished family background, inscriptions of Ji Gong, and noble blood flowing in their bodies. Thinking about it this way, Tess' good luck seemed to go with the flow.For such a beautiful and noble woman, apart from wealthy gentlemen, they couldn't imagine any other man who could be qualified to pluck her this flower.But as the number of old Jack showing off increased, everyone gradually became bored with him.Therefore, every time they got close to Old Jack, everyone deliberately made fun of him, and there was hostility and jealousy hidden in their words that they didn't know about.

When Lisa came out to look for someone, she saw her father was spitting and flaunting their family's prestige history to the people around him. The people around him looked at him like they were looking at a clown.Lisa got angry immediately, ran over and gave those troublemakers a vicious look, and she sighed helplessly until they all dispersed wisely.

"Dad, Mom is still waiting for you to cook." She said dissatisfied.

Although Old Jack loves vanity, he still loves his children sincerely, so he doesn't mind Lisa's complaints, and he smiles and walks home with his arms around Lisa's thin shoulders.

As soon as the low wooden door was pushed open, the third daughter Susu and the fourth daughter Panpan flew over like butterflies.

"Dad, Dad, do I look good?" They said, happily showing the new skirts they were wearing in front of Old Jack.

"Honey, where did these come from?" Old Jack stayed in Rolliver's Tavern all afternoon, seeing his daughter wearing new clothes suddenly, his drunken mind couldn't react for a while.

The simple Mrs. Durbeyfield was very excited to see her man back, "Oh, dear, come and see our dinner tonight, I promise you will be very happy to see you." Beside the square dining table, he waved vigorously at him.

Hearing this, Old Jack immediately left Lisa, who was still in his arms, and walked quickly to the dining table, where he saw the dinner covered by a new plate on each person's exclusive seat.He couldn't wait to lift the plate, and saw the chicken chops on the clean plate.

"Oh, oh! My God! It's meat, it's meat, and God knows how long I haven't eaten meat! Thank you Lord, thank you, the merciful and almighty Lord!"

Lisa couldn't help but want to taste the taste of this chicken.Since she traveled here, she hasn't eaten a good meal. You can see that she is 12 years old but still has thin arms and thin legs, and she is malnourished. She can't understand why she can't eat well. The mother and father with a body are fat, while the elder sister Tess is developed and enchanting. Only myself and a group of younger brothers and sisters are so thin that it is reasonable.But maybe this is the power of the novel, everything is needed by the plot.

Before Lisa could think for too long, she heard Mrs. Durbeyfield yelling "Dinner's ready, dear." Her body had already reacted quickly before her mind, and she rushed to the table.

Mrs. Durbeyfield was sitting at the dining table with her youngest son under two years old in her arms. The elder brother Abby sensiblely tore a small piece of shredded chicken with his hands and fed it to the younger brother. Panpan and Susu stared at The chicken exudes an attractive aroma, which is reluctant to eat.Lisa chewed and chewed repeatedly in small bites, in order to keep the wonderful meaty taste in her mouth longer.

Old Jack didn't care about this, he chewed, and still complimented Alec loudly: "I guess this must be a gift from our kind and benevolent Mr. Alec, he is so kind, oh, wish God bless him!"

Mrs. Durbeyfield was very happy, and echoed: "Oh, my sir, you are right. It is indeed our kind Mr. Alec who ordered his most loyal housekeeper, Mr. Groby, to send us off in a tall carriage. From these things, it is obvious that I was right to let our beautiful Tess know this relative, and you see, now our family will soon have a noble gentleman as a son-in-law!"

Old Jack had already devoured the last bite of his own chicken, and he couldn't get enough of it. With his legs spread wide, he leaned comfortably on the chair and shouted loudly: "Ma'am, I want to eat—" He paused, "Okay Well, if there is haggis, I will eat fried haggis, if there is no haggis, I will eat blood sausage, if there is no blood sausage, then I can only make do with the small intestine.”

"Is there anything else I can do for you, my sir?"

"It would be great if you can have a glass of rum!"

Mrs. Durbeyfield put her little son in her arms into Lisa's arms, causing Lisa to complain: "Mom, I'm still eating!" Although Lisa said so, she still had one hand free He helped the little brother whose soft body and round eyes were rolling.

"Well, my dear Lisa, I know you are always the best." After finishing speaking, Mrs. Durbeyfield hummed a little tune and went to add dinner for her husband.

Lisa angrily hugged her little brother who was crawling around in her arms and turned around, met his clear round eyes under the long eyelashes, "If you don't behave well, I'll spank you, you know? "

The younger brother, who was less than one year old, shrank in fright from his sister's eyes, and secretly looked at her with frightened eyes.

*****

"From today until the end of my wedding, Mr. Henri-André Joseph Courve Demville will be the new steward of the manor, and he will be responsible for all the work in the future. Let us welcome our Mr. Demville Alec summoned all the servants to the living room, and introduced the stern-faced middle-aged man behind him who was wearing a neat suit with a white folded collar tightly around his neck.

"It's an honor to serve you, my master." Mr. Demville bowed to Alec without a trace of emotion, then glanced at the servants around him, and said seriously: "I hope we can get along well, my friends."

Everyone present shuddered.

Alec caught a sharp glimpse of the green figure on the stairs, happily went up to him, and carefully supported her, "My honey, why did you come down?"

The empress casually placed her right hand on Alec's broad palm, and Alec didn't feel that there was anything wrong with it. His left arm firmly embraced her shoulder from behind her, and his right hand lightly held onto her palm, slowly rotating along it. Down the stairs.

Among the crowd, the empress saw Demville, who was upright and stern, at a glance.

Demville met the eyes of the empress, immediately lowered his eyelids politely, put the hat in his hand on his left chest, and bent over.

Alec saw the assembled male servants staring straight at his woman, he was a little displeased, and said, "It's time to leave, hurry up and go to work!"

The crowd dispersed slowly as if they had just woken up from a dream. Soon, there were only the unmarried couple and Mr. Demville in the living room.

Although Demville didn't show his face, he showed more sincerity to his mother than Alec, and his sensitivity to noble temperament made him mistakenly think that his mother was born in a noble family. Can't imagine what the truth is.Not long after he learned that the empress was born in a family of knights that had declined for many generations, and that her father was a lazy peddler, he could only think that the lady in front of him had not humiliated the noble blood that flowed through her body because of poverty. .

"Good afternoon, dear lady." He greeted solemnly.

The empress sat down comfortably on the soft leather sofa under Alec's service, leaned lazily, raised her eyelids, and responded: "Oh, good afternoon, sir."

Demville resisted the urge to correct his wife's sitting posture. He has always been strict with himself, because he served a strict noble family, so he never encountered a situation where the mistress was indecent. And the principle of not being able to lose face to his master in public, he could only force himself to bow his head and said expressionlessly: "Excuse me, dear sir, miss."

Alec had already embraced the limp and lovely girl in his arms, without raising his head, "Go."

Demville looked up and saw another scene that hit his bottom line. He frowned, turned straight, and walked out of the living room.

Seeing Demville, who was in the way, leave, Alec leaned closer to his mother's ear and asked, "Didn't you just take a nap just now? Why did you come down so early? Did I disturb you?"

The empress had already changed the way of taming Alec, she leaned obediently in his arms, put her arms around his neck, and said a little aggrieved, "Because you're not by my side."

Alec blushed suddenly when he heard the words, he didn't know that he would be as shy as a woman by such a simple sentence, he should have been cheeky and seized the opportunity to kiss her Fragrant rosy lips are!

Alec felt as if he had lost face. He wanted to restore his image, cleared his throat slightly, and said frivolously, "Oh? Then I'll sleep with you again, my beauty." Hands caressed her beautiful face.

The empress did not hide or dodge, she looked back at him trustingly with eyes like a pool of spring water.

For some reason, Alec felt that his actions at this time were extremely wretched. His hands froze in the air, and he turned his head away from her in embarrassment. After a while, he stood up, imitating the behavior of a gentleman in his impression. , bent his right arm, handed it to her, and said uncomfortably, "Please, my lady."

The empress stretched out her hand to wrap his right arm with a smile, "Thank you, sir."

Alec felt in that moment that he was the noble nobleman, and Tess was the elegant and charming noble lady.