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

Auston's christening was to take place on the second Sunday in October, but before that, Mr. d'Urberville Jr. had to have two virtuous godfathers and a godmother.But obviously, apart from his mother's family's reputation, Alec d'Urberville basically knows and makes friends with pigs and dogs.Therefore, even though he had offended the three sisters of Mrs. Morris before, Alec had no choice but to visit his cousin, Viscount George Morris, with a thick face.

Obviously, Alec thought that he could convince Viscount Morris and his wife by himself, so he first sent his young wife to her natal family in Sandborn and settled down before leaving.

That's why the empress and the little one are here now.

Sandborn is an up-and-coming seaside resort in the eastern part of Egdon Heath.

The steam train tracks have opened up the east and west of the city, and every summer, many self-styled people come here for vacation.This city is a new world, with flat white roads, large pine forests on both sides, street lamps stand neatly along the roads, and behind the pine forests is a jetty, and the sea water beats against the rocks and emits waves. The sound of the waves.On the beach, a garden with a trellis was set up, and under the dense ivy, holidaymakers held small lace-trimmed parasols and wore large fabric hats decorated with fruits and flowers, sitting and chatting in twos and threes Hair.On the other side of the beach, there are towering roofs, chimneys, towers and gazebos hidden in the trees, just like a brand-new city piled up with countless novelty things.

The d'Urberville family's carriage passed through these novel landscapes, and stopped slowly at the door of a private villa with an independent yard.John the coachman got out and rang the bell at the door.

Soon, a middle-aged woman who looked like a housekeeper's wife with a thin and pale face came to answer the door.

"Are these the lord and madam of the d'Urbervilles?" She recognized John, the coachman who had been here before.

"Yes." John replied.

The woman opened the iron gate and let the carriage in.

At this time, Panpan and Susu, who had already heard the voice, also ran out chasingly, and surrounded the carriage that had just parked, chattering.

"Is my sister here?"

"Is Little Alston coming too?"

"I can share my favorite cake with Alston."

"No, Susu, our little nephew is still young, so he can't eat cake, even though it's very sweet."

"..."

The two children were still singing and saying this, but Alec had already lifted the curtain and came down, helping his wife who was holding the child down along the way.

Mrs. Durbeyfield rushed out to greet her at this moment. She hadn't seen her for a while. The eldest daughter seemed to be more beautiful, but also seemed to be... colder. She wiped her hand on the apron unnaturally, and looked towards The eldest daughter and son-in-law, who had become a little strange, smiled.

Due to the loss of her husband, Mrs. Derbyfield, who has always been simple-minded, has also lost a lot of weight, but this makes her beautiful features more prominent, and she looks a lot younger.

"Mr. d'Urberville, Tess, I just baked some biscuits, do you want some?" She asked nervously.

Alec looked at his mother-in-law, with a habitual smile on his lips, "No, thank you, I'm going to go now, Mrs. Durbeyfield, please help me take good care of my wife and children." Said the last sentence , he made a little joke unscrupulously.

"Yes, sir," replied Mrs. Durbeyfield nervously.

Alec turned his head at this moment and kissed his wife and son in turn, "Wait for my good news tonight, dear."

The empress looked at him, paused for a moment, and then said "hmm".

Alec reached out and touched the corner of the mother's naturally raised mouth, and then reluctantly let go, "See you at night, my dear."

"See you tonight."

Alec turned around and got into the carriage, John lashed the horse with a whip, and the carriage turned again "da da da" and drove out.

The housekeeper's wife closed the iron door again.

After glancing at Mrs. Durbeyfield who had been standing by and waiting, the empress said, "Let's go in first."

Mrs. Durbeyfield hurriedly led Susu and Panpan into the door behind the eldest daughter.

When the empress entered the door, she looked around and found that Lisa and Abraham were not in the living room except for the youngest brother crawling on the carpet.

"Where's Lisa?" Niang Niang came to the sofa and sat down, letting the little guy sit in her arms, and asked.

Mrs. Durbeyfield had already turned to the small kitchen to bring some tea, and without looking back, she replied, "Maybe they've all gone out to play, my dear." As she said that, she had come out of the kitchen with a saucer in her hand. , with a small dish of biscuits and a pot of black tea on it, both Susu and Panpan looked expectantly at the dessert in their mother's hands.

Mrs. Durbeyfield put the saucer on the tea table, sat beside her mother and continued: "Maybe Abby is still listening to the piano performance at Mr. Thomas next door. Oh, dear, you must not know how talented our Abby is." Music talent, you can completely hum the tune after listening to it once, which is really similar to me.”

As soon as Mrs. Durbeyfield finished speaking, Lisa's cursing voice came from a distance outside the door. The voice gradually became clearer from far to near:

"...Do you know that you are wrong? Did you listen to my words? Do you dare to go to that kind of place again next time? You talk..."

As soon as the silent Abraham came in, he saw his sister and mother sitting in the living room. He immediately bowed his head and walked silently to the upstairs room.

"Abby!" Lisa, who came up from outside, called her brother's name angrily. She was stunned when she saw the lady whom she hadn't seen for more than a month when she entered the door, and she immediately forgot the anger she had just entered.

"Mother... Sister? When did you come?" She ran over in surprise, "Ah, our little baby is here too, oh, the clothes you are wearing are so cute, let your Aunt Lisa kiss you " She leaned towards the little guy in the mother's arms, but she didn't expect the little guy to hide his face in his mother's arms, preventing the strange aunt in front of her from kissing her.

Lisa hesitated for a moment, then sat down on the sofa on the other side of the empress.

The empress smiled and tugged on the belt of the little guy's bellyband, "What happened to you and Abby just now?"

Lisa remembered what she saw when she followed Abby just now, and she couldn't help being filled with righteous indignation: "Abby is so courageous that he went to work as a child laborer in a textile factory!" After she finished speaking, she found that the empress and mother were fine Knowing that they were unaware of the dangers of the textile factory, they immediately added: "Do you know that new textile factory nearby? The machine was buzzing up and down driving piles, but their boss let the children climb into it." Go to the bottom of the machine to dig out the lint, and if you are not careful, you will be crushed to death in it!"

"Oh, my God!" Mrs. Durbeyfield immediately covered her mouth in panic, "How could our Abby go to work in such a place? Oh, I am so incompetent as a mother, it's all my fault ..." The mother, who was a little nervous, burst into tears immediately, and the crying caught the little guy's attention, and he followed the sound and looked at grandma curiously.

The empress thought for a while and asked, "Is the living expenses Alec gave you not enough?"

Lisa quickly denied: "Of course not! Actually..."

"I wanted to buy a piano, so I went to work in the factory. Sister Tess, Mr. Alec is generous enough." Abi couldn't help coming out when she heard her mother's crying downstairs in the room. Explained on the stairs.

Niangniang began to be satisfied with Abi, a younger brother who was not greedy and knew how to measure.It was rare for her to mind her own business, so she raised her head and asked calmly, "Abby, do you want a piano?"

Abi blushed, and his voice was as quiet as a gnat: "Yes," perhaps feeling that he was asking for something from his sister, he quickly raised his voice and added: "But sister Tess, I will earn my own money bought."

The corner of the empress's mouth twitched, she couldn't believe that this 12-year-old kid had the ability to afford a piano.

As soon as Abby saw her sister's expression, she knew that she didn't believe her, and continued to explain: "It's true, sister Tess, Mr. Thomas next door is going to move, and he said he can sell me the piano at a low price, so I... He lowered his head, his voice gradually weakened, "I know I'm useless..."

Abby was very upset.

When their family moved out of Marlotte Village, they heard people in the village talking about how lucky their family was. The beautiful eldest daughter fell in love with a rich but stupid young master, so even because of the death of old Jack It doesn't matter if the village terminates the land and house contract with their family, because their wealthy son-in-law will afford the whole family's life.Abby was very angry when she heard that, what they said was an insult to sister Tess and their family!However, the thing is really like this. Now their whole family lives under the protection of Master Alec. If one day he dislikes Sister Tess, then their incompetent natal family will definitely become Master Alec's attack on Sister Tess. a reason.

Abby felt that, as the eldest son of the Derbyfields, it was his duty to support the family, so how could he ask his sister Tess, since he wanted a piano capriciously?

The empress saw through Abi's thoughts at a glance.She spoke with great interest and asked, "Abby, do the math, how much money can you earn in a day at the factory? How long will it take you to save enough money for a piano? What's more, the guy who lives next door Sir, can you wait until you buy that piano on your own?"

Abby was stopped by his sister's series of rhetorical questions. He lowered his head and began to understand how capable he was. He seemed to have made a difficult choice, licked his dry lips, and opened his mouth and said:

"I, I won't buy a piano anymore."

The empress smiled slightly, and asked, "Why don't you buy it?" She looked at the thin little boy standing at the stairs, and her low voice was full of temptation: "Perhaps, our Mr. Durbeyfield can talk to the rich Debeyfield." Mr. Bewell is talking about a business, a... long-term investment. After all, our Mrs. Durbeyfield said that her son has a great musical talent. I think Mr. d'Urberville is I won't refuse, what do you think?"

Mrs. Durbeyfield raised her head abruptly from the hands covering her cheeks, stopped crying, her eyes were bright, she looked at her eldest daughter beside her, and then at her son standing at the foot of the stairs.

Abi was stunned for a moment, and asked a little stammeringly, "I, I, can I?"

The empress smiled but did not answer.

Lisa was happy for her younger brother. She made her hands into the shape of trumpets, put her hands next to her mouth and shouted at Abby: "Of course! Of course you can!"

Mrs. Durbeyfield covered her face again and wept, but this time tears of emotion were shed.

With the affirmation of his family, Abi's heart beat violently uncontrollably, and his mind went blank.

His life seems to have opened a new window.he thought so.

On this day in the summer of 1947, the illustrious life of the famous pianist Abraham Durbeyfield began.

The author has something to say: I swallowed my article when I posted it at [-] o'clock, so I had to type it again, *, you made me so miserable~~~~(>_<)~~~~