Downton Abbey for your happiness

After Anna told Bates about little Alfred, he fell in love.Regarding this neighborhood, he really knows some well-informed people. Of course, he only has casual acquaintances with these people. If you acquaint them too deeply, you will get into trouble. As long as you pay, they will try their best to find out the information you need .It was not difficult for them to find out where a little boy lived. A few days later, John received a call from Bates and learned that little Alfred's home was in a village called Anledmir, because his His younger sister Lena was sick and needed money to buy medicine, so he went to work as a child laborer in a cannery.The next day John and Thomas got the news, they drove to this small village. Little Alfred's house was not hard to find. After crossing a small hill, he saw a dilapidated house. John knocked on the door. No one should.At this time, a voice came from the small courtyard next to it: "Sir? Are you looking for Alfred? He won't be back until 7 o'clock in the evening."

"Ah, thank you..." John stopped talking, he remembered that little Alfred had mentioned this neighbor before, but it was too long and he forgot.

"Mrs. Morritt, sir."

"Oh, Mrs. Morritt, thank you."

"Sir, I mean, if you're going to wait for little Alfred why don't you come in and sit down?"

"Won't it bother you, Mrs. Morrett?" John was about to see little Alfred's sister, but he didn't expect the opportunity to come to his door.

"It's okay, there's no one at home. My husband has gone to the fields, and only poor little Lena is with me. Anyway, the house is empty..." Mrs. Morrett invited the two into the house while talking to herself. inside.It can be seen that the Morritt family is not doing very well, the furniture is worn out and still has to work for the master, and the walls are also faded, but even so, Mrs. Morritt is still kind enough to help raise Lena People, can't help but remind John of the poor described by Leo Tolstoy.

"What's wrong with little Lina?" asked John, sipping the coffee Mrs. Morritt offered him.

"Influenza, sir. Terrible, nearly got pneumonia, little Alfred owed a lot of money to the doctor and had to go to work in a factory, and although Morritt and I wanted to help him, he didn't want us to pay for it." .He's a good boy."

"Yes." John could no longer agree with this, "Is Lena feeling better?"

"It's almost done, sir, but little Lena is too thin, we can't give her a better life...By the way, how did you know little Alfred?"

"Ah...that's a long story." So John told the ins and outs of the incident, "I was saved at that time thanks to his cleverness and bravery."

"Ah!" exclaimed Mrs. Morritt, "you are the fine gentleman whom little Alfred mentioned!"

"Oh, this is really a very high evaluation." After rambling for a while, John finally decided to get to the point, "Mrs. Morritt, if I say that I am willing to adopt Alfred and Lena, you see Will he be willing?"

"Oh! that would be very good! very good! he will be willing."

"Oh, can I see Lena?" Mrs. Morritt's answer made John feel sure and couldn't wait to see his future daughter.

Little Lina is already two years old, but due to malnutrition, she is a little thin compared to other children.But she looks very good, just sitting quietly in the wooden cradle.She put her fingers in her mouth and giggled when she saw Mrs. Morritt, but the little girl looked frightened when she saw John and Thomas.When John stretched out his hands to hug her, Lena's mouth narrowed, and she was about to cry, so John had to withdraw his hands in embarrassment.

"Little Lina is shy," said Mrs. Morritt.

"Children are afraid of life." Thomas comforted John.

At this moment, Mr. Morrett and little Alfred came back from the outside. Mrs. Morrett couldn't help telling them the good news. Mr. Morrett was also very happy and lamented John's kindness.But little Alfred lowered his head, thinking about something, and didn't speak. John walked over to him and asked him, "Aren't you willing to follow me, Alfred?"

"No, no, sir, in fact I thank you very much."

John could see that the other party was hesitant to speak, so he said, "Would you like to go for a walk in the garden with me?" After coming to the garden, he said, "You can trust me, and you can tell me if you have any concerns."

"I'm sorry, but I would really like you to be my father...but I don't want to leave Mrs. and Mr. Morritt. They were so good to me and my sister, and their son died on the battlefield...can make Shall I think about it for a while?" Alfred asked cautiously and tentatively.

"You don't have to think about it." John raised his hand and interrupted what Thomas wanted to say, "Because I have already thought of a solution, this is not far from Autobots, and your sister Lena is too young and needs a nanny, There's no one better than Mrs. Morritt, and if he wants to go home he can take leave whenever he wants, and I'll let Fellows send her."

"Excellent, sir!"

John also raised his eyebrows happily and looked at Thomas. He saw the word eager in the other person's expression. In fact, he didn't want to hear the name "father", but he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and the future would be long.After finishing the matter of the Morritts, John and Thomas went to go through the adoption procedures together. Since John has friends all over the world and acquaintances are easy to help, they quickly took care of everything. □□For such a big event, John would of course have to tell other people, and he would write to inform relatives far away.As for the acquaintances nearby, he wanted to hold a party, because of various things, there hadn't been a party in the Old Manor for a long time.

On this matter, John and Thomas disagreed. Thomas didn't live a good life when he was young, so he naturally wanted to give Alfred the best.But John didn't think it needed to be too formal, and since little Alfred had just arrived, it wouldn't be good to change him suddenly.When the two have a dispute, it is usually John who compromises first, but this time under John's sweet words, Thomas compromised.The two held an outdoor buffet on the lawn in front of the manor.Except for Matthew who knew John's plan in advance, everyone else was shocked. People who didn't know thought that John wanted to find sustenance from the child after being hit by Charlotte.

John didn't want to tell the truth about this beautiful misunderstanding. Only he knew how his life was going.Only Mary asked him worriedly if he was really ready to raise a child. After all, raising a child is not a matter of whim.John smiled and said, "You can ask Matthew."

"Matthew? What does he mean?"

In the eyes of Mary, Matthew had to tell the truth: "In fact, John had this idea more than half a year ago, but Charlotte..."

Matthew said that his voice suddenly became low, and John took over the words: "I'm sorry, I forgot..."

"It's okay, I just..."

"Matthew, Charlotte doesn't want you to look like this. She is such a lively and cheerful person, and she likes to be lively. The best way to miss her is with laughter."

"I know, thank you, John."

In contrast, the children had more fun over there.Bonnie and George were about the same age as Lena, so little Alfred liked them very much, so he went to catch bugs in the grass, finally caught one, and handed it to Bonnie and George with his hands as if offering treasures.Unexpectedly, the two children burst into tears, and the crying attracted many people.Little Alfred said at a loss: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, I just wanted to catch bugs for my brothers and sisters..."

Thomas patted little Alfred on the head, reassuring him that nothing was wrong.But John thought, if it wasn’t for the fact that the other party was Siber’s child, Thomas wouldn’t be so resigned. At least his ears would be tortured when he went to bed at night. Now that he has a child, he seems to be at the bottom of the food chain.So John said to himself in his heart: "Son, change your hobby, you won't be able to get girls like this!"

The author has something to say:

During this period of time, a lot of things did happen, and I was very busy with work, and I was completely decadent. I also wanted to give up, but when I thought of the original intention of writing the article, it was not only to satisfy my own happiness, so I still had to finish writing it, and It’s almost the end of the writing, because after the death of the big cousin, I basically didn’t read much, so give them a happy ending