[Comprehensive Book] A Rose for Catherine

The next day, Catherine and Lydia followed Knightley to his strawberry field.The apples and strawberries in Mr. Knightley's farm are well-known fruits, especially the strawberries, which are of various varieties, intertwined and winding vines, and the green branches and leaves are stained with a few drops of morning dew. bud.

Knightley hired a lot of people to take care of this strawberry field, and he often came to ask about the growth of strawberries. The farmers were very familiar with him and greeted him as usual.

Catherine looked at these plants with wonder.

Although the Bennet family is not considered a wealthy family, it is still considered a prestigious family in Longbourn. The cost of raising their daughter is also unmatched by many families. They embroider, read and play, but they will never get close Get in touch with things related to farming.They only socialize with people of similar status, and will not have the opportunity to make friends with the farmer's daughter.

This is her first contact with these real ordinary people.

Catherine looked at these people curiously and carefully to avoid offending them with her unintentional actions.The farmers employed by Knightley were extremely accommodating to Catherine's benign eyes, and a peasant woman held a clay pot full of water in front of her.Her hands were covered with thick calluses, her nails were dull, and the skin on her hands was old and chapped.Catherine took it in surprise and thanked the woman in a low voice.

The woman smiled kindly at Catherine.

Catherine took a sip of water, and the woman carefully took back the pot with a chipped edge.

She looked at the woman and hesitated, but considering the large number of people present, she didn't ask any more questions.

On the way to leave, Catherine asked Knightley about the woman. Her husband died early, and she raised five children with great pains. However, the eldest son fell into the bad habit of gambling. The woman had to work hard To repay his son's debts and prevent him from being broken by a leg.

No wonder she's aged that way.

But Catherine disagreed with the woman's approach: "Parents have no responsibility to be responsible for their children's life, especially for things like this."

Knightley isn't surprised she thinks differently than others, saying only: "A lot of people say she's a great mother."

"Do you think so too?" Catherine turned her head and asked.

"No. It is not admirable virtue to allow evil to develop."

"Your opinion is always fair and calm." Catherine smiled with her eyes bent. "If you ask me to say that it is not a good thing to pin all your hopes on children, it is making a mother lose herself. Besides, a woman The point of existence has never been to be a good mother. Just like people don't think that God created a male to come into the world to reproduce."

Just like Mrs. Bennet, after she got married, she revolved around her husband and children. She was worried about the marriages of her daughters, and she only had the idea of ​​finding a good family for her daughters.She has no hobbies or life of her own, and her daughter is everything to her.

Catherine doesn't think she should be like this.

Her words are very straightforward, which has exceeded the boundaries that a lady should abide by.None of them bothered about this.

"You're right. Women have taken great pain and risks when they give birth, and they have already paid enough." Knightley thought thoughtfully, "Then Kitty, if it were you, you would choose to use What do you teach your own children?"

Catherine laughed, "Sir, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you on this issue. I probably won't have marriage or children in the future." She still left room for herself, "I'm not a big I am a selfless person, and I would never love anyone else more than myself. But it is cruel for a child to come into this world if I don't love him enough. I myself If you haven’t figured out how to be yourself, how can you take responsibility for another life?”

Knightley looked at her, and said slowly: "Kitty, when I was your age, I had fantasized about what my future wife would be like, and I also longed for adventures at sea to save a lady in distress."

Catherine knew what he meant, but she didn't think there was anything wrong with the decision she made after such considerations. Maybe many people cared more about family, but she didn't like that, "That's a pity, I'm not an adventurer, and I don’t want to go to sea to rescue a lady in distress.”

"Then you might consider writing an adventure novel?" Knightley said, laughing.

"The brave knight defeated the dragon and rescued the princess?" Catherine joked, "The princess is so pitiful, she was captured by the dragon just to wait for the knight's rescue."

"Then write—the princess defeated the dragon and saved the knight who came to save the princess?"

"good idea!"

Catherine said it in a serious tone, as if she really thought he had a brilliant idea.

After Catherine went back, she really started to write a short story about a princess defeating a dragon. She set up a spelling riddle in the story wickedly, and the princess name she got after recombining was Lydia (Lydia).

The princess had a prophetic dream, and learned that she would be captured by a giant dragon and taken to a deserted island when she was 15 years old, and she would starve for three years before being rescued by the hundredth knight who came.After killing the dragon, she will marry the knight with the country.

The princess was spoiled and spoiled, and she couldn't bear that she had to spend such a miserable three years, so she decided to kidnap the dragon to her kingdom first.Then she succeeded with wisdom and an army of a kingdom.

The dragon became the mount of the princess, but rumors came from unknown sources. The princess was captured by the dragon, and the kingdom was also occupied by the dragon. Countless knights tried to take the princess back.

The princess drove away 99 knights with the dragon, and three years later, the hundredth knight appeared on time.The hapless knight was caught by a dragon foraging for food in the forest outside the city and became a meal on the plate.

The princess told him that she could let the dragon release the knight, but the knight must tell people in other kingdoms that the dragon is a good dragon, and the princess doesn't need to save it.

The knight agreed.

The princess no longer has to worry about dealing with the one hundred and first knight, she led the dragon and became the queen loved by the people.Later, people also built a sculpture of her standing on the back of a dragon, wearing a crown and holding a scepter, and countless bards sang her glory.

"—she is not a princess waiting to be rescued, she is a queen who conquers dragons."

This is a very fairytale story, very different from Catherine's previous writing style, but Lydia was very happy to know that this story was written for her.

The only fly in the ointment is, "But I don't have a dragon, and I haven't seen a dragon." Lydia pouted unhappily.

Catherine couldn't laugh or cry.

"Honey, you can draw yourself a dragon, and your drawing skills are good enough for you to draw a beautiful dragon. You know I can't capture a dragon for you."

"I'll write to ask Brett." Lydia rushed back to the room excitedly.

Catherine looked at her back, then lowered her head innocently, and packed up the paper.

A few days later, I received a letter from Lydia, asking if he could turn into a dragon Brett: "..."

The author has something to say: [QAQ, sorry I forgot, I thought I updated last night.As long as I haven't had lunch it's still morning. 】