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"Miss Kester, can you tell me about your family situation and your personal experience!" Wickham asked in a positive tone.

The young lady sitting across from him hesitated for a moment, but still talked about her parents, sisters and her own life.

It turned out that the girl was Wendy Kester, she was 20 years old, and she was the eldest daughter of the Kester family.Wendy Kester's father was a squire in the southern countryside of England and owned a small manor, while her mother was the daughter of a button merchant in London.Wendy Kester's mother was her father's second wife, whose first wife died less than a year after giving birth to her eldest son due to frail health.Miss Kester had a half-brother Andrew Kester who was six years older than her, and a half-sister Dorothy Kester who was ten years younger than her.

Miss Kester’s parents are more than 20 years apart. When she was 13 years old, her father passed away due to aging, and the half-brother who took over the family property had always had a cold relationship with their mother and daughter. After paying the father’s promise to the two younger sisters After a dowry of [-] pounds each, the stepmother and two half-sisters were unceremoniously kicked out of the house.

When Miss Kester's mother got married, she only had a dowry of [-] pounds. This money was not enough for them to live for a few years. Even if it cost money, but there is a young sister, how much money can be saved.

Sister Kester returned to London with her mother and lived near her uncle's house so that she could be taken care of by him.But who knew that my uncle was not suitable for doing business at all. A few years after my grandfather died, the button business became worse and worse. When she was 15 years old, she went bankrupt. Uncle had to work as a supervisor in a factory to support the family, and often needed her mother. aid.She was very worried when she saw that her mother, who could not even support herself, was helping her uncle's family with a lot of living expenses. After a strong discussion with her mother, who had always had no ideas, she took out the dowry of her and her sister in a safe neighborhood in London. Bought a small apartment, she was afraid that her mother would end up spending all the money and their mother and daughter would end up homeless.

It's not that she doesn't want to help her uncle's family, but that there is at least one man in the uncle's family who can make money outside the home, and there are only three mothers and daughters in their family who can't go out to work. The family doesn't have much savings and the younger sister has not grown up. consider.Besides, my uncle's income as a supervisor is enough for their family's life, but they don't know how to plan and often spend money recklessly, so they always have to ask someone to help them.

After buying a house, their life became even more difficult, and it was difficult to maintain an ordinary decent life.Mrs. Kester is a simple and delicate person, and her health is gradually getting worse after the series of blows. At the age of 16, Wendy Kester took over the responsibility of housekeeping and raising her younger sister. She often helped some cloakrooms to subsidize the family by doing needlework without telling her mother.

It was only when Wendy Kester was 19 years old that Mrs. Kester finally couldn't bear it and passed away.

It has been a year since her mother passed away, the savings in the family are running low, and her younger sister has grown up. Miss Kester wants to go out to work and earn money to support the family.But she has no one to write a letter of recommendation for her to be a tutor, and she can't let go of her ten-year-old younger sister.

At this moment, the neighbor told her about the recruitment notice.In fact, she had been wandering around this clinic for several days, and now she finally got up the courage to come in for an interview.

After listening to Wendy Kester's statement, Weihan thought about it for a while and told her to think about it for a few days and let her come back for a reply in a week.

After sending Miss Kester away, Weihan asked Thomas to find an efficient detective agency to find out Wendy Kester's family identity and experience. If what she said was true, Weihan decided to hire her formally.

People at this time obviously didn't have a sense of secrecy, and the detectives quickly sent the materials Wickham needed, and even made a clear record that Miss Kester's uncle had a mistress who was a worker.

Weihan saw that there was really no difference, so he ordered Thomas to inform Miss Kester to work in the clinic when she came again, and Thomas took her for a few months. I believe that smart lady will get familiar with it soon. of.

A few days later, Miss Kester came to the clinic and quickly relieved Weihan and Thomas from the complicated and trivial matters.It seems that some things are better done by women, they are naturally dexterous, Wickham thought to himself.

After a while, everyone got to know each other well, and Wickham and Thomas stopped being called Miss Kester in a serious way, but changed their name to Wendy in a friendly way, and Wendy followed Thomas to Wickham and called Wickham. mr or mr.

After spending a leisurely and beautiful weekend, Wickham was a little depressed on Monday morning, lazily leaning on the back of his chair and reminiscing about his outing last weekend.Until seeing that no one came to see the doctor in the morning, I chatted with Thomas and Wendy. When Wendy said that her uncle complained about the poor conditions in the factory, people often suffered from lung disease and feared that he would also get sick, which caused Wickham to panic. focus on.

"Wendy, what factory does your uncle work in?" Weihan asked.

"Spinners, sir. Are you interested in this?" Wendy asked curiously.

"I was thinking about what caused these workers to get sick. What else is there besides diet and fatigue?" Even though he said this, Wickham was very annoyed that he had forgotten such an important thing, and how many people would be saved.

Wickham knew that the neglected fluff flying all over the sky in the spinning mill at this time was the culprit that caused most of the spinners' lung diseases.Because the air is full of fluff, those very tiny particles will be inhaled into the nasal cavity or respiratory tract during breathing, and then enter the lungs along these places, and these impurities that cannot be eliminated will affect the lungs after accumulating more and more cause disease.To stop these things, you only need to wear a mask to work. Weihan blames himself for his negligence. He can't stop the British from opening textile factories crazily for money at this time, but at least it can greatly reduce the poor textile workers. morbidity rate.

Next, Wickham broke his unsociable life and actively communicated with many parties, and wrote letters to his professors, classmates, and friends, telling his "discovery" and asking his acquaintances to tell them that there are people involved in the textile industry around him. People provide masks for workers and publicize the role of masks. They can be regarded as kind people. God will applaud them.

Wickham also met many textile factory owners through Wendy's uncle. Some of these people accepted Wickham's suggestion with a smile, but many of them made malicious ridicule, saying that Wickham was a man who wanted to be famous. Babbling liar.Wickham is disappointed to see these rich and wealthy businessmen who are not willing to pay the workers who work for them just enough for a bottle of wine or a piece of jewelry for their lover. But more What is more disgusting with the greed and miserliness of these factory owners.He thought of Marx's theory of capital, and every drop of capital's blood was filthy, and he felt it deeply in this initial era of capital accumulation.

Wickham did not give up. He has always understood that it is impossible for individuals to fight against society. He explained the use of protective masks to people through practicing medicine, and even gave speeches in places where workers live during holidays.Thomas and Wendy were by his side as he worked on these endeavors so he wouldn't be alone.Especially Wendy, in this era when women are generally ignorant, she is tough, kind and wise, not like those women who are like dodders, and not like those women who have become numb and mechanical in order to live, she makes Wickham Tom thought she was alive and alive.

After learning more and more about this world, Wickham has long known that this is not the comfortable and leisurely world in the book, those are just one side of the life of the rich in the countryside.The real side of this world is the pomp and plunder hidden under the luxury of the upper class, even the heroines in the book are unavoidable.

During the stalemate and staying together for those textile workers, Weihan and Wendy approached each other's hearts. The most upright and kind gentleman in the world, and he is so smart and knowledgeable, she fell in love with him, but out of a lady's reserve, she had to hide her love in her heart, and just waited by his side silently, hoping to have God he can look back and see himself.

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