Unlimited Food Plan

Steward George and Joseph were puzzled, but they didn't get an answer quickly.

Because as soon as they came back, the husband was very happy, and he only exchanged a few words,? Didn't ask about the toilet,? The husband immediately took them to count the things they brought back.

It wasn't until a few days later that the two finally understood what was going on with this ridiculous farce.

At this moment, Du Changqiu had no idea that the housekeeper and the magistrate were full of confusion. After counting the things, he was very emotional. The housekeeper, George, was as reliable as ever. He brought back a lot of things he ordered - first of all, a large order of beets, ?The merchant's troops are behind,?will arrive soon.

Next came some chickens, lambs, and piglets, together with some beef calves, and some rye, all sent by the merchant.

And the tomato that Du Changqiu had seen in Charlie's memory.

The main thing, of course, is some nice soft cotton,? And four dresses for the prom.

Those livestock and beets in front, under the arrangement of George the butler, quickly went to where they should go, and those cloths and skirts, when Du Changqiu ordered the servants to invite the young lady and Mrs. Anne, the ladies When I saw these cotton cloths and skirts, it all boiled!

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"I like this piece of light blue cloth, it's the same as my eyes!" The second sister Anna blushed excitedly, holding the piece of blue cotton cloth and gesticulating on her body.

"Is this a prom dress? It's so beautiful, so beautiful!" The girls wrapped around the dress in front of Veronica, all sighing in amazement, their blue eyes staring at the bright yellow cotton cloth without blinking. Look at the skirt,? The face seems to be glowing.

Du Changqiu's head was getting dizzy from the girls' chattering and screaming. Fan Xing, who was silently lying beside him with his big head on his lap, rolled up his ears, trying to block the excited voices of the ladies. .

You must know that the Daemon family is also a small noble because they claim to be a small nobleman. Although they are also the last, there is at least one mistress who used to be the daughter of a baron. The first hostess was married to the daughter of a baron in power, and she also brought the style of a noble lady.

Therefore, in other small noble manors, the ladies may often bluff, but the girls in Damon's family are usually very gentle, laughing like a silver bell, and their every move is very decent and gentle, like a painting. Same.

Of course, for Du Changqiu, the oldest Veronica is only 16 years old, a girl of youthful and lively age, who always emphasizes gentleness and dignity, but Du Changqiu feels a bit dull, not what a teenager should look like.

It's just that women in this era are like this, it's not good for Du Changqiu to go too far and show different guidance to the girls, and it would be bad if it hurts them.

But I have to say, I was taken aback at first, but I heard the girls laughing loudly, looking at Veronica's prom dress with envy and longing on their faces, all the girls in Damon's family are blonde Blue eyes, looked like a nest of golden, chubby tits, gathered together, it was an extremely beautiful scene.

If the God of Light really had little angels, they would probably look like the girls from Damon's family.

After being frightened by the screams, Du Changqiu relaxed after seeing this scene.It's always good to hear laughter, no matter the time of day.

He sat there with a smile, calmly put his hands on Fan Xing's head and stroked them comfortingly, watching the girls happily gesticulating the fabrics and skirts.

"I want this red color to make a red dress!" Vivienne first snatched the desired fabric for herself, and Du Changqiu also discovered that this little girl is lively and unrestrained, determined to make progress, and is the most courageous among the sisters.

"These fabrics are enough for each of you to make several skirts of different styles, don't worry." Du Changqiu did not intend to suppress Xiao Vivian's nature, in fact, in his opinion, no matter what age or gender, he is bold enough to fight for his rights Such people can always live according to their own wishes.

As he said so, he also said to his sister-in-law Annie, who had a rare smile on her face: "There are also new fabrics prepared for you over there, and you can make some fashionable skirts."

Nowadays, Kansai doesn't have high requirements for widows. Widows can remarry, and widows with generous dowries are more sought-after than girls—of course, outside of Kansai.

According to what Charles said when he was practicing as a knight with the baron and heard the baron's relatives living in big cities talking and laughing at the banquet, the legal provisions of "widow birth" have become popular in France and other countries.

The so-called widowhood was a special law in the Middle Ages.It is said that at the time of marriage, outside the church, a man announces to everyone that he will give his wife a third of his property. If he passes away earlier than his wife, these properties can be given to his wife as a gift, so as not to The wife has a bad relationship with the children, or has no children, so she can only live in poverty.

Of course, the men at the ball were very disdainful of this custom.Kansai tends to hide, no matter how the outside world is changing, Kansai people still maintain the previous idea - a woman's own dowry money, if a gentleman has character, he can't stare at his wife's money bag of.

But other than that, if he dies, the money must be left to the children according to the old custom.

If there is no child, or only a daughter, then it depends on one's own operation.

In Kansai, women have no inheritance rights, and daughters cannot inherit titles or lands, but there are grand duchesses.People who don't understand the laws of this era must be full of question marks. Why do the laws here come up on their own and vary from person to person?

In fact, it can also be said that, indeed, every piece of land and every family here has different rules.

At first, Du Changqiu also thought that his daughter had no inheritance rights, and it was widely applicable to everyone and every class. Later, when he was sorting out the manor, when he checked the land deeds and output books, Charlie's deeper memory was triggered, and he probably understood. What exactly is going on.

Although the status of men and women in this society is still very unequal, but compared with contemporary Chinese women, European women still have a little more outlets at this time, at least it does not mean that every girl has no right to inherit, at least the king's daughter Absolutely have the right to inherit.

And why don't other girls have inheritance rights?

The main reason is that, in theory, the king owns the entire country, and every inch of it is his territory. He has ownership of the whole country, so he can designate any heir.

But if it's Wilt Manor or other territories entrusted by the king, it depends on the specific situation.

For example, the Werther Manor was a land rewarded by the baron. When the reward was given, the baron required that the men of the Damon family must serve the baron for generations, which was the prerequisite for obtaining this land.Then the girls of the Damon family have no inheritance rights, and the married woman has no right to share the manor.

This is what is mentioned in the famous "Land Law", limiting inheritance.

The king entrusted the nobles with fiefdoms, and the nobles then entrusted the loyal knights under their own hands. The knights even gave one or two pieces of land to reward their brave and good fighters. That's how it came about.

And in the era of frequent wars, the king may not have so many nonsense requirements for entrusting the nobles. In short, regardless of whether you are a man or a woman, the person who inherits this title must send me money and armed forces to ensure that I have money when I fight Someone will do.

Especially for the enfeoffment of one's own heirs, it is impossible to impose many restrictions, so in such a land, if there are only daughters in the family, it is very simple, just choose a daughter to inherit the position.This is how many countesses, archduchesses and baronesses came to be.

But at the level of knights, getting fiefs basically depends on military exploits and military force. Therefore, when rewarding, the people who are loyal think that your family can produce brave and loyal knights like you in every generation to serve me.

Considering that all women will get married, who knows where she will marry, who she will marry, and if she has the right to inherit, will these territories be managed by then?Or directly rely on marrying a female heiress to merge many fiefs, then accumulate a strong force, and want to do something else...

In addition, the cognition of women in this era is also very discriminatory, saying that women have no backbone, are stupid and frivolous, and cannot even be their own masters. They must have a man to lead them so that they can go on the right path. In this big environment Under such an atmosphere, coupled with various political considerations, most of the territories naturally ruled out the option of an heiress.

This situation is especially serious in Kansai. Kansai has not had a queen, nor a grand duchess and countess so far. You can probably know the atmosphere towards women now.

In short, for these reasons, if Charlie is not alive, the female family members of the Damon family will definitely have no choice. Dare to take it away.

Still the same sentence, the law is dead, people are alive, no matter how high-sounding and beautiful the words are, in this era, even if Anne can produce evidence to prove that she did bring a dowry of two hundred pounds, but if the heir takes it away For the money, she directly said that she was greedy and blackmailed. The money had already been used up by her husband, Metheff Damon, and no one could prove that what he said was true or false.

However, now that Du Changqiu is here, although Annie can't get the widow's property, Du Changqiu will definitely not touch her money, so she is still a widow with a generous dowry. If she likes something, Du Changqiu is willing to help her return to the social world .

After all, Meserve has been dead for a year. According to the customs of Kansai, a newly widowed woman is not allowed to show a happy face or attend a ball in the first year of her husband's death, but there is no such prohibition after a year .

However, the current nobles are still relatively reserved. If Du Changqiu wants to express his intentions, of course he can’t say it directly. Therefore, he told Annie to buy new fabrics for her at the moment, which meant to imply to her that if she wanted to go to the ball, he would be willing to bring them to the ball. Letting her go will not prevent her from remarrying.

Anne obviously understood. She looked at the fabrics on the table with a sad expression and her eyes were red, but her voice was still very stable, and she said softly: "Thank you for your kindness, but I don't need it for the time being." At least for the past few years. Charlie, Meserve has a good brother, he has always said so, and you have proved this to me with your actions, thank you."

She came over and hugged Du Changqiu gently, causing Fan Xing to go around, and the big calf flicked its tail very unhappy. Du Changqiu patted the emotional Annie thoughtfully, and comforted her with a low smile.

She chose not to go, and Du Changqiu would not force her, but the girls didn't understand these sorrows, and shouted beside them: "Go and try this dress, Veronica, we want to see it!"

The two adults let go of each other and smiled to see the chattering girls.

Veronie's face was red, she smiled a little silly, and looked at Du Changqiu.

Seeing Du Changqiu nodding, Aunt Annie gave her an encouraging look. Veronica hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't help encouraging and jumping for joy. She asked the maid to lift the skirt and went to the dressing room next door to change it.

When she came out, Veronica's beauty surprised everyone in the room.

Veronica, like Charlie, is blond and blue-eyed. She could only be regarded as a delicate girl in ordinary clothes, but when she changed into a gorgeous ball gown, the bright yellow skirt was stretched, and she raised her eyebrows. Wearing a small bag of the same color, when she lowered her head and smiled and stroked the lady's top hat with a curly edge of the same color, she was radiant and radiant, just like the old-fashioned classical noble lady in the materials Du Changqiu had read.

Du Changqiu was very satisfied. He felt that Butler George was indeed an all-round housekeeper. He was so good at choosing a lady's dress, although this dress was very expensive-because it used cotton cloth, which is rarely seen in Kansai now, and the material of a lady's dress was very large. , and with a full set of hat handbags and even pasted shoes.

This skirt with a relatively complicated design cost Du Changqiu eight pounds, which is almost enough to feed a family of four farmers for three years.

But at least it is much better than buying silk and other materials from the East, which I really dare not think about.And after these are ordered, they have to be changed according to the size. Rounding is also a high order, and it is understandable that it is more expensive.

Besides, the money for these things was a windfall from the sale of the first batch of sugar, although the first batch of sugar was not much after a day and a night, but with the money that Charlie's father and brother saved him for the estate, Just enough to go shopping this time.

Seeing Veronica's joy at this moment, seeing the girl's happy face turn red, she is no longer the self-confident and steady look before, watching the girls finally sweep away the haze completely, watching this girl with envy and care Du Changqiu is still very happy with a skirt.

"Sister, you look like a noble lady!" Vivienne, the most cheerful little girl, was so excited at the moment, she said exaggeratedly, and then the little girl said a little discouraged, "I really hope I grow up soon!" Big, I can wear such a beautiful dress in the future!"

"Then you'd better practice your skills more." Du Changqiu looked at the little girl with a smile and said, "When you went to the prom for the first time, my brother must have prepared such beautiful skirts for you, but before the prom, I want to wear them The beauty depends on your own craftsmanship."

It's not that Du Changqiu is reluctant, it's because this kind of finished skirt is really too expensive. The three dyed linen skirts are not bad. After all, the manor itself can produce linen, and a simple skirt is about one or two pounds, but with extra It seems to be more than ten pounds, which is almost a quarter of the annual income of the manor.

At this time, the installation fee was really expensive, and it had a lot to do with the lack of supplies, so although Du Changqiu spent a lot of money to buy a dress for Veronica, this was the reason why he didn't buy it for anyone else.

Because I can't afford it.

But the beautiful dyed sackcloth that I bought was enough for the big and small ladies to make a few dresses for themselves.

"Really, brother Charlie? Will I have such a beautiful dress when I go to the prom in the future? I mean, such a complete set!" The second sister Anna is more obedient, and the lively little sister Vivian directly shouted excitedly Woke up, and cleverly asked if it was a complete set.

"All of them! Margarina also has it!" Du Changqiu promised with a smile, the girls cheered, and even the elder sister-in-law Anne's smile deepened a little, she has no other ideas now, as long as Charlie is willing to take care of Margarina, she can Watching the lovely daughter grow up in the manor is enough.

Du Changqiu talked with the girls for a while, and the atmosphere was very lively from the beginning to the end.After Du Changqiu fell ill and woke up, the family members who were still a little strange for some reason, this afternoon, finally became close as if they had broken through a layer of barriers.

Little Vivian kept pulling her brother, talking about her own affairs, and even complained with Margarina that they hated learning embroidery. Little Vivian even said directly that she would rather embroider every day than embroidery. All on horseback.

In fact, it was not Du Changqiu's illusion. In Charlie's own memory, he had been busy all the time, but after Du Changqiu woke up, he always felt that this family was a bit too polite and not close. Actually not.

For example, Vivienne, she has always been a little afraid of Brother Charlie. She thinks that Brother Charlie looks a little silent and not easy to get close to. Naturally, she dare not say anything, let alone hugging her brother's arm and acting like a baby.

But the elder brother is indeed the elder brother. Over the past few days, Vivienne is not afraid at all, and even likes to cling to her elder brother.

Because Vivienne found that although her brother couldn't talk to them all the time, and couldn't accompany them, but when he was with him, they were all taken care of very well. The delicious food that brother Charlie learned from the baron was also every day. Let Aunt Mary do it for them in different ways.

And Aunt Annie said that my brother is very busy and tired every day, in order to keep the manor running well, so that everyone can stay at home comfortably, so Vivienne loves her brother more and more, and is more grateful for his busyness. Nature is also intimate.

It has to be said that the girls' mental journeys are all like this, so when Vivienne complained halfway, everyone stopped her from continuing and looked at Du Changqiu worriedly, obviously worried that he would work hard on these trivial matters.

"My brother is recovering from his illness, Vivienne, you can't act like a spoiled child over such a trivial matter." Although the elder sister Veronica was gentle, she had the majesty that an elder sister should have. She didn't look at other skirts at this time, and scolded her younger sister with a frown.

Vivienne thought that it was only good for her brother to be sick, so she felt embarrassed, and stopped complaining, and obediently said to Du Changqiu: "Brother Charlie, don't worry, I, I just said it casually, of course I will still be fine." Learned."

Du Changqiu looked at the little girl who complained half guilty and blamed herself, and saw that she was limp, and was touched by the sensibility of these girls—at least ten thousand cuter than those stinky kids brought by the rich when he was soliciting sponsorship Times—he was so busy during this time that he didn't touch the ground, and it was the first time he heard Vivienne's complaints, and he also felt that it was unreasonable to keep all the little girls in the room. Children are lively and playful by nature. Where will it be comfortable?

So Du Changqiu immediately said: "Don't blame yourself, Vivian, what you said is very good, what you like and what you don't like, you must tell brother, so that brother will know how to help you."

Facing Vivienne's surprised eyes, Du Changqiu said: "It's such a simple thing, you just learn how to make clothes, don't learn embroidery, and then spend half a day every day riding horses and learning how to fight, how about it?"

"Ah?! Can it be done?!" It was Vivienne who complained, and it was she who couldn't believe it now.

Seeing Du Changqiu nodding, the little girl went crazy with excitement, holding the fabric and making gestures to make a beautiful horse riding suit.

"Don't worry, Veronica, it's a good thing to practice horseback riding and fighting more, and your body will be strong." Du Changqiu took this opportunity to discuss the daytime arrangements with the female relatives. The Daimon family has been running well, so the female relatives have always been She is pampered and has nothing to do during the day, so most of the time she learns basic sewing and embroidery with her elder sister-in-law Anne in the morning.

In fact, it is just to pass the time.

Du Changqiu didn't agree with raising girls in this way. When he read the materials, he also saw the records about girls in this era. The materials were complicated. The fate of women on earth in this era was very bad. living with others.

But in other countries, there are still grand duchesses and countesses. In fact, everything is very simple now, and power determines everything.

Although this era is barbaric, it also shows that its rules are not complete, so there are many opportunities.

If the girls are willing to choose a path similar to the secular world, of course Du Changqiu will pave the way for them, but if Vivian doesn't like that kind of life, then Du Changqiu is confident that he can give her a happy girlhood and protect herself to be what she likes. the power of things.

After all, Du Changqiu is a person who absolutely keeps his promises. This was Charlie's wish when he was dying. Du Changqiu will definitely do it for him without any compromise.

"Don't worry, I have a brother." Du Changqiu said to the worried Veronica and Anna.

Veronica always remembers this night very clearly. She remembers the candlelight of this night, and the expressions of every family member. Of course, what she remembers most clearly is the gentle expression of her brother Charlie. His blue eyes looked at her tenderly from under his golden lashes.

Veronica has never lost her courage in all the difficult moments afterwards. The three sisters and their little niece Margarina have been moving forward bravely and managing their lives in a splendid way.

Because they've all been there.

Being watched by my brother like this is like being tolerated by the blue sky, let them know that they can always run unscrupulously, do what they like, and live the life they like.

Because, there is a brother.

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