[Comprehensive wear] You will get used to it

The five members of the Ke Luoxu family arrived first, and Nanon opened the door for them. When he saw two more ladies whom he didn't know, he immediately asked in surprise, "Mr. Ke Luoxu, who are these two ladies?"

"Oh, they are my two nieces, they are here to visit us."

"I never heard that you had two nieces, Monsieur Crochet," said Monsieur Grandet.

"In fact, there are. It's just that I don't usually put the names of my family members on my lips. The reputation of the ladies is still very important." Mr. Crochet said, and then introduced the Grandet family to follow him. The two ladies, obviously well-groomed; "The brown-haired one is Clara, who is twenty years old, and the flaxen-haired one is Matilda, who is seventeen years old. I think they will be able to become friends with Eugenie."

The lady named Clara has a mean look, she has a very sharp nose, and she looks like she can stab people to death. She smiled at the moment and saluted the Grandet family, and then took out the A three-inch-long brass-rimmed dressing box was handed to Eugenie, "Hello, Mademoiselle Grandet, this is a little gift I brought from Paris, I hope you like it."

"Oh, thank you so much, I like it very much." Eugenie stroked the dressing box happily. The lid of the box was inlaid with two beautiful irises with brass wires, looking at it under the candlelight. It looks like it's inlaid with gold.

Mr. Crochet's nephew hurried over and handed Eugenie a bouquet of flowers in his hand. He said, "Miss Grandet, I wish you a happy birthday. If you like these little things, next time I go to Paris Time will definitely bring it back for you."

He got a little too close, which made Mr. Grandet a little unhappy. He interjected, "Of course Eugenie likes these little things. Finally, she received such a satisfactory gift this year."

It was a bit embarrassing for the Crochet family to be said. Although they flattered Eugenie in the past, they always talked about it and made a good appearance. They really asked them to spend money to buy something for Eugenie. It is definitely not willing.

Father Crochet's eyes twitched, intending to change the subject, and then he noticed the unusual brightness in the main room of Grandet's house. He quickly looked around the room, and found that Mr. Grandet had actually lit the Four candles, usually he would light two at most, Father Crochet was very surprised, he said: "The house is really bright today, Mr. Grandet, you must have encountered something good!" Having said that, he was thinking of the gossip of some people in Saumur, who said that Monsieur Grandet, since he had a son from Paris, had acquired the Parisian habit of extravagance. , which now appears to be true.

The fact that so many candles are lit in the main room is because Yang Yi doesn't like dim light, which makes him feel very uncomfortable, so he suggested it to Mr. Grandet, and Mr. Grandet made a deal because of Yang Yi's help. It was a good deal, so I graciously agreed.

However, Mr. Grandet would not tell Father Crochet about this reason. He found a reason and said: "It's Eugenie's birthday, isn't it a great thing?"

"Of course." Father Crochet nodded hastily.

Mr. Grandet looked at him sideways, with a slight smile on his mouth, but disdain in his eyes, but he was standing in the brightest place in the room, so no one could see his expression at this moment .

In fact, Mr. Grandet is in a bad mood at the moment. He is very dissatisfied with the behavior of the Crochet family, because the two nieces they brought are ugly as hell, one has a nose and chin that can stab people, and the other is long With a horse face, do they think he will make money, beautiful, smart, caring son will marry a country girl who doesn't even have the most basic beauty?

Mr. Grandet firmly denied it in his heart. He felt that it would not be a big deal for his son to marry a royal noble. Do those nobles in Paris have more gold than him?No, only a few of them are richer than him, and those extravagant and luxurious lives have ruined their gold coins, but Mr. Grandet has accumulated his wealth for decades.Monsieur Grandet thought that his daughter would not marry a mediocre man from Saumur, but now he is determined not to allow his son to come into contact with country girls from Saumur or elsewhere, Monsieur Grandet thought. So, his son will definitely marry a wife with a generous dowry, absolutely.

As soon as the Crochet family was invited to sit down in the living room, the de Grassens family knocked on the door. This time they also brought a young lady, the cousin of Mrs. de Grassins.

The de Grassins are probably the second richest people in Saumur. Mr. de Grassins is a banker who is good at all financial means that can make money. The money family is gone.Mrs. de Grassan is not very beautiful, but she is very good at dressing up. All her outfits are brought from Paris. She leads the fashion standard of Saumur City, and she also likes to hold parties at home.Her son Adolphe, a tall and handsome young man, had recently studied law in Paris for less than a year, and was said to have spent tens of thousands of francs.

"Oh, you are a step too late, de Grassan," said Mr. Crochet with a kind of triumphant joy.

The de Grassens family ignored him, they greeted the Grandet family, and then Mrs. de Grassins pulled her cousin and said: "This is Anna, she just came from Paris two days ago, I I think Mademoiselle Eugenie will like her."

Eugenie smiled and nodded to Miss Anna, Adolphe came over, he took out a palm-sized sewing box from his pocket and handed it to Eugenie, saying: "Miss Eugenie, happy birthday, I hope you like."

The things in this sewing box are all gold-plated, and Eugenie's name is written in cursive script on the lid. It looks much higher-end than the dressing box given by the Crowe family. Eugenie smiled happily when she took the box When she woke up, she felt that today was her lucky day, and she actually received a three-point gift.

After everyone had finished speaking socially, Mrs. Grandet asked Nanon to take out a deck of cards for playing games and put them on the dining table in the main room. The tablecloth on that table had already been collected by Nanon. Up, it now acts as a card table.

Yang Yi was not interested in this game at all, so he planned to go upstairs to rest after drinking the tea in his cup, but the two families who came to visit kept their purpose in mind, so they tacitly left Yang Yi alone. After coming down, Mrs. de Grassan even shoved her cousin Miss Anna by Yang Yi's side.The Ke Luoxu family moved a little slower, and the two ladies could only sit opposite Yang Yi, but this did not prevent them from pestering and talking to Yang Yi at all.

When it was almost nine o'clock, the Yu family had played several rounds. Madame Grandet and Eugenie had good luck. They had already won dozens of copper coins, but it was no wonder, because there were only two of them at the table. It's for playing, other people's minds are not on the game.Mr. Crochet's nephew and de Grassan's son kept flattering Eugenie, while the three new ladies were chattering about Yang Yi's affairs, but compared to Eugenie's He was very patient in answering questions, but Yang Yi didn't seem so friendly. He might not be able to respond to the three ladies saying ten words, which made the three girls feel that they were being slighted, but when they thought of Mr. Grandet's property, they put on what they thought were sweet smiles on their faces.

Yang Yi stayed to play the game purely to make Mr. Grandet look good. Half an hour of playing is already the limit, so after Mrs. Grandet won the lottery of sixteen coppers, Yang Yi lost the prize in his hand. The cards are ready to leave.However, when he stood up, the iron nail on the door was knocked heavily, which shocked everyone who was immersed in his own thoughts.

Nanon was sitting by the window spinning, when she heard the sound she craned her neck and looked out of the greasy windowpane, and then she exclaimed: "Oh, sir, there is a well-dressed young master outside, He also brought a porter from the post station with two large suitcases on his back and two large leather bags in his hands."

"What, a young master? What is he doing here? Are you looking for us?" Mr. Grandet suddenly had a bad premonition. This premonition usually only appears when he may encounter losses in business. He was nervous He walked to the window, leaned over to the glass and looked, "I think he must be from Paris, look at the greasy hair and powder noodles."

"He is very handsome, sir," said Nanon.

"Isn't your young master not good-looking, is he not enough for you?" said M. Grandet, "Go and open the door!"

There was a rude knock on the door, and all the guests in the main room started to discuss curiously. They all stared at the position of the door until Mr. Grandet left with a beautiful young man in the most fashionable clothes. Come in.

"...Your father asked you to come, did he say something? Why did he ask you to come?" Mr. Grandet said to the young man who walked in like a proud peacock. This was his nephew Charles. Grandet, he never thought that this nephew would come back to see him, after all, they had never met.

"I don't know, he only gave me this letter." The strange young man took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Mr. Grandet. His expression looked very confused, because he didn't know himself at all. Why did his father let him come here, and he always thought that his uncle would live in a beautiful big house and live a leisurely pastoral life, but when he came here, he found that everything was different from what he thought, here is like It was a bunch of evil wizards staying in the dirty cave, and he couldn't stand it after less than 5 minutes.

Mr. Grandet's ominous premonition became more and more intense. He hurried to the brass mirror, opened the letter and read it. The contents of the letter immediately made his premonition come true. His brother committed suicide, Now he is asked to take care of his nephew who has never met, and ask him to help send this young man who looks like a playboy to India.Grandet sneered in his heart, he thought that his younger brother said nicely, as long as he took care of his son, wouldn't those creditors find him as an elder brother, and in the end, he would not be responsible for his debts.

Mr. Grandet took the letter and read it over and over again. Anger and pain surged in his heart, but he still behaved calmly in front of the guests as usual, which made his body tremble slightly. .

Mrs. Grandet, Eugenie, and the guests didn't notice Mr. Grandet's abnormality. They were all attracted by the newcomer, and Eugenie and the three ladies looked straight at him. Yes, compared to Yang Yi's introverted and dreary temperament, it is obvious that this young gentleman who woke up and released his own charm is more attractive to their hearts.

"Father, would you like a cup of tea? I suggest you think about the contents of the letter later." Yang Yi poured a cup of tea and walked to Mr. Grandet and said.

"Yes, yes, I have to think about it later, there are too many disturbances now." Mr. Grandet nodded and said, he drank the whole cup of tea, then carefully folded the letter and put it Stuffed it snugly in his coat pocket.

On the other side, Charles sat among a group of people in the original room, and accepted their gazes generously. He said that his journey these past few days was really hard, so Eugenie poured him a cup of tea graciously and asked him to Take a break for tea and ask if he has had dinner.

Her enthusiasm made Charles realize at once that his cousin, whom he had met for the first time, was fascinated by him, and he began to chat with Eugenie with a certain satisfaction, and he used words and sentences with a lot of attention. With some vague language that confuses the lady, this is the usual communication language in the social circle, and everyone will not take it to heart, but he doesn't know that his cousin has never attended a ball, and she doesn't understand it at all, and what's more I don't know that these provocative words of his have made Eugenie fall in love with him at first sight and cannot extricate herself.

Mr. Grandet calmed down not long after drinking tea. He quickly discovered Eugenie's abnormal situation, and he was very angry. His daughter was showing favor to a debt collector. Yes, Charles is now In his opinion, he is a debt collector, and he can't wait to drive him out of Grandet's house immediately.

"Why don't you continue playing games?" said M. Grandet when Eugenie was eagerly discussing music with Charles.

So everyone sat back at the poker table and started playing cards. Yang Yi took the initiative to give up his seat to Charles, which made him receive the first favor Eugenie showed to him since he came to Grandet's house. A sincere smile, but Yang Yi is not rare at all.

When the game started again, Yang Yi took the shortest candle and walked towards the stairs, but the door of Grandet's house rang again.

"Who is it again? Did I invite so many guests tonight?" Mr. Grandet said.

Nanon went to open the door again, and a man who looked like a butler came in with a tray. He saluted everyone, and then said politely: "I am the butler of the Duke of Anjou, and I am here on the order of the Duke. Send gifts to Mr. Grandet and Miss Grandet. The Duke said that he is very grateful to Mr. Grandet for his company this afternoon. He hopes that Mr. Grandet can chat with him again tomorrow. He will host a banquet to entertain .”