The heroine of the healing department is very rigid [Pride and Prejudice]

"Bang!" Duke John slammed his stick on the ground, pointed at Scareva with trembling fingers and cursed in a low voice, "Damn it, who taught you the lesson!" go.

When Duke John disappeared completely in the corridor on the second floor, Scareva took Mary out and said with satisfaction, "You are sensible, and you didn't come out to say 'the same is difficult', otherwise my pocket watch might not be able to keep it." .”

"Did he go to sue?" Mary was worried, because Mrs. White was not someone to mess with.

"What are you afraid of? Anyway, I got it back." Scareva was not worried at all. She opened the cover of the watch, took a look, then hurriedly closed it, and gave it to Mary again, "Maybe White will search for me The box, you can save it for a few days first."

Mary originally thought that Duke John would let Mrs. White show mercy because of Scareva being his daughter.However, what she didn't expect was that Duke John left without hesitation immediately after he finished his complaint.So Mrs. White took all her anger on Scareva.

She stopped Scareva's class and arranged for her to do the most tiring work in the kitchen and yard. She couldn't go back to the dormitory to rest at night and could only sleep in the warehouse.The most important thing is that after three days, Mrs. White has no intention of letting Scareva go.

"This old thing wants Scareva to die in the warehouse!" Mary fidgeted, walking up and down the dormitory irritably, but she couldn't think of a way.

"When I quietly went to deliver water to Scareva yesterday, I found that her arms were covered with whip wounds." Miranda sat on the corner of the bed worriedly, regretting why she allowed Mary and the others to steal things.

"Do you think the woman who delivered the food on Wednesday will deliver the letter for us?" Mary suddenly asked Miranda.

Every Wednesday and Saturday, a dumpy woman would come to deliver fresh vegetables and fruit to Lowood—although it was rare for students to see these things.

"She can help us, but the asking price is very high." Miranda said, "Someone asked her to help deliver letters to the family before, but she offered a high price of twenty pounds. Of course, that girl doesn't have that much money, so I can only Let it go."

Mary's eyes lit up, she is rich!

Of the fifty pounds her father had given her, she had spent none of it.

"I'm writing to the sheriff at home and here right now."

But Miranda poured a basin of cold water over, "Duke John is the school manager of Lowood, so the sheriff probably can't control it. But if you just write letters to your family, it might work. But..."

"But that's not going to save Scareva at all," Marie continued.She twirled fidgetily the pen that Mrs. Jones had given her, and accidentally dropped it on the floor.A small scroll of parchment fell out of the broken pen barrel.

Mary opened the scroll suspiciously, and found an address written on it: No. 34, Greek Street.

What does it mean?34 Greek Street, Mary was sure she had never been to this place.

Mary had suspected, as early as Mrs. Jones had brought the pen, that Heathcliff had bought it, and she was now more certain of it.Because the handwriting on the note is vigorous and powerful, it looks more like it was written by a man.

If it is said that Heathcliff gave himself a pen to urge her to study hard-although this is very weird.So what does the note in the pen mean?

Mary held the note over and over again, and then she realized that there was something else in the barrel of the pen.

It was a small roll of money, worth two hundred pounds.

Mary seemed to suddenly understand something.This note, this money, is her way out.

Before Mrs. Jones left that day, she once told her meaningfully that no matter where she went to study, she must believe that she was not alone.He also said that this pen should be kept well, it will come in handy when necessary.

Therefore, pens, notes, and money are all Heathcliff left for her.Why is he doing this?Is it because of the guilt of taking revenge on his father?or because...

impossible.Mary shook her head, what was she thinking, how could Heathcliff like her?It's a fantasy. It's not bad if he doesn't hate her.

As for the way he left behind, maybe he really felt guilty about Duke John.

Mary did not continue to think about this issue, after all, the most important thing now is how to save Scareva.

As Miranda said, magistrates rarely dare to offend the powerful, so writing to them is probably useless.And the official is busy with business, even if he receives her report letter, he may not be able to read it right away.The family could receive the letter in time, but they couldn't intervene in the affairs of Lowood and Scarva, and all they could do was take themselves back.

After thinking about it, Mary found that only Heathcliff could help her now.

Mary made up her mind and was going to write to Heathcliff for help, but she hesitated as soon as she picked up the pen.

What if this note was not written by Heathcliff?What if there is a misunderstanding in this?It is about Scareva's life, even if Mary is 90.00% sure, she dare not bet.If Heathcliff did not live in No. 34 on Greek Street or the communion, then the time to rescue Scareva would be delayed again.

Mary held the roll of money and fell into deep thought again. Finally, she decided to make two-handed preparations and try her best to be safe, but at the same time, she needed to take a big risk.

Wednesday, the next day, happened to be the day of communion, and Lowood rarely gave the students a holiday, but the woman who delivered the vegetables would still come on time.For Mary, this is simply a great opportunity.

Before dawn, she quietly got up and hid a letter in her bosom.Taking the money again, under the cover of Miranda, he tiptoed to the backyard.

When the sky turned pale, a fat red-haired woman came tremblingly towards Lowood in a dilapidated two-wheeled carriage.

This is actually an ordinary horse-drawn truck. The so-called "vehicle" is actually a heightened ordinary flatbed truck. However, due to the rainy weather in the UK, in order to prevent the sudden rain from wetting the goods, the delivery person often covers the flatbed truck. On the black tarpaulin.

As before, the woman stopped the car and was not in a hurry to unload the goods. Instead, she rolled a cigarette in the carriage and started smoking.

Mary took the letter and walked forward. Before she got to the carriage, the woman showed a knowing expression and said, "Twenty pounds for one delivery. Only to the post office over there. As for your family members? I can receive your letter, then I can't control it."

"I want you to take me out," Mary said straight to the point.So much so that the woman who delivered the food was so surprised that she almost dropped the cigarette in her hand on the ground.

"What? What did you say?"

"I said, I hope you can take me out of Lowood. I can hide in the car. As long as you don't tell me, no one will find out." Mary explained quickly.

The woman hesitated for a moment, then took a few more puffs of the cigarette.Then she threw the cigarette butt on the ground, jumped out of the carriage, stamped it out with her foot, put her hands on her hips, raised her chin and said to Mary, "It's not impossible, but you need to pay me 200 pounds."

"100 pounds." Mary bargained.

"Little girl, you are not qualified to bargain with me, understand? Only I can take you out here." The woman who delivered the food sat back on the carriage again, crossed her left leg onto her right leg, and got some stains on her fingers. Spit, rolled another cigarette, looking smug.

"I heard that you have delivered food to Lowood for a long time. How much money have you earned by delivering letters to students for so long? Is there 100 pounds?" Mary asked back, not caring about the woman's threats.

The woman who delivered the food was silent. Although she charged a high price of 20 pounds each time, because the students had no money, her "business" could not be started.Over the years, only two students have been able to come up with this money, and she has earned only 40 pounds in various ways.

Mary saw the woman hooked, so she continued to seduce.

"100 pounds is enough for you to rent a stall with the best location in the open-air market. Isn't it much easier to make money then?"

"Besides, how much money do you get every time you deliver food to Lowood's? I heard that they haven't even paid you the food money for last week."

"In fact, they are not short of money at all, the teachers are eating steak Wellington and creme brulee every day."

——This sentence is actually false, only the principal can eat steak.

The woman hesitated.She rubbed the dust on her clothes a few times, exhaled a smoke ring, and said, "180 pounds."

"130 pounds," said Mary.

"No, that's too little." The woman waved her hand. "160 pounds, no less."

"150 pounds, I only have so much, I have to set aside 10 pounds for emergencies."

"Okay, 150 is 150." The woman waved her hand irritably again, "Pay the money now, and when I finish unloading the goods, go in and ask for money for the vegetables, you can get in the car."

"No. I'll give you 20 yuan at most now, and I'll pay the balance after I leave school. Also, if someone from Lowood finds you on the way to take me out, you have to deliver a letter for me. "

As she spoke, Mary stuffed the letter addressed to No. 34 Greek Street and 20 pounds into the woman's hand.

"Little ghost, don't play tricks with me, do you have that much money?"

Mary took out a 100-pound note and waved it in front of the woman's eyes, "See? I have money. As long as you are willing to help me seriously, this note and the other 30 pounds will be yours."

The woman's eyes straightened, she rarely saw such face value bills, and even if she saw them, they did not belong to her.

"You won't lose out on this business," Mary continued.

The woman finally wavered again.She jumped out of the carriage and began to unload the goods neatly, "Little vampire, follow your instructions. Help me unload the goods now, and then hide in the carriage without making a sound."