[Comprehensive film and television host British and American drama] Zai Su also wants to fall in lov

The next day was Sunday, Su Li put little Claude in the cart and took Gina to church.

After they came out, the group of them happened to see Mrs. Gregson who had just come out of the bakery, walking hobbled with a big belly and a big iron pot.Su Li walked up to Mrs. Jenkins just in time to hear Miss Mary ask why her husband didn't help.

"Because Mr. Job Gregson is lazy and wild, and never cares about the work at home." Su Li said: "I really can't understand that he has so many children to support, but he has no sense of responsibility until now."

As soon as this sentence was finished, Mrs. Gregson fell to the ground. Captain Brown was the first to rush up, picking up the big iron pot and trying to send Mrs. Gregson home.This behavior was obviously not in etiquette, and the ladies standing beside looked at him with dissatisfaction.

Obviously, Mrs. Gregson also knew that this was wrong. She declined Captain Brown, hugged the child in her eldest son's arms, and let Harry carry the heavy iron pot. The three of them walked back to their place outside the town. The house built with wooden boards.

Su Li said goodbye to several people at the intersection, and pushed Little Claude back home.After returning home and changing their clothes, they put on aprons and took little Claude out to collect firewood twice.Some time ago, the weather was too hot, so they didn't go out to collect firewood.But not now, fall is coming, and it's time to burn a fireplace [-]/[-].

Two days later, Gina brought news from outside that Miss Brown had passed away, but Captain Brown was working in other places, and no one knew where he went and when he would come back!Miss Jersey nearly fainted from crying at Miss Jenkins' house.

Su Li tightly hugged Little Claude's arm. Birth, old age, sickness and death are always so sudden, making people defenseless.

"Mom?" Claude raised his ignorant face and moved his body in confusion.This made Lydia feel much better. With this little angel around, her troubles would always disappear by themselves.

The atmosphere in Crawford was a little quiet for the next few days.But as soon as autumn comes, everyone is excited, Hanbury Manor is going to hold a garden party!This is really a big event that makes Cranford boil!

Su Li handed Claude over to Gina for temporary care, and she went to the hat shop and clothes shop in the town with Mrs. Forrester and Miss Pole.She didn't plan to buy new clothes to wear. The original owner had quite a lot of clothes. Although Mr. Derby became addicted to gambling later on, his family was rich enough to afford a few pounds for the clothes.She's going to alter the dress a little bit, just sew some lace or something.The hat can be considered to buy a new one, but she only needs to buy a plain hat, and she can refit it herself after returning home, which is much cheaper.Of course, this reason cannot be used in Cranford. She would say: "My craft is very good, and I made a lot of dried flowers a while ago. I think it will be more suitable to decorate my hat myself. My regards."

The ladies of Cranford would of course agree with this view, for that is what most of them do.

After shopping, she went home and had lunch, and after coaxing Cranford to take a nap, she started working with her newly bought plain hat.Gina also wanted to go to Hanbury's garden party. She hooked the new lace method taught by Lydia in her hand, and asked Lydia expectantly: "Mrs. Derby, can I go to the garden party?"

Su Li shook her head under the little girl's disappointed gaze: "I'm sorry, Gina, you are only 12 years old. Usually, girls can't enter formal social occasions until they are 16 years old. Before that, girls must learn how to be a lady. The skills I know, so that I don't lose face in social situations." She explained patiently.

"Okay, ma'am..." Gina was still a little disappointed.But she felt that she was already very happy.After being taken out of the charity school by Mrs. Derby, she put on new clothes. Although they were more of Miss Derby's unmarried clothes, she had never thought about the delicate satin and lace.Moreover, she can read, learn foreign languages, play the piano, and even have a large dowry in the future.It made her feel like she was living a dream!

After another week, Su Li's new hat was ready, and the dress she was going to wear was also changed.She also wove herself a new shawl from thread spun from wool from the family's sheep.Next, just wait for the garden party to be held...

This morning, Su Li and Claude had just finished their teaching and were eating snacks when they heard a knock on the door.

"Harry?!" Gina's voice was a little surprised, and she couldn't figure out how this poor boy who lived in the woods outside the town came back to their house.

Su Li put Claude on the carpet and let him play by himself. She walked to the door and asked, "What's the matter, Gina?"

"Ma'am, it's Harry."

"Harry?" Su Li walked along the path to the gate of the courtyard, and saw a thin boy dressed in an adult's old clothes standing in embarrassment at the gate of her house.

"Yes, Mrs. Derby, I, I want to ask for some goat milk. My mother gave birth, but she is not feeling well. The baby needs milk. I, I..." He was extremely embarrassed.But the first thing he thought of at that time was the kind Mrs. Derby.Although the ladies in the town are very kind, their kindness is only for the decent people in the town.People like him have no one to pity him.

But Mrs. Derby was different. They had a brief exchange in the woods. At that time, she was so hungry that the whole woods could hear her stomach growling.Mrs. Derby gave him some potatoes and a large glass of goat's milk, so that he and his brothers and sisters could fill their stomachs.

So this time the baby has no milk to drink, and the first thing he thinks of is the kind Mrs. Derby.

Su Li nodded: "Gina, go and squeeze half a bucket of goat milk for Harry." After saying this, she looked at Harry: "Harry, I can give you goat milk, but it's not free of."

"But, but I have no money..."

"I don't need you to give me money." Su Li said: "As you can see, I like to use wood to burn the fireplace. Now that summer is almost over, the cold autumn and winter will come soon. But the firewood in my house is not Not much. You come to my house every morning and collect four carts full of firewood for me, and I'll give you a quart of goat's milk. Is that okay?"

Harry nodded quickly: "Yes, of course!" Mrs. Derby is such a nice person!With a small cart, picking up firewood is not tiring at all.And the little one can't eat as much goat's milk as a quart, and the whole family can drink the rest!He took the goat milk from Gina, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and ran home, reporting the good news to his mother!

Mrs. Gregson laughed as Harry boiled goat's milk for the hungry crying newborn, and she drank a bowl herself.Thanks to the half bucket of goat milk, the baby did not go hungry.

The next morning, after Harry ate a potato, he went to Mrs. Derby's house. After getting the trolley, he went to the forest to pick up four carts full of firewood and piled it into Mrs. Derby's tool shed, and then took it back. A quart of goat's milk came home, and he even got a slice of bacon!

This activity of collecting firewood for goat milk lasted for a week and ended. Mrs. Gregson's health improved and she also had milk.But when she and Gina were collecting firewood in the woods, Harry saw it and came to help.Then Lydia would give him a few biscuits.She also took out Cloud's childhood clothes and gave them to Harry, and she was very grateful again.

Later, Su Li heard that Mr. Gregson was back, and Harry seemed to be learning to write from Mr. Carter.

But none of this had much to do with her, and she forgot what she had heard.

Now the big news in Cranford is that the Edwards family, who went to live in Manchester, is coming back!I heard that Mrs. Edwards missed her hometown after her health deteriorated, so the filial Mr. Edwards decided to take his old mother back to Cranford.

Su Li asked Miss Pole: "What does that Mr. Edwards do? Does coming back like this have any impact on his work?"

"Mr. Edwards is a lawyer. Manchester is not far from here. He can ride a horse to work. The work of a lawyer is not heavy, and he only needs to work half of the time every week." Miss Ball mentioned this Mr. Edwards' eyes lit up: "Lawyer! And he's so handsome!"

"Is he single?" Su Li could see this from Miss Ball's expression.

"Now he is single, but he was married once before, but the sad thing is that Mrs. Edwards had a dystocia when giving birth to a child, and neither the child nor she survived. Mr. Edwards has not remarried for so many years."

"Then how old is he?"

"33! What a good age!" Miss Pole clutched the small handkerchief with a dreamy expression: "We have been looking forward to his remarriage, so that Edwards House can have a mistress again. Oh, Mrs. Derby, you should Haven't seen his house. It's not the biggest in Cranford, but the refinement is unique to Cranford! I've been to dances there, and his drawing room is wonderful, when I was young I could dance there all day!"

Su Li: "..." You mean you can dance there all day long even if you are not young?

She remembered that Edwards had lived in the house. She passed by when she came to Cranford. It was indeed a magnificent house with a large yard.

But this has nothing to do with her, she is also very satisfied with the small courtyard she lives in now.Especially in this season, the flowers in the garden are all blooming, the grass and big trees are also green, and the windows of the house cleaned by her and Gina are bright and clean.Anyway, in her opinion, her little house is as beautiful as the houses in fairy tales she saw when she was a child.

A few days later, several large carriages drove into Cranford and entered the exquisite and beautiful Edwards house.The servants were busy moving things down, and they didn't finish moving all the things until noon.This let everyone in Cranford know the wealth of Mr. Edwards.The owner of the house will not come until the house is thoroughly cleaned and the fireplace warms the house the next day.

Of course, Lydia knew all this from Miss Pole.

She also said that Hanbury Manor sent an invitation letter to the Edwards house, and if nothing else happened, they would be able to see Mr. Edwards in person at the garden party.

Yes, the garden party will be held in three days, and before that, even if Mr. Edwards has returned, they cannot visit in violation of Cranford's rules.

Three days later—

The author has something to say:

I believe that most people have never heard of Cranford's novel or TV series, but I believe that most people must have heard of the author's other book even if they haven't read it-"South and North"