[Comprehensive Classics] Different Jane

Jane decided not to make mashed potatoes, but to make potato cakes. May wanted to object, but Elizabeth immediately cheered, and May had to agree.Jane's method is also different from what May knows. Instead of mixing a large pot of mashed potatoes and spreading the cakes in a pan, she first cooks the onions, carrots, and mushrooms until soft and chopped, adds seasonings and mixes them into the potatoes, and then Knead a small ball of mashed potatoes into a ball, put it in the palm of your hand to make a nest, then mix the mashed beans with salt, knead a smaller ball and put it in the potatoes, wrap the mashed beans with mashed potatoes, knead Racketed into patties and finally fried in a pan until golden brown.

However, Mei didn't have many beans for Jane, so Jane only made a few small stuffed ones, and the others were not wrapped with bean puree, so they were directly fried in the pan.

Mei: Why bother, you have nothing to do!

British people usually eat very simple at noon, and dinner is the main meal. Broth takes time, so it is naturally impossible to eat at noon.

"Is that a pumpkin?" Jane suddenly saw a big pumpkin in the corner. She hasn't eaten a pumpkin for a long time, but Mrs. Bennet usually cut it into large pieces and boiled it, so Jane didn't like to eat pumpkins before. , but this time she wants to make some pumpkin porridge.Pumpkin nourishes the vital energy. Mrs. Bennet is not feeling well right now. Drinking some pumpkin porridge should make her feel better. Besides, the pumpkin porridge is sweet, and the two little sisters should also like it.

"May, cut me a piece of pumpkin," said Jane.

"Miss Jane, what are you going to do again?" Mei asked reluctantly.

"I want to make some porridge for Mommy."

"Pumpkin porridge? Oh, forget it, well, my wife said, I have to listen to you today."

Mei cut a piece of pumpkin and helped to peel off the skin. Then, as Jane said, she cut it into small pieces and cooked them in a pot.

Jane used a tool for making mashed potatoes to turn the cooked pumpkin into pumpkin puree, and she carefully filtered the too thick fiber part.It occurred to Jane that she had no sugar, which was locked in the cupboard.No way, Jane added some onions and carrots to the pumpkin for extra sweetness.

"What are you doing, Jane?" Elizabeth finished her salad, and she looked over. "Are you going to make pumpkin pie?"

"No this time, I want to make some pumpkin porridge."

"What? Pumpkin porridge? That sounds a little strange."

"I don't know, but I think it will be delicious."

Jane put a small piece of butter into a small pot, waited for the oil to melt, then poured the pumpkin into the small pot, then put in the milk, stirred while cooking, and finally sprinkled a little salt to enhance the taste.

Mei and Elizabeth stood aside suspiciously at first, but after smelling the tangy and sweet smell, they felt that this pumpkin porridge was something to look forward to, although Mei felt that pumpkin porridge without oatmeal was not porridge at all.

Finally got lunch done, during which time Jane and Elizabeth went out to see Catherine and Lydia a few times, fed them twice, went to the bathroom twice for Mary, and helped Catherine and Lydia Ya finished using the bathroom and washed them both.Jane also drew a few more small pictures for Catherine and Lydia. She unexpectedly discovered that Lydia may have some talent in painting. Compared with Catherine's messy pictures, Lydia's paintings are a bit similar.

Elizabeth was very emotional in her heart. For the first time, she realized that Mommy was not easy.Mommy has to start arranging housework every morning. She not only has to prepare food for the whole family with Mei, but also takes care of their five sisters... Think about it, Catherine and Lydia alone are enough.

Thinking of always seeing Mummy either busy or sewing, Elizabeth felt ashamed that she had disliked Mummy in the past. She decided to do more things for the family like Jane.

The pumpkin porridge and potato cakes were so well received that even Mary, who always aimed at ladies, couldn't resist grabbing a few and putting them on her own plate.The pumpkin porridge was all gone, as were the hash browns.

Mrs. Bennet, who rested for a few hours, was so touched that she felt as if she had experienced a vacation...God knows how much she wanted such a vacation: no need to do housework, no need to go into the kitchen, no need to take care of the children, comfortable Lying comfortably in bed, she would have something to eat when she got up—she could even ask for lunch to be brought to bed, which of course she didn't, because she was still very worried about Jane and Elizabeth, but she didn't expect them to give it to her. She was a surprise.

"My children are the sweetest little angels," thought Mrs. Bennet. "I must tell dear Mr. I."

Mrs. Bennet really thinks so, and now she feels that Jane is her best masterpiece, Jane has arranged everything so well, and Catherine and Lydia, who have always been very noisy during the process, are still quiet , which is very rare.

Mrs. Bennet kept praising the five children at the dinner table, saying she was proud of them.The girls were very happy, especially Elizabeth, who thought she was old enough to not need Mummy's praise, and she always felt that Mummy couldn't do anything well, but she didn't think so now.Elizabeth felt that she had done a little thing, but Mommy was so happy, and Elizabeth was also very happy when she heard Mommy praised them. Even though Mommy was still nagging, she felt that it was not as difficult as before Bear.

Elizabeth admitted that Jane was right, and now she just felt that she couldn't wait to do something more.But she did not continue to have such opportunities, because Mrs. Bennet sent the children to nap soon after lunch.

Jane thought she had made a lot of hash browns, but they were barely enough for lunch, and Mrs. Bennet decided to add them to dinner.

In fact, it is not difficult to make pumpkin porridge and potato cakes, and the ingredients are ready-made, but no one has ever thought of doing it this way.

Mrs. Bennet may not be as creative as Jane, but she knows the tastes of her family better than Jane. She adds a little sugar and flour to the pumpkin porridge, so that the porridge will taste thicker and sweeter .

Mrs. Bennet asked May to peel more potatoes, and she peeled a lot of beans herself. Although she also thought about making potato cakes without fillings, I have to say that the stuffed ones are even better. eat.Mrs. Bennet also tried adding some chopped meat to the mashed potatoes. She made two flavors, one was mashed potatoes with meat and salty bean filling, and the other was ordinary mashed potatoes with Sweet bean stuffing with sugar... The second one is specially made by Mrs. Bennet for her daughters. Girls of this age can't resist the temptation of sweets.

In the room, Jane and Elizabeth were actually not asleep. In order not to disturb the lunch break of the other three younger sisters, they lay on the same bed and whispered about new small plans.

"I like to cook, so I will help Mommy more in the kitchen." Jane said, "And you, Liz, what are your plans?"

"I don't know." Elizabeth said sullenly, "I don't like cooking or sewing, and you don't let me take care of the horse."

"Didn't we agree to start teaching Catherine and Lydia how to read? I think you can make some flashcards with Mary, starting with the alphabet, and you can make it look better. I think Mary will be willing to help you." .” Jane suggested.

"This seems to be good, we can start later." Elizabeth wanted to start immediately when she thought of something.

"Oh, don't be in such a hurry, Liz, I have an idea, we can ask Daddy to get some thick cardboard to make, it will last a little longer, and we can think about how to make cards first, such as on the 'table'. What do you think of drawing a table under the words?"

"Sounds good, Jane, you can teach me how to draw your stick figure, it's so cute, I like it so much, how did you come up with it?"

"Ah, it's nothing, I just thought, if it's too complicated, my younger sisters will always lose interest in drawing poorly. Speaking of which, don't you think Lydia is quite talented in drawing?"

"That's called talent? It's just a little better than Catherine."

"Come on, if she likes drawing, at least it's better than running around in the mud?"

"...you are very humorous, Jane."

"Thank you."

The two little sisters agreed in the quilt to design the literacy cards first in the afternoon, and then make a curriculum or something, and they had to consult with Mr. Bennet, because Mr. Bennet seemed to be very reliable.

This season is the harvest season on the farm. Mr. Bennet has to go to the farm every day, and he has to calculate the income of this year when he comes back at night. Sometimes he needs to go to some agricultural exhibitions with the villagers, and then come back and spend a lot of money on the accounts. brains.

Mr. Bennet really doesn't want to admit that he is not good at calculations, even though he is a man... At that time, Elizabeth was only five years old, and he had just learned to count, and once he held Elizabeth on his lap to read the account book When it was time, Elizabeth unexpectedly found out that he made a mistake in the calculation, which was addition and subtraction within ten.

Emmmmmm...('▽`)

Mr. Bennet may be a little bit big, which is reflected in the fact that he doesn't think it's such a bad thing not to have a son. Of course, he also had expectations, but when Lydia was born, he didn't think about it anymore. , so Mr. Bennet doesn't understand why his wife is always gloomy about it.

Occasionally, Mr. Bennet would have some regrets. He was fascinated by Mrs. Bennet’s beauty and married her, but seeing his lovely daughters, he felt fortunate that he married Mrs. Bennet, otherwise how could he have The cute and beautiful daughters that everyone envies?

The author has something to say: Mrs. Bennet is a very good wife, but she and Mr. Bennet have different hobbies, so they have nothing in common... Actually, isn’t it the same for many people getting married now?Marry only for the sake of being married.The other wives weren't much better than her, it's just that she seemed stupid in the books.