[Sherlock Holmes] Captured a detective

Chapter [-]

Jenny brought a lot of things this time, a roast goose with honey sauce, all kinds of seasonings were packed in small paper bags, and a box of bed sheets and quilt covers...etc.

This is the experience I learned the hard way the last time I came to play: because I don’t come and live often, the things in the small manor in the countryside are not complete.

"You guys are finally here." Mycroft led people to purchase.Jenny wrote the list in advance, and he just needs to buy according to the list.

"Where's Sherlock?" Jenny asked strangely.

"He didn't come, he said he wanted to walk around." Mycroft led the manservant to instruct the man to move the box to the carriage.

"That's right." Jenny replied casually, and looked around by the way.

Because the Duke of Windsor's villa is only an hour away from here, and he often comes to hunt, this originally small town is very prosperous.Because it was almost noon, there were not many people on the street, but Jenny felt that the few people who passed by seemed to be looking at them with one eye.

Love gossip seems to be the nature of the British~

"Okay, let's go." Mycroft tipped the porter and called Jenny.

"it is good."

Jenny, Fantine, and Cosette, who came down to rest for a while, got into the carriage again.

"Please, Mycroft," Jenny said to Mycroft.

"What's the trouble, I also want to thank you for the invitation." Mycroft waved his hand and said, "You know, if I were alone, I wouldn't want to come on vacation."

The manor is very close to the town, and we will arrive in a while.Sherlock invited an honest couple to help look after the house. Seeing them coming back, the taciturn husband immediately stepped forward to pull the horse. His legs and feet were a little awkward. After the others unloaded the cart, he helped pull the cart. Go to the back to unload the horse, and then feed the horse some fodder.The wife was also not talkative, and she obeyed Fantine's instructions and took out all the things in the box and put them where they should be.

"Let's have lunch first. Sherlock didn't say when he'll be back? I brought a cold goose." Jenny asked Mycroft.

"He'll probably be back when I feel like eating." Mycroft rubbed his hands, but he couldn't say "Let's eat first."

But as Mycroft said, it was only a cigarette, and Jenny and the others had just prepared the soup when Sherlock returned.

"Bad news." Sherlock said, sitting at the table and wiping his hands with a wet towel.

"Bad news?" Jenny felt very strange, what kind of bad news would there be in such a rural place?Did something happen?That should be good news for Sherlock.

"I saw a lot of carriages going to that big manor. Fantine, give me the bread, thank you." Sherlock dipped the bread into the soup and ate it.

Jenny still didn't quite get it, but Mycroft did.

"It's not bad news, it's just very troublesome. Every carriage means that the Duke is likely to come. At least we have to say hello." Mycroft explained that he was also very annoyed by such things. He rarely came out for a vacation. Going to socialize or something.

"That's it." From various aspects, it is indeed troublesome.

After lunch, Jenny decided to hurry up and tidy up the house, at least she should have fresh sheets when she goes to bed at night.There was an extra maid, but it still took a while for the women to do the tidying up. Jenny was very satisfied with the results, especially the curtains on the windows, which were originally thick velvet curtains covered in dust. They were all made of cotton.Jenny is going to ask Mrs. Gwen to wash all the curtains tomorrow... Mrs. Gwen is the wife of the housekeeper.Although she had long arms and thick arms, she was very taciturn. While everyone was working, she also chatted with Jenny and Fantine unconsciously.

It was only then that Jenny found out that the Gwen and his wife didn't usually live here. They had their own house, not far from here, about two miles away, across the creek next to the woods.

Sherlock gave them five pounds a year. Although it was not much, the work they had to do was very little. Usually they only came to weed and sweep the dust occasionally, and check the house for damage.

The two couples also have no children, because Mr. Gwen has a disabled leg and cannot rely on farming for a living, so he only opened up a field to grow wheat and corn, and opened a field to grow vegetables, and raised a horse. Usually, he makes a living by selling vegetables to churches or renting horses to others for pulling things.

However, Sherlock promised that if he came to the manor, he would give priority to hiring the couple as servants, and would rent their horses, all of which were paid separately.They come every morning at 06:30 and go back at [-] pm.

It turned out to be like this, Jenny thought, last time she came here, she wondered where Sherlock found the couple, maybe it was nearby.Knowing that Mrs. Gwen usually likes to drink a couple of sips, Jenny decided to buy two bottles of gin for her when she left.

"By the way, Mrs. Gwen, you said just now that the vegetables you grow can be sold? What did you grow?" Jenny asked. If there was something she needed, wouldn't she just go to town?

"Grows everything, ma'am, and now I've got cabbages, tomatoes, and peas, and they're better for sale," said Mrs. Gwynn. "The peas are still tender, and they're best for soup."

"Great." Jenny clapped her hands, "I bought a tomato, then bring a cabbage and a bag of peas."

"Yes, Mrs. Hudson." A smile flashed across Mrs. Gwin's face.

After finishing all this, Jenny found that the two Holmes had disappeared.

"Where are the Holmes gentlemen?" asked Jenny.

Neither Fantine nor Cosette paid attention, but Mrs. Gwen said vaguely: "Shortly after lunch, I mean when we were drawing the curtains on the second floor, I seemed to see them going towards the woods."

"What?" Jenny was taken aback.Didn't Sherlock go shopping in the morning, why did he go again?And Mycroft, who was so lazy that he would go out with Sherlock... for a walk of almost an hour and a half?It's almost three o'clock now.

"Okay." Jenny said with her arms akimbo, "Mrs. Gwynn will wash the curtains first, Fantine and I will go to the kitchen and cook the meat, Cosette, you can go and play, but don't go too far." Far."

"Very well, Mrs. Hudson." Cosette cheered.

Sent Mrs. Gwynn and Cosette, Jenny and Fantine into the kitchen, because there were two gentlemen, so Jenny bought a large piece of pork belly with skin in the town, and now it's time to dispose of it.

After washing the meat, plucking the hair, and lightly scraping a layer of pigskin, and cutting it into thirds, Jenny found a pot, filled half a pot of water, put the meat down, and put some garlic and ginger slices in it. fishy.Blanch the water to skim off the blood foam. Jenny picked up one piece first, then when the meat was just cooked, Jenny picked up another piece, and only picked up the third piece when the meat was a little hard when poked with a fork.

Fantine put a large pork bone and a goose bone picked at noon into the broth, and made a broth together.Jenny cut off the skin of the third piece of meat, chopped it and put it in a small bowl, then took a small pot, put water and various seasonings, put the skinned meat in it, boiled it, then added salt and Sauce, cook slowly over low heat.

Fantine kneaded the dough on the side, and made dough cakes in a pan after fermentation.After the meat is cooked, add some lettuce and peppers, mince and dough together to make a pie.

The meat needs to be cooked for an hour and a half. Jenny and Fantine took advantage of this time to prepare some vegetables such as snow peas and carrots. They washed and peeled the vegetables, and they also boiled a pot of coffee by the way.

When the meat was cooked, Jenny didn't take it out, but turned off the fire, wiped her hands, and handed over the rest to Fantine, and asked her to save a bowl for jelly after the stock was done.

Taking advantage of the sun, she went upstairs to wash her hair and take a shower, and then brought coffee and snacks to the front living room, where she drank coffee and had snacks while admiring the sunset in the countryside with her hair down.

Because the manor does not live long, and Sherlock is not a person who likes to spend money on it, so when the garden in front of the house withered, Sherlock simply had all the flowers uprooted, leaving only a bare piece of grass. At one point was a low stone wall... Then she saw Sherlock and Mycroft approaching.

Jenny put down her glass and came out to meet her. "Where have you been?" she asked.

"Oh, we walked along the river and found several good fishing spots." Mycroft said enthusiastically, "Charlie is right, it's really nice to come to the country for a vacation once in a while."

"I need to take a shower." Sherlock flicked his sleeves, and Jenny saw that Sherlock's shirt and pants were wet.

"My God, what's going on?" Jenny asked.

"It's nothing, I just almost fell into the river." Sherlock didn't want to go into details, "I'd better go upstairs first."

"You all go to wash, the hot water just happened to be boiled, and there is no need to wash in too hot water in this weather. After a while, you can eat." Jenny said.

"Great, I'm really hungry." Mycroft immediately led the way to the second floor.

Fantine had made quite a few pies, and the stock was ready, and when Jenny came into the kitchen she was putting corn, carrots, and tomatoes into the soup.Cosette slowly stirred the contents beside a small pot.

"Have the Holmes come back?" Fantine wiped her hands on the apron. "Is supper ready?"

"Yes, um...fried snow peas, how about the goose at noon?"

"There, I've rearranged the plate, and I think it's okay."

"That's right, put the cooked meat in the cabinet first, and cook it tomorrow. Did you keep the broth?"

"Yes, I'm cooking." Fantine pointed to what Cosette was doing, and in that small pot was the broth for jelly.

"Is there any salt?" Jenny looked at it.

"It's been put, Mrs. Hudson, by mother," replied Cosette. "Would you like to taste it?"

"Forget it, I think Fantine can do this." Jenny patted Cosette on the head.

Jenny didn't do it herself, but asked Fantine to brush some oil in the pan, put in the snow peas, and fry until they changed color and sprinkle some salt to put it out.

"After the soup is cooked, let's set the plate first. I'll go upstairs and change my clothes." Jenny took out the plate containing the goose first.

Jenny changed clothes, pulled up her half-dry hair, and sat there waiting for Sherlock to come out of the shower.Sherlock came out after changing into a pair of flaxen trousers, with a trace of moisture on his body. Jenny grabbed a towel and put it on Sherlock's head, pulled it left and right, and was satisfied to see that the hair turned into a bird's nest.

"Bring me the vest, please?" Sherlock said while buttoning the buttons, not aware of Jenny's cautiousness.

"Of course." Jenny handed Sherlock the flaxen vest, and when Sherlock put it on, she reached out and stroked his hair, "Oh, it's done." She said with a smile.

Sherlock raked his hair and found out the mystery. He rolled his eyes helplessly at Jenny, walked to the mirror and combed his hair carefully with a comb.

Jenny came up behind him and hugged him.

The two had been stuck in the room for a while before they came downstairs. Supper had already been set, corn soup, fried snow peas, mince pies, goose and bread.

Mycroft was drinking while standing by the window, and when he saw two people coming in, he quickly put down his glass.

"You guys are so slow, I've been starving for a long time." Mycroft consciously pulled out the chair and sat down, and couldn't wait to pick up the fork. "The walk in the afternoon whetted my appetite."

Charlotte pulled out a chair for Jenny, and before she sat down, she said, "It's not a walk that whets your appetite. If you're trying to lose weight, Mycroft, you shouldn't eat too much meat at night." Sherlock took a pie and put it on his plate.

Mycroft: "..."

Mycroft: "Charlie, you can't say that about me, I'm your brother."

Sherlock: "I didn't say anything."

Seeing that the two brothers were about to start bickering, Jenny quickly interrupted, "Since we are here to play, why not relax more, I have a suggestion." She said, "I want to put the 'important meal' until two in the afternoon. So we have more time to play, and we can eat lighter at night, how about it?"

Brother Holmes quickly and unanimously agreed with this opinion.

Before going to bed at night, Sherlock asked Jenny: "We can take pictures in the living room tomorrow morning, have you brought a formal dress?"

"Bring it." Jenny said while combing her hair, "I didn't expect you to be so enthusiastic about this matter. I always thought we couldn't have a group photo for the time being. But how do we take pictures?"

Sherlock came over and stood behind Jenny and held her shoulders, "That's why I want...to have a photo." He bowed his head and kissed the top of Jenny's head, "Don't worry, Mycroft's skills are very good. Well, otherwise why would I invite him?"

My brother is the one who is used to cheat... Maybe he knows it himself, Jenny shrugged in her heart.