[Sherlock Holmes] Captured a detective

Chapter 6

Sherlock is indeed continuing his career as a consulting detective, and Jenny finds her bad premonitions come true.

I don't know where Sherlock recruited a group of vagrants. Jenny heard Sherlock call the leader "Wiggins".This group of boys came three times in a week, and each time they "dumped" a series of small black or yellow footprints from the door to Sherlock's room, as if they couldn't see the rug at the door.And there are handprints all over the handrails of the stairs.

Every time they came Jenny was going crazy.

When they came to Sherlock for the fourth time, Jenny finally decided to do something about it.

Wiggins and his friends prepared to go to the street to inquire about news for Mr. Holmes as they had done a few times before.

They had started working for Mr. Holmes a year ago.Wiggins and his friends all admire Mr. Holmes very much, because he is the smartest person in the world. He only needs one glance to know who you are, where you come from, what job you have, who is in your family...etc. .

The most powerful thing is that even Scotland Yard often comes to Mr. Holmes for help. The cases they can't solve seem to be easily solved by Holmes. Is there anything cooler than this?

But...Wiggins found a lady standing there at the stairs, as if...was waiting for them.Although the lady looked amiable and smiling, the instincts of the little animals made the waifs feel a little afraid of her, and they stood at the top of the stairs shoving and shoving, not daring to go down.

At this time, it is time to go out as the leader.

Wiggins took a few steps up to the landing. He was about thirteen or fourteen, with dark blue eyes and freckles.Wiggins pressed his peaked cap, which was his favorite trophy, looked down at Jenny and said, "What's the matter, ma'am?"

Instead of correcting his grammatical errors, or speaking at once, Jenny took two steps back and motioned the children to notice footprints on the floor and railings, and handprints on the walls, which led from the doorway up the stairs to their underfoot.

The young boy immediately gave up his position a little helplessly, as if this could cover up the footprints that they did not step on.

"Every time you come, you cause me a lot of trouble. I hope you can keep the soles of your shoes and hands clean when you come next time. Can you do it? So, this time, leave two people to help me clean it, is it okay?" ? I have cleaning tools here." Jenny asked.

Wiggins pursed his lips in embarrassment, and said calmly, "I, we work for Mr. Holmes!"

Jenny said disapprovingly: "Oh, really? I'm his landlord, and I can let him live on the street at any time. Well, if you are undecided, you can ask him for advice. I'm going to prepare something for dinner now. If You guys have decided, come to the kitchen and tell me." After finishing speaking, Jenny went into the kitchen without worrying about whether these children would take the opportunity to escape.

"What to do, Wiggins?" A boy standing behind Wiggins asked in a low voice.

Wiggins hesitated for a while, then gritted his teeth: "You guys wait here, I'll go and ask Mr. Holmes what to do, but I can't cause trouble for him." So he went back and knocked on the door.

"Come in," said Sherlock, who was writing something in a book.Wiggins pushed open the door, took off his hat and held it in his hand.

Sherlock didn't expect that these children hadn't left yet, "I thought you had already left?"

Seeing Sherlock speak, Wiggins took a step forward and hurriedly explained: "We were about to leave, but we were stopped by the landlord at the stairs, and she said we stained her floor and asked us to clean it before we could leave. .”

Sherlock's writing hand paused for a moment, then continued writing and asked, "Oh, really? What did Mrs. Hudson say?"

"No, sir, she asked us to keep our shoes and hands clean when we came, oh, yes, she also said that if we didn't do it, you would be kicked out." Wiggins took the opportunity to sue.

Sherlock chuckled, put down his pen, and said easily: "Okay, I'll talk to her, so, where is Mrs. Hudson?" Wiggins hurriedly told him: "Mr. Kitchen, she said she would Prepare dinner, and if we decide, we'll meet her in the kitchen."

Sherlock's expression froze, and after hesitating for a second, he decisively decided to save his dinner: "Uh... I just thought about it, but what Mrs. Hudson said makes sense, after all, she is the landlord , can’t I be hostile to her? Just do as she said, leave two people to help her clean, and I will pay the money. "

Wiggins, who came out of Sherlock's room, was obviously in awe of Jenny.The landlady who can change Mr. Holmes' mind is definitely something to look up to.The friends were also stunned by the result.

Anyway, the wages are paid, and the work in the room is much easier than running outside. Wiggins is also willing to take care of his little friends. He left behind the two youngest boys.The two boys didn't think it was a good job. They tremblingly obeyed Jenny's request to wash their hands and feet, and then took the cleaning tools from Jenny's hand, and began to scrub the floor hard.

After the little friend who was cleaning the floor, Jenny went upstairs and knocked on Sherlock's door.

"Is there something wrong, Mrs. Hudson?" Sherlock let Jenny into the room with a face of "you won't be so swollen".

Jenny opened the window, waved her hand and coughed twice, letting out the smoke from the room.He poked the fireplace again, covered the embers with ashes, and looked up at the Persian-style slippers on the fireplace, which were stuffed with tobacco.Only then did Jenny say to Sherlock who was squatting on the sofa in an old bathrobe and put his palms together against his chin: "Mr. Holmes, you can't go on like this." While tidying up the newspapers, she said, "You haven't been out since you moved in. You can't handle the case just by staying in the house. Do you want this?" She picked up the top two newspapers.

Sherlock opened his eyes slightly: "No."

Jenny folded the newspaper into a paper bag a few times, "Can't you pour all the ashes into the ashtray? I don't think you're using these?"

Sherlock: "No."

Jenny poured the ashes from the ashtray into a paper bag, "What about this one? Do you want more?"

Sherlock: "No."

Jenny: "What about this one?"

Sherlock: "No, keep this one."

Jenny: "Okay, what about this one?"

Sherlock: "No."

Jenny folded the full paper bag and sealed it, walked heavily to the window and threw it down. There was a trash can under it. Under normal circumstances, Jenny would not throw trash through the window.

"Okay." Jenny turned to face Sherlock, "Mr. Holmes, I remember you said that you want to find a roommate by yourself, can you as soon as possible? Find one who can increase my income, reduce my burden, and restrain you And put up with your roommate, okay? Also, you really have to get out and about."

Sherlock blinked and replied, "I actually got a job in a hospital laboratory, and I'm going to work tomorrow."

Really, you still go to work? !

Jenny thought so in her head, and she felt that her face must have shown it, because Sherlock on the opposite sofa also had "not happy!" "Is it so surprising to you that I go to work?"...

"I just took a few days off," Sherlock said.

"What?" Jenny thought she was hallucinating. Did she really hear Mr. Holmes' explanation?

But Sherlock didn't intend to say it a second time. He changed the subject and said, "Mrs. Hudson, I think we need a coat hanger for my inconvenience." He motioned Jenny to look at A chair with two overcoats draped over the back of the chair.

"Uh..." Jenny didn't know how to explain that she forgot, and the place where she bought the hangers was far away, so it would be very troublesome to transport them back.

"The wallet is in the first drawer of the cabinet by the door. If you need it, you can ask Wiggins and the others to help." Sherlock closed his eyes again.

"...Okay." Jenny squeezed her fingers guilty, and opened the door, of course she didn't forget to take out the money from Sherlock's wallet.

"Mrs. Hudson."

"what?"

"Bring me some tea, please."

"... Mr. Holmes, I am not your butler!"

Despite complaining so much, Jenny still made a pot of tea and brought Sherlock some snacks.

The two boys had finished brushing the floor. Not only did they clean the handprints and footprints on the stairs, they also cleaned the floor in the kitchen, and finally put the cleaning tools neatly behind the kitchen door.The two boys looked at Jenny nervously, for fear that she would be dissatisfied.

qaq, it's scary, this is the landlady who can direct Mr. Holmes (?) to live!

"I still need your help with some work, can you?" Jenny felt that she had a good temper. Why did the two boys act as if she was going to eat people?

The two boys grabbed the hem of their clothes and nodded without saying a word.

Jenny sighed and said, "But before that, I think I should have some afternoon tea."

What is afternoon tea?The two boys looked at each other.

They soon knew what it was.

"This is the best drink I've ever had," said the red-haired boy in a soft voice. He burped, and the taste of honey and milk came out of his mouth.

"Don't just drink milk, eat some cake and sandwiches." Jenny brought a plate of snacks.

The boy immediately decided to take back what he said just now.Although hot milk is delicious, small cakes and sandwiches are the real delicacy in the world.They gobbled up all the snacks, and finally they were too embarrassed to look up at Jenny's face.

"Hic, hiccup, hiccup..." Another boy with a snub nose hiccupped nervously, which made him even more nervous.Jenny added a cup of hot milk to him amusedly, "Drink it in one sip and swallow it seven times."

The boy complied, and then he noticed his hiccups had stopped.

"Haha, hahahaha." The two boys couldn't help laughing.They don't think the landlady is scary at all now.

After eating, my stomach is full, and I don't feel that working is such a chore.The two boys actively helped Jenny wash the beans, radishes and cabbage with leaves removed, washed and peeled the potatoes, and helped Jenny throw a few peeled potatoes in the stove, Then I helped Jenny go to the street to buy a few large baskets and flower pots, and finally put a few small rugs outside the door and patted them clean.

Been busy until dark.Jenny washed the hands and faces of the two boys who had worked hard all afternoon, and handed them two heavy paper bags.While the boys didn't know what was inside, they could smell the sausage and couldn't help but salivate.

Jenny smiled and said, "This is your reward for today. Each bag contains some small sandwiches and cakes for your afternoon meal, as well as two baked potatoes, a sausage and an apple." The boy patted the ashes on his shoulder and said: "Tomorrow I need a big boy to help Mr. Holmes buy hangers with me. Please tell Wiggins to ask a boy to come to me at ten o'clock tomorrow morning. I will pay for one." pennies in return."

"Okay, okay, ma'am." The red-haired boy replied with a blushing face.