[Sherlock Holmes] Captured a detective

Chapter 9

When John got up the next day, he found that Mrs. Hudson hadn't prepared his breakfast, but Sherlock signaled that he could go to the kitchen to find something to eat.John opened the cabinet under Sherlock's guidance, oh my god, look what he found?There was a whole row of small bottles with the words: Cherry Jam, Apple Jam, Blueberry Jam, Strawberry Jam, Orange Jam, Peanut Butter, Bean Jam, Chili Sauce, Meat Sauce, Butter.

so happy~

John felt that he wanted to try all of them. He thought for a long time, and finally took a bottle of peanut butter and strawberry jam, and then cut a piece of bread on the plate.John cut the bread in half smaller than usual, just so he could try one more sauce.

Although John thought it was a good breakfast, he could still smell the aftertaste of Sherlock's breakfast, and his plate in the sink.John was struggling, should he wake up early and eat a delicious breakfast, or continue the habit of staying in bed?This is really a problem.

Because it was only the first day after moving here, John decided to go around to familiarize himself with the surrounding environment. Although Mrs. Hudson gave a brief introduction yesterday, he still needs to go and see for himself, just like taking a walk.

The streets of London are always full of mud, especially after a light rain in the morning, but this did not affect John's interest, he walked the streets with great interest.

Baker Street is prosperous because it is close to the city center. Most of the houses in the front live in the middle class, and there are some shops like bakeries, coffee shops, and department stores. In the back, there live a group of people who make a living by doing laundry and serving as servants. people.

Today, a group of gypsies were performing on the street. They parked their caravan on the side of the road. Just as John stopped to watch a fire-breathing man for a few seconds, two gypsy women surrounded him. John didn't want to get entangled with them, so After they came, they left.

Surprisingly, John found that there was a shop selling cigarettes he liked on the street. This kind of cigarette had a strong taste and was rarely seen in London. Now John changed to another brand, but he didn’t expect it to be available here. John immediately bought a little.

Walking to the next street, John found a restaurant. The decoration felt good, but he didn't know how it tasted. Compared with Mrs. Hudson's craftsmanship...

After walking for two hours, John returned to 221b in a good mood and bought a newspaper by the way.

It appears that neither the roommate nor the landlord has returned.John hung his coat on the hanger by the door, and went upstairs to look for work in the newspapers, until in the afternoon John realized that he had missed lunch, when he felt as if he had digested all the bread he ate in the morning.

John went down to the kitchen to get something to eat, when suddenly he heard the door open, so he put his head out to see, it turned out that Mrs. Hudson had come back.

"Doctor Watson, what are you doing?"

"Mrs. Hudson, you came just in time..."

John suddenly found that Mrs. Hudson was very different from yesterday...she was dressed very special today.The camel dress was still understated, but Mrs. Hudson had a not so understated beige bouquet at the back waist, which felt very chic.The beige scarf was embroidered with the same gold pattern as the gloves Mrs. Hudson was taking off, and the same dark camel hat had a few gold flowers on it.

Her blond hair was pulled back in delicate curls, and Mrs. Hudson's make-up was particularly delicate today, but it looked very natural.

Even a bachelor like John who doesn't know anything about women's clothing feels that Mrs. Hudson's dress today is really dignified and fashionable, as if it was specially dressed for someone...

"You are so beautiful today, Mrs. Hudson." John praised sincerely.

Jenny froze for a moment, and immediately replied with a smile: "Thank you for your compliment, Dr. Watson, I just went to a tailor shop." She explained.

But after she changed her clothes and came downstairs, she became that simple and down-to-earth landlady again.John felt that he was more used to this kind of Mrs. Hudson, and that beautiful and delicate Mrs. Hudson made him a little nervous.

"Are you hungry? Let me come. Well, there is also yesterday's soup, which can be reheated. Sorry, I may not be able to prepare a rich dinner these days." Jenny said apologetically.

"It's okay, yesterday's soup is also very good, I like it very much." John was very curious about where Jenny went, but it would be too impolite to ask directly.

"Then today's dinner is only bread and soup, but if you're not in a hurry, I still have time to make some pancakes." Jenny calculated, and thought it was okay to make pancakes, after all, she didn't like it very much. Simple dinner.

"That would be great... By the way, Holmes won't be back for dinner?"

"Uh...not sure, but if he can't make dinner, we can save some bread for him, hehe."

John wiped his sweat silently in his heart, and decided not to miss any dinner in the future.

But after a few weeks, when John felt that the time was right, he still couldn't help asking Sherlock, who had become a friend, about the reason why the landlady went out in fashionable clothes from time to time.

"Oh, that's the one," said Sherlock, smoking his pipe. "She embroiders rich ladies' skirts and gets paid a lot of money. She's probably the only one in London who does that. Don't you know, She is probably the only one in London with this skill."

This is true. Although there are many Chinese living in London, they are all poor people. There are really no people who are as proficient in embroidery as Shangguan Pearl.

Jenny, who invested all her money in the stock market, found Tom the tailor again after the death of her villain husband for more than half a year, and worked with him as a collaborator to make haute couture.

Tom is also a smart man. He didn't ask why Mrs. Harver became Mrs. Hudson, or why she came back, and he didn't take advantage of the fire to use Jenny as an embroiderer.Because Tom felt that such a woman with ideas and craftsmanship must be of good background and highly educated, and she would definitely not suffer from cooperation... As for the dead Mr. Haval, who hadn't met him when he was young? How many scumbags are there?

Soon after Tom signed the contract with Jenny, he was pleasantly surprised to find that Mrs. Hudson was not only good at embroidery, but also very good at designing clothes.According to Mrs. Hudson's vision, they made an album of the designed clothes with high-grade paper, and there are suggested color matching accessories and various laces next to each set of clothes for customers to match.If you are not satisfied with the pattern on the skirt, there is another picture book with various embroidery patterns to choose from.

Women's clothing in this era mostly relies on the gorgeous fabrics, complicated prints, layers of lace and inlaid various gemstones on the skirt to highlight the difference, but Jenny's "only a piece of white cloth can turn it into a queen" The workmanship of the "dress" was still quickly attracted the attention of the ladies.

Plain nobility, low-key luxury.By comparison, a jeweled dress looks like nouveau riche.At the queen's banquet, you would be ashamed to call yourself aristocrat without an embroidered dress.

Therefore, although each set of skirts is expensive, Tom and Jenny still quickly opened up the market, and gained a lot of fame among the ladies and wives of the upper class.

Everyone only knows that there is a miraculous embroiderer named Mrs. Hudson in Tom's tailor shop, but few people have seen her. Jenny entrusts Tom with all the dealings with the ladies, and she is only responsible for embroidery , only in a few cases, she came forward to communicate with the guests.And Jenny insisted on taking a break every time she embroidered a dress.

Although Tom didn't understand Jenny's mentality of neither wanting to be famous nor making a lot of money, but he also had to rely on Jenny's craftsmanship to make a living, so he could only agree.Unexpectedly, due to the lack of production, this kind of high-end skirt with exquisite embroidery was favored by ladies, causing a wave of oriental embroidery craze in the upper class, which was never expected by Tom.

Every time Jenny went to Tom's store to pick up clothes, she would dress up specially, because now Tom's store was often visited by rich ladies, and she was conspicuous in her usual clothes.

The dress that Jenny brought back today belonged to a viscountess who was newly promoted to noble. The viscount and his wife were qualified to attend the dinner in the palace this year. The viscountess would never allow herself to look like a bumpkin.

The color has already been selected, a light gray blue satin gown with gorgeous lace tied with white silk.

There is a rhombus in the new Viscount's coat of arms, so the Viscountess decided to embroider a rhombus with golden silk thread, from the neckline to the chest and then to the hem of the skirt, and finally embroidered a circle around the hem of the skirt.Each rhombus is connected with a pattern similar to vines, including sleeves and handkerchiefs, which must be embroidered with the same pattern.

Jenny had already drawn the pattern before, and the guest, accompanied by Tom, had seen the blueprint and confirmed the pattern by herself... Jenny never commented on the style chosen by the guest, and this pattern was relatively simple for her.

After a whole week of work, Jenny's work came to an end, and she decided to relax... The truth is that she can't bear to eat dry bread, jam, butter and milk every day, and she must cook a good meal!

Jenny stretched herself and came downstairs to find that the two tenants were not at home and the stove was cold.Jenny turned on the stove and was about to make some tea. She opened the cupboard and found that there was no tea and the cupboard was empty.It's normal to have no vegetables or meat, because she hasn't bought anything for several days, but the tea leaves are gone, the coffee pot is almost empty, the peanut butter and meat sauce are long gone, and the jam is almost gone.There was only a little salt and butter left, and a jar of sugar, though it was probable that it had not been found, since the two outside were also empty.There was only an empty plate left of the ham, and a small section of the sausage basket.

God, what happened this week?

Should we be glad that the bread and milk are ordered and delivered to our door every day?

Or should we be grateful that the maids come to wash the dishes and collect the clothes every morning?

Jenny immediately realized that she had underestimated the appetite of the two men, and she decided to go out and make a big purchase right away.

When John came back at noon, he heard the sound of chopping things in the kitchen. He walked to the door of the kitchen and saw Mrs. Hudson wearing an apron kneading dough in the kitchen. A boy who had obviously cleaned himself was chopping meat vigorously, while Another boy, who was slightly younger, was sitting on a stool washing potatoes. Next to him were several baskets of eggplants, radishes, peppers, and lotus roots.

"My God, Mrs. Hudson, you're finally downstairs." John exaggerated.

"Doctor Watson?" Jenny looked up, "I'm really sorry, but you'd better not come in now. I was really negligent a few days ago, and I forgot that men's food intake is different from mine. You know, today I opened I was taken aback when I was in the cabinet, I thought the locusts had crossed the border. All the food was eaten up, it was my fault, I should have prepared more in advance, so I have compensation tonight, I will make a big meal Meal, you and Mr Holmes will wait."

"That's really worth looking forward to," said John happily. "I hope Holmes won't be late. I'm really a little tired. Could you please make me some tea...I think there's still tea?"

Jenny: "Of course, but you have to wait, and there is no snack..."

John: "It's okay, just tea."

John walked upstairs in a very good mood. He was very excited by what he saw when he went to the murder scene with Holmes in the morning.John isn't afraid of death or corpses, which he's seen a lot on the battlefields of Afghanistan, but the abilities displayed by his roommate, Sherlock Holmes, make him feel very... er, interesting, novel ,admire……

John was still sitting on the sofa smoking a pipe and reminiscing about the morning's case. He always felt that some of Holmes' actions and questions seemed to be playing tricks, but in their previous small games, Holmes always gave the correct answer, which made John feel that he The second time may also have a deep meaning.

"Doctor Watson, the tea you want." Jenny came up with a tray.

"Thank you, Mrs. Hudson," said John.

"Did you and Mr. Holmes go out together in the morning?" Jenny asked casually.

"Yes, we went to a crime scene together." As soon as there was an audience, John immediately recounted everything that happened in the morning.Jenny expressed surprise in a timely manner, although she already had some knowledge of Holmes' work.

"I'm fascinated by what you've said, Dr. Watson, why don't you write about it? I think it must be a very fascinating story," Jenny suggested.

John suddenly realized, he snapped his fingers, "That's a good idea, Mrs. Hudson. Oh, in this case, I need to take some notes first, no, no, I need to buy a notebook and a pen first." John is a practical person At home, he immediately went out to buy notebooks and pens.

Jenny shrugged and went back to the kitchen to prepare the big meal.

"Mrs. Hudson, the meat is chopped, what should I chop now?" said the boy who chopped the meat, wiping the sweat from his brow.

"Thanks, Willie. Chop up these garlic and pears without mashing them. Then cook the potatoes for me," Jenny directed.

"I'm fine too, Mrs. Hudson." Another boy who washed the vegetables put the washed vegetables and fruits in the basket to filter the water.

"Oh, wait, Al, first help me to raise the fire in the oven." Jenny broke ten eggs and prepared to make small cakes first.

After sifting the flour and rice, Jenny gave the boy the work of beating the egg whites. Before the oven was heated, he began to beat the egg yolks, added oil, added flour, rice, milk, sugar and salt, and finally the boy's beaten egg whites add it.Finally pour the batter into the mold and put it in the oven.

"Okay, let's take a break, and I'll give you one after it's baked." Jenny said, and the boys cheered.

While waiting for the cake to be baked, Jenny was not idle. She weighed some noodles and put them in the pot to stir fry. When the noodles turned slightly yellow and started to smell, she slowly poured the milk into the pot , stirred quickly for a while, and poured a mass of things into a large basin.

While waiting for the mass to cool, Jenny sifted some beans and rice to fry.Then knead the dough and flatten it, divide it into several parts, spread bean paste in the middle of some, and put jam in the middle of some, and finally roll it into rolls, sprinkle with fried beans and rice, and cut into small pieces.

This little treat is super quick to make.Jenny first let the boys try a few, and the boys ate a few, and suddenly felt hungry... ==

After making a few fudges with soy flour and maltose, Jenny started making cookies.Several batters were made and the boys were shown how to pour them into molds to make biscuits, while Jenny made jam herself.Bolognese and peanut butter are a must. Jenny likes peanut butter, Holmes likes bolognese, and sweet jam is a must. Both Watson and Holmes like to spread jam on bread for breakfast.

People in the British Empire actually have a sweet tooth. Perhaps it should be said that as long as the sweetness is appropriate, all human beings cannot resist sweets.But sweets are condiments, and the staple food is what really fills the stomach.

The biscuits were already baked, and the dough that had just been fermented next to it was also fermented. Jenny asked two boys to help her put the jam in the container and put it aside to cool, while she made the dough into the shape of bread and put it into the oven.

Glancing at the timer next to her, she asked the boys to wash the used pots, pans, and pans. Jenny mashed the boiled potatoes, mashed the chopped meat, chopped vegetables, and Mash potatoes and mix well.She is going to make some fried food, which is convenient and durable.

Croquettes, bagels, french fries, fried chicken nuggets, fried fish nuggets, fried eggplant, fried peppers, fried lotus root slices, fried taro slices... Except for the ingredients for dinner, Jenny fried the rest.

The boys had a great time washing the kitchen utensils.

They like to do temporary jobs with Mrs. Hudson. Although there are not many jobs each time, Mrs. Hudson is not stingy. Except for wages, she is willing to let the boys eat a little of any food, and sometimes she will let the boys eat a little. They take away.Most importantly, she never discriminated against them, she remembered everyone's name and never looked at them with disdain.And the most important thing is...the food she cooks is really Mrs....delicious~~~

Mrs. Hudson cooked so much food today that even with a little of everything the two boys were full.Before leaving, in addition to their wages, they also got an apple, a piece of bread and two donuts, which allowed them to take it back to their companions or make it tomorrow's breakfast.