For the rest of the week, John met with three other governesses.

The theology teacher was a pastor in his fifties, Mr. Auf, who came to New York after the Civil War destroyed his church more than a decade ago. According to old Huntelaar, this was a gentleman of "integrity and integrity" who had great prestige in the hearts of the people.

John had no doubts about this.

In fact, before the Civil War, pastors were definitely one of the upper classes in American society, and even if a large number of churches were destroyed because of the war, they were still people who could rely on them. In this era, the status of the two golden professions of lawyers and doctors in the hearts of later generations was still relatively low, far inferior to this priesthood.

Although he was completely uninterested in Christianity, John also knew very well that it was very dangerous to have no religion in the Western society of this era, so he made up his mind to study with the old priest for a while, or at least to be reasonable.

The science teacher is Mr. Kohl, a German, who is said to have graduated from the University of Heidelberg, the oldest university in Germany, and now works as a physics teacher in a private school. After the first meeting between the two, John could conclude that the middle-aged gentleman of forty was still of a considerable level, at least in the fields of physics and mathematics, and that chemistry would still need to be contacted later.

Anyway, for John, the science in his head was enough.

As for the words of the last literature teacher, there is not much to say, an old English man of nearly sixty years old, a typical British rundown, but when they met, he spoke in the same London tone as Joshua, and his arrogance disgusted John! In fact, he never wondered why the elder Huntelaar, as a descendant of the German nation, hired him a tutor in English literature, because the mainstream language in the United States was English.

In contrast, John had the best impression of Miss Philippe, and if this elegant Frenchwoman had been younger and prettier, perhaps he would have fantasized about the legendary teacher-student love......

"Starting tomorrow, they will take turns to come to your home to teach you."

At the table on Saturday evening, old Huntelaar said with a nonchalant face: "Every Monday and Wednesday morning is theology, Tuesday and Thursday mornings are science, and Friday mornings are literature." Also, the afternoons from Monday to Friday belong to Miss Philip, who is a woman of noble character and talent who will teach you a lot. ”

"Five days a week?"

After listening to old Huntelaar's arrangement, John's expression was as if he had just eaten a fly, and his face suddenly became ugly. He really had no objection to learning more, but spending so much time trying to understand God's mind, to revisit the science of junior high school student Cheng Dù, to study English literature that might never be used, and art that could only be used to fit 13, seemed to John to be a pure waste of time.

"What, is it a lot?"

Seeing John's expression, old Huntelaar frowned and asked in a cold voice.

"Uh...... Not much, don't worry, I will definitely study hard. ”

After seriously considering the consequences of dealing with the old-fashioned old Huntelaar, John decisively confessed, lowered his head and replied respectfully.

In those days, workers had to work at least six days, and only the so-called high-level "white-collar workers" were allowed to work five and a half days a week. However, after a moment of deep silence, he suddenly continued, "John, you have been in New York for more than a month, haven't you?" ”

"Well, it's been a little over a month."

John's heart moved, and he replied in a low voice.

Before I knew it, it had been so long since I arrived in New York!

In retrospect, apart from his trips to New Jersey and Central Park to witness the birth of Edison Naming, John barely left the house and locked his activities firmly in the Huntelaar home. Every day, he tinkered with the old light bulbs and batteries, rummaged through the newspapers and ancient books in the old Huntelaar's study, and he didn't feel bored or lonely!

As soon as he thought of this, John couldn't help but feel sad in his heart: "Could it be that the otaku attribute of the previous life still has to be maintained in this life?" ”

Of course, old Huntelaar didn't know what John was thinking, his beard shook a few times, and he said in a deep voice: "One month is enough time for you to adapt to your current life." But as a man, you can't always keep yourself at home, you should go outside to see the world. ”

"You mean ......"

John was stunned when he heard this, and he was a little confused by old Huntelaar's words for a while.

"Whatever you want!"

Old Huntelaar touched his neatly trimmed mustache and said in an unquestioning tone: "You can go shopping, go to the park, go to the library, meet new people, learn to ride horses, learn to shoot, learn fencing, learn to play tennis...... In a word, get out of this house! ”

"Yes, sir."

After being stunned for a while, John Mu nodded blankly, and then the expression on his face gradually became strange as if he had just eaten a spoiled sour plum. Old Huntelaar is indeed a fierce German descendant, and his biological age in this life is only eleven years old, and he can even be encouraged to do such a thing as playing with guns......

……

Early on Sunday morning, John got up without waiting for someone to call.

This is the first time since he came to New York that he has gotten up without waiting for others to urge him. You must know that in this winter without heating and air conditioning, it takes at least ten minutes to take off your clothes and enter the quilt at night, and it is even more like a punishment to get dressed when you get out of the quilt every morning!

There's nothing more nostalgic than a winter morning bed.

But today, for the first time, John felt that getting out of the bed was not something difficult to accept.

The reason was the request that old Huntelaar had made to him last night, although at first John was a little depressed and couldn't think of what he wanted to do, but after a night he suddenly wanted to do it. Although this era is backward, there are many things that are also very attractive to him, such as the horseback riding and shooting that old Huntelaar said, why not try it?

Thinking of a little poor doctor in his previous life, he couldn't afford to play with these things!

With this kind of mentality, John got up from bed in the morning, ready to ask Mr. Butler where he could go to play with the gun. There are really few men who are not interested in guns, especially when John thinks that the guns of today are absolutely old and can be sold for tens of thousands of dollars in future generations, and this excitement is beyond the comprehension of others.

But when he went downstairs, John learned that he had gotten up early today, and old Huntelaar had gotten up even earlier! And before dawn he went out in a carriage, and Hans meant that there was business to cross the river and come back in the evening.

John didn't care, and hurriedly made a request to Hans that he had thought of last night: "Mr. Elber, I want to find a place to learn how to use a gun today, is there a shooting club or something like that in Manhattan?" ”

"Yes, yes, but ......"

Mr. Butler hesitated for a moment, shook his head apologetically, and said, "I'm very sorry, but I'm afraid you won't be able to go out today." ”

"Ah, why?"

John was slightly stunned when he heard this, the old Huntelaar said what Hans said yesterday, didn't he hear it clearly?

Not seeing the disappointment on John's face, Hans nodded and said, "Sir, I can't take you to the shooting club because I have to install a phone at home today, how about next weekend?" ”

"Phone?"

After hearing this word, John was shocked and couldn't help but ask, "There are already calls this year...... Uh, I mean, can we already install the phone? ”

"Yes sir!"

Hans said with some excitement: "Do you know the phone number too?" Mr. Stone had already installed it at home, saying that it was very convenient, and Mr. Huntelaar also tried this new thing, so I went to the people at Bell Telephone Company and applied for one. I made an appointment with them at ten o'clock, so I'm afraid I won't have time to go out with you today. ”

"Oh, I see."

Taking a deep breath, John's eyes flickered a few times, then he nodded with a very interested look and said, "In that case, then I won't go out, let's take a good look at what this so-called phone looks like." ”

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