"It's four o'clock."

Old Huntelaar took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, nodded at Hans, and said, "Prepare the carriage, it will be dark at five o'clock, and whether the electric light is really as good as Edison said can only be seen clearly after dark." ”

Mr. Butler was a little embarrassed, and said with a wry smile: "Sir, Henry went to see it just now, there are too many people here today, and I am afraid it will be a little inconvenient to take the carriage over...... And the hotel is very close to there, which is a quarter of an hour. ”

"Hmm......"

After a little hesitation, old Huntelaar nodded and said, "Okay then, let's go over today." Also, invite Mrs. Stone and Miss Emma and ask if they would like to walk with us. ”

Although he was a little tired of Mrs. Stone's gossip, old Huntlaar strictly adhered to the virtues of a gentleman - to take care of the women he knew.

Soon, the enthusiastic Mrs. Stone agreed to old Huntelaar's invitation.

Different from the dress in the restaurant at noon, the mother and daughter both changed their clothes, and because of the cold at night, they both wore a fluffy scarf, which made the luxury on their bodies a little stronger.

As we walked, everyone naturally divided into three small groups.

Old Huntelaar and Mrs. Stone walked and talked as they walked in front, and Hans, the butler, followed carefully and led the way, and the two young men, John and Emma, naturally came together, followed by the servants who accompanied them.

This is a manifestation of social hierarchy.

In this era, just like whites and blacks after the Civil War, there can be no real equality between masters and servants, even if John himself has the mind of later generations and does not care about these things, but the servants do not risk being reprimanded or even fired for their own righteousness. Even Hans, a housekeeper with a relatively high status in Huntelaar's family, did not dare to do this outside.

The distance between the small groups is not far, but it is enough for everyone to have a safe space to communicate.

"Are you really fluent in both German and Latin?"

After walking silently for a while, Emma suddenly turned her head and stared at John, who was not yet very proficient in Latin, and asked seriously.

"Well, I'm good at both languages."

The reflex was general, and John also replied in Latin, and then he reacted, and asked with some confusion: "What, is there any problem?" ”

"No, no."

Quickly shook her head, Emma closed her mouth tightly, but her delicate lower lip instantly turned white!

There was no need to continue to probe at all, seeing the other party casually speaking out of Latin unprepared, Emma knew that she might not be able to catch up. As for German, don't say that she won't say it at all, just think that the Huntelaar family is German, and you know that there is no need for John to lie.

Glancing at Emma in surprise, John didn't go any further. He had no interest in caring about the little girl's thoughts, and his mind was already filled with excitement and excitement at this time, especially when he thought that Mrs. Stone had promised him that he would bring himself with him when he visited Edison later, his heartbeat could not slow down, and his palms were slightly sweaty in such a cold weather.

That's Thomas Edison, dear!

In his previous life, Edison became almost a symbol, almost everyone knows it, especially the sentence "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration" was hung on the walls of teaching buildings by many schools along with his photos! And now that he has the opportunity to see the true body of this great master, and to witness the historical event of Electric Light Ming in person, John certainly has reason to be excited.

Now that John ignored himself, Emma couldn't help but pout after a brief moment of loss.

Emma, who has entered puberty, has reached a more sensitive period, and for a lady, in addition to her brother, she has fewer opportunities for contact with the opposite sex of the same age, so she naturally wants to talk more to John. Especially the excellence of the other party, Emma felt a different feeling in her heart.

"Looks like you're really looking forward to this electric light?"

After a while, seeing that John hadn't taken the initiative to speak, Emma, who was a little aggrieved in her heart, pouted and asked.

"Well, I've always been interested in new things."

Having learned the lesson of the last time he communicated with his grandfather, little Mr. Huntelaar was very alert and did not say much, but smiled perfunctorily. Until now, he has not seen the fluctuations in Emma's love, in fact, it is not that he is unresponsive, but because he is a little excited in love, and he has no heart to pay attention to a little girl who is "the same age" as him.

But what John didn't expect was that his perfunctory attitude aroused little Emma's competitive spirit, and her head was hot, and the little girl even asked without thinking about the consequences: "At noon I heard Mr. Huntelaar say that you seem to have learned a lot of things, such as physics and chemistry." But it's really hard for me to imagine how you have time to learn so much. Moreover, in that ignorant and backward country, can anyone really teach you these things? ”

"Ignorant and backward?"

Hearing this, John's face immediately sank.

Although he knew that because Chinese workers had robbed too many white jobs and many unscrupulous media propaganda, ordinary Americans had a bad impression of Chinese, but at this moment, hearing insulting China from the mouth of a little girl still made John angry!

At the same time, a deep sorrow rose in his heart.

China at this time was still under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, and it did lag behind Europe and the United States in terms of overall development, especially in this era when the second industrial revolution was booming, and this gap will become wider and wider. But John would never agree with the word ignorance and backwardness! In his opinion, whether a country is ignorant or not must not be evaluated simply by the level of science or economy, and turn a blind eye to the splendor of Chinese culture!

It's just a pity that the hard-working, hard-working and other qualities of the Chinese in this era have been ignored, and they have long been labeled by the Americans, such as in New York's entertainment works, the Chinese are always obscene, love to eat mice, smoke big cigarettes, like to steal laundry clothes, etc., even Emma, a little girl who should be innocent and treat the world equally, has been instilled with such thoughts!

For a time, John ......

No, it should be said that in Liu Zecheng's mind, the chaos of ping pong is extremely chaotic.

For a long time, the reborn Liu Zecheng has not thought too much about these things, on the one hand, because he is too young, and has been in a very special environment, without any opportunities, and on the other hand, he is very aware of his ability, in addition to some knowledge and experience of the times, he is just an ordinary ordinary person in all aspects such as personal charm and action, and in this special era, what can a guy with white blood do?

But at this moment, after listening to the questioning of such an ordinary white girl, Liu Zecheng's thoughts were shaken......

"Isn't it?"

Because the sky was getting darker, Emma did not see the drastic change in John's face at this time, and she blinked her eyes and asked, "I have heard that in that country, women begin to bind their feet when they are younger than me, and it is very cruel, isn't this ignorance and backwardness?" ”

"Yes, I also think that Chinese foot binding is a very cruel act."

Taking a deep breath and trying to calm his feelings, John said indifferently, "In fact, in terms of the destruction of the ladies' bodies, I think she is second only to the girdles of the civilized world. ”

"Girdle? How can it be? ”

Subconsciously, Emma touched her thin waist that was wrapped tightly, and her face was stunned.

"Isn't it?"

At this time, John Huntelaar had long forgotten that the girl in front of him was only an eleven or twelve-year-old girl, his eyes flashed with a light called "cruelty", and he responded indifferently in Emma's tone just now: "I heard that in Europe and the United States, women generally begin to gird their waists at your age, and some people even die because of the oppression of wooden planks, whalebone, and metal bars, isn't it more cruel than binding feet?" ”

"Huh?!"

Feeling the inexplicable coldness in John Huntelaar's tone, Emma Stone's heart shook wildly, and she was so frightened that she suddenly stopped......

……

At the end of 1879, on the night when Thomas Edison was about to show the world the greatest wisdom of his life, neither the mentally mature John Huntelaar nor the far-formed Emma Stone could have imagined how this day would affect their lives and what kind of intersection they would have in the future......

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