Chapter 473: Cinderella's Black Fairy Tale
Today's breakfast, prepared by a dedicated chef, was quite generous.
Since Mr. Lancelot's return, two maids, a manservant, and a dedicated cook have been added to the house.
Because of this, Cinderella doesn't need to be as busy as usual, she can sit at the table like her two sisters, enjoying steaming oatmeal and fried sausages.
Because of Dorothy's injury, she was still recuperating on the bed in the bedroom, and she could not go down to the ground for a short time, and even breakfast was brought upstairs by the maid and fed to her in one bite.
At the head of the long table sat Mr. Lancelot, the head of the family, with Lady Holly and her eldest daughter Mary on the left, and Cinderella on the right.
Mr. Lancelot, noticing the obviously ill-fitting skirt on Cinderella's body, frowned and asked, "Don't you have anything else to wear?" ”
Hearing this, Mrs. Holly immediately stopped eating breakfast.
When Mr. Lancelot returned yesterday, she was so patronizing to complain and complain to her husband, and forgot to prepare proper clothes for her stepdaughter, so much so that she appeared in Mr. Lancelot's usual shabby dress.
Mrs. Holly wiped the corners of her mouth, smiled, and explained unhurriedly: "Cinderella's clothes have been washed, after all, she has been staying with witches for the past few days, I am worried that she will be contaminated with the breath of witches, which will be bad for her health, so I asked people to take her clothes to be washed, and for a while I couldn't find suitable clothes for her to replace, so I could only ask her to take out the old clothes from the past for emergencies." ”
Mr. Lancelot had no doubts about his wife's words.
He bowed slightly: "You did the right thing, but just cleaning is not enough, you should burn it directly, and leave nothing behind." ”
Then he glanced at Cinderella again.
"Wait a minute, I will call the tailor to come to the door to order new clothes for you, whatever style you want, you can tell the tailor directly."
Although Mr. Lancelot did not like Cinderella's association with those evil things, he was more tolerant of other things, especially when it came to food and clothing, and he always tried his best to give Cinderella the greatest favor.
Cinderella lowered her eyes, "Thank you, Dad." ”
He wasn't happy that he was about to have new clothes to wear.
At this time, he was still immersed in the grief of losing his beloved.
As long as I thought that I would never see Ruan Mianmian again, even the sunlight became dim, and everything around me lost its color.
Lancelot saw that he had something on his mind, but did not ask.
As a person who has come before, Lancelot can guess Cinderella's mind, but he believes that Cinderella is only temporarily confused by the witch, and given enough time, Cinderella will be able to get rid of the witch's influence and recover as before.
Finish breakfast.
Mr. Lancelot went back to his study and took care of some business matters.
Mrs. Holly originally wanted to take her eldest daughter to a tea party, but was rejected by Lancelot, believing that Mrs. Holly, as Dorothy's mother, should stay at home and take care of the injured Dorothy.
As a result, Mrs. Holly was unable to go out and had to stay at home to take care of her daughter, and Mary also lost the opportunity to go out.
Mary's mood was rather upset.
But the gift that Lancelot brought back quickly dispelled the depression in her heart.
Every time Lancelot comes back from an outing, he brings back a lot of gifts, in addition to beautiful dresses and hair accessories, there are also interesting toys, tableware with delicate patterns, tea leaves with unique flavors, and books that record the customs of various places......
He distributed these gifts to his wife and daughters.
Mary was the first to rush forward, picking out what she was interested in and keeping it all for herself.
Dorothy was still lying on the bed, unable to move, and Mrs. Holly, as an elder, was too embarrassed to compete with her elders for gifts, so she could only sit next to her with a smile on her face, watching her eldest daughter choose gifts.
Cinderella, the only one who could compete with Mary to choose a gift, was sitting on the sofa next to her, looking out the window at the garden in a daze, with no intention of choosing a gift at all.
Lancelot couldn't help but ask, "Cinderella, don't you like these gifts?" ”
Cinderella wouldn't have competed with Mary and Dorothy for gifts, but she wouldn't sit by in horror like she does now, without even glancing at them.
Cinderella retracted her gaze, looked at her father, and said calmly, "I prefer that my father can come back to accompany us more than these gifts." ”
This answer warmed Lancelot's heart.
With a kind smile on his face, he gently touched his daughter's hair, and said softly: "I'm sorry, I've wronged you all these years for business, and I will try my best to find time to come back to accompany you more in the future." ”
If it had been before, Cinderella would have cherished the warmth of her father's palm.
But after receiving the warmth given by Mianmian, this little warmth in my father's palm seems to become less important.
After all, the warmth given by Mianmian is unique and belongs to him alone.
But the warmth of my father belongs to everyone in this family.
Thinking of this, Cinderella couldn't help but start thinking again, I don't know what Mianmian is doing at this time? Has she eaten breakfast? Does she know how to cook? I've never seen her cook since we met, maybe she has a chef at home, right? I wonder who can satisfy her more than his chef's skills?
The more Cinderella thought about it, the more she was distracted.
He couldn't wait to put on his wings and fly to Mianmian's house to see what she was doing.
As he thought so, he heard the maid's voice.
"Sir, there's a guest coming."
Mr. Lancelot asked who it was?
The maid replied respectfully, "It's a lady who claims to be a tailor at the Moon Flower Ready-to-Wear Custom Shop." ”
Lancelot immediately remembered: "By the way, I called the Moon Flower Ready-to-Wear Custom Store just now, and asked them to send a tailor to come to the door to measure Cinderella, but I didn't expect to come so soon, please invite her in." ”
The maid turned to leave, and soon brought in a young girl.
The girl had long black hair, a soft hat with buds, gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose, a white shirt with a black waistcoat, a black over-the-knee skirt inlaid with white lace, and a pair of strappy black leather boots on her feet.
The whole person looks like a very gentle and gentle temperament.
When Cinderella saw her, her gaze involuntarily froze,
It was as if everything around her had become blurred at this time, and she was the only clear and bright existence.
He saw the black-haired girl put away the umbrella and handed it to the maid, she walked into the living room with a black suitcase, and smiled slightly.
"Dear Mr. Lancelot, I am the tailor of the Moon Flower Ready-to-Wear Shop, my name is Mianmian."!