Chapter 4: Chapter 17: Metis's "Delusions"

"Good afternoon, Ms. Jiexi." Mrs. Maine at the door nodded to Chen Qinghuan, to be honest, Chen Qinghuan really felt quite novel about this kind of social custom with strong etiquette. "I think you're going to have to pay this month's rent."

The old woman at the door had a snow-white face like a mask of terror, and the black mole on the side of her mouth was also eye-catching. Coupled with the towering wig, Chen Qinghuan, who had just crossed over, felt extremely uncomfortable. It's better to look refreshing and refreshing, Chen Qinghuan thinks with a man in his forties.

This really doesn't fit Chen Qinghuan's aesthetics!

Chen Qinghuan felt that his eyes were hot, and he couldn't stand it anymore.

But Chen Qinghuan still bowed down and returned the salute, and then took out the pair of earrings.

"I guess these earrings should cover my rent, right? Mrs. McNe. ”

Mrs. McNe, the largest employer in the area, may be a little older, but her wealth as much as Solomon's gives her several young lovers.

Miss Jieqian has bumped into it a few times, and it is an embarrassing scene.

Chen Qinghuan thought back and didn't feel his scalp tingle.

Mrs. Maine took the earrings in her hand and looked them over and over again, as if to make sure how much they were worth.

"These are earrings from the mysterious Oriental world, so the style is different."

"Yes!" Mrs. Maine looked again. The agate inlaid on these earrings can really be worth some money. She said with a reluctant expression, "Okay, this is the rent for this month!" ”

"This month? It's a piece of jewelry worth a few gold coins, and it's not something you can buy for a penny! If you can't see what it's worth, I'll be happy to take it to the auction house! ”

Mrs. McNe, as if thinking in her mind, reluctantly spoke. "Alright! All the debts in the past few months have been written off. So I think Ms. Jess will be satisfied. ”

"Yes." Chen Qinghuan also knew that Jieqian owed a few months of rent, so she nodded in agreement. Although he boasted that he could sell a few gold coins, who knows if the auction house would accept it.

Chen Qinghuan, who had sent Mrs. Maine away, was finally able to calm down and think about what he was going to do in the future.

A 29-year-old woman, still unmarried, alone, and without any acquaintances around.

Jieqian's life is monotonous, so Chen Qinghuan can't figure it out, is there a task in this crossing?

After a long time of not being able to figure it out, she still felt that it was okay to go with the flow, she thought.

Chen Qinghuan comforted himself, didn't he know anything last time, didn't he live a good life.

This time, I actually traveled abroad! Let's go check it out first! It's so novel!

Tidying up the cumbersome dresses in the room, the inferior corset made Chen Qinghuan, who was used to modern underwear, uncomfortable.

But considering the current situation, I still have to adapt to it, and if I don't go out in the future, I will definitely not wear this corset!

What about England in the 19th century? In the most prosperous part of London, the weather is still mostly cloudy. The streets are full of people coming and going for life, but they are all blonde and blue-eyed.

Chen Qinghuan was neither an art student and interested in unique architectural landscape paintings, nor a historian who was interested in the people of this era.

She was just like an ordinary person, just a little curious about the streets in this special environment.

the prostitutes in the alleys who were over-dressed and scantily dressed;

the drunkard on the corner of the street;

the rich, richly dressed girl;

And the stench that comes through the air from time to time...

Everything is new and unique

As far as she can remember, she has pawned everything of value on her body, including the precious brooch given to her by her childhood best friend Kalinda.

Chen Qinghuan looked at the two bearded strong men standing at the door, and couldn't help but put his hand into the pocket of his skirt and clenched the thing in his hand that was about to be pawned.

"Oh, beautiful Jieqian, it's nice to see you here again~"

The owner of the pawnshop was a gentleman who had heard that the family was extremely high-status, and although it was not known why he chose this profession, it still did not stop the prostitutes from flocking to him.

Jessie had heard that a marquis wanted to marry his beautiful daughter to him and would give him a dowry of two thousand pounds, but he refused.

Chen Qinghuan was really indifferent to such a bearded foreigner, and he couldn't see where he was handsome.

Perhaps just as most natives are face blind to foreigners, this mutual law also applies to the current situation.

Chen Qinghuan took out a beautiful snuffbox, which she found in the exhibition hall in her dream town.

Small and easy to carry, delicate and gorgeous, suitable for pawning.

Compared with the previous world, Chen Qinghuan himself has grown a lot, and he doesn't care stupidly to know that the gold ingots in his dream town are worth a lot.

The boss brought a magnifying glass, and when he hung it on his eyes, it looked like he had seen foreign movies in the past, which made Chen Qinghuan still secretly inhale in his heart, he really crossed over! It's really a foreign country!

"Oh! It's so beautiful! It's wonderful! My girl! Believe me! I will give you a satisfactory price! ”

Chen Qinghuan sighed in his heart, the concept of money supremacy is too strong, no one cares how you get this, only thinks about how much gold or penny this will be worth.

Chen Qinghuan, who finally got twenty-six gold coins and twenty pence, couldn't figure out how much less he was given by this boss, but he thought that six and a half pennies a week was enough to fill people's stomachs, and seven and a half pennies could make people eat and drink.

Then the money in your hand is completely enough for your daily expenses in the near future.

What's next?

Improve your life!

Going to the tailor shop to order new clothes for himself, and then going to the restaurant for a delicious meal, Chen Qinghuan felt that there was nothing more important at the moment.

She was so disgusted by the dirty rental house that she wondered if she wanted to live in a different place!

After all, the environment there is too messy!

Chen Qinghuan bought himself new clothes according to his own arrangement, went to eat an expensive but unpalatable meal and returned to the rental house.

It seems that his appetite has also come with him, and Chen Qinghuan, who still likes Chinese food, feels that his life will be difficult in the future. Now I can only cook some simple meals, and most of them are pasta with the characteristics of the loess high slope. In the future, if you have the opportunity, you have to learn to make delicious food!

Have to! Otherwise, I won't be able to support it in the future!

Rubbing her uncomfortable stomach, Chen Qinghuan sorted out all of Jieqian's things in the rental house.

One box can hold it all, and it seems that this girl is really struggling to get by.

What happens after that?

Chen Qinghuan was inexplicably a little confused.

The first time I crossed it, I still had a home, but now I don't even have a home.

Alone and alone.

At the age of 29, he has not been married yet, if he really has to complete the task, then he really doesn't know what he wants to do?

Yes~

Chen Qinghuan lay on the bed and emptied everything.

The constant smell in my nose and the flirting of prostitutes outside the house...

Chen Qinghuan couldn't even lie down!

Let's change places, you can choose a place with a good environment, buy a house first, and plan for the next step!

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It was three o'clock in the afternoon, and when Chen Qinghuan passed the bell tower with her handbag and all her belongings, the church bell rang just in time.

At this moment, the sky is getting dark, the sun is setting, and the sun is bleak.

Chen Qinghuan estimated the distance, and it was about a mile away from the small town of Thornfield.

The trail is a unique landscape of nuts and black strawberries in autumn, and even now, coral-coloured treasures of rose hips and hawthorn berries remain.

What makes people feel inexplicably happy is the extreme seclusion and the tranquility of the bare trees.

They are like oil paintings.

At this moment, Chen Qinghuan suddenly felt extremely peaceful, and quieted his tired heart that had been running around for a month.

The breeze blows, and no sound can be heard here, because there is not a single holly, not a single evergreen tree, that can make a swaying sound.

The leaves of hawthorn and hazel bushes are as silent as the worn white stones in the middle of the path.

On both sides of the path, there were only fields near and far, but there were no grazing cattle in sight. The occasional yellow-brown bird playing around the hedge looks like scattered dead leaves that have forgotten to fall.

Not far away, the town of Thornfield is in sight, and the hay in the fields here has been harvested, and the fields around Thornfield Town have been harvested and show a new green. There is no more secluded and ethereal place than this one.

In an instant, Chen Qinghuan decided that he was going to live in this town!

It doesn't get much more hidden, more like a corner of the Garden of Eden. It's wooded, it's full of flowers, and it's a place to be intoxicated!

Before nightfall, Chen Qinghuan arrived at the small town of Thornfield.

One side is separated by a high wall; On the other side, a road overgrown with beech trees acts as a barrier separating it from the lawn.

Underneath is a low hedge, and a winding path leads to the hedge. There are laurel trees growing along the roadside of the town, and at the end of the central square is a huge horse chestnut tree with a row of seats under it.

Well, except for some dirt in the corners, Chen Qinghuan felt that he could no longer find a place more in line with his heart.