Wear It with Space

After the dinner, the melodious dance music rang.

The guests began to dance, and from time to time there were servants in uniforms carrying plates with various drinks on them.

Shen Ling took a glass of lemon juice, although she wanted to taste punch very much, but as long as she thought that Mrs. Browning's punishment for her daughter's mistakes was confinement, Shen Ling had nothing to think about.

Shen Ling drank a drink while watching the nobles dance in the dance hall, which was one reason why she was sitting here. The men and women in the field danced a dance she had never seen before. Shen Ling noticed that when they danced, they were graceful, with their hands hanging on the sides, and they naturally swayed with the movements, giving people a very graceful appearance. Noble feeling.

Mrs. Browning was sitting not far away with a lady with cream skin and a pearl necklace talking about the scenery of the lake area. In addition, they also talked about the countryside scenery and the collection of poems they had read.

Shen Ling was learning dance movements and steps while listening to their talk. After she turns fifteen, she can participate in the dance. Before that, she needs to understand the popular dances.

Shen Ling stayed until the four pairs of men and women danced, and the maid beside Mrs. Browning came to remind her that it was time to go to bed. Shen Ling went to say goodnight to Mrs. Browning and took Barbara back to her bedroom.

When Shen Ling was lying on the bed, she could still hear the sound of the violin playing below. After Barbara quit, she entered the space.

In England in the 19th century, what Shen Ling is most satisfied with is that she now has a lot of personal space. For example, the personal maid Barbara cannot enter her bedroom without her permission. Even if she gets married in the future, she will have her own bedroom.

Owning a private space makes Shen Ling enter the space very frequently now. Half of the 500 points she got in the previous world are used for planting and harvesting crops. The warehouse in the space is now stacked with hills of green rice.

It is a pity that after possessing so much green rice, Shen Ling was taken systematically to Britain, a country dominated by meat and bread.

For the nth time, Shen Ling sighed at the Bijingmi in the warehouse, and then ate an apple, only to get out of the room.

When Shen Ling got up the next morning, when he went to the breakfast room to eat, he found that there were a lot of guests staying last night, about 20 or 30. While eating, they whispered about the next entertainment activities.

Shen Ling could feel from them the cheerful atmosphere produced when people from the upper class met, and her mood was unknowingly infected. When she came to the classroom on the second floor, she heard that Catherine was going to teach her French today instead of painting. To be very disappointed.

Catherine used to stay in Paris for a while, and she spoke very authentic French. Shen Ling followed her to learn French, as if she had returned to the days of learning English.

But with English as the foundation, French is not too difficult to learn, not to mention a teacher like Catherine who gives one-on-one explanations.

Shen Ling remembered that when she watched Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice", she mentioned the definition of a talented woman. A woman must be very proficient in music, singing, painting, dancing and various modern languages ​​in order to be worthy of it. In addition to this title, she must also be elegant and unique in appearance and gait, tone of voice, conversation and expression. Finally, she must also have a high level of quality, and this can only be achieved through a wide range of Reading, constantly enriching one's own mind can do it.

Shen Ling feels that she is very interested in music, singing, painting, dancing, reading, etc., and she should do well in the future. As for the appearance, gait and tone of speech, Mrs. Browning will supervise, and she will do well.

Only in modern languages, she really doesn't have much interest. Although she can barely have a simple conversation with Catherine in French, she feels that she has a big head as long as she thinks about learning German, Spanish and Italian in the future.

However, after the space was upgraded to level 23, there were more and more items displayed in the store, and there were even medicinal pills that could strengthen people's memory, but one bottle cost 300 points. And Shen Ling now only has more than 300 points.

So she hesitated for a long time, and didn't make up her mind to buy the pill that requires 300 points.

In the afternoon, it was time for Shen Ling to learn piano. After fusing the memory of the original owner, Shen Ling was able to play a relatively simple dance music intermittently. But her goal is to become a talented woman, so neither she nor Catherine are very satisfied with such results.

After she finishes playing a piece of music, Catherine will point out any problems with her fingering, and sometimes demonstrate it in person. Shen Ling now only regrets that when she was in the modern world, she should have bought a piano and put it in the space so that she could continue to practice in the space at night.

In the evening, the guests had already gone. Mrs. Browning, who had been busy for two days, leaned back in her chair tiredly, cutting the cold ham from the plate, and said, "Charlie, if I were you, I won't invite Mr. Smith when I hold a prom in the future."

"You are right." Mr. Browning nodded and said, "but I am afraid it will be difficult. He is a friend I knew when I was young, and it would not be wise to fall out with him for a small matter. What do you think? Dai?"

Shen Ling was enjoying the chicken and pie on the plate. Hearing Mr. Browning's words, he said without thinking, "Dad, what did Mr. Smith do to upset his mother?"

Mrs. Browning gave a warning look at Mr. Browning, and then said to Shen Ling, "Mr. Smith did not do anything to make me angry, but he is not welcomed by most people."

Shen Ling raised his head and looked at Mr. Browning. The latter smiled gently at her. Although he didn't say anything, Shen Ling could still tell from their expressions that it was not Mrs. Browning. It's so simple. Mrs. Browning, like other mothers, always felt that her daughter was still young, and seldom exposed her to bad things.

This approach can’t be counted wrong, but it’s easy to develop your own daughter into a naive, naive, and innocent temperament. For example, Maupassant’s novel "Life" that Shen Ling read before, the heroine in it is such a temperament. After getting a man with a mere appearance, he must finally put the husband's illegitimate son in a proper place.

Thinking of Julian, the handsome man in that novel, Shen Ling suddenly remembered Mr. Malfoy, who was called the Playboy. Despite his reputation, Shen Ling felt that the young man was very handsome. The most beautiful man she has ever seen since she wore it on. No wonder Elizabeth never forgets him.

After the prom, Shen Ling's life returned to its original state.

In the morning, I study painting or French, and in the afternoon I study piano. Sometimes Mrs. Browning was called to receive some visiting guests. There is not much time left for Shen Ling to study, but she still made time to watch all the comedies written by Shakespeare. Then I became fascinated by Scott's historical novels and Byron's poetry.

After Catherine found out that she was reading Scott’s historical novels, she recommended a copy of "The Honest Man" written by Voltaire, and wanted her to improve her French by reading French classics.

Shen Ling lamented while reading that at this time, her favorite French writers Stendhal and Alexandre Dumas had no works yet. In desperation, in order to improve her French, she could only read Voltaire's novels. It is a pity that Voltaire's novel did not suit her appetite. After reading the entire novel, Shen Ling did not feel that her French had improved much.

But at this time, Mrs. Browning told her a good news. This winter, they will go to London to spend the winter.

Mr. Browning inherited nearly one hundred thousand pounds of property from his father, which allowed him to earn an income of seven thousand pounds a year, so Mr. Browning could go out as he pleased, never considering its costs.

In addition to the manor they currently live in, Mr. Browning inherited several properties from his father, including one in London.

After Shen Ling's family arrived in London, Mrs. Browning's sister, Mrs. Robert, came to visit with a few children. Her eldest daughter Mary is only one year younger than Shen Ling, her second daughter Lucy is only six years old, and her son George is even younger, only three years old.

Shen Ling quickly established a friendship with Mary. Although this little girl is one year younger than Shen Ling, she is very smart and easy to learn. She speaks French very well, and she also knows a little Italian. Because one of her father's sisters married to Rome, they would go there every summer for vacation.

The two quickly talked about the sights of Rome from the weather in London, and Shen Ling couldn't help but yearn for Mary to talk about the Colosseum under the moon, Anthony's temple, and the ruins of Sacra. Diana grew up so big that the farthest place Diana went was the Lake District. I don't know when Mrs. Browning will take her to France or Italy on vacation.

When Mrs. Robert left, she invited the Browning family to the ball to be held in the future.

Shen Ling is not old enough to go to the dance party, so she can only continue to study with Catherine at home.

In the following winter, Mr. Browning and Mrs. Browning were invited to participate in many such dances, each time they left Shen Ling at home.

Shen Ling felt that instead of being in a Vanity Fair like London where he couldn't see it, he might as well read a book quietly in the manor, and at least he could calm down in his heart.

After returning from London, Shen Ling had an object to write to, Mary Robert. In the letter, the two often discuss what they have learned and new things that have happened recently, and sometimes also discuss the latest fashionable clothing styles.

Through continuous communication between the two, their friendship has grown continuously.

This morning, Shen Ling finished writing a letter to Mary in the living room, and went to the breakfast room to eat as usual, and heard Mr. Browning ask her if she would like to go to Paris for a holiday this summer.

Of course, Shen Ling said yes. She didn't want to see the natural scenery of Paris. She had already seen this when she became Mrs. Zhou, but wanted to know whether the upper class in Paris was written by Stendhal and Alexandre Dumas. Just as boring but with fatal attraction.

Mrs. Browning was not very relieved that her daughter was going to a Vanity Fair like Paris at such a young age. She was afraid that her daughter would be infected with some French vanity problems, but Mr. Browning had made up her mind and she had to compromise in the end.

Shen Ling felt that Mrs. Browning’s worries were really unreasonable, because they had only attended two banquets after they arrived in Paris, while Shen Ling was not very good at French, and because of her young age, she had a similar relationship with France at the banquet. People have hardly spoken.

However, when attending the second banquet, which was the small banquet hosted by the Marquise of Rambouillet, Shen Ling met an acquaintance, Mr. Malfoy.

Last winter, in London, Shen Ling heard privately from the adults that Mr. Malfoy still failed to agree to the marriage with Sister Edmund. He even openly said that he would never get married in his life.

Shen Ling admired his courage very much. When he saw Mr. Malfoy this time, he couldn't help but look at him a few more times. Mr. Malfoy was chatting with a young girl, and the girl was trembling with laughter. It seems that he has not learned the lesson from the past at all, and is still as merciful as before.