Chapter 236 "Upper Class" Tradition

Seeing Joan's embarrassment, Rebecca couldn't help covering her mouth and giggling, her watery blue eyes shining with relief.

"Actually, a single 'Trigger Scroll' is more than this amount of money, as long as you don't think I'm stingy, I will remember your kindness to me, and I will definitely repay you twice in the future!"

Seeing her speaking so solemnly, Joan's pretty face was almost pious, and she couldn't tell what it was like.

I was deeply moved by her sincere and grateful attitude, but at the same time felt troubled.

Rather than Rebecca's obsessive repayment, Joan would rather let her be a bit "wolf-hearted", and it's best to completely forget about herself after today.

Afterwards, the two went their own ways, and no longer had any intersections, and I felt more relaxed on the contrary.

With complicated emotions, Joan got out of the carriage and walked into the campus with Rebecca side by side.

During the short journey, countless eyes of curiosity, amazement or envy were attracted along the way, which was exactly what Joan wanted to avoid.

Accompanied by a beautiful woman, being enviable is certainly a sense of accomplishment, but he wants to return to the state of being alone and indifferent to the world.

However, Joan soon woke up and realized that he had fallen into the vicious circle of self-exile again.

If the behavior of indulging oneself is driven by the withdrawn nature, it is bound to regard family and friendship as a burden that one is eager to get rid of, and become more isolated from others, then the emotion, morality and even social consciousness that depend on the maintenance of human nature will become weaker and weaker, and eventually become a A cold-blooded machine, a monster without humanity...

Thinking of her grandfather's advice, Joan forced herself to stop, looked back at Rebecca who was standing in front of the school gate watching her off, and waved goodbye to her.

The girl's long hair was scattered over her shoulders, and against the backdrop of the spotless white nun's uniform, it looked even more black and bright, like a smooth silk satin.

When she saw Qiao An stop and turn around, waving goodbye to herself, a smile immediately appeared on her pretty face.

For a moment, Qiao An seemed to feel that the whole world was brightened by this beautiful and innocent smile.

...

Joan returned to her hut, and her mood returned to calm. Sit at the desk and spread out the books, immersing yourself in the ocean of arcane knowledge.

In the days that followed, peace returned.

Joan's daily work and rest are as precise as the scale of a clock. He goes to and from classrooms, cafeterias, libraries, gymnasiums and dormitories step by step, never wasting a minute.

He left the campus every weekend, went to Mount Vernon, and hungrily sought new knowledge in the library of the Vassar family.

Perhaps it was at the suggestion of the Custis sisters that on Saturday evening, George Vassar would always take Joan to visit the White House Manor and enjoy a sumptuous dinner accompanied by Martha and Rebecca.

Even Joan, who has a slow EQ, has vaguely noticed that the relationship between Miss Martha and Major Vassar is getting closer, and Rebecca also revealed this fact to him intentionally or unconsciously.

Joan was happy to see the result, but occasionally thought of Miss Martha's former fiancé, Captain Daniel, who died young, and felt a little sad.

The gentry and manor families in the south of the New World have a tradition of advocating social activities, and treating guests to dinner is the basic content of this custom.

On this basis, there are many customary social rules.

For example, if you receive an invitation from a family member, you must attend as much as possible on time. If you really can’t get away, you must write a letter in advance to apologize and explain the reason. criticism.

On the contrary, before holding a banquet, the host always carefully considers which guests to invite, and presents invitations one by one. If a relative or friend is neglected due to negligence, he must come to the door to apologize, otherwise it is equivalent to publicly humiliating the other party, regardless of the original relationship. No matter how close they are, it is inevitable that they will turn against each other.

When Sir Custis was still at home, there had been a glorious time at White House Manor full of guests and songs day and night.

However, today is not what it used to be. The Custis family does not even have a man in charge. The social circle in the upper class of Alfheim has become an "outdated" fringe family. They used to do everything possible to curry favor with the Custis family. The old-fashioned aristocratic squires hardly have any contact with the family anymore.

As for those young men who aspired to get ahead in the social world, especially those who were so poor that they only had a title of nobleman, they coveted the beautiful two sisters of the Custis family.

The two sisters would receive a lot of love letters every week. Occasionally, people with relatives and relatives would come to visit, and most of them made a special trip to matchmaking for others.

In the so-called "high society" in Alfheim, and even in the entire Valesian world, there is such a deep-rooted ethos:

If a young man from a poor family wants to get rid of poverty and become rich quickly, but does not have the brains and capital to do business, the best strategy is to marry a wealthy heiress.

It doesn't matter if the other party is an innocent girl, a widow widowed, a courtesan known for her promiscuity, or even an old woman whose youth has passed away.

This kind of marriage is said to be for "love", but in fact it is full of calculations, more or less out of plotting the woman's family property.

This kind of behavior, logically speaking, is disgraceful, but the reality is very strange. Those upper-class people who claim to be of high moral character never seem to feel that there is any shame in doing this. half a lifetime.

Joan was born in a small rural town with simple folk customs, and he disapproves of this trend of being keen on "eating soft food".

But he also knew that his own opinion was insignificant. Even the Custis sisters thought this kind of thing was normal, so what right did he have to make irresponsible remarks as an outsider?

Since the social climate cannot be reversed, Joan can only settle for the next best thing, silently wishing Miss Martha to marry a good man worthy of entrusting her life.

Obviously, George Vassar, who is upright and prudent, is undoubtedly more worthy Miss Martha is entrusted with a lifelong match.

As for Rebecca, no matter her age or mentality, she was just a child, and talking about marriage seemed as far away as the end of the world to her.

Whenever there are gatherings on weekends, Rebecca will always take out the love letters she has received recently, pick out the most hypocritical and nasty passages, and recite them in a joking tone in front of her sister, Vasa and Joan , by the way, he added a sharp and almost vicious sarcasm, which made everyone laugh.

In addition to finding it funny, Joan was also a little embarrassed.

Many of the men who wrote love letters to Rebecca were his classmates at Leiden College, more or less his acquaintances.

The only thing to be thankful for is that among the men who delivered the love letter, there were no his only friends at school-Edward Gates and Thomas Chap.

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