Chapter 237 Letter From Hometown

What surprised Joan the most was that the senior named Martin Smith actually wrote a love letter to the Custis sisters at the same time, and the words and sentences were exactly the same, obviously in duplicate and delivered at the same time.

For this matter, the sisters made a lot of fun to Mr. Martin Smith.

Rebecca also pretended to regret: "It's a pity that Martha and I are not twins, and I don't deserve these two love letters that look like twins."

Joan guessed that when Martin Smith wrote the letter, he probably never dreamed that the Custis sisters would show each other the love letter they had received, and even displayed it in public at the weekend salon, exposing his dirty deeds. Become a ridiculous clown.

Recalling Martin Smith's premature appearance, almost half-bald hair, and more than twice the age of Rebecca, even if Joann doesn't want to judge people by their appearance, they can only admit that he is really not good enough for the Custis sisters , being ridiculed as a "toad" who dreams of eating "swan meat" is also to blame.

However, after laughing, Qiao An felt a little sad.

His first acquaintance at Leiden College was Martin Smith.

He had mistook Martin, a freshman examiner, for a teacher, and was grateful for his advice on applying for student loans.

After enrolling, Qiao An learned that this person was the most unlucky "repeater" of the Austrian law major at Leiden College: he had been forced to postpone his graduation for three consecutive years, and had to take the place of the student loan issuer in order to repay the large amount of student loans he owed. Charles Fitzgerald worked errands.

He also heard that Martin Smith got a kickback from Charles Fitzgerald for every student loan applicant he got.

It wasn't until then that Joan suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Martin was eager to apply for a loan for himself, but it turned out that it was not profitable and it was too early.

However, if you put yourself in the shoes of Martin Smith, if you were as unlucky as Martin Smith, and had a perverted tutor like Walter Lee, who clearly had reached the graduation standard, but was repeated by the tutor under various excuses, forcing yourself to work as a cheap laborer for him ;The family is in a difficult situation and owes a lot of debts. Apart from racking their brains to find shortcuts to get rich, such as trying to win the favor of a rich woman and get a large dowry to bail them out, what else can they do to get out of this deep trap? Mire-like predicament?

In the face of this suffocating and embarrassing life, how can I have the right to stand up straight and be an upright person.

Thinking of this, Joan felt deep sympathy for Martin Smith.

If I hadn't been lucky enough to accidentally pick up the "Tears of God" and then get the "Fountain of Wisdom" by chance, I'm afraid the current situation would be worse than that of Martin Smith.

If you are really in a hurry, don't say "eating soft food", in order to survive, I am afraid that you can do something more despicable and shameful than this.

Joan didn't express his true inner thoughts in the after-dinner salon of Custis's house. After all, this small weekend salon was the only social circle outside of school that was willing to accept him—and the only social circle he could endure. A window through which his lonely inner world communicates with the outside world.

He didn't want to spoil the warm atmosphere of this small circle, and it was better to hide some inappropriate words in his heart.

It was only when he was alone with George Vassar that he opened a crack in his heart, and hinted to the equally silent major that he sympathized with Martin Smith.

"Actually, I don't quite agree with Sister Custis's practice of publishing private letters, which is very unfair to the parties involved."

"We outsiders are embarrassed to listen to them. If we go along with their sarcasm and ridicule, it would be out of style, but it is inconvenient to criticize their slightly mean way of making fun in person."

George Vassar sighed.

"Sometimes, I even worry... If I write to Martha, I will also become a laughing stock for her and Rebecca to have fun after dinner."

"That's not enough to..." Joan's heart turned cold when he heard that, and he swore to himself that he would rather die than write a bullshit love letter to any woman!

"I don't think so." Major Vasa smiled self-deprecatingly. "Perhaps they just want to show that they have no intention of accepting those people's marriage proposals in this way. At the same time, it also gives us some encouragement, suggesting that we should be more proactive."

"What are you doing more proactively?" Joan asked blankly, "I don't quite understand, what exactly do you mean by that?"

"You can figure out what it means by yourself. It won't be interesting for me to say it." Mr. Major smiled half-smile.

Joan shrugged indifferently.

He was too lazy to think about such boring riddles, so he simply stopped thinking about them if he couldn't figure it out. If he had time to guess riddles, he might as well read two more books.

...

In the blink of an eye, it was June, and it had been two months since Joann had been studying at Leiden College.

This afternoon, he received a letter.

Like a stone thrown into a pond, the peaceful life stirs up ripples.

This letter was written by Candy Powhatan.

Just two weeks before this letter was sent, the Kandy family passed by Delin Town and stopped by to visit Joan's grandfather, and found that the old ranger's health was not as good as before.

In fact, from the day Joann left home to study, Guillaume Thiel had been seriously ill, with good and bad conditions, and he has not recovered yet.

Conti's father used magic to cure old man Tell, but the effect was not satisfactory.

Medical magic, in fact, uses magic to stimulate the life potential of the patient, and ultimately relies on the patient's own strength to overcome the disease.

The lifespan of a person is determined by the sky.

When an old man is about to reach the end of his life, he has little nostalgia for life, and his body is like a candle that is about to burn out, with little potential left. At this time, even if he uses magic spells, it will not have much effect.

In the letter, Conti made no secret of the poor health of the old man Thiel, and urged Joan to write more letters to his grandfather, and it is best to take advantage of the opportunity of summer vacation to go home and visit his grandfather. comfort.

In addition, Kanti also frankly expressed his miss for Joan in the letter, and complained in a coquettish tone that he hadn't written to him for so long, which was really disrespectful. If Qiao An goes home during the summer vacation, she must write to inform her in advance and make an appointment to meet in Delin Town.

After reading the letter, Qiao An felt quite heavy.

Since coming to Port Leighton, he had written a letter to his grandfather in all.

In his reply, my grandfather claimed that everything was fine at home and that he was in good health, so he didn't have to worry about concentrating on his studies.

Qiao An thought it was true at first, but it was not until she received a letter from Kanti that she realized that her grandfather was not telling the truth, and that she did not hesitate to conceal her illness in order to let her study with peace of mind.

After learning the truth, Qiao An felt deeply guilty, and immediately wrote a letter to her grandfather, persuading him to take care of his body, and promised to go home as soon as the summer vacation was over.

Next, he had to reply to Candy, which was much more difficult than writing to his grandfather.

Kandy complained that he was too indifferent, and Joan was irrefutable.

In fact, he also wanted to write a letter to Candy, but he often didn't know where to start.

After brewing for a while, he couldn't even write a single word, as if he had lost his normal ability to think and write, and felt inexplicably agitated, as if there was an invisible barrier preventing him from communicating with Kandy.

Joan could only attribute this inexplicable communication disorder to a psychological symptom.

In fact, this is not only the case for Candy, Rebecca also often complains why he does not reply to her letter.

The difference is that Rebecca lives in the same city and the same campus as him.

If Joanne ignores Rebecca, she can take the initiative to come to the door to accuse the teacher, drag him out of the self-enclosed "snail shell", and force him to accompany her to participate in social activities-no matter how reluctant Joanne is, she can't Can only be submissive.

However, Kandy, who was far away in the depths of the jungle, did not have such convenient conditions as Rebecca.