Chapter 2 James's Hobbies
In 1845, Canada had just completed its unification and was Britain's largest overseas colony.
Edmond, where the Howlett family is located, is the largest city in Alberta. Although in the eyes of the British aristocrats across the ocean, the colonial landowners have no qualifications to be honored alongside them, it cannot be denied that in this area
, the Howlett family is the most powerful, wealthy and powerful noble lord.
Summer in the Midwest is the most difficult. The towering and long Rocky Mountains block the cold tundra climate in the north. The cool wind from the east lingers at the foot of the mountains. There are enough ice cubes in the manor room to cool down, even the horses.
The big guys in the house also have such conditions.
But workers and slaves in pastures and fields can only let their sweat become the sweet spring that irrigates the land.
Mr. Howlett believed that they were born to adapt to such an environment, and said that this was very consistent with his consistent "strict and fair" remarks, because most of them were dark-skinned, and they should live under the sun as a matter of course.
James has just adapted to the daily life of some so-called aristocrats these days. He already has a tutor who has begun to teach him writing and arithmetic, along with guidance on aristocratic etiquette.
This teacher was hired by Mr. Howlett from London with a high salary. He graduated from Oxford with a bachelor's degree in literature and history. He was also proficient in French and Latin.
Mr. Howlett cannot let his grandson, the future heir of the family, grow up into a cowboy who can only harness cattle and shoot guns in this land lacking civilization. The Howlett family wants to become a true British aristocrat, and James
He should have had the best education since he was a child, for which he paid a full weekly salary of 13 pounds.
Every day little James had to study arithmetic with Mr. Daniel for an hour, English and history for an hour, and French and Latin for an hour each.
It was rare for Daniel to give him a 15-minute break between each class. This was mainly because James' learning progress and results had made great progress in the past month.
Although he has always been a well-behaved and obedient child, it must be said that at this age he is full of curiosity about the outside world, and books are always not as cute as Little Pony. However, the grades of the little maid Rose who has been studying with him are much better than James.
, which made Mr. Daniel unable to relax from his homework.
"Okay James, that's it for today. It's very good, especially arithmetic. I think you can help Mr. Howlett settle accounts in a few weeks! French needs to be improved. This is a very important subject in the UK.
language."
"Yes, Mr. Daniel, I'll go first." After bowing her head politely, the little maid Rose O'Hara also raised her skirt slightly, made a standard lady's courtesy, and left with James.
"I heard that you can see fireflies at the barnyard at night! Master James, do you want to go?" O'Hara, who had bright red hair, looked at James expectantly. There were some freckles on her nose, which were white and shiny.
It's so conspicuous on the skin, but it makes the little girl even more charming.
"Sorry, O'Hara, I have to review the homework left by Mr. Danielle tonight, so I can't accompany you." James was not impressed by the cuteness of his little maid, and responded a little casually.
"It's like this again...you still call me O'Hara now. Isn't that what strangers do when calling me by my last name?" Hearing the obviously aggrieved and unhappy complaints from his side, James couldn't help but comforted him with a headache: "Because O'Hara
Pull sounds cuter and suits you better."
"Really! Master James, do you think I'm cute?" The child's temper became like the weather at sea. Just a moment ago, there was a heavy rain, but now it's bright and clear.
"Yes, you are the cutest in the manor."
O'Hara chuckled with satisfaction, completely forgetting about the fireflies in the barnyard, saying goodbye to James and going to the servants' room for dinner.
Even James, who had never had a child in his previous life, was really troubled by this little tail that followed him every day. O'Hara's mother was Lady Elizabeth Elizabeth, who was James' mother's personal maid.
Since his brother Tony, who died without ever meeting him, the Howlett family has never used black servants. The O'Hara mother and daughter came to Canada from Northern Ireland to make a living. A widow and her young daughter went through two months of
The journey to get here is not easy.
Many British civilians whose families are in difficulty and unable to make a living will choose to come to the colonies to serve the rich, manor owners, etc. Although the life here is not as rich as that in their hometown, the income is high, and more importantly, they can experience it to some extent.
The feeling of waiting for someone.
Fortunately, James bought a lot of time to be alone in his room in the morning and evening on the pretext of reading and studying every day. At the same time, his rapid progress in performance also proved that "what he said was true."
Everyone in the manor knows that Master James's biggest hobby is to study and study alone in his room. Otherwise, he really can't think of how to explain that as a twelve or thirteen-year-old child, he spends four or five hours alone every day.
It's not like chasing a horse and climbing a banyan tree like before.
James' real hobby is of course not reading and learning. The level of education in the 19th century was very limited, let alone in colonial areas. Even the top students who graduated from Oxford and did not major in mathematics and science were difficult to compare with the mathematics level of Chinese students with solid basic education in this era.
Compare.
Bai Feng's English in the previous life was average, but the accumulation of thousands of vocabulary words completely exceeded the language level of a child. The only thing that needed some effort was the two languages that he had never been exposed to, French and Latin, but forget about the children who were distracted.
With your mind, it is not difficult to learn two languages seriously.
After dinner, after dealing with the chatting inquiries from his grandfather, father and mother, James politely asked if he could go back to the room to review his homework. After Mr. Howlett nodded his head with pleasure, he went upstairs and gently closed the door.
He stood there for a while and closed his eyes, took a long breath, squatted down slightly with his feet spread out, put his hands on his waist, and stood in the room strangely.
The doors and windows of the balcony were wide open, facing the bright and numerous moon and stars above my head. My body rose and fell slowly with my breathing. After a while, my standing body became slightly warm, and then I stepped forward and raised my shoulders. For a moment, my whole body was just on tiptoes, flat on the ground.
He stretched out his body, twisted his vertebrae with the orderly movement of his joints, and lowered his body.
He changed his movements more than a dozen times in succession, and it took a full hour before he finally settled down. He moved around a few times and fell on the bed, thinking about it in his mind.
"I have been doing the foundation-building pile method for almost a month every day, doing a set of Ba Duan Jin in the morning, tapping the joint acupuncture points all over the body, and practicing the basic Yi Jin Gong in the evening. This body is not as bad as I imagined. It should be no different from a healthy child.
Same thing, why have I always been sick for no reason since I was a child? Is it really just a severe allergy? It’s not possible that this thing can be cured by practicing boxing..."
James lay idle on the bed, planning how he would get along in such a strange world.
Perhaps because he had perfected his boxing skills and reached a certain level of "exploring" and "knowing the sky" in terms of spiritual and psychological cultivation, he was particularly adaptable to the surprising event of time and space flipping around and being reincarnated.
Moreover, although his predecessor had excellent understanding, he was born with a lack of vitality and blood and very poor bones. In professional Western medicine terms, he was born with congenital heart disease, kidney failure, and very slender and fragile bones.
The body of a sick young man who died early was due to practicing Neijiaquan step by step from light, dark, and inner transformation to improve his physique.
Even so, it is only comparable to the physical functions of ordinary people who are strong and strong. If the Anjin is stimulated too much, the heart will be overwhelmed. It is precisely because of the forceful use of Jin that I killed my uncle and avenged my master. I myself suffered from myocardial failure.
And died early.
Although it seems like the original world has gone back in time for more than 170 years and arrived in Canada, a very backward British colony in the mid-19th century, at least the family is in a very good condition and it seems that they will have enough food and clothing for the rest of their lives. Although there are some physical problems that are still unclear,
But it's still much better than the previous life.
Dongdong...
Chapter completed!