I was a god in the 18th century

Chapter 281 A fulfilling day

Today's breakfast is a blueberry croissant with milk, a vegetable salad and creamy mashed potatoes.

The cook Lily and the widow Mrs. John, who have been trained by Chinese food, have made the cuisine of Fortress get rid of the curse of British black cuisine.

After eating in the castle for a long time, Xia Qingdai began to feel that even the creamy mashed potatoes, which was difficult to understand at first, tasted delicious.

But what she prefers is to cut the blueberry croissant open with a table knife and put a piece of butter inside. The aroma of wheat, blueberry and milk are just right. When you take a bite, your lips and teeth will be fragrant.

"This croissant is really chewy, not hard nor soft just right." Xia Qingdai praised.

Owen looked at her and smiled, then picked up the croissant and took a bite.

James has left, and now there are only three people in the castle who can serve dinner - Owen, Xia Qingdai, and tutor Bai Meilan.

Bai Meilan's job is really not easy because Xia Qingdai is away five days a week.

In order not to look too much like a freeloader, during Xia Qingdai's absence, Miss Bai took the initiative and spontaneously learned the KPI assessment system in the castle, and took on part of the work of the housekeeper and accountant.

She was happy to see Xia Qingdai back today. The person she teaches her job has appeared again, how can she be unhappy?

"Xia, how about we take French class today and do a scenario simulation?"

Xia Qingdai said happily: "Okay."

Miss Bai is very fond of Xia Qingdai, because although Xia does not understand French, she does not know much about the history of the upper class nobility in European countries. She has obviously never learned it.

But she understands astronomy and geography, and can even calculate the relationship between the elevation and latitude of Polaris, which even Miss Bai cannot understand.

In short, Xia Qingdai's knowledge is much higher than Miss Bai initially thought.

She doesn’t understand French, but she understands Chinese; she doesn’t know the history of European aristocrats, but she understands the history of European countries. Her knowledge of astronomy and geography is even better than Miss Bai herself.

So now Miss Bai focuses on teaching Xia Qingdai common French among European aristocrats, as well as aristocratic etiquette.

When the two of them were in class, they always communicated in French, and Xia Qingdai could still have a conversation even if they bumped into each other.

In terms of language, Xia Qingdai is already strong and has the blessing of an evolved IQ, so French is not a problem for her.

If it weren't for the fact that France is currently mired in war, Xia Qingdai would actually be quite interested in Paris. The most convenient way to learn a language is of course to be in that environment.

But Xia Qingdai doesn't like war or ruins, so she won't go to Paris for the time being.

Besides, she and Owen are now British nobles, so going to France would be a provocation. Although with her here, it would not be a suicide, but she was not interested in killing.

As the strongest representatives of land and sea in Europe, Britain and France have always been mortal enemies. During the American War of Independence, France strongly supported it, even at the expense of incurring huge debts, and the two sides had a long-standing feud.

The future anti-French alliance was also led by Britain.

After contacting Miss Bai, Xia Qingdai discovered that the other party was very obsessed with the French Rousseau. She held Rousseau's works in her hands almost every day without letting go of them.

Miss Bai has a strong sense of identification with natural human rights, and she hates the unfairness of this world. This was one of the reasons why she had never fallen in love even though she was in her mid-twenties. She doesn't want to be a canary dependent on a man. She would rather show up as a tutor and support herself.

She also looked down upon those gentlemen who were born with everything, thinking their lives were too shallow and childish. Apart from spending money and enjoying themselves, these gentlemen are good for nothing. To be able to have so much wealth without work or labor, there is no existence in the world that is more like a moth than a "gentleman".

Xia Qingdai quickly noticed Miss Bai's yearning for equality and freedom, and respected her quite a bit. It is really not easy for women to awaken to independent thinking in the 18th century.

Xia Qingdai's own independent thoughts are naturally deeper than what Miss Bai pursues. After all, she was born in New China where there are no aristocrats.

Because of this, Miss Bai took Xia Qingdai as her confidant and wished she could impart all her knowledge to Xia Qingdai.

In French class today, Miss Bai was talking about the news about France that appeared in the newspapers a few days ago.

The above analyzes the current situation of the French Revolution and predicts that the monarchy may be abolished.

Miss Bai yearns for that kind of freedom and democracy, but Xia Qingdai disagrees. There are so many crimes in France today under the pretext of freedom that there is nothing to aspire to.

In comparison, Britain, which was still focused on developing the Industrial Revolution, was more prosperous.

After a French class, it was time for the lady to take a nap. Xia Qingdai bid farewell to Miss Bai and went back to her room to rest.

Mary, the personal maid, cleaned Xia Qingdai's room so cleanly that not a speck of dust could be seen in the whole house during the days when Xia Qingdai was away. She was such a hardworking girl.

In order to praise her, Xia Qingdai picked an imperial dress with silk and lace from the cloakroom and gave it to her as a gift.

In this era, it was already a compliment for a noble hostess to give a maid her own skirt. But Xia Qingdai was more generous. The dress she gave to Mary was brand new.

There were many imperial dresses hanging in her cloakroom. Most of the brand new ones are the dresses she sells on Xiaohongshu.

Because of the high price and the inconvenience of shipping the clothes since she lived on campus, the business of the imperial skirts was not very good.

But for Xia Qingdai, even if she sells one imperial skirt in a month, it's still a profit. After all, her capital is lower! She didn't feel bad about money from the eighteenth century at all.

Mary was very grateful for Xia Qingdai's reward. In her heart, she respected Xia Qingdai as a goddess, so she was even more grateful.

The whole day's experience today was very fulfilling for Xia Qingdai.

During the day, he took medical classes at Jiang University, had a dinner party with old classmates, and then followed Eucommia ulmoides to see the leaders of Jiangcheng. When I got home, I put the card with the 200 million song licensing fee that I had just received today into my brother's shirt pocket in a very grand manner.

Then, without telling his brother, he simply closed the door. In the 18th century, I took a trip with Owen and took a French class from Miss Bai. My time was really not wasted at all!

Xia Qingdai, who was lying on the bed and looking at herself, slowly fell asleep with a satisfied smile.

When she wakes up, she still has to do infrastructure construction!

I bought a lot of gadgets, but I haven’t had time to do them yet.

Owen, the gentleman whom Miss Bai described as "doing nothing", was currently listening to his accountant and lawyer report on the situation in London in the study.

Since he was made an earl and actually managed the affairs of Faucui Villa and Wanghe Villa, he had a new identity - a member of Parliament.