Chapter 17 Chapter 16 Drunkenness

Green Gaybruzzi's October is the most glamorous season of the year.The leaves of the birch trees in the small depression first turned golden yellow under the scorching autumn sun, and then the leaves of the maple trees behind the orchard were dyed crimson again, and the leaves of the cherry trees on both sides of the path were also unwilling to be lonely. Then came a deep red and then a bronze-like green.The field that was cut for the second time enjoys sunbathing leisurely. Annie was completely intoxicated by this sea of ​​colors. One Saturday morning, Anne flew into the house carrying a maple branch, and before she could catch her breath, she shouted excitedly: "Hey, Marilla, the world in October is so beautiful! Look at this branch." How beautiful, can you be indifferent before it? So I brought it in to decorate the room."

"What a mess." Marilla had a dismissive expression. It can be said that Marilla didn't have much aesthetic ability. "Annie, look at your room. It's full of things brought in from outside. The dormitory is only for sleeping." "Oh, that's for dreaming. Marilla, is it true that you will have good dreams in a beautiful environment? I'm going to put it in that old blue vase and put it on the table .” "You'd better not get leaves all over the stairs. I'm going over to Carmody in the afternoon. The Women's Association has a party there. I don't think I'll be back until after dark. Marshall and Curie's supper is due." Here you go. Remember, Annie, don't remember that you haven't made tea until you set the table like you did a few days ago."

"It was my fault for forgetting to make tea. However, I was thinking about the name 'Zihuadi Dingyuan' that day, so I unconsciously forgot other things. Marshall has no complaints at all, he said. It doesn't matter if you wait a while, I told him another beautiful legend while making tea, and he didn't feel lonely at all. It was a very moving legend, but I don't remember the last paragraph, I was blind Made it up." "All right, all right. Seriously, you've got to work hard today and make no mistakes. And, if you like, you can ask Diana to come over and have some tea."

"Really, Marilla!" Annie clenched her little hands tightly in excitement. "That's great! Marilla knows my heart. I've wanted to invite her to be a guest for a long time. I'm almost crazy. If I don't know my heart, Marilla won't understand. Invite friends to have tea , it feels pretty good, like grown-ups, doesn't it? Don't worry, there are guests, I won't forget to make tea, and oh, and, Marilla, you don't mind if I serve you in the tea set with roses? " "How about that? That tea set can only be used when Mr. Pastor is here or when the Ladies' Association is meeting, understand?

I think you can use the usual brown tea set.Candied cherries, fruit snacks, cookies and biscuits are also available. " "I can still imagine myself making tea at the table." Annie said, closing her eyes. "Just ask Diana if she wants sugar, I know she never does, but I just pretend I don't know, and then I ask for another piece of fruit and try to persuade her to eat more candied cherries. Hey, Mar Rilla, just fantasizing is so good! If Diana comes, can I let her go to the drawing room while the hat is put on, and then go to the drawing room?" "I don't see any need, you can do it in the living room. Oh, that bottle of grape wine (a strong smelling, sweet drink similar to sherbet and sugar juice, which belongs to Liquor) that was handed out at the church meeting recently- A fragrant spirit.) There is more than half left. You two can drink some if you can, I have it on the second shelf of the living room cabinet, and drink it with a cookie Marshall is loading potatoes on board now, and it won't be till late."

Marilla wanted to order other things, but Anne couldn't help herself anymore, and ran to Orchard Slove to invite Diana. No sooner had Marilla gone than Diana arrived.Diana was dressed in smart clothes and looked as if she had been invited to be a guest.Normally, she would jump up the steps without even knocking on the door, but this day she pretended to knock on the door, and the well-dressed Annie quickly opened the door, and the two of them seemed to be meeting each other for the first time. Shake hands casually. Diana was led to the east wing, took off her hat and put it there, and finally the two sat down in the living room.Ten minutes had passed, and the two were still courting each other unnaturally, and Diana was still sitting on her tiptoes in an orderly manner.

Just in the morning Anne saw Mrs. Barry being very energetic when picking apples, but Anne still asked politely: "How is your mother?" "Thank you for your concern, she is very nice. Has Uncle Cuthbart come to the Lily Sands to carry potatoes today?" Diana also responded that she had just been to Harmon Andrews' house this morning in Marshall's cart. "Yes, this year's potato harvest is bumper, and your father's potato harvest is also bumper, right?" "Thanks to your blessing, the harvest has also been bumper. Your apples have already started to grow, right?"

"Yes, there are a lot of picks." As she spoke, Annie couldn't help jumping up. "Diana, why don't you go to the orchard and pick some sweet apples? Marilla said that you can get all the ones left on the trees. Marilla is so generous. She said that in addition to tea, you can also have some fruit snacks, preserved cherries, etc. Wait. Which drink do you like? I like red drinks the most. Compared with other colors, red drinks are more delicious." In the orchard, there are so many fruits that the branches are bent and drooping.The two felt indescribably happy.Spent most of the afternoon here.They sat in the lush green grass untouched by the frost, eating apples and talking heartily, surrounded by the warm autumn sun.

Diana told Anne about the new things that happened in school recently.Diana was seated with Katie Pai, which irritated her terribly.Gatti always rustled her pencil when she was writing, and Diana was so annoyed that she was chilled and shivered.Ruby Gillies got a magic stone from Aunt Mayary George in Creco, which is said to rub away warts.Charlie Sullen and Emma White's names were written on the love umbrella, and Emma White was furious.Sam Bolt was whipped by Mr. Phillips for his arrogance in class.Sam's father rushed to the school for this and warned the teacher that if he dared to do anything to his son again, he would never agree.

Also, Mattie Andrews was wearing a bonnet and tasseled shawl, so triumphant and feeling so good about herself, it looked disgusting.Lickie Wright and Mami Wilson stopped talking. It is said that Mami Wilson's sister abducted Likey Wright's sister's boyfriend. Also, since Annie didn't go to school, everyone felt boring and bored.Everyone thinks that Anne should go back to school earlier, besides Gilbert Bryce..." Anne stood up hastily when she heard Gilbert Bryce, interrupted the conversation, and invited Diana to come in for some raspberry dew. Annie looked at the second shelf of the living room cabinet, but found no shadow of raspberry dew, and looked again carefully, only to find that it was on the top shelf. Annie put the bottle on the tray, along with The cups were placed on the table together.

"Come on, Diana, drink more, you're welcome," said Anne courteously and politely. "I really can't drink it anymore, it seems that I have eaten too many apples." Diana poured a full glass, admired the bright red, invigorating liquid, and drank gracefully, sips, sips. "Ah, I didn't expect this raisin wine to taste so delicious, Anne." "I'm so happy that you like to drink. If you like to drink, please drink a few more glasses. I will add a little firewood. It's really troublesome to entrust all the family affairs to me." Diana had already had her second glass when Anne came from the kitchen.As soon as Annie persuaded her, she drank the third glass rudely, and then poured another glass full. Who made the raspberry dew so delicious. "I've never had such a delicious drink. It's several times better than Mrs. Linde's. Mrs. Linde is always proud of the drinks she brews. However, your drink tastes exactly like Mrs. Linde's. no the same." "Yes, I also think that the raspberry dew made by Marilla is much better than Mrs. Linde's." Anne always stood on the same side as Marilla. "Marilla's cooking skills are famous, she even taught me, it's really difficult, there doesn't seem to be much room for fantasy in cooking, everything must be done according to the rules, if you violate it, you will be smashed . When I baked pastries a few days ago, I forgot to add wheat flour, and I only imagined a tragic story in my mind.The protagonists of the story are you and me.One day, Diana unfortunately contracted smallpox, and her condition was critical. No one dared to approach you, but I bravely risked my life to see you and nurse you. Later, Diana was finally saved from death, but this time the smallpox It was transferred to me again, and I finally left the world due to ineffective treatment. After my death, I was buried under the poplar tree in the cemetery. Diana planted lovely roses next to her and shed her tears. Vow to always remember the young friend who gave his life for himself. While I was stirring the ingredients for making dim sum, I couldn’t stop crying, and I completely forgot about adding wheat flour. Wheat flour is an indispensable material for making dim sum. I failed the first time I made dim sum, but Marilla In the end, she forgave me. In fact, even if she was angry, it was in vain. I'm always making trouble for Marilla.I also made a big fool of myself last week about the pudding sauce.We ate raisin pudding for lunch last Tuesday, but we left half of the pudding and a pot full of sauce, Marilla said to save it for the next noon, let me send it to the storage room first, and cover it well it is good. I promised well at first, but halfway I imagined myself as a nun. Although I was supposed to be a Protestant, I was doing things of the old Catholic Church. So forget about covering the lid. The next morning I just remembered and ran to the pantry and looked there and was startled and guess what, there was a drowned mouse in the pudding sauce!Can you imagine how terrified I was? I fished out the mouse with a spoon and threw it in the backyard.Then the spoon was washed three times repeatedly.Marilla was out milking the cows, and I was going to ask her when she came back if she fed the sauce to the pigs or threw it away.However, when Marilla came back, she was thinking about other things, and she had forgotten what she wanted to say. Later, Marilla asked me to pick apples, and I went. One morning a few days later, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Ross of Svensa Bell came to our house. They are very fashionable couple. You may have heard of it, especially the lady.Lunch was ready when Marilla beckoned me in.Everyone was sitting around the table, and I tried to be as polite as possible and act like a grown-up, so as to give the lady the impression that I was well-bred, though ugly. All went well at first, but, after a while, I suddenly saw Marilla walk in with a freshly warmed pudding sauce!Diana, Diana, you don't know how frightened I was at that moment. I recalled everything, and I stood up with a desperate scream in my head. "Marilla, that pudding sauce doesn't work! A mouse drowned in it, I forgot to tell you. "Oh, Diana, if I live to be a hundred years old, I can't forget that terrible moment. Chester? Mrs. Rose didn't say anything, but just stared at me, and I was so ashamed that I wanted to find a hole and get in right away.Mrs. Chester Rose is so beautiful, dignified and elegant, what would she think of my family..." Marilla's face turned red, but she didn't say anything at that time, and immediately removed the pudding sauce I replaced it with candied strawberries. Marilla persuaded me to try it too, but I couldn't eat a bite. I was ashamed to see Marilla for doing such a stupid thing. After the Chester Roses went back, I was beaten by Marilla. He taught me a hard lesson. Hey, Diana, what's the matter with you? " Diana staggered to get up, but couldn't, so she sat down with her head in her hands. "I, I, I feel very uncomfortable." Diana seemed to be drunk, and her tongue was a little out of order. "I, can I go home right away?" "Oh, I have to go home before drinking tea, no." Annie was a little anxious. "I'm going now, and I'll make tea right away." "I'm going home, I'm going home," Diana repeated over and over again.Although it is a stupid and confused tone, it makes people feel particularly determined. "You have to eat some snacks before you go back." Annie said almost pleadingly. "How about some fruit snacks and candied cherries? You'll be fine just lying on the sofa for a while, what's wrong?" "I want to go home." Diana kept repeating this sentence in her mouth, no matter how much Anne pleaded, it was in vain. "I haven't heard of a guest coming home without tea," said Anne sadly. "Hey, Diana, maybe you really have smallpox. If you really do, you'll have to go see a doctor. Don't worry, I will never abandon you. But I think you might be better off with some tea. It's not uncomfortable." ?” "Very dizzy." Diana did look a little uncomfortable, sitting there staggering.Annie shed tears in disappointment, had no choice but to fetch Diana's hat, sent Diana to the fence gate of Barry's house, and then returned to Green Gybrutz with tears Put it back in the cupboard, and then started to prepare Marshall and Curie's tea, just doing it mechanically, with an empty mind. The next day was Sunday.It rained heavily outside from morning until dark, so Anne stayed at home all day. On Monday afternoon, Marilla sent Anne to Mrs. Lynde's house to do some errands. Unexpectedly, after a while, Anne ran back along the path with tears in her eyes. After entering the kitchen, she threw herself on the sofa. "Annie, what's going on?" Marilla was a little panicked in the face of this scene. "Could it be rude to Mrs. Linde again?" Annie not only ignored Marilla's question, but cried even harder. "Anne Jerry, I'm asking you, please answer well, now look up for me immediately, and tell me why you are crying?" Annie stood up, weeping like a man in tears. "Mrs. Linde went to Mrs. Barry's house today and saw Mrs. Barry was angry at home. Mrs. Barry said that I got Diana drunk on Saturday, which made Diana toss in a daze. , she said I was too bad a man to allow Diana to play with such a bad boy as me. Oh, Marilla, I am so heartbroken." "You said you got Diana drunk?" Marilla was stunned for a long time before she could speak. "Maybe it's your fault for Anne, or maybe it's Mrs. Barry's fault. Tell me, what did you give Diana to drink?" "Raspberry Dew," replied Annie, sobbing. "Diana filled the glass three times and drank it all. I didn't think raspberry dew could be intoxicating, Marilla. I didn't intend to get Diana drunk." "But it turned out to be drunk, don't make fun of me!" Marilla said, and strode to the cabinet in the living room, she wanted to see what happened.Looking at the bottle in the cupboard, I recognized at a glance that it was not some raspberry syrup, but the Skooley wine brewed by myself that had been stuck for more than three years. The Skool wine made by Marilla is famous in Yabangli.Even among such fastidious people as Mrs. Barry, she commanded rather high marks.Only then did Marilla realize that the bottle of raspberry dew had not been put into the cupboard as she said, but had been collected in the basement. Marilla returned to the kitchen with the scooly bottle, and couldn't help laughing. "Annie, you child, you are such a genius for trouble. You gave Diana not raspberry dew, but Scourley. You don't know it yourself, do you?" "I didn't drink it at all, so I thought it was grape wine. I just tried my best to treat Diana well. Later, Diana felt very uncomfortable, so I had no choice but to send her home. up. Mrs. Barry told Mrs. Lynde that Diana was drunk and turned into a pile of mud when she came home. Mrs. Barry asked what was wrong, but she just kept laughing like a fool, and fell asleep after a while. I didn't wake up, and my breath was full of alcohol, so I knew I was drunk.Diana had a headache all day yesterday,' and it hurt so badly that Mrs. Barry lost her temper and concluded that I made Diana like this on purpose. " "Diana is a real kid. She drank three glasses in a row, and she's too greedy. She should take care of it." Marilla said bluntly. "Three cups in that big mug, even raspberry dew would be sick. If those who discredited the Skool we made in the house knew about it, they would have a solid excuse. Three years A while ago, since I found out that the pastor didn’t say anything good about our family’s own brewing, I stopped brewing it. This bottle is reserved for stimulant medicine. Well, well, Annie, don't cry.This matter has nothing to do with you. " "No, I'm sick of it, and I don't feel well if I don't cry enough. It's not in my nature, Marilla, that Diana parted from me, and never dreamed, when we were so close, that we would be together." There is a day coming." "Don't be silly, Anne. If Mrs. Barry knows that you are not responsible, she will change her mind. She must think you have played a joke or staged a prank. You can go tonight and tell the matter." understand." "But the thought of meeting Diana's mother, who has hurt her feelings, makes my limbs go limp and my strength gone." Annie said with a sigh. "If only Marilla would go for me. Compared with me, your words are more credible and easy to be accepted." "Really, then, let's do it this way." Marilla also felt that it was more appropriate to explain it by herself. "Don't cry, it's okay." When Marilla came back from Orchard Slope, her expression was completely different from that before she left.Annie was standing at the balcony door looking forward to her anxiously. "Marilla, I knew from looking at your face that it was almost impossible. Mrs. Barry didn't forgive me, did she?" "And mention her," Marilla growled. "I've never seen such an unreasonable person. I explained to her that I made a mistake and I don't blame Anne, but she still didn't believe me, and even put the Skooley wine I brewed hard. After a while, she said that if the wine is good, even if you drink it, you won’t get drunk, so it’s obviously Anne who got it. She also said that Diana couldn’t drink three glasses in one go. If she really did, Guaranteed to be beaten." After Marilla finished speaking, she went straight into the kitchen, leaving Anne alone in a state of confusion, dazed and bewildered. Suddenly, Annie ran out with her hat on and her head bare, and soon disappeared into the evening mist.With firm steps, Anne walked through the field covered with yellow clover, crossed the single-plank bridge, and walked through the fir forest.On the treetops in the west, the rising moon gave off a faint, hazy cold light. Annie regained her composure for a while, then tremblingly stepped forward and knocked on the door.It was Mrs. Barry who opened the door. She came out and saw a little petitioner with a pale face and teary eyes standing in front of her. When Mrs. Barry saw that it was Anne, she immediately became angry and her face was full of displeasure.She was a very prejudiced and critical person, and once she got angry, it was endless, and it was difficult to get back to normal. To be honest, Mrs. Barry really thought that Anne got Diana drunk out of malice. She felt that associating with such a child would have a bad influence on her precious daughter. For this reason, she was always worried . "What's the matter?" asked Mrs. Barry stiffly. Anne clasped both hands tightly and said, "Oh, ma'am, please forgive me. I never intended to get Diana drunk, and that kind of thing should never have happened. Please imagine that I am well-meaning Poor orphan adopted by someone, who has only one bosom friend in this world, can I deliberately tease her? I really thought it was raspberry dew. Please don't stop us from playing together, if you must If not, then my fate would be too tragic." If Mrs. Linde was a kind person, she might change her opinion in an instant, but after all, it was not Mrs. Linde in front of her. Anne's petition angered Mrs. Barry even more.Anne's excessive wording and dramatic approach made Mrs. Barry feel suspicious and even more convinced that Anne was fooling her and making up lies.Therefore, Mrs. Barry said firmly. "It's just that Diana can't be with a child like you, go home and learn to be more honest!" Annie's lips trembled, "I'll just take a look at Diana and say goodbye," Annie begged. "Diana and her father have gone to Carmody," said Mrs. Barry, slamming the door and going back into the house. Annie felt calm in her heart when she was desperate, and just like that, she returned to Green Gaybruzzi with nothing. "The last glimmer of hope has also been shattered." Anne said to Marilla: "I went to see Mrs. Barry just now, but there was still no room for negotiation. I was very angry. Didn't this Mrs. Barry have a good education?" Even God can’t do anything to a person as stubborn and stupid as her, so I think it’s useless to pray.” "Annie, don't say such things." Marilla tried to hold back her laughter, and reproached her seriously, which is worse if you hold back your laughter when you are in trouble. That night Marilla told Marshall the whole story.Before going to bed, Marilla took another look at the east wing. Annie seemed to be crying and fell asleep, and Marilla couldn't help but feel pity again. "This little one is poor." Marilla muttered, gently lifted the curly hair hanging on Anne's face, then bent down, leaned on the pillow and kissed the sleeping Anne.