Chapter 22 Chapter Twenty Two

In this way, Bolai inherited the Letchett family business and won the hearts of everyone in the family except Simon. He went to church on Sunday, and was scrutinized by many without hesitation during recess.The only people who weren't at church that Sunday were the unchurched and the three kids who had measles.As Beatri said, a lot of them don't actually worship on Sunday—their church is the stable.But they all came to see Bert.Others, who had seldom come to church since the last child was baptized, also came on this day.Even Lina came, a girl who had never been to church except the day of her baptism as a child.

Beauley sat between Betra and Eileen, Simon sat on Betra's other side, and the twins sat on Eileen's other side.Ruth reacted enthusiastically to the drama before church and sang hymns loudly.Jenny, on the other hand, looked at the congregation with disapproving eyes.Bolai repeatedly stared at the stone tablet of the Asybe house on the church wall, and also listened attentively to the pastor's sermon.Strictly speaking, the pastor is not preaching, he is giving his opinion on certain things, so if you close your eyes, it is very similar to imagine that you are sitting by the fireplace and listening to him.Bolai thought of some pastors' sermons he had heard in the orphanage when he was a child: some were like lecturing to the congregation, some were like acting, but Pastor Pei Ke was sincerely stating the truth, which made Bolai think that even without In the industry of a pastor in a church, Pei Ke still speaks to people in this way.After all, he still wants to be a preacher.

After the service, Beau came to the vicarage for lunch, but before he left the church, he had to deal with a large number of people who came to greet him.Bicui was already planning to leave with Bo Lai, but Mrs. Ge of the "radio station" took her away to strike up a conversation and left him there alone. Now he will have to fight alone.Standing in front of him now was a dumpy old lady with a slack apple face and a rose in her hat.How could he pretend he remembered her? Or so many others who lingered? "You remember Miss Gosara? She always comes on cleaning day." It was Eileen's voice.She led him from one group to another, "Hurley, who used to fix our bicycles." "Miss Ma, the school teacher." "Mrs. Smith, the midwife." "Tommy, the son of the former gardener." " "Mrs. Si, the owner of the factory."

She watched him enter the vicar's garden, opened the door, pushed him in, and said, "You're safe now. The refuge is here." "What did you say? " "Don't tell me you forgot. It was our favorite place to hide when we were kids playing hide-and-seek." He said to himself: "One day, you will definitely encounter something that you can't say forget." At lunch, he sat leisurely with his host and enjoyed Nansi's hospitality. After dinner, he and the pastor went for a walk in the garden.The pastor asked him some questions about his life in other places, and he answered them one by one.A great advantage of a pastor is that he listens attentively to what he has to say.

On Monday he went to London, and in the tailor's shop, he looked at the cloth which was unfolded before him, first a few yards away, to let him see the color, and then brought it close to him, to let him examine the quality of the cloth, Someone came to measure him and told him that new clothes would be made for him soon. He had lunch with Mr. Sandow.Mr. Sandow took him to see the manager of the bank again.He cashed a check at the bank, bought a registered envelope, and mailed the money to Lodin.Lodin had made an appointment with him long ago, not to call, and not to put his name on the envelope.

After sending the money, I felt an indescribable feeling in my heart.He drank a bottle of beer, hoping to wash the taste away. But the taste lingers.So he jumped on the No. 24 bus and went back to see the cabin he had rented before.He came back by the 4:10 bus, and when he got off the bus, he saw Ailian waiting in the little beetle car.Seeing her at the station this time, she seemed much more natural than the first time. "Anyway, I have time, so I'll pick you up. If I make you wait for the bus again, I'll feel sorry." He got into the car naturally, sat beside her, and went home together.

"Now you won't be away from home for a long time," she said. "No, unless it's for a drink and a visit to the dentist." "Yeah, that's only a day's work. Maybe when Uncle Charlie comes back, he'll want you to pick him up. But until he gets back, we'll have some time to relax." So he didn't worry about anything anymore. In the morning he took the horses for a walk, or trained them to jump on the racecourse.He also rode out sometimes with Eileen and the children.Tony really sent a telegram back, asked for a set of formal riding clothes, and started to learn how to ride a horse seriously.Bolai spends almost all his time with Ailian.When they get home in the evening, they start planning the next day's activities.

Bitui was also very happy to see that the two brothers and sisters hit it off so well.But she also thought: It would be great if Simon could join them. Now Simon made excuses to go out more and more often, sometimes after breakfast, and didn't come back until after dinner.Sometimes he would train Tipper or Scarlett, and then he would make an excuse and go out.Sometimes when he came back so late, Beatrice couldn't tell whether he was drunk or sober.But at home, he doesn't drink much, except for the occasional extra drink.Beati was not too sure if he was drunk outside.Sometimes he is cheerful, other times very emotional, making people unpredictable.Simon has always been unstable, so Beatri interpreted this situation as his way to relieve the current pressure.

She secretly hoped that before long he would join Bert and Elaine as good friends. "At Bournon you've got to do something," Eileen had told Beau one day, after they'd been working in the stables all day, "otherwise people would think it was weird." "I could ride a horse to the races, as Ruth suggested." "But that's just for fun. Nobody takes horse racing seriously. You gotta show one of our horses. Your riding gear will be here soon, so you can't help but do something. .” "No." "You always answer one word simply."

"Which horse should I ride for the race?" "Cheron was the second fastest horse after Tipper." "But Cheron belongs to Simon." "Oh no. Aunt Beatrice bought Cheron with stable money. Have you ever raced a horse?" "Of course. But they're small racehorses." "I suppose Aunt Beatrice wanted to show Cheeron, but it wouldn't hurt to go to the races until the whole show was over. This horse is nervous, but he jumps well and runs fast." They mentioned this idea to Beetui at dinner, and Beetui agreed. "What weight class are you going to compete in?"

"One hundred and twenty-five pounds." Bicui looked at Bo Lai who was having dinner.He is really a little thinner. The past two generations of Yashubie were not fat, but this kid in front of him looks very tired. Especially at the end of the day.She thought, after the celebration of the bar mitzvah was over, she must find a surgeon to treat his foot.Perhaps it was his lameness that made him look so lifeless. He must ask Dr. Si for information about the treatment. Beatrice was pleased that Beau had something Simon didn't: he had a genuine love for horses. Of course, Simon also has a lot of knowledge about horses, but it only stops at some latest horse racing news.But Bolai has a great interest in breeding horses.On several nights she saw him buried in his book on horse breeding in his study.Once he told her he wanted to trace the origin of honey. "Then you've got the wrong book," she told him, and handed him another book. She was busy with other things that night, and two hours later, she saw him still engrossed in his book. "That's great, Beatrice," he said, pointing to one of the pictures.The desk is full of books. "You haven't seen my favorite collection yet." She glanced at his open books and found him some more.From then on, if you didn't see Boley in the places he used to be, he was in his study, looking at horse breeding books or looking at pictures of horses.He also often sat at Gray's feet and listened to Gray talk about his horse breeding experience.A week later Gray paid him a different tribute than Simon.He addressed Simon as "Mr. Simon" and to Bolly as "His Excellency Mr. Burt".Gray truly appreciated the eagerness and humility of the new master, so he had special respect for him. Beati often heard Gray talking about equestrian scriptures when she walked past the stables, and occasionally Beau gave a brief response. Beatrice thanked God not only for the fact that her nephew had returned, but also for the manner in which he had returned.Over the years, she has imagined in her mind more than once the situation that her nephew might come back if she hadn't died, but she couldn't think that the fact was exactly as she thought.Of course, this child seems a little too silent. When he is around, you will feel very peaceful, but you feel that you don't know much about him.But his calmness seems to be better than Simon's fluctuating. She wrote a long letter to Uncle Charlie, and sent it to Marseilles, so that he would receive it as soon as he got off the boat.In the letter she described the new nephew in detail, and told him how he was good at horses - which of course did not interest Uncle Charlie too much.For Uncle Charlie didn't like horses, he thought they were stupid animals, and a three-month-old child was much smarter than the best thoroughbred.Uncle Charlie loved cats, and if the stables were sometimes attractive to him, it was because of the cats there.Every time he would hide in the corner and play with the cat, waiting for people to finish watching the horse exhibition.He was, in fact, quite feline in his personality: he was a tall, gentle man, with a round face barely enough, if any, to support his spectacles. Although he was more than six feet tall, he walked quietly, as if he had sponges under his feet. Uncle Charlie is very concerned about his family, especially his brother's grandchildren. Beatrice described his new nephew to him in this way: He has only been back for two weeks, but he has quickly changed from a stranger to a member of the family. Molecule, sometimes no one even thinks he is special. He's also very quick to throw everything in here.I even noticed that even some people in the village felt as if he had never left.He has always been very silent and rarely takes the initiative to do anything, but his thoughts are very clear. Most obviously, he conquered Jenny.Jenny had been very unkind to him when he first came back, more or less for Simon's sake.She was very rude to him in the first few days, but changed her attitude after a few days.Ruth made a fuss, but she didn't get much encouragement. I think Bert thought that Ruth seemed to be unfaithful to Simon.Now she is not so tired of him. George was obviously very happy to have him back, but I think he was also very sorry that he had not written back, and of course I found it very unreasonable.We can only try to figure out how much the reasons for letting him go hit him. Simon's performance is too good to say.He was quite comfortable with the sudden drop from No. 1 to No. 2, which was touching.It's just that it seems difficult for him to connect the Bert in front of him with the Bert when he was a child.Bert's biggest blunder was not writing to us in years.I have asked him why, but he has kept the matter secret.Maybe he will tell you why when you come.We are now working on our preparations for the Bull Fair, and perhaps you will be pleased to know the dates - it takes place three days before your return to England, and may bring some fame to the Lychetts.We have three new horses this year, two of which should be of Olympian quality. Bert has been reluctant to participate in this year's show, he just wants Simon and Elaine to perform-this is Bert's personality.