I was a god in the 18th century

Chapter 26 Unfinished Exam Paper

Now that she can stay in the castle overnight and have a warm fireplace, Xia Qingdai will naturally not go back to modern times. After all, the modern Jiangnan winter is really cold!

Xia Qingdai changed into a white cotton nightgown and jumped into the warm bed. This quilt is soft and warm, it should be a down quilt.

Down was used by Chinese nobles to make quilts during the Tang Dynasty. It is now the 18th century, and Britain, which took the lead in completing the first industrial revolution, is not surprising that the gentry and nobles would use it.

The mattress underneath felt like a quilt and smelled of sunshine.

Nowadays, plantations in the Americas are basically growing cotton for Britain, and cotton textiles are the largest in the British market.

The next day on Christmas Day, Fortress Villa prepared a Christmas gift for every guest last night (especially Pastor Austin's family), which was a large bag of flour and a piece of beef.

In such a snowstorm year, this gift is really not light.

At least judging from the current market price, it far exceeds the ball gifts brought by the guests last night.

Owen's generous behavior naturally attracted praise from his neighbors.

The original proposer of this gift-giving incident, Xia Qingdai, has returned to modern times because she heard her brother knocking on her door.

The Christmas day in the castle is the modern Christmas night.

When Xia Shanglu came home from get off work, he found that there was no smoke at all. He knocked on the door and asked Xia Qingdai what she had eaten today.

Xia Qingdai thought to herself, what else could she eat? She was going to the castle for Christmas dinner!
  "Brother, you don't have to work overtime at night?" Xia Qingdai asked with a smile without answering.

"What, you just expect me to work overtime day and night?"

"Haha, of course not!"

The brother and sister exchanged some pleasantries, had a simple dinner together, and then each did his or her own thing.

On Christmas night, on the surface, the brother and sister looked just like normal.

But in fact, Xia Qingdai now has her own Lilliputian country, so don’t spend Christmas too fulfillingly, she’s a little too happy to miss Shu! So much so that she didn’t do any of the test papers handed out this weekend!
  There are test papers for every class, more than a dozen in total, and they are due at school tomorrow. She is very busy this night!
  Owen in the castle looked up from time to time to look at the wall clock in the living room. It was almost ten o'clock, but the goddess had not yet come down to earth today.

I was used to giving Xia Qingdai English lessons starting at ten o'clock every day. Today she suddenly stopped coming, which made Owen very uncomfortable and he was a little absent-minded while reading.

I waited until breakfast time at eleven o'clock, but Xia Qingdai hadn't come down yet.

Owen climbed to the attic and looked up at the clouds outside the glass skylight. He didn't see that divine face, so he had to eat alone.

At this time, Xia Qingdai was still writing furiously!
  There are so many test papers! The teachers seemed to be printing for free, so they worked hard to print test papers for them.

It can’t be finished, it can’t be finished at all!
  When it was almost midnight, Xia Shanglu got off the game and turned around to see Xia Qingdai still doing homework on the balcony.

"Sister, it's twelve o'clock, it's time to go to bed, haven't you finished yet?" Xia Shanglu was speechless, "You just have a day off, there are so many homework assignments."

Xia Qingdai couldn't say that she had been in the castle for such a long time from last night to this evening. She had not done any homework at all, so she could only respond vaguely.

"Hey, I'm going to be too late. Brother, please go to bed quickly and don't talk to me."

"Okay, I won't disturb you." Xia Shanglu turned off the computer and went to wash up and go to bed.

After twelve o'clock, Xia Qingdai's mind became a little confused and her efficiency was very poor.

After looking at the classic mechanics questions on the physics paper in her hand and finding that she couldn't solve them, she simply memorized the questions silently and turned around and entered the room. She had several math and physics questions, and she was going to ask Owen to see if he knew them.

After entering the room, Xia Qingdai returned to the bedroom on the second floor as soon as she pressed the roof of the castle.

At this time, Owen should be reading in front of the fireplace, so she went directly downstairs to the reading area in the living room to find him.

As expected, the other party was holding a book by Newton and reading it with relish. Xia Qingdai didn't even notice when she walked into the room.

"Are you reading?" Xia Qingdai had to interrupt him, because she was afraid that if she waited a little longer, she would forget the questions she had memorized.

When Owen heard Xia Qingdai's voice, he immediately put down the book in his hand and stood up, bowing very politely: "Miss Xia, good afternoon."

"good afternoon."

I have to say that people in ancient times were very well-mannered. Whether they were Chinese gentlemen or British gentlemen, everyone looked polite and polite. Of course, ladies are the same.

"Have you had a meal, Miss Xia? Do you need me to ask the servant to prepare one for you?"

Xia Qingdai shook her head: "I'm not hungry. By the way, do you have time now? I have a few questions to ask you."

"Of course, it's my honor, please." Owen took the book and led Xia Qingdai to the study.

The study downstairs does not have a fireplace, so using a carbon stove for heating is a little less powerful than a fireplace, but it is better than nothing. Anyway, it is much warmer than Xia Qingdai's modern study!
  The two of them sat at the desk. Xia Qingdai took the pen and paper and wrote out the title silently.

She is now very comfortable using a quill pen. Compared with the Chinese quill pens that require writing skills, the writing method of the quill pen is not much different from that of modern water pens. It is just that dipping in ink is more troublesome.

Almost every squire in Europe keeps a big white goose, and quills are made from goose feathers.

There is also a swan quill pen in Owen's study that he cherishes. He does not use it on a daily basis. He only uses it when he needs to write beautiful letters.

In England in the 18th century, in addition to various quill pens, there were also original pencils made of graphite.

In the entire world, only Britain and Germany currently have the resources to make pencils.

However, the ancient version of the pencil was different from the modern version. There was no fixed shell containing the pencil lead. It was not convenient for Su Qingqing to write at all. She might as well use a quill.

Pencils are used by people for the convenience of writing when they go out. Pencils with wood-wrapped leads, similar to those of later generations, would not be mass-produced and distributed for another two years.

After writing the question, Xia Qingdai pushed towards Owen, who then lowered his head and began to think deeply.

With Owen's help, Xia Qingdai's test paper was finally completed.

She didn't have the energy to study English anymore today, so she said goodbye to Owen and climbed upstairs to rest in her room.

Thinking about the test paper consumes a lot of energy. It's strange that she's not sleepy.

I don't know how long it took, but Xia Qingdai, who was sleeping in the warm quilt, heard the voice of prayer again.

And the sound got louder and louder, eventually waking her up.

She opened her eyes and looked at the clock on the wall. The time in the castle was 3:45 pm.

(End of this chapter)