I was a god in the 18th century

Chapter 413 Afternoon Tea

Xia Qingdai brought Jane to the villa and took her to the music room to play the piano. Miss Bai also accompanied them.

Xia Qingdai first played the song that Owen wrote for her, and won Jane's praise.

This beautiful melody can make people ignore the simplicity of its fingering. Although it is only level five in difficulty, it is really beautiful to listen to.

"I didn't expect Mr. Owen to have such talent." Jane commented with a smile.

Xia Qingdai smiled and said, "Don't be fooled by his serious appearance. He is actually very delicate inside."

Jane Austen smiled: "I think so. A person's works can best reflect his inner heart."

"Hehe." Xia Qingdai took out Mozart's epic "Requiem" and tilted her head and said, "This is Mr. Mozart's new song. Come and listen to it."

Xia Qingdai did not play this piece so smoothly. On the one hand, the piece was difficult, and on the other hand, Xia Qingdai's piano level was not very high.

Fortunately, Owen also gave her a song this time. If she had directly released the second half of "Requiem" publicly, her current level would not be enough and it would easily arouse suspicion.

After playing the piano for an unknown amount of time, Miss Bai began to urge everyone to take a nap. She was always committed to ensuring that the ladies had a regular life.

"Girls, taking a nap in the afternoon will make your skin look more radiant. Listen to me, stop playing the piano now and lie down on the soft bed for a while."

Xia Qingdai asked Jian: "Let's go to my room together? How about we sleep together?"

"Okay." Jane Austen agreed readily.

The two of them then walked into Xia Qingdai's suite hand in hand, and helped each other in the cloakroom and changed into nightgowns, without asking the maid Mary to serve them.

For Xia Qingdai, nap time was considered a normal sleeping time. Therefore, she fell asleep soon after lying on the bed without even talking for a few words.

When I woke up, it was already dark.

It seemed like it was very late, but it was actually only four o'clock in the afternoon. The sunset in the UK in winter is always very early.

Smoke was already rising from the two red brick villas built by Xia Qingdai herself in the villa.

In order to save fuel and oil, the poor people would eat dinner before sunset, which was also the time when the power of faith was the highest.

Xia Qingdai was awakened by Su Shuang's power of faith. She didn't know what it felt like to go to heaven, but she felt like she was in heaven at this moment.

After the two of them got up and put on their skirts, Xia Qingdai rang the bell. When the personal maid Mary heard the bell, she immediately got up and went to the stove in the cleaning room to get hot water for the two of them.

There is a big stove in the washing room downstairs, which burns hot water 24 hours a day. It can not only be used to iron basins and clothes, but also the owners can have hot water whenever they want.

For British ladies in winter, the water they drink can be cold, but the water they use must be hot, which is also a symbol of family financial strength.

After all, a family that can afford to run a big stove 24 hours a day is considered respectable.

In fact, in addition to the hot water in the stove in the washroom, there was also a kettle of hot water on the fireplace in Xia Qingdai's suite. But this water was generally not used for washing, but for making tea. The servants always thought that the water from the tap was higher quality and cleaner than the water from the well in the back garden.

But in fact, the entire Fucui Villa's domestic water is all mineral water that Xia Qingdai poured in from modern times, and the water quality is not much different.

Originally, she just made a small well in the back garden with a large glass cup, specifically for Owen's use. Later, she felt it was inconvenient, so she took advantage of her free time during the winter vacation and referred to the ideas of modern buildings and installed a water tank on the rooftop platform of the castle.

In order to match this water tank, she also bought a lot of mini water pipes and mini ceramic basins in modern times, and transformed the water system of the entire castle.

She made sure that there were clean taps in the kitchen, pantry, and washing room. When you turned on the tap, you would find modern mineral water that had been filtered so that no impurities could be seen by the naked eye. Occasionally, she would switch to Wahaha purified water.

The water from the modern Jiangcheng, combined with the original faucets from the 18th century, instantly increases the convenience of water use in the castle several times.

In the late 18th century, there was running water supply in towns, but few villas in the countryside had running water.

After Xia Qingdai's renovation of the Fucui Villa castle, the overall tap water system is much more advanced and cleaner than that in London.

The servants had seen many miracles and were no longer surprised by this. They quickly got used to the divine water system.

Although Fu Cui Hill is just a country villa in England, in terms of knowledge, the servants here are probably no less knowledgeable than the maids of high-class families in London.

It was the first time that Jane Austen used the tap in the castle, and she was amazed at the gurgling clear water.

"Has the City of London Water Company reached Ifra now?"

During the summer, everyone lived together in London for several months. Later, after Xia Qingdai learned about the water company, she also had a water supply system installed in her villa.

Jane had always been obsessed with the convenient tap water system in London. When she saw the faucet at Fucui Villa, she remembered this.

Xia Qingdai never went to other people's bathrooms or drank other people's water in London. She also directly poured mineral water from modern water for her own daily life. As for tap water, it was installed purely for the servants, so she didn't care about it.

"Haha, that's not the case. If the water company were to open in Yivra, it wouldn't just serve Fucui Villa." Xia Qingdai said with a smile.

"But this faucet really looks like a waterworks, and the water that comes out of it is very clean."

Xia Qingdai proudly raised her finger and pointed at the ceiling, saying, "It's the water coming from above."

Jane understood and said enviously, "Oh, that's why. We have water from the heavens given by the true God here, which is much better than the reservoir water provided by the water company. I've heard people mention that the water from the water plant sometimes even smells like rust."

"They all use iron water pipes. Over time, this is inevitable." Xia Qingdai shrugged and commented, "Let's go. It's still early for dinner. Let's go have a cup of warm afternoon tea."

"Okay." As for Xia Qingdai's suggestion of drinking tea, Jian of course followed the host's wishes.

Because she didn't want to get together and chat with Connie, Caroline and others who she had nothing in common with, Xia Qingdai chose to sit in the living room of her suite with Jane and drink tea.

At this time, ordinary people have already started to pray and eat, but for aristocratic families like Fucui Villa, it is still too early.

The winter dinner of the nobility is usually arranged at 6-7 pm, so it is just right to have afternoon tea at 4 pm.