Chapter 32 (1/2)
”Anna.” Said Karenin in a low voice.
Anna was a little flustered, but she burst into laughter. She stood there, blinking, as if she had discerned some great secret, waiting for Karenin to walk slowly.
The man has a firm step and a calm look.
It was no different, but because one thing was clear, everything was very different.
Anna looked at the man coming towards her. From the half worn leather shoes of the other party to the well-cut trousers, the trouser lines are straight, long and soft over the feet, which are the clothes of the superior people.
Looking up, the lower hem of the coat is very tight, like the master's will, firmly wrapping the body. The dark blue scarf is an old acquaintance. Anna said hello to each other gently in her heart.
Finally, when Karenin came to her, she had to raise her head slightly, look from the other party's Adam's apple to her chin, and finally to her clear blue eyes.
”You're here to pick me up, aren't you?” Anna raised the corner of her mouth and asked, her eyes full of joy. She put her hands behind her in a gesture of pride and shyness.
Karenin looked down slightly at his wife, with black hair mischievously emerging from the brim of his hat, fine and delicate eyebrows, big curved eyes, and excessively ruddy lips.
Karenin raised his hand and took off his wife's hat. He saw the black hair coiled up.
He fumbled, found those hidden little clips, not very skilled in groping, and finally cleverly took them down.
His eyes were still, watching the curly hair slide down, and finally on his wife's shoulder, brushing her cheek.
Karenin's long, thin fingers ran down Anna's plump cheek, and his wife's skin was as white and moist as ancient ivory against his own slightly darker skin.
He lifted the curly hair a little with his index finger and thumb, brushed it behind his wife's ear, and then said, ”dress up as a doorman, eh?”
That sentence ending light, but seems to have a thousand feelings in general, like accusation, like doting.
Anna couldn't stop her smile. She put her hands behind her back in front of her. She folded her hands together and made a gesture of ”forgive me”.
”Pavel, anuska's cousin, go to Mr. Maillard's house...”
Karenin slowly counted his wife's lies, a charge called ”cheating” has been convicted.
”I was wrong!” Anna began to say goodbye, then blinked again. ”But you didn't recognize me, did you? Doesn't it mean that I've done it successfully, that my previous ideas are feasible, isn't it? ”
His wife's words silenced Karenin for a moment. Then he raised his hand and put the hat back on each other's hair.
He looked at his wife.
His eyes stayed on the ”stubble not shaved” for three seconds. Facing the elegant doorman, Karenin finally just asked, ”are you hungry?”
Anna nodded. She was going to steal something from the kitchen, but Karenin asked Mr. Peter to send his secretary to him. Anna was called to eat nothing. Anuska had been sent to bed by her. After all, it was nine o'clock.
Even if she would accept anushika's service with peace of mind, she should be a bit human right now, and she should not be involved in her own mischief.
But the husband is no one else, is he?
Anna looked at Karenin and said, ”I'm hungry.”
Karenin's family did not have the habit of preparing late night meals. Three meals were always fixed at a fixed time. Anna herself did not have the habit of eating night food, which led to a problem.
If you don't dig up Sasha the cook like a vampire.
Or Anna dragged her tired body to make something to eat.
Or ask your husband.
Karenin saw that his wife was looking at him, but he was a smart man after all, so he soon understood what his wife meant.
Karenin twisted a small fold between his eyebrows. After careful thinking, he determined the way.
”I'm not good at cooking.”
Sure enough, Anna sighed. She could not expect men of this era to cook, especially those who were rich and powerful like her husband.
Karenin saw that his wife was like a rabbit with a shrill ear. He couldn't help saying, ”is curry soup and black bread OK?”
Anna looked up at her husband and said, ”can you do it?”
Karenin was somewhat uncertain: ”in fact, I didn't do it.”
”But...”
”I know what to do, but I haven't tried it.” Karenin said, and then, as if inspired by something, he pondered for a moment and took Anna by the hand and led her to the kitchen.
During this time, they met korni, Karenin told him that they would use the kitchen temporarily.”I can...”
”No, corney.” Karenin said, pulling Anna to the kitchen.
Karenin looked at the kitchen. Although he had thought about living in the house, it was almost the first time for him to enter such a place as the kitchen.
The cooks he hired kept the place in order, and the kitchen utensils were scrubbed spotlessly.
Anna stood by and watched her husband get a general idea of the structure of the kitchen, then took off her coat, unfastened her sleeves, and pulled the sleeves of her shirt to her elbows, all in a blink of an eye. When Anna opened her eyes, Karenin was holding a potato in his right hand, which was round and chubby.
”Clothes will get dirty.” Anna's economical lady Karenin quickly brought an apron.
Karenin examined the apron in front of him.
The white cotton fabric, with lace, obviously belonged to the maids in the kitchen.
He was silent for a moment and wanted to refuse, but before he could speak, the thing fell on him, and his wife was saying, ”it's lovely that you're going to cook dinner for me, but we can't add more unnecessary work to Ian.”
Ian is their laundry maid. Anna also likes the tall and thin woman. She has a lovely daughter, only two years old. She is a little fat and has a little cute freckles on the tip of her nose. She will call her mother Anna because she calls her mother when she sees anyone.
After her wife finally tied him a bow in the place of the two ribbons, Karenin was silent for a moment, and finally decided not to say it.
Carrots, potatoes, onions
”How can you make curry?” Anna asked as she watched Karenin slowly and carefully cut the food? Alexis. ”
”I saw it in a book when I was reading.”
”Why did you write this down in particular Anna asked, quite curious.
She knew that Karenin had always read carefully, but he paid more attention to the content of these books so that he could have good conversation resources when talking with stakeholders, rather than purely for his own personal feelings.
Karenin cut the last bit of onion, his eyes were a little spicy, and he was dizzy with tears. He blinked his eyes, his wife's words drilled into his ear, he distracted to recall, said: ”can't remember.”
Karenin did not remember it, because it was not so important. It seems to be something that is inadvertently remembered in weekdays, and then because it is too small to be noticed, it is gradually preserved in the years of continuous scouring.
Anna was still a little nervous, even in her rich association, almost to find a rival for her. Now, after listening to Karenin's explanation, she accepted it without any doubt.
She stood next to Karenin and watched him make the curry for her.
The man's expression is serious, the movement is meticulous, some places rare some clumsy, but in the enthusiasm transpiration, the fragrance of curry in the air dense out, Anna felt very happy.
On the long table, Karenin put the things on, then he pulled out his chair and sat down to one side.
Anna spooned the first spoon and delivered it to Karenin.
”Hard work.”
”I'm not used to eating at this time, Anna.” Karenin refused, Anna some regret into her mouth, did not force him.
Curry is delicious, not amazing, but really good. The round bread is very fragrant, and the smell of wheat has now turned into a sweeter one.
Anna slowly eating food, enjoy the expression of Karenin side also feel happy. But he said, ”you need to eat on time, Anna. That's best for your health.”
”Well, I'll remember.” Anna blinked.
She ate the food so clean that she was almost full of it.
Anna didn't leave the dirty dishes in the kitchen until Sasha came to wash them the next day. Instead, she washed them herself. Karenin's assessment of this is - good habits.
When Anna wanted to walk towards the second floor, Karenin held her.
”Go for a walk in the garden, for your health, Anna.”
Anna was surprised, and then she laughed.
Although the whole garden is very large and well organized, it is too orderly to be a gardener.
Anna thought about getting the garden up in the future.