[Pride and Prejudice] Mrs Bennett

While his brain was working extremely fast, Grace walked into the pen on the farm holding Mr. Bennett's hand with an elegant smile on his face.

The stables were cleaned very clean, and the livestock were kept in pens on both sides of the passage. Except for the slightly pungent smell brought by the tangy animals living together, there was nothing else that made her uncomfortable here.

Before crossing, Grace could only smell this smell when she visited the zoo. She grew up in the city and had no relatives in the countryside. Now these domestic animals make her look at them with gusto.

Black and white cows, pigs that like to burrow, snow-white sheep guarded by shepherds and sheepdogs in the distance, geese and ducks swaying by the pond, chickens catching insects in the grass, and the best stables of horses.

Cultivated land, dry grass, orchards, sugar, groves... and lively animals, this is Bennett Manor.

Mr. Bennet noticed the undisguised bright eyes of the woman holding his arm, and the curvature of the corners of her lips deepened a little.He has a deep affection for this Bennett family's handed down farm, so he hopes his wife will like it too.

It carries the fun of his childhood, the ambition of his youth, and the ambition of his youth.

Yes, ambition.

Mr Bennett, 23, is an ambitious gentleman.England is now at a time when the upstarts are rising and the old aristocrats are gradually declining. Mr. Bennett has also made the Bennett family more prosperous, and even become a master.

Mr. Bennett's inheritance from his parents, who died unexpectedly three years ago, was modest, and his parents' legacy was even more modest.They lived in Langborn all the year round, and all they could know were other gentry and tenants here.

However, the deceased old Mr. Bennett was also a man of vision. Not long after the industrial revolution in central England began, he was keenly aware of something.They tried their best to send the 13-year-old Mr. Bennett to Eton College, which basically only admits the heirs of nobles, and the high tuition fees also made the old Mr. Bennett, a squire, and his wife live a different life than before Frugal days.

Mr. Bennett did not disappoint them. He worked hard and finally graduated with honors at Oxford University, where he studied logic and mathematics.At that time, he didn't think about law, medicine and theology, the three subjects that could serve the royal family after graduation. He wanted to become a free emerging nobleman, not a servant of the royal family and nobles.

Business is the only way for him to achieve this goal.

During this period, most of the old English nobles kept the heirs who inherited the family title and most of the property at home, hired tutors to educate them elitely, and sent other sons who had nothing to do with the family business to school for education.

It was under such circumstances that Mr. Bennett established his network of relationships in the school, heirs of old nobles who could not inherit the family business, descendants of emerging nobles, more far-sighted squires like his father, and general staff , small merchants and commoners from wealthy yeoman families.

He has a wide range of acquaintances, whether they are like-minded, have a certain common language, or... can be helpful to his interests.and Edward.It was also at this time that Gardner looked at each other, but Edward was a top student in the law school.

Mr Bennett was a down-to-earth man, as well as a well-mannered gentleman, which was the opinion of most of those who knew him at Oxford, from the teachers to the students and even the school maids.

It's nothing like his image at social dances.Mr. Bennett in the social ball is a well-bred but shy young man.He was not good at talking, and always stood silently in the corner looking at the graceful girls in the ball.

In fact, with Mr. Bennett's contacts, it's not like he has no chance to marry a lady from an old noble family. Now there are many nobles who have the title of noble but whose family finances are already in deficit.

But in the end, he declined the proposals of his noble friends. He was ambitious, but he didn't want to marry a vase that needed to be kept at home.What's more, with the current financial conditions of the Bennett family, they couldn't afford a wife who was born as a real noble lady.

He couldn't refuse the invitation to participate in the London social season, because it was from his good friend Edward.Gardner's invitation.At this time, he hadn't considered getting a wife. He had just graduated from college for one year and was looking for a suitable manager and investment manager. He wanted to own his own property.

The appearance of Grace was a coincidence, and she attracted his attention at the ball, as beautiful as a butterfly.It is undeniable that the girl's long pale golden hair, eyes as blue as the sea and the sky, and her slender figure made his heart throb for her.

When they met for the third time at the ball, he impulsively proposed to her.

Yes, he knew he was impulsive.

Although we didn't get along much, Grace.Gardner is a woman with no appearance but no substance, who does not meet the standards he expects of his future partner.Although Grace's personality is not very good, she has a dowry of [-] pounds, and her father and brother who are lawyers and have a certain status in London's upper class.

It is better to marry such a woman he can control as his wife than to marry a noble lady.

He has a friend who is so enthusiastic that he always wants to introduce his cousin to him.Even if that lady is just the daughter of a baron, she is not something he can climb high now.Grace's appearance just made him find the most suitable excuse. Her appearance is many times more beautiful than the baron's lady.

As a gentleman, he still has the minimum respect and love for his wife, so he seriously prepares for the wedding.And not long before the wedding was to be held, he learned from his good friend and brother-in-law Edward.Gardner learned from a few words there that his impression of his wife was not necessarily correct.

Everyone has a mask, and his future wife seems to have one, even deeper than his own.No one in the social circles said that Mr. Bennett was an excellent gentleman, even if his family background was not strong and his income was not very good.

Mr. Bennett suddenly became curious about his wife. In the eyes of everyone, including him, Miss Gardner, who is flamboyant and bluffing, and her brother, who is completely opposite, has other appearances?

Be gentle, lady.

Is this a boast of Edward, the elder brother, to his sister, or is it true?

Mr. Bennett had to admit that Edward's words had greatly increased his interest in Grace.

The wedding was finally held, and the lady did not disappoint him.

The grandeur of the wedding, the uncomfortable elegance of the carriage back to Longbourn, the modesty of Bennett's house, the shyness and enthusiasm of the evening.After a short time with her, Mr. Bennet found that he was no longer just thrilled by her appearance, she simply made his heart flutter!

Grace.Gardner doesn't look like a middle-class daughter from a lawyer's family.Although her every move is not as standard as the etiquette of those nobles, it is as elegant and dignified as flowing clouds and flowing water.

This kind of her made him even more curious about her.

She was the complete opposite of her character as he knew her. It couldn't be that she was a test for the man who approached her, right?If the man who can accept her like that and propose to him, is he qualified to see the truly outstanding her that is hidden deeply?

Although this is an era that pays attention to being well-matched, Mr. Bennett knows that many women still desire and look forward to love.So, this was what his dear Grace was thinking, she wanted to find a man who would try to accept her to love her regardless of her superficial character?

The current Grace and the girl who attended the social dance can be said to be completely two people. If he hadn't met her a few times before, Mr. Bennet would really think that he married someone else!

But it was Grace like this that really fascinated him.

In Mr. Bennet's heart, Grace is no longer Mrs. Bennet whom he decided to marry after much consideration, but she will be his wife Cecil.

Therefore, he didn't mind her concealment before.

After getting up in the morning, when he stood by the window and looked at the scenery outside the window, he made up his mind.Since his wife put down the mask to him after marriage, he also wants to try to let go of his own mask.Between husband and wife, it is better to be honest with each other, no matter which aspect it is.

Then Mr. Bennett's bad humor broke out. He deliberately prepared a carriage to watch Grace's jokes. After all, it would be interesting how a lady would react to such a difficult situation, wouldn't it?Unexpectedly, she went back to her room and changed into her riding clothes, and sitting in the pile of straw was as elegant as a princess sitting on a chair inlaid with countless precious gems.

Her subsequent performance also made Mr. Bennet very happy.

Although he is ambitious, he has different deep feelings for this land.Without this place, there would be no him now.Grace as his wife can also like it here, at least laying another foundation for their happy married life.

Several pens in the farm have been repaired, and the best one is of course the horse house.There was a lack of entertainment in this era. Horse riding was a way for gentlemen and ladies to pass the time, and their hunting, fishing, sketching, picnic and other recreational activities were also inseparable from horses, which were an important means of transportation.

Grace didn't study horses, so she didn't know what happened to the few horses at Bennett's farm.But she knew that the Marshall Bennett's house must have cost a lot of money. It was obvious from the outside, and it was well ventilated, without the strong smell of feces like the other stables.

Pretending to understand is not good. Grace listened carefully to Mr. Bennett's explanation and nodded from time to time.

"Grace just needs to know something about it. There are people who take care of the farm." Walking out of the stable, Mr. Bennett said with a smile, "As masters, what we have to do is to grasp the general direction."

"The point is to keep the people who manage the farm in your hands, Cecil." Grace also found that Mr. Bennett was different from the gentleman in her predecessor's memory.She didn't know what he imagined about her changing the core, so she didn't reject him like this.

He is showing kindness to her in his way, and at the same time showing the real him.Grace, who had also worked hard in the workplace for several years before time-traveling, would not fail to feel it.Therefore, she is also preparing to show her true self slowly.

She is not a woman who only knows pleasure like Dodder, she prefers to work with her husband to make their lives better.The status of women in this era is not high, but Mr. Bennett does not seem to be such a conservative man, and she wants to try.

Grace before crossing was a Chinese. If she has to say that she is different, it can only be said that she came from the family.Although the family she belongs to is not very prosperous, and there is even only one daughter like her in her generation, it is a family with a long history of education.

☆、Chapter 7