[Pride and Prejudice] Rich Lady

Although the priests of the state believe that women who wear lipstick are the incarnation of Satan and regard it as a taboo to challenge the authority of God, and even Congress passed a law: all women who rely on lipstick, perfume and other cosmetics to lure men into marriage will be punished.

But paradoxically, the incense brought from the Ming Dynasty was promoted to the top of luxury and taste: no matter the princes and ministers, or the ladies and ladies, they all fanatically pursued these light and timeless fragrances—they are also called by the nationalists. For the breath of heaven.Even His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, who is passionate about women's wine, art and literature, would rather add a heavy sum to his financial deficit, and spend a lot of money to buy expensive spices that only the nobles of the Ming Dynasty could afford.

Naturally, Elizabeth could not afford expensive spices such as agarwood, sandalwood, and borneol, but she had knowledge that no one else had. After all, she was required to study this traditional culture carefully when she was Yin Lisha in her previous life.So it is not surprising that she took out a palm-sized brass incense burner at this time.

This thing was found in Miss Phoebe's store. It was not for official use, let alone high-end goods. The square copperware was unremarkable at first glance, so Elizabeth bought it at a low price.What surprised Elizabeth the most was that the small incense burner still contained its matching seal molds, and they were not lost.

It's just that the pound spent on buying incense ash and spice powder is far more than this quaint little incense burner.

The Bennets were not yet rich enough to smoke a house with oriental spices, and Elizabeth brought it out just to add a little talk to Mrs. Mrs. Bennet would have been the envy of her neighbors for a long time, I suppose.

More importantly, so that others will not suspect that the fragrance on little Mary's body is the result of stealing the perfume - Elizabeth arranged Mary's dress, and finally hung a carved hollow enamel sachet the size of a thumb belly on her On the wrist, there is a rose scented pill rolling in it.

The ladies of the Bennet family were stunned, and Mary stammered and said, "I read it in the book, this, this is the spice of Silk Country! No, Lizzie, this is too expensive! Hurry up and put it away." Seal it well, the book says that this kind of incense pill will gradually become smaller, and the fragrance will also fade away..."

Lydia was extremely envious, and she carefully fiddled with the small blue sachet hanging on Mary's silver bracelet: "Lizzie, is this a gift from your friend of the Baroness lady?"

Elizabeth gently pinched her little sister's chubby cheeks, and said, "Of course not. Lydia, it's not a good habit to accept expensive gifts from others, you have to remember!"

She explained to others: "This sachet ball is not too expensive. I heard that girls from ordinary families in the ancient oriental country can afford it. However, there is only this sachet for the time being." She said, "Better than With these incense vessels, the spices that have traveled across the ocean are too expensive."

"This incense pill has been used for a while, and it is impossible to keep it. Don't worry, my dear, I will not bankrupt myself."

In fact, Elizabeth would buy this sachet ball because of the rose scented pill inside. Roses in England are not rare. Since the raw materials are available everywhere, she can use local methods to make some local scented pills to pretend to be .This was originally a way she thought about earning gold guineas, but she abandoned it because it was impractical, and the sachet ball was kept in her suitcase without any use.

Since Mary wants to make a stunning appearance today, it must be beautiful and expensive, making it difficult for other ladies and ladies to reach.Only then did Elizabeth remember these two items that had been put away for a long time.

Kitty and Lydia sniffed the fragrance like two puppies, and Kitty said, "It smells better than real roses."

Elizabeth murmured to Jane in a low voice: "Actually, the smell is not much different from rose perfume. Really, I have smelled it. Some grocery stores in London will sell perfume-of course, dear Jane, I will never buy it. .”

Seeing that the eldest sister no longer warned herself with her eyes, she continued, "Just because of the different 'origins', these two things are very different. One is degraded by the moralists as evil and unclean, and the other is praised as a god." Altar, what's the point?!"

Elizabeth was a little resentful: it was precisely because of this that she gave up the idea of ​​making "local Ming-style spices" to make a fortune. Arrest her for a crime of profanity.

Seeing that it was time for breakfast at nine o'clock, the ladies of Bennet checked each other's clothes and prepared to go downstairs.

"Okay, let's go downstairs and show mom." Elizabeth said contentedly.

"You're only lazy, the guests will be here after ten o'clock—" Mrs. Bennet complained loudly when she heard the movement on the stairs.

"My God, who is this!" Mrs. Bennet almost jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

"God, God!" She closed her eyes and opened them again. There were still five daughters in front of her eyes, but the one at the front was so strange!Mrs. Bennet looked at the other daughters for help. The four girls smiled and said nothing, but pushed Mary towards her mother again.

"Am I dreaming?" burst into tears Mrs. Bennet, full of emotion. "My little Mary, mother's little darling, oh, you are so beautiful, indeed!"

She spoke incoherently, held Mary's face in her hands, and liked it very much: "Mom doesn't have to worry about you not being able to get married anymore!"

The eyes of the four sisters were about to turn red from being touched by this scene. When they heard what their mother said, they suddenly realized that they could no longer find that sour and joyful mood.

Lydia sniffled and complained, "Oh, Mom, you always save us tears."

"This is Mrs. Bennet!" Elizabeth and Jane smiled at each other.

The wife doesn't have time to deal with these annoying girls, her eyes are full of the third daughter who has transformed like a white swan, "Mr. Bennet, Mr. Bennet! Come out quickly! Come out quickly!"

She yelled, "Come out and see, look at our little baby!"

Mr. Bennet was forced to come out of the study by the sound like ringing a bell. His wife hurriedly turned around with her arms around Baby Mary, and told him to look at her daughter who was completely different.

Mr. Bennet was also taken aback, and then the father, who was getting better and better, laughed: "I always knew that my little Mary, who is well-known and memorized, is the good girl in the family who reads the most! But my father didn't expect that this She's a learned lady, as well as extremely beautiful! My dear, you always make papa proud!"

Mary's eyes were red and red, and she finally couldn't help shedding tears. The little girl who was smiling and crying was still amazingly beautiful.

After surprise, joy and admiration, Mrs. Bennet unilaterally announced that Baby Mary has surpassed Lydia as her favorite daughter.And because of this beautiful dress, she graciously forgave Lizzie for the astonishing expenses yesterday, but said that this is not an example.

Elizabeth hurriedly snuggled up to her to please her, "That's great, dear mother. I think I can make some exotic pastries in my spare time for everyone to taste-oh, it's all because of you, mother, and I'm here to reward us Mrs. Bennet is willing to show her skills because of her hard work."

Sweet talk is always too easy for wives, and Mrs. Bennet randomly said that Lizzie is also her mother's beloved daughter.

Kitty secretly wrinkled her nose and said with a small smile to the eldest lady: "Look, we are all poor little ones, Mary, Lizzie, then Lydia, and finally our turn." , God bless mother love Mary and them more.

Jane smiled and said, "Mom, don't you love Kitty? Our little Kitty is about to cry."

When Kitty was hugged into Bennet's arms and kissed her forehead, she was still pouting at the eldest sister. She struggled to break free from her mother's chest, and her hair was messed up.Jane hastily straightened her hair before forcing Kitty to pay her any further attention.

Mrs. Bennet was full of strength. She no longer complained about everyone's lack of help, but wished that the guests would come to the door now.

Although the girls had developed a generous and decent dining habit, they had to speed up their meal under Mrs. Bennet's earnest eyes, which became the fastest meal eaten by the Bennet family recently.

As soon as she came out of the dining room, the wife ordered Elizabeth to light up the incense of the Ming Dynasty. She plausibly said: "They will not understand your elegant movements. Lizzie, when the guests arrive, I need our living room to be full of fragrance. All People, once you step into the Bennet house, you have to be shocked!"

Elizabeth had no choice but to spread ashes, strike seals, remove seals, and burn seals. After a while, a line of green smoke wafted from the square copper furnace.

In the eyes of the rest of the Bennet family, Lizzie's movements are light and elegant, as if she has done it thousands of times, with a special sense of rhythm, as beautiful as a painting.

"I want to paint a portrait of Lizzie!" Mary murmured bluntly.

Jane's eyes were also bright, and she thought of what to use that piece of silk as a present for Lizzie.

The two youngest heads were already in front of Elizabeth, and the little ones kept asking this and that.Elizabeth answered one by one with a good temper.

"...This is the Chinese character 'Fu'... Don't worry, this incense burner can burn for a long time, at least four or five hours, and it won't burn out before the guests come..."

Mrs. Bennet listened as she watched the maids get ready, intending to tell this to the ladies of the neighbourhood, who must not understand such elegant things.

……

"What scent is this? My God, Mrs. Bennet, does anyone in your family use perfume!"

"what is that!"

"It's the scent from that thing."

"Mrs. Bennet..." "Mrs. Bennet!..."

Mrs. Bennet couldn't be more satisfied. She wears a long dress made by a London tailor, treats her neighbors to taste oriental tea, and burns the precious spices of the Ming Dynasty in the living room, and whispers these things to her friends. The origin, the famous hall.Who in the whole of Meryton could have such a pomp?

After everyone settled down, the prescient hostess called the daughters to come and say hello to the guests.

Elizabeth looked at her mother suddenly speaking in a low voice, it was a bit weird, not to mention she was very kind at the moment, calling softly: "Children, come quickly."

'Mom seemed to be a different person. ’ She thought so, and the neighbors of Longbourne exclaimed as expected.

"Who is this lady?"

"Little Mary." Mrs. Bennet's smile trembled, "Mrs. Jin, you are so funny, why don't you even know us Mary?"

"Mary?"

"impossible!"

"How could it be Mary?"

"Did Mary look like this?"

"Mary turned out to be a pretty girl!"

Don't expect country ladies to behave as consistently decently as city dames, and it is evident that one strange incident after another in the Bennet family astonished the neighbors to the utmost.

In the study, the oak door could not block the voices of the women.Mr. Bennet seemed troubled and said: "Women always make a fuss, but Mary just dresses casually, as if they have discovered some big news."

Mr. Jin, who loves the same, took it for granted. While admiring the latest set of encyclopedias on Mr. Bennet's shelf, he said, "I was also surprised by Mary's change, not much worse than Jane." Famous beauties.

Mr. Bennet waved his hand and said disapprovingly, "Mary is more knowledgeable than her sisters, and that's the most important thing."

Except for these two gentlemen who would rather not play cards, the other men had already sat together and played cards.They, together with Mr. King, couldn't help but look at Mr. Bennet when they heard what he said: Who doesn't know that Mr. Bennet married the ignorant Mrs. Bennet because of her beauty when she was young-a woman with a lot of land. The fact that most gentlemen would rather marry the daughter of a legal counsel was big news in the more conservative days.All the gentlemen here don't know.

Outside the door, Mrs. Bennet was surrounded by compliments and compliments. She was so proud that she finally offended a lady.

"Look at her like a peacock ostentatiously!" Mrs. Jin whispered to Mrs. Lucas with some jealousy.

Madam Jazz smiled softly, never refusing to agree.

Mrs. King was bored, and when she saw five young roses at Longbourn surrounded by young girls, she suddenly thought of a piece of news that could suppress Mrs. Bennet's arrogance.

She purposely said mysteriously, "Have you heard?"

When the housewives of various mansions are together, what they love most is some lace news. When they talk, they often start with this sentence.As soon as Mrs. Jin's words came out of her mouth, everyone's thoughts immediately aroused.

After being urged several times, Mrs. King said: "The umbrella shop in Meryton that is not going to continue is the 'Mrs. Hannah's Umbrella Shop.' The school, the school had a cholera outbreak, which killed all the daughters of the elder brother's family. It ruined the reputation and left Meryton. But now their family is prosperous, and it is said that they inherited a distant relative's family You can also be called a gentleman."

"Really? Is his family planning to go back to Meryton after what they've done?"

Mrs. Jin covered her mouth: "I can't bear to live close to this kind of people, but I heard that they are ready to buy back the store."

"Why would a distant relative leave his property to him? According to me, this is not a good man with high moral character."

Mrs. Jin laughed, and sighed deliberately: "Who says it's not, but it's all about luck. I heard that his relatives have no sons, and the land can only be passed on to the closest male relatives. I don't know whose hands it will fall into!"

The author has something to say: Note: "Women who rely on lipstick, perfume and other cosmetics to lure men into marriage will be punished." ——Referring to the history of lipstick, Britain did have such a law in the 18th century, and it was not until the end of the 19th century Back to mainstream social perspective.

"Once the property is limited to heirs, we don't know whose hands it will fall into." This sentence is quoted from the original work, which was originally said by Mrs. Bennet to Mr. Collins.