[Pride and Prejudice] Rich Lady

Mr. Jared's imminent visit was enough to please Elizabeth.But she didn't expect that Mrs. Bennet would surprise her even more when the Bennets returned from Meryton.

That night, Elizabeth fell asleep, and the door was knocked lightly again.Elizabeth thought it was Jane, put on her shawl and opened the door, only to find that the person holding the candlestick was Mrs. Bennet.

"Mother?!"

Mrs. Bennet hurriedly whispered, "Hush! Be quiet, my dear. I have something to tell you, Lizzie."

Elizabeth hurriedly took the candlestick, "Mom, your hands are cold, get under the quilt." She poured out a glass of water from the ceramic water bottle on the high cabinet. This water was the hot water that Lia prepared every night according to Elizabeth's instructions. , it's still warm right now.

Mrs. Bennet wanted to sit on the sofa, but she didn't hesitate when she heard her daughter say that Lizzie's goose down quilt was much more comfortable than an armchair.

After many years, miraculously, the daughter slept with her mother again.Regardless of being Eliza or Elizabeth, this is a long-lost thing.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Elizabeth guessed: "I had an argument with my father, did Mr. Bennet make you angry?"

Holding the porcelain cup, Mrs. Bennet sat up straight from the comfortable quilt, and said angrily: "It's not your father, dear, poor Mr. Bennet, he is also a hurt person. It's Mrs. King and her My friend, ah, I am so angry, and I dare say she is sincere! Must poke me where it hurts, and make me sad!"

"She was laughing loudly at the ball with the crowd, talking about the damned Atwood's inheritance from his kin, laughing at the unfortunate family who lost their fortune and granddaughter, and showing off the male heirs she gave to her husband and family. Art Wood, too, was a heartless villain, and when they got their relatives' property, they confiscated the old lady who had lost her farm and house, and sent her to other relatives."

As she spoke, Mrs. Bennet burst into tears: "An old and frail old widow whose family property was inherited by this relative, but she herself was driven to another relative's house to live with others, which is terrible. Lizzie, I'm afraid I'll end up in the same place—better dead!"

Mrs. Bennet put down her water glass, clasped her hands, and cried, "Please God forgive me for having such thoughts against your holy will. Please forgive me."

"Mom, you think too much. We won't leave you alone. I'm sure you won't fall like that. On the contrary, when your daughters are married or have their own big house, mother can stay in her daughter's house Live in it as you please."

Mrs. Bennet didn't notice that Elizabeth separated marriage from owning a house, and she was immersed in her terrible imagination, "When I think about it, I get a headache, this abominable limited inheritance, why should we give our property to others .Especially there is no guarantee that that person has a conscience at all!"

Hearing what she said, Elizabeth's heart was moved, and she decided to vaccinate her mother-because Cousin Collins was definitely not a good match.So, the daughter said: "Mom, you are absolutely right. Who can guarantee that an outsider is a good person who is grateful and rewards when he inherits property. Just like that Atwood, he not only inherited the property of his relatives, but also married them The only granddaughter, but what happened? Such a heartless and ungrateful person made the old lady homeless, so don't expect that family to treat her granddaughter kindly. This is the most infuriating place. Poor old lady Because I love my granddaughter, I am willing to marry her to Atwood, but who knows it has hurt her."

Mrs. Bennet clutched her forehead and cried "my poor nerves" and wept.

Elizabeth said: "Good mother, I heard from my father that the cousin who will inherit our property and farm in the future, his father and Mr. Bennet of our family are extremely at odds, and they have almost cut off contact for more than ten years. And that My cousin never wrote to Papa when he grew up, and Papa never even saw him. It is impossible for him not to know that he might inherit our estate in the future. How much affection can such a person have for the Bennet family? share, or can we expect him to speak conscience to us?"

"We are all sad about giving our property to outsiders. But dear mother, think of Atwood, don't let him become your son-in-law!" This kind of thinking of 'recovering and stopping losses' should be stopped as soon as possible , Elizabeth said straightly: "Otherwise, you will not only lose your property, but you may also lose a precious daughter. There is nothing more tragic than this!"

Mrs. Bennet clapped her arm angrily: "You bad girl, bad girl! Why did you remind Mom? What a cruel thing."

Obviously, in Mrs. Bennet's heart, that cousin Collins has become extremely evil. In her simple mind, she has already decided that he is a despicable and hypocrite, a person like Atwood.After the Atwood affair, Mrs. Bennet would not have consented to any of Collins' pleadings at this moment to marry any of her daughters.

She wept bitterly: "I have five daughters, but my cousin who inherited the property cannot be a son-in-law! God, I am so miserable!"

Elizabeth was comforting her, but she almost laughed out of her words.

But Mrs. Bennet had other things on her mind.She only cried for a while, and stopped after scolding Collins a few words, which surprised Elizabeth a little.

"Mum, you must have other business!" said Elizabeth.

A blush crept up Mrs. Bennet's face before the tears had dried.It was difficult for her to open her mouth. Even Mrs. Bennet, who had never done things carefully, would be embarrassed to discuss this kind of matter with her unmarried daughter, especially her daughter who had not even stepped into the social world.

But Lizzie is the only one who can help.

"Well, mother's little Lizzie," said Mrs. Bennet blushing, "it is true that even Mr. Bennet can't help you. Mother can only tell you."

Elizabeth hurriedly looked at her, pretending to be listening carefully.

Mrs. Bennet faltered for a while before hesitating to tell her story.

It turned out that Mrs. King hated Mrs. Bennet offending her when she invited her last time, so she deliberately made Mrs. Bennet feel uncomfortable at the ball.They are all old neighbors, and Mrs. Bennet can't hide it from her even if she puts on a mask. Mrs. King deliberately pretended not to recognize her. Take advantage of the opportunity to talk about Longbourne Manor.Mrs. Bennet was so angry that there was nothing she could do about it.

Unexpectedly, this topic attracted the attention of the other female guests. They are married wives who can be seen from their body shapes, and they are not welcome at this kind of masquerade ball.Even older gentlemen like to invite slim and beautiful ladies to dance together with masks.

Ladies who have nothing to do gather together to talk about strange things and gossip.Restricted inheritance is not uncommon in England, and the inheritance of property is a major concern of every decent family, so the ladies and wives boasted of their knowledge.In the past two years alone, there have been several rumors of "old mussels giving birth to pearls", and some people swear that those wives gave birth to heirs to their families after drinking a kind of dark medicinal soup from the Silk Kingdom. The illegitimate son of their husband has not been able to encroach on the authority of the mistress...

When Elizabeth heard her say this, she understood: Compared with Western medicine, which has not really developed yet, Chinese medicine is indeed extraordinary in the treatment of infertility.European medicine, especially British medicine, which is ahead of the East, mostly focuses on anatomy and physiological experiments, which belong to the category of scientific research, and the curative effect of real diseases is far inferior to that of traditional Chinese medicine.The theory of internal medicine diseases here still stays on the Fourth Theory, which has not made much progress compared with that in the Middle Ages.The greatest medical advancement in this century is the "vaccination method" to treat smallpox from the Ming Dynasty. This method has been implemented in the Ming Dynasty since the time of Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty, and the Orientals have long since gotten rid of the shadow of smallpox.

Elizabeth tried to explain it to Mrs. Bennet, trying to make her understand that infertility and having a single son are completely different things.But the wife didn't listen at all, she begged Lizzie to find a way to get such a soup through those noble friends.

Elizabeth had also thought about it a few days ago. She knew roughly how to check the pulse, so she knew that Mrs. Bennet was indeed out of control.Now it is considered that when she is young and strong, she can't feel it, and the symptoms will appear in a few years, especially her insomnia and headache will become more severe - thanks to the unique education of the Yin family in her previous life, Yi All the adopted daughters have to learn how to take care of themselves, so that Mrs. Yin who will stand out in the future can not only take care of her husband's body competently, but also give birth to a healthy heir for the Yin family.

Mrs. Bennet is more stubborn than a donkey. Even her husband can hardly change her mind easily, and can only get past her to make a final decision.Knowing this very well, Elizabeth at that time thought of "giving birth to a male heir for Longbourne" as a carrot before the donkey, so that the wife would be willing to take care of her body-if she directly told the mother that she was sick, Elizabeth would guarantee She will not believe it, and she will never drink the dark Chinese medicine her daughter got.Elizabeth mentioned several times vaguely and also attracted her father's attention.

But then, Elizabeth gave up this method after thinking deeply. She realized that Mrs. Bennet was so obsessed with the fact that she failed to have a son, so that she had to ask outsiders to inherit the property. big.If she gave hope but failed, it would really hurt my mother's heart.

Elizabeth was determined to change the way, but before she could think of a new way, Mrs. Bennet came by herself.But the heart of the matter is this:

"Mom, you know, even God can't determine the sex of the fetus. It's impossible to have a drug that can make people only have boys. This is ridiculous!"

"Nonsense! The sex of the fetus is given by God!" Mrs. Bennet retorted immediately.

"Okay, Mom." Her daughter said softly, "Since God decides men and women, there is no point in drinking that kind of medicine, is there?"

This is a fallacy.Since you are convinced that God gave sex, a drug that causes women to have only sons is a sham.

Mrs. Bennet choked.Her mind was completely confused, and she was unable to utter a more reasonable rebuttal.

Mr. Bennet, who was eavesdropping outside the door, snickered unkindly.This elderly gentleman noticed when his wife next to the small door sneaked out. When the wife's crying faintly came from the daughter's room, the husband could no longer lie down, and he stood at the door against his grace. Stealing sounds—it is worth mentioning that during this time, Mr. Bennet glared away the eldest daughter Jane and the third daughter Mary who also heard the noise.Fortunately, the rooms of the two youngest daughters were actually transformed from an attic, and they were a little far away, so that the old father did not embarrass the old father again for the third and fourth times.

' Lizzie was totally over her mother. Relieved, Mr. Bennet happily decided to go back to his room to rest.If you stay for a while longer, if you attract the housekeeper and maid downstairs and let them see the master eavesdropping, the gentleman will really not be able to bear it.

It's just that Mr. Bennet forgot that his wife has never been a person who can be subdued by reason.Clarissa Gardner Bennet was good at bullshitting, and with few exceptions, she always got what she wanted when she showed that bullshit.

The mother who knew that she was not good at thinking didn't wait for 2 minutes, put aside the entanglement, and began to wipe away tears: "Lizzie, you also think that your father's nephew is probably an ungrateful person, how can you just look at our family? I'm sure the ladies at the ball weren't lying, but only the gentlemen of the city have access to the potion of the silk country, if you don't have only noble friends in the family, mother I won't beg you anymore!"

"After you got married, your father didn't touch the money I brought. Mom originally planned to leave the four thousand pounds to her daughter who couldn't get married—but if you have brothers to rely on, you won't need these!" Bennett The wife was very excited, as if she had given birth to a son, "I secretly took out two hundred, no, five hundred pounds! Good Lizzie, as long as you help mother, the Bennet family will have hope!"

Elizabeth originally wanted to tell her mother: Because apart from the Ming Dynasty, Britain’s sea trade is the most prosperous, and it can be regarded as the distribution center for the entire European goods, so there are many foreigners in London, including some people from the Ming Dynasty. The Mrs. Zhang I knew told her that most of these Ming people lived in Kensington, London, where there were small shops opened by Ming people for the convenience of their own people, including Chinese medicine shops of course.

Mrs. Zhang said that the doctors in the pharmacy also received local people, but few people knew about the settlements of Ming people in Kensington.Elizabeth suspected that the ladies mentioned by Mrs. Bennet also received treatment from the Chinese medicine shop there.

But as a daughter, on second thought, if she still persuades her, I am afraid that her mother will not give up. She completely believed the exaggerated rumors at the banquet, and instead asked others for help, not to mention that they coveted her dowry and deceived her.It doesn't matter if you are cheated of money, if you drink some messy potions and damage your body, it will be too late to regret it.

Elizabeth said: "I know there is such a medicine shop of the Ming people in London. We can go there first. The Orientals are different from us. They are one person, one person, and they have to adjust their prescriptions frequently. If you don't see the request Physicians, doctors in the Ming Dynasty are not willing to prescribe prescriptions to treat diseases."

Mrs. Bennet was so happy. Although she didn't quite understand it, it was enough to know that Lizzie could help her find the doctor in Silk Country.Mrs. Bennet wanted to buy the potions drunk by the wives who successfully gave birth to heirs, and she was superstitious about the medical skills of Silk Country at the moment.

Elizabeth felt that her mother must not have inquired carefully. The cured wives gave birth to children, but not all of them were boys.But this is a good thing, and there is no need to think of other reasons to coax her to go, but to ask the doctor to take care of Mrs. Bennet's health.

"Then we'll go to-morrow!" said Mrs. Bennet. "I'll make sure your father gets the horses out, and the farm work can be done later."

"But Mom, today has been delayed for a day because of the dance."

"Good boy, don't worry. They can do other things first. Mr. Bennet won't want to see his wife and daughter take a coach to town."

After the wife finished speaking, she yawned. Her request was satisfied, and her mood was finally relieved, so the sleepiness immediately came up.

When Elizabeth thought of something, she put on her clothes and got out of bed, took out a homemade sachet from the drawer, and put it beside Mrs. Bennet's pillow.

"Is this also the spice of Silk Country?" the wife muttered, and then fell asleep in a daze.

Inside is the lavender from Taoris College. Elizabeth and Lola sewed a few sachets that fell on the four-poster bed in their spare time, and filled them with fragrance and beauty.

This is the right time to help my mother sleep.

The mother and daughter had a good night's sleep, but poor Mr. Bennet, for some reason, didn't sleep well all night.He even didn't expect that there would be a 'little surprise' waiting for this insomniac gentleman tomorrow morning.

The author has something to say: Little angels, the fish should be on time today~~