[Pride and Prejudice] Rich Lady

Mrs. Bennet couldn't wait for her second daughter, whom she desperately wanted to get close to, in the lounge, so she had to ring the bell and order the housekeeper to ask.

She was still in the early stages of pregnancy, but she was easily tired and sleepy. The husband and daughters were so worried that they could not wait to ask her to stay on the comfortable second floor.

Mrs. Bennet was also cautious at the beginning. After returning from the city, she lay on the bed for two weeks. Who knew that her energy was not as good as when she didn't know she was pregnant, and she had no strength in her body.Mr. Bennet went to Meryton overnight to invite a doctor, but the doctor had doubts about Mrs. Bennet's pregnancy diagnosis. Mr. Bennet was very annoyed, and both husband and wife had doubts about the doctor's level.In the early morning of the next day, Mr. Bennet rode to the city in the drizzle to consult a doctor from the Ming Dynasty. Fortunately, he invited an apprentice who was able to make a visit.

Fortunately, his wife was fine. The apprentice doctor suggested that Mrs. Bennet take a walk on the grass every day, and try to rest as much as possible at other times.Mrs. Bennet is not young anymore, and she was not in good health before. This child will have to work harder than the previous ones.

Now, Mr. Bennet spends half an hour every day walking with his wife around Longbourn. Sometimes it is the morning with fresh air, and sometimes it is the afternoon when the sun is just right. This has become a sight in the eyes of the neighbors. .

"Really?" Elizabeth covered her mouth and laughed softly, "Dad is so considerate?"

Mr. Bennet, who was walking in front, coughed lightly, then quickly walked up to the second floor, leaving behind the two silly girls who were whispering.

Jane's big eyes were curved: "Lydia said that the other wives were very envious. Maria told her that even Mrs. Lucas used good words to persuade Mr. Sir to be more with his father. You know, Mr. Sir has been with his father since Ben Mr Nut is less inclined to visit the door when he becomes the 'JP' of the town."

Elizabeth smiled and said, "Before getting married, gentlemen are of course very happy to invite ladies for a walk. At that time, even looking at fallen leaves and pebbles is a beautiful sight. But once you get married and ladies become wives, the situation is completely different. Well, a gentleman would rather be in the stable with his horse than with his wife for a while. Hunting, card-playing, dancing, gossiping, fishing .

Jane has long been used to Lizzie's sharp and clear words, and what she said is the truth.According to Jane's limited knowledge, among the more than 20 families near Longborn, only the father is willing to take a walk with the mother.Other mild-tempered good gentlemen, Sir Lucas is polite and courteous to everyone, and the lady is the same; and Mr. King, Jane respects and admires this learned gentleman, but he is not ashamed to raise him. After her lover, Jane was less inclined to have him call at Longbourn.

"You're right." Jane said in a daze, not knowing who she remembered.

"Lizzie, Lizzie!" cried Mrs. Bennet, and her temper became more impatient, and now she could wait only one minute for things that used to be waitable for five minutes.But everyone is willing to show consideration for her, even the most active Lydia.

"But our little sister is suffocated. Since my mother was pregnant, she hoped that everyone in the house would stay where she could see. Otherwise, she would call us." Jane reminded Elizabeth as she walked.

Mrs. Bennet couldn't wait to share her joy with Elizabeth: "...It's amazing! Lizzie, Mr. Bennet and I were all stunned, we completely forgot to be happy, and we didn't thank the doctor in time. I I gave birth to five daughters, and I always found out that I was pregnant when my belly bulged, and my little water droplets were always abnormal, which made me realize later..."

When it comes to "little water droplets", there are also women who elegantly call it "floating on the Red River". In fact, they all refer to the "good friends" that women have to face. Especially in this era without sanitary napkins, it is definitely a big one. Difficulty—Elizabeth was fortunate that this trouble had arisen only a short time ago.

Mademoiselle Laura was a little jealous because of it, which she had suffered for years.

Before Elizabeth left home for boarding, Mrs. Bennet specially gave her two pieces of "secret fabric": a cloth bag sewn from two pieces of muslin cloth, with a rope at both ends that could be tied around the waist.The wife told her daughter that toilet paper or cotton wool could be stuffed in the cloth bag, so she specially gave her an extra half a pound to spend on it.

Elizabeth welcomes her 'old friend' back in Taurice's bedroom, and after awkwardly carrying her mother's beanbag, she won't even be able to walk.

At this time, the frivolous and elegant long skirts became a nightmare for ladies. When they walked around, the skirts stuck to their bodies, and a piece protruded from the middle of the graceful curves...Elizabeth could only embarrassingly cover her front with a long thick cloth shawl in summer, Her dear friend, Miss Lola, introduced her to a "good thing" among the noble ladies-a safety apron fixed with hangers, which is actually a cloth bag tied to a rope around the waist. A piece of cloth.

This eases the embarrassment of the ladies.The apron is made of thick linen, as long as the cloth bag is not stuffed with too much toilet paper like Elizabeth's, and she wears a more complicated outer skirt of Schumiz Dorles, the figure can be almost concealed.But whoever uses this kind of good thing knows, the inconvenience of going to the toilet can also be overcome, but the large prickly heat on the waist and buttocks is really uncomfortable - often itching to the extreme and then soaked in sweat, the ladies can only bear it. He still had to put on a calm and natural look on his face.

After suffering for the first time, Elizabeth had to go to a Chinese medicine store in Kensington to buy some gelatin to smear the dense red rash, and her close friends felt like a treasure after seeing the effect.The ladies secretly spread this magical imported medicine, and the inexplicable Elizabeth gained the friendship of several senior students and ladies.

She also brought a few jars for her sisters as gifts.Except for the youngest two, Mary also had some little troubles of these women this spring. She blushed and played with the small light blue ceramic bottle, which contained a reddish-brown translucent jelly-like paste.

When Mr. Bennet left briefly to meet the farm workers and deal with business, Elizabeth quickly distributed gifts, including hygiene aprons, to the female relatives, even Kitty and Lydia: "These glues are in the drawer , it can be stored for several years, and it will go bad when the paste becomes cloudy."

Elizabeth couldn't help feeling sick at the thought of the sanitary apron just wrapped around her body, and she thought she had a new career to strive for.

Kitty and Lydia were smiling. They developed faster than their sisters, and they might be able to use them soon.The sisters were certainly far more comfortable at home than Lizzie during their inconvenient times, at least they could hide in their bedrooms instead of attending classes and dinner parties dressed up.

Mrs. Bennet put her share in the box: "There is actually something better than straw paper and cotton wool. When I was a child, there was a kind of swamp moss that was very absorbent. You only needed a small piece, girls." You can live a decent day. In those days, in the fabric shop, just tell the shopkeeper's wife 'dry moss', and you can buy a whole bag, enough for two months."

It was rare for the wife to feel sad about the old days, and the daughters gathered around her to comfort her.Mrs. Bennet soon cheered up, and she gestured to tell her daughters the embarrassment of Miss Sangshee, who she hated most in her youth: "She showed off her thin waist and puffed gowns full of lace and pearls When the gentlemen complimented her, she covered her mouth and pretended to smile... As a result, her bloody moss fell out of the cloth bag, and it happened to be exposed when she lifted her skirt and left. Oh, my God, you can't imagine how funny it was, at that time People weren't dancing, and she went out of her way to be the center of the party."

It happened that Mr. Bennet returned to the second floor at this time, "What are you laughing at? Why don't you wait for poor dad to come back. I just hope that there will be no business disturbing this rare rest time." Mr. Bennet pretended to complain look.

Mrs. Bennet immediately looked at him, looked up and down a few times before saying: "We are talking about Miss Sangshi, Mr. Bennet must want to hear it?"

The poor gentleman immediately had a bitter face. More than ten years later, the gentleman once again tasted the long-lost sour fruit.It's just that it's been too long, so he can't stand it.

Lydia snuggled up to Elizabeth and said with a mischievous smile, "Oh, Dad actually took the initiative to ask Miss Sangxi. It seems that tonight's activities will end soon. Good Lizzie, can you accompany me to Philip's in a few days? Does Aunt Si stay at home for two days? As long as I am at home, my mother always wants me to stay on the second floor, which is too tortured!"

Elizabeth pinched her little face: "Of course I am willing, but you have to tell me who Miss Sangxi is first? I have never heard of such a friend in the Bennet family."

The little sister covered her mouth and laughed: "You must not have it, otherwise it will not only be the father who suffers!"

Mary whispered to her sister: "Miss Sangxi, my mother's neighbor when she was young, they were not very harmonious. She is the daughter of a gentleman's family, and the dowry is also very generous. It is said that there are as many suitors as my mother."

"These are not important!" Lydia interrupted the third sister, and said with a smile: "The most important thing is that Miss Sangxi once liked Mr. Bennet very much, and my father danced with Miss Sangxi a few times-at the ball Dancing is such a common thing, but mother doesn't think so, she doesn't know how to calculate, saying that father danced more with that lady than when he courted her..."

While the daughters whispered old news about their parents, Mr. Bennet was already dizzy, and Mrs. Bennet's skills deepened.

"Dear Mrs. Bennet, you must be thirsty." Mr. Bennet interrupted quickly after Mrs. Bennet finished speaking.

He got up and brought a glass of water to his wife. Elizabeth looked at it distractedly, and it turned out to be hot white water.

Mrs. Bennet enjoyed the attentive service very much, and while drinking water, she pretended to complain to her husband: "I really don't understand why you can't drink tea, but you still have to drink this kind of hot water—it's a bit like Lizzie's habit. .”

"My dear Lizzie, is hot water a fashion in town?"

Mr. Bennet did not intend to continue this kind of gossip. He said to his wife: "Good lady, I need your consent to something."

"We have to decide quickly whether to rent a house or buy a new one."

The author has something to say: According to the agreement in the previous chapter, comments in this chapter will send one hundred small red envelopes.

Jiageng is at eight o'clock in the evening, Fat Zhang.

Elizabeth's future career: Sanitary pads

Note: "J'aigoutte" ("I have a small drop of water"); "Flottersurriviererouge" ("Floating on the Red River") - quoted from the article "How do countries in the world call "big aunt" literaryly?" "

What is particularly funny is that the French call the aunt: "Les Angis de barquent" ("The British are coming, the British are landing").