[Pride and Prejudice] Rich Lady

Alexander Bennet was a healthy baby, although he was born prematurely, he was surprisingly good at eating, which made it difficult for the nurse invited by the Bennet family-she was the wife of a hired hand on the farm, healthy and strong , but she still has a pair of twins who are more than two months old to feed. The employee said that his son can drink goat milk, but the wet nurse is a bit reluctant.

This gave Mrs. Bennet a chance to secretly feed her baby again.Mrs. Bennet justified that among the five daughters, both Jane and Lydia have eaten her milk, so Jane is the most beautiful among the daughters, and Lydia is the fastest and tallest among the daughters at the same age.

The husband looked at the other daughters, Lizzie the most dependent, Mary the smartest, Kitty the Hercules, and the sensible ones did not refute.In fact, Mr. Bennet has long seen his wife’s tricks. Every time Mrs. Bennet finds a suitable wet nurse for her children, it is extremely difficult: she has many requirements. The first is that both the mother and the child are healthy. The second thing is that the wet nurse must be a clean, diligent woman... She now prefers a wet nurse who has twins, which means that she can breastfeed her child quietly, and the wet nurse will not say anything.

However, there are too few mothers who have twins, and Mrs. Bennet is only lucky to meet this time.When she gave birth to Jane, she was still too young. At that time, "Mrs. Bennet of Longbourne breastfeeding the child herself" was publicized and became a big joke in the nearby gentleman's family. Mr. Bennet was questioned as a poor nurse Down and out, almost lost his gentleman's cane license.

Although there has always been a "mother and nurse" debate in society, French mothers have achieved some success even under the guidance of their Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and self-feeding has become fashionable before the outbreak of the French Revolution. Conservative English society has always generally respected wet nurses.

Anyone who has achieved a little status does not want to be ridiculed for not being able to hire a wet nurse.For example, Sir Lucas, when his eldest son was born, Sir Lucas happily invited two strong wet nurses.

Mrs. Bennet has never dared to act rashly since the trouble caused by raising her eldest daughter. The intervention of the wet nurse has greatly reduced the time she spends with the middle children.Until the baby Lydia was born, when she gave birth to Lydia, his wife's body was not very good, which made the youngest daughter very thin at birth. Mrs. Bennet felt that she might not survive, so She was not willing to leave her child for a moment—the mature Mr. Bennet took care of his wife, and there were no more news, and Mrs. Bennet fed little Lydia herself for a whole year, and her little daughter became more and more healthy From then on, the fact that her own milk was better than the nurse's was engraved in her consciousness.

Mrs. Bennet is a simple-minded and direct-feeling person, which can be seen from her previous attitude and closeness to her daughters. In the past, she did love Lydia and Jane more deeply than other daughters.

Elizabeth really didn't expect that there are so many rules and regulations for mothers to raise their children.The higher she stood, the more tired of these pedantic rules, and the more she hated, the more she realized that she was not standing high enough, and her outstretched wings were neither wide nor strong.

The lady wanted to write these letters to Mr. William, but when she stuffed the letter into the envelope, she found it inappropriate.Elizabeth was surprised that she trusted and got too close to Mr. William, and this kind of topic including milk and feeding really shouldn't be discussed with a gentleman.Even the most intimate couples, England advocates "respecting each other as guests", and the proper way for gentlemen is to sleep in separate rooms with their wives.

But she naturally wanted to share her "rebellious thoughts" about this with him?This kind of over-intimacy is easy to cast a layer of ambiguous and teasing topics?

Elizabeth was a little upset, and she realized that Mr. William under the mask had become the closest and unguarded opposite sex in her two lives.At some point, they began to share their lives, thoughts and emotions, and they were willing to tell each other about some trivial happiness and troubles.Elizabeth only felt that something was wrong. Apart from the physical body, the level of communication between them was deeper than that of ordinary couples—the dull lady only discovered the hidden friendship of Mr. William.

From the drawer of the chest of drawers, I took out a flat box that exuded a faint fragrance. The dark purple sandalwood exuded a quiet beauty. This was the lady's favorite and most valuable utensil.Elizabeth paid almost a third of the price of her London apartment for it.

But she used this box to hold Mr. William's letters.

Taking a deep breath, Elizabeth opened the box, and there were dozens of neatly folded and well-preserved letters inside.There were also several unpostmarked letters, which Elizabeth felt inappropriate to put away after she had written them herself.

How dull she must be!The young lady held her forehead, ready to think about her relationship with Mr. William.

The gentleman had no doubts about his friendship, Elizabeth was obliged to admit.If it is not sincere, no one is willing to analyze his heart for others to see.Mr. William's letter is full of sincerity, respect and love. Elizabeth believes that it is true, and even the best love masters in Europe cannot pretend to be so good.

Some warmth, once felt, is hard to quit.This is the case with Elizabeth. Unlike April last year, she has no thought of cutting off contact with Mr. William at all.

"Just a little shy." The young lady murmured bluntly, "but it's okay."

"What's shy, who's shy?" Jane placed a plate of honey-soaked berries on the round table in Elizabeth's living room.

Elizabeth laughed, thinking: 'It's shy Mr William. '

'I love so much. ' added Elizabeth in her mind. 'What's the point of being shy, I can do it myself! '

"Is Alexander asleep?" Elizabeth asked her sister.

Jane said helplessly: "Little Alex is asleep, dear Lizzie, we all call him by his nickname, only you keep calling him by his Christian name. Mom is also worried that you don't like little Alex very much. "

It is impossible for Elizabeth not to like this angelic baby. For him, Elizabeth asked for a long leave from Taurus College. She will not return to the college until her little brother is full moon.But the second lady of the Bennet family still insisted on calling him Alexander.

It's impossible for others to understand the florists' little taste for "stress".

"Is it all right?" Jane asked, "I mean on leave, you only entered the social world last year, and now it's the social season in London." Many opportunities to socialize are bound to be lost.

The eldest sister was worried. She got happiness, and she hoped that her younger sisters could also taste this wonderful taste.

Elizabeth was not the kind of girl whose lifelong event was to get married, and the London social season didn't mean much to her.Now with "Mr. William", the lady doesn't care even more.

Elizabeth thought she could write a letter asking Mr. William to visit him at Netherfield--there would be a lot of guests, the much-anticipated Mr. George, and the annoying Mr. Collins with his unexpected guests.Then it’s okay to add another Mr. William. You must know that Mr. William is an investor in the Hatfield Highway. Uncle Gardner has always been very grateful to him.

Elizabeth imposed her own reasons for Mr. William's visit.She always thought that he lived in London or a city not far from London, because she always got a quick answer, and their first meeting was at the masquerade in Meryton.

There was a sweet smile on the corner of the lady's mouth unconsciously. She never thought that she could find love in this strange century, but once she saw the opportunity, once she felt that she had already embarked on the road to happiness, Elizabeth would not hesitate to linger .

Her character, neither gives up halfway nor hesitates.Elizabeth thought that she didn't need to doubt Mr. William's character, and she didn't need to worry about his temperament being different from his taste. His thoughts, shortcomings, opinions and habits were all selflessly opened to her in letters.

Miss Elizabeth is stubborn in her bones, and she has never lacked the momentum of a flower grower "I will go to it despite tens of thousands of people".Now that she has seen through the friendship, she will no longer whitewash the peace. Regardless of joys and sorrows, she must have a result!

"Lizzie? Lizzie!"

"What's the matter, dear Jane?"

The gentle and beautiful eldest sister squinted her beautiful eyes, and with the sensitivity cultivated by Mr. George, she found a trace of questions: "Lizzie, are you in love?"

Elizabeth was taken aback. She changed the subject and said, "Mr. George has been delayed for half a month. Is he coming soon? I guess he will give you a message first."

The author has something to say: In view of the shortness of this chapter, Fei Jia is more at night~

Comment on this chapter to send a hundred small red envelopes~

Note: Alex is a nickname for Alexander.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, Europe experienced a "war" between mothers and nurses. Of course, this was in the upper class with conditions.Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), a French Enlightenment thinker, in the way of feeding and educating children, he advocated "the nobility of barbarians" and "following the natural way", and advocated that mothers breastfeed their children themselves (but treat his own Except for the children, he put all 5 of his children in an orphanage).

Activists in the 19th century were still very enthusiastic about breastfeeding. In England, the romantic poet Shelley did not want to give his child to a wet nurse, but unfortunately he failed and later abandoned the child.

The battle between mothers and wet nurses ended dramatically in the second half of the 19th century. Due to the development of science and technology, for the first time in human history, milk-secreting breast milk had competitors: feeding bottles, and the era of infant formula milk powder came. ——"The Millennium Controversy in the History of Breastfeeding"