[Pride and Prejudice] Stupid life in the 18th century

After the ball the Bennets came alive, and the visitors usually turned into young unmarried gentlemen.They always surrounded Jane and Sister Stocker when they came. The 12-year-old Elizabeth is only 143cm tall and does not look like a girl, but she has beautiful facial features and is also a lovely sister.

It's just that this cute little sister has long been tired of these gentlemen, and the Bennetts are the opposite.They were happy to see it happen, and they all thought that a little more competitor, the Viscount Westminster, would be more proactive.

This day the three ladies were invited to go outing again.

"Well, it just so happens that we have something to kill. Mr. White, please close the door. They won't come back until evening." Mrs. Bennet took the four children into the indoor cold spring.

The girls put their hair up high, and a maid had already prepared replacement petticoats for them and put them in the room.Because Andrew was too young, Elizabeth forced him to sit by the pool and soak his feet.It was cool for the ladies to go into the water in their petticoats.

"Why didn't the teacher come to soak?"

"Hey, after the teacher has a fiancé, it must be more important to accompany him! Hey!" Catherine sighed.

"My darlings, you will grow up and get married one day, won't you?"

"Oh! Mom, I miss you!" Lydia said, snuggling up to Mrs. Bennett's side.

Elizabeth looked at the three younger sisters. "The three of you are going to get married, so you still have a lot to learn!" Looking at the younger sisters, they finally stopped talking.What worries her most is how her younger sisters look at men, and Lydia will not talk about it.

"Liz, you're always like this. How much older are you than us? Maybe we'll marry you first?" Mary said stubbornly. She usually gets along well. Whenever Liz shows this picture of you kids With that expression on her face, she felt a little annoyed.

"That would be the best. I have to show you."

Mrs. Bennet said half-seriously: "Oh! Liz, I really want to wait until your sisters are married, and you stay at home. The headache will still be mother."

After soaking in the cold spring, Elizabeth took her three younger sisters to find Mrs. Chen to prepare afternoon tea together.Mrs. Chen and Xiao Douding were sitting in the courtyard. Mrs. Chen was holding a book in her hand and was reading with her soft voice.Xiao Douding sat beside her, and when Mrs. Chen read a sentence, he would repeat it.

Elizabeth glanced at it, it should be some kind of book.Seeing that they were reading, Mary sat down next to Xiao Douding with great interest.So Mrs. Chen slowed down. Every time she read a sentence, Xiao Douding thought about it for a while and gave a rough English explanation.This is much more boring than a fairy tale, and Mary couldn't sit still after a while.

Mrs. Chen led the Miss Bennets into the kitchen.Today I am going to make simple and delicious potato cakes and tortillas. Before I start the preparation work, I hear the chewing sound of "cracking" in the fruit basket.

The ladies suddenly became frightened, boldly Chen Qihua stepped forward and opened it.Seeing a half-sitting reddish-brown guy in the basket, Zheng Xiang holding an apple and chewing on it, he was frightened all of a sudden, staring with round eyes.After recovering within a few seconds, the little guy jumped out of the half-open window with the unfinished fruit in his mouth.

Only then did everyone see clearly that it was a little fox. As long as it wasn't a mouse, girls still liked little fluffy animals.

"Qihua, you scared the little fox away!" Lydia completely used the tone of accusation.

"You were so scared that you didn't dare to approach, now you still blame me!"

Through the window, Elizabeth saw the little fox running into the flowerbed.Mrs. Chen went forward to sort out the ingredients, but the little fox was not like a mouse and didn't bite here and there.

"Hey, how good it would be for us to keep it, so that we can raise it!" Catherine held her cheeks regretfully.

Lydia was also a little downcast. "I wonder if it will come tomorrow?"

"How about we try to put some fruit on the windowsill, so that it will come again when it knows we are not hostile?"

"You can try!"

"I think it might be more sincere to replace it with eggs!" Lydia said seriously.

"..."

On the third day of laying eggs on the windowsill, I finally saw the little guy again.The fur color of the little fox is reddish brown, with pointed ears, pointed tail and four small paws are dark brown.It looks like a clever look, probably too young to be wary, looking at the window sill and giving it an egg every day, it becomes bold.This day, he ran over as soon as he laid down the eggs, but he didn't come close. He stood on the grass outside the house and looked up at the window.

The girls were all overjoyed, but the little fox squatted down and tilted his head to look at them happily whispering.

"I think, maybe we can give it a bowl of milk!" Elizabeth said, looking for a small bowl.

"There is also some crumbled buttered bread, it must not be able to resist the aroma!"

Seeing the milk and bread, the little fox outside the window really became agitated and turned around two or three times.In the end, unable to withstand the temptation, he jumped up to the window sill, lowered his head and began to lick and eat.After tasting the delicacy, I couldn't stop it, and the chubby tail dangled comfortably behind the buttocks.

The girls are happy to watch it eat happily.

After a few days like this, the little fox became very familiar with the girls, and sometimes he would come out to have a look when he heard the girls talking in the garden.It would be great if you happened to see them having afternoon tea.In addition to fresh fruit, there are delicious pastries.

So these days, Mr. Bennett, the Viscount, and the three beauties, who have been busy with invitations, discovered this little guest when they were free.Although it is still used to sleeping in the nest it dug itself, every afternoon it does not object to lying on the cushion Lydia prepared for it to bask in the sun.

Andrew can even say the word "little fox" clearly.Mary's vacation anecdote also described the deeds of the little fox. After sending it to her girlfriends in London, everyone was very envious.Mary even asked Elizabeth to help her draw a little fox to attach to the letter paper.

Before the summer was over, Miss Sterling and her fiancé left Chilton Ham and went back to London to prepare for their marriage.

In desperation, Mr. Bennet had to decide to send Elizabeth, Mary and Catherine to a boarding school for girls in Oxford Town, and Jane has entered the society and counted as an adult.Elizabeth will stay here for at least two to three years, and Lydia will let her elder sister assist Mrs. Chen to raise her together, and if she is two years older, she will be sent to a boarding school.

Except for Mrs. Bennet, Lydia and Andrew who stayed at the Garden Villa.Mr. Bennett and their sister sent the three girls to Oxford Town, because Oxford University is located in Oxford Town, where there is also the university library and museum. Mary is full of expectations for school life.

The carriage was driving in Oxford Town, and handsome students of Oxford University could be seen from time to time.Here you can find the Saxon tower of St. Michael's Church, the Norman fortress and the remains of the city wall.The library located in the People's Square is the oldest library in England, and there is also the earliest teaching botanical garden in the UK; the winding, deep and long Queen's Alley.

Jane was so amazed that she almost envied her younger sister.

"Liz, Mary, Catherine, I think you'll have a better time here."

"Well, cherish your school life. Although it must not be as comfortable as at home, I think you will gain something!" Mr. Bennett looked at his three daughters lovingly.

"I've started to like this place!" Mary said with a smile, "I've already seen three bookstores and a library."

"If it's autumn, walking along this cobbled street with fallen leaves, what a mood it would be." Elizabeth was also intoxicated.

Passing through Radcliffe Square, passing through the copper-nose alley with red brick floor, and turning a few street corners, the carriage finally stopped in front of a medieval courtyard house.It is surrounded by beautiful gardens.Not far away, the medieval towers are antique and the Renaissance-style buildings are full of romance.

When they got out of the car, they were naturally received. The five of them followed the middle-aged handsome uncle who looked like a butler, and entered the reception room on the first floor.Here Mrs Cowley, the master of the girls' boarding school, is waiting.This elegant middle-aged lady, with her hair combed neatly behind her head, is wearing a high-necked dress and a woolen coat; she looks intellectually charming.

"You are welcome. Which ladies will join us?" Mrs. Cowley smiled softly.

Mary couldn't bear it anymore. "it's me!"

"Oh! What a vibrant girl." When she saw the high-necked dresses of the four girls, she was already very satisfied.

Mrs. Cowley's girls' boarding school was a formal one, though not quite a convent school.What's more, there are too many hot-blooded teenagers in this small town.

"Mrs. Cowley, it's a pleasure to meet you! Your education will be thanks to you."

"Who would refuse such a lovely girl." The expensive tuition fees are even more irresistible.

After they sat down, Mrs. Cowley went on to introduce some history of the girls' school and the management system.Although it was established only 20 years ago, it still maintains more than 100 students.The age gap ranges from 7 to 15 years old, and entering here is like entering a big family.The girls were divided into 10 small groups, and each small group was in charge of 1-2 senior students, and was composed of girls from other age groups.Here the older ones take care of the younger ones in their daily life.When studying, they will be divided into classes according to different age groups. Of course, they are just some very routine formal education, which is not comparable to male education.

For the rich school life of his daughters, Mr. Bennett paid for them to study piano and painting.With longing for school life, the three girls reluctantly bid farewell to Mr. Bennett.At the same time, they also promised to write letters to their families regularly.

And Lydia, the left-behind child in the garden villa, has played wilder without the restraint of her sisters, and sometimes rolls around on the grass with a little fox in her arms.And Mrs. Bennet is the one who pampers her little daughter the most. It seems that her education cannot be entirely placed on Jane Bennet, a good-natured girl. She will only wait until she enters a boarding school in two years. j.