Pride and Prejudice accident

The music sounded again in the ballroom, and Mr. Darcy stopped his thoughts. Today is a dance held to celebrate Joanna's coming to London. He should not think about the ambiguous relationship with Longbourn. After all, he made up his mind at the beginning. Determined to leave Longbourne, there was no thought of going back.

"Fitzwilliam, didn't you say you wanted to buy a pony for Georgiana? Andrea said that her father raised some good horses, maybe you can do a deal with the Ferguson family?" Mr. Bingley came over and patted Looking at Mr. Darcy's shoulder, he said, seeing that Mr. Darcy's eyes seemed to be in a daze. It was Mr. Darcy's usual eyes when he saw Elizabeth, so he frowned and asked, "Fitzwilliam, don't you know?" Are you thinking of Miss Elizabeth?"

"Charles, what are you talking about?" Mr. Darcy also frowned, his face full of anger after being punctured.

"Come on, Fitzwilliam, even Caroline can see that you are interested in that Miss Elizabeth, do you think I can't know?" Mr. Bingley said with a sigh, although Mr. Darcy was trying to persuade him to leave Longbourn There was no mention of Elizabeth, but Mr. Bingley is not a fool after all, and he and Darcy are so familiar, so he can guess Mr. Darcy's mind to some extent.

Mr. Darcy's expression froze. He always thought that he was covering up well, but he was still seen by others. Mr. Darcy was a little annoyed. He felt that Elizabeth, who had such a family of unworthy relatives, was still a little bit It was a shameful thing, so he said to Mr. Bingley with a dark face: "Charles, you seem to have not forgotten that Miss Bennet after you came here, but why did you have such a pleasant chat with Miss Ferguson?"

Mr. Bingley immediately lost his smile, and glared at Mr. Darcy from an invisible angle, and said with a bit of gritted teeth: "If you have pursued a lady for half a year, and that lady even if you impulsively feel that you can ask her You didn't show any enthusiasm for you when you proposed, and you would be sad and lose confidence, and you couldn't forget her right away. As for Miss Ferguson, we just got along."

"Charles, I think your conversation is easily misunderstood."

"Fitzwilliam, do you think so? But now I don't want to start a new relationship."

"When Miss Ferguson falls in love with you, you will start a new relationship." Mr. Darcy looked at Mr. Bingley with contempt.

"Can't you say something pleasant, Fitzwilliam?"

"I'm sorry, I can't, Charles, you'd better go dancing!" Mr. Darcy waved his hand, turned and walked to several business partners.

Mr. Bingley drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, secretly thinking that Mr. Darcy would be tormented by emotion sooner or later, after all, few ladies could bear his cold face.Thinking of this, Mr. Bingley felt better, and went to Georgiana to ask Georgiana to dance.

The day after the ball Andrea took Maria to her uncle's house in a three-story house on Grosvenor Street a few blocks from Mr. It's a bit dated, but Andrea knows that the decoration inside is very warm.

Mr. Richard Ferguson is a businessman in London. He owns a large spinning and dyeing factory with an annual income of more than 2000 pounds. Therefore, just looking at the clothes of their family, it may seem that their family earns less than a thousand pounds a year.

Like his elder brother, Mr. Ferguson is a very gentle man. He is a little fat and has a round beer belly. With his smiling face all day long, he looks very honest. But in fact, this gentleman's communication skills are very smooth, and he is quite good at doing business.Mrs. Ferguson is also a slightly fat woman. She has a pair of flexible eyes, which makes her look more shrewd. In fact, it is the opposite of her husband. This lady has solid eyes, and her temper is a bit hot , but treats family and relatives very well.

The Fergusons have three children, but all three are daughters. They have been looking forward to having a son, but there has been no news of Mrs. Ferguson's belly in the past few years.Therefore, they treated Edward, who had to live in their house every Sunday when the school was on holiday, very well. One year, the Fergusons went to Andrea's house for Christmas, and Mr. Ferguson said after getting drunk that if it wasn't for his brother's house There is only one son, and he must adopt the clever and lovely Edward to go home.

At this time, the Ferguson family was welcoming sisters Andrea and Maria at the door. After seeing them, Mr. Ferguson patted his stomach with a smile and said: "Andrea, Maria, my dear two Niece, it's been a long time! Originally, we planned to go back to Mayfair with Edward this year, but you two came here unexpectedly. Come in quickly, it's windy outside."

"Come in quickly and have a cup of hot tea. It's too cold outside." Mrs. Ferguson greeted with a smile, while pulling her two nieces into the house one by one.

In the living room of the house, the fireplace was burning vigorously, and there were several bunches of mushrooms and beef on the fireplace. The two younger cousins ​​hurried over to lift up the two bunches of grilled mushrooms. The older cousin helped They sprinkled some salt and pepper on the mushrooms and let them sit on the little stools by the fireplace to eat slowly by themselves.

Edward's hands were also stuffed with a bunch of grilled mushrooms. The lobby girl held a salt shaker in one hand and a pepper shaker in the other, and sprinkled them on the mushroom skewers.Edward paid attention to his two sisters and did not stop them. The pepper powder that spilled into his nose made his nose itchy. Sneezed.

"Ah, ah, ah, ah!" Edward sneezed several times, even tears came out, and his face was flushed, and he didn't know whether it was because of the sneeze, or because he was embarrassed because he felt rude. face.

"Haha, Edward, you finally look like a child!" Andrea couldn't help laughing when she saw her brother's rare embarrassment, and Edward looked angry when he laughed.

"Second Sister!" Edward shouted with a blushing face, then stomped his feet and turned around and ran to the kitchen to wash his face.

"As soon as Andrea came to the house, she became happier. It seems that I have to keep the two of you until after dinner." Mr. Ferguson said with a big smile.

"Of course, if uncle doesn't invite Maria and me to have dinner here, we will stay in the dining room. We haven't had the vegetable soup made by aunt for a long time. I don't know if aunt will make it today. Maria and I have been thinking about it all the time." Andrea said coquettishly while holding Mrs. Ferguson's hand.

Andrea's aunt, Mrs. Ferguson's grandma used to be a cook in a noble family, and she had good cooking skills. Before she got married, Mrs. Ferguson's family was not very good, and she wanted to be a cook in someone else's house, so she took her grandmother's cook. I have learned all the arts.After marrying Mr. Ferguson, life was not rich at the beginning, and the family could not afford a maid, but they often cook by themselves, and now they can cook a few dishes when they have free time.

"If you like to eat, I will make it at night, but there are not many fresh vegetables at home, so I will ask the maid to go to the market to buy some." Mrs. Ferguson said immediately after hearing this. The four children of her uncle's family are her favorite vegetables. The only one is Andrea, because Andrea's lively and funny personality is the most like her, so this small request will naturally be agreed.

"If I say you shouldn't live in that Mr. Darcy's house, even though they have money in their family, you will be restrained in the past. You might as well live in your aunt's house and have a lively Christmas with the whole family. festival!"

"Auntie, it's boring for Miss Darcy to be alone at home, so I hope my sister and I will be with her!" Maria said immediately after hearing this, it's not that she didn't want to live with her uncle, but she really didn't want to. Separated from Georgiana.

"Aunt, that Miss Darcy and Maria are the most conversant. They always have a lot to say when they are together. If we break them up, they will hate us. I don't want that. Besides, although living there is a bit restrictive, it is the enjoyment of rich people. We probably won’t have the chance to live in such a good house in this life except this time. Why don’t we hurry up and live for a few more days? !" Seeing Maria's anxious look, Andrea jokingly put her arms around her shoulders.

After hearing this, Mrs. Ferguson rolled her eyes. That Mr. Darcy is also quite famous in London. After all, how many people can earn more than 1 pounds a year!Therefore, Mrs. Ferguson had also heard some rumors about Mr. Darcy, and after thinking about it, she whispered to Andrea's ear and asked, "That Mr. Darcy is already 30 years old, is he still a bachelor?"

"Well, I think if he hadn't been rich, it would have been difficult for him to find a satisfactory wife before the age of 40 with his stern face all day long." Andrea said with a curled lip. Miss Bingley would come to Darcy's house to get close to Mr. Darcy every day on the grounds of visiting Georgiana.This lady doesn't want to see Andrea very much, and she will say some nasty things from time to time. She just told Andrea about Mr. Darcy's mate selection criteria yesterday.It is said that a lady whom Mr. Darcy likes must be proficient in music, singing, painting, dancing, and modern language. The implication is that a lady like Andrea who is not good at any of these things is Mr. Darcy's dislike. catchy.

"Andrea, you have reached the age of marriage this year. I think that Mr. Darcy is very good. Although he is a little older than you, older men know how to cherish their wives. I'm seven years younger than your uncle!" Mrs. Ferguson said while covering her mouth.

Andrea didn't expect her aunt to say such a thing, her face blushed immediately, and thinking of Miss Bingley's disdainful expression and Mr. Darcy's arrogance, she said angrily, "Auntie, what are you talking about? That Mr. Darcy is not something a lady like me can climb up to, and he already has a lady he likes!"

"Really, there is already a lady I like, what a pity, our Andrea is obviously very good, what a pity!" Mrs. Ferguson didn't hear the displeasure in Andrea's tone at all, she just felt sorry for Mr. Darcy I feel sorry that I already have an object of love.