I am aging gracefully in the world of famous books

Pei Xiang had just sold the jewelry for money, but was smashed by Darcy and bought back. This happened cleverly, so no matter how cautious she was, she would never have expected it.

She rode around in a carriage for a day, found the house she wanted to rent very efficiently, and made an agreement with the landlord to move in one month later.

The rent is a little expensive, but Pei Xiang is very satisfied, because the background of the neighbors in the future is very suitable for her special needs.

The neighbors next door are businessmen and couples engaged in overseas trade. They regularly transport light industrial household items such as cotton cloth and matches to North America. Appreciated by the boss.

After finalizing her favorite residence, she chatted with the owner of a clothing and accessories grocery store with a lot of customers, and the two parties quickly reached a preliminary agreement:

Pei Xiang provides some hand-woven lace and embroidery for consignment in the store. The higher the price and the larger the quantity, the more generous the commission will be for the store.

This form of consignment is not new. Many cloth shops and cloakrooms in London have similar sales forms. This is also one of the important channels for women from ordinary families to subsidize their households.

However, not everyone’s female celebrity works can be consigned separately in the store. The more popular the store, the higher the quality requirements for the consignment products. In order to ensure the reputation of the store, the store owner usually uses the products that are better than the lack of excess. Those who scrutinize the consignment with a critical eye.

For example, the old-fashioned grocery store that Pei Xiang talked about has not accepted personal consignments for more than half a year, and Pei Xiang was able to win the favor of the vicious boss because of her fresh patterns and exquisite embroidery.

Speaking of this outstanding female celebrity talent, it is the common wealth of the original Doris Gray and Pei Xiang.

Doris Gray has always trained herself to be a good wife and loving mother, so naturally she will not neglect the practice of female celebrities. She is also considered to be ingenious, and she is the best among women of the same age in terms of aesthetic level and needlework skills.

As for Pei Xiang, although she did not engage in related work before crossing, she has a family background. She learned the basic skills of tailoring clothes from the female elders of the family.

Pei Xiang's mother likes cheongsams and handicrafts with a strong ethnic style. She has a lot of experience in making traditional costumes. Pei Xiang has been fascinated by her ears since she was a child, and she will also learn crafts such as trimming, buttons, and weaving. Many auspicious patterns and traditional patterns.

To tell the truth, her craft is not very exquisite anymore, most of the leisure hobbies of young girls are sometimes enthusiastic, sometimes forgotten, just for self-entertainment.

However, with the technical background of the original Doris Gray, Pei Xiang's works of female celebrities have become exquisite and extraordinary.

The delicate and dexterous needlework and unique embroidery patterns, together with the unique decorative embellishments, made the samples she made impromptu very eye-catching, which immediately attracted the attention of the shop owner and helped her open a good sales channels.

Of course, Pei Xiang is not going to live her whole life relying on female red needlework, she just plans to rely on this craft to rescue emergencies and provide the most basic guarantee for her life. After that, she still wants to learn from the struggle experience of her predecessors, Submit manuscripts to publishers and newspapers.

She has no particularly serious literary ideals and visions for social improvement, and is very willing to cater to the most popular literary content to create, make some quick money, and accumulate some contacts.

She believes that the joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys of human beings are common. She makes up stories with her heart, and describes them in a full-bodied manner, which can always touch the hearts of readers and editors.

If she really can't, if she breaks through a little bit and writes articles for some tabloids that are not on the stage but have a high sales volume, I believe the rewards will be very generous. However, according to her insinuations these days, it is said that the competition in this field is actually pretty good. intense.

——Don’t be afraid or cowardly!The little color Wen'er that this girl has tasted has been greatly blessed by the Internet age. How can it be regarded as a well-informed theoretical school?

As for things like cultivating a pseudonym, improving the style of her works, and accumulating a serious and serious reputation in the literary world, Pei Xiang thought that after she found a new country to settle in, she could take the trouble to maintain and further manage it.

As for this time period, there is nothing more important than saving money and finding a way out of England.

——I never want to live in such a day when I wear heavy makeup to cover up the gauze scarf when I go out!

After Pei Xiang made proper arrangements for himself, he returned to his residence. Mrs. Miller handed her a visit post, saying that it was sent by Mr. Darcy. He wanted to come over recently and asked Pei Xiang when available.

"I can do it, Mrs. Miller, please reply to Mr. Darcy, and say that I am waiting for his arrival at any time."

Mrs. Miller nodded, turned around and went to find someone to pass the message.

Pei Xiang went back to his room to change the clothes he had gone out, quietly checked the size and shape of his stomach, and then sat down by the fireplace in the living room, bowed his head and started sewing seriously.

Today, she got a lot of useful advice from the owner of the grocery store. She was inspired, and many new ideas for improving traditional patterns emerged in her heart. If the research is successful, the finished product will definitely be more in line with the aesthetics of the British, but it will not lose the oriental The unique charm of the ancient country.

On the morning of the second day, Darcy visited on time, and he brought Pei Xiang a new book as a gift.

Pei Xiang smelled the aroma of paper and ink, and suddenly felt a little reluctance to let go. Such rare friends should rarely meet again in the future, right?

"Mr. Darcy, can you tell me about the situation in the United States? It is said that the south of them is full of tobacco and cotton plantations, is that true?"

Darcy paused while drinking tea. If it was in the past, he would have thought it was Pei Xiang's casually curious question, but since he found out that she was selling old jewelry in a jewelry store, he would no longer treat these things so simply. problem.

He was almost certain that the woman next to her who smiled and said that her family had forgiven her had not received true acceptance and timely support from her relatives.Otherwise, how could the jewellery, which he was reluctant to give up when he eloped, be sold after returning to London?

——she needs money urgently!

——or think about it another way, is it true that she keeps saying that she has family members living in London?Has she really connected with her loved ones?

——Or, is there really no other hidden story behind her asking me to take her out of Kent?

Darcy had checked Mrs. Lucy's old jewelry, and they were all ordinary styles of some value, without any family or personal logos on them, so he naturally didn't find any unusual clues from them.

However, Darcy was sure that the previous owners of those jewelry took great care of them, and each piece was carefully preserved.

——Since it was cherished once, why sell it all now?

——If Mrs. Lucy does not reconcile with her family, what is she going to do next?She seems to have always been more concerned about the situation overseas, and she talked with me several times, always inquiring about the customs and customs of foreign countries.

——Could it be that Mrs. Lucy is going to leave her hometown?

——This is simply whimsical!A pregnant woman... leaving home is not a joke, there is really no need for Mrs. Lucy to do this...

The young gentleman raised his head and glanced at his friend who was smiling gently, and temporarily suppressed the numerous guesses in his heart, focusing on the conversation in front of him.

"Mrs. Lucy, you asked me about the United States. This is a big question. I don't know where to start when you ask such a general question.

They did, however, have large plantations to the south, and the bolls and tobacco were of good quality. "

Pei Xiang blinked his eyes, hoping that Darcy could say something more specific, such as trading ships and so on. Unfortunately, this gentleman didn't seem to be in the mood for conversation today. He just answered a few words before falling into a trap. A state of reticence.

The guests didn't speak, but the host who was in charge of entertaining couldn't let the atmosphere quiet down, so Pei Xiang changed the subject with a smile.

"By the way, Mr. Darcy, I've already discussed it with my family. They said, well, it's not suitable for me to go home in this situation. It will definitely make people I know gossip, but they don't worry about letting me go alone. Waiting to give birth in the country, afraid of any unexpected situation.

So, they rented a small apartment for me on the Grace Church block for about a month or so, and I was able to move there. "

Darcy calmly put away the probing and thinking in his eyes, and pondered Pei Xiang's words carefully.

——plan to move out as soon as possible?Already rented a house?

—The little flat off Grace Church Street?The rent over there...is not too expensive, and the environment is acceptable.

——So, is she so anxious to sell jewelry for money to solve the rent problem?She doesn't want to accept my help anymore?

——So, I was thinking too much before?Lady Lucy has no intention of leaving England?

Darcy changed his sitting position, looking more relaxed.

——It should be that I was worrying too much. Mrs. Lucy is not a fool full of fantasies, even though she once fell in love with Wickham blindly.Judging from her current situation, there is really no good reason to travel to other countries, and she has to bear various risks. Isn't this asking for trouble?

With this realization, while Fitzwilliam Darcy breathed a sigh of relief, the feeling in his heart was rather complicated. He didn't know whether to sigh or sigh.

How many people want to hold on to the Darcy family. If they can make friends with relatives in a roundabout way, they will show off, but she is good, and she tries to leave in a hurry. She really doesn't want to owe any favors.

The young gentleman endured it, and finally chose not to interfere too much. Of course, this was also to maintain the young lady's self-esteem, so he just gave a soft "um" to show that he knew.

Pei Xiang gave Darcy a strange look, and felt that he was different today. He was the one who came to visit her, so why didn't he speak now?

Seemingly aware of the doubt in Pei Xiang's eyes, Darcy finally remembered the etiquette of getting up as a guest. In order to prevent the conversation atmosphere in the living room from falling into further embarrassment, he asked in a rather strange tone:

"Mrs. Lucy, have you discussed the future with your family? How does your father plan to arrange for this child?"

A little doubt flashed across Pei Xiang's eyes.

——What is he embarrassing about?

"Father, he...should contact a distant relative who has been single and ask him to take care of him. However, I will try to invite that relative to come to London and live with me, so that I don't have to leave my child."

This question dimmed Pei Xiang's eyes a lot, she gently touched her stomach, her brows and eyes were full of fragile and reluctant melancholy.

"As for the future, let's take it one step at a time. Anyway, I won't have any special plans in the past few years. I believe that my family will not urge me. They have always been considerate of my sensitive emotions."

Darcy pursed his lips, with mixed feelings in his heart.

He began to look at the woman beside him with a new look, and he heard her half-truth and half-fake nonsense in his ears, but he couldn't really get angry.Even the indignation of being fooled and deceived disappeared, and instead it was all sympathy and helplessness.

Even, there is some respect mixed with ironic emotions.

——Not everyone has the courage to step out of a comfortable and affluent living environment.

——In London, there are many shortcuts for beautiful women to choose. If you let go of your persistence a little, you can become a canary away from the wind and rain.

He thought of the box of old jewelry he had left in the carriage, and suddenly had an inexplicable illusion that perhaps, Mrs. Lucy's life was actually made up of two parts glued together.

The first part, which belonged to the silly girl who dazedly eloped with Wickham, was now distant and blurred.

As for the second half, it is about the lively woman who dared to stop him on the forest path of Grove Manor, seek help from a strange man like him, and confess her past.

As time went by, he was more and more impressed by this lively woman. She lied, she wanted to escape, she wanted to get rid of the relationship, she was very interested in the outside world, she had something to say but was not submissive Clever.

There seemed to be many rebellious plans in her heart, and her eyes fell on a wider world, as if the British Isles couldn't hold her.

She is not willing to accept excessive help, she is not willing to owe too much debt of favor, she would rather lose the safe and worry-free shelter, she bows her head and smiles weakly, but her soul is watching him equally.

——However, where did her pride come from?

"Mrs. Lucy, anyway, I would like to wish you a happy housewarming. You will be moving in a month, right? Unfortunately, I will probably not be in London at that time. I need to go to the factory in the north to deal with some accounting troubles."

Pei Xiang smiled: "Thank you, Mr. Darcy, it's just a move. From Grosswino block in London to Grace Church block, it's much closer than you go to the factory in the north. I should expect I wish you a pleasant journey and all the best."

Darcy responded, and suddenly felt that the other party's smiling eyes were too bright, and his tone was too relaxed, which really disturbed others.

The young gentleman lowered his head and took a sip of the slightly cool and astringent black tea, trying to calm down the depression in his chest.

The two then discussed a few words about moving, and Darcy called Mrs. Miller in again, and told her to bring someone to help when the time came, and make sure Pei Xiang's residence was properly arranged.

This visit lasted about an hour, after which Darcy said goodbye and left.

When he boarded the carriage and saw the jewelry box lying alone on the seat again, he finally couldn't help sighing.

He thought, people are really strange, but whenever Mrs. Lucy in the room shows the slightest thought of him, he will immediately distance herself, and absolutely never give her any chance of success and wrong encouragement .

However, when the other party left in a hurry and insisted on keeping a distance, he felt a little disappointed again.

Darcy thought to himself, this fluctuating and tangled mood is definitely not because of his affection for Mrs. Lucy, but because of the uniqueness and cunning in her nature.

—and, friendship!

For Darcy, there were very few young women with whom he could get along so easily, and it was natural for him to feel sorry for him when they gradually distanced themselves from each other.

As for the obscure and ambiguous throbbing in this heavy regret?Darcy couldn't figure it out.

He didn't intend to embarrass himself, it was only after he was too busy maintaining relationships recently and watched too many messy things in the upper class that he had such strange emotions.

"When I come back from the northern factory, everything will be normal." The man unconsciously rubbed the jewelry box and muttered to himself.