[Comprehensive classics] Darcy or Brandon

Although there were some twists and turns during the day, Christmas Eve was full of comfort.The small dining table was carried to the living room by the two sisters and placed on the open space in front of the fireplace. The dining table was full of meat and unique snacks, enough for the two sisters to eat for a week.

Lucy exaggeratedly inhaled the aroma of food in the air, and said contentedly: "Christmas is definitely my favorite holiday, and I don't have to think about saving this annoying word at all on this day."

Annie came down from upstairs with a gift in her hand, and when she heard what Lucy said, she said, "Dear Lucy, saving is a very good word. Even if you become a rich wife in the future, you must know how to save money." .”

"Oh!" Lucy shrugged her shoulders depressedly, and said with an unbelievable expression: "Annie, please forgive me! Haven't you had enough of these hard days, I have had enough, wait I will marry a rich gentleman in the future, I must go to London for a serious shopping, and then buy all the dresses, hats, shoes, and exquisite jewelry that I like, I want

Filled my entire closet and dresser with them. "

Annie raised her brows noncommittally. Since today is Christmas, she will not interrupt Lucy's hopeless ambition. You must know that even the richest person may not be able to buy all of herself. Things like this kind of thing.

"Annie, you must think I'm daydreaming, don't you?"

Although Anne didn't say anything to throw cold water, Lucy could still see a little bit of helplessness in her expression, but she was not angry, because even Lucy herself knew that what she just said was a daydream.You must know that even if she marries a gentleman with a yearly income of more than [-] pounds under the blessing of God, she will not have enough money to buy all the things she likes in London. Sterling probably only buys a humble antique vase.

"Oh, is there even a need to ask this? I've known for a long time that you have the habit of daydreaming." Annie shook her hand and said.

"Annie, if you talk about me again, I won't give you a Christmas present." Lucy said pretending to be angry.

"Then I won't give you a Christmas present either. It just so happens that I like this gift very much. It's not bad if I don't give it to you and keep it for myself." Annie responded.

"That's not okay, I absolutely want to get your gift." Lucy said, and also put the gift she was going to give Annie on the sofa, and placed it side by side with Annie's gift.

Annie's gift was beautifully wrapped, with pretty powder blue ribbon tied into a blue flower that looked very attractive.Lucy estimated the size of the box and guessed that it might contain a feathered headdress.When they were in Pratt Manor, the two sisters once accompanied the three Pratt sisters to shop. Lucy saw a new feather headdress in the hat shop, but unfortunately it was bought, so she At that time, she said that she wanted a feather headdress as a Christmas gift, and she guessed that Annie would definitely buy it for it. After all, a headdress made of common bird tail feathers was not expensive.

The sisters were delighted with the sumptuous Christmas dinner, as was Harder, who got a big pot of roux in beef broth filled with various cuts of meat at dinner , and a few big stewed crispy bones, my stomach is so round that I don’t want to move when I lie on the carpet.

It is also rare for the two sisters to be able to eat and drink openly like this. Because of too little property, they are basically careful when buying things at home, and when they are at relatives' homes, even if no one deducts their food, but For the reason of being dependent on others, they always restrain their appetites, so as not to eat too much and be hated by others.

After eating, Annie and Lucy hastily packed the dishes into the kitchen, returned to the living room without cleaning them, and exchanged gifts impatiently.

What Lucy gave Annie was a small handbag, which was embroidered with Annie's favorite daisy flowers and forget-me-nots. The handwork was very delicate, and it could be seen that a lot of effort was spent.

What Anne gave Lucy was a pair of long white silk gloves for the ball. She inlaid a circle of beautiful lace at the elbow, and then embroidered a gorgeous rose pattern on the back of each hand of the gloves, even in the rose heart. Annie also used a few tiny pearls.

"Oh, Annie, I like these gloves so much, they are so beautiful!" Lucy jumped on the ground happily after seeing the gloves, and then gave Annie a big hug.

After she put the gloves on her hands and posed a few elegant dancing poses to admire, she asked, "Annie, where did you get the money to buy silk?"

"It was given to me by Aimee. My aunt made a white silk dress in the summer, and the leftover scraps were given to Aimee and the others to make small things like handkerchiefs. Aimee would not The embroidery was given to me. And these little pearls were taken from Daisy's old dress, do you remember, she wanted to sew them on the shawl. It turned out that the pearls were too small for her to be careful I messed it up all over the floor, and when I picked it up later, several pieces were missing, and these are the ones I found from under the carpet."

"Annie, you are so kind!" Annie definitely spent a lot of thought on making this gift, and Lucy was very touched, especially the source of these small pearls. Lucy knew that although Annie was involved in many things They are all a bit preoccupied, but she is definitely not the kind of person who would dig through the carpet for a few small pearls. Annie did that purely to decorate this pair of gloves.

After receiving the presents, the two sisters returned to the fireplace and began to enjoy the leisure time after dinner. Anne took the half-made sweater and sat on the rocking chair by the fireplace, and Lucy found a book and lay directly on the carpet Looking through.

A handful of firewood was added to the fireplace, the flames were burning very vigorously, and the light produced was enough to illuminate the entire living room. Anne slowly rocked the old rocking chair under her body, knitting a sweater skillfully in her hands, lazily He said to Lucy: "If you can read a book by the fire, put out the candles. I don't know how many days the snow will fall. We don't have many candles at home. We have to save some. Speaking of candles this year The price has risen, and if it rises a little bit more, we will only be able to buy ordinary candles that are worse off in the future."

Lucy didn't like to hear Annie chatting about these trivial matters. She simply stood up and walked to the dining table, blew on the two candlesticks on the top, extinguished the candles, and then returned to the fireplace On the carpet, he continued to flip through the old books in his hand.

This is a love novel from some years ago, which comes from the deceased Mrs. Steele. It is said that Mrs. Steele was pregnant with Anne when she bought this book. Because she liked the heroine Anne very much, she used the name on his first daughter.She hopes that her daughter can have a rich and beautiful family like Anne in the story, marry a rich and outstanding gentleman, and live a happy life for the rest of her life.Unfortunately, it seems that at least so far this wish has not been realized.

Both sisters have read this book dozens of times, so even though Lucy flipped through the pages casually, she finished reading the whole story in less than half an hour. She closed the book a little depressed, turned her head On the top of the book, she looked up at Anne sitting directly in front of her, and sighed: "Oh, Anne here is so stupid. If it were me, I would definitely choose to marry Mr. Blaine, who earns [-] pounds a year, Instead of Mr. Reed, who works as a clergyman in a little-known town, can he earn a thousand pounds a year? Absolutely impossible!"

The saying that girls should be rich is absolutely true. Lucy is obviously afraid of poverty, so she puts her whole life on the pound, and is always used to measuring her happiness index by the amount of the pound.Annie has been working hard to teach her the correct values, but if Lucy is not careful, all her efforts will be broken into bubbles.

Anne sighed inaudibly, she stopped knitting the sweater, and said to Lucy: "The reason why Anne in the story did not choose Mr. Blaine is because the two of them are not from the same world from beginning to end. If you compare the people around her like Anne, then Mr. Blaine is a Persian cat walking in a luxurious garden. He never likes and is unwilling to go outside the garden to get his snow-white fur dirty. But Anne It's a little wild cat in the countryside. It likes to roll in your dirt. If you enter a luxurious garden, it will only trample the flowers and plants there. Although Mr. Reed is also a Persian cat, he is a Persian cat with gray fur and inconspicuous. He will feel restrained in a luxurious garden, but the wild can make him feel free. He and Annie are a natural match. If Mr. Bryan and Annie are together, his big garden will become a prison to trap Annie, and there It will also become a mess because of Annie's arrival."

"That's just your inference!" Lucy sat up and retorted: "The reason why Mr. Reed went to the country to be a pastor is because he is the second son and can only inherit a little inheritance, and he offended him." No one has offered him a good job. Besides, what you said about the result of Mr. Blaine and Annie being together is too arbitrary. You must know that there will always be a small corner door leading to the outside in the big garden, Anne If she wants to go out, she can always find a way. Mr. Blaine only needs to hand over the key to the corner door to Annie, and Annie just needs to remember to change into clean clothes after going back, look at Anne, everything is so simple."

Anne did not respond to Lucy's rebuttal. She knew that her thoughts were too realistic and full of personal emotions, and her need for future husbands to communicate with each other was greater than the need for money. It is unreasonable among unmarried women.