[Comprehensive classics] Darcy or Brandon

When the two gentlemen left the Steele house, they let the two male servants take the prey and the hounds away first, while they rode their horses slowly forward in the field.

Anthony buttoned his cloak, turned to Mr. Bull and said, "Still, even if you don't want to change your temper, you should at least be more pleasing before winning Miss Steele's favor. "

Mr. Bull rode on the horse with his back straight and chic. He heard that he raised his chin and showed a resolute expression and said to Anthony: "That is a kind of deception. If Miss Steele has a crush on me who is pretending to be gentle, So all I can say is sorry."

"You know I don't mean that. It's not right that you have a crush on a lady and don't try to make an effort for it. And I'm not asking you to put on a delicacy all the time, I'm just asking It was not difficult for you to soften your expression a few times in the first few meetings with Miss Steele. You just need to raise the corners of your mouth a little, even if you are just sneering or sneering in your heart. Well. After you and Ms. Steele get to know each other a little better, you can slowly turn your face back. By then, since you have already understood all kinds of personalities, I believe Miss Steele won't care. Your cold face." Anthony said, waving his arms trying to persuade Mr. Bull to change his attitude a little bit.

"Anthony, I found that you were very active this time. I'm curious about the reason for this. Ms. Steele shouldn't be your type, right?" Mr. Bull squinted his eyes and looked at Anthony inquiringly and asked.

"Oh! Stang, don't talk nonsense." Anthony exclaimed in surprise, "I just think that Miss Steele is very suitable for you. Such a lady is very rare. I am afraid that if you miss it, you will not find a better one." gone."

"Although Miss Steele is indeed more generous and amiable than most of the country ladies, she shouldn't miss it and never find it again." Mr. Bull said, thinking of the taste of the two snacks he ate just now, Added another advantage for Annie's good cooking skills.He thought that Anne was better than most of the ladies in this world, at least among the ladies he knew, even those from small country gentry families who were not too wealthy, they would rather be ignorant than consider learning. Such a skill in cooking.

"I think Miss Steele is very nice. You see, Stang, Miss Steele's parents died several years ago, and the two sisters lived together for several years. I heard my mother say that they only had a few hundred pounds. Apart from their dowry, they only have an income of one hundred pounds a year, which is a subsidy from their distant cousin who inherited the property of the Steele family. For the two young ladies, relying on an income of one hundred pounds a year, they want to live a decent life. Life is very difficult. I believe that most of the young ladies will find a man with some money to marry early or degenerate into a courtesan because of the difficulty of life. But you can see that these two ladies are actually living a pretty good life. You know that Miss Steele is only 22 years old this year, Lucy is only 17 years old, Miss Steele was only a teenager when their parents died, and Lucy, who was still a child, was able to rely on being moved between relatives It’s not easy for those relatives to invite them to live there for a period of time every year if they live a stable life.” Anthony said, thinking carefully, if it were him, he might not be able to do better than Anne when he was a teenager.

"In this way, Miss Anne is indeed capable." Mr. Bull nodded. When he was a teenager, he was separated from his family and received nothing but a small manor in the country and two thousand pounds. Life is already difficult.

"That's right, I think Miss Anne is perfectly qualified to be the mistress of a factory."

Mr. Bull didn't answer, and rushed out with a whip on the horse's buttocks. Anthony laughed at his back, and then followed him with a whip. He was definitely shy when he saw Mr. Bull's appearance.

On the other side, the two sisters had washed their clothes and packed up their prey. It was just at noon. Anne simply cooked a pot of stew, and Lucy and Lucy had a full meal with bread.

Lucy leaned comfortably on the back of the chair, touched her belly and said, "Let's make rabbit meat tonight, Annie, we haven't eaten rabbit meat for a long time."

"I originally planned to make smoked rabbit meat. If you want to eat it for dinner, then make half of it at night and half of it tomorrow." Annie said. Speaking of which, she was also a little greedy. There are not many kinds of food in this era. The food that they can eat now is winter and there are few things they can eat. In addition, they have no money, so there are even fewer things they can eat.

"Just make the kind of spicy rabbit meat that I ate at my uncle's house last time, Annie, you should know how to make it?" Lucy smacked her lips, reminiscing about the taste she had tasted at that time, but unfortunately she only ate At one point, the others were divided among several Pratt siblings.

"I heard that it's an Indian dish. I don't know how to cook it, but I can make other spicy rabbit meat, can I?" Annie asked.

"Yes, Annie, no matter what you cook, it's very delicious. Did you notice Anthony's expression when he ate the dim sum? He certainly didn't expect that our family is so poor that we can serve such delicious dim sum to our guests." Lucy Said, stretched his waist, stood up and brought the dishes into the kitchen. Under normal circumstances at home, Anne was in charge of cooking and Lucy was in charge of washing dishes.

"I don't think Anthony would pay attention to this, but Mr. Bull observed the whole living room as soon as he entered the door."

"Really? I didn't pay attention."

"That's because Mr. Bull's eyes were very dark when he did this. I think he left so soon, besides making a fool of himself by eating, it's probably because he found out that we are poor." Annie said with a sigh.

"Why? Mr. Bull should be very rich, and he is just a businessman. He probably wouldn't care about marrying a poorer wife." Lucy said. In her opinion, a gentleman like Mr. Bull exists to solve poor ladies. After all, it is almost impossible for rich and high-ranking gentlemen to marry a poor lady in the countryside. If poor ladies want to live a good life, the best husband they can find is a businessman.

"A businessman pays attention to profit, so naturally he won't marry a lady who doesn't benefit him at all." Anne pouted. When she saw Mr. Bull, she knew that Mr. Bull was more rational than emotional. Such a person basically thinks clearly about what he does, and his habit of being a businessman will also make him weigh the gains and losses in everything he does.In this era when there is almost no divorce, marrying a wife is a lifetime event, which is very important, so Mr. Bull will definitely consider this matter carefully.

"Then you can choose Mr. Anthony. I think Anthony is better. Although he may not be richer than Mr. Bull, he will inherit the property of Robert's family. Don't you like their farm very much?"

"Lucy, why do I listen to you as if these two gentlemen were left to me to choose? You must know that neither of them has shown a clear affection for me so far." Annie said, she didn't like Lu very much. Xi's attitude, that mentality of playing with men in applause is very bad.

"But I think both of them have a crush on you. As long as you work hard, I believe you can catch Anthony's heart. By the way, let's bring some snacks to Robert's house for a return visit tomorrow. Anthony likes to eat your cooking." Just invite him to visit us next time, so that we can increase the chance of contact." Lucy said with shining eyes.

"Lucy, if we act too proactively, we will be gossiped by others. Besides, it is impossible for Mr. Robert to agree to Anthony marrying a poor lady like me. He has high hopes for Anthony. I think he and Mrs. Robert will try their best to give it to me. Anthony is looking for a rich lady." Annie said, then picked up the sewing basket and started to work, she planned to make a pair of sleeves for herself, the old one was accidentally worn out when cleaning the room yesterday.

"If Anthony insists on marrying you, Mr. Robert can't stop him!"

"Speaking as though Anthony had wooed me."

"If you work harder, this scene will not be far away." Lucy said confidently.

Annie shook her head and ignored her, and began to sew the sleeves seriously.

Lucy also picked up her sewing basket and moved a stool to the window. She sat opposite Annie and asked, "Annie, it seems that you haven't written for a long time, why don't you write something in your spare time?" Well, I haven't heard you tell your story for a long time."

"I don't have time to write this. I have a lot of work to do all day long. Besides, last time I worked hard for more than half a month, I only earned one or two shillings in the end. The postage for sending the letter, The ink and paper wasted in writing are not cheap." Annie said, writing is really a very hard job now, and the pen needs to be dipped in ink to write a few words, and if you are not careful, it will stick to the paper. There are smudges on it, and it is not easy to correct if it is wrong.

"Yes, there is a lot of work," said Lucy, shrugging her shoulders, holding her old petticoat in her hand.

Lucy has grown taller and plumper this winter, so many clothes need to be modified, which can take up all the free time of the two sisters.