[Comprehensive classics] Darcy or Brandon

Anne doesn't have much idea about Mr. Bull or Anthony, but she has some expectations. After all, it seems that both of them are good marriage partners.Anne knew that Mr. Bull would stay in Ramsgate for three days, so she thought that the two should meet several times, but according to the etiquette, Mr. Bull could not come back the next day after visiting them once yesterday, so she You can only create opportunities for yourself.

Mr. Bull said yesterday that his favorite walks were after meals, and that he was willing to take a long walk.Anne thought that if Mr. Bull had the heart, then those words were meant for her, so after lunch at noon the next day, Anne dressed up briefly and went outside with Lucy for a walk. They walked all the way to a place quite close to Robert Manor .

Anne thought she would see Mr. Bull, but she and Lucy walked up and down the grove for nearly an hour without seeing a soul.Seeing that the weather was getting cloudy again, Annie sighed and tugged at the specially worn pink skirt. Looking at the circle of dust on the skirt when she was walking, she said to Lucy: "Lucy, let's go back, I I don't think Mr. Bull will be here today."

Lucy was even more disappointed than Annie. She snorted coldly in the direction of Robert Manor, hugged Annie's arm, and said comfortingly: "I think Mr. Bull must have encountered something that he couldn't get away from temporarily. He will definitely come tomorrow, and maybe he will visit us again because of this missed appointment."

"Probably." Annie glanced at the direction of Robert's Manor and sighed again.

Lucy's consolation was of no use at all, not to mention that Mr. Bull came here for fun this time, even if there was something really urgent, he wouldn't be able to spare an hour to go to their house to say goodbye.

"It's a pity that I deliberately wore such a pink skirt. If I had known about it, I would have come here in that maroon-colored skirt."

"Sister, let me tell you that you really need to dress up more, don't wear some gray clothes in winter." Lucy said, pulling the hem of her sky blue skirt.

Annie glanced at the dust on Lucy's skirt, poked her forehead unceremoniously, and said, "Do you think I don't like wearing pink clothes? I'm not an old woman, how could I like wearing clothes all day long?" Wear dark clothes. Why don’t you look at the hem of your skirt, it’s easy to get dirty even if you stay at home, once you go out, you can only change it once a day, and it’s exhausting to wash your skirt every day, plus I How much time do I have to spend doing laundry?"

"I don't ask you to wash me every day." Lucy pouted and said.

"No matter what, let's go back quickly, half the afternoon has been wasted. I was going to modify your polka dot skirt today, but it must be too late now, and it will be delayed until tomorrow. " Annie said silently counting the housework that has not been completed today. Although there are only two people living in their family, it seems that there is not much work to do. In fact, there are a lot of housework every day. It takes three meals a day to prepare three meals a day. It takes a lot of time, and there is not much time left for them to freely control.

"Oh, it would be great if we could hire a maid at home, as long as we only need one, so we don't need to worry about these damn housework anymore." Lucy muttered as she walked and kicked the pebbles on the road.

"Do you know how much a good maid who cooks, cleans, entertains, sews, gardens, etc. costs a year? At least twenty pounds, which accounts for a fifth of our total annual income, Lu Xi, we can't afford this money, unless we only make new clothes for one season every year, don't buy extra headdresses, handkerchiefs, perfumes and the like, and save some food and drink at home, otherwise we can't afford to hire a maid." Anne listed out the conditions for hiring a maid one by one. She knew that Lucy would not agree, and even she herself was not willing to save a little more, and to be honest, hiring a maid was really important to them. It's not cost-effective, after all, they don't stay in their own homes for a few days a year, and they can't bring their maids with them when they go to relatives' homes to live under the fence.

"Why don't we have an older brother or a younger brother? Otherwise, I can live a real lady's life now. Others call us Miss Miss, but what kind of lady are we? We are just poor worms who live in the fence!" After hearing Annie's words, Lucy thought She was extremely wronged, and she knew that there was nothing Annie could do about it, so she couldn't lose her temper with her, so she ran away sullenly.

Annie was also very wronged. She was born in a well-off family in her previous life, and she never worried about food and clothing since she was a child, let alone worrying about her own food and clothing.Although she had a hard working life after graduating from university, it was also to practice herself, and she started to make money within a few years. Later, the companies she invested in were lucky enough to develop very well, and her days went by. Local tycoon.As a result, once time travels, she becomes a poor ghost, and there is also a sister who thinks too much all day long. She has to worry about her life, her future marriage with Lucy, and she has to be on guard against Lucy all day long. Not doing stupid things, thinking about how to please relatives quietly.She lived very hard every day, but she never got angry in front of Lucy, but now Lucy is so angry because of a maid who is unnecessary to them, although her anger is not directed at Anne , but Annie was still extremely sad after hearing her words, and of course she was even more disappointed.

What Lucy said just now seemed to negate all the achievements Anne had made over the years. Lucy was dissatisfied with her current life, so she always thought about the impossible brother. It's really too much to live a better life and work harder, and always only know how to complain.

In fact, Annie knew about Lucy's temper shortly after time travelling. At that time, Sister Steele's father had just passed away, and the family property had been inherited by that distant cousin, who paid them a hundred pounds as compensation. No matter what, Lucy took the money on her own to buy several expensive and beautiful dresses, jewelry and other things, and spent most of the money.When Annie found out, she asked Lucy to return the things, and the two had a big fight.

The relationship between the original owner Anne and Lucy is not very good, because the original owner is not lovable, and her personality is a bit dull, so she was suppressed by the beautiful and clever Lucy since she was a child, and the Steele couple also liked Lucy more. Daughter, Anne is in a rather disadvantaged position at home.All this caused Lucy not to respect Annie as a sister very much. At that time, Lucy was very dissatisfied with Annie's forcing her to return her clothes and jewelry, and she didn't save Annie any face during the quarrel. The bad nature was revealed, and Annie had a gap with this suddenly extra ignorant younger sister at that time.

Later, they went to live with relatives, and Lucy couldn't adapt to that kind of life at first. She wanted to go back to the days when her father was alive, so she did a few stupid things. The rich fiancé of one of their cousins ​​seduced her.

At that time, Annie herself was in a bad mental state because she had just traveled through time, and she didn't have the energy to deal with these endless accidents, so she thought several times not to care about Lucy, and let her be like other girls who have nowhere to live. Just find a rich man to marry, even if it is to be a mistress, it doesn't matter, as long as she is happy.But that can only be a dark thought in her heart when she is very angry. Unless Annie doesn't want to get married, or doesn't care about who she marries, otherwise she can't let Lucy treat her marriage carelessly, because in this If there is a younger sister with a bad reputation and a bad marriage in the era, her reputation and marriage will be greatly affected. No decent gentleman will marry a wife with a bad reputation, and no smart A gentleman is willing to have another brother-in-law who makes him feel ashamed.

Annie was in a bad mood. She was worried that she would quarrel with Lucy, so she lingered in the field for a long time. She didn't return until the growing cold wind made her start to tremble and blow away the anger in her heart. home.

It was still cold in the house, but the living room was very warm. The strong flame in the fireplace warmed the whole room.The house was very quiet, and Lucy was sitting in a chair by the fire, adorning her hat, looking so earnest that Anne didn't even lift her head when she came in.

Annie ran all the way back, so it was inevitable that the cold wind would blow her throat when she was panting. Now that she suddenly came into contact with the scorching air in the room, she suddenly felt extremely thirsty.She went to the table and poured herself a cup of tea, only to find that the water in the cup was not even a trace of heat.Annie glanced at Lucy who still had no intention of raising her head, put down her teacup and ran into the kitchen angrily, then took a copper kettle and ran upstairs.

The door of the bedroom was closed with a "bang", it was rare for Annie to lose her temper so much, Lucy was frightened and trembled, the needle in her hand accidentally poked her finger, the injured finger of that hand immediately oozes A drop of blood came.Lucy quickly stuffed her fingers into her mouth. She looked up at the corner of the stairs, hesitating whether she should go upstairs with a plate of biscuits to find Annie, and then apologized to Annie for losing her temper for no reason.But after hesitating for a few minutes, Lucy still didn't do anything in the end. She knew that she should make tea immediately after she came back, but she was really in a bad mood. These things should be done by the maid, she is a lady Isn't it, why do these chores, it's so unfair, so unfair!