[Pride and Prejudice] Lady Makes Money

Arithmetic and management, this is no problem for Manli.

Who doesn't know the multiplication formula?

And management—

As the small owner of a listed chain restaurant in a modern country and the only heir to her parents, even if she didn't study economics in college, she was forced to learn a lot of what she should know and what she should know.

She must be close to managing the restaurant at home, but teaching her two sisters to manage the staff is more than enough!

Not to mention that today's nobles use servants in their homes, and the master has the power of life and death over them.

As long as the two sisters learn the most basic management of people and affairs, can understand accounts, and won't be cheated, they will be able to establish a prestige at home.

If there are no major changes in the days after that, it will be smooth sailing.

As for the two younger ones, Manli wanted them to learn differently from her sisters because——

Who can guarantee that all the girls in the Bennet family can marry nobles?

As she said before admonishing the sisters, how many nobles are there in Hertfordshire?

The reason why the two sisters can meet their son-in-law is because of the favor of the master of the plot. The chance of this is less than winning 1000 million in the lottery.

The two of them have already taken these chances, and the other three girls are basically impossible.

Manli was determined not to marry.

In this era, there is really no man she can fancy.

But the two younger sisters could not be like her.

Manli knew what her father wanted, and hoped that they would all marry nearby, and it would be best if they could marry someone who knew everything about them.

It's like my aunt and their house are only one mile apart, so it's convenient to meet each other and help each other with anything.

She felt that this was indeed the best choice for Kitty and Lydia.

If this is the case, managing servants and understanding accounts are not the most important things.

In comparison, being able to cook, sew, plan carefully, and even know the farming time and crops... are more useful to them.

In this day and age, if a woman can learn to manage the housework and find a relatively reliable and responsible man, her life will not be too bad.

In short, for the sake of a few sisters, Manli felt that she had broken her heart.

"Manli, did you see Jane? Where did they all go?"

At this moment, Mrs. Bennet hurried in with a smile on her face.

"They went to the vegetable field with Masha, what's the matter, Mom, did something good happen?" Manli asked curiously.

Mrs. Bennet knew that these daughters were all studying with Manli, and her husband was very supportive of this.

Although she couldn't figure it out at all, why would a good girl go to the vegetable field?It's dirty, how can it still look like a lady?

However, in this family, as long as the husband opened his mouth, Mrs. Bennet would not disagree.

What's more, because my third daughter reads a lot, her conversation and knowledge are indeed many times better than girls from other families.

If those daughters can learn like her, no, no, no, even if they can learn half of her, Mrs. Bennet feels like she will wake up laughing from her dream.

"I asked the servant to bring Jane back. There is a good thing."

Mrs. Bennet said with a smile.

After finishing speaking, she didn't even forget to wink her eyes at Manli, and put it off: "I'll tell you when she comes back."

Soon, the servant brought Jane back.

It's a little windy outside today, but it's still a little cool.But because of the activity, Jane's face was flushed, and there was even a little sweat on her forehead.

She probably just washed her hands, her fingers were wet, and there was even water splashed on her skirt.

It doesn't look as gentle as usual, but it has an indescribable vividness.

"Oh, what are you doing? How did you get yourself into such a mess? You don't know how to apply some oil after washing your hands, and your skin will become thicker! Oh, you can't see it at a glance, you are so sloppy, really want to Mommy's heartbroken."

Seeing Jane like this, Mrs. Bennet became anxious.

"The few of us are pulling carrots. I will remember to oil them after pulling them out. Mom, what do you want from me? Don't worry about waiting until I finish pulling them out?"

Jane's eyes were shining, and she was obviously anxious to go.

Manli just thought it was funny. These sisters played picking carrots as a game.

"Harvest carrots?"

Mrs. Bennet's eyes were straightened, and her voice raised at least an octave: "My God! Don't we have any servants in our house? Why do you want to do this kind of thing? God, as a lady, how can you do such a rough thing?" matter?"

"Mom, Dad also went to the fields with the farmers before and helped them pull out peanuts. According to what you said, Dad is also a rough man?"

Manli cut off her words unhappily, and her tone was rare.

"What's the difference? Your father is a man."

"My father is not only a man, but also a gentleman. How can you say that a gentleman is rude behind his back?" Manli retorted unceremoniously.

After finishing speaking, I still didn't forget to continue to fill in the bricks: "When Dad comes back, I must tell him that you will speak ill of him behind his back, and he will definitely be sad."

"No, I didn't! It's not what you think. Oh, Manli, Mom is wrong. Don't talk nonsense in front of Dad. If he is sad, my heart will be broken too."

Mrs. Bennet was completely bewildered.

She was a little bit puzzled, it was the eldest daughter who did something wrong, why did she make a fuss for a long time, and she was the one who apologized in the end?

"All right."

Jane smiled and glared at her sister.

She knew that Manli was speaking for herself, but she couldn't help but feel apologetic seeing her mother being completely confused and bewildered.

She took two steps forward, wrapped her arms around her mother's shoulders, and asked softly, "Mom, what's the matter with you asking me to come back?"

"Ask you to come back? Oh, oh, it's really something I called you to come back."

Mrs. Bennet realized it now, and quickly took out an envelope from her skirt pocket and handed it to Jane: "This is from Netherfield Gardens, saying that Miss Bingley wants to invite you To be a guest."

"Miss Bingley invited me to visit? But I don't know her very well? Did she invite me alone, and the other sisters?"

Jane looked puzzled.

"how could I know?"

Mrs. Bennet shrugged: "You should open it and have a look!"

After finishing speaking, she couldn't control her curiosity, and even ran to her husband's study in person, and brought a paper cutter for Jane.

Jane opened the letter, took out a piece of letter paper sprinkled with gold powder, opened it and saw a few lines of simple text inside.

The letter was written in Miss Bingley's voice, but in a distinctly masculine and somewhat clumsy handwriting.

It seems that a housekeeper or a literate servant should be found to write it for him.

Seeing this, Jane and Manli looked at each other, and their expressions gradually darkened.

The letter was not long, but only a few sentences, asking Jane to "have mercy on me and come to Netherfield to have dinner with her and Louisa today."

Miss Bingley told Jane in a very familiar tone, because her brother and several other men had gone out to do business and would not be back until tomorrow. The two sisters were too bored and wanted Jane to accompany them.

The master of the plot, I really can't bear it!

Manli sighed silently in her heart.

She knew that this was the first node in the development of the story.

In the book, after receiving this letter, the mother will force Jane to ride alone to the banquet, and then encounter heavy rain on the road and have to stay overnight in Netherfield Garden.

Then Jane will have a fever, and Elizabeth, because she is worried about her sister, walks to visit her by herself.As a result, Jane was seriously ill, and she had to stay there to accompany her sister.

Of course, the short stay during this period created a good opportunity for the two pairs of CPs to get along.

It was also those few days together that allowed them to get acquainted with each other, get to know each other again, and established their initial goodwill.

As a reader, Mary will be happy to see it.

But now she was a member of the Bennet family.

Knowing that it is this invitation that will expose all the embarrassment and embarrassment of their own family to others, and become the laughing stock of their life.

It would be strange if she could still face it calmly!

Just to find a reason to let the eldest sister and Bingled have one more chance to meet, can they deliberately let her go to the rain regardless of her health?

Manli really couldn't understand her mother's brain circuit.

Isn't she afraid that her eldest daughter will catch a cold and have a fever, die of a serious illness and end up taking her life? !

It's not that Manli is alarmist, the medical conditions in this era are so simple that a fever can really kill someone!

What's more, even in the book, Jane was sick for many days in a row, and some days were very dangerous.

If it were Manli, she would absolutely not tolerate this kind of thing happening.

And then the second sister went to visit.

The mother eats a lady every day, and she is afraid that her daughter's hands will get rough when she tries to pull a carrot.

How could she let her second sister walk so far in the mud after the rain to visit other men's homes by herself?

Even if that man has a sister living with him, even if she is really visiting her sister.

But after all, it’s easy to say, isn’t it?

Moreover, it was so embarrassing.

Manli remembered that in the book, Miss Bingley once laughed at Elizabeth: "She is indeed like a lunatic. Look at her petticoat, which is covered with six inches of mud. Can't cover it."②

And said to Darcy: "Three miles, four miles, five miles for no reason, who knows how many miles? The mud is up to the ankle, and she is alone! What does she mean? I think she is very It shows a wild attitude without a tutor, and it is completely the frivolity of country people who don't know etiquette." ③

Although these words prove what a shallow and mean person Miss Bingley is.But in turn, doesn't it also prove that my family has no rules, and what I do makes outsiders laugh? !

And the family looked down on their own family members, and they didn't even bother to hide it.

Manli didn't know why Miss Bingley invited Jane to be a guest, but...couldn't she write an invitation letter herself?

She couldn't believe that this lady from a "famous family" and "noble lady" couldn't even write a letter.

The more she thought about it, the more she didn't want her sister to go this way.

But likewise, she was also very contradictory.

Because she knew better than anyone else that this trip to Netherfield was extremely important for Jane and Elizabeth.

Manli can't interfere with the lives of her sisters because of her likes and dislikes.

She had to cast her eyes on Jane in the same way, waiting for her to make her own decision.