[Pride and Prejudice] Lady Makes Money

Alan stretched out his hand to stop Manli, not letting her really kneel down.

"The doctor is benevolent."

He repeated what Manli had said before, and suddenly smiled self-consciously: "It seems that you can not only speak the language of our country, but also know a lot about the knowledge of our country. Forget it, since you are me In the past six months, the first person I meet who can speak our language will make an exception for you."

In one sentence, Manli was extremely pleasantly surprised.

She bowed again: "Thank you so much, Mr. Alan!"

This time, Aaron did not avoid it.

"I'm going to pack some things, you come in and wait."

As he spoke, he glanced at Gene, who was standing aside, expressionless and silent, and walked straight ahead to lead the way.

Manli and Gene quickly followed.

Alan went back to the house to pack his things, and the two of them stood in the yard and waited patiently.

Only now did she have time to seriously look at the yard.

The more you look at it, the more intimate and familiar it becomes.

If she didn't know that she was standing on the land of England in the nineteenth century, Manli would even suspect that she had returned to the original world.

This looks indistinguishable from those farmhouses she visited in her later life, which deliberately created an old-style farmyard.

In addition to being more real and rustic.

On the outer wall of the house, in addition to strings of braided garlic hanging, she actually saw a string of dried red peppers.

In the middle of the yard, where the sun can bask, a large stone was placed on purpose.

At this moment, there is a hand-woven bamboo plaque on it, inside which are neatly stacked dried sweet potatoes, which have been half-dried in the sun.

In addition to these, a medicine field was opened up in the yard, which was filled with various medicinal materials that she had seen and never seen before.

Even under the fence, what is planted is not the flowers and plants that ordinary families love to plant, but a row of pepper trees that have already produced seeds.

Such a situation made Manli finally realize that apart from safety issues, the reason why Mr. Alan insisted on not going out to the doctor may be another more important reason, which is that he cannot do without people in this small hospital.

Among other things, the herbs in those medicine fields may make him worry about it.

It is difficult for others to be strong.

Thinking of this, Manli suddenly felt uneasy.

Jean, who was standing opposite, looked at this girl who was in a daze and didn't know what she was thinking, and couldn't tell what it was like in his heart at the moment.

He couldn't figure out why Manli would rather trust such a stranger who had never met before than trust herself?

Did she really understand what she meant by what she just said?

No, she doesn't understand at all.

Staring at Manli's water-blue eyes, looking at her like a curious child, earnestly studying the dried vegetables drying under the eaves...

Gene only felt a burst of powerlessness in his heart, and couldn't help but hold his forehead.

He found himself thinking too highly of Mary in some ways.

No matter how talented and intelligent she is, she is just a little girl who is completely unenlightened in terms of emotions.

So she would never know that when she promised to take her father to London for medical treatment in a carriage, she was actually expressing her heart to her.

Otherwise, in the entire British Empire, how many people can afford his master?

Gene looked at the girl's delicate silhouette, with a bit of speechless bitterness in his eyes.

"Why do you speak his language? Who is he?"

He took the initiative to break the tranquility in the yard.

It was only then that Manli realized that she was not the only one in the yard, she actually forgot about Mr. Jean!

A hint of shame suddenly appeared in her eyes.

Quickly and seriously answered the other party's question: "This Mr. Alang should be from the east. I don't know which country he is from, but he said that they speak Chinese. As for why I know this language..."

Manli stroked her forehead hair, and said with the same doubtful tone: "Actually, I don't understand myself. I just read a medical book from the East a long time ago, which recorded some herbal medicine prescriptions. And In that book, on top of the English language, there is also an ancient language with phonetic symbols on every word, so I learned it accordingly. Unexpectedly, I guessed it, and it turned out to be the language of Mr. Alan and the others. .”

What she said was half true and half false, and the book must have been fabricated, but Manli really didn't know the name of the Huaguo where Alan and the others were now.

After all, she used to have a terrible history, and she was completely unclear about those dynasties.

Another point, she found that although she and Alang both speak Chinese, the pronunciation is very different.

And this just shows that she is "self-taught" according to the phonetic symbols in the "book", which is why she pronounces strangely.

Let others believe more.

At least Gene believed what she said.

At this moment, Britain has opened air routes to many countries in the east, and it is not uncommon for people of different races to live here for various reasons.

And where there are people, there will be cultural exchanges. It is normal for those people to leave some books and some anecdotes.

At home in London, Jean has collected a lot of books from the East, some of which are bilingual.

It's just that he had no interest in it before, and basically never read it.

And Manli's erudition has already been taught to him, and it is not impossible to learn a foreign language by himself.

Maybe when I go back, I can find someone to teach me the oriental language as well.

He thought secretly in his heart.

"You can go." Alan walked out of the house.

At this moment, he was not wearing British clothes like Jean, but a blue cotton robe.

The padded robe looked like it was made by someone after he came here according to his description.

The people who made the clothes were not familiar with the process of making cotton gowns, so they looked somewhat out of place.

But even so, wearing it on Alang's body made him look like a green bamboo, which is as timeless as a bamboo.

He carried a bamboo basket on his back, and there was a cloth bundle in the basket, besides, there were also packages of herbs wrapped in hemp paper, which seemed to be quite a variety.

Seeing this, Manli felt that her heart was finally relieved a little bit.

There was nothing to say all the way back, and after Gene sent them back to Bennet's house, he didn't stay long, and went back to Netherfield Gardens.

And the whole family was surprised when they saw that Manli actually invited the foreign doctor back.

"Go prepare a bedroom for Mr. Alan, and take Mr. to freshen up first."

Manli didn't have time to explain to her family, so she gave instructions to the servants as soon as she entered the room.

"No, take me to see the patient first." Alan refused quietly.

Manli quickly took him to the second floor.

Mary had been gone for such a long time, of course Elizabeth could not hide it from Mrs. Bennet.

Knowing that her daughter had gone to Blue and White County to save her husband, Mrs. Bennet was both moved and worried, and she had wiped away her tears for a long time.

Seeing her daughter coming back, she was pleasantly surprised and prepared to give her a loving hug, but her daughter didn't even look at her.

This made Mrs. Bennet somewhat disappointed.

But she immediately realized that her daughter had brought the doctor back!

There is hope of keeping my husband's leg!

Thinking of this, she suddenly became excited again.

"Go! Go prepare the room for that gentleman! Make sure to lay out the thickest cushions and get the softest sheets. Also, hurry up and prepare some food. He and Manli definitely didn't eat anything in order to hurry. Tiandu It's already dark, and the two of you must be tired and hungry."

Mrs. Bennet gave orders to the servants loudly.

The more I thought about it, the more uneasy I became, so I simply went to make arrangements by myself, and the whole person looked much more energetic than before.

Jane, who had been by her side all the time, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Because of her previous bad cold, in order to take care of his body, the sisters resolutely refused to let her serve her father.

Only let her stay with her mother, watch over her mother, and not let her cry in her father's room.

But this job may be harder than being with my father.

For a whole afternoon, my mother either sneaked up to my father to wipe away tears, or sat in the living room on the first floor, crying and nagging endlessly.

For a while, she prayed to God to make her father healthy as before, and for a while, she said that if her father really left, she would never live alone, and would definitely go with him.

Then she began to lament again, because she hadn't found a good husband's family for her sisters in advance, even if she went to see God, she couldn't feel at ease.

Talking and talking, started a new round of crying...

Jane felt that she was about to be crushed by her mother.

Fortunately, Manli really found that magical doctor back!

Just looking at his appearance, you can feel that his level is not ordinary, and his father must be saved this time.

The more she thought about it, the more Jane felt that Manli was really the lucky star of the family.

I couldn't help clasping my hands together, sincerely thanking God for taking such care of their family.

At the moment, in the master bedroom on the second floor, everyone's expressions were solemn.

The two little ones were next to each other, their bodies pressed against the wall tightly, their faces full of horror.

But he didn't even dare to close his eyes, just staring at the hand of the man standing in front of the bed, watching him stab a very long thin needle into his father's leg bit by bit!

Elizabeth bravely stood beside the copper bed with Manli, but the hand holding the bedpost firmly was so pale that the blood vessels on the back of the hand could be seen, which proved how scared she was at the moment.

"Go get a basin of warm water, I want to see the wound."

Alan inserted the fourth silver needle into the acupuncture point on Mr. Bennet's thigh, and said to Manli.

"Who's going to bring a basin of hot water and some clean cotton cloth?" Manli translated to her three sisters.

"I go!"

Before she finished speaking, Kitty, who was standing by the wall, turned around and ran outside.

Seeing that the doctor stopped sticking needles on his father, the tense and suffocating atmosphere in the room became a little better.

Lydia even dared to come over and whispered something in Manli's ear.

"Third sister, what did the doctor say? Dad won't die, will he?"

As she spoke, tears quickly filled her emerald eyes.

Seeing her younger sister's unconcealable terrified expression, Manli sighed, and reached out to rub her pale golden curly hair: "No, father won't die."

"Not always."

Aaron, who was lowering his head to untie the bandage for Mr. Bennet, made a merciless remark at this moment.

"After the fall, you didn't clean it up immediately, and you didn't even stop the bleeding in time. Now the blood is almost drained! Whether you can live depends on your father's luck. I can't guarantee that he will be fine. If you want to be sure, you have to go to Please your God."

Fortunately, he said this in Chinese.

Manli felt speechless for a while, and after a while she forced a smile and said dryly, "Mr. Alang's English listening is really good."

So, your so-called ignorance of language is actually not wanting to speak, right?

And you can understand everything others say!

"Third Sister, (Manli), what did the doctor say?"

Seeing that Alan said so much in a row, but couldn't understand a word, Elizabeth and Lydia suddenly became anxious and asked together.

"The doctor said, with God, our father will be all right."

Hearing her explanation, Alang looked up at her again.

Fortunately, this time I finally didn't say anything, and I lowered my head and continued to untie the bandage.

After undoing the bandage and seeing the wound on Mr. Bennet's leg, Aaron finally looked much better.

All in all, the previous Dr. Gal was serious and responsible.

Although the small wounds on other parts of the body were not treated in time, and they were not even managed.

And because of the lack of medicine, there was no way to completely stop the bleeding for Mr. Bennet, but at least it took a lot of effort to deal with the wound on the leg, and it was cleaned very cleanly.

Hours passed, and although the wound was obviously inflamed, it did not deteriorate.

Aaron helped Mr. Bennet clean the wound again, applied the medicine powder he brought, and bandaged him again.

Then he took out a pack of medicinal materials that should have been prepared at home from the basket on his back, handed it to Manli, and asked, "Will you make medicine?"

Manli blinked her eyes, not daring to agree.

Although she would make some folk remedies from memory, it was not professional at all!

In front of a real doctor, she dared not pretend to understand.

In the past, such things as decocting medicines were made in the hospital directly from the pharmacy before picking them up. Manli had never done such a thing of decocting medicines in a small medicine pot at home.

Seeing the hesitation on her face, Alang had an expected expression instead.

"Sure enough, they are not from my clan." He murmured, with a touch of disappointment in his tone.

He stood up, pulled his basket over again, rummaged through it, and took out a large clay pot from the bottom.

Yes, it's the kind of jar that catches water.

However, the outside and the bottom of the jar were burnt black, so it was not used to hold water, but to replace the pot for decocting medicine.

"Never touch iron utensils, use this to cook. Put the medicinal materials in, put three bowls of water, bring to a boil on high heat, then change to low heat and boil slowly. After three bowls of water are boiled into one bowl, clean the medicine dregs and bring them over. ,can you?"

Alan handed the pot and the medicine to Manli at the same time, and instructed him patiently and in detail.

Manli quickly agreed.

After thinking for a while, he asked again: "Why don't you go and rest for a while, sir? My younger sisters are here, so let them call you when it's time to pull out the needle. I'll go to the kitchen to see what there is to eat. How much do you have?" Eat some too?"

"No, I'll watch." Alan refused without raising his head.

Manli took the medicine and the bowl to the kitchen, and followed Alan's instructions meticulously.

But this medicine can't be boiled immediately, she can only wait patiently.

While waiting, she took out the pork liver and pig heart that she had marinated and smoked in Netherfield Garden before.

Naturally, the things that have been stored for a few days can no longer be eaten as cold dishes. She changed them into a knife and fried them with onions and carrots on a large plate.

Naturally, there was no way to steam the rice at this time. Fortunately, my mother had already had bread baked and a bowl of steamed egg custard made by Martha. Manli put them all together and asked Alan to serve them.

As a result, before the medicine was ready, Martha took back the clean dishes.

"The doctor ate all of them! He ate up so many dishes, and even ate the custard I made!"

Martha said to Manli excitedly, showing off naked in her eyes.

Manli gave her a funny look, but didn't speak.

Isn't this normal?

Leaving aside such a big man, he must have been hungry since noon until now.

Just say that a person who has been living in a foreign country for more than half a year suddenly sees the dishes of his hometown, and the excitement alone will make him eat cleanly.

I just hope that this gentleman can eat happily, and then treat his father more attentively!

Manli prayed silently in her heart.

When Manli went upstairs again, the silver needle on her father's leg had already been pulled out.

There was no blood leaching on the re-changed cotton cloth.

The most important thing is that his legs have been splinted, and even his face doesn't look as pale as it was in the morning, and there is a faint death.

Seeing this, Manli's heart was finally relieved, but suddenly her legs gave way, and she almost fell to the ground.

"Manly!"

"Three sisters!"

"My baby!"

Mrs. Bennet and several sisters who were all guarding the bed were panicked when they saw this scene, and they all ran over and surrounded Manli tightly.

Mrs. Bennet held her tightly in her arms.

"I'm fine." Manli said softly.

But I just felt dizzy for a while, and I was so dizzy that I couldn't even open my eyes.

Alang walked over from the bed, grabbed her wrist, and gave her a pulse.

After a while, he withdrew his hand, gave her a complicated look, turned around and left.

"Doctor, how is my daughter? What's wrong with her? God, you can't do this to me, first my husband, then my daughter, ouch, you want my life like this!"

Looking at her frail daughter, Mrs. Bennet was so sad that she couldn't help but started to cry again.

The sisters next to her were persuading and crying, and the room was once again in chaos.

Manli only felt that her head hurt even more.

She struggled to get up, but Alang's laughter came from beside her.

"God doesn't bother to care about people who don't even know how to love them."

He understands again! ! !

Manli rolled her eyes silently in despair, she didn't even have the strength to stand up, she just felt that her "famous name" was completely exhausted today.

It is estimated that in the eyes of this person, he, and his family, are a bunch of weirdos.

He ate so much meat for nothing!

Don't say it's broken even if you see it!

She gritted her teeth and said secretly in her heart.

Manli was struggling to stand up, but at this time that Alan suddenly spoke again:

"Don't surround her, she needs to sleep."

This sentence is spoken in English.

The voice was loud, and even though the pronunciation was a bit weird, everyone present could understand it.

"Oh, yes, our Manli has worked so hard! She has been running back and forth for a whole day today, so she hasn't even had a bite of food yet?"

Mrs. Bennet was the first to react, and after she figured it out, her heart ached even more: "My baby, go to bed quickly! I'm here, so don't worry about anything. Martha! Martha!"

With that said, she went to find her rattle again.

"Mom, stop calling Martha, Daddy needs quiet."

The gentle and considerate Jane was the first to hug her mother, while Elizabeth quickly grabbed Mary's shoulders.

"I'll help you back to your room, you don't have to worry about it here." Elizabeth half-forced Manli to walk out the door.

"Yes, yes, it's not just Manli, you all go and go back to sleep. It's been a busy day today, and I'm here."

At this moment, Mrs. Bennet finally realized that she was the housewife of the family. After her husband lay down, she should be the backbone of the family at this moment.

Instead of putting all the burden on one child.

Deep guilt suddenly appeared in her eyes, she rushed over and once hugged Man Li's head, and kissed her hard on the face.

"Baby, go to sleep at ease, there is mother here."

His voice was uncommonly firm.

Manli raised her eyes to look at her mother, her expression was still somewhat uneasy.

But at this moment, she is really exhausted, plus she feels the love of her relatives——

It was as if a child pretending to be an adult suddenly found support, his whole body was paralyzed, and he couldn't hold any energy anymore.

She turned to look at Mr. Alan.

The man was sitting sideways on the edge of the bed, supporting half of his father's body with one hand, and slowly feeding the medicine in the bowl into his mouth with the other.

He moved skillfully and freely, with his back to them, as if he didn't listen to the noise here at all.

Looking at such a scene, Man Li felt at ease for some reason.

She did not refuse the dissuasion of her mother and sisters, and went back to her room honestly.

Seeing her coming out, Martha quickly brought over the hot water that had been warming on the stove, and skillfully filled the tub for her.

One minute before stepping into the bathroom, Manli still didn't forget to turn around and confess: "Also boil some hot water for Mr. Alan, and then go...get out that new tub and put it in his room go inside."

After explaining these things, she finally couldn't stop her drowsiness. After taking a quick bath, she went to dream about Duke Zhou.

When she woke up again, it was already daylight, and Manli was startled, she washed her hair and then hurried out of the bedroom.

Last night was the most important night, it was a matter of father's life and death.She originally planned to get up after a short sleep to see her father, but she didn't expect to sleep until now!

While blaming herself, she quickly ran towards her parents' bedroom.

As a result, as soon as he reached the stairs, he was stopped by Alan who was coming up from the first floor.