[Pride and Prejudice] Lady Makes Money

She looked at her father very gloomyly, with deep helplessness in her tone: "Dad, can't you believe me once? How many times do you want me to tell you? My relationship with Mr. Jean is really just for cooperation. I don't have any other thoughts at all! I have a sense of proportion."

Mr. Bennet suddenly became angry, and his previous appreciation for this daughter was instantly discounted.

He realized again that a child is a child.

If you are talented in one aspect, you must be more bald than other children in other aspects!

Adults still have to worry about it!

He patted the side of the bed vigorously, stared at Manli and cursed: "If you say you are stupid, do you have to show me how stupid you are?! You have a sense of proportion!"

As he said that, he simply pointed out the window with his finger: "Everyone knows that Blue and White County is the territory of Mr. Darcy's family. No matter what transaction he made with Mr. Jean, it is a matter between their nobles, naturally. No one will say anything. But! What kind of family are we? How can we get a piece of land there?! Don't make a deal with me..."

Seeing that Manli was about to open her mouth to explain again, Mr. Bennet quickly interrupted her unspoken words, panting heavily with anger.

It was obvious that she was pissed off by her own daughter who was not enlightened.

He calmed down before continuing: "You can tell me that Mr. Jean gave us that piece of land as an investment, but how are you going to explain it to the people around you? Can I still engrave a copy of the signed agreement here On the stone slab, stand at the door of the house for all interested people to see?!"

"Even so, how many people will believe it? Can we stop every malicious person?!"

Speaking of this, Mr. Bennet sighed deeply, with indescribable exhaustion in his tone: "Manli, you and your sisters are all girls, you have to know that people's words are awesome! "

Manli just felt as if a hundred trains were passing over her head at this moment, and all her thoughts were crushed into a pile of mud, and it was impossible to close them!

Only then did she really understand the real reason why her father repeatedly blocked her from cooperating with those two gentlemen.

Dad is afraid that if the agreement is reached and they move to Lanbai County, in the eyes of outsiders, they will think that the reason why their family can get the land is that one or several of their sisters exchanged their bodies.

After all, such a fantasy is more in line with people's thinking and bad tastes than using land as an investment in exchange for shares.

Then—the Bennet family's daughters, their reputation will really be lost!

It was only then that Manli realized that what her father said was right, she was too stupid!

When it comes to theory, it may be logical, but once it involves itself, it completely loses sensitivity.

Or because she came from another world, her thinking still can't fully fit with this world.

She looked at her father with a serious face, and nodded heavily: "Father, I understand. I will stay away from that gentleman in the future. Also, I will not mention the business of the tofu shop again."

Even though she thought about not wanting the land in Lanbai County and letting those two gentlemen invest money, and made a detailed and feasible plan for this, now Manli has decided not to cooperate with Mr. Jean .

Father was right, nothing in this world is more important than a sister's reputation.

Even if it's me, even if I don't plan to marry at all, I don't want to bear a bad reputation.

Besides, there is no such thing as business without anyone.

Not cooperating with noble people like Mr. Jean or Mr. Darcy is at most more difficult and slower.

But you can always achieve your goals.

As long as there is hope, there is nothing to be afraid of.

Man Li silently encouraged herself again in her heart.

After obtaining her father's permission and having a serious and pleasant discussion with him about the feasibility, Manli spent almost half a day thinking about a reply letter to the noble young master.

In the letter, in the tone of Mr. Bennet, she first thanked the young master modestly for thinking of him when he was preparing to sell the land, and also made it clear that he was indeed very interested in the property.

But, sorry.In the letter, Mr. Bennet stated unabashedly that he did not have enough money, and no matter how many methods he used, he could not make up such a huge figure as [-] pounds in a short period of time.

He also said in the letter that if the young master can find a suitable person to sell the property in a short period of time, he would like to express his best wishes.

But if it's not easy to make a move for a while, or you can consider his proposal...

Then there are detailed instructions about paying in installments and interest will be paid.

At the end of the letter, Mr. Bennet specifically stated that it doesn't matter if the young master is unwilling to accept this proposal.If that's the case, I don't know if he is still willing to continue selling the racecourse to his family?He is looking forward to this very much.

Mr. Bennet read Mary's letter carefully, and expressed his satisfaction.

Sitting on the hospital bed, he copied Manli's letter stroke by stroke again, and after checking it was correct, he called the person in charge and asked him to send it to the young master as soon as possible.

What they couldn't imagine was that the letter appeared in Bingley's study that night.

It was Bingley's almighty butler who found the young master after hearing the news, and the young master asked him to bring the letter to these gentlemen without hesitation.

"...So, they would rather use this method of installment payment and pay high interest in the end than cooperate with you?"

Looking at the agreement, Mr. Bingley was as shocked as if he had just been struck by lightning!

He looked at Gene with an incredulous expression on his face: "Even if they don't want the land in Lanbai County, wouldn't you agree if you were to convert it into gold coins?!"

Gene didn't know how to answer.

Looking at the letter written in the tone of Mr. Bennet, he intuitively determined that it was written by Manli.

Besides her, who else could have come up with such a strange idea?

installment……

Such a suggestion, not to mention Mr. Bennet, it is impossible even for me to think of it for a while!

It's just that she really doesn't consider cooperating with herself at all!

Bingley's doubts were heard in Gene's ears at this moment, extremely piercing and heart-piercing.

Manli is so smart, she must know that if he asks her to use gold coins as investment, it is impossible for him not to agree.

And she didn't choose to.

Then, there was only one reason left - she really wanted to keep a distance from herself, or in other words, from her own group of people.

Thinking of this, Gene couldn't help but silently clenched his fists.

"what's your plan?"

Darcy, who had been silent all this time, asked aloud.

There was deep sympathy and understanding in the expression looking at Gene.

"Buy that property at the original price."

Gene stared at the letter for a while, before saying softly:

Manli's figure flashed over and over again in his mind, her every frown and smile, her gentle eyes...

Thinking about it, Gene only felt pain in his heart.

Do you just want to distance yourself from it?

He asked silently in his heart.

At the same time, an indescribable grievance welled up in his heart.

Pursing his lips forcefully, Gene's eyes became firm again.

In the bottom of my heart, I said softly, word by word: "It is absolutely impossible!"

After delivering the letter to the young master, the entire Bennet family fell into anticipation.

After hearing that the family had made such a big decision without telling her, and several daughters were even willing to give out dowries to help her husband buy the Spencer family's property, Mrs. Bennet clutched her chest in shock, After saying "my nerves" several times in a row, he began to secretly wipe away tears.

She was a little worried.

She wasn't worried that her husband would lose all her daughter's dowry, after all, she really admired her husband and believed that he was omnipotent.

It's just that she was afraid that if any daughter suddenly got the favor of a certain gentleman and was proposed immediately——

At that time, if my family can't afford the dowry for my daughter, what should I do? !

After all, whether it is a farm or a horse farm, judging from the experience she has accumulated in marrying Mr. Bennet for more than 20 years, it is not so easy to pay back her capital quickly.

However, after seeing the joyful and hopeful eyes of the whole family, Mrs. Bennet swallowed all the worries in her heart.

The decision has already been made, and it is too late to say anything now.

Then why do you want to pour cold water on everyone?

Isn't it a happy family?

So, she was only secretly worried in her heart, but she still managed to put on a smiling face, watching her daughters chattering with excitement with eyes full of love.

However, what Mrs. Bennet never thought of was that all her worries disappeared after only one night.

Is she too

Like everyone else in the family, I was stunned by the sudden surprise!

The next morning, not long after breakfast, the young master asked the housekeeper to send a reply to Mr. Bennet himself.

In the letter, the young master told Mr. Bennet that he was very happy to receive his letter before returning to London.

The young master said that because of something in the family, he had to take a long trip in the near future.If you come back soon, you may come back in one or two years, if you are slow, you may not be able to return to the UK in three to five years.

In this case, the Spencer family's property is like a hot potato to him now, which makes him a little embarrassed.At this time, Mr. Bennet promised to take over, which is extremely good news for him.

The young master also said that in order to show his sincerity, he decided to sell all these properties to Mr. Bennet.

And there is no need to pay in installments, as long as [-] pounds are enough.

Because he was in a hurry to go back, all the follow-up procedures were entrusted to the housekeeper, and Mr. Bennet could just sign the agreement with the housekeeper.

At the end of the letter, the young master didn't even forget to remind him that he might go on a long journey soon after returning to London, and he couldn't take the money with him, so he didn't need it urgently.

Let Mr. Bennet don't have to go out to get it for him, he can give it to him whenever he wants, and there is no rush at all.

In the end, in his letter, he wished Mr. Bennet's family all their wishes and opened up a new life in that new industry.

Looking at the letter, the Bennet family fell into a long silence.

Everyone's face was dull, their eyes were in a trance, as if they were immersed in a dream, and they couldn't wake up no matter what.

After a while, Kitty murmured, "Is he an angel?"

However, no one answered her.

It is estimated that at this moment everyone is in the same heart as Mr. Bennet, crazily denying Kitty's judgment, but always thinking——

That's not an angel, that's a prodigal who doesn't know the sufferings of the world and is so stupid that he is smoking!

However, at this moment, the family's housekeeper was still waiting for news in the living room, so naturally no one would say such words.

"Dad, promise him!" Manli was the first to react, she jumped to her father's bedside without any ladylike posture, grabbed the quilt on her father's body, her eyes were full of sparks of excitement.

"Is there any fraud?"

Mr. Bennet still had a dazed face and dazed eyes, apparently still unable to convince himself that such a big piece of pie just fell on his head!

"What's the trick? He's an outsider who doesn't know how to run a farm, so it's normal to be eager to change hands!" Elizabeth also joined the team to persuade her father.

"But, it's too cheap. In more than two months, he lost thousands of pounds all at once. Is this possible?" Jane asked worriedly.

"You don't understand the world of the rich." Lydia curled her lips: "We think a few thousand pounds is a lot of money, but I heard from my aunt before that people in the city may spend thousands of pounds for a dance! They have money."

"Yes!" Manli stood in the united front with Lydia in a rare way: "Dad, that's a young man. He may have been a fan before and thought it would be fun to buy a piece of land in the countryside. But after he came here, he found out everything It's not what he thought, so he was eager to get out. Losing some money may really be easier for them than we imagined. So Dad, promise, this opportunity is once in a lifetime!"

Mr. Bennet nodded.

He thought for a while, and said to Manli: "You go downstairs and ask the housekeeper to come up, I want to have a good talk with him. Also, you go and write a letter to your uncle, asking him to come tomorrow. You put Tell him about this and ask him to come over and look at the contract.”

Manli's eyes lit up at her father's words.

Sure enough, the ginger is still old and spicy.With the uncle who is a lawyer guarding the gate, it is not so easy for the young master to play sloppy eyes.

She immediately agreed, and quickly went downstairs with her sisters.

After that, things can be said to be quite smooth.

Mr. Bennet had a pleasant conversation with the butler.After the housekeeper left, he was still so excited that he repeatedly praised how kind and merciful the family was.

The father said that because the young master of that family was in a hurry to leave, and he was not going to stay in London for a long time, so all the furniture in their manor was not taken away, and all were left to their family.

Not to mention that, they even left a carriage for them, which was the one that Mr. Butler came by sitting in before.

After hearing what my father said, the sisters were so excited that they almost jumped up!

They have seen that carriage before!

Although it is not as luxurious as the carriages of Mr. Jean and Mr. Bingley's family, it is better than the current one in my own family, and I don't know how many times better.

It was really big and bright, even the wheels were much wider than my own carriage.It must not be bumpy at all when you sit on it!

Manli was also very happy to hear that.

After all, if she does business in the future, a carriage will be indispensable.

And when my father went to the farm on weekdays, transportation was indispensable for inspections of the farm.Before, she was still worrying, always going to the village to rent a car, which was a lot of money for a month.

This is great, I just fell asleep and fell off the pillow, God is helping their Bennet family!

But... is God really helping?

For some reason, Manli always felt a little weird.

I just feel that it all happened too coincidentally and too smoothly.

However, she couldn't tell what was so strange.

He could only shake his head to suppress this strange thought.

After receiving Mary's letter, Mr. Philip, without delay, came down from Meryton the next day.

On the one hand, he really wanted to take care of his brother-in-law's family. On the other hand, he was extremely curious, wanting to see how big the pie was on his brother-in-law's head.

Because of Mr. Bennet's leg injury, he was unable to check the Spencer family's property in person, so Mr. Philip could only do it for him.

But this time, he offered to let Manli go with her uncle.

All the sisters are very envious.

This was the first time that Manli had truly set foot on the land of the farm.

Although my family also has a field, but because it is quite far away from home, only my father goes around every day, and the sisters have never followed.

Maybe it's because the more things are at home, the better they feel.As soon as she thought that such a large piece of land would soon be included in her family's category, she just looked at any place.

Although this is not a neat piece of land like the land in Lanbai County, it is divided into several places, and even part of it belongs to the mountainous area.

But what does it matter?

There will also be produce in the mountains, and she will definitely find a way to make the best use of all of them.

Machang Manli didn't understand at all.

In her eyes, she only felt that the desolation was terrible.

This is also normal,

If it hadn't been for the plague on the racecourse, the Spencer family wouldn't have gone bankrupt.

What made Manli miss her more was the manor that was said to have been refurbished at a cost of [-] pounds by the prodigal son, and the room full of furniture.

She was really curious, wondering what the family's taste was like?

Will it be tacky and make everything tasteless?