[Pride and Prejudice] Lady Makes Money

Manli nodded.

At the same time, I couldn't help laughing at myself in my heart——

Isn't this expected?Neither Gene nor Darcy was visiting Netherfield.

How can there be no reason not to go home as a guest?

Not to mention the two of them, even Mr. Bingley, this is just his other courtyard, and he comes to live occasionally for a while, just for entertainment, and he doesn't regard this place as his real home.

What is it that I am losing?

Don't they go well?Just as I promised my father, I will not get too close to them anymore.

Now, you don't have to do anything yourself to complete the promise, isn't that a good thing?

She has been trying to resolve herself in her heart, but sometimes, this human heart is not as obedient as you think.

No matter what she said, there was always an indescribable feeling lingering in her heart, which made her feel a little sleepy.

"Manly?"

Elizabeth, who had been watching her all the time, finally couldn't help crying out worriedly: "Are you okay?"

"Huh? What's the matter with me?"

Manli finally regained her composure, and smiled at Elizabeth: "I'm fine. I was thinking that the gentlemen are leaving, should we prepare some gifts for them? Since these days, they have treated us as well. Take good care of me."

After hearing Manli's words, the sisters nodded in agreement, and then the topic turned to preparing gifts for the distinguished guests in Netherfield Gardens.

After dinner, the family came to Mr. Bennet's room again.

Since his leg was injured, in order not to let him be too bored alone, the place where the family chats every night has been moved from the living room to here.

In the same way, Kitty and Lydia first chatted about the scene of today's party. After Kitty showed off her cooking skills, Lydia talked about the ladies and wives from London, not to be outdone, For her design of lace and remade skirt is how to praise.

Finally, he said: "They all said that the lace produced by the best tailors in London is not as good as the one I crocheted myself."

Her words naturally earned the praise of the whole family.

Manli's eyes became thoughtful.

She always knew the youngest sister had a talent for color matching.

I also found out recently that if you let Lydia do what she likes, especially crochet lace, make a silk flower, or even give her an old skirt and let her mend it, she can sit up all day , Not complaining about suffering or tiredness at all.

So, can we dig into this aspect in the future?

If she has something to do, she won't be thinking about those miscellaneous things.

Thinking of this, Manli has already started thinking about changing Lydia's school in her heart.

At this moment, Mr. Bennet suddenly picked up a letter from the bedside cabinet and handed it to his wife.

Then he looked at everyone and said, "I have something to tell you. We may have a guest at our house tomorrow."

"Guest? What guest?" asked Mrs. Bennet first.

"A...guest you might not like." Mr. Bennet thought about it and smiled.

"do not like?"

Mrs. Bennet thought for a while, and her face changed suddenly: "It can't be that person?"

Mr. Bennet shrugged and did not answer, but pointed to the letter with his finger: "Look at it. He wrote to me last month and said he would come over, and I agreed. But after this incident Thing, I completely forgot about him. Fortunately, I suddenly remembered it today, or else he will come suddenly tomorrow, and the family is not prepared at all, so I will be passive."

Parents, what you say to me is like a code, which makes the girls confused.

Only Mary knew that it was Collins they were supposed to be talking about.

The son of the father's brother is also the owner of all the family business, the so-called next heir.

"Who is coming?"

Elizabeth couldn't bear it anymore, she reached out and took the letter from her mother's arms, and the girls leaned over to read it together.

The letter was not long, and the handwriting was neat. In the letter, the cousin Collins wrote: "...Since the death of my father, I have often wanted to make up for this rift, but because my father was afraid of hatred for you before his death , if I am reconciled with Your Excellency, it would be an insult to the ancestors..."①

Seeing this, Manli couldn't help but let out a sigh.

She didn't pay attention to this point when she was reading the book before, but now because of the identity change, when she read Collins' letter again, she just felt indescribably ironic.

Since you proposed to be a guest at someone else's house, why did you bring up the feud between the two families first?

Want to express your generosity and generosity?

This feeling is really... as if a person took all your gold coins and then stood on a high platform looking down at you and said to you: "Forget it, forget it, the previous things are over , I forgive you."

……Nonsence!

Who cares about this kind of cheap show of favor? !

At this time, Elizabeth expressed her conviction: "...I am deeply disturbed and extremely sorry for infringing on the rights and interests of your daughters in this way. But please rest assured, I am willing to give them all possible compensations..."②

After reading this, she looked up at Mr. Bennet curiously: "Father, what is the compensation this person is talking about? Will he give up inheriting our family's property?"

Before Mr. Bennet could speak, Jane shook her head: "Impossible."

As she spoke, she pointed to the letter with her finger: "From this person's letter, it can be seen that his character should be that kind of seemingly humble but actually arrogant. How could such a person give up such a fortune? I I feel that he is here this time, most likely just to make an inspection tour, to see if our family is helping him manage the property properly."

Jane's words made Manli's eyes light up, and she couldn't help admiring in her heart: "It's the truth."

Before, she always felt that the character of her eldest sister was too weak, but recently, the more she looked at it, the more she felt that Jane was really a person with a clear heart.

He sees people and things very accurately.

She suddenly realized that even if such an elder sister of Neixiu married into Mr. Bingley's family, she would not be the one who was bullied, and she should be able to manage her life well.

This kind of thought made Manli feel a lot brighter.

But after hearing Jane's analysis, Mrs. Bennet was not in a better mood, and she couldn't help crying: "God, I can't stand the thought of this annoying guy coming! Let's have a good time!" You can't let you inherit the property, but you have to give it all to an outsider! This kind of thing, I will never figure it out in my life!"

What the mother said was actually the voice of every girl present.

Although reason tells them that this kind of inheritance is really something that no one can change, but... can't they make people angry?

If you get angry, you will inevitably vent your anger on the person who is going to inherit, so although Collins has not yet arrived at the Ben's house, he has already been despised by the family.

Seeing the family's rare expressions of hatred and hatred, Mr. Bennet felt a bit of a headache.

He sighed and smoothed things over: "Anyway, he's coming tomorrow afternoon. No matter what, he's a guest. We still have to treat him well. Actually, I'm quite curious about what his so-called compensation is. ? I kind of want to meet him."

Since the father said so, it is not easy for others to say anything.

Mrs. Bennet strongly stated that she couldn't bear the nerve pain at the moment, and she really didn't have the energy to take care of those nosy things. Jane and Elizabeth had to take over from their mother and instruct the servants to prepare a room for Collins.

Manli and her two younger sisters went back to their bedrooms.

Manli knew the plot, and knew that Collins' visit was nothing more than a fly to her home. It would be a bit disgusting if it was disgusting, but it wouldn't affect anything, so she didn't take him too seriously.

And those two little ones felt that the matter had nothing to do with them and hung up their heads.

For them, this so-called Cousin Collins is not as important as what they will eat tomorrow morning.

At four o'clock in the afternoon the next day, Collins arrived as scheduled.

He is a young man of about 25 years old, tall and tall, but looks a bit old.

It was probably because she was a little fat, but it gave Manli the feeling that she was already greasy before she got old.

For this nephew who came from afar, Mr. Bennet was indifferent, except for the first few polite words, he hardly spoke to him.

After a while, he was kicked out of the room due to physical discomfort, and it was obvious that he didn't like him.

Mr. Bennet's appearance made others suffer.

Although Mrs. Bennet did not have a good impression of this Collins, but as a hostess, she should entertain guests from afar.

She politely invited Collins to the living room, leaving her daughters to chat with him.

Fortunately, this Collins has a good personality, not the kind of taciturn person.

He didn't even need the sisters of the Ban family to take the initiative to find topics, and he could talk on and on for a long time.

He first praised the sisters of the Ban family with the most enthusiastic words, "I would like to compliment Mrs. Bennet for her good fortune and having raised so many good daughters. He said that he had heard about their beauty a long time ago, and he only knew about their beauty when we met today." Beauty far outweighs their fame." ③

This embarrassing and embarrassing compliment made several sisters roll their eyes secretly, only Mrs. Bennet seemed quite happy.

After all, no matter what, he was only praising his daughter.Even if what he said was not sincere, it was disgusting, but what did it matter?

As long as she praised her daughter, Mrs. Bennet was very happy to listen.

It's just that his car wheels are talking back and forth, which is really nothing new.After listening to it several times, even Mrs. Bennet couldn't take it anymore.

She simply pointed it out and asked Collins, what exactly did he mean by compensation in his letter?

But Collins obviously didn't want to answer this question directly. He just talked about what he said. He mainly wanted to express his "admiration for his cousins" this time. As for the other things, he thought about it in a few days.

After saying this, Mrs. Bennet was too embarrassed to ask more questions.

Fortunately, it was time for dinner soon, and after the servant said, Mrs. Bennet invited Collins to have dinner with them.

As soon as she entered the restaurant, Manli was stunned.

Then I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

She peeked at her sisters and found that they had similar expressions to her.

Mother didn't let her or Kitty into the kitchen today.

Manli knew that it was because her mother didn't want to see this person, so she didn't bother to treat him specially.

But she never thought that on everyone's dinner plate today, there were only a few slices of pumpernickel bread, a spoonful of boiled beans, a few slices of black pudding cooked with cow's blood mixed with oatmeal and salt, and other... ...and nothing left.

How much mother hates this man!

Looking at the appetizing dinner, Manli slandered silently in her heart while absent-mindedly picking at the plate.

But Collins didn't feel anything wrong at all.

After taking a sip of the black pudding, he closed his eyes in satisfaction, and exclaimed in a particularly exaggerated tone: "It's really delicious! I haven't had it for a long time except at the house of the respected Mrs. Catalin ④ I have eaten such delicious food! Can you tell me, which cousin made such delicious food?"

As soon as he spoke, he was accused by Mrs. Bennet.

She pointed out unceremoniously, "My family can afford a decent cook now, and I don't need my daughter to ask about the kitchen."⑤

After hearing this, Collins quickly apologized, saying that he didn't do it on purpose, and that what he said before didn't mean to belittle the cousins ​​at all.

Afterwards, they began to eat again, and Collins began to show off his current life and his fortune in an eloquent manner.He used countless of the most beautiful words to compliment his current master, Mrs. Catalin, and Mrs. Bennet, who were on the sidelines, politely echoed.

But the few sisters exchanged glances underneath.

The two little sisters didn't understand what the mother said just now.

Jane and Elizabeth have slightly changed their faces.

Manli sighed deeply in her heart.

She found that her mother was not as stupid as she thought, and everything was out of her mind.

In other words, as a mother, especially as a mother of five daughters of marriageable age, no one really cares about nothing.

It was as if now, although the mother hadn't said anything to them, the conversation between her and Collins had been playing a guiding role intentionally or unintentionally.

He was leading him to talk about his current situation, his family situation, and his work environment. It was obviously to examine this person's character and ability.

And the refutation about cooking just now shows the compassion of a mother.

Mrs. Bennet had evidently thought that this man might come to choose one of her daughters as a wife.

Before deciding whether to have this son-in-law, she had already instinctively started to protect her daughter——

My daughter was raised and spoiled at home.

I have never asked my daughter to cook.

If you marry my daughter, you cannot use her as a servant.

There is absolutely nothing my daughter can do without someone to serve her.

……

Although the mother's approach seems a bit naive and a bit funny, it is also the most instinctive protection she can think of for her daughter.

After the meal, Manli was the first to propose to leave. She still had a lot of things to do, but she was impatient to hear Collins continue to be careless.

Immediately afterwards, several other sisters also left the restaurant one after another.

Collins didn't seem to mind the departure of his cousins. On the contrary, he sat closer to Mrs. Bennet and inquired about the current situation of the girls in the family.

Manli stayed in the room for a while, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.

She suddenly remembered that in the book, the mother told Collins that Jane was about to be proposed, and then that person put the idea on Elizabeth's head.

Although it didn't work out in the end, it's still pretty boring when I think about it.

More importantly, because of her joining in this life, the relationship between Elizabeth and Darcy has obviously improved.

Maybe Mr. Darcy will come to Elizabeth to clarify the relationship before returning to the city.

In case Mr. Darcy happened to see that Collins courting Elizabeth when they said goodbye...

Thinking of the possibility of such a situation happening, Manli couldn't sit still.

She stood up immediately and quickly walked towards her father's room.

-

Manli's worries are actually a bit superfluous.

At this moment, Mrs. Bennet didn't take a fancy to this so-called heir to her family property at all.

In the restaurant, Collins went around a hundred times, and finally said that he came here this time to marry a wife and bring him back.

Mrs. Bennet frowned when he began to suggest that he thought Jane would be a good fit.

"Jane? If I'm right, she should be engaged soon. Although I can't tell you which gentleman the other party is before the matter is fully determined, it is obvious that Jane is not suitable for you. object's request."

Hearing that Mrs. Bennet said that Jane already has someone she likes, Collins expressed his regret.

But he immediately hit Elizabeth's head.

After all, from the beginning, he put Elizabeth in the alternate position, just behind Jane.

"Elizabeth?"

Mrs. Bennet repeated her daughter's name, and the restlessness in her heart could not be suppressed.

Is this person out of his mind?

Why can't he hear the perfunctory in his words?

Where did he get the confidence that he would marry his daughter to him? !

Although Mrs. Bennet's greatest hope has always been to settle all five daughters as quickly as possible—

but!

That was when she felt the future was uncertain.

Now, the family has a new manor and a way to make money.

Several daughters are getting better and better, and the family's prospects are getting better and better.

In this case, why should I marry my daughter to him? !

If this Collins had proposed marrying his daughter before yesterday, Mrs. Bennet would probably have been beaming.

But now, it's impossible!

Even if one day her husband walks ahead of her, so what if he takes away the family property?

I and my daughter already have a place to live!

If there was such a day, Mrs. Bennet swore that she would never want to look at this man again, let alone let him be her son-in-law!

Even if it’s just a fantasy, but thinking that there might be a day——

Mrs. Bennet couldn't help but closed her eyes hard, and punched her heart twice with her fist.

If I marry one of my daughters to him, does that mean that one day, my whole family will move out of this house, and make false claims with this person...

No, no!

Mrs. Bennet felt that if that was the case, her nerves would not be able to bear it.

It has to be said that since she decided to buy the New Manor, Mrs. Bennet's heart has been set at once.

The feeling of emptiness before, without being able to reach the world or the ground, is gone.

At this moment, her vision is already much higher.

She glanced at Collins' fat, fat face, and it took all her strength not to betray her contempt.

"Elizabeth can't do it either. As far as I know, she also has admirers around her. The reason why it hasn't been settled... is because her sister's marriage hasn't been scheduled yet. You also know that as the second daughter, she doesn't Probably ahead of Jane."

Hearing that Elizabeth's marriage is also on the horizon, Collins' expression was momentarily astonished.

He quickly reviewed the other three girls in the Bennet family, but frankly, his mind was on Jane and Elizabeth before.

After all, in his feeling, the other three ages are a bit too young.

"Then, Miss San...what's her name?" He tried hard to remember Manli's name.

At this moment, the servant came in and said to Mrs. Bennet that the husband invited her to the room.

Mrs. Bennet suddenly felt a sense of amnesty.

She didn't answer Collins' words at all, and just calmed him down with a few words, such as asking him to go back to the room to rest first, and we can talk about something tomorrow, and then left him and went upstairs.

Collins also had to leave the restaurant.

When he was walking towards the guest room, he happened to see Mary coming out of Mr. Bennet's room.

With a quick glance, his eyes fell on Manli's slender waist, which seemed to be able to be grasped by hand.

His eyes suddenly became hot.

Only then did he realize that he had really made a mistake before!

Although the third sister looks a little immature, her figure is actually the best among all the cousins!

Moreover, what are you afraid of when you are younger?

The current figure is already like this, so how enchanting will it be if it grows longer in the future? !

Thinking of this, Collins felt that his whole body became hot, and his heart seemed to be scratched by some claw, which made him itch to death.

-

Early in the morning, Manli discovered something was wrong with Collins.

His eyes were sticking to him like something dirty, making people feel uncomfortable.

But she didn't think too much about it. She had a lot of things to do today, and she didn't have that much time to spare.

After breakfast, she said to Mrs. Bennet: "Mom, I told my father yesterday that I'm going to my uncle's house today."

Today is the day when Mr. Philip replaces Mr. Bennet and the old butler goes to transfer the estate.My father had agreed with Manli a long time ago, asking her to take the seal and go with her uncle to withdraw the money, and bring another hundred pounds back home.

There are so many things to add to the new industry, and you still need some money at hand.

When the father confessed this matter, he did not hide it from the family, and everyone knew it.

It's just that everyone has a tacit understanding and is unwilling to mention it in front of Collins.

One more thing is worse than one less thing, and no one wants to talk to him about it.

After hearing what Manli said, Mrs. Bennet nodded: "Well, you go, let Carter drive with you, and come back early in the afternoon."

Before Manli could answer, Collins who had been listening by the side spoke first: "Cousin Manli, where are you going?"

he asked with a flattering smile.

Now that the question was on the face, Manli had no choice but to answer, so she could only say perfunctorily: "Go to Meryton."

"Then I'll go with you. It's not good for a girl to go out alone. Besides, it's rare for me to come here, and I want to go out for a walk."

Collins stood up as he said that, and asked Manli to wait a while as if it was a matter of course, and he went back to the room to put on a coat.

The room suddenly became silent.

Everyone looked at Collins as if they were crazy, but he didn't notice it at all.

Several people looked at each other.

After a while, Mrs. Bennet coughed lightly, and said to the other daughters: "Forget it, you go together. Anyway, there are only a few steps in Meryton, so don't take a carriage, just take a walk. Just as... ...Just when you go to see your aunt."

The girls exchanged glances with each other speechlessly, and had no choice but to agree.

We can't really let Manli and Collins go out alone!

Still go to Meryton, full of acquaintances.

If this is the case, I am afraid that the two of them have not yet returned home, and the people in the village can make an appointment for their wedding day.

On the way, Collins kept talking endlessly about his most beloved mistress, Mrs. Catalin, and her most innocent, lovely, intelligent and charming daughter, Miss de Bourgh, which made everyone drowsy.

It was late autumn at this time, and the bitter wind seemed to be able to penetrate the thickest clothes and blow into the cracks in human bones.

On days like this, who would give up a warm room for a walk in the street with an inexplicable person?

Everyone didn't want to talk, and they didn't even mean to perfunctory Collins.

Until he suddenly said: "Miss Manly, I think that when you meet Mrs. Catalin and Miss De Bourgh, you will become good friends with them soon. After all, this world is kinder and more generous than them. There are not many approachable people.”

Manli couldn't help being stunned when she said that.

Why is she going to see Mrs. Catalin and her daughter?

Even in the original book, Manli doesn't remember any interaction with those two people.

Fortunately, they had already arrived in Meryton at this time, and Manli had already seen Mr. Philip who was waiting for her, so she didn't take what she said about Collins to heart at all, and hurriedly said goodbye to him and the sisters, and followed her uncle First went to the office in Tunli.

The old butler was already waiting there when they arrived.

Because there was no dispute between the two parties, and they were both acquaintances of Mr. Philip, the procedures were completed very quickly. In less than an hour, all the procedures were completed.

After the transfer, Manli and the two went to the newly opened private bank in Tunli, and took out all the [-] pounds that had been reserved in advance and gave them to the old housekeeper. At this point, the new property officially belonged to Mr. Bennet under the name of

After seeing off the old housekeeper and taking another hundred pounds from her father, Manli and Mr. Philip walked back together.

On the way, Mr. Philip secretly looked at Manli time and time again, wondering what is so special about this girl, let her brother-in-law skip over the two older daughters, and entrust such an important matter to a seemingly immature girl. Retired little girl?

Because of her good luck?

Manli was thinking about her sisters who were wandering around the business district and waiting for her, so she couldn't help but walk so fast that Mr. Philip was struggling to keep up.

But when she was getting closer to the place where she had made an appointment with her sisters, she suddenly stopped in her tracks.

Following her gaze, Mr. Philip looked into the distance, only to see two men in red uniforms standing next to the girls from the Ban family.

"Uncle, who are those people?" Man Li frowned and asked seriously from the side.

Mr. Philip squinted his eyes, and saw that one was an old friend of his, Mr. Denny of the Militia, and the other, who looked younger, he did not know.

"An old friend of mine, Mr. Denny, and another, perhaps a friend of his?" said Mr. Philip.

Manli's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately understood who the other person was.

It was Wickham, the scumbag she had been deliberately avoiding Lydia from meeting.

It seems that what should come will never escape.

Man Li sighed inwardly, straightened her waist, and walked towards the group of people.

Seeing them coming, Mr. Danny greeted Mr. Philip very familiarly, and then introduced Wickham next to him.

From Mr. Danny's words, Manli knew that the two of them came to find her uncle.

But I searched several places and couldn't find it.

It happened that they saw Kitty and Lydia. Mr. Denny had seen these two girls before and knew they were Mrs. Philip's nieces, so they came to say hello and asked Mr. Philip where he was.

Hearing that he had something to do with him, Mr. Philip hurriedly took Mr. Danny aside to discuss the matter.

In order to avoid suspicion, Wickham still stood with them and waited, and did not follow them.

Now, Manli has the opportunity to take a closer look at the biggest scumbag in the original book.

Manli felt that Wickham really had the most perfect configuration to be a qualified scumbag.

For example, his appearance and demeanor are really pleasing.

He is not particularly beautiful, but he can be called handsome.

His skin is very fair and his stature is very tall, especially when he is wearing a military uniform, standing next to the fat Collins makes him look even more outstanding.

Seeing Manli coming, Wei Han greeted her politely.And he didn't mind her indifference, he searched for topics sincerely, and greeted her.

He looked serious and measured, even though Man Li had prejudices against him in her heart, she couldn't pick any thorns at the moment.

Several people were chatting one after another, waiting patiently for Mr. Philip who was talking on the sidelines.

At this moment, there was a sound of horseshoes from the place facing away from them.

Immediately afterwards Darcy and Mr. Bingley were seen riding towards them.

Seeing them, the two gentlemen got off their horses and came over to greet them.

Bingley started talking to Jane even far away, telling him that he was going to visit her at home, but he did not expect to meet here.

Hearing Bingley talking to herself like this in front of a group of people, Jane immediately blushed, while Mr. Darcy seemed to be completely incomprehensible, and made a proof for Bingley on the sidelines. I do not forget to add that he had also intended to go with Bingley, in order to chat with Miss Elizabeth.

As soon as this sentence was uttered, several sisters laughed in good faith, and Elizabeth rolled her eyes with anger and coquettishness. For a moment, Mr. Darcy was so hooked that he almost lost his mind.

But at this time, Mr. Philip and the two of them had finished their chat and came back.

Mr. Denny even called out: "Wickham!"

Hearing this name, Darcy suddenly changed his expression, he raised his head suddenly, and immediately made eye contact with Wickham who was standing aside.

The faces of the two of them suddenly became ugly at the same time.

Mr. Darcy's face was so dark that water could be squeezed out, and he looked at Wickham with deep hatred.

Wickham no longer had the composure he had before, his face was pale, his eyes wandered, and he didn't dare to face Darcy at all.

After a long while, he finally regained his composure, stretched out his hand to press the hat, and saluted Darcy.

Darcy looked at him coldly, until he realized that everyone around him was staring at him, then reluctantly touched his hat and saluted back.

Everyone was watching all this with curiosity in their eyes.

I don't understand what happened between these two gentlemen, why is the atmosphere between them so weird?

However, there is no way to ask what.

Fortunately, at this time Mr. Bingley came to smooth things over.

He came to say good-bye to them one by one as if nothing had happened, and then rode away with Darcy.

It's just that there was no mention of when the next visit to Bennet's house would be.

Mr. Denny and Wickham escorted their group to Mr. Philip's.

Because there was still some time left for the journey, Mr. Danny pulled Mr. Philip aside to chat, while Collins came to Manli's side to greet her.

Manli was so annoyed by him, she couldn't explain it clearly, so she kept squeezing between her sisters, so that she didn't realize that at some point, Wickham had already walked to Elizabeth's side, pretending to be calm I don't know what to say to her.

When they reached my aunt's door, the two left at last, and the sisters and Collins followed Mr. Philip back.

Seeing the arrival of the nieces, Mrs. Philip was very pleasantly surprised. She sincerely said to the girls that seeing them made her happy from the bottom of her heart.

So they had to stay for a meal anyway, or she would be very sad.

Facing the aunt's enthusiastic persuasion, the girls naturally couldn't refuse.

And Collins was just following him out to play, where he went and what he did, he didn't care at all.

Speaking of eating, my aunt thought of Danny and Wickham for some reason.

She told Mr. Philip that these two people had come to look for him at home before, and if there was nothing else, it would be better to invite them over to have a light meal together, and it would be more lively if there were more people.

Seeing the plot return to its original position step by step, Manli only felt her heart go numb.

She knew that her uncle would grant her aunt's request, and that Wickham would use the lunch hour to win the favor of all her sisters, especially Elizabeth's.

Elizabeth will also prejudice Mr. Darcy because of the slander Wickham said today, and even reject the gentleman's marriage proposal because of this.

Thinking of this, Manli felt that her mind was about to freeze.She couldn't think of any other way to refuse this from happening.

Maybe you really answered that sentence, what should come will always come, and you can't avoid it no matter what.

But to Manli's surprise, Lydia, who has not spoken much, raised objections to her aunt this time: "Auntie, is it okay for our family to eat? Why do we have to call outsiders over? Just now uncle and Mr. Danny has already spoken, so they should have nothing to say, right?"

Lydia's words stunned everyone, and the expression on Mrs. Philip's face changed several times in a row, and she could clearly feel her embarrassment.

With Lydia at the beginning, the other sisters echoed, and Kitty simply rubbed her stomach: "Auntie, tell the servants to serve dinner quickly. We are walking, and we are about to starve to death."

In a word, Mrs. Phillips could no longer speak of inviting others to dine with her.

This meal goes quickly.

A few girls are really hungry.

Besides, they were really too lazy to talk to Collins, so they left him to their aunt to deal with, and they simply buried themselves in hard work.

As a result, in less than an hour, everyone finished eating.

Seeing that the sky outside was getting more and more cloudy, and several people came on foot again, this time even Mrs. Philip didn't keep them any longer.