[Pride and Prejudice] Lady Makes Money

Jane's words made Manli fall into thinking again.

She realized that her previous thinking was wrong.

Whether it is Jane or Elizabeth, or everyone around her, they have their own thoughts, their own emotions, and they are not paper figures that can be squeezed and rounded by others.

It's me, who has never been able to fully devote myself to this life, and often looks at all this from the perspective of an outsider.

I always hope to use my own ideas to influence others, to tell others what to do and what not to do.

If so, what's the difference between being self-righteous and always using his own way to be nice to others?

The marriage of the sisters is actually their own business after all.

Among them, only they know whether they are warm or cold.

Manli couldn't believe that her sister didn't think carefully before making such a decision.

They must have thought and thought before making such a decision,

So, what right do I have to dissuade and criticize?

Thinking of this, she suddenly felt relieved.

It seems that even my heart has relaxed a lot.

It seems that the burden on the shoulders has been lightened.

"Sister, let's work hard. You are right. A happy life does not depend on other people's charity. We can strive for it by our own efforts, instead of getting something for nothing by getting married!"

Hearing what Manli said, the imperceptible worry between Jane's brows finally disappeared.

She reached out to wrap her arms around her younger sister's shoulders, and said in a comforting tone, "It's good of you to understand."

"Also," she put both hands on Manli's shoulders, looked at her seriously and said, "This matter is in the past, don't worry about it anymore. Dad asked me to tell you, you He agrees with what he said and what he did. He never thought of marrying his daughter into a rich family, and he didn't like any of the three gentlemen."

Jane imitated Mr. Bennet's tone and said sternly.

The expression was very realistic, seeing her like this, even Manli couldn't help laughing.

Only then did I realize that my eldest sister also has such a naughty side.

After the two sisters laughed for a while, Jane continued to say to Manli: "Father also said. Don't worry about Mommy. With him here, Mommy won't complain to you."

It was only then that Manli realized that the two sisters came here today not to inquire about gossip, but to comfort her heart on behalf of the whole family.

This made her feel very comfortable and warm all over her body.

With the understanding and support of family members, what are those other things?

After the embarrassing situation of the day, Mary thought that Collins would end the visit as quickly as possible and return to his own home.

But what she didn't expect was that early the next morning, at the dinner table, she saw the man with a nonchalant face.

He sat at the dining table and had breakfast with everyone as usual, and he even did not forget to praise Mrs. Bennet as before.

The rainbow fart was still blowing loudly, as if nothing had happened.

This broke Manli a little.

I don't understand what this person's face is used for?

Fortunately, there is also one thing that is gratifying, that is, Collins finally stopped pestering her.

He now treats Manli as a transparent person, and deliberately bypasses her even when looking for topics.

He probably thought it was a way of expressing his anger, but he didn't know that it made Manli feel so relieved.

Who has the patience to have a hypocritical chat with such a person?

Manli felt that she really couldn't do the same thing as him and acted as if nothing happened.

Soon, Manli discovered something different.

It was she who suddenly found that her home had many visitors these days.

They are all neighbors, most of them are wives who are about the same age as my mother.

What's more special is that these wives more or less have one or two marriageable daughters or relatives in their families.

This reminded her of Mr. Collins' last marriage object - Mr. Lucas's daughter Charlotte.

But this time she wasn't going to get involved.

After thoroughly figuring it out last night, Manli understood that her personal fate can only be won by herself.

It should be Charlotte's beloved, and she will naturally find a way to catch him up.

As Manli expected, Mrs. Lucas brought her daughter to visit in the afternoon.

Today's Charlotte is obviously dressed up deliberately, and even has a layer of face powder on her face.

Modified her small face that usually looked slightly blue and yellow, making her look a little more delicate.

Charlotte, who had sent her a visiting letter on the pretext of coming to chat with Elizabeth, had arrived and sat motionless with her mother in the living room.

He listened to Collins' endless bragging and showing off with great interest, and occasionally exclaimed to express his admiration.

As the host, Elizabeth stayed with her for a while at the beginning, but seeing that the situation was not right, she exchanged glances with her mother and made an excuse to leave.

So there were only two wives and Charlotte, a girl, in the living room, except for Collins.

Mrs. Bennet has received several such "visiting groups" with other purposes in succession in the past few days. What else can't be seen?

At this moment, he simply didn't bother to say anything, and sat quietly watching their performance.

Sure enough, Charlotte looked at Collins even more enthusiastically.

It's like watching a prince coming on a white horse, full of admiration and maiden shyness.

Her performance immediately pleased Collins.

After all, although Charlotte is not as good-looking as the girls in the Bennet family, she is still taller than other girls in the surrounding villages.

At least much better than those that came before.

After suffering all kinds of cold reception at the Bennet family, when he met a girl of marriageable age who showed such enthusiasm for him, Collins only felt that the whole person was floating.

He became arrogant again.

He politely invited Miss Charlotte to "take a walk in the garden behind" with him, and then agreed to Mrs. Lucas' invitation, and went to their home for a return visit on the same day.

Immediately afterwards, the engagement with Miss Charlotte was confirmed as quickly as possible.

And smugly talked about it at Bennet's house over and over again, showing off beyond words.

But he didn't know that almost everyone in the Bennet family breathed a sigh of relief when they knew that he and Miss Charlotte had made a decision for life.

Even Mrs. Bennet, who has always been very enthusiastic about her daughter's marriage, expressed her blessings to him from the bottom of her heart.

Everyone is really happy.

They all felt that since he had found a marriage partner, he should end this visit immediately, leave early, and go back to prepare for the wedding.

The Bennet family even secretly thought of saying goodbye to him.

It's just that Collins didn't feel it at all.

He becomes obsessed with the feeling of being in love.

Every morning, after breakfast, he left the house and ran to chat with Miss Charlotte, and did not come back until almost dark.

But I never missed a dinner time.

He used Ban's house as a resting hotel and restaurant, but he confidently didn't notice that others were bored with him.

This really made everyone feel a little bit depressed.

Fortunately, they didn't have to worry too much about this person, because it was soon time for Mr. Bennet to return for a follow-up visit.

Early on, Manli arranged a carriage to pick up Mr. Alan from Lanbai County.

And she went out of the kitchen herself, racking her brains to think of all kinds of dishes that Mr. Alan might like. She only hoped that the man would be in a better mood after eating, and that he would be more careful when treating his father.

Because there was no pork left, Manli prepared tender lamb chops this time.

I personally made four dishes of stewed lamb chops, spicy grilled chicken wings, fried mushrooms with garlic and butter, and braised dried bamboo shoots in oil.

In addition, she also steamed rice, baked scallion pancakes, cold dried tofu, soybean sprouts, pickled cucumbers, and vegetable salad as side dishes.

In a word, you can pay as much attention as you can.

Before Alang came, the whole Ban's family was once again shrouded in a tangy aroma, and the whole family cheered up, as if they were about to welcome some grand festival.

In fact, it would be impossible to say that the whole family was there to welcome the doctor.

The main reason is...they are hungry.

After all, the whole family had been eating Martha's meals with him for a week because of their mother's unabashed distaste for Collins.

Or the kind that is deliberately made to the most general level.

Today, taking advantage of his not coming back for lunch, everyone couldn't help but feel secretly delighted and excited.

Aaron arrived as scheduled.

When I arrived, I went upstairs to check Mr. Bennet's wound, and after confirming that he was recovering well, I gave him a new prescription.

This time he brought more medicinal materials, basically all the medicines in the prescription, which saved the driver the trouble of making another trip.

After Aaron confirmed to the family that Mr. Bennet would be able to get out of bed in another week, use crutches to move a little bit, and then return to normal in a short time, everyone was so happy that they could only wait to see him. It's offered.

The family then flocked to lure him to the restaurant.

Mrs. Bennet still asked Aaron to sit in the position of the guest of honor, and accompanied him to the table with several daughters.

Seeing the dishes on the table, Alan's eyes flashed, he raised his head and cast a grateful glance at Manli, and then, at Mrs. Bennet's kind invitation, he took the spoon first.

But just as his spoon dipped into the small bowl containing the stewed lamb chops, there was a sudden sound of a carriage pulling up outside, followed by Collins' exaggerated laughing.

"My dearest Charlotte, you are going to be my wife soon, isn't it normal to come home with me? What kind of visiting letter should I write in advance? I believe it will not be long before the whole house It will all belong to my name, and you can justifiably become the hostess of this house. At that time, let alone you just come to sit and sit, you just want to tear it down, and no one dares to say anything! "

Collins' words made everyone in the restaurant stop what they were doing.

Especially the members of the Bennet family, their complexions suddenly became very ugly.

Everyone turned their heads to look in the direction of the gate, with anger written on everyone's face.

Alan put down the spoon in his hand, his eyes swept across the faces of the sisters thoughtfully, and then turned his eyes outside like them.

Collins entered, assisted by Charlotte.

His face was flushed purple, with a layer of oil on it, his footsteps were a little sloppy, and most of his body was leaning on Charlotte's body. It looked like he had drunk too much.

As he walked, he kept bragging to Charlotte, pointing at the furniture and decorations in the house, telling her which ones were valuable and which ones were precious.

Which one comes from overseas, and it can only come to the UK by making a big ship.

That posture seemed to him at the moment, already the master of the Bennet family.

Such a dazzling sight made Mrs. Bennet tremble all over.

Even though she knew that there were still guests sitting next to her at the moment, as the hostess, she couldn't sit any longer, and she was the first to throw down the fork in her hand, and walked out to the hall first.

The sisters from other classes also followed suit.

Aaron hesitated for a moment, but could only follow.

Collins was taken aback when he saw a group of people suddenly coming out from the direction of the restaurant.

Apparently he never thought that the Bennet family was eating at this moment? !

Because Mrs. Bennet was too bored with him, and didn't bother to listen to his boastful talk at the dinner table every day.

So from the day he came, it seemed that he suddenly forgot that he still had the habit of lunch, and started to follow the same rules as other families in the village. The kitchen only serves two meals a day, morning and evening, and the meals provided for afternoon tea are also very good. Perfunctory.

Collins should have lived like this before, so he didn't realize that he was treated specially.

As for the other sisters in the Ban family, they all tacitly chose to support their mother's rare willfulness.

Anyway, when they wanted something to eat, they just had to go to the kitchen and ask, and Martha would make it and deliver it to their room.

And the reason why they were able to have such unscrupulous dinner together today was also because Collins had long been used to two meals in the morning and evening, and never came back at noon.

"Are you... are you all there?" Collins said with a little embarrassment with a sneer.

But no one paid attention to him.

Charlotte, who was standing next to him, blushed instantly.

She quickly let go of the hand holding Collins, quickly moved away from him, and explained in a low voice: "Mr. Collins had two more drinks with his father at our house in the morning, and he was a little drunk."

After speaking, she looked at Elizabeth with a begging look, as if she was begging this former friend to help her smooth things over.

But Elizabeth completely ignored it, her face was condensed, and she had no intention of helping her.

The scene froze for a while.

Being surrounded by so many people, Collins finally sobered up.

Or in other words, he didn't drink too much before, but he just wanted to show off to Charlotte with the help of alcohol.

But now, this show off has obviously become a joke.

Charlotte's face was full of embarrassment.

As an unmarried girl, even if she is already discussing marriage with Collins, it would be unseemly for a lonely man and widow to come out with him and talk about it.

Now she is terribly regretful, regretting that she has become obsessed with ghosts, and will listen to her mother's advice, and do something to enhance the relationship.

Now being watched with such disdain by her best friend and her friend's family, Charlotte wished she could faint on the spot.

She bit her lower lip tightly, hurriedly curtseyed to the people opposite, then turned around and was about to flee through the door.

But at the moment she just stepped out, she was grabbed by Collins.

"Why are you running? Is there anything wrong with what I said? You will become the owner of this house sooner or later. Come and see what's wrong with your own house? Why do you want to leave?"

After all, he glanced at the Bennet sisters one by one with a provocative face. The meaning was very clear - they were just a bunch of money-losers, and sooner or later they would be kicked out by me!

His provocation instantly enraged everyone present. Man Li took a step forward and was about to speak, but what she didn't expect was that she was held back by her mother.

Mrs. Bennet stepped forward and stood in front of all her daughters.

There were flames in her eyes, and she looked at Collins and said word by word: "It's too early for you to say this, Mr. Collins. At least until now, the owner of this house is still my husband." And you are just a guest here as his nephew. We treat you as a guest, but obviously you don’t have the gratitude that a guest should have. If this is the case, please go back, where you came from, where you come back Go. Do not show up at my house from now on, you are no longer welcome."

Speaking of this, she suddenly rang the rattle that she had always carried with her, and then looked at Collins again: "I will inform the groom to prepare the carriage now, you go back and pack your luggage, the coachman will take you away in half an hour .”

Mrs. Bennet's unprecedented strength made the room suddenly silent.

Not only Collins was stunned, but even the daughters were so shocked that they looked at their mother with eyes filled with admiration!

Carter, the coachman, came in quickly, and Mrs. Bennet, in front of the whole room, began to order him to prepare the horse.

And specifically confessed, just send it to the county, and let Collins go back in a public carriage.

Collins finally realized at this moment-he was expelled!

After reacting, his face suddenly turned into a liver color!

"Mrs. Bennet, I want to remind you, don't forget my identity, I am..."

"I haven't forgotten! But now my husband is alive and well, and he will always be alive!"

Mrs. Bennet quickly interrupted him, and looked up and down his fat body with a disdainful look like looking at garbage.

Then he snorted coldly again: "If you want to inherit this house, go back and pray hard! I pray that God will love you more and let you live longer than my husband!"