[Pride and Prejudice] Lady Makes Money

She found herself ignorant.

After traveling for so long, she never knew that there are so many kinds of meat in this era!

In addition to the normal chicken, duck, fish and geese, there are antelope, eel, sparrow, swan, puffer fish, and finally, a whole roasted peacock was served on a huge silver plate! ①

There are also beautiful peacock feathers around the silver plate.

Although Manli disagrees with eating these animals, she has no appetite for eating.

But facing the huge, magnificently decorated dining table, and the various flowers and animal shapes carved out of large pieces of clear rock sugar that she has never seen before...

Impossible not to be shocked.

It was at this moment that she finally truly felt the splendor and prosperity that belonged exclusively to Britain in this century.

……

It was late when I got back from Gene's house.

After they got home, they didn't even care about satisfying the strong curiosity of the women in the family. Manli and Elizabeth were so tired that they were tottering, and went directly to take a shower and go to bed.

When I woke up again, it was dawn.

Manli went downstairs to have breakfast.

Because everyone knows her habit of sleeping late, people in the Bennet family usually don't wait for Mary for breakfast.

Usually when she wakes up, when the kitchen delivers the food, it has been warming on the fire before.

Therefore, the whole family felt a little strange to be able to see Manli during the meal.

Faced with the curious eyes of her family, Manli was actually quite embarrassed.

No matter how she is such an adult, it doesn't seem too good to leave the whole family with the impression of a little lazy cat.

Especially when Kitty finally realized belatedly that there was only one reason why her third sister was so enthusiastic and proactive in teaching herself how to cook so many dishes, that is, she finally didn't have to go to the kitchen and make breakfast for the whole family ...

And yelled so that the whole family knew.

Facing the slightly playful eyes of the crowd, Manli would still feel a little embarrassed.

"Where did you go to play when we were not at home yesterday?"

She sat down at the dining table, took the initiative to find a topic, looked at Lydia and asked.

"We went to my aunt's house yesterday." Delia said after taking a bite of the bread.

"I went to my aunt's house, what's there for fun?"

Ever since she got angry at her mother about the corps, she clearly expressed her opinion.

Later, after Delia showed all kinds of disgust for Wickham, Manli had completely let go of this obsession, and she no longer cared about the social interactions of the two younger sisters.

But now, it was still a little strange to hear her say that she was going to her aunt's house.

Because my aunt's personality is different from that of my mother, in fact she is quite a family person.

If there is no need to go out, she can stay in the house for a week without going out, and she will not feel uncomfortable at all.

Manli didn't think that her two lively younger sisters would have any common language with her aunt, so she went to her house to stay for a day.

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She became nervous for no reason.

"What fun can there be at Auntie's house?"

As expected, Lydia curled her lips disapprovingly when she heard Manli's question: "We went because of Mary King's invitation, and she wanted me and Kitty to help her advise on the dress she wore for her engagement."

Mary King? ②

Inexplicably, Manli felt that this name was a bit familiar, but after thinking about it for a long time, she never remembered that she knew such a person.

She habitually asked: "Who is Mary King? Are you good friends?"

Before Lydia could open her mouth, Kitty beside her answered first: "That's not true, we don't like her. What about her..."

Having said that, she curled her lips like Lydia, and said with a look of disgust: "Guess, who is she going to be engaged to?"

"Who?"

This time, not only Manli was curious, but even Elizabeth couldn't help asking.

"It's the Wickham that the third sister has always disliked!" Kitty replied loudly.

Manli suddenly woke up, and she immediately remembered who this Mary King was!

This is a character who appeared in the original book.

She was going to be engaged to Wickham at first, but she was sent to Uncle Liverpool's house by her family and escaped.

She is also a lucky girl.

Thinking of this, Manli couldn't help becoming vigilant: "Why did she ask you for advice when she was engaged? Your relationship doesn't look very good either?"

Manli didn't want her two younger sisters to have any contact with Wickham at all, it would be best not to have any contact with anyone around him.

"Isn't it because all the girls in Hertfordshire now know that Lydia has a good eye? They all want to do everything possible to get in touch with Lydia. If this guy is not lazy, she can do it every day." received this invitation."

Kitty answered quickly again.

Manli couldn't help but look up at the little sister sitting on the side, and instantly admired her.

Why didn't she know, since when did this little one who gave her the most headaches in the family come to be able to shine?

Seeing her gaze, Lydia couldn't help but proudly raised her head.

Then he pretended to be disapproving and sighed: "Oh, it's not because Mary King begged to get to my aunt through someone. As a result, my aunt sent a car to drag us there yesterday. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother to care about it." This kind of nosy matter. People who would like a man like Wickham have bad eyesight. Choosing clothes for her is too unfulfilling."

Man Li couldn't help laughing at Lydia's words.

She was really curious, she didn't understand how this little girl could switch from one extreme to another so resolutely?

She couldn't help asking: "Why did Wickham bother you? Could it be that you hate him to such an extent just because he doesn't take a bath and smells too bad?"

After all, there are too many dirty and smelly men in this era who don't take a shower.

"It's not just that."

Delia suddenly put down the tableware in her hand, and glanced at her parents who had finished eating ahead of time and walked out.Then he put his mouth close to Manli's ear.

"Hey, what are you talking about, let me listen too!"

Elizabeth also brought her head closer with a look of curiosity.

"Second sister, maybe you are really interested in this matter!"

As Lydia said, she put her arms around the shoulders of the two older sisters, put their heads together, and whispered into their ears mysteriously: "You don't know, it's all going crazy in Meryton now, It's all about that Wickham."