[Pride and Prejudice] Lady Makes Money

"What the hell is it? Can you stop being a secret?"

Elizabeth got annoyed and poked Lydia directly on the forehead.

Lydia was also not angry, but lowered her voice even more, and said mysteriously: "It is said that Wickham is a libertine. There are also rumors that he lived with prostitutes in other places before and cheated I bought several girls from innocent families, and they came here to join the Corps after they were found out and had nowhere to go."

Speaking of this, Lydia grabbed Manli's arm and shook it, adoring her with a glance: "Sister San is so right, there are really people in places like the Corps! I don't know how they would put Hypocrites like Wickham were recruited!"

Manli didn't answer, but a voice in her heart told her: "It's done."

She didn't know who spread these rumors, and did it have anything to do with Darcy or their group?

But she knew that since the news had been spread, girls from decent families would think carefully before dating that scumbag.

If he thought about it as before, it would not be so easy to deceive and abduct with a pretty face.

However, after hearing the news, Man Li still felt a little uncomfortable.

She realized a problem that she had neglected before, and that was—the two younger sisters were almost adults.

During this period, fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls like Kitty and Lydia were able to attend social occasions and even get married.

After all, in the original book, Lydia and Wickham were not yet 16 when they got married.

But they are detained in such a small environment as Longborn Village every day, and their horizons are too narrow.

In the past, Manli felt that her father's idea was very correct, which was to let the two younger sisters marry nearby, closer to home, so that they could help each other.

But now she feels that this is a bit unfair to the two sisters?

Among other things, where is there a good marriage partner of the right age around?

Besides, the same family, why not provide some better opportunities for the two younger sisters?

What kind of life they choose in the end is their own decision.

But while they are still young, taking advantage of the current conditions in the family, why can't they be given a higher platform and broaden their horizons?

Manli always firmly believes that one can know a lot by seeing a lot.

It's as if Lydia disliked Wickham for a reason that no one could think of at first-dirty.

It sounds funny to say it, but if it wasn't for the fact that she had been bathed before and developed a delicate and exquisite living habit, could the matter that she was worried about be solved so simply and rudely?

But now, after so long of learning and immersion, Manli believes that the two younger sisters already have the ability to judge right from wrong, even if they are really released to let them go farther, there will be no major problems in principle .

She thought about it, and suddenly said to Lydia: "If the weather is warmer, you and Kitty can go to uncle's house to stay for a while."

Lydia was still happily talking to Elizabeth about all the rumors she had heard about how scumbag Wickham was!

He was taken aback by Manli's words.

"Why? I won't go. I have to take such a long carriage ride. How can I be comfortable at my own home?" She pouted with a face of rejection.

Kitty next to her also echoed, nodding like a chicken pecking at rice.

Manli has a headache.

She doesn't even know what happened?In the original text, I was thinking about going out every day, and my mind was full of two girls from various dance parties. Why are they raised so nerdy now?

One gets into the kitchen every day and doesn't want to come out, and the other just wants to grow into the bedroom, holding an embroidery frame, and sitting for a whole day.

Don't be afraid to burn your eyes.

This is simply running from one extreme to the other!

But that doesn't work.

"Auntie's tailor shop is the best in London."

She did not take the attitude of suppressing and ordering her two younger sisters as before, but persuading and seducing her two sisters eloquently.

"There are many clothes in it that you will never see in Hertfordshire for a lifetime. Because many of the customers in her store are women from noble families, and here..."

Manli shrugged her shoulders: "How many noble women can you meet a year?"

"Is there any clothes like the Marquise's?" Lydia's eyes were a little blurred, and she had obviously begun to recall the dazzling golden dress worn by Elura at the previous party.

"It doesn't necessarily have to be that good. Elura's clothes should be custom-made. As her identity, she definitely wouldn't go to a tailor's store to buy clothes. But there are also similar, equally good-looking ones." Manli said honestly.

But her words still aroused Lydia's amazement again and again.

Seeing that the little white rabbit was about to take the bait, Manli continued, "Do you know why my aunt is determined not to let Jane come back?"

The two girls shook their heads together.

Indeed, Jane's absence was too long this time, and the sisters had never been separated for so long before.

"Because my aunt wants Jane to be her model!" Manli laughed.

"What is a model?"

"It's just wearing clothes from a clothing store and going out to show others. If they like it, they will naturally go to the store to buy it. It's just to promote my aunt's clothing store!"

"Is that okay?" Elizabeth frowned.

In the past, she didn't know exactly what Jane and Manli did to help their uncle and aunt in London.

All I know is a little bit of news brought out from various chats.

But hearing Manli's explanation at this moment, she suddenly felt something was wrong.

Manli naturally knew what the second sister was worried about, so she quickly relieved her: "Don't worry, uncle and aunt will not do anything to hinder the reputation of our sisters. Even if you want Jane to help promote it, aunt will not do anything." Just offering her the best clothes and looks when she was briefly going to a party, absolutely nothing was asked of her."

"But..." She smiled: "Who made our eldest sister look so good-looking! She can immediately become the focus of the ball in whatever she wears. If anyone wants to ask her where she bought the clothes, she can't help it." Tell me! However, it is said that there is no need for her to say anything now, as long as they see her wearing new clothes, those people will run to the clothing store as soon as possible to book them all."

"That's so good!" Lydia's eyes were in a trance, and she couldn't help but exclaimed.

You know, among all the girls in the Bennet family, it was never Jane who was the most particular about dressing, and who liked to dress the most, but Lydia.

"So, do you want to go?"

Manli blinked at her, and added another handful of firewood generously: "Auntie has said many times that you have a good eye and the lace you came up with is very interesting. Go learn more and use your brain more Design some new patterns. If the design is good, my aunt will also pay to buy it from you."

"real?!"

Lydia jumped up from her chair in an instant.

The Bennet family has always had an unwritten rule, that is, if a few girls earn money by their own abilities, their parents will not want it.

Even if Manli was short of money to buy the farm before, and Manli used manuscript fees to help her family advance those, Mr. Bennet has slowly returned them to her these days.

Even if the other sisters didn't say anything, they all saw it. It would be a lie to say that they were not envious. All of them must be thinking in their hearts how they could help themselves save a little more dowry before getting married.

Hearing from Manli that her aunt might still buy the pattern she designed, how could Lydia refuse to agree?

"Then what am I going to do? I don't know how to draw." Kitty couldn't help but pouted.

"You? I still want to entrust you with a heavy responsibility!" Manli said with a glance at her.

Manli wants to leave the task of opening a hotpot restaurant and training cooks to Kitty.

After talking with Sophia yesterday, she has been thinking about this question since she came back.

No matter who the store is cooperating with, she must be the leader in the training of cooks.

But Manli really didn't want to do this anymore.

I have to admit that she is a lazy person from the bottom of her heart.

Whether it was cooking or doing other businesses before, it was all forced by the environment.

Who wants to do it when they can lie down?

As for cooking, now her apprentices can all become masters!

If she didn't have to cook all kinds of soups and tonics for her parents, she would have trained Martha to take care of herself.

Manli decided to give Kitty a good training while the weather was still too cold to go out, and then packed her and Lydia to London.

I believe that after a year and a half of tempering, don't expect the two girls to have any great prospects, at least their ability to look at people and behave in the world will definitely improve.

If the elder sister's current contacts in the London social circle were used to find a suitable husband candidate for these two girls, let alone mother, she would wake up laughing from her dreams.

After thinking about the way out of the two younger sisters, Manli turned her attention to the second sister Elizabeth.

But for the second sister, Man Li didn't worry at all.

As the leading heroine in the original text, Elizabeth will not worry about anyone. The natural heroine aura will definitely make her invincible.

only--

"Second sister, did Charlotte say when she got married?"

She still couldn't help asking.

Only when Charlotte and Collins are married can Elizabeth have the opportunity to visit their new home and meet Darcy!

In this cold day, without a suitable reason, these two people didn't even have a chance to meet.

And Elizabeth didn't know that her sister was worrying about her again, so she said nonchalantly: "Recently? I heard Mrs. Horst talking about going to choose Charlotte's wedding dress in the village before, and said Go to Meryton just for that."

Speaking of this, Elizabeth curled her lips rather apologetically: "Girls only get married once in a lifetime. She is planning to go to Meryton and send Charlotte away? The girls in our village , who gets married and can’t go to the city to buy a few sets of good clothes? Doesn’t she also have several sets of high-end dresses, and it is said that she bought them in London?”

Manli didn't speak.

It is not a day or two that Charlotte is not taken seriously at home, and she does not care about other people's affairs.

Just knowing that the wedding date of those two people is coming soon, and everything is going slowly, that's enough.

At this time, Mr. Bennet, who was walking outside together as husband and wife, suddenly walked in in a hurry.

While walking, he yelled loudly at the girls in the room: "Stop chatting here, go out and see your mother! She's not feeling well, I'm going to call a doctor now!"