beauty and money

After buying Christmas presents, Mary sent out the letter she had written, and the two letters had to cross half of the UK to reach their destination.

A letter to De Bower, sharing with her the secret of her dressing up as a woman to study in Oxford. She thought that the stubbornness and romance hidden under the stagnant appearance of the other party would definitely make her happy.The other letter was to Georgiana, and she only said that she had met Lefroy, and that she was indebted to him for his help, and said something about Lefroy's condition, and how he was unhappy, although these contents may make Georgiana painful. , but it is also Mary's last effort. She always feels that people who love each other cannot be together, and nothing is more painful than this.

When he went back, Benest found that Mary's expression was wrong. Although Mary was known to be moody and awkward enough in the eyes of everyone, Benest was unsatisfactory and unsatisfactory in other aspects. It is very sure about guessing women's hearts.

Although he didn't know why Mary was sullen, but thinking of her being like this after she left alone, he thought that maybe the talkative women in the town should have said something to her.

Benest, who was driving, listened attentively while asking Mary. "Dear, do you like the woods of Antrim?"

Mary sat in the carriage and muttered, "Not annoying."

"Honey, what? I didn't hear clearly?" Benest shouted deliberately.

"I hate the forest here, I hate everything here." Mary's mind was chanting Grace over and over again, that lovely name, Mary means Margaret, it is a kind of flower, and the language of flower happens to be secret love .And Grace is wishes and blessings, usually used on beautiful girls, girls like that kind of fairy.

After thinking about it, she took out the green fisherman's hat in the box and started tinkering.

"Are you angry?"

"No, there isn't one," Mary replied bluntly, and since Benest was driving outside the carriage, they had to be very loud to hear each other.So after saying this, Mary murmured, "What's the use of being angry."

At this time, the carriage suddenly shook violently, as if it had been crushed by something, and the jolted Mary subconsciously helped the carriage.Then she heard Benest suddenly yell, "My God, something just ran over and the horse was startled! Oh, it's out of control!"

Immediately afterwards, the carriage started to sway from side to side. The road was originally a dirt road, and it was a bit bumpy, but now it had become wobbly. Mary had to support the carriage with both hands so as not to be bumped into walls.

"Help! Ah!" Benest's panicked voice came from ahead, and suddenly there was a bang in the carriage. Mary immediately felt the carriage tilt to one side, and then Benest's arm stretched out from the window of the carriage. When he came in, his hand grabbed the edge of the window, half of his body dangled and was about to fall outside!

Mary screamed in horror, stretched out her arm and grabbed Benest's arm tightly, "Don't let go, hold on to me!"

At this time, the carriage had already tilted very badly, and the door was opened by Benest's other hand, and one of his feet was inserted into the carriage, followed by the other arm.He hung outside the carriage in this posture, which frightened Mary's heart beating wildly, and she was out of her wits.

At this time, the speed of the carriage was very fast. If he fell and was run over by the carriage, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Seeing this, Mary immediately let go of his arm on one side, and hurriedly pulled his body on the other side, trying to pull him closer. The carriage tilted even more because of Mary's movement, almost only one side of the wheel was speeding, and then hit a stone. When blocks they are bouncing up and down.

At this extremely dangerous moment, Benest suddenly let go of the car window, and then the body on this side was pulled by Mary, and jumped into the bumpy carriage. With a bang, the tilted carriage instantly The force of the impact returned to its original position, but the speed still did not slow down. The door of the carriage kept shaking, and the scenery on both sides passed by quickly.

At this soul-stirring moment, Benest took advantage of the opportunity to hold Mary tightly in his arms. His solid and powerful arms were like iron tongs. After strenuous exercise, accompanied by violent panting and strong masculine breath, he crazily invaded her. Breathing Mary's original bitter scent that belonged to books.

At that moment, Mary's heart was beating wildly, and everything around her seemed to slow down.At that moment her brown eyes met Benest's green eyes, and they saw fire, madness, and something unknown in each other's eyes.

Suddenly, at the moment when his eyes met, Benest kissed him. His lips did not touch and leave like a joke before, but like fire, like a branding iron, like everything that makes the heart beat faster. thing.The kiss was burning, violent and frightening, suffocating.

The crazy heartbeat became more violent because of this kiss. Mary felt that she was going to faint. Knowing how to breathe, I almost suffocated myself.

A long sigh sounded, and Mary recovered from the dizziness. The carriage was still bumping, but the speed was not as fast as before.Benest picked up the green fisherman hat that was about to fall out with his feet, reached out and held it in front of Mary, panting and asked, "This is your Christmas present, huh? I don't like it very much, but as long as you If I like it, I'll take it with me."

Then he smiled slyly, and Mary had to admit that her heart was revived again. The girl who had vowed never to be moved again, never to show her feelings, never to love others, her heart lake was like a meteorite. choppy.

"Huh, carriage, carriage..." She spoke intermittently, but the meaning she expressed was very clear, what about the carriage.

Benest smiled frankly. At this moment, the speed of the carriage slowed down. The horse had no intention of going crazy, but pouted and neighed, "My dear, old horses know their way!" Afterwards, he put the fisherman hat on his head , then opened the car door and jumped out.

At that moment, Mary's heart jumped again, and she heard Benest say with a proud smile, "I'm not one of those soft men, I grew up in the forest..."

At this moment, Mary realized that all the adventures just now were just his tricks, "Benest!"

"Do you want to do it again?" A smirk came from outside.

When they got back to the farm, the stables and barns had already been built, and the tenants were working while singing Scottish ditties that Mary could not understand, their red faces full of joy and joy.

"Mr. and Mrs. Benest!" Seeing them coming back, the tenants saluted one after another, and then someone who looked like the leader of them replied: "The cellar will be dug tomorrow, and it only takes two days to finish it, and we will finish it before the frost hits." Mr.

"That's very nice, Uncle Sim, so we can store a lot of things for the winter, you know I don't like the town very much." Benest jumped out of the carriage, and said hello to the tenant, who knew the tenant who rented his land. Every one of the tenants even knew the names of their children, which seemed very surprising to Mary, because she was not very good at dealing with people.

That's why it's incomprehensible to see that Benest is so popular. Maybe this idiot is not without any merits.Many people liked him, even Mr. Bennet, the kindest and most virtuous of the squires, could not be like him.

When the tenants were about to go back, Benest brought a lot of bread from the car. These were white bread, but the tenants basically only ate black bread fermented with beer, and those breads were usually used by nobles as alms Or feed pigeons, which no one eats hard rock without milk and sugar.Therefore, they seldom eat white bread like this once a year, and they are extremely grateful for Benest's generosity.

Mary didn't understand that if she wanted to thank them, she couldn't just give them money.It's odd that Benest didn't.

After the workers left, Benest moved a lot of things in, arranged like a couple, and Mary asked her own questions.

"My dear little Mary, the coins are cold, neither eatable nor drinkable, and seem so little in any quantity. But the bread is soft and warm, and they would not buy it if they had money. And if you give them money today, You have to give tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, so people will not only not be grateful, but will be angry because you didn't give more, and take the extra for granted. This is not the way to make friends. Baby, sometimes , You are so silly and cute." Benest took the opportunity to secretly kiss her.

Mary angrily threw down the candles that were being loaded in the cabinet and said, "Okay, smart sir, you are so sophisticated, why did you put yourself in the debtor's prison?"

Benest was embarrassed, and then said honestly: "Of course it is because of vanity, so I need you, you give me confidence, you are my angel." , but doesn't like to be angry and likes to say some love words that are tired of ears.He is the kind of person who knows he is bad, but refuses to correct it.

Mary felt that her skin was about to get goose bumps, and at the same time, she felt sweet.After working for a while, the two finally got the basic things done, and this place finally felt like a home.

"Phew, it's finally finished." Benest took a long breath and sat down.

"It's not tiring, it's tiring to tidy up your pile of clothes." Mary teased the other party every day, while Benest laughed and retorted: "Your books are really heavy, piece by piece, others think We’re pulling home gold.”

After stabbing each other, the two looked at each other and smiled. The clothes are to Benest, and the book is to Mary.Vanity and pedantry, perhaps no one is better than the other.

As night fell, the two ate bread and honey from the tenants. Mary wanted to show her cooking skills, but they didn't need to do it themselves in the Bennet house. Mary couldn't even start the fire in the stove. Fortunately, Bennet Sturt has lived a life of being more a servant than a servant since he was a child. He is good at lighting a fire and cooking, otherwise they would not even be able to drink hot soup.

While the couple were having dinner, Mary suddenly remembered the incident during the day, and she became depressed again.

"Little baby, what's the matter with you?" Benest noticed Mary's unhappiness as usual. Although Mary usually kept a straight face when she was happy or unhappy, like a nun, he could still understand the subtleties. Feel her mood in her expression.

"Nothing," Mary replied.

"It's not like that, I'm so glad I knew what my Christmas present was in advance, otherwise I would be so disappointed when I opened the box under the mistletoe with great interest!" Benest took the hat again talk about things.

Mary bought the ugly hat on a whim, and now feels bad about using an ugly hat for Christmas, but she doesn't really have anything else to give Benest, so she pretends not to hear.

Benest watched Mary breaking the bread into small pieces, wishing he could break the bread into something to feed the birds, and he knew that her little awkwardness had not been eliminated.

"Honey, did you encounter any unpleasant things in the town? Or unpleasant people? We are a couple and should be honest with each other."

Mary turned a deaf ear, acting as if she would not listen. "Okay then, I think it's probably my love story that made you so unhappy, you're little Hera." Hera was the god of the family in Greek mythology, but she was also the god of jealousy.

"Who is Grace?" Mary took a deep breath, dropped the bread that had been broken into bird food, and asked courageously.