[Pride and Prejudice] Mrs Bennett

This pregnancy Gris was much easier than the last time, and her stomach was not as big as last time, which made the Bennetts feel relieved in private.During the pregnancy, the two couples basically lived in the Viscount's mansion, and they never left the door. Mr. Bennett explained everything to the Brown butler he hired after he moved into the mansion.

Butler Brown is a typical British butler and graduated from the Royal Butler College.If it weren't for Mr. Bennett's title now, he wouldn't be qualified to hire him.A butler with professional qualities is indeed different. Not only did he manage the entire Viscount's mansion in an orderly manner when Grace was unable to manage due to pregnancy, he also handled the unique human relations between nobles with ease.

As for the property, Mr. Bennett has several managers and investment agents that he is used to, and he only needs to check the accounts once a month.As for the oriental silk shop that seems a bit tasteless and hot potato now, Mr. Bennett has already discussed with Grace to find a suitable opportunity to hand over the shop completely to the Prince of Wales.The three embroiderers invited from the Qing Dynasty are now able to take care of themselves, even without Grace's shop running.

The relationship between the Bennett family and the Prince of Wales can neither be too far nor too close. Having a joint store is not a good thing in the long run.Even if the silk shop and the pearl farm are all sold out, the Bennett family has quite a lot of property. Besides, as long as one has the brains, it is not impossible to start other businesses.

It's just that the speed of this estrangement can't be too fast, even if both parties know it well, it can't be too obvious.If the Bennett family wants to gain a firm foothold in London's high society, it still needs a relationship with the royal family.

Shortly after Mr. Bennett signed the documents for the transfer of the freshwater pearl farm in the Lake District, Grace gave birth to a baby girl safely in the Viscount's mansion. Mr. Bennett named his second daughter Elizabeth.This is what he and Grace have discussed long ago, as long as they are daughters, they will be called this name.

Unlike the twins who look very similar to Grace, Elizabeth is more like Mr. Bennett.Of course, this doesn't refer to her facial features. Even if Mr. Bennett's handsomeness is delicate, it's not a good thing for a girl to look like him.

Like her father, Elizabeth had dark eyes that were rarely seen among Europeans. She was crying loudly, and her facial features were not fully opened yet, but it could be seen that they should not be bad.While Mr. Bennet was happy with his second daughter who had just been brought out of the delivery room, he also did not forget to ask about the situation of the maid Grace.After learning that she was fine and just a little bit tired, Mr. Bennett handed his daughter to the maid and walked into the delivery room.

"Are you okay, Grace?" Mr. Bennet sat down on the edge of the bed, looked at Grace, whose face was pale and even sallow, with concern and distress, "Thank you for your hard work." He held her hand He put his hand to his lips and kissed it.

"I'm fine." Grace smiled weakly, "Have you seen our daughter, she really looks like you."

"You can see it now, but the color of my eyes is the same as mine." Mr. Bennett smiled when he thought of the shallow black eyes he saw that were only slightly opened.

"The daughter I worked so hard to give birth to turned out not like me." Grace said with some complaints.

But she is very glad that this child is a daughter, if it is a son, she will really be very embarrassed.The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, but according to the law, only the eldest son can inherit the family business, and the other sons basically get nothing.

"Isn't it okay to be like me, Grace?" Mr. Bennet smiled, and looked up to see Hill coming in with a soup bowl, "The chicken soup is here, you should drink it quickly and take a rest. Liz is very happy." Be good, and I will watch, so you can rest assured."

"Ah."

Although Grace had taken good care of her body before, the damage to her body caused by the twins was not completely eliminated, so this delivery also made her exhausted.After gulping down the chicken soup with black glutinous rice wine, she lay back on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

"Jane, is she really our sister? She looks really ugly." Dylan touched Elizabeth's wrinkled face with his fingers, and said with some disgust.

Jane pushed his hand away, and kissed the baby's face before saying: "Mrs. Wood said that newborn babies are like this, and we were the same back then."

Dylan pouted, he didn't quite believe what Jane said.The two siblings have always been the objects of praise in Bennett's mansion, how could they have been like a little monkey like this little baby!

"Liz's eyes are very beautiful, just like her father's." Jane likes this sister very much.

Dylan snorted coldly, raised his head and glanced at the little baby in the cradle: "Our eyes are the same as our mother's, much prettier than black eyes!"

"Dylan doesn't like our little Liz?" Grace opened her eyes and looked at her three children, her blue eyes full of maternal love.

"Mom, did we wake you up?" Jane looked at her mother worriedly with her big blue eyes like Grace's, and said with some annoyance, "Daddy said he wants us to be quiet, you need a good rest."

"Mum's awake, baby Jane." Grace smiled.Although she was still a little unwell, she wasn't as tired as before. She propped herself up and sat up on the bed, looking tenderly at Dylan who was standing aside and staring wildly, "Why don't you talk, Dylan?"

"Mom..." The blond boy's voice was low, "I don't dislike Liz."

Stretching out her hand to touch the soft top of the little boy's head, Grace said slowly: "Liz is mother and father's baby, and of course Dylan and Jane are too. It's just that Liz is very small now, so mother and father may Pay more attention to Liz. Dylan can understand, right?"

No matter how precocious, Dylan is just a child in front of his parents.In the past, between him and Jane, his parents loved Jane more. Now that he has a younger sister, his parents will definitely pay less attention to him, which is why they have such an awkward attitude towards Elizabeth.

Looking at Dylan who bowed his head and pursed his lips silently, Grace smiled dotingly: "Dylan is the only son in our family now, didn't Dad tell you a long time ago that you are the eldest son of the Bennett family, Do you want to protect your mother and younger siblings in the future?"

"...I always remember." Dylan's fair cheeks were blushing slightly, "Actually Liz is very cute, I like her very much, Mom."

"Dylan is such a good brother who loves his sister!" Mr. Bennett, who had just walked in and stood listening quietly, bent down to pick up the little boy, and kissed him hard on the face, "Good son, dad, baby you .”

"Father, I've grown up!" Dylan said sternly, touching the cheek kissed by his father, but his eyes with mixed joy and shyness revealed his true feelings.

"No matter how old Dylan grows, he is still the son of father and mother." Mr. Bennett kissed him on the face again before putting him back on the ground, looking at Grace with black eyes, "It's better huh, dear?"

"It's much better." Grace smiled, "Cecil, show me Liz." When her daughter was born, she saw her and carried her away to the maid. When she woke up, there were only two children. Now, they are almost four years old, how can they hold a baby weighing more than seven catties.

Mr. Bennet carefully picked Elizabeth up and put her in Grace's arms. Looking at the sleeping baby who was still spitting and running away, the husband and wife looked at each other and smiled very warmly.

"The little guy fell asleep after feeding and hasn't woken up yet." Mr. Bennett picked up a big cushion and placed it behind Grace.

"Eat well and sleep well to grow well." Seeing the little girl sleeping soundly in her arms, Grace felt softer in her heart.Even though she paid a lot, she will never regret giving these babies a better future.

"Dylan, Jane, your class time is coming soon. Mrs. Wood is waiting for you in the study." Mr. Bennett took out his pocket watch from his pocket, opened it, and said to the twins.Dylan is still too young to leave school. Before that, Grace and his tutor were responsible for his initiation.

The two siblings politely knelt and said goodbye to their parents, and left holding hands.

"And you, are you hungry?" Mr. Bennett sat down beside the bed after watching the two children leave and closed the door, and stretched out his hand to straighten out the messy pale blond hair on both sides of Grace's cheeks and hang it back on her. Behind the ear, "The nutritious meal is ready, and the soup Hill you ordered is ready. Liz was still eating goat's milk boiled with almonds, dear."

Lifting his eyes and giving the whites of his eyes to Mr. Bennett, Grace handed Elizabeth back to him: "You don't need to tell me that I am not a picky eater! Dylan and Jane both grew up on breast milk. Will I treat Liz favorably? ?”

"Thanks for your hard work, my dear." Mr. Bennet smiled contentedly while hugging Elizabeth.

European aristocrats and wives of some status in this era will not feed their children by themselves. Although some people have urged children to eat their own mother's breast milk is the best, including the Countess of Lincolnshire, but Daliu will still give it to her. The child hires a wet nurse.

Mr. Bennett grew up on breast milk. Because of Mr. Bennett's insistence, Mrs. Bennett also loved her son very much, so she compromised.When the twins were born, he was mentally prepared to talk to Grace for a few days before she would agree to breastfeed the twins, but he didn't expect that she would agree as soon as he said it, and all the excuses he had prepared were useless. It was wasted.But it was also because of Grace's straightforwardness that he had no objection to her practice of recuperating for a month after giving birth.

Getting along between husband and wife is not just about understanding each other and being tolerant of each other.

"It's my job, Cecil, I'm their mother."

☆、Chapter 14