[Pride and Prejudice] Mrs Bennett

Chapter 41

The couple who said that there is no barrier anymore started the second spring of their marriage. The sticky and pink bubbles of the two returned to Langbourne, which made Dylan and the twin sisters almost blind.

It is a good thing for parents to have a good relationship, but doing so well will bring a certain burden to the single children in the family.

Dylan is fine. After all, he came back with a wife. The status of a man is higher than that of a woman, but the twin sisters are going to marry off.Now the three older sisters in the family are all married, and Delia will not mention it. Jane and Elizabeth are still happily married, but there are still small frictions.

With such loving parents, children will have high expectations for marriage. Unfortunately, there are very few couples like the Bennetts in this era.

Grace has always paid great attention to the children's education, so Mary and Catherine wandered between reason and emotion, and their lives were reduced like this.After Grace and Mr. Bennet had gotten enough of their stickiness, they realized that the two daughters were already emaciated, so they hurriedly arranged a time to talk to them.

Grace smiled after learning about her two daughters' hopes and fears for married life.

"Mary, Catherine, you shouldn't think so. Married life also needs to be managed, and your father and I are so happy now because of each other's efforts. Men and women are different individuals, and it is natural to go through pain to form a family. And run-in, when the run-in is good, you will get happiness."

Mary tilted her head and thought for a while before asking, "Mom, have you and Dad also experienced the running-in you mentioned?"

Grace smiled and said, "It's natural. Before we got married, your father and I only attended a few proms and took a walk together occasionally. How deep do you think we can understand each other? We only get to know each other slowly after living together."

"After understanding?" Catherine leaned on Grace's shoulder, looking straight at her mother with her beautiful blue almond eyes.

The Bennett family's mother and child have always had a good relationship, but this is the first time a heart-to-heart talk like this has happened.Both Grace and the twins love this warm feeling, especially the twins, whose parents' love stories always make them little girls pay more attention.

"After getting to know each other, it's natural to try to tolerate each other, and make changes when the other party makes changes." Grace's tone was gentle and humorous, "Mr. Bennett is a very shy person, If you don't take the initiative to approach and discover his advantages, he will always be a gentleman in front of you."

"So Mom has discovered Dad's strengths, and Dad also appreciates Mom, right?" Mary blinked, "Then you can be so happy."

"That's right, baby Mary." Grace frowned.

"Then, isn't being well-matched also important in a marriage, mother?" Catherine asked with a slight frown.

Hearing the younger daughter's question, Grace's eyes deepened a bit: "Although mother wants to follow you and answer that love is more important, it is actually not the case. The difference in life and education environment has caused personal habits and hobbies, Catherine, Can you imagine being married without fine clothes, fine dining, just constant quarrels and headaches over a few pennies?"

The twins imagined the scene that Grace said, and looked at each other with pale faces, but Grace's eyes were slightly closed, thinking about how to educate the two daughters.

When the children of the Bennett family were born, the family conditions had improved. When the twins were born, the Bennett family successfully stepped into the upper class and gained a foothold.If Dylan and Jane and Elizabeth have any idea of ​​the hardships of life, the twins were raised in honeypots.

With the love of their parents and the care of their brothers and sisters above, it is not an exaggeration for Mary and Catherine to say that they are the little princesses of the Bennett family.

Of course, Grace did not teach them to be otherworldly, but they still have insufficient understanding of the reality of society.Both she and Mr. Bennet think that parents should hold up a sky for their children if they have the ability, but now it seems that this idea is not entirely correct.

The twins were not bad at socializing, but they all came into contact with families similar to or better than the Bennetts.For example, Collins and Wickham have relatively poor conditions, but their annual income is at least thousands of pounds.

"Honey, do you know that an annual income of 300 pounds can already make a gentleman family of five live a decent life." Grace popularized common sense for her two daughters.

"Oh, no, mother!" Mary and Catherine were shocked, you know, their clothes sometimes cost more than this price.

"It's true, children." Grace held the two children. "There are many families in London who can live on 10 pounds a year, and sometimes they don't even make 10 pounds. Like your governess , the annual salary is only 40 pounds, which is relatively high."

The twins looked at each other in blank dismay. They knew that the Bennett family had a good living condition and the family was also very wealthy, but they didn't know that the gap between the rich and the poor in society was so large.Although the two girls are worried about the possible friction and disagreement between the husband and wife after marriage, they still value love very seriously. Although it is not love first, they are also yearning for love.

Mary likes to read books, and she also reads some novels related to love, so she will naturally discuss them with Catherine.The two sisters will also quarrel over some points of view, the most important being that they are well matched.In the novel, many men and women with different family backgrounds have gone through untold hardships, and either finally come together to live a happy life or are separated and die together.

That's why Mary asked Grace this question at this time. If they fell in love with the wrong person, would Grace and Mr. Bennett stop their love like the parents in the book?Mary did not expect that Grace did not answer her question directly, but told her the social reality.

The heroes and heroines in the novel are romantic even if they have gone through wind and rain, but the suffering in real life is not like this.Although they have never eaten but seen the black bread twins that are so hard that they can kill people, they never thought that they would eat this.

But it turns out that the majority of the people in England eat black bread, which is not as delicious as the processed coarse grains of later generations. It is rough and tasteless, and it can only fill their stomachs.And the soft butter bread and wheat bread baked with fine flour that they usually eat are not something ordinary people can enjoy.

Think about it carefully, can I live a life of eating black bread and drinking white water! ?

Mary and Catherine smiled wryly. How could they have endured such a life when they grew up enjoying a life of rich clothes and fine food.Sure enough, a novel is just a novel, and it is different from real life.So even if they don't accept certain ideas of the women in Langbourne, they can't despise them. There is nothing wrong with wanting to have a good life.

"Couples with very different backgrounds, in addition to unaccustomed life, there are also differences in education and hobbies. It does not mean that such couples cannot be loving and happy, but it will be harder for them to be happy." Grace photographed Patting the heads of the two daughters, "Actually, my mother has always believed that there is no love without an economic foundation."

Life is too hard, how can there be time to be romantic.

This heart-to-heart conversation that got off topic unconsciously ended, and the twins became more mature. Such two little girls must not be so easily deceived when they enter the social world.It's not that Grace's family concept is heavy, it's because there are many liars in the social dances held in London.

On the surface, he looks like a gentleman with a successful career, a wealthy family, but in fact he is very likely to be in debt. He just wants to deceive a rich lady to obtain a valuable dowry.

Raising a daughter is really more difficult than raising a son. At least the son is cheated and it is only a loss and a chance to correct his mistakes.Daughters can't do it, the reputation of their daughters is related to their lives.No matter which world it is, women are vulnerable groups.It's a pity that the prevalence of feminism in later generations has not completely improved the status of women, and it is even more impossible now. Grace has no awareness of being a pioneer.

Mr. Bennett and Dylan, who learned about the conversation from Grace, started to suffer from headaches. Of course, these two didn't just start to have headaches now, but the symptoms of headaches were obviously worse than before.

It was time for the two younger sisters to look for husbands. Even if they were not about to get married soon, it was time to start seeing each other.The first two younger sisters and their husbands also have several years of relationship as the basis, and such a marriage should always be smoother.

Both men scoffed at love at first sight, or at least they didn't believe it.

But it is not so easy to find a suitable husband candidate. The twins have a rich dowry of the Viscount's daughter, but many people are interested in the twins, but the Bennett family is not at ease.Bingley and Darcy are Dylan's good friends, so they know everything about it, but it's not so easy to find two men like them who are well-educated, come from a good family background, age, and earn a good income!

The twins are not yet ready to enter the social world, and Grace has no choice but to drag Mr. Bennett into battle to see his son-in-law.The husband and wife moved frequently, and everyone in the upper class was a genius, so they didn't understand that they were looking after the two youngest daughters.

After careful selection and private inquiry, the husband and wife finally temporarily selected two candidates.A baron who can inherit his father's title is not top-notch, but at least he can keep his success. The second son of the earl can't inherit the family business but is self-motivated. Coupled with his family background, it is not a big problem to get ahead.

The most important thing is that the relationship between the elders of the two families is good, and there are no lovers and mistresses. This is similar to the growth environment of the twins. In terms of communication, there is no problem in communication. Now what the husband and wife have to do is to carefully examine these two young men.

The busy life came to an end for the time being. Grace sighed and said to Mr. Bennett: "Fortunately, the first three daughters are already married, otherwise we would have to be exhausted. It is Dylan who is considerate of us, early I have taken a good look at my two sisters-in-law."