[Pride and Prejudice] Liz's Little Vest

"[Pride and Prejudice] Liz's Little Vest"

Text/Chu Feiyan 2019.06.21

The tragic version of Pride and Prejudice reads:

After Lydia and Wickham eloped, Mr. Bennet went to London, but was beaten to death by Wickham.Before the old man's bones were cold, the Collins family kicked out his wife and five daughters[1].

Darcy encountered a car accident on the way to find the elopement couple and died unfortunately.The Darcys cut ties with the Bennets.

After Jane and Mr. Bingley got married against the public opinion, they were unhappy because of family discord, and then died young.

Elizabeth was the luckiest of the five unfortunate sisters.When her sister was still alive in the early years, she went to Oxford to study with the support of the Bingley couple, and then became a tutor to a noble lady and spent her old age alone.

The whole book has a poignant ending, and nine out of ten readers have had the urge to send a blade.

Fortunately—the author of the tragic version, Ms. Chu Feiyan, still has a conscience and does good deeds every day.When she hit the keyboard, Elizabeth was reborn.

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"My good lord, Netherfield is at last let, have you heard?"

Elizabeth was helping Mrs. Bennet rub her temples, and she couldn't help laughing when she heard this sentence.

Even when she was displaced in the later years of her previous life, Mrs. Bennet's dream of marrying her daughter never stopped.It's just that Jane died early, Lydia's reputation was ruined by Wickham, and she had no intention of marrying because of her guilt towards her old friend. The old lady's thoughts were all focused on Kitty and Manli.

And now, less than a month after being reborn as a teenager, the "nightmare" of the past began to torment Elizabeth's nerves again.In the past month, Mrs. Bennet and Mrs. Longer have inquired about every person who intends to rent Netherfield Manor, and then turned around and excitedly told her family—this is her greatest joy now.

Mr. Bennet was so absorbed in his brand-new Ladies' Magazine that he completely ignored his neurasthenic wife.

Mrs. Bennet was extremely dissatisfied with her husband's reaction, and she was very angry, but Elizabeth said: "Mom, there is a saying in ancient China-'One vigorous effort, then decline, and three exhaustion'. The first time you talked about Ni When I was a tenant of Rifei Manor, my father might still be interested, but the second, third, fourth time... now my father's patience has long been worn out!"

Mrs. Bennet was very pleased when her daughter defended herself, but she still yelled impatiently: "Liz, how can you be as boring as Manly? My mouth is full of great books, and I can hear it in my ears." Calluses are coming!"

Elizabeth smiled, stopped the massage, moved a stool and sat beside Mrs. Bennet.

"Good boy, give me another massage."

The medical techniques learned from Countess Laura's family doctor in her previous life really work, Elizabeth thought.But she didn't continue. Instead, she took the "Lady's Magazine" from her father and said playfully, "Mom, read this article first."

"Reading? Dear Liz, even you are bullying my fragile nerves." She glanced at the title of the article. "My God, "First Impressions"? What kind of obscure and difficult name is that?"

Elizabeth and her father looked at each other and sighed silently.

Her father, because of his love of youth and beauty, because youth and beauty often bring great interest to people, married a woman who was poor in intelligence and narrow-minded. Soon after the marriage, his deep affection for her ended. up.As for his wife, he had no other kindness towards her than his amusement in her ignorance and stupidity.

In fact, if the father's talent is properly used, it can at least preserve the dignity of his daughters, if not expand the mother's insight.But her father not only ridiculed himself, but also told the child to look down on his mother[3].It's a pity that she was young and ignorant in her previous life, even if Elizabeth was aware of it, she thought it was a trivial matter.But having experienced a whole life and seen many successful or failed families, now she thinks that to save the previous tragedy, she still has to start by correcting the family atmosphere.

But the current father has not yet realized the epiphany, this unpleasant role can only be fulfilled by herself.

Mrs. Bennet's ignorant nerves cannot be corrected in a short while. She only stared at the author's name for two or three seconds, and then put down the book irritably: "My God, let's talk about Netherfield Manor The tenant's business! Master, don't you want to know who rented it?"

"Since you want to tell me, I don't mind listening."

This sentence was obviously perfunctory, but it was enough to encourage her to continue talking.

"Mr. Bingley from the North of England! Four or five thousand pounds a year! My good lord, you must pay him a visit. I only want to see a daughter settled at Netherfield, see There are several other well-matched pairs, and I have no other expectations in this life[4].”

"How is his temperament?"

"Temperament? I don't know. I'm sure even if there is a flaw, no one will investigate it. He's a gentleman with five thousand pounds a year, sir, and a bachelor!"

"That's really your luck," said Mr. Bennet with a dry sarcasm.

"That's right, Jane is so beautiful, Mr. Bingley will be fascinated by her." Mrs. Bennet did not hear the slightest hint of ridicule.

"He came for Jane?"

"What kind of talk is that? But my lord, you really ought to pay him a quick visit."

"It's not my job." He took the "Lady's Magazine" that Mrs. Bennet had put on the coffee table, and read it again as if no one else was there.

Elizabeth couldn't bear to see this: "Dad, if you continue talking, Mom will have a nervous breakdown. I think you must have visited Mr. Bingley long ago, right?"

Although the memory of her childhood is vague, she still remembers this conversation vividly.

"Leeds for my nerves," cried Mrs. Bennet again. "Oh no, my good lord, do you mean to have called on Mr. Bennet?"

Mr. Bennet first glanced at Elizabeth in surprise, and then smiled, as if he had tacitly agreed with his wife's words.Then I saw Mrs. Bennet yelling like crazy in the living room. Lydia and Kitty, who had been hiding behind the door to eavesdrop, also joined in this boring carnival.He was no longer in the mood to linger in the living room. He shook the "Ladies Magazine" in his hand towards Elizabeth, and then walked to the study.

Elizabeth followed up knowingly.She knew that for her father, the study was the only place where he could avoid his wife and be quiet.Because the things to talk about are what she cares most about at the moment, she can only temporarily put aside the rude behavior of her mother and two younger sisters.

In the study room, Mr. Bennet stroked his beard, handed the "Ladies' Magazine" and an envelope to Elizabeth, and finally had a normal smile on his face.

"Tom Hughes, editor of the Ladies' Magazine, has sent you a sample. Take a look. Here's the fee. It's eight pounds. I think you're quite satisfied, my little Liz?"

The author has something to say:

Welcome to Cuckoo, look at the copywriting of the Guchuan "The Life of the Dean of the Imperial Examination" that is being updated next door:

1.

Liu Zhongjun is a gold medal chemistry teacher in a key high school in province A, and concurrently serves as the dean.Because of teaching and educating people.It has been on the hot search and filmed commercials.

Nicknamed Liushen, he is the god who cultivated the top students in the college entrance examination, and is the object of worship of thousands of students, parents and teachers.

Unfortunately, when the wind and water were booming, she died in a car accident and traveled to ancient times.

His mother died, and his father was far away in the capital.No father or mother by your side, dependent on others, and rejected by the academy teacher?

Calm down, she can still run the cram school very well, hit the odds on the bets, count the money to draw, and get promoted to the top.

2.

Although Lu Qian's fate was ups and downs, he eventually became the prime minister.But the default he regretted most in his life was allowing his fiancée to be murdered and died in his early years.

Returning to his boyhood, he wants to put aside the imperial examination and promotion, and first teach his wife how to know people and distinguish things.

However, Madam has become so knowledgeable, knowing both the past and the present, and looking to the future?

The master said: "When three of us walk together, there must be my teacher."

He had to humbly ask his wife for advice, and he was not ashamed to ask.

Liu Zhongjun: "Huh? Feel free to ask?"

Lu Qian: "Slip of the tongue, I'm not ashamed to ask."

Note:

1. The tragic version is adapted from the original Chapter 47. Mrs. Bennet's content of YY alone, I have to admire the masochist-like imagination.

2. "Lady's Magazine" originated from "Thelady's magazine", which was published in the UK from 1770 to 1847. It is said that the number of readers reached 1.6~

3. The reference to Mr. Bennet's marriage is directly quoted from Chapter 42 of the original book.I originally wanted to adapt it, but these two passages were so well written that I couldn't start, so I decided to respect the original.This kind of routine is reading and reading, in fact, it feels like a template for many modern stories TT

4. The discussion about Mr. Bingley is adapted from Chapter 2 and Chapter [-] of the original text. There is a time difference between Chapters [-] and [-] in the original text, so I will write them together here!

5. The last point, after checking the information, the purchasing power of 1 pound at that time was about 60 pounds now.Then the average weekly salary is about 10 pounds, and this book is based on this~