[Pride and Prejudice] Liz's Little Vest

Chapter 7 Female Fans

After Mr. Darcy's praise, Miss Bingley's curiosity and jealousy towards Miss Elizabeth became stronger and stronger.It's just that she is constrained by her own status, so she naturally doesn't want to visit the humble house to inquire about Miss Bennett's family.

Curiosity and vanity were competing, she paced around, but also thought of a brilliant way.

Miss Bingley immediately wrote to Jane, asking her to dine with her and Mrs. Hurst at Netherfield.Of course, her pride did not allow her to invite Elizabeth - she only mentioned in the letter that if the other Bennet sisters wanted to come, she would be more than welcome.

Miss Bingley was quite satisfied with her idea, and felt that, since she had lowered herself to the invitation, the Bennet sisters should accept it with gratitude.

However, the fact is exactly the opposite of what she expected, the old lady is the only one in the Bennet family who is grateful for her invitation.

Mrs. Bennet looked at the weather, thinking that the rain would begin to fall when Jane rode to Netherfield.Providence let it rain all night, so Jane can spend the night there.

What a wonderful plan!She didn't care whether the horses that were pulling the cart were being requisitioned or not, anyway, she would never allow Jane to come back tonight.

"But I'd rather go by car," argued Jane.

"Absolutely not. I insist that you spend the night at Mr. Bingley's today."

"mom!"

Mrs. Bennet was not ashamed at all: "Ride quickly, my boy, I wish the weather would get worse and worse."

How can a mother bless her child when she is sick?Elizabeth was angry and anxious when she heard that, thinking of Jane's illness and suffering from the rain in her previous life, she felt that she had to stop this time.

"Father, I think the horse that pulls the cart can be lent to Jane for a while? The weather is really unlucky."

Mr. Bennet glanced at Mrs. "Liz, if you let those horses idle, your mother's nerves will start to hurt again."

"My good lord, you take care of my nerves!" cried Mrs. Bennet, with a look of satisfaction.

It was rare for Mr. Bennet to unite with Mrs. Bennet, which made Elizabeth a little at a loss, so she had to say: "If this is the case, I must go with Jane. Miss Bingley has not only invited Jane."

"Leeds!"

Mrs. Bennet immediately pulled her face down, but compared to letting Elizabeth disturb the happiness of Mr. Bingley and Jane, she felt that it was more bearable to be reluctant to spare a cart horse.

"Okay," she agreed very reluctantly, and then dragged on for a long time before calling the servants to prepare the car.

Longbourn in November had already entered late autumn. Elizabeth looked out the window at the maple leaves trembling in the gust of wind, and went upstairs to bring a shawl to Jane.

Jane's body is as weak as her personality, otherwise she would not have died prematurely due to physical and mental illnesses, but now she does it all over again, she hopes that her sister will be happy and healthy all her life.

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Sure enough, as before, not long after Jane left, the downpour visited Longbourne.

Mrs. Bennet stood by the window and danced happily, as if she was responsible for the rain. It's a pity that Jane didn't ride a horse, otherwise everything would be more perfect.

Mr. Bennet had no intention of seeing his wife's complacent and stupid look, so he hid in his study early.Elizabeth received a letter from the postman just before the rain, which was a reader's feedback from Editor-in-Chief Tom.Not too many, but there were thirteen letters, so she and Manli opened the letters in the living room.

More than half of the thirteen letters came from female readers, ten of which were praises, two maintained a neutral point of view, and one spared no effort to criticize many.

Unfortunately, the first letter Elizabeth opened was negative feedback.

"The characters are flat, and such novels are really low and boring. This lady must have never seen the real world. She only describes rural life, which cannot express the great wisdom of human beings. What I want to say is that the complexity of human nature is difficult to fathom. This The pain and sorrow in the world are more real, not the utopia you wrote about only love."

Manli blushed as she read it.

"How can you say that?"

"fine."

Elizabeth, who was criticized mercilessly, comforted her sister instead.

Notwithstanding this gentleman's great prejudice against the country, it cannot be denied that there is some truth in his other views. "First Impressions" [1] aims to describe a beautiful love story. Compared with those epic works that reveal reality, it is indeed a bit petty.She also wanted to write about the real side of society, but unfortunately, she was limited by women's decency, so she never had the opportunity to get to know it deeply in two lifetimes.

Moreover, this gentleman also wrote at the end that if there is a need for discussion, it can be forwarded by Editor-in-Chief Tom.Although the tone was a bit off, and the attitude was a bit arrogant, it could be seen that it was for the purpose of communication, which was enough.

After all, criticism makes progress, doesn't it?Besides, she really has the idea of ​​writing a realistic novel for her next book, maybe some inspiration will be inspired during the communication with this gentleman.

After a brief reply, Elizabeth asked Mary to continue opening a letter.

Mrs. Bennet happened to pass by the living room and joined in the excitement: "My dear boy, what are you doing?"

"Read the letter." Elizabeth blinked.

"Oh my God, it's so boring I don't want to know anything about it!" Mrs. Bennet yelled and left, and went to the second floor to join Lydia and Kitty in the fun.

Elizabeth smiled helplessly, signaling Manli to continue.But Manli was looking at her with an extremely surprised expression. She waved a letter in her hand and said excitedly: "Liz, you have to read this letter for yourself!"

"Just read it to me."

"My dear sister, I insist on letting you see it yourself."

"My dear Manli, you should pity me. Yesterday I revised the manuscript for a whole day, and I'm going to be blind."

"Okay." Although Manli was reluctant, she still felt sorry for her sister in her heart. She unfolded the letter paper and read it with style, "Listen—"

"Dear Ms. TheLady,

Admittedly I don't like reading - half my family doesn't like such a boring thing.But once I was too free, I opened the "Ladies Magazine" that my father got from somewhere, and I saw the red uniform officer Mr. Rick you wrote at first sight.Speaking of this, I have to praise you. The handsomeness of Officer Rick is vivid in your writing. It reminds me of Captain Carter, whom I admire, and I wish I could be with him every day.

But—hey, I'm so upset when I say this—how can you write the officer so evil later, cheating, cheating, and elopement, I have to tell you that no officer I have ever seen is like this , You make me angry with such a photo. "

"Is this the end?" Elizabeth asked.

"Not yet," Manli said, "I haven't read the signature yet."

"No need, it looks like it was written by a fifteen or sixteen year old girl who was fascinated by the officer."

"You have to listen—" Manli insisted, she moved closer, deliberately lowered her voice, so mysterious that Elizabeth couldn't laugh or cry.

"Signature - listen carefully -" Manli said.

"Lydia Bennett, a reader who doesn't like you very much right now."

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Elizabeth was stunned for a long time.

"Tell me Manli, did I hear you right?"

"Yes sister." Manli smiled smugly, "Do you want to tell Lydia now? I have to take a good look at the wonderful expression on her face."

Elizabeth blinked: "Not yet."

In an instant, a brilliant idea came to her mind.She has been thinking about how to lead Lydia and Kitty to form correct values. The two little girls are now in a rebellious period, and they obviously don't listen to preaching. Otherwise, Mr. Bennet would not agree to hire a tutor .

She thought about it for a long time and didn't know what to do, but now, an excellent opportunity was placed in front of her like this - how could she not take advantage of a pen pal status that communicated with her sister on an equal footing?

"Help me keep it secret, Mary dear."

"Then can you show me the next book in advance?" Manli became more and more clever, knowing that she would submit the condition in exchange.

"When Mr. Elton returns the manuscript to me, I will give it to you first."

"A word is settled!"

"of course."

The two sisters clapped their hands and were about to open the next letter, but were interrupted by a hasty knock on the door.

The torrential rain is still pouring down, and someone will come at this time?Elizabeth felt very strange. She put down the letter in her hand and opened the door, and found that the person who came was a boy delivering letters in the rain.

Judging from the clothes he was wearing, he should have come from Netherfield Manor.

Netherfield Manor?

Elizabeth looked at the letter in his hand, and suddenly froze in place, her heart beating faster.

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Note:

1. This refers to "First Impressions" written by Elizabeth, cuties, please don't substitute the goddess Austin~