[Pride and Prejudice] First impressions

Before Elizabeth finished thinking about her life, she encountered a heavy blow-she couldn't go to the ball as written in the script.The reason is that I caught a cold in bed last night.Woke up early in the morning with severe nasal congestion and top-heavy feet. One of them lost his footing and fell back on the bed with a thud. The little maid Sarah who was tidying up the room was frightened and ran out like a rabbit. The Bennetts didn't even wear shoes. Well, I ran over in my pajamas, sent someone to the town and invited a doctor to look at it, and said that the second lady of the Bennet family had a bad cold.

"Many children nearby have a fever and cough these two days. Miss Lizzie had better stay in bed and not go anywhere."

The gray-haired doctor Brown leaves a bottle of potion and leaves.

Mrs. Bennet was very dismayed that her second daughter should miss the Meryton ball tonight.When Elizabeth's best friend Charlotte came to visit, she began to remind her secretly that as a good friend who played with her since she was a child, what she should do most now is to accompany her sick best friend, but the other party Obviously unable to comprehend what she meant, Mrs. Bennet's complexion became even worse, and when Charlotte left, she shouted angrily: "What a good friend! You are suddenly sick and can't go to the ball, she may be happy in her heart! Fortunately, I asked Sarah to send a box of freshly baked pine nut biscuits over yesterday! As I said earlier, the Lucas family are not very good people! Maybe I still hope that Jane is also sick. Otherwise, who would ask their daughter to dance! They are all so shabby!"

Jane felt helpless about her mother's moodiness and unreasonable troubles, and tried to persuade her for a long time before persuading her to leave.When only herself and Elizabeth were left in the room, she held Elizabeth's hot hand and sighed: "Lizzie, I didn't expect you to be sick suddenly. If you feel lonely by yourself, I won't go at night, stay at home Accompany you."

Elizabeth's throat was swollen, and it hurt when she spoke, and her heart hurt even more.

Unexpectedly, the script was changed without saying hello.

In the original book, I was supposed to go to the dance party at night, but the reality has changed like this.Could it be that the things that follow will be distorted accordingly with the arrival of my own accident?

In other words, it is very likely that things will not develop in the direction you expected?

If so, how can she control her life smoothly?Not to mention the Mary Su Meng, who is hanging out about the winner of her life all the way...

How miserable!

Elizabeth hurriedly got rid of this disturbing thought, and comforted her hoarsely: "Jane, I'm fine, I just want to sleep, but you can't sleep when you are beside me. Go ahead and have fun."

She likes this gentle and beautiful girl.

Jane gently kissed her sister's hand and nodded tenderly.

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That night, led by their beautifully dressed mother, the four daughters of the Bennett family bid farewell to Elizabeth, who was recuperating in bed, and happily set off for Meryton in a carriage.

Elizabeth didn't make it, but she could roughly imagine what was happening at the ball.

My own younger sisters, in the words of the original book, Mary who loves to show off her talents, Kitty who follows suit, Lydia who is frivolous, and an unbearable mother, will inevitably become the talk behind everyone.

The original Elizabeth, she probably didn't want to stop it, did she?It's just that even Mr. Bennet put on a posture of breaking a jar. As the second daughter in the family, she probably has more than enough heart but not enough energy.

As for myself now...

cough cough cough...

Elizabeth managed to stop her cough, and collapsed weakly on the embroidered pillow.

The bottle of cough medicine left by the doctor on the table looked black and had a strange smell. I don't know what the formula is.

To be honest, Elizabeth did not dare to drink cough medicine in this era when the treatment of tuberculosis still relied on bloodletting.

She would rather drink plain water vigorously and open the window to let in the air.

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The dance ended very late, and when Mrs. Bennet came home, she didn't even have time to take off her coat, and went straight to Elizabeth's room. Seeing that her daughter was in good spirits, her mood became more and more turbulent.

With such a small trumpet as Mrs. Bennet at her side, Elizabeth had no fear of not knowing what was going on at the Meryton Ball.

The small speaker started broadcasting.

In the first place, naturally, she did not hesitate to lavish praise on the lovely new neighbor, Mr. Bingley, and his two noble and well-bred sisters, with the most commendable compliments that her poor vocabulary knew.

Secondly, he repeatedly emphasized how Mr. Bingley, who earns as much as [-] pounds a year, admired the beautiful and generous Jane, and even under great pressure asked her to dance alone several times when the number of female customers was seriously overcrowded. As for the other ladies present, I am sorry. , let's use it as a background.

At last, as Elizabeth knew, the little trumpet changed the subject, and began to indignantly denounce the tall man Mr. Bingley had brought, in the most derogatory terms she could think of.

"Not only me, but Mrs. Lucas, Mrs. Thomson, we all agree that Mr. Darcy is not very pleasant! Oh my God, I will never see a more pleasant person than him in all my life. I want an arrogant guy! I didn't just think so, and when he came to me, I told him on purpose! I said to Mrs. King that only a gentleman who is well-mannered and well-mannered is worthy of being like Dance with such a pretty lady as Jane!"

Embarrassed by her mother's words, Jane defended the man in a low voice: "Mom, don't say that, didn't he invite me to a dance?"

"What do you know!" said Mrs. Bennet in a fit of anger. "When Mr. Bingley was forced to ask Miss Lucas to dance, he asked him to ask you to dance. He looked, oh so, as if you were not worthy to dance with him." Like! I can see it clearly! So I unceremoniously sought justice for you. He didn't even dare to answer a word, only dared to look at me, and then turned and left."

Mrs. Bennet recalled the scene of proud and elated, and couldn't help feeling complacent again.

The person who was ruthlessly condemned should have his ears itchy when he comes home now, right?

Yesterday, he was the male god that everyone was looking forward to, but today he was pulled down from the altar by the Langborn Women's Group with ease.

Elizabeth wanted to laugh a little, and was regretting that she missed the opportunity to see Darcy's stinky face, Lydia said: "But mother, I heard that that person is a big man in Derbyshire. The land has an income of ten thousand pounds a year!"

Mrs. Bennet sneered: "Silly boy, people who have nothing to do with us, no matter how much money they have, it's useless. I don't want you to spend time on such people."

Elizabeth could not help admiring.

Mrs. Bennet is also well versed in the theory of marginal cost and marginal benefit, and does not waste time on people who are unlikely to bring her benefits, no matter how high the status and power of the other party.

In a sense, this is also a kind of life wisdom.

"Girls, let Lizzie rest, and you go to bed too, and make your lovely little faces prettier than flowers!"

Finally, Mrs. Bennet ended the critique meeting tonight in high spirits.

"Mr. Bingley has promised, and there will be a new ball at his Netherfield estate in a few days!"

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After lying in bed bored for a few days, Elizabeth's condition finally improved.

Mr. Bingley's kindness and thoughtfulness were fully demonstrated in this small matter.

When he came back to visit Mr. Bennet the day after the Meryton Ball, he actually brought a magical herb that was said to come from the far ancient East.

As for how he knew about the illness of the second lady of the Bennet family, it was very simple. Mrs. Bennet publicized it at the ball last night.

"My poor Lizzie, she is so ill that if I hadn't tried to dissuade her, she would not have been willing to come to such a beautiful ball! She is alone at home now, and is very happy to think of her friend by herself, I don't know how sad it is!"

As she spoke, her eyes were fixed on Charlotte, who was dancing with Mr. Bingley.

So the next day, everyone in Meryton knew that the second lady of the Bennet family was unable to attend the ball due to bad luck and illness, and missed the opportunity to meet the new gentleman. She was sad behind her back for a long time, so everyone They expressed sympathy for her misfortune.

It was only later that Elizabeth realized that she had unintentionally become the object of sympathy for others. There was really no other way but to be speechless and powerless. She couldn't go to the central square of the town to refute the rumors that everything was caused by her old lady's brain. Make it up?

Elizabeth felt very cordial to the herbal medicine brought by Mr. Bingley, and to be honest, she was more willing to take Chinese medicine than the strange-smelling potion with unknown formula that seemed to come from Harry Potter School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, at least she had a good idea.Although she herself was fixed as an art student dog who ate and waited to die before time travel, but her grandfather was engaged in the Chinese medicine industry when he was alive, so she can basically recognize ordinary Chinese medicine.

Elizabeth checked the expensive herbal medicines that came across the ocean, and most of them are medicines that clear the body and cool the blood, which are suitable for her current condition.

Mrs. Bennet had an inexplicable admiration for herbs from the East, so she did not stop Elizabeth from taking them.

Naturally, at this time, the gates of the distant ancient China had not been opened by strong ships and guns. In the impression of the British people, China was a symbol of wealth and mystery.Everything from the East has become very valuable after crossing the ocean, such as porcelain. Mrs. Bennet has collected a set of exquisite porcelain from China. Unless there are important guests at home, she will not take it out for use.

So after a few days at the Bennett's house where the strange strong smell of medicine wafted into the neighborhood, Elizabeth was almost fine.

Mrs. Bennet was quite satisfied.In addition to the fact that her second daughter was finally able to attend the Netherfield Manor dance, she was also very proud of the fact that the neighbors and wives asked curious questions after smelling the smell of Chinese medicine.After learning that Elizabeth ate expensive herbs from the East, and these herbs were sent by Mr. Bingley, everyone expressed their envy, and agreed that Mr. Bingley really fell in love with Miss Bennet at first sight, as everyone guessed.