Pride and Prejudice Mr Bennett

Chapter 5

"Mr. Bennett, Mr. Lange is here."

James sat in the living room and watched Mrs. Bennet poke little Jenny's round face for a while, play with her little hands for a while, and watched little Jenny's brows furrow and relax for a while, while Mrs. Bennet was still He was playing with great interest and bewitched him together. Mrs. Green next to her was full of helplessness and disapproval. Fortunately, little Jane was very good, and she was not tossed and cried by her unscrupulous mother, so Mrs. Green remained silent. stopped.

"Oh, are you there yet?" Standing up and going out to greet him, Lange had already arrived at the door. The two embraced vigorously. Lange kissed Mrs. Bennet's hand before sitting down.

James sat next to Lange holding little Jane, "Look, this is little Jane, she is 40 days old."

Lange just took a closer look, and didn't think about hugging it. In fact, an unmarried man like him would not dare to hug such a soft creature, so he could only take a closer look.James felt that Lange looked at little Jane as if he was looking at a dangerous toy, and he dared not touch it.

Lang reached for a gift box brought to him, "This is for our little Jane," and said to Mrs. Bennet, "Open it and see if it looks good."

Mrs. Bennet was very pleasantly surprised. She likes presents the most. Although the current gift is for little Jane, but she is so small, it means that she is in charge. Seeing Mrs. Bennet's joy, James thought If you go on a business trip in the future, you'd better remember to bring her gift.After the gift box was opened, the gift inside really hit Mrs. Bennet's heart. It was a pink emerald necklace, a dreamy color.

"Ah, it's so beautiful." Mrs. Bennet grabbed the necklace, and she seemed to like it very much, with a tendency to be obsessed. "Wait until Janey enters the social circle and wears it, it will definitely compare with everyone. She will definitely be able to marry a good husband."

The two men next to him had different emotions. For Lange, it is no wonder that giving jewelry to women is easy to get their warm treatment, but he has also seen how crazy women are about jewelry.And James was thinking, little Jane is only 40 days old, and Mrs. Bennet can think of marrying her daughter. She is too powerful, and she must keep an eye on her in the future.

Lange's visit this time is not only to see Little Jane, but also to continue the topic in the bar last time. After all, it is not so convenient to talk in the bar, and they didn't talk about in-depth things. After lunch, they Just enter the study.After sitting in the study, James took out a bottle of red wine and two wine glasses. James moved some of the red wine in when he discovered that there were some in the house. When he was troubled, he used to come to the study to drink red wine quietly. Feeling very comfortable, he thought about renovating the study to make it more comfortable when he had more time.

"Come and taste this red wine, which was left by my father before." He poured two glasses of wine and handed one to Lange. Today they have plenty of time to talk slowly.

"Well, not bad." Lange took a sip lightly, feeling it and said, "It's been 30 years."

"I don't know about it. I just think it tastes good, but I don't know how to taste wine."

"Hehe, by the way, my classmate is George Felix. He is the youngest son of an earl and has two older brothers. His elder brother inherited his father's title and most of the estate. Although he has no right to inherit, he and his elder brother The relationship is very good, and he himself is capable, but the funds are not enough. At the beginning, he and I thought, with his relationship, a small amount of money, and my investment, each accounting for 50% of the shares, Then find some professionals to take care of it. But in the end, we found out that the sum of our money is not enough, and it is still a little worse, about 2000 pounds. As for how much share you will invest in 2000 pounds, we need to discuss it together, but I think It should be 30%, because I invested 2500 pounds, George invested 1000 pounds, plus his relationship, so as long as the funds are in place for our factory, other things will not be a problem, so our investment is very safe. "

After hearing what Langer said, this investment will definitely make money. If it is not a good relationship, we may not be able to participate in it. "Then when will we go to London to have a look, and talk to Mr. Philip by the way." Make up your mind and don't want to Too many, if you have seen the scene in London, you should have decided, Lange thought for a while.

"Let's go in three days, okay?"

There's nothing going on at home recently, so it should be fine to leave the Smiths at home. "Okay then, in three days."

James originally wanted to ask about the development of the steel industry, but he thought that he would go out in the future anyway, and then he would learn more about it.In the following time, the two were drinking leisurely. By the way, Lange also told James the latest news of the upper class in London and the affairs of some upper class figures.I used to hear that the private life of the nobles was very corrupt, but now I heard Lange say that it is true. It is very common for the upper class nobles to keep mistresses, and some even have illegitimate children.

Lange still had things to deal with, so he left before dinner. After dinner, James teased little Jane and went to the study for a while. The recent schedule is very regular, especially at night. If there is nothing to do, it is usually dinner The last hour was spent in the living room with Mrs. Bennet and little Jane, and this hour became family time, which was a fixed time for cultivating the relationship between family members. After that, I went to the study, dealt with work and read books, tired Just take a shower and get ready for bed.

Before going to bed, James told Mrs. Bennet that he was going on a business trip in three days and would be home in about ten days if things went well.

"Ah dear, are you going to discuss business, but aren't our assets all nearby, and where are you going on a business trip?" Mrs. Bennet didn't understand. As far as she knew, the assets of the family were mainly two nearby The farm is gone, and I haven't heard that there is still a business outside. At the beginning, I found out about the situation of the Bennett family. They have fixed assets. He agreed to James' proposal.

"I'm going to London to discuss a business with Hughes." James didn't tell her the details. Of course, Mrs. Bennet didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Low, women are housewives at home, and few real ladies will show their faces outside. "When I'm on a business trip, you're the one at home. I'll leave Mrs. and Mrs. Smith to help you. If there's anything you can't solve, just send me a quick message. If it's not urgent, wait until I come back."

Three days later, James got into the Lange family's carriage in the morning and set off for London. On the way, he got off the car and ate something before continuing on. He didn't arrive in London until eight o'clock in the evening. He took a shower and went to bed after eating casually. Well, it’s a toss in this situation, he will definitely not think about coming to London often, let alone manage the factory, most likely, as Lange said, let professionals manage it, eight people a month Just send over the account book and have a look.After sleeping until dawn and having breakfast, Lange said that he had made an appointment to meet tomorrow, which meant that today was free to arrange.

"James, do you need a guide? You can visit London today and feel the style of London."

"I'm going to visit the Garnard's house today, oh, it's Kelly's brother's house. Kelly wrote a letter to her brother, and he always wants to meet when he arrives in London. I have sent someone to his house to inform him last night. "

"Okay then, I'll call a carriage for you." James is so familiar with Lange, he is not polite, he is not familiar with London, and he also wants to take a tour before the official business. The small civil servants who come out have no capital to travel abroad and gain insights.

"Dear James, you are here. How is the journey? Is it still the same as before?" Mr. Gardner welcomed James in, and asked James worriedly about his journey in the carriage. James had no choice but to take the carriage. Every time he took the carriage, it was a toss.

"Oh, what do you think you can do? Come on, it's hard to say." James shrugged and spread his hands, with a helpless expression on his face.Just as he was talking, Mrs. Garnard came out holding some small cakes, followed by a servant holding two cups of black tea. When it came to cakes and black tea, every time James met outside, he just pretended to be, but he didn’t move much. , I'm really not used to it.

"James is here, how are Kelly and little Jane?" Mrs. Garnard couldn't wait to ask when she sat down, but if you pay attention, you can hear that she is more interested in little Jane. She is married to Mr. Garnard. It's been 5 years, but I haven't had a child yet. Every time I see someone else's child, I want to take him home, not to mention that Mrs. Bennet's child is born this time, I'm even more happy. I wanted to see little Janey at the Bennett's house. It happened that James was coming this time. She had agreed with Mr. Garnard two days ago that she would go to Longbourne with James. Mr. Garnard thought about it for a long time. I haven't seen my sister, and I heard from my sister that my niece is very cute, so I agreed.Didn't hear Mrs. Garnard ask, Mr. Garnard also put down the black tea and looked at James fixedly.

"They are very good. Little Jane seldom cries, and Kelly often teases and doesn't cry, at most he just hums." When James talked about Little Jane, he realized that he also missed the little child very much, and really wanted to go home early. "Ah, by the way, Kelly wrote you a letter."

James took out the letter and handed it to Mr. Garnard.Mr. Garnard opened the letter on the spot, read it in a while, and then handed it to Mrs. Garnard who was a little anxious next to him. "It's about little Jenny." James looked at Mr. Garnard. "Kelly has been praising little Jenny to others recently. If it's not that little Jenny is too young to be carried out, otherwise it may be Take it out every day."

Mrs. Garnard finished reading and said: "You are really right. Kelly praised little Jane like a fairy. I really want to hug little Jane."

Seeing her envious look, James immediately invited them to visit her home, "If you are not busy, then when you visit home, you will definitely be able to see how cute little Jane is." James didn't know what his look looked like Knowing that he is a silly father with a daughter who is full of everything, this invitation is also in the mind of the Gardners, and Mr. Gardner is also relieved when he sees the tenderness in James' eyes when he talks about Mrs. Bennet and little Jane. Although the younger sister is pretty, she is not particularly smart. Now it seems that there is no need to worry about it. As long as James can bear her shortcomings of not being able to housekeeper, the way of getting along with the husband and wife, the relationship between the husband and wife is a little bit deepened.