[Comprehensive Classics] Different Jane

Amidst such noisy voices, Jane slowly relaxed and dozed off. She vaguely heard the voice of Daddy and Mommy calling her, and vaguely felt that someone was leading her up the stairs.

Jane thought she had at least some sense of sanity, but in fact she was helped upstairs by Elizabeth and Mrs. Bennet in a daze.

Then Jane felt in a daze that someone was helping her change her clothes, and she was wiped her hands and face with hot water again, and finally she fell into the soft bedding, just like falling into a cloud... the quilt It's really soft, and it smells like the sun.Jane's erratic heart seemed to have finally landed on the ground, and she fell into a deep sleep.

When Jane woke up, she was still very confused. She had a feeling that it was still dark, should I sleep a little longer, would I oversleep, and Ben would come to pick me up... Then she suddenly remembered that she had already gone home.Jane stretched her waist, feeling that she hadn't slept so comfortably for a long time. She got out of bed, put on her slippers, went to the window and opened the curtains. It was gloomy outside, no wonder she thought she slept until morning.

A faint sound came from downstairs. Jane looked at her pocket watch. It was already time for lunch. No wonder she felt so hungry. Jane put on her coat, washed up briefly, and wore a woolen shawl on the chair , slowly went downstairs.

"Jane, you're awake." Elizabeth saw Jane first, "Come on, it's time to eat. You can really sleep."

"Why didn't anyone call me?" Jane came forward, the girls were all busy with the dinner table, "What's for lunch?" Jane asked.

"Jane, are you awake?" Mary put the bread basket on the table, "There is beef soup at noon."

"Here comes the soup, be careful." Mei walked in cautiously with a soup bowl, and Mrs. Bennet followed her to stop Lydia, holding a spoon in her hand, "Wait, don't hit Lydia plum."

"Oh fine."

Lydia and Catherine, one carrying a knife and fork and the other a stack of plates, cooperated happily, with one setting the plate and the other the knife and fork immediately after.Mrs. Bennet handed the spoons to Mary and went back to the kitchen. Mary put a handful next to each plate and said, "I made fresh bread today."

"And pies," Catherine continued, "and potato cakes. I've peeled a lot of potatoes."

Elizabeth held a large plate of cakes in her left hand, and came out with shredded vegetables in her right hand, "Potato cakes and pumpkin cakes, Mommy told me to make bo cakes, which can be dipped in the horse meat sauce you brought back."

"Hey, it's potatoes and pumpkins again. I'm tired of eating potatoes all the time." Lydia sighed maturely, her small eyes still flickering at Jane.

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Both Jane and Mary smiled, and Elizabeth put down the plate and changed hands and gave Lydia a chestnut, "I'm pretty good at eating when I'm not working, and I help peel potatoes in the kitchen like Catherine anytime, let You order a dish."

Lydia screamed, covered her head and rolled her eyes at Elizabeth, "I don't want it, you think I'm stupid, Jane is not at home, can you cook what I want?"

"Hey, you..." Elizabeth was about to die of anger, you brat still made faces at me.

"Okay, okay." Jane walked up to Elizabeth and grabbed her arm and shook it lightly, signaling her not to be angry, and asked, "Since Lydia didn't help in the kitchen, she would spend more time on it. I have studied, and I will have to test you and you in two days." Jane waved her hand and started to use the "prize" method again, "I not only brought back Christmas presents, but also other presents. You can't buy them in Meryton either. But I will give them as prizes to those who are outstanding in their studies, or who have made contributions to everyone with hard work and kindness. Well, they often help the family with things." Then Jane pointed out He continued: "The exam will not be held immediately. If you feel that you are not very sure, you can take the time to review it in a few days."

Lydia opened her mouth wide, full of regret, anger and annoyance, because she suddenly realized that although Catherine was stupid in reading than her, she has been helping in the kitchen recently, which is very in line with Jane's standard of "often helping the house".On the other hand, Lydia herself is still self-aware, but she always thinks that Catherine is at the bottom.

Lydia: Traitor! QQ

Catherine:? ?

"What are you doing standing here? Liz, go get your dad to eat. Jane, you're starving. Sit down." Mrs. Bennet directed everyone to sit down quickly and prepare for dinner.

During the meal, everyone couldn't help chattering and began to ask Jane about her new things in Cambridge. Now Jane is really the one who has been to the most places in the Bennet family.What?Mr. Bennet also went, but how many days to count, at least like Jane...Jane also went to see Shakespeare's plays!

Jane also asked about Longborn's new things in the past few months. She is not a person who likes to gossip, but she has been away from home for so long, and the gossip sounds very kind.

Longborn's life has always been calm and unchanging, and there are not many new things. Jane didn't intend to hear any special news, but because Christmas Mass is an important event in Meryton every year, she didn't expect to appear out of date .

But Mrs. Bennet really has something to say that no one knows.

"I hear Mr. Morris and his wife are moving back to Longbourne."

"Who?" Mr. Bennet did not recall the name for a moment.

"My God, Mr. Bennet, why don't you remember this, Mr. Morris, Mr. Morris of Netherfield."

Mr. Bennet knew who it was.

"What? Their family has all moved back? Are they not going away anymore?" Elizabeth and Mary were very surprised, because they heard that Mr. Morris's family lived in Birmingham and only came to Longbourn every summer. Netherfield stayed for a few months on vacation, but they hadn't been back for two years.

"No, it seems that only the old Morris couple will come, and his son's family will not come." Mrs. Bennet has already inquired clearly, "and they will not stay in Netherfield this time, they plan to live in a small house , and then rent out Netherfield Gardens, anyway, there are only two of them, and there is no need for such a big house.”

Several big girls looked at each other in blank dismay.

"So he also became a poor man?" Lydia asked curiously.

"Lydia, how do you talk?" Mr. Bennet felt that it was impolite to say so.

Mrs. Bennet didn't care, "Who knows?" The specific situation will only be known when someone comes, "But I heard that they won't come until after the New Year. I heard that they bought the house of the Lyft family. There should be no doubt about it, because they entrusted Mr. Pastor to help find someone to repair it."

Netherfield Garden is a rare luxury villa in Longbourne, with a full twenty rooms, which has always been talked about by the villagers of Longbourn. Jane has also heard a lot about Netherfield Garden.

I heard that Netherfield Gardens was built by the old Mr. Morris, who is the father of the current Mr. Morris.

Old Mr. Morris preferred the eldest son, and Mr. Morris had a bad relationship with his father and brother, so he went to Birmingham as an adult.When the development was just right, the old Morris and his son in Longbourn died unexpectedly, and the elder Morris had no children. As a result, Netherfield Gardens and the property of the Morris family finally belonged to Mr. Morris.

This was all decades ago.Although Mr. Morris inherited the family property, because his business is in Birmingham, he only brings his children back every summer for a vacation.

Decades have passed, and Mr. Morris has become old Mr. Morris, and his eldest son is also in his forties.I don't know why, but old Mr. Morris left Birmingham, where he had lived for decades, and returned to Longbourn. He also bought another house and didn't plan to live in Netherfield.

The women of the Bennet family guessed (eight) guessed (gua) for a long time at the Morris house and Netherfield Gardens, and finally ended their lunch contentedly.Mr. Bennet is also very speechless. In fact, he is also very curious, but Mr. Morris will move in in a few days. If he wants to gossip then, what's the point of guessing here?

Mrs. Bennet: My dear sir, you really don't understand women.

"Eat so much?" Mrs. Bennet looked at the glass bottle of horse meat sauce. This...is really delicious, but eating half of a meal is not the way of housekeeping.Catherine, who ate the most, shrank her head, reducing her presence.

"Don't eat this for now, and eat something else." Mrs. Bennet put down the bottle distressedly.

"Ah, that mango sauce, I'm going to make a kind of dessert for Christmas." Jane called out.

"Oh, try this tomorrow." Mrs. Bennet put her hand from the mango sauce bottle to the chili sauce bottle.

"Jane, what dessert do you want to make, can't you make it tomorrow?" Catherine asked carefully, and then continued, "I can make it for you."

"I'm going to make bread tomorrow." As Jane was talking, Elizabeth went back and forth, "Jane, can you come?"

"Oh, okay." Jane followed Elizabeth upstairs.

In the past, Jane and Elizabeth shared a room, and Mary, Catherine and Lydia shared a room. After Jane left, Elizabeth would definitely not be able to sleep in a room by herself, but the other two always disagreed about who lived with her

When Mr. Bennet saw it, what happened?Are you going to quarrel?Simply, start a job and open up the two rooms into one big room.

Unexpectedly, only one wall was missing, but the space was much larger.They directly moved Jane's bed away, a large room with four beds, four bedside tables, two large wardrobes and two tables and chairs.Everyone is quite satisfied, but Jane's things have been moved to the guest room. This place has been used to store things before, but now it is cleaned up and used as a guest room. Occasionally, Jane will live here when she comes back.But Jane herself had no opinion.

The author has something to say: Jane: Huh... The home is so comfortable~(~￣▽￣)~Come out with two sets of questions and relax~

Miss Bennet's: ...

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The author is here to make a fuss again. Today, let’s discuss whether the Bennet family has any money... The answer should be that although the family seems to have a lot of income, in fact, the family spends too much and cannot be rich. It can only be said that the poor are more decent .

As mentioned in the original book, when they first got married, Bennet and his wife actually had a very good life. They never thought about saving money or anything, because they felt that they would definitely have a son, and even after the birth of the youngest Lydia, Bennet Mrs. Te hasn't given up yet.At this time, Mrs. Bennet was no longer used to frugality. It can be said that until this time, they were still living on their laurels.Therefore, Jane, Liz, and Mary should have lived a better life for a few years when they were young.

After that, Mr. Bennet began to make plans to save at least two thousand pounds for each daughter's dowry.The income from the land is about 2000 pounds per year. Of course, it is impossible for the whole family to live without food or drink for five years.

"Sherlock Holmes" said that a single woman spends about 60 pounds a year, but it is a single woman, which means that she is relatively poor and may have to work or something. Of course, there are no servants, and there are only one or two pieces of clothes and two pieces of underwear. There is still sewing and mending, there is only one pair of shoes, and there is no jewelry (see Jane Eyre).

This is certainly not the case with the Bennet family, or at least twice as much. There may be more adults, and the cost of men is almost double that of women (don’t think that men don’t spend money). In this way, all of the Bennet family The cost is about £950-1000.There are also servants to be hired, as well as expenses for the field: buying seeds, buying fertilizers, hiring helpers, renting cattle and horses, repairing tools... There is really not much that can be saved for dowry.

Some people say that Mrs. Bennet still has dowry and interest. Let’s put it this way, the interest is just to save the dowry of Miss Bennet earlier, and Mrs. Bennet’s dowry... Note that this is a dowry, not an inheritance. Even if Mr. Bennet dies, Mrs. Bennet will still live on the money, so it is impossible for the money to reach Miss Bennet before she dies, and of course it cannot be calculated according to their dowry.

This is spending money for a while, and if you don't have a son, you will have a crematorium.Whether you are poor or rich can also be seen from the dowry... Mrs. Bennet herself has a dowry of 4000 pounds, while her daughters only have 2000 pounds.

Above, thank you for reading so much (bow).