[Comprehensive Classics] Different Jane

Before leaving, Jane summoned the sisters for a secret conversation for the last time, and she told everyone frankly the cruel reality they might face in the future.

"I think you all know that we have no brothers, and if my father dies, I mean if, God bless him, he lives long, then we will lose everything we have now, the property, the house, the servants, the fields."

"I don't want to show you what miserable outcomes women have in this world, but never think of marriage as a means of saving yourself. I want to remind you that if you marry, your dowry, your money will belong to All of your husbands, if they were real gentlemen, like our father, you at least have a quiet life, but if they're not..."

"Only the knowledge you have learned is your complete and real property, which cannot be taken away by anyone. When no one can rely on you, knowledge will tell you what to do, how to support yourself, how to save yourself .”

"This is the best way I can think of to control the future by myself, and it is also the best effort I have made."

Jane's words are very convincing. The future of the Bennet family without a son is often talked about by Mrs. Bennet, and Mr. Bennet's lifespan is a proposition that every Miss Bennet dare not think about and is unwilling to think about. .

For a while, the Bennet family's enthusiasm for learning was high, and every younger sister wanted to ask Jane a lot of questions every day, who made her study best.

In the end Jane left Longborn almost in a wail, and came to Cambridge again.

Jane's return was warmly welcomed and strongly condemned by Mrs. Wood.

"I thought you were going to transfer the store and never come to Cambridge again." The old lady had a serious face with sharp eyes and the corners of her mouth curled down. Those who didn't know would be frightened by her.

But Jane is not someone who doesn't know, she ignored Mrs. Wood's expression and hugged her...Jane's height can completely do this.

"Dear Mrs. Olivia, I miss you so much."

"Oh, come on, come on." As an old-fashioned British lady, Mrs. Wood couldn't stand Jane's nasty behavior, or Jane's explicit expression made Mrs. Wood a little nervous.She gently pushed Jane away... She didn't push _(:з)∠)_ or Jane got out of the way.

"My God, Miss Bennet, look at what you eat at home, when did being fat and strong become a fashion trend?" Mrs. Wood said in a fuss, using this kind of intimate pickiness to cover up her excitement and excitement just now. There is another reason for the uncomfortable mood. After Jane left, the food standard of Mrs. Wood's house plummeted, but Jane came back with good food and drink.

"Maybe the food I brought was superfluous." Jane was very depressed, no matter what time or age, the topic of weight is a taboo for women.

As a landlord, the Bennet family has no shortage of agricultural products. This time, Jane brought a lot of fine flour, potato flour, cheese, and even Mr. Bennet's hunting and fishing prey.For the sake of these things, Mrs. Wood snorted softly, and decided that if Jane took care of them herself, she would not blame Jane for coming back so late.

After a small quarrel with Mrs. Wood, Jane returned to her room to rest for a while. Her room was bright and clean, and all the items were neatly arranged. smell.Obviously, the return date of the owner of the room is eagerly awaited, which is exactly the opposite of Mrs. Wood's inconsistency.

Jane changed her clothes, giggled twice, lay on the bed and rolled twice, wrapping herself into a roll.At home, she is the eldest daughter of the Bennet family, and she always has a habit of being dignified and well-thought-out, but here she doesn't need it at all. From the very beginning, Mrs. Wood knew that she was not a person who followed the rules... because Mrs. Wood herself Also this kind of person.

Jane rested for a long time and distributed the gifts she brought. Mrs. Wood also sorted out the letters and newspapers during Jane's absence for her.After that, Jane took out her skills and cooked a big meal, had a good meal with Mrs. Wood and Miss Dwyer, and then turned her mind to take care of her small shop.

The Harbisons are still guarding the store in a serious manner. They clean the inside and outside of the store every day, and wipe the cups, plates, knives and forks to shine.

Jane took the ledger and Ben took an inventory of all the things in the small warehouse. This has nothing to do with trust, but a rule.

I started working all morning early in the morning. Except for the wear and tear that Jane acquiesced, the things in the small warehouse were very well preserved.Jane saw sharply that a big-faced cat was lying on the top of the shelf, with only one eye exposed, staring at her and Ben.

"Is that cat yours, Ben?" Jane asked curiously.

Ben was startled, he looked up and saw the cat, and replied cautiously: "No, no, Miss Bennet, that cat came here by itself, I think it can catch mice and so on, so I stayed. If you do not like……"

"No, it's okay, I think it's fine, let's leave it to catch mice." Jane thought happily, I also have a cat.

After checking around, there was nothing wrong with the store, but Jane found that there seemed to be something wrong with Ben and Anna. Their attitudes were too cautious, as if... they had done something wrong and were waiting for her to find out, punish and hope that the punishment would be lessened .

Jane took a sip of water, put down the glass, and looked at Ben Harbison quietly for a while, until he saw that his head was sweating in the winter, and then gently opened her mouth: "Ben, do you have anything else to say? to tell me?"

Ben's face turned pale. He moved his injured leg and suddenly realized that in the past, Miss Jane would politely ask him to sit down and rest, but today she didn't speak, but kept him standing here.

"Miss Bennet, I'm sorry, it's like this." Ben is not a person who is irresponsible. Since he did it before, he can only pray for Jane's forgiveness now.

This matter had to be talked about before Jane returned to Longborn.When Jane left Cambridge, she left a bag of flour for Anna, and told her to practice her hands from time to time and not to relax.

Unexpectedly, Ben has been dazzled by the compliments of customers in the past few months, and he really thinks that he is very talented in business.He wanted to have his own success too much, and felt that it would be a waste to use such good flour just for practice?So he replaced the bag of white flour with several times more black flour, and asked Anna to make black flour into the cheapest kind of bread to sell for money.

Ben used the method Jane taught him to keep the simplest accounts. In order not to cause trouble to the store, he wrapped the bread and sold it in a distant market, full of hope that he would make a fortune.Don't panic when you have money in your hand, slowly earn some money and learn the craft, get out of the ranks of part-time workers and become your own boss, wouldn't it be nice?

However, what I never expected was that money was not so easy to earn. Ben worked tirelessly every day with black bread and dragged his injured leg to the market a few miles away to sell it.

As a result, after a month, Ben found that not only did he not make any money, but he used a lot of things in the store.These had to be made up before Jane came back, and Ben had to use all the money from the previous tips to fill in the holes.

Unexpectedly, during the New Year, the prices of many things have increased, and it was not enough to put all the money in. He had to pawn all the clothes and quilts that Jane bought for him, and then he would make up for everything.

After hearing this, Jane was furious. She was not a stingy person if she could teach Anna the skills, and she was ready for Ben and Anna to open their own shop independently in the future.

However, she is kind, but it does not mean that others can treat her as a fool.Just because she can give it doesn't mean that others can take the initiative to take it.

Jane originally thought that she was indebted to the two of them by bringing the Harbisons out of that harsh environment and bringing them to Cambridge, teaching them how to survive. Unexpectedly, I did not expect, but it was only a few months The waiter in the shop learned a few snacks, and the Harbisons already thought of using her as a footboard.

She said why the store hadn't opened yet, and Harbison and the two of them came to greet her in their uniforms. It's not that they love their jobs and work hard, but that they only have this set of clothes all over their bodies.

It seems that a compassionate heart is really bad, and the plot of ascending to the top and calling everyone to admire it is the imagination of writing novels.

Jane somewhat understands why she said "laughing at the poor but not at the prostitutes", because real poverty will make people morally corrupt and shameless.

There is another reason, that is, Ben Harbison thinks that Jane Bennet, a woman who runs a shop, is easy to bully.

Jane has forgotten the reason why she chose Harbison in the first place, and now she only has malice in her heart.

"So you took the initiative to tell me this, what do you want to say?" Jane laughed back angrily, completely gone from her previous amiable appearance.

Ben could hear the fury in Jane's voice, and he was stunned. Ben originally thought it was a simple matter. He thought that he had already spent money to make up for what was used, so this matter should be Has it passed?

The purpose of Ben talking about this matter was also to borrow some money from Jane. It is only February and it is cold. He and Anna have even pawned the quilt. If they have a cold and cannot start work, that would be even worse.

Ben wasn't too stupid, but Jane was still angry, and he couldn't say anything about borrowing money.

"It seems that you don't know what mistake you made, Harbison." Jane understood, "Maybe you still feel that you have completed the items, and the matter is over?"

"Miss Bennet..." Ben opened his mouth, that's all he thought.

"Let me ask you, before I left, I gave the flour to Anna to let her practice. Did I tell you that the flour is for you?"

"...No, but..."

"What I need is Anna's feel on white flour. Did I say that white flour and black flour are the same? Or do you think I don't know that there is a price difference between white flour and black flour?"

"No, no..."

"Otherwise, after leaving Longborn and going to a big city, I feel that I am not the Harbison I used to be, and the money is not as hard to earn as I imagined?"

"No... not really."

"I think you are quite capable. Change my white flour to black flour, and use the coal, stove, butter, and salt in my shop to make black bread and sell it? The money you sell is your own?" Jane said sharply: "I provided Anna with materials and time but didn't practice the craft. Do you think I still need her! Taking things without my permission is theft. Do you think I can still trust you! I put you and Anna from Lang Boen’s thatched house was brought here for you to eat, to live in, to give you money to buy clothes, shoes, and quilts, and to allow you to have an income. Is that how you repay me! Or do you think I’m a woman, so it’s easy to deceive Easy to bully?"