[Comprehensive Classics] Different Jane

When she arrived at Bennet's house, Mrs. Bennet was already ready to welcome her.Last time Mycroft came just to look for his brother, but this time he was the son-in-law, and Mrs. Bennet smiled at him until her teeth were showing.

"It's really cold, isn't it? Take off your clothes and go to the fire."

"Oh, Jane also prepared fur slippers for you, put them on quickly, Jane, Jane, where did you put the slippers?"

"Mary, go to the kitchen and ask May if she has warmed up the soup. Mr. Holmes and Jane haven't had lunch yet."

Mrs. Bennet was too attentive to Mycroft, and everyone felt a little embarrassed. Fortunately, Mr. Bennet took Mycroft to the lounge in time to rest, and Jane also dragged Mrs. Bennet away up.

The fireplace in the lounge is burning vigorously. It is usually used by Mr. Bennet as a men's smoking room, but in winter, Mr. Bennet, who is a minority in the family, will not burn a fireplace in a room alone. Today he can be regarded as a fan of Mike Loft's light is gone.

Facing his future eldest son-in-law, Mr. Bennet was not particularly happy. He never thought that Jane would not be able to marry, but he never thought that she would find a husband so early.

"It's been quite cold in the past two years, isn't it, Mr. Bennet?" The mountain is not just me, so I have to go to the mountain. I can't embarrass my father-in-law, right?Mycroft spoke very self-aware.

"Ah, well, yes . . . would you like a cigarette, Mr. Holmes?" asked Mr. Bennet.

"No, no, thank you."

"Then have a drink to warm up."

"OK then."

Roasting the fire and drinking wine, the atmosphere eased a lot.Mr. Bennet is not good at chatting with strangers, and Mycroft is also a stranger to him, mainly because he doesn't know what to talk to with Mycroft.

Mr. Bennet soon found out that he needn't have worried about it, because Mycroft was a good chatterbox.

Mr. Bennet discovered that Mycroft was also fond of fishing and hunting, and that he was especially eloquent about tobacco and liquor.

Mycroft was very familiar with the price movements of agricultural products, and he didn't seem to be holding Buddha's feet just to please his father-in-law.However, he said that it was because of work. Mr. Bennet felt that this explanation was completely reasonable, and the two even discussed whether it would be cost-effective to raise more pigs and ducks for sale in recent years.

When Mrs. Bennet and Jane came in with a plate, Mr. Bennet and Mycroft were discussing the war between Greece and Turkey.

"Gentlemen." Mrs. Bennet couldn't hide her smile, "stop for a while, Mr. Holmes, come and have something to eat. You won't find such a craft in the whole of Longbourn. I'm not boasting, our Jane and Mrs. Beautiful and virtuous, have you met a girl as good as our Jane in London?"

It's over, it's over, this wave of flattery is too straightforward, be reserved, be reserved.

Jane was about to go forward to smooth things over, but Mycroft had already agreed with her in a very agreeable tone, "Who says no, I'm a lucky person." He even asked Jane sincerely: "Jane, have you eaten? Would you like to have some with me?"

Mr. Bennet/Mrs. Bennet: Talent!

Jane: You are really awesome!

Of course, Jane didn't eat with Mycroft, and they didn't catch up with lunch. The two casually drank a bowl of soup, but the dinner was very rich.

Although belated, the Bennets prepared a small engagement party for Jane and Mycroft, and Mrs. Bennet lit ten tallow candles, which lit up the whole dining-room.It was a surprise, and Jane didn't know it before, but she knew it now, and it was a real surprise.

"Congratulations." Everyone sent blessings together.

"Thank you."

The next day we all drove to Meryton together in the carriage. The Christmas tree had been erected at home a few days ago, and they needed to decorate it, as well as the Christmas presents, which also needed wrapping paper and string.

The carriage was a bit crowded, but it was bustling.

When they arrived at Meryton, the carriage was deposited, and Mrs. Bennet walked in the lead with Mr. Bennet on her arm. Jane and Mycroft followed behind them, and the other Miss Bennet followed.Mrs. Bennet, refreshed, introduced her future eldest son-in-law to everyone she knew.

why not?

Jane took Mycroft's arm, followed behind her parents and nodded, and sometimes stood and chatted for a while, and Jane introduced to Mycroft in a low voice who these people were.

"Boring?" Jane asked Mycroft. "That's what life is like in the country."

"In the future, when you live in London, you will find that people are the same everywhere, gossip, boring, there is no difference." Mycroft

Jane smiled, for she liked Mycroft's thoughtfulness.

Mycroft thought to himself, what's the matter, your mother is at most gossip and shows off, my mother is a difficult one, she is my nemesis since I was a child.

Meryton is a small town where the Miss Bennets' uncle and aunt Philip and his wife live, and they all come here, so of course they have to visit.

Mr. Philip used to be the assistant of Mrs. Philip's father, that is, Jane's grandfather. Jane's grandfather was the only lawyer in Meryton at that time. Now this job was inherited by Mr. Philip.

Mr. Philip is a talkative person, and he is very concerned about current affairs, and he is a person who can chat with anyone.But Jane always thinks that he is a hidden tease, ah, in another way, he is a very childlike person, which is not bad. Mrs. Philip is also a very girlish woman, and the two are very suitable.

Mrs. Philip is curious and enthusiastic about Mycroft. She is a very simple-minded woman. She will be amazed that Mycroft is working for the Queen, or that he can inherit the title in the future, but that's all. In Mrs. Philip's mind, Mycroft had little to do with her daily life other than being her niece's future husband, and at most she could gossip.

As for little Mr. Philip...he is not walking very well now, it's time for fun, Lydia is very interested in this brother who is ten years younger than herself, she and Catherine are teasing him with a biscuit .

Elizabeth has long wanted to come to Mrs. Philip. She was the one who introduced Mrs. Bennet to raise ducks. This time Elizabeth has discussed it with Mr. Bennet. Mr. Bennet thinks it can be done, but there is no need to wait until the New Year's party And to buy ducklings, Mrs. Philip has been keeping them all the time, and she must know where to sell them.

"Of course I know." Mrs. Philip is more concerned about this matter than Mycroft. "Usually you have to tell him how much you want in advance, but he has made a lot of them recently, and they are going to be sold at the New Year's Fair. I can Let me tell you, let you buy in advance, and you can still choose.”

"Thank you very much, aunt," said Elizabeth.

"Hey, what's the matter? I told your mother a long time ago that you have a place in Longbourn, and it's easy to raise this." Mrs. Philip whispered to Elizabeth again, "and it's very profitable."

This is true. On the surface, everyone doesn't talk about money-related matters, as if they are vulgar if they smell of copper, but are there still few people who find ways to make money in private?Who would think too much money?

Afterwards the ladies decided to go shopping together, while the gentlemen decided to go for a drink in the pub.

"Come on, Mycroft," said Mr. Bennet, and they could call each other by their Christian names now.

"What nonsense are you talking about, old man." Mrs. Bennet rolled her eyes. "Of course Mycroft will accompany Jane. He will go to the store with us."

Oh well then.Mr. Bennet couldn't disturb his daughter, so he gave Mycroft a sympathetic look—it's not easy to go shopping with a group of women—and then left Mycroft mercilessly. up.

The Bennet ladies...and Mycroft, poured into the store, crowding everyone else out at once.

Mary stood beside Catherine and Lydia very conscientiously, and refuted every one of their requests not to shop, in fact, all of them.

Elizabeth, Jane, and Mycroft were choosing papers for wrapping. Jane chose a green and silver confetti, and Mycroft immediately chose another green paper with many little silver stars.

Elizabeth originally fell in love with another red colored paper with golden stars, but she couldn't use the same color paper as her future brother-in-law, right?She had to choose another lake blue one.

"I like this." Lydia asked for confetti with golden bells on it. "Then I want this." Catherine quickly picked out the colored paper with the Christmas tree printed on it.The two of them looked at Mary with the eyes of Bambi, and Mary said helplessly, "We are here to pick out confetti."

That means you can buy it?Oh yeah!

Coming out of the store, Jane and Mycroft left the large group under the narrow eyes of everyone, and walked in different directions.

"Huh, it can be regarded as coming out." Jane and Mycroft walked side by side in the creaking snow, and she deliberately stepped on the snow, "I'm not used to the noise."

"It's like having brothers and sisters." Mycroft said with deep emotion.

"Can't imagine you arguing with Sherlock." But it sure was funny.

"Ah, let's talk about something else. For example, Jane, when do you think we should get married? I think we have to fix the time first." Mycroft changed the subject.

"Anyway, it's impossible next year. There are too many things to prepare, and it won't be finished in a while. I don't want to get married in a hurry." Jane counted with her fingers, "I plan to move Hogwarts to London, haha Beeson is already able to open a shop independently. In this case, I need some time to make preliminary preparations. Ah, I have to consider financial issues. I can only use the two thousand pounds after I get married. And our future home, I have to see and buy something Something suitable." Barbar...it's really troublesome.

"Ahem, actually..." Mycroft said, "I have a property under my name, and there are five storefronts, which are my grandfather's legacy to me, and I think we can set aside one to open Hogwarts. "

"Oh." Jane was very surprised, "Oh, yes, um, is this really good?"

"I don't think there's any problem." Anyway, Jane also has the joint ownership of his property. Mycroft shrewdly thought, at least the income from opening the store is higher than the rent.

"Why haven't I heard you say it before?"

"It's not surprising, because I don't own those stores, I only have the right to use them, that is, I can only collect rent. The property rights of the house are still in my father's hands, but after we get married, the property rights of the house will belong to me. If you want to use it in advance, father should not refuse."

"It would be great if that were the case."

The author has something to say: Mrs. Bennet: The more I look at this son-in-law, the more I love her~

Mr. Bennet: Don't think you can marry my daughter just by talking!

Mycroft: Finally proposed marriage, oh yeah~

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The update at the end of the year is very painful for me. I have been very busy since October, on duty, in shifts, overtime, and shifts again... Some have to get up at six o'clock, and some don't finish until eleven o'clock. It is really painful. When resting, I have to sleep for almost a day to recover, so the update is very slow, so I will explain it to everyone here.

The previous aunt time also made me very painful. At the end of the first few days, the cervical spine was so painful that I wanted to die for three consecutive days, and the pain continued to my back and near the eyes. I had to take painkillers every day, and I was taking it this month. Chinese medicine, I don't know if it has any effect. 〒▽〒