[Zhongying] Rebirth meets a wizard

During Mrs. Smith's absence, Lydia clings to Mrs. Bennet more and more.

Mrs. Bennet didn't find it annoying at all, she just took her with her for everything, and Lydia seemed to be Mrs. Bennet's little tail.

Of course, even if it is her favorite mother, there are times when Lydia can't avoid it.

That's where Mrs. Bennet and the other wives gossip.

Mrs. Bennet, a stalwart of the neighborhood gossip squad, was keen on such afternoon tea parties.

And at this time, Lydia must stay at home if possible.

For example, this afternoon, Mrs. Bennet went out, and Mr. Bennet was in the study.

Elizabeth goes to see Charlotte, who is about to get married.

Jane is still in London and has not come back.

After returning home, Lydia, who hardly let herself be left alone, had to chat with the other two sisters.

Katie has been looking forward to this summer since Christmas. She wants to play in the rose garden in Derbyshire. You must know that for Katie, there are really few opportunities to leave Longbourn since she was a child.

While Mary listened quietly, Lydia didn't say much.

Fortunately, Mary's silence and Lydia's few responses did not dampen Katie's enthusiasm for speaking. The three sisters were still very lively, although in fact Katie was the one giving the speech.

Then Ruth came to Lydia.

"Miss Lydia, I have your letter."

"The ones that are delivered now, are they delivered by a special person?"

Lydia was a little surprised and straightened her back that was lazily leaning on the sofa.

"It's a letter sent by Miss Hurt. The person who came here has gone."

Ruth handed the letter over.

"Give it to me, since it's not urgent, you don't have to wait here, go do it yourself."

Lydia's recently sensitive nerves were tensed and then relaxed again.

"Lydia, you go and reply to the letter, I just need Mary to accompany me."

Seeing Lydia turning the envelope as if hesitating, Katie smiled and told Lydia to go and leave them alone.

Lydia, who was actually just wondering if she had given Miss Hurt the address here, smiled after hearing Katie's thoughtful words.

"Okay then, you guys continue talking, I'll go back to my room and write a letter."

Speaking of Miss Hurt, Lydia originally thought that what Mr. Hurt said about Miss Hurt's admiration for her was a polite remark, but it turned out not to be true.

When Lydia made it clear that she didn't want to have too much contact with Mr. Hurt, who even became a partner, Mr. Hurt wrote again to ask for a visit after a few days.

Of course, the letter clearly stated that it was Miss Hurt who wanted to get close to Lydia.

Speaking of which, Lydia's attitude towards Mr. Hurt has always been indifferent or even cold, but she is a partner after all. Last time, Lydia said that she would like to get along with Miss Hurt...

Lydia really thought it was a polite remark, like people would say when they greet each other

Like Anna would say that her brother Mr. Bell misses her...

How is it possible, Lydia oppressed Mr. Bell like that in her career.

So this should be... just a very common greeting, it should be!

……

Finally, Lydia also arranged an afternoon tea.

And the Miss Hurt who came to the door this time is really not like the last time she accompanied the wallflower who was the name of the visit.

This beautiful lady with a noble and elegant appearance is actually a very straightforward feminist.

This simply made Lydia unbelievable, and then she decided that the brothers and sisters of the Hutt family were indeed brothers and sisters, and they were the same on the outside.

After chatting with Lydia, Miss Hurt, Lydia now calls her Kelly at her request, and became friends with Lydia, but Mr. Hurt didn't communicate much.

Before Lydia left London, several afternoon teas with Kelly took place, with Mr Hurt sometimes joining in, sometimes just dropping off his sister and leaving.

As for what to talk about at the afternoon tea, it was mainly Katie who was giving Lydia Science the progress and goals of the current feminist movement.

This is the part that Lydia knew little about before and Katie knew a lot and it was rare Katie was not a radical feminist she was objective and practical a lot of the time and was discussing with Lydia They are also good at thinking and correcting themselves.

As for Lydia, after all, she was born again. What she saw, heard, and experienced was not really 16 years old. She could understand Katie's expression.

For a while, the two really became friends.

Katie would tell Lydia: "Since the passage of the Matrimonial Causes Act in 1857, only a dozen women have successfully divorced, because the grounds for divorce can only be adultery, the evidence must be sufficient, and the impact must be nefarious. After the divorce , the woman crawled out of hell, but she is still in hell."

"Before 1830, women had no right to custody of their children. Vulnerable women may lose their children after the death of their husbands. After 1830, women are only protected by the right to supervise their children under the age of 7."

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Lydia only knew about the disadvantages of married women in terms of property, but she never knew that she didn't know enough. Perhaps these were the experiences of those degraded women in the slums.

As for Lydia, she dares to start a business by herself now, although she has Mrs. Smith as her trump card and helper, but how can her own determination and hard work be less.

Kitty was glad to have a friend like Lydia, and Lydia liked this friend, except that Mr. Hurt was holding him back.

While thinking, Lydia returned to her room.

After Mrs. Smith left, Lydia's problem of thinking too much became more serious when she was alone, and various dreams also came to disturb her sleep.

She opened the letter alone in the extremely quiet room.

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Dear Lydia:

Spread the letter good.

After you left London, I missed you very much, but I didn't have your address in the country.

This address was told to me by my brother, I hope you won't blame me for my own assertion.

If you want to blame, how about blaming my brother?

Speaking of which, did you find another sealed letter in the letter, which is from my brother.

Regarding his behavior of writing you a letter in my name, I am on your side. If you do not want to read his letter, I will support you with both hands.

Of course, I hope you still blame him for this exception.

You know, in order to get your address, I always need to pay a little price.

After having you as a friend, I regret not being able to keep in touch with you, so I agreed to deliver the task this time, and it's up to you to decide next time.

Since my brother asked me many times, and he is my own brother, I still hope you consider writing to him.

This is what he forced me to write.

I've finished talking about him, and I can't let my brother occupy the space of this letter any longer.

Let's talk about something else, you are not in London, but you missed a lot of news, as your friend, I think I need to catch you up.

……

It was not long after you left London that Miss Hardy's engagement was annulled, and she and her good friend Miss Kent were sent to a convent.

Originally, this matter should have been carried out in secret. It seems that the two ladies wanted to escape, but they were finally caught back to the family, so that people knew about it.

Everyone guessed that they must have done something wrong, so it was inconvenient to question them directly, and in order to preserve their family's reputation, and to punish them, they wanted to send them away secretly.

Unexpectedly, it failed to become a secret in the end, but became a talking point.

You must ask me about their ending.

It is said that they had two choices at that time, they were expelled and left freely, or they could go to the monastery according to the arrangement of the family.

In the end, they still went to the monastery. This time it was their own choice. Going to the monastery at least has no worries about food and clothing, right?

This once again proves that women lack their own abilities and that society does not give women a place to make a living.

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I know that you have people go to the slums to distribute bread regularly in winter. After you left, I also went there once.

Like you told me, it's a completely different world from ours.

I was born in London and grew up in Ireland, and my life was hard when I was a child, but I was never short of food and clothing.

I think you're right, it's not us sloganeering ideologues who really need women's rights, it's them, women who are really suffering, or are about to suffer.

Nobles can get divorced through the high court, which is a privilege that has existed for a long time. The rich and powerful have many rights, how unfair.

However, I, a woman who enjoys the life of a rich family, has no right to say this, but even I will be unwilling, so... what about those who can't even survive.

I should not have written my letters so bitterly, and I hope you believe that correspondence with you is a kind of confidant for me.

Obviously you are younger than me, but I can't help but trust you and gain insights from you.

Give my regards to Mrs. Smith, and look forward to getting to know your family in the future, so that I can also ask you to greet them in my letter. I look forward to that day.

Looking forward to hearing from you very much.

your most sincere friend

kh

3/21/1860

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Lydia did not reply to Kelly immediately, but opened the sealed letter paper in Kelly's letter.

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Ms. Partner:

Here, my sincere greetings to you and your family, I hope you all have a good time.

At the same time, I would like to apologize to you. I took the liberty of giving your mailing address to Shemei.

I don't know if she told you that you are her only friend her age.

I'm glad she has such an excellent friend as you, and I hope you don't affect your feelings about my sister because of me. She is a good girl, just like you.

Looking forward to our next meeting.

Not known

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Looking at this letter without anyone's name throughout, I have to say that Mr. Hurt is very cautious.

Taking out a piece of letter paper, Lydia planned to write to Kelly. As for Mr. Hurt, he knew that he would not write to him.

Lydia didn't deliberately say anything to enlighten Kelly. In the letter, she described more the spring scenery and the tranquil Longbourne.

He also said that he was very happy to receive her letter, and it was because she left London too hastily that she neglected the mailing address.

As for Mr. Hurt's letter, Lydia made it clear that she would refuse to accept it in the future.

Finally, putting down her pen, Lydia closed the envelope.

While she was making movements with her hands, Lydia's thoughts drifted to Miss Hardy and Miss Kent who were punished. They must have slipped through the net in the last case in John's letter.

It seemed John was right, Sherlock wasn't really inactive.

Thinking of Sherlock, Lydia thought of last night's dream.

Most of Lydia's original dreams were nightmares: a life without hope, a father and sister who have lost their feelings, a mother who has been cut off from contact, Mrs. Smith who died suddenly, her body and soul in pain after illness...

And that man, the man she loved and married when she was young.

The men who appear the most in Lydia's nightmares are always the angry father and the drunk and crazy husband.

But then, as she moved on from the past, she was healed a lot by her lost family and loving Mrs. Smith.

The dream began to be good and bad. Yesterday, Lydia dreamed of Sherlock, the Sherlock she had never met in her previous life.

She recalled their first meeting so clearly.

On the cold streets of London, the sky had already darkened, there were not many pedestrians, and most of them walked in a hurry, and Lydia, she was crouching in a corner, thinking about how to meet Mrs. Smith safely.

At that time, she was only 13 years old, her stature hadn't grown, she was just a little bean, dressed as a boy, and with Mrs. Smith's tricks, she played her role seamlessly.

However, at that time, even if she knew that she would not go to find Mrs. Smith, she would have found it, but the darkness, cold and hunger still made Lydia feel uncomfortable.

Crouching stiffly and stomping her feet, Lydia couldn't feel any warmth, only felt that she was about to turn into an ice cube.

To make matters worse, it began to snow in the sky, and it was not small, so Lydia had to hide under the eaves to hide from the snow.

Passers-by who passed by in a hurry did not care about this lonely child.

Lydia could only pray that Mrs. Smith would be found soon, and secretly vowed that this would never happen again next time.

Then, Lydia thought she was hallucinating because of hunger, because a tightly wrapped food bag that was slightly steaming suddenly appeared in front of her.

Looking up, it was a strange gentleman at the time, a younger Sherlock.

There was no expression on her face, and she didn't look easy to get along with. Seeing Lydia in a daze, as soon as she stuffed the bag, she took a long leg and left.

Lydia's short legs couldn't catch up even if she wanted to, so she couldn't react while holding the hot food foolishly.

So, she was helped for free?

I actually met a kind-hearted person with a disgusting and kind face. Wow, rebirth is indeed a transfer.

At that time, Lydia was thinking that way, thinking that she should remember this person's appearance, and thank him in the future.

Opening the bag, Lydia, who was biting a sandwich, waited for Mrs. Smith, who was in a hurry, to find her. She was worried, and she frowned when she saw Lydia who was eating with a smile.

The second time they met, Lydia didn't recognize the person who helped her.

It wasn't until the third meeting, Sherlock, who returned his bead chain with an indifferent face and mentioned him vaguely, finally corresponded with the good man Xue Ye gave her a sandwich.

She went to Mrs. Henry the next day to choose the style and fabric of men's clothing, and asked Mrs. Henry to use her years of tailoring to determine Sherlock's size and hold him.

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And the most recent meeting, the Sherlock who suddenly appeared to find her.

Kelly, who was having afternoon tea with Lydia, left early because of Sherlock's surprise visit.

Sherlock, who looked the same as usual, drove away before sitting down to drink tea, and without exchanging greetings or explaining why he came.

"I have something to talk to you alone, Lydia."

"Go down, all of you, Mrs. Smith stay."

Seeing that everyone in the hall was looking at her, although Lydia was puzzled, she still spoke.

"alone!"

Sherlock emphasized with dissatisfaction.

Mrs. Smith smiled at an unhappy Lydia.

"I'll wait outside the door, Lydia, call me if you need anything."

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Smith poured Lydia a good tea alone, ignored Sherlock, just gave him a meaningful glance, and left.

"Sherlock, is it okay now?"

Lydia was not polite to the bad guest, and sat down to drink tea by herself.

Sherlock followed Lydia and sat across from her.

"Lydia, I came here today to ask you if you would like to marry me."

Lydia, who was drinking tea, almost knocked over the teacup, and quickly put down the hot tea in her hand. Lydia stared at Sherlock with wide eyes.

"Sherlock, are you proposing?"

"Yes, I am proposing to you?"

Sherlock showed the expression of you knowingly asking, and he didn't have the nervous reaction of ordinary people when he proposed marriage. He didn't even turn red in his ears. .

"why?"

Lydia asked the question almost screaming, so surprised she couldn't think effectively until now.

"Of course I propose because I want to marry you."

For an explanation like the explanation of nouns, only Sherlock would answer in this way, and only Sherlock dared to answer in this way.

And Lydia needs to take a deep breath to suppress her current violent temper.