Chapter 1874 Arrogant Your Prejudice (Seventeen)
Half a month later, Mrs. Bennet received an Anne's letter.
In the letter, Anne said in an excited tone: "Dear Mom, can you believe it? Our business is going very well!"
She even exaggeratedly told Mrs. Bennet that the one thousand pounds she and her sisters invested had increased tenfold.
"Ten thousand pounds? Oh my god, I, I'm not mistaken?"
Mrs. Bennett could not believe her eyes when she saw the series of numbers.
Her ideal son-in-law, Mr. Darcy, earned ten thousand pounds a year. God knows how shocked and yearned for her when she heard about this.
Her breathing became rapid.
Seeing this, Jian didn't bother to discuss the contents of his sister's letter, but quickly found the sniffing salt, and then placed it on the tip of Mrs. Bennett's nose while fanning her with a fan.
Jane couldn't stop saying softly: "Mom, relax, relax!"
Don't be too excited, otherwise your mother's migraine will be on again.
“Hu~Hu~~”
After sucking the sniffing salt, the irritating smell of ammonia stimulated the nasal cavity, and Mrs. Bennett woke up instantly.
She took a few deep breaths, then grabbed Jane's hand and shouted happily, "Jane, dear, you heard that our cutest Lydia made a lot of money!"
And investors like them all make profits!
And it’s the kind of huge profit that doubles by ten times!
Mrs. Bennett's heart was so excited that she was about to fly.
With money, she can buy the latest styles of skirts, hats, exquisite lace, and oriental embroidery for herself and her daughters.
Oh my God, they can still go on vacation.
Well, summer is coming soon, and she may be able to suggest Mr. Bennett take his family to Winchester in the south.
Yes, it is the city where the Wickhams are currently located.
Dear Mrs. Wickham also spent a lot of time in the letter describing the prosperity and beauty of Winchester.
That's a completely different thing from Langboyn.
There are not only rich merchants from all over the country, but also lovely royal naval officers, which are definitely much more noble than the militia in Melitun!
When she thought of the grand dance, all kinds of handsome and funny bachelors, Mrs. Bennett's heart was hot: she still had four daughters but she had not gotten married.
"Yes, mom, I heard it when I heard you read the letter!" Jian calm and gentle.
Mr. Bennett's words were somewhat useful. That day, Jane talked to Elizabeth alone again, and the two sisters were a little sure: Maybe Lydia really lied to them!
So, at this moment, when my mother screamed that Lydia had made a lot of money, Jane's first reaction was that she didn't believe it.
Elizabeth was sharper than Jane. She didn't say it, but she was muttering in her heart: I guess the second half of the letter was Lydia excitedly telling her mother that she had discovered a bigger and more profitable business. She didn't want to miss it, so she invested in the money she earned, even the capital and the profit!
Elizabeth even guessed the content of Lydia's next letter, and must have told her mother and sisters regretfully: The business failed and they lost all their money!
Sure enough, Mrs. Bennett was so excited that she began to read the letter again.
"Oh, the lovely Mrs. Wickham said that at a dance she met several merchants involved in overseas trade, and they were going to have a big project in the near future. Lydia felt that it had great potential, so she bought a ship with all her money-"
"Oh my God, it's incredible. Lydia wants to go out to sea with the fleet!"
Mrs. Bennett's face changed suddenly.
Although she is a vase with no mind, she also knows how risky it is to go overseas to do business.
There are not only gentlemen, smart businessmen in England, but also pirates with evil spirits.
Although pirates are gradually declining now, the dangers at sea are still very great.
A squire and housewife like Mrs. Bennett can't imagine how a spoiled lady like Lydia would survive on the difficult sea!
"What? Lydia bought a boat and was about to go out to sea?"
Jane and Elizabeth were also shocked. Elizabeth, who had always been calm and calm, even stood up suddenly and rushed to Mrs. Bennett, reading the letter at a glance.
"Not preparation! This letter was sent seven days ago, and after Lydia finished writing the letter, she was ready to sail. At this time, she should have set off with Wickham!"
Elizabeth quickly finished reading the letter on this page, and for a moment he couldn't come back to his senses and murmured.
She never thought that her selfish, ignorant, vanity and a little slutty little girl had the courage to buy a boat and go out to sea!
It is something that only explorers do.
Elizabeth is not a relative who despises her, she is really... With her understanding of the Wickhams, they are really not such courageous people!
"No, no, I, I will tell Mr. Bennet immediately, he will implement it as soon as possible."
Mrs. Bennett was completely gone from the excitement and show-off she had just now. She was very worried about her favorite little daughter. Oh, and of course, her cute son-in-law Mr. Wickham.
They are all such cute people, how can they mingle with rude seamen?
Not to mention the dangers that traveling from oceans may encounter. Mrs. Bennett was so scared that she almost had a heart attack when she thought about it!
“Go to sea?”
Mr. Bennett's face was calm, his hands tightly pinching the letter paper, slowly reading the text on it.
Mr. Bennett was no longer worried. The letter revealed the whimsical idea in every chapter, because this is what Lydia was originally.
She always fantasizes foolishly and dreams that are unrealistic!
He was really tired. Instead of believing that the Wickhams and his wife were trying to make trouble, he hoped that this was just a lie they told casually to deceive their family.
But for some reason, Mr. Bennett had a premonition: this time, they did not lie!
Perhaps just as Bennett's family was worried, the uneasy couple had already embarked on the voyage.
"I, I'll ask for a friend."
Mr. Bennett swallowed and spitted, then said with difficulty: "If it is true, I, we can't stop it. I hope they have good luck!"
Apart from this, Mr. Bennett really doesn't know what to say.
"Woooooo, my poor Lydia, why do you do this?"
Mrs. Bennett has begun to think that her daughter and son-in-law will encounter various dangers at sea. Perhaps, maybe in the near future, she will receive bad news from them!
The word "bad news" suddenly hit the brain, and Mrs. Bennett could no longer hold it back. She rolled her eyes and fainted.
"Mother!"
"Go and ask a doctor!"
"Oh my God, mom, wake up!"
Chapter completed!