[Pride and Prejudice] Mrs Bennett

Chapter 15

Dylan returned home before the afternoon tea started, and the family happily enjoyed black tea and snacks together.Elizabeth is just one month old, so her drink can only be breast milk.

"Farewell to your friends, Dylan?" Mr. Bennet asked after several sips of black tea and put down the cup.

"Yes, father." Dylan said politely with a cute little face, "I have left an address, and we will maintain correspondence."

"Well, you did a good job." Mr. Bennet nodded, "They will go to school with you in the future, and they will build a good relationship first, which will be of great help to you in the future."

"Yes, Father." Dylan replied sternly.

"Okay, Cecil, afternoon tea time is for relaxation." Grace glared at Mr. Bennett, bent down and picked up a piece of exquisitely crafted snack and brought it to Dylan's mouth, "Come on, Try this cake, mother told the cook to make it, it's salty."

Glancing at Grace, who was smiling gently, Dylan opened his mouth to swallow the snack, and then smiled contentedly.The father only said that children like sweet and greasy things like dim sum. He is an adult who wants to protect his mother and sister...but he still likes dim sum!It's better for my mother to make this kind of non-sweet snack for him.

Mr. Bennet touched his nose, picked up the cup that was refilled by the maid, and sipped the black tea in small sips.This is not about to leave London, he only cares about his son, and he didn't mean to be so serious during the afternoon tea time.

"Jane, Dylan bid farewell to his friends, how about you?" Grace looked at her eldest daughter lovingly.

The four-year-old Jane is as delicate as a doll, and her overly outstanding appearance makes her, a mother, occasionally a little worried.Although appearance is very important to women, sometimes being too beautiful is not necessarily a good thing.

"I've written to Evelyn and Fanny, mother," Jane said with a smile.

"That's good." Grace patted Jane's head lovingly.She is very proud of these two children. She can write simple sentences in English when she is almost four years old, at least she could not do it when she was four years old in her previous life, even though her mother tongue was Chinese at that time.

Soon, the afternoon tea time was over, and the two children were asked by Grace to check if there was anything left behind in their salute. Elizabeth had fallen asleep again, and the couple went to the study together.

"It's all arranged?" Grace sat down on the sofa in the study, and Mr. Bennet sat down beside her.

"Well, I have already explained everything to Mr. Brown." Mr. Bennett held Grace's hand, "After we set off for Longborn, the three embroiderers will be sent to the residence of His Excellency the Prince of Wales. Oriental Silk The store will all be transferred to his name."

"Actually, we are very grateful to Mr. Brown and Mrs. Wood." Grace moved his fingers and shook hands with Mr. Bennett. "If it weren't for them, we might have to entangle with His Excellency the Prince for a while."

"Everyone has weaknesses, and we each take what we need." Mr. Bennett raised his hand and kissed the back of Grace's hand, "But we must be careful in the future, and don't let those servants casually report the news from the house. It’s better to spread the word.”

"Is Mr. Bennett hitting me?" Grace blinked.

"Naughty!" Mr. Bennett said with a smile while pinching her nose, "You are the hostess of the Bennett family, of course this kind of training/education of servants can only be entrusted to you, do you still want me to come forward? ?”

"Yes, I will try my best to ensure Lord Viscount Bennett's dignity." Grace pursed her lips and smiled.

"You." Mr. Bennet smiled helplessly, and then frowned again, "We will have a lot of things to do when we return to Longborn, and we will probably be busy for a while."

"The first viscount of Langbourne!" Grace squinted at him, "Sir Lucas will definitely pull you to ask about entering the palace to meet His Majesty the King." The jazz's favorite question and talk when socializing That is, did you go to the ball in the palace, did you see His Majesty the King?Now Mr. Bennet will be dragged by him for a long time.

"Honey, don't be gloating so obviously, okay?" Mr. Bennet was even more helpless, and his gentle wife's evil taste was committed again.

"Do I have it?" Grace's expression was innocent.

"Well, you haven't. Think about Mrs. Lange and Mrs. Lucas, and Mrs. King, my dear." Mr. Bennett said not to be outdone.There are no gentlemen like Sir Lucas in Langborn, but there are many gossip ladies like Mrs. Lange.

The corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and Grace finally gritted his teeth and said, "Cecil, you've gone bad!"

"Honey, didn't I learn all this from you?" Mr. Bennet said sternly.

"...We are leaving tomorrow, and we need to rest well tonight." Grace stopped when she stood up and grabbed her skirt and walked to the door of the study, turned around and said with a smile, "So Ceci Er, you can sleep alone in the guest room tonight!"

After finishing speaking, he ignored the stiff smile on Mr. Bennett's face, turned around with his head held high and walked gracefully away.

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In the early morning of the second day, just after dawn, the four carriages and ten horses of the Bennett family left the Viscount's mansion.The Bennett family took Elizabeth in a carriage, Mrs. Green, Mrs. Wood and Hill took the twins in a carriage, the other two carriages were full of salutes, and the ten horses belonged to Viscount Bennett. Exclusive escort ride.

Although Mr. Bennett has only one viscount title, no back cover and no real power, he still has a ten-man guard, which is directly appointed by His Majesty the King.Since becoming Mr. Bennett's guard, the salaries of these ten people have been paid by the Bennett family. Of course, the salary is not very low, and the ten people have to pay close to [-] pounds a year.

In addition, there are their equipment costs, the maintenance of weapons, and the feeding of war horses, all of which need to be borne by the Bennett family!That's why Mr. Bennet complained to Grace in private. No wonder so many old nobles began to decline.There are too many places to spend money, and the output of the land alone is not much, no matter how wide the land is. Before the Bennett family's land in Longborn was only [-] pounds a year, which was only half of the salary of these ten people.

However, Mr. Bennet, who was sitting in the carriage, now felt that the money was well spent!Ten straight men in red military uniforms sat around the carriage, which satisfied Mr. Bennett's vanity.

"I finally feel like I'm an aristocrat now, Grace." Mr. Bennett's black eyes were shining brightly, "I also finally understand why so many people disdain the aristocrats in their mouths, but they still want to be in private One of them."

Only nobles are allowed by His Majesty the King to have a private guard. For example, as a Viscount, in addition to the ten people given to him by His Majesty the King, he can also call up a private army of up to 50 people.Of course, privately recruited private soldiers must still be named in the army, and they can be recruited at any time when the country needs it.

Grace frowned when she heard this, and she asked in a low voice: "Do you want to build a guard, Cecil?" Men will have some kind of heroic plot, and she hopes that Mr. Bennett will not be so impulsive.

"Of course not, my dear Mrs. Bennett." Mr. Bennett raised his eyebrows, "I will never do anything that will push the Bennett family to the top, Grace. We are now What we have to do is to keep a low profile and raise our son and daughter well.”

"That's good." Grace knew that Mr. Bennett would not do it if he said he couldn't do it, so he turned his attention to the little daughter in his arms with confidence.Elizabeth was sleeping soundly, with her small hands clenched into fists and placed near her mouth, her chubby belly rising and falling up and down, looking extremely cute.

"Baby Liz is getting cuter and cuter!" Grace couldn't help but bowed her head and kissed the baby's soft cheek. She didn't know the difference of being a mother until she had a child herself.Even if she doesn't see the twins and Elizabeth, she will be so sweet and soft in her heart.As long as it can make them happy, she is really willing to do anything, even if it takes her life, she will not hesitate.

Mr. Bennett looked at the little baby girl who was sleeping sweetly in Grace's arms, and after leaning on her and kissing her on the face, he looked at Grace resentfully: "Baby Grace, since there is a After having the twins, I felt that my status had plummeted! Now that I have Liz, I feel even more so. Your thoughts are now on the children, and you don't pay much attention to me anymore. "

Grace shuddered: "Cecil, are you jealous with the children?" How could she not pay attention to him!Before, when she was the busiest to embroider the four screens, she didn't do anything to him, or where did Elizabeth come from later!

"I'm just jealous." Mr. Bennet took a deep look at the flimsy swaddle wrapped in Elizabeth, "Look, whether it's Liz or the twins, you made a lot of their clothes by yourself. But there's nothing."

Dylan's little suit, Jane's little dress, Liz's baby clothes, and the silk handkerchief they usually use, you can see Grace's embroidery everywhere, but what about him?The vests, shirts and suits on his body were all custom-made or purchased in the store. His dear wife never thought of making clothes for him by herself.

In the past, he had no time to take care of the children and embroider. Now that he can provide his wife with the life of a noble lady, she should have time, right?So Mr. Bennett made the request like this, he didn't want to wait any longer.And it is very likely that Grace will devote his energy to the child when he has time. If he can't wait until the time comes, wouldn't he feel even more uncomfortable!

☆、Chapter 16