"What? The money is still a small part of it, and most of the money is being invested in new business?"

The huge surprise came too quickly, not to mention a woman like Mrs. Bennet, who had no scheming, even a wise and calm person, would be made to be unable to recover for a while.

Mrs. Bennet's whole being is in a state of vain dream—unreal, too unreal!

One second she was still the poor squire's wife who bragged about how rich her son-in-law was, and the next second she became Mrs. Kuo with tens of thousands of pounds?

What's even worse is that she originally thought that 30,000 pounds was all the wealth, but her youngest daughter surprised her again.

is the daughter who is most like her, the lovely Mrs. Wickham, who not only earned her a pile of gold, but also got a "gold mine" that can be produced every year.

Although Mrs. Bennet did not yet know what the business of her youngest daughter referred to in her letter, with the first two successes and a genuine cheque for £30,000, Mrs. Bennet now had honey trust in her youngest daughter.

"Lydia is so capable, and her vision is incomparably outstanding, and the business she chooses must be profitable!"

Mrs. Bennet said excitedly, "Just like it was at the beginning." We only gave her a few hundred pounds, but she multiplied the hundreds of pounds more than tenfold. Then, instead of rushing to give us the dividends, she used all the money to buy a ship—"

As she said this, Mrs. Bennet glanced at Miss Bingley on purpose.

Don't think she hadn't heard Miss Bingley's sneer.

Yes, the money they gave to Mrs. Wickham was only a few hundred pounds.

With this amount of money, if you want to invest in a big business, it's a dream.

But the problem is that their favorite Mrs. Wickham is so good that she does not directly invest the money, but carries out the primitive accumulation of capital.

And the money that Mrs. Wickham eventually used to buy ships and do ocean trade was not the first few hundred pounds, but many times more thousands, or even tens of thousands!

The total investment is relatively large, and when the Wickhams return home successfully and earn a huge fortune, the women of their Bennett family can get so much dividends.

Just like now, having made money, Mrs. Wickham did not take all the money into dividends, but only a small part, and the rest continued to be invested in new businesses.

Wait, a small fraction = 30,000 pounds?

So how much are they really worth now?

Mrs. Bennet's mind was full of fluttering pound bills, and her brain was completely dead. She can't be counted!

In fact, not to mention that an empty-minded person like Mrs. Bennet can't be counted, even Mary, who is immersed in books all day, is also in a trance.

"Lydia's" business, she also invested money.

It's not as much as my mother and sisters, but it's a hundred pounds.

This is also something that cannot be helped, Bennett's family is not rich in the first place, and Mr. Bennett's pocket money for his daughters is not high.

The other sisters would take the money to buy clothes, hats, etc., but Mary was not keen on these things, but loved to read.

And buying books is also very expensive.

In addition, like Jane and Elizabeth, they occasionally rely on their ingenuity to make some money, which is not much, but they can also have an income.

Mary doesn't know what to do, she has no beauty or talent, so she can only set up a character for herself who loves to read.

Scholars or something, whether ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign, are actually a little inexplicably high. It seems that a scholar should be noble and elegant, not worldly.

Besides, Mary's purpose of reading is not very pure, she doesn't really like to read, but she really has no other specialties, so she can only use reading to package herself.

She didn't really understand the truth in the book, but learned the loftiness and arrogance of the reader thoroughly.

She doesn't like the ignorance and frivolity of Katie and Lydia's two little sisters, and she hates her mother's chatter about handsome and golden bachelors every day.

She is so fresh and refined, and she is not so obsessed with money, at least on the surface.

So, Mary didn't make some money like the other sisters. This also directly leads to the fact that she does not have much savings in her hands.

Being able to take out a hundred pounds and give it to "Lydia", who she didn't like very much, to be honest, Mary herself didn't know what was going on, as if she was dizzy.

The day after the incident, before Mr. Bennet could "debunk" the "deception" of the Wickhams, Mary regretted it first.

But, at this moment, Mary is still regretting, she regrets that she should not have reservations, but should give all her money to "Lydia".

If she can invest all the money she has, the dividends she receives now should not be too small.

Even if it's not as good as Mom, Jane and Elizabeth, it's better than Katie.

However, Mary sadly discovers that her other sister, whom she doesn't like very much, has given "Lydia" fifty pounds more than she does!

Mary is also a well-read person, even if she has only learned a few superficial things, at least she understands mathematics.

Don't look at the difference between her and Katie's "investment" is only fifty pounds, but she can be sure that the dividends they can get can be tens of thousands of pounds.

Tens of thousands of pounds, a number that Mary couldn't have imagined in the past.

With this money, even if she is ordinary-looking, mediocre in temperament, and even withdrawn in personality, she is still chased by handsome, young men.

Mary did not forget that Longborn also had an equally unremarkable Miss King, but because she had a dowry of several thousand pounds, Wickham suddenly gave up the excellent Elizabeth in favor of Miss King.

Now, she, Mary Bennett, has more than a few thousand pounds.

Her investment was less than half that of her mother, but half of the £30,000, or even a third!

Not to mention anyone else, just Miss Bingley, who talked about the dowry all day long, was only a dowry of 20,000 pounds.

Moreover, my mother and Jane also said that these dividends are only a small part, and in the future, she will have a steady stream of dividends.

The thought of those heart-warming figures made Mary's ordinary face glow with excitement.

Rich, finally rich, she doesn't have to worry about her being kicked out by Cousin Collins after her father dies.

She has no beauty, no talent, and if she is kicked out of the house, she may have to live with her two sisters, or simply run away to the convent.

She may seem bookish and boring, but she doesn't want to be a weird and poor old virgin.

She wants to become a talented girl, and she also wants to marry a cute young man who both parents like.

All of this will become a reality because she has a rich dowry......