Chapter 1872 - Pride You Prejudice (15)
If "Lydia" had not repaid the £5,000 gambling debt, Mr. Bennet would not have consented to his wife's nonsense with his daughter.
As far as he is concerned, he has already given too much for this unconscious little daughter, and he will not indulge her at all!
However, "Lydia" took out a cheque for five thousand pounds, and no matter what her reason was, she could still remember to repay the money, which made Mr. Bennet somewhat relieved.
Mr. Bennet even has the delusion that maybe Lydia is not so hopeless, she is just carried away by love, but she still knows some of the basic ideas (such as paying debts).
With this delusion, Mr. Bennet also had some hope for Lydia.
Seeing that his wife was so happy, and that their Bennett family had been laughed at for so long, Mr. Bennet suddenly felt that it might not be a bad thing to hold a dance party at this time!
Everyone knows about Lydia's elopement.
Even if the Bennett family keeps a low profile, outsiders will still laugh at it.
Instead of that, it would be better to open the door and throw a ball in a big way, so that Wickham and Lydia can show off their sweet newlyweds in front of people, and maybe the situation will be reversed a little.
"Well, dear Mrs. Bennett, if throwing a ball is really what you want, then you can do it!"
Mr. Bennet shrugged his shoulders with an obvious attitude, neither for nor against, but let Mrs. Bennet do it.
Of course, he didn't completely care.
The two older daughters, who don't need to be explained, will also help to keep an eye on Mrs. Bennet.
The third daughter, Mary, is a nerd and doesn't get into trouble.
He had to keep an eye on Katie, who was second only to Lydia, and he didn't want a second daughter who had eloped in the family.
And Katie is most like Lydia, even if she is Lydia's sister, she learns from Lydia everywhere.
If Katie can do the same when they see Lydia elope, but still have a happy ending in the end, then their Bennett family will really be discredited!
Therefore, Mr. Bennet did not interfere in the affairs of the ball, and even at the ball, Mr. Bennet did not stop him too much when he saw "Lydia", a married woman, flying like a butterfly among the young men.
Well, don't you see that Mr. Wickham is still smiling and watching?
Lydia is married, and she is no longer the Miss Bennets, but the Lady of the Wickham House!
Mr. Bennet couldn't help but comfort himself in his heart.
Sure enough, when I think about it, Mr. Bennett is not so entangled.
When he looked at Wickham again, he didn't have too much disgust, but a faint sense of gratitude - Lydia's burden was finally thrown off to other men!
In the future, no matter how much trouble Lydia causes, it has nothing to do with their Bennett family.
But, soon Mr. Bennet was slapped in the face—
After a lively dance party, the freshly baked Wickhams visited a few more acquaintances.
Whether others ridicule them or not, they don't care at all, they continue to play the role of a sweet and loving couple in front of people, which attracts the envy of many people.
Enough of the showmanship, the couple left Longborn under Mrs. Bennet's reluctant gaze.
"Honey, be sure to write more to your mother!" said Mrs. Bennet, wiping her tears with a handkerchief.
She's really reluctant.
Mr. Bennett was a ruthless man, and he would not allow the Wickhams to live in Longborn.
Poor Lydia, poor Wickham, they can only get out of here.
"Mom, don't worry, I'll write to you. ”
Anne leaned on the window, waved her arms vigorously, and shouted, "When we settle down, I will invite you and my sisters to be guests!"
"When the time comes, I'll take the sisters to a ball and introduce them to more men like Mr. Wickham—"
"Good, dear!"
The mother and daughter pulled their throats and said goodbye to each other.
Their words made Mr. Bennet, who saw them off together, as well as Jane and Elizabeth, a little speechless.
"Men like Wickham", hehe, they are not sensitive!
Finally seeing off the troubled couple, Mr. Bennett knew something that made him extremely depressed before he could breathe a sigh of relief:
"What? Did Lydia borrow money from you?"
Mr. Bennet could not believe his ears, his eyes swept over his wife and daughters, and the tangle in his heart could not be described in words.
"No, dear, Lydia is not borrowing money, but let's invest!"
Mrs. Bennet did not seem to feel Mr. Bennet's suppressed anger, but said with some smugness, "Lydia said that she had found a very promising business. ”
"Actually, it's no problem for her to do it herself, but she remembers her mother and sisters, so she pulls us along!"
"You also know that we have no sons, and if you are unfortunate enough to go before me, my daughters and I will surely be cast out by the despicable Mr. Collins!"
"Well, and the shameful Lucas, they think I don't know, every time they come to our house, they always look at everything with the eyes of a master. They, they're just as greedy as Collins!"
It was obviously an industry that her husband had worked so hard to run, but in the end it was cheaper for an outsider, and Mrs. Bennet couldn't help but be angry every time she thought about it.
It would have been fine if she had died before her husband, but if Mr. Bennett had left first, she would have been kicked out of her home.
And the money she and her daughters were able to share was only 5,000 pounds.
Mrs. Bennet wanted her daughter to marry a good family, not only for her own vanity, but also for the sake of her future life.
If a daughter marries well, such as Jane, if she can marry Mr. Bingley, she will be able to run to the couple in the future, even if she is kicked out!
"Again, Lydia was right. She's Mrs. Wickham now, and she's making money from our business, and it's not Bennett's income. Rather, it can be counted as my private property and that of my daughters!"
Mrs. Bennett had seen the generosity of her little daughter, and not to mention the gifts she had brought back from London, even in Longborn, the little daughter was very generous.
Not to mention, Mrs. Bennet never suspected her daughter that she might cheat her out of her money.
Therefore, when the youngest daughter said that she had a business that could make a lot of money and wanted to attract their mother and daughter to invest, Mrs. Bennet did not hesitate at all, and directly handed over the private money she had saved for many years to the younger daughter.
Mr. Bennet looked at Mrs. Bennet's stubborn appearance and couldn't help but hold his forehead.
Alas, he really thought wrong before, even if Lydia married, she could still harm their Bennett family!
Look, look, his wife, because of a few words from "Lydia", easily took out more than two hundred pounds.
and his kind and gentle Jane, and Elizabeth, who is quick-witted, were also deceived by "Lydia".
As for Mary and Katie, one is a nerd, the other is ignorant, and they are even deceived by "Lydia".
Mr. Bennet silently calculated that "Lydia" had been at Bennet's house for less than half a month and had swept away a thousand pounds......