Through Mr. Bennet's narration, Jia Huan gradually understood the era in which he lived.

Early to mid-XIX century.

Just last year, neighboring France launched the July Revolution, overthrowing the Bourbon dynasty and embracing Louis Philippe to the throne.

Today's king of England is William IV, and the prospective heir is William IV's niece, Princess Victoria.

Jia Huan was not impressed by William IV, but he knew Queen Victoria.

This is the queen who reigned for 64 years, and the first Queen of England to be called "Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Queen of India".

A very powerful woman.

Jia Huan doesn't know much about foreign history, but he also knows that the queen's reign was a period of unprecedented economic and cultural prosperity in Britain, and Britain became the strongest "empire on which the sun never sets".

However, the queen is too far away from him or something, and it has nothing to do with him.

Jia Huan, who thought so, was slapped in the face soon after.

Mr. Gardiner was a reasonable and humorous gentleman, and Mrs. Gardiner was a kind, elegant and very sociable lady.

The Bennets loved them.

Even Mr. Bennet, who is dissatisfied with his wife, has a very good relationship with his brother-in-law.

The Bennets brought gifts to the Gardiners, which were all kinds of snacks made by the ladies themselves.

Mrs. Gardiner and the children were very happy.

Especially the kids.

The family went to Longborn for Christmas last year, and after eating Bennet's dim sum, they have never forgotten it.

Now I can finally eat it again.

At dinner, Jane and Elisabeth accompanied Mrs. Gardener to cook, and each of them cooked a dish that they were good at.

Jane made a honey-glazed roast chicken, and Yin Lizabeth made a tomato beef stew.

Two dishes were highly praised by the Gardiner family.

Most of the two dishes were divided between the Gardiner family.

Mrs. Gardiner smiled and told Jane and Elisabeth that she would learn how to cook with them, and try to learn all the dishes they knew before they returned to Longborn.

Jane and Elisabeth laughed and said that they would teach Mrs. Gardener what they knew.

After the meal, several boys from the Gardiner family invited Jia Huan to play together.

Although they knew that Jia Huan was actually a girl, they still called Jia Huan's cousin.

Jia Huan took out the toy he had prepared for the children, a spinning top.

He taught the children how to play with spinning tops, and the children cheered excitedly.

Mr. Gardiner looked at all this and said to Mr. Bennet.

"I don't think Catherine is stupid, she's very smart, she's just slower than everyone else."

Mr. Bennet nodded in agreement.

"This kid is Neixiu, she actually knows everything in her heart, but she is not good at expressing it."

Jia Huan: It's not that I'm not good at expressing myself, it's that I don't like to talk too much.

Mr. Bennet then sighed, "It's a pity that this child is not a boy. ”

Mr. Giardiner sighed too.

In this world, there are too many restrictions on women.

I only hope that after the princess succeeds to the throne, this situation can be changed.

The next day, after a good night's sleep, the ladies regained their spirits, got dressed excitedly, and asked Gardiner to take them shopping.

Jia Huan didn't want to go, he wanted to stay at home and sleep, but his energetic and naughty cousins couldn't sleep, so he had to follow Mrs. Bennet and her party out the door.

The crowd rode in a horse-drawn carriage to the bustling shopping street.

The Gardiner family had a shop on this street that sold goods brought in from the East.

Mrs. Gardiner first led a group of people to her shop.

The ladies of the Bennet family were very interested in embroidery from the East.

Oriental embroidery is much more delicate and gorgeous than their own.

A few women bought a lot of embroidery and almost spent all the money they brought out.

Even Mary couldn't help but take some of the money she had spent on books and newspapers to buy embroidery.

Only Jia Huan, he has seen too much embroidery, and these in the Gardiner shop are really simple for him, and there is no need to buy them.

Coming out of Gardena's shop, everyone began to shop one by one.

It doesn't matter if you run out of money, you can ask Mrs. Gardiner to borrow it, and then pay it back to Mrs. Gardiner when you get back.

Jia Huan yawned boredly, walked to a wooden bench on the side of the street, and sat down.

The ladies were so excited that they didn't notice anyone leaving the group.

Jia Huan lowered his head, his eyelids were about to close, and in the middle of the lake, he heard someone walking past him and heard two men talking in a whisper.

He heard a word that he didn't like very much—opium!

Jia Huan opened his eyes reluctantly.

Oh opium!

What will be the scourge of opium in this era?

Where else would it be except the country far to the east?

He remembered that in nine years, the Opium War would break out!

Jia Huan stood up and followed behind the two men.

The two didn't notice anyone following them at all, and Jia Huan cried with them and came to a warehouse in the port.

Jia Huan noted down the location of the warehouse and turned to leave.

He had to go back to the Bennet ladies.

However, because he was unfamiliar with the roads of London, Jia Huan got lost, and he turned into a dead end.

It's very bloody, he came across the plot of the hero saving the beauty.

The hero, of course, is him.

The beauty was a little girl about his age.

The little girl was dressed in a simple-looking dress, but the material was very good, and the necklace around her neck was made of diamonds, and was worth at least a hundred pounds or more.

No wonder she's being targeted.

The people who have their eyes on her are not good people, they not only want to rob the property, but also want to pack the girls away and sell them to dirty places.

Jia Huan easily defeated those people and left the alley with the girl.

"Thank you for saving me, I will remember this kindness." The girl thanked Jia Huan, and the elegant court etiquette showed that this girl's background was extraordinary.

"No thanks, I'm just doing it." Jia Huan waved his hand, facing strangers, he didn't need to disguise.

The girl had a very good impression of Jia Huan, and the light radiating from her eyes was so hot that Jia Huan couldn't help but take a step back.

Could this little girl fall in love with herself at first sight?

It's not impossible.

After all, in this era, girls can get married at the age of fifteen.

And the girl in front of her should be twelve or thirteen years old.

"Well, my name is Catherine Bennet, what's your name?"

"Huh? Catherine? What's a girl's name? ”

Jia Huan: "Because I'm a girl!" ”

Girl: "......"

Jia Huan saw that the light in the girl's eyes shattered.

Wipe!

He really fell in love at first sight!

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