As a girl who loves beauty, Maria loves all kinds of jewelry. This visit to London not only spent the pounds Charlotte and William gave before leaving, but also spent all the savings accumulated some time ago. Having managed to spend the last pound and finally satisfied, Maria stepped into the carriage of return.

Mrs. Lucas welcomed her little daughter back, and Charlotte and William gathered around and hugged her little sister. Maria had to scramble to divide the purchases one by one, and then she collapsed on the couch, like a fish starved of oxygen.

Sir William laughed with joy at this, and Charlotte laughed secretly, oh, her little Maria was so cute.

In the end, Mrs. Lucas, seeing that Maria was tired, suggested distressedly: "Maria, do you want to go upstairs to rest?" ”

"Thank you Mom, I think I need to take a shower first." Maria struggled to sit up from the couch.

When Mrs. Lucas heard this, she hurriedly said, "Maria, you can go back to your room directly, I have asked the servant to prepare the bath water, and you can take a flower petal bath comfortably." The youngest daughter was a bit of a cleanliness addict, and had to bathe every two days, and expecting that Maria would be bathing as soon as she returned, she ordered the good servants to prepare hot water.

Maria bowed to Mr. and Mrs. Lucas and said, "Thank you, Mom, I think I need to be absent." ”

Maria buried herself in the tub and sighed softly, it was so comfortable, she felt the pores of her whole body stretch, and she was driven away from exhaustion. After taking a hot bath, Maria went directly into the soft quilt and went to meet Zhou Gong.

Charlotte had planned to come up and call Maria for dinner, but when she found that she was already asleep, she did not wake her up, and carefully closed the door and went downstairs.

At supper, Mrs. Lucas mentioned Mr. Bennet's family and said with regret: "Mrs. Bennet is so unfortunate that she fell into the lake by accident and injured herself, and may never be able to conceive an heir for Mr. Bennet in the future." As a result, Bennet's family has only five daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is not a person who can save money, and their girls are pitiful. ”

Mr. Lucas sighed sadly: "Mr. Bennett is probably going to be sad, because of the existence of the limited inheritance system of their family, their land can only be inherited by men, and in the future, Longborn will be inherited by other relatives, and the five Miss Bennett will be pitiful, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to marry a good family." Why England introduced the Westminster Act of 1285 was bad news for some sons of gentlemen. ”

He was very glad that his manor was not among them, and he knew that the limited inheritance system stipulated that all the property with limited inheritance could not be sold, and it must be passed on to the male heirs named in the will, so as to prevent the loss of the ancestral property.

Mrs. Lucas nodded approvingly: "Jane and Elizabeth of Mr. Bennet's family are indeed good girls, but their meager dowry makes it difficult for her to marry a good family. ”

Charlotte was also aware of the recent tremors in Elizabeth's house, and she did not agree with her parents' words at all: "Jane and Elizabeth are both recognized beauties in this neighborhood, and there will be excellent gentlemen who propose to her." ”

William retorted unconvinced: "Charlotte, what are you talking about! Our Maria is the most beautiful girl. Although he often bullied Maria, William still loved this delicate-looking little sister very much.

Mrs. Lucas nodded approvingly, Maria's appearance was very delicate and beautiful, and the reason why outsiders only mentioned Miss Bennet was because Maria was so homely that few outsiders saw her. However, she is not Mrs. Bennet's kind of flamboyant person, who can't do anything to show off her daughter's appearance.

Sir William looked at a pair of children with amusement: "With her excellent looks, Miss Bennet will indeed not lack suitors. But a truly good gentleman would not marry a young lady who was only beautiful, and I think Mr. Bennet should have regretted marrying Mrs. Bennet more than once. "Mrs. Bennet was the standard empty-headed beautiful lady.

I think that Mr. Bennet, despite the old Mr. Bennet's admonition, insisted on marrying the merchant's daughter, which was a sensation in this vicinity.

Because they were both married to the daughters of merchants, the townspeople always put them together in comparison with each other. Now it's even more maddening, both of them have daughters, and as we all know, the young ladies of the Bennets family are famously beautiful, and the young ladies of the Lucas family are mediocre.

Sir William could foresee that when the daughters of both families had all entered the social circle, people would arouse greater enthusiasm to mention them together, such as the manners of the daughters of both sides, the sons-in-law of the two families•••••• Sir William would want to cover his forehead and moan whenever he thought of such a situation.

In fact, compared to the real comparison, the difference between the family backgrounds of the two families is quite large. Not only did Mr. Bennet inherit from his ancestors from Longbourn, earning £2,000 a year, but Mrs. Bennet's dowry was quite generous. In comparison, except for a knighthood, none of their families can compare with the Bennett family, otherwise the dowry prepared by the two families for their daughter would not be so different.

"There's something I need to tell you," said Sir William, looking at his already slim eldest daughter, "Charlotte, I'm going to send you to study at Toris College in a while." Also, William, you have to prepare, and I'll send you to Aesop Academy. ”

Mrs. Lucas was taken aback, but her husband had never mentioned it before: "Could it be too early?" Charlotte was still a child. ”

Sir William explained: "Toris College is between 10 and 16 years old, this college is very formal, they generally only admit girls from the aristocracy, this time Charlotte you can get this opportunity, but also thanks to Dylan's recommendation, if you miss this opportunity, I don't know if you have a chance to enter the academy." ”

Mrs. Lucas immediately did not object, her family can only be regarded as a small squire family, the daughters have a meager dowry, Maria is better, maybe she can find a good husband with her excellent looks, but Charlotte is in trouble, and the fact that she has attended a girls' school is definitely a good plus in the marriage market.

Maria, who was sleeping in her room, apparently didn't notice that she had missed the big news about Bennet's house, but even if she knew, she probably wouldn't have taken it seriously.