13. Miss Ghost
In the afternoon, Darcy arrived at Dylan's private residence early, and he brought Maria a very generous contract, and said that Medusa Publishing House could help Maria's ghost story collection and publish, and give Maria 64% of the treatment, the publishing house 60% of the dividends, and Maria alone has 40%.
Maria nodded her little head in satisfaction, she felt that the other party was simply too good, no wonder Dylan could be friends with the other party, it was too generous. Speaking of the publication, Maria inevitably thought of Darcy's original letters, and she felt that the revised ghost stories should be re-examined.
As a big fan of "Miss Ghost", Darcy gladly accepted the order.
Dylan dared not to look at this guy's serious face, but in fact, he was in a very happy mood, and he had already noticed the other party's small movements.
Everyone in high society has their own unique way of decompressing, and Darcy is not happy to be like those prodigals, wandering through one drinking party after another, and his way of decompression is to read novels. Every novel he thought was good, he would write to the author, and he didn't miss that postage anyway.
As a good friend of Darcy, Dylan obviously knew this, and he recommended Maria's ghost story to Darcy in the first place. Now the author and the fans are very affectionate, and he threw away this recommender after being used, so angry!
Darcy's literary index is significantly higher than that of Maria, mainly due to social mores. Maria listened to the other party's narrative as she scribbled and changed the manuscript. The two people, one speaking and the other listening, seemed to be extremely harmonious.
Until the sun went down, the two of them were woken up by a hungry Dylan, and they were still a little unsatisfied.
Maria reluctantly put down her quill, looked at Mr. Darcy and said, "Mr. Darcy, will you come back tomorrow?" I hope my work will be reviewed by you before it is published! ”
Darcy was thrilled in his heart, he didn't expect that one day he would have such a good conversation with a little girl, so cheerful, and he was a little reluctant to let go of it, thinking that he had been on vacation recently, and the publishing house had nothing to ask about himself, so he gladly agreed.
Seeing the other party nodding, Maria happily jumped on the spot twice in disregard of etiquette, and said happily: "There are pork ribs and crucian carp marinated at noon in the kitchen, do you like to eat sweet and sour pork ribs and crucian carp soup?" I'll do it for you. ”
Seeing that Darcy nodded without hesitation, Dylan suddenly stretched out Ercon's hand, Don't! Maria had only prepared two people's shares, and if Darcy stayed, wouldn't her share be reduced!
When Maria entered the kitchen, Dylan began to express his displeasure: "I said Darcy, can't you go home and eat?" I think old Mr. Darcy must be in great need of his son's company. "The dissatisfaction between the words is almost overflowing.
Darcy raised an eyebrow, "Why?" ”
"What why!" Dylan was almost, knowing that he wanted to eat Maria's food, and he had to wait until she was in a good mood to get a share, Darcy was simply too much: "Maria only prepared the ingredients for two people, you hurry home." "I didn't prepare your meal, let's go.
The more Dylan refused to let him stay for dinner, the more curious Darcy became: "Then you eat less, you must know that I was left by Miss Maria herself." ”
Dylan's face turned red with anger, and at this moment, he deeply felt that he had made friends carelessly!
Because of his mother's love of oriental embroidery, Darcy also knows a little about other things in the East, sweet and sour pork ribs and crucian carp soup are obviously Oriental delicacies, and as an invisible foodie, these delicacies are naturally not to be missed.
So, while Maria was concentrating on the ingredients, the two older boys outside the kitchen had already made several moves, but Dylan was always one move short and finally lost.
When the delicious food was served on the table, Darcy was extremely glad that he had stayed, otherwise these delicacies would be cheap Dylan, they are all friends who don't know who, not only their Bloombury Manor has many skilled chefs, but also some chefs in Stoke's Earl's House.
Maria has always adhered to the principle of "eat good breakfast, full lunch, and small dinner", so she usually does not eat too many meals in the evening. Without the ladies involved, Darcy and Dylan at the table engaged in an unprecedented fierce scramble.
Maria looked at the scene of knives and forks flying on the dining table, and secretly smacked her tongue, she didn't expect Darcy to be handsome, and her posture when eating was no different from her brother's rough and leafy brother, but although the two of them ate quickly, the table manners were still good, and Maria only felt pleasing to the eye when she sat on the side.
In fact, Maria prepared enough food for three big men, and Dylan was too worried. At the end of the meal, Darcy and Dylan were all overwhelmed, and the two of them rarely wanted to rub their bellies in disregard of etiquette.
Darcy suppressed the burps that wanted to go out, and said goodbye, but before leaving, he made an appointment with Maria to come over early tomorrow morning, and the purpose of the meal was not too obvious.
Dylan rolled his eyes in his chair angrily, and he didn't even get up to deliver one to Darcy, much to Maria's embarrassment, so she packed a small box of snacks for Darcy to bring to him, which of course caused Dylan's displeasure again.
Darcy was content to board his carriage with his snack box, and as soon as he sat down, he burped, which made him glad that he had left early, otherwise he would have been rude.
When he got home, Darcy was embarrassed to find his father sitting in the living room, and just as he was about to say hello, a burp came out.
Old Mr. Darcy looked at his son as if he were looking at something new, and God, what a delicacy it was, that he had eaten his son, who had always been restrained?
"Fitzwilliam, which restaurant are you having dinner in?" I think I need to experience it. ”
Darcy quickly adjusted his mind and replied respectfully, "It's not the dining room outside, the dinner I had at Dylan's private house today was led by Miss Maria Lucas. ”
Now old Mr. Darcy was shocked, you must know that although the current ladies all claim to be able to cook, in fact, the cooking skills are terrible, and it is really surprising that a squire's daughter has a good cooking skill. However, this disappointed Mr. Darcy a little, and he was embarrassed to go to the junior's house to eat.
Seeing that his father had nothing else to ask, Darcy planned to go back to his study and read through the manuscripts he had brought back so that he could discuss them with Maria the next day.
"Fitswilliam, wait a minute, what's in your hand?" Old Mr. Darcy asked as he saw his son going upstairs, swearing he smelled the scent of the pastry.
Darcy's face froze, "Nothing, just some manuscripts." ”
Old Mr. Darcy raised his eyebrows: "Fitzwilliam, you know, I'm asking about the little box you're carrying, and I guess it's some delicious snacks inside." ”
Darcy reluctantly placed the box on the table, "Your nose is so sensitive. ”
Old Mr. Darcy smirked.