31. Past
Maria and Mr. Darcy maintained their own unique understanding, and they began to exchange letters frequently.
Mrs. Lucas wanted to urge Maria to marry as soon as possible, but when she learned that Mr. Darcy was now all over the world inspecting the industry, and had no time to prepare for a perfect wedding, she had to be anxious for a while.
Satisfied with this, Maria devoted all her energy to writing, without Mrs. Lucas's endless advice and less time to deal with the other party.
In just three years, Maria has successfully promoted to a silver writer, and is a big step closer to the goal of "great writer" stipulated by the system. Nowadays, when walking on the street, people will talk about Miss Ghost's masterpieces anytime and anywhere, and the drama actors have moved her works to the stage, so that more people can know her works.
[When the system saw the degree of madness of the host, it had palpitations, and hurriedly stopped: Host, you are now a silver-level author, if you want to continue to upgrade, it is best to calm down and digest the harvest of these years. Besides, host, have you forgotten the lessons you learned? 】
After mentioning it by the system, Maria remembered the arrogance of that time, although nothing big happened in the end, but she really didn't want to recall the stupidity at the beginning, and she didn't dislike it: "I know, I won't write a new book in the past year, and I will completely settle down." ”
Hearing this, the system breathed a sigh of relief, the host has indeed advanced rapidly in recent years, but there are pros and cons to this matter, high-intensity writing stimulates the potential of the host, and at the same time, because the intensity is too great, the host has inadvertently suffered a lot of pressure, and the spirit has been in a state of tension, and there will definitely be problems after a long time.
They are all silver-level writers, and the gold, diamond, and eternal levels will be far away! Maria is now full of confidence in herself, after all, she has just started her life, and she has passed the halfway level, as long as she can maintain her state and be called an eternal great writer.
The original plan was to settle for a year, but it turned out that Maria had been precipitating for three years in a row, and she did not publish a new book for three years.
But there are different rumors from the outside world, some people speculate whether Miss Ghost has died of illness, and they write to the publishing house for this purpose, and some people are full of malice, thinking that Miss Ghost Jiang Lang is exhausted and can't write a new novel.
Mr. Ferguson, as a partner, is well aware of Maria's actions in the last three years, and he is simply scoffing at the words of those people, and he is gearing up to do a big job, and he has a strong premonition that Maria's new book will definitely cause a new sensation, so that the status of "Miss Spectre" in the literary world will no longer be shaken.
Maria herself was equally ambitious, but now she needed to appease Mrs. Lucas.
"Oh my God! Yaros Lucas, tell me why you don't want to get married! ”
"Mom, I really don't like that Miss Kim."
"Yaros, I want you to think clearly, you must know that Miss Kim has a dowry of ten thousand pounds! Don't think about marrying a beautiful woman, but when she was young, Mrs. Bennet was the most beautiful woman in Hertfordshire, and look at how she is now. ”
"Mom's ......"
Maria glanced at her brother with a little sympathy, how painful it was to be urged to marry, and everyone who had suffered such torture knew it. Oh, she needs to thank Mr. Darcy again, because he's been so clean for the past three years.
"Mom, I heard that Netherfield Manor was rented out?" Under the pleading eyes of Arros, Maria had to interrupt Mrs. Lucas's reprimand, and she really felt that her mother did not need to be in a hurry.
Mrs. Lucas was distracted: "Yes, your father is going to make friends with him." ”
Maria nodded and said, "Does that gentleman have any sisters?" ”
"I don't know much about this, but I heard that this young gentleman is worth a lot of money, and Mrs. Lang should know something." Mrs. Lucas thought that Sir William should visit as soon as possible, in case he had brought his sisters with him, and could afford to rent the Nesserfield Manor, and his sisters must have a good dowry.
Little Mr. Lucas looked at Mrs. Lucas's distant figure and finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Maria, thank you so much. ”
"Brother, I feel that Miss Jin is a good lady, why don't you feel it?" Well, actually, she was quite curious.
Little Mr. Lucas loosened the bow tie around his neck and said, "Miss Kim is indeed a lady, but she gives me the impression of being too innocent. Maria, you know, I'm going to go into business, so my wife should be a flexible, if not a brilliant person. Unfortunately, Miss Jin is obviously not this kind of person. ”
Maria didn't expect her brother to have such thoughts: "Dad won't allow you to do business." She was telling the truth, and Sir William had only bought a few shares in the Times over the years, and had not done anything about business, and knew that he was very taboo about doing business.
"I know, but it's my life." Little Mr. Lucas rubbed his face with his hand and said, "Maria, I have never felt ashamed to be a businessman. If Dad had been in business now, our family wouldn't have been so difficult, and you and Charlotte would have been like the Bennett ladies, with endless new clothes to wear. ”
Maria patted the back of her brother's hand comfortingly: "Brother, I don't lack new clothes to wear now." ”
"Maria, I still remember when you were a kid when you went out in Charlotte's old clothes and were laughed at. I don't want my daughter to be ridiculed for it in the future. ”
Elos Lucas was clearly haunted by the incident, and Maria had to lament that the effects of childhood on a person were truly terrifying. If she is really a little girl, I am afraid that this incident will also become her own psychological shadow, and it may be possible to become inferior and sensitive from now on.
Among the people who laughed at her was Mrs. Bennet, and Maria said with emotion: "No wonder you dislike Mrs. Bennet so much, in fact, I don't think she should have had any ill will at the time, but she was purely shocked that I wore Charlotte's old dress." ”
Little Mr. Lucas said with a cold face: "But she spread this matter everywhere, which caused the Lucas family to suffer a lot of gossip, and Mom and Dad didn't go out much for a while, and Charlotte was also ridiculed......"
Listening to Alos's narration, Maria realized many things that she hadn't noticed, and she really didn't think it was a big deal to wear an old dress. On weekdays, as long as it is a dress she likes, she will always take it out and wear it from time to time, and some even wear it for several years, it turns out that the impact of that incident is so bad, no wonder since then, Charlotte has never allowed herself to wear her clothes again.
For a while, Maria's heart was as tight as a piece of cotton: "You should have told me earlier......"