"Yes, Dad. Otherwise, how could Maria have so many pounds, she is the most earning novelist of the English workers. Jane still finds it inconceivable when she mentions it.

"Ghosts? Maria is a ghost, oh my god—" Lydia hates reading, with the exception of one person's books, Miss Ghost.

"If that's the case, Maria is really not short of money, after all, Miss Ghost's books have a very wide audience, and whoever doesn't have a Miss Ghost book at home will be left behind." Mr. Bennett had the impression that Maria was a delicate porcelain doll, but he didn't expect this porcelain doll to be so talented, "Mr. Darcy has picked up the treasure!" ”

"However, although I think that Maria is not short of money, 100,000 pounds is too exaggerated." Mr. Bennet felt that the story was a little outrageous.

At the mention of this, Elizabeth's face became even colder: "It is said that Maria is proficient in tea cultivation, and Mr. Darcy planted black tea in Darjeeling, India, thanks to her help, so Mr. Darcy gave her a dividend. ”

Mr. Bennet was unfazed by Lizzie's indignation, and that was a saint if he was not moved by such a large fortune. He didn't expect that Mr. Darcy also had an industry in India, and it was a lucrative Darjeeling black tea.

The merchant valued profit over parting, and Mr. Darcy was able to give Maria dividends, which showed that he was not generally serious about her, and Mr. Bennet felt that he was a little envious of the old fellow Sir William, and that with such a capable daughter, little Mr. Lucas would have a much better road in the future.

Mrs. Bennet felt that the whole person was not good, and that little girl Maria had such a huge fortune: "Oh, my head is starting to hurt again, bring me salt and pepper, I can't breathe—"

On the other side, the atmosphere of Lucas Cottage, which should have been laughing, was full of seriousness, and Sir William rubbed his temples and said, "I haven't been so tired in a long time—"

Mrs. Lucas nodded and said, "Me too, my back hurts now." ”

Alos was also very tired, and the neighbors came to visit him when he learned of Maria's engagement to Mr. Darcy, and he, as the host, always had to receive them. He was greeted all morning, and he was tired: "I found out for the first time that there are a lot of people in Hertfordshire!" ”

Maria looked at her brother with a smile: "On weekdays, if interests are not involved, they are naturally too lazy to think about it." Now that the Lucas family is about to marry the Darcy family, it is natural that the tide will rise. They looked greedy, and they also wanted to rely on the daughters of the family to cling to it, after all, Mr. Bingley had not yet settled up with Jane, and they still had some hope. ”

"They all asked me openly and secretly how I hooked up with Mr. Darcy, as if we were going to be together, and it was all up to me to make a fox, which was really appetizing. At the end of this day, I haven't seen a few sincere congratulations to me, one by one sour and prickly ......" Speaking of this, Maria shook her head a little helplessly, she shouldn't have too much expectation of human nature.

Charlotte felt the same way, and could only comfort her sister: "Maria, don't take these things to heart. When I first married Antonio, they soon became jealous for a long time. You look at it again now, every time I come back, they who meet me are not polite. ”

"Charlotte, I know, it's just that everyone behaves so kindly on weekdays, and that's all the ...... the result" Maria couldn't say that she was disappointed or disappointed, in her previous life, she was a top white rich beauty, and she was envied by many people, and she was used to it for a long time. It's just that as the daughter of Sir in this life, she is envied, jealous and hated for the first time.

"Oh, dear Mrs. Lucas, are you at home?"

"Yes, Mrs. Brown." Mrs. Lucas wondered why Mrs. Brown hadn't just visited, and why had she come here again.

Maria suddenly had an ominous premonition in her heart, her eyebrows furrowed, and she said, "Mom, I'm a little tired, go up and rest first." ”

"I'm tired, then you can go up quickly, you can't get sick lately." Hearing this, Mrs. Lucas hurried her daughter upstairs.

Alos gave Maria a strange look, he always felt that she was a little deserted and fled, was Mrs. Brown terrible? In the morning, didn't Maria accompany her mother to receive each other?

"Mrs. Lucas, I heard that your Maria has earned a hundred thousand pounds over the years!"

Maria stood at the top of the second staircase and heard Mrs. Brown's high-pitched voice, and secretly congratulated herself on coming up in time, otherwise she would have been caught by Mrs. Brown and would have asked endlessly. In fact, when she said this, she didn't expect Elizabeth to keep it secret, and now it seems that these two people leaked their secrets too early-

She also knew a little about Elizabeth's thoughts, and she was jealous of her engagement to Mr. Darcy, and wanted to take the opportunity to cause some trouble for herself. She was about to marry Mr. Darcy soon, and she really didn't care what the people of Hertfordshire thought, and as for encouraging Sir William and his wife to withhold their dowry, Maria felt that her parents were not that kind of people, otherwise she would not have paid for a maid before.

Downstairs, Mrs. Lucas was all big, and she was tired all morning, and her face was really not good-looking: "Mrs. Brown, did you hear about this?" ”

"Mrs. Bennet said that your Maria admitted it herself, so there must be no falsehood in this matter, right?" Mrs. Brown's face was not good-looking, and she had heard it, but she had not said it.

When she heard Mrs. Bennet, Mrs. Lucas's face became more and more ugly, because of Mr. Darcy's relationship, the relationship between the two of them has been quite tense recently, but she did not expect Mrs. Bennet to spread this matter, and her impression of Elizabeth became worse and worse: "Maria likes to write novels on weekdays, and she has indeed earned some money over the years. ”

"I've heard that Maria has a dowry of 100,000 pounds, and I said that you two are really willing to let her marry Darcy with these pounds?" That's 100,000 pounds, but she's absolutely reluctant to let her daughter take it away.

When Sir William heard this, he said, "All this money was earned by Maria herself, and it is not appropriate for her to be a dowry." As for Yaros, if he is supported by his sister, then he will not live at all! ”

Yaros didn't feel happy when he heard it, what's the matter, he looked at people in the cracks of the door one by one, and looked down on him. No matter how unproductive he is Yaros Lucas, he will not be able to suck his sister's blood, not to mention the money Maria earns, even Charlotte, who earned some pounds when she was an editor, didn't she take it all away as a dowry when she got married.

"Mrs. Brown, how can a man eat if he has a chance, so that he won't suck the blood of his sisters......"