Great time travel

Chapter 601: Welcome to the Era of Gentlemen and Ladies

Volume [-], Pride and Prejudice and Resident Evil

Chapter 1. Welcome to the age of gentlemen and ladies

Longbourne, Hertfordshire, South East England, October [-]

Although France on the other side of the strait was already surging amidst the flames of the Great Revolution, Britain at this time was still the same as before.

Longbourn in Hertfordshire is a typical English village, only about 25 miles from the capital London, which is a day's journey by carriage.No matter from which point of view, this is not a backcountry, but it is also far away from the bustling and noisy metropolis.

In the village of Longbourn there was a family of the Bennets, a gentry named Bennet, who owned an estate with an income of two thousand pounds a year, and were regarded as a distinguished family here.In this family, as the father, Mr. Bennet is an upright gentleman with a wide range of interests, humor and humor, and loves to satirize and sarcasm people with funny words.And his wife, Mrs. Bennet, apart from her extraordinary beauty, really has no outstanding qualities to match her husband.

It is a pity that Mr. Bennet has reached a gray-haired age, but there is still no son in his family, but he has five daughters who are waiting for his wife.Therefore, as a typical little woman, Mrs. Bennet was always worried about finding a few satisfactory husbands for her daughters.

However, although the Bennet sisters are famous in the village for their beauty, the Bennet family does not have much savings and can only prepare a dowry of 20 pounds for each daughter.However, Mrs. Bennet, a country woman with strong vanity and high vision, is also ignorant and uneducated. She has made many jokes and is quite ridiculed by her neighbors, so she has never been able to find a son-in-law. wish.All the way to the eldest daughter Jane.Bennet is already in his [-]s, considered an older leftover woman in this era, and none of the five girls in Bennet's family were successfully married off.

Such an urgent situation made Mrs. Bennet more and more anxious, including her concern for her children as a mother, and family financial worries: the manor estate owned by the Bennet family in Longbourn Village, You can get a fixed income of [-] pounds per year. In this era, the annual salary of the working class is only [-] pounds, which is enough to afford carriages, servants and cooks, so that the family can live a pampered and wealthy life.

But the problem is that the land owned by the Bennet family is tied to military service, and is limited to male inheritance according to the law, but the Bennet family has no sons. With Mr. and Mrs. Bennet’s current It is estimated that it is impossible to reproduce the age.

Therefore, when Mr. Bennet was alive, the family lived in a very rich situation, but when he died, the land and house would be inherited by distant relatives, and Mrs. Bennet and her five daughters, Then they will be kicked out of this house by distant relatives reasonably and legally!

Obviously, if it is not possible to find a rich and good husband for some daughter before Mr. Bennet dies, in case of emergency.Then after Mr. Bennet's death, the orphans and widows left in the family will have no income at that time, and they will sit and eat until they are down and out on the streets.

——In Britain at the end of the eighteenth century, women did not have an independent economic status and source of income, and their property inheritance rights were also restricted by law. Marriage was the only means for them to obtain life security.On the other hand, the class stratification of the whole country has long been solidified, the social status of different families is clearly graded, personal identities are attached to the family, marriages pay attention to the right marriage, and intermarriage by leapfrogging is unimaginable.Therefore, the options for marriage between men and women are very limited.Mrs. Bennet has five daughters who are waiting to be married, and she suffers from hysteria all day long, which is actually an invisible sword hanging over her head all the time-the family business can only be forced by the clause of the will that males can inherit it.The pressure of survival is just around the corner, and women who have no other options can only rack their brains.And within the narrow scope of the gentleman class, it is really not easy to find so many satisfactory marriage partners for the five daughters.

Such heavy pressure made Mrs. Bennet more and more chatty, mother-in-law, screaming and nervous every day.It also made Mr. Bennet unbearably disturbed, but he had no way to deal with this problem, so he had to avoid it passively, hiding in the study all day to read a book for peace.

As for the five daughters in the Bennet family, they also have their own characteristics - the eldest daughter Jane.Miss Bennet is the most beautiful among the five sisters, with a gentle and virtuous personality. She is an undoubted good-natured person who likes to think of the good of everyone and sees no one's shortcomings and bad intentions.

Second daughter Elizabeth.Bennet is as beautiful as the eldest sister, but has a cheerful and lively personality, sincere, loves and hates, with a little cynical disdain and cleverness, as well as a little bit of a strong woman who is beyond the times, and is also most favored by Mr. Bennet.

The third daughter Mary.Bennet is the most mediocre of the five daughters. Because she is no more beautiful than her older sisters, she becomes a bookworm, tries her best to achieve something in literature and music, and seizes every opportunity to show off herself. His talents and learning are also very average, which can only make people dumbfounded.

Four daughters Kitty.Bennet and fifth daughter Lydia.Bennet, in terms of appearance, is equally beautiful, but unfortunately, like most girls in this era, he is empty-headed, ignorant, lazy and vain, and he is still the uniform control of two handsome officers who are fanatically pursuing.Looking forward to lively dances and receptions all day long, and discarding the modesty of being a lady, to play and joke with the "little fresh meat" in red uniforms-although by the standards of British women in the 21st century, these two ladies Probably the most conservative ladies, at least they neither smoked marijuana, took drugs, nor held any prostitute parties, and even kept their virginity until they got married... But England at the end of the eighteenth century already belonged to Coquettish and debauched category too.

In short, they are such a noisy family.If the development continues like this, Jane and Elizabeth among the five Bennet sisters will each find a handsome and wealthy husband, and the heroine Elizabeth will also become the hostess of a beautiful manor.And the youngest sister, Lydia, will be abducted and run away by a handsome scum officer, her reputation will be ruined, and her family will be annoyed, her future will be very worrying...

——Seeing this, many readers should probably already understand that this is the famous British female writer Jane in the early nineteenth century.Austin's immortal masterpiece, which has been popular all over the world for 200 years, has spawned more than ten classic love masterpieces of film and television dramas, and the plot world of "Pride and Prejudice".

However, in today's Bennet's home, the atmosphere seems a bit weird for some reason.

Mrs. Bennet, who had been so noisy all the time, finally stopped holding up the smelling salt bottle and screaming about her nervous pain in her high-pitched high-pitched voice.The third daughter Mary, who used to love to show her talent and learning, no longer recited poems she didn't know where to read, or played the piano tinkly.Kitty and Lydia, who are lively and active, did not run wildly around the room, laughing loudly, running around and stepping on the floor making a burst of thumping noise...the seven members of the family hid It was unnaturally quiet in their respective rooms.

And behind the abnormal phenomenon mentioned above, there is an even more frightening reason...

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Inside a bedroom upstairs, Elizabeth.Bennet is looking at his own face in a mirror.

The girl in the mirror is extremely beautiful, her complexion is as fair as milk, her facial lines are clear and soft, her nose bridge is high and straight, like the most outstanding statue of a goddess in ancient Greece, what is even more rare is her pair of extremely charming smiling eyes, when she smiles, there seems to be a This kind of magical power, just looking at those aura and shrewd eyes, already makes people feel extremely youthful, beautiful and indescribable - really worthy of being Jane.Austen's heroine!

What made her want to shout and scream even more was that such a peerless beauty's face actually grew on her body!

So excited!Is this the benefit of time travel?

That's right, just a few hours ago, a soul who was originally a white-collar female office worker in the 21st century in China miraculously occupied this Jane.The body of the heroine of Austen's love story—in fact, when she knew that this was England at the end of the eighteenth century, and it was still the plot world of "Pride and Prejudice", she was very, very surprised. She never thought that one day she could still Such a wonderful and pitiful experience.

It's amazing because as a graduate of the foreign language department, she is also a reader who has read "Pride and Prejudice".The elegant country style, romantic love stories, and gorgeous classical dresses in Austin's works naturally have beautiful longings and reveries in my heart.

Speaking of cheating, what happened to the Bennet family where the heroine belongs, all the members have changed their souls?There is no romance at all!

What's even more deceitful is that after "visiting" the Bennet family's mansion just now, the slightly cleanliness Miss Elizabeth was really terrified of the hygienic environment of this home: the walls are covered with colorful and delicate wallpaper , and hung oil paintings as decorations, it looked decent, but why is the floor gray and rough logs?Not to mention the paint on the wooden floor, it’s not even polished, it’s as rough as sand!In the corners of the walls and in the crevices of the floor, there was obviously a lot of small garbage piled up, and even the body of a dead mouse was found!

The most unacceptable thing for this former urban female white-collar worker is that the outside of the mansion is bare mud, let alone cement, not even gravel, and no shrubs or lawns are planted.When it rains, it will obviously turn into a mud pond, and on sunny days, it exudes an unpleasant earthy smell.

Then, in order to be able to eat fresh meat at any time, all the chickens, ducks and geese of the Bennet family are raised directly in the yard, and pigeons are raised in the attic on the roof!And the smell from the horses was stronger than expected.From the window of the living room, you can see them shitting on the stone steps at the door, and you can smell the obvious smell of livestock... This makes Elizabeth miss her small high-rise apartment, although it is only fifty square meters, but that The clean and bright marble living room and the bathroom with tiles are not available in this villa today-the eighteenth century is really an era that cannot be hurt!

But there is no way to do this. The so-called country gentry in the UK is actually a land rich man in Chinese terms.And the manor, which sounds very literary and artistic, is actually a landlord's compound... What is the concept of the English countryside in the eighteenth century?To put it simply, dozens of households are scattered in a small area, and chicken and duck droppings can be seen everywhere when they go out.As for the fabled fresh air in the countryside, what the hell could Elizabeth say?The first time she came here, she was only overwhelmed by the smell of a mixture of several different feces.

How about it?The romantic and charming atmosphere of petty bourgeoisie in the mind disappeared without a trace at once, right?

Just as Elizabeth was making an embarrassing expression in the mirror, her "big sister" Jane.Bennet stretched out his hand to push the door and walked in - of course, this Miss Jane is not the original one, but comes from the same place as the current Elizabeth, and is also a colleague of the same company.

"...Hey! My dear! How does it feel to be Elizabeth? Do you have the feeling of changing from an ugly duckling to a white swan?" Jane rubbed Elizabeth's face affectionately, "...I really envy you! The son has become the heroine of the world's classic literary masterpieces..."

"...Aren't you the same? And in terms of appearance, it's obvious that you are more beautiful now, okay?" Elizabeth rolled her eyes unladyishly. Indeed, if she compares herself in the mirror, as the older sister, Jane It looks more like a fairy tale princess: her long hair is as golden as gold, dreamy and blurred under the sunlight.The smooth and delicate skin is as white as milk, without any blemishes visible, the appearance is exquisite, the perfect oval face, golden eyebrows, pure and full of femininity, long eyelashes adorning two big blue eyes, It can even make people lose their souls, and the two plump bodies displayed from the open-breasted neckline can also attract men's coveted eyes.

"...Yeah, not only have you become several years younger, but you've also changed into a beautiful skin of a world movie star. No matter what, you've earned it!"

Miss Jian immediately shook off the trace of jealousy, and held her chest and said earnestly: "...Come on, sweetheart! To celebrate our transformation from an ugly duckling to a white swan, from an unwanted home girl to a swan The beauty of the country, let us exchange a hot French kiss!"

"...Don't, don't, don't! Sis is not in the mood to mess with my concubine right now!" Elizabeth hastily reached out her hand to cover her red lips that were already pouted and was about to come closer, showing a look of embarrassment, and cast a glance at her: "... By the way, how are our three 'sisters' doing now?"

"...Sister?" Jane's face became very strange, "...you don't know, they are old enough to be our grandma..."

"...But at least here, they are still teenage girls, and they are younger than us, they are our sisters!"

Elizabeth curled her lips helplessly, "...Okay! You're five or sixty years younger all of a sudden, and the three of them are the most profitable..."