Chapter 4: Be an orphan from today
London's East End, Whitechapel area
The most vivid impression that modern people have on the two place names of London's East End and Whitechapel are probably the descriptions in the complete works of Sherlock Holmes, as well as the famous "Jack the Ripper" at the end of the 19th century. But in fact, a hundred years before "Jack the Ripper" first committed his murders, that is, at the end of the 18th century, the East End was already the slum with the dirtiest living environment and the highest crime rate in London. The streets were full of There are vendors setting up stalls for business, sloppily dressed pedestrians, ragged beggars, as well as villains and vagrants with strange eyes.
When walking here, the first thing you see is garbage and feces everywhere, as well as smelly ditches flowing with brown liquid. The streets in this neighborhood have not been paved. The muddy and dirty ground is full of potholes. Almost all the pits are filled with sewage. All kinds of garbage are thrown randomly on the street, filled with the stench of decay. Many stalls are next to smelly ditches and garbage dumps, which look disgusting and smell even more pungent.
Both sides of the street are lined with dilapidated, low-rise brick houses or even simpler shacks. All the houses are crowded together, narrow, dirty, and have poor air circulation. Residents threw dirt everywhere on the streets and defecated everywhere without anyone taking care of them. Since the tap water system at this time was still a toy of the nobility, it was difficult to even supply drinking water, let alone water for cleaning, so the discharge of sewage and waste was also a big problem. All kinds of garbage accumulate in the neighborhood day after day, gradually rotting and fermenting. In the hot summer, it will emit a strong and pungent smell, which is said to be able to float from one end of the Thames to the other, seriously damaging the environment. People's physical health. The crowded living environment and poor sanitary conditions also caused viruses and bacteria to breed rapidly, leading to frequent outbreaks of plagues such as typhoid and cholera here, making the upper-class gentlemen regard this place even more like a purgatory.
Generally speaking, you would not see gentlemen and ladies in such low-class places, but today there was an exception.
——A pair of middle-aged men and women, obviously dressed in upper-class clothes, suddenly appeared in this dirty world belonging to the lower classes in London.
The man among the two men was about fifty years old, and his gray hair was somewhat bald, but his eyes were particularly sharp. He was not tall but had a conspicuous potbelly. It was autumn, and he was wearing a light gray hunting coat and a short cloak. The workmanship and material were good. Inside was a slightly tight leather vest, a pair of black trousers, and a pair of poor-looking men. The long leather boots that we are particularly envious of.
The woman next to him was about in her early forties, wearing a goose yellow high-waisted skirt with white ruffles, a beautifully embroidered ribbon tassel hanging from her waist, and long furry gloves on her hands; she had a plump figure. Slightly bloated, her appearance still has a bit of charm. She wears a bright crimson feather hat on her head. When she walks, her long feather headdress trembles, which is quite charming. striking.
When they discovered that they had walked into the East District without a servant, the villains and vagrants wandering around the area cast unkind glances at the middle-aged man and woman. But the pistols and short swords that the middle-aged man and woman carried with them and brandished from time to time made them afraid to act casually in broad daylight. After all, no matter how tough a street fighter he is, as long as he is shot at close range, he will still be disabled, or even killed...
——This middle-aged man and woman are the Bennets from the countryside of Longbourn, or the infinite space veterans who have entered this plot world.
Although the criminals around them were frightened by the firearms of this "couple" and did not dare to cause trouble for the time being, they still had to endure the dark green moss, low-lying shallow pits, gray-black mud, and rancid sewage that could be seen everywhere on the narrow streets. , and the smell was so bad that it was almost suffocating. They tried to walk on a slightly higher ground, but the corners of their skirts and trousers were still inevitably scratched by suspicious dirt, which gave them a headache...
What makes these two infinite space veterans even more troublesome is that this world severely suppresses their various extraordinary powers.
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"...I have quietly tried it just now, and all kinds of supernatural powers are restricted in this world. Whether it is vampire blood or charm spells, they cannot be activated at all, whether in the countryside or in the city. And those magic props, It’s basically out of order.”
Mrs. Bennet, a veteran who had changed her soul, whispered in her "husband's" ear, "...it really doesn't feel good!"
"...Don't worry too much. Even if this world suppresses supernatural forces, our opponent team will be in the same embarrassing situation."
Mr. Bennet replied as calmly as possible, "...but...vampire blood? It seems that we are not using our own bodies now, right?"
"...I'm afraid it's different from what we originally imagined. I can feel now that my vampire blood is obviously still there, but it's just suppressed. The Lord God probably didn't replace our bodies, but replaced our original bodies with ours. Directly transformed into the appearance of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet.”
Mrs. Bennet explained in a low voice, with a worried look on her face, "...What should I do now? Originally, I wanted to use the talent of vampire blood and the assistance of magic props to try to contract a few thug leaders to be my subordinates, but now It seems like everything is in vain! According to the convention of team battles, the stronger the team, the later it enters. Since we entered the plot nearly a year earlier than the enemy, the opponent's team must be much stronger than us!"
"...Of course I am aware of this common sense. However, in the plot world of a classical love novel like "Pride and Prejudice", even if you enter the scene nearly a year early, what way can you improve your strength? Even if You only have a few months to join the army, and you won't be able to climb very high. status, and with my current body and age, I guess the army may not be willing to accept it. Although officer positions in the UK can be bought with money these days, even if I do become a junior officer, those soldiers are not my personal armed forces. , may not be able to command in team battles.”
Mr. Bennet scratched his disheveled hair in distress, "...it seems that there are no supernatural forces in this world. In order to cope with team battles, the only thing we can do seems to be to purchase large quantities of arms and to Works are being done on Longbourn's house."
"...Arms of this era?" Mrs. Bennet frowned in disgust, "...the kind that has no rifling and can't hit anyone at most fifty meters away, and you have to use a purge rod to pull it from the muzzle. A muzzle-loading musket with bullets stuck in it? What use is this piece of junk in front of other teams? ”
"...Although, as you said, they are like toys in front of modern firearms, they are still better than nothing!"
Mr. Bennet smiled bitterly and said, "...Before, we spent too many reward points on redeeming supernatural bloodlines and magic props. The only conventional weapon that can be used at the moment is a Mauser pistol. For the sake of economy, we also used There is no function to redeem unlimited bullets... There are currently less than twenty bullets left. There is no way we can withstand a war of attrition - how could we obtain modern copper-cased bullets in England at the end of the 18th century? What else could we do if we couldn't find a way to replenish weapons on the spot? A musket that shoots lead bullets is better than a knife, right?
Fortunately, there is no gun ban in Britain these days. The squires and nobles regard hunting as a fashionable entertainment, and buying a gun for self-defense is common sense. All pistols, rifles and even small artillery were sold openly and legally (piracy was rampant on the oceans in this era, so most merchant ships were armed merchant ships and needed to be equipped with at least a few cannons). As long as you have money, even arming a private guard is not a problem. Fortunately we still have some money.
If we use the Bennet family's savings to buy dozens of guns, get some more gunpowder, and use this time to train the newcomers in marksmanship, transform the house into a street fighting bunker, and dig in the yard With trench fortifications, maybe we can barely fight the enemy by then..."
"...It still feels too forced. Let those rookies hold eighteenth-century muskets, and I'm afraid they can't even protect themselves." Mrs. Bennet frowned, "...If all the newcomers die, the negative points will be too high. If there are too many, even if we win the team battle, we are still in danger of being wiped out.”
"...If that doesn't work, just use weapons of mass destruction." Mr. Bennet hesitated for a while and said suddenly.
"...weapons of mass destruction?" Mrs. Bennet blinked in surprise, "...did you also bring poison gas bombs?"
"...much more dangerous than a gas bomb...well, even more dangerous than a nuclear bomb." Mr. Bennet sighed and took out a test tube with a shining blue light from his pocket, "...here, This is it! The loot I brought back from the world of Resident Evil.”
——This is a test tube with a very complex structure. There are silver-white metal hoops at both ends, and a transparent glass cylinder in the middle. Inlaid with two exquisite spiral glass tubes, they are intertwined with each other regularly, some kind of The sapphire blue liquid is shining with fluorescence in the spiral tube.
Although it looked exquisite and gorgeous, like an industrial glass product, it scared Mrs. Bennet out of her wits in an instant.
"...T virus?! Damn it! How could you even think of using this thing? It's too scary! Aren't you afraid that this thing will kill us first?"
"...First of all, you are a vampire now, so the T virus should not be able to infect undead. Secondly, I have exchanged the perfect transformation of the biochemical virus with the Lord God, and the T virus is also ineffective against me. Finally, there is no other way Under such circumstances, the final resort is to drag the enemy to death together..."
Mr. Bennet calmly explained this while inserting the T-virus test tube back into the inner pocket of his hunting jacket, "...If we don't end up in a desperate situation with no hope of death, I will definitely I don’t dare to use such a big killer weapon casually that makes no distinction between ourselves and the enemy..."
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Just as the two visitors from another world were whispering like this, a large group of housewives in simple clothes walked towards them, holding a somewhat worn basket containing fresh fish and shrimp they had just bought from the small pier on the Thames River. Although these things generally smell fishy and unbearable, they are very cheap and can supplement some protein. They are also a nutritious food for the poor. Just take these fish and shrimps and cook them into a thick sauce, add chopped cabbage, and you can make a home-style thick soup that is very popular among the working-class people in London in this era.
At this time, a large group of poor housewives crowded the street in front of them, and there were a few dirty children running around in the middle... After passing by this group of people, Mr. Bennet suddenly discovered Something is missing from me.
"...Damn it! Got pickpocketed!" He cursed in a low voice, and at the same time reached out to touch his empty waist - where a money bag should have been tied. Then he looked around vigilantly, and soon spotted a suspicious figure on the street corner behind him.
After a tacit exchange of glances, Mr. Bennet and Mrs. Bennet turned together and chased the thief. Relying on the experience of nearly dying in the infinite space plot worlds, this seemingly fat and bloated middle-aged couple showed incredible speed and agility, chasing after each other in the twists and turns of the alleys, always biting. After a brief chase, the battle-hardened Bennets quickly blocked the panicked pickpocket in a deserted dead-end street.
Looking at the trembling little guy curled up in a ball, the hard-hearted Mr. Bennet sneered, pulled out his dagger and walked up. However, just when he was about to give the little pickpocket a harsh lesson, such as cutting off a few of his fingers, everything came to an abrupt end without warning.
——Whether it was the five Bennet sisters at Uncle Gardiner's house on Tian'en Temple Street or the Bennet couple catching thieves in the alleys of East End, a mechanical and monotonous voice suddenly sounded in everyone's ears. : "...the main god shuts down, the scene ends, and all the reincarnators are forced to eject!"
The next moment, the already desperate little pickpocket was stunned to see that the two rich men and rich ladies who had been chasing him just now suddenly disappeared without a trace in an instant! Only their clothes, jewelry and various personal gadgets were scattered on the floor.
Have I met the devil? The young thief rubbed his eyes in disbelief, but there were still only two messy piles of clothes in front of him.
——That is what the seniors leave behind when they leave this world.
It is conceivable that such strange things obviously exceeded the thief's thinking ability, making him tremble violently with fear. His body instantly became stiff, and his teeth and bones were like rusty gears lacking lubricant. It made a heart-wrenching gurgling sound.
But after a while, the hungry life and huge greed still defeated the fear in his heart. After reconnaissance at the alley and finding that there was no one else nearby, the young thief immediately turned around and rushed over. He collected the clothes and scattered gadgets left by the Bennets as quickly as possible, and used Banner to Mrs. Te tied her skirt into a big package, and then tiptoed back to her nest...
——And the T virus test tube inserted into Mr. Bennet’s pocket also became the harvest of this little East End pickpocket today...
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On this day, the Bennets did not come back after going out, leaving Uncle and Aunt Gardiner worried all night.
The next day, there was still no sign of the Bennets. Uncle Gardiner and Aunt Gardiner used their contacts in London to look for them, but found nothing.
On the third day, Uncle Gardiner went to the judge to report the case, but there was still no news, and in fact there was no news.
A week later, under the sad and pitiful eyes of Uncle Gardiner and Aunt Gardiner, the five Bennet sisters returned to Longbourn Village...
——London in this era was far less peaceful than in later generations. The crime rate in the East End of London was horribly high. Various kidnappings, murders, abductions, and robberies were common. It was much worse than in the era of Sherlock Holmes. If it happened in a lower-class neighborhood, the officials wouldn't even bother to pay attention.
And upper-class gentlemen and wives like the Bennets, who are well-dressed and wealthy, are obviously the favorite targets of those villains and gangsters. Even if Mr. Bennet carries a gun, if he is unlucky and not vigilant enough, he may still fall for the thieves.
According to Uncle Gardiner's experience of living in London for many years, the Bennets have been missing for so long, but not even a blackmail letter from the gangsters has been sent back, which means that they were probably beaten to death on the spot by the thugs. Looted and then buried in the Thames...
Of course, as time-travelers, Elizabeth and Jane knew in their hearts what this was actually going on, so their mood at this time was one of relief and excitement, but also a kind of confusion and uncertainty of not knowing where to go. Puzzled.
——The infinite stream main god system that urges people to kill people, and the team battles that kill people like chickens. Now we are saying goodbye to them forever.
But the problem is, on the other hand, the convenient life in the bustling cities of the modern world has also been bid farewell to them forever.
From now on, they have to stay in this strange eighteenth-century English countryside and be the ladies described by Jane Austen... They don't know what kind of fate they will face in the future, and they don't know what kind of life they will be able to live in the future. , and for what purpose should we live...
Regarding this issue, Mary, Kitty and Lydia, three old ladies dressed in girlish skins, seemed to lack enough rational understanding. After returning to the country manor in Longbourn, they made up some random lies to appease the frightened people. After taking care of the servant, he went to bed and rested himself. But Elizabeth tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. Finally, she crawled onto Jane's bed holding a pillow and told her her worries and troubles about the future.
——As the heads of the family, Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have disappeared from the world, and people like themselves have also been changed into souls. The next development of events may not be completely consistent with the plot of the novel "Pride and Prejudice": Soul Although the seventy-nine-year-old "little sister" Lydia will probably not be abducted by that scumbag officer Wickham again; Jane may not be able to catch the two "national husbands", Mr. Darcy with an annual income of 10,000 pounds and Mr. Bingley with an annual income of 5,000 pounds, as in the original work... What's more terrible is that due to the cheating "restricted inheritance rights" "Relationship, the Bennet family's house and land in Longbourn are destined to be taken away by the Reverend Collins who still doesn't know where he is!
Obviously, even their current life cannot last for long, and they are really at a loss as to how to go about their next life journey.
However, although Elizabeth believed that people like herself were likely to have a bleak future and a gloomy fate, Jane's view was far less pessimistic than hers.
"...Indeed, everything you said makes sense. If we can't find a rich husband, we will be kicked out and moved to a worse house than here, and then we will probably be among the gentry. I couldn't find an ideal husband in my life, and ended up becoming an old girl..."
Jane said calmly, "...but what if we think about it in a better direction? No matter what, at least we don't need to dig radishes and potatoes from the vegetable field with our own hands, and we don't have to wash and prepare the horses. Feed, no need to wash a large basin of clothes, petticoats, sheets and blankets every day, We don’t need to cook or prepare meals ourselves, we don’t need to clean the house, we don’t need to worry about starving or freezing, or we don’t need to worry about war suddenly coming... Even if there are many dissatisfactions, our hands don’t need to be groomed like the maids at home. You have to work hard every day to make a living.
In the village of Longbourn, there were only twenty-four gentry and middle-class families with whom Mrs. Bennet had any dealings. But the actual population living on this land must be far more than this. In our house alone, including housekeepers, servants, gardeners, grooms, etc., there must be more than ten people. In fact, our class of people themselves can be called a small minority in the entire country.
Even if the Longbourn house is eventually taken away by the Reverend Collins, we will still have the five thousand pounds dowry prepared by our 'mother' for us, which can sustain our lives for a long time. As long as you are careful and don't be defrauded of money and sex, you won't end up living on the street. If we had not traveled through time to England and Squire Bennet's family, but to some other place, our life would probably not be as good as it is now! ”
"...Uh...I didn't expect you to be so proficient in the realist dialectical thinking method of 'more than what is less than what is more than what is more than what is better than what is below'..."
——In this regard, Elizabeth had to nod and admit that what Jane said before made sense. After all, countless facts have long proved that no matter how difficult you think your situation is, there are still many people who can live a enjoyable life in situations that are far more difficult than yours: To be honest, compared to those on the Internet, For those women who travel through the Qing Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Republic of China, Red Mansions, and overhead clothing that are common in novels, they can travel to the British countryside in the 19th century and still live in the home of a squire with an annual income of 2,000 pounds. , in fact, it is already a very good choice.
Here, at least in the homes of squires who have no worries about food and clothing, the life of unmarried girls is to read books, sew clothes, attend various tea parties, banquets and dances, and then write and gossip with their friends, like a rice He ate, drank, and slept like a worm all day long, and finally found a man to marry... except that he was a little too idle. Basically, it is the most ideal life of a rice insect. Compared with being a boudoir lady in a traditional Chinese aristocratic family, it is really much happier: no need to bind your feet, no need to say hello morning and night, no need to lock the door at home and never go out. Instead, I can go shopping, go on outings, and attend dances more freely. There is no need to worry about the threat of war in the UK, and there is no need to endure the traditional torture of Western women - waist corseting.
——During the Napoleonic Wars, due to the strong anti-French sentiment in the society, ladies and gentlemen in the UK resisted the French custom of cinching their waists, and instead wore loose skirts that were more similar to modern women's clothing to show off their patriotism. . It was not until Britain won the Napoleonic War that upper-class British women began to girdle their waists like women on the European continent, using whale bones and other materials to turn their skirts into instruments of torture that could strangle themselves...
Even in terms of marriage and communication, British squire ladies are more liberal than their Eastern counterparts. Although family-arranged marriages are still the mainstream, ladies can also establish friendships with the same or opposite sex as long as they meet social standards. , Well, if it can develop into a love relationship and then get married, it will also be a beautiful thing. At least there will be basically no embarrassing incident where new people meet for the first time on the bridal night.
Couples in upper-class Western societies generally sleep in separate rooms after marriage in order to respect each other's privacy. Although divorce is currently difficult to accept in society, it is not new for those couples in the upper class who lack affection to live their own lives after marriage. Although this is not a good thing, it at least symbolizes something. Equality of meaning. And there is no need to worry about husbands constantly marrying concubines. Men can find mistresses, and women can also find lovers. Just watch American TV series such as "House of Cards" and you will know that many upper-class couples in modern times also live like this. day?
Next, Jane pointed out the most ridiculous part of Elizabeth's self-pity.
"...And, do you really think that the Bennet family, with an annual income of two thousand pounds, can be considered poor?"
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——Although in the plot of the novel "Pride and Prejudice", because of the ridicule and contempt of the Bennet family by the male relatives, there is always a situation where the poor woman tries to get the best of the rich man, and "the domineering president falls in love with the poor working girl" illusion. But in fact, the Bennet family owns more than two thousand acres of vast land in their name (considering that this land is only twenty-five miles away from London, the land price is even more exaggerated), with their own manor, forests, rivers and small villages. Hu is definitely not a poor country squire with poor economic conditions as some readers mistakenly believe, but a real wealthy family of the exploiting class.
It is no exaggeration to say that the five Bennet sisters in this kind of family are also real white, rich and beautiful eldest ladies, not some Cinderella. It's just that the man on the other side is taller, richer, more handsome, and has an even more exaggerated net worth - Mr. Bingley, who married Jane, has an asset of one hundred thousand pounds. Mr. Darcy, who married Elizabeth, owned half a county of land, as well as a lot of powerful relatives in high positions. The family's manor was as luxurious as a palace... Therefore, Elizabeth's marriage to Mr. Darcy was indeed a bit high. , but it’s only a little bit, and it’s still far from shocking!
So, what was the concept of the Bennet family's annual income of two thousand pounds in British society at that time?
First of all, it needs to be made clear that the pound sterling in modern times was a large monetary unit, and in the era of coinage, the pound sterling was a gold coin cast from precious metals. The long-term price measured by it is basically stable. Although there are fluctuations in market prices, generally There will be no constant inflation. Therefore, in that era, as long as they had an annual income of thirty to fifty pounds, a family could basically live without worries. It can be seen that the purchasing power of one pound at that time was at least equivalent to one thousand to two thousand yuan today. This is definitely not an overestimation.
However, there were very few minor currencies in the UK at that time. There were only shillings and pennies under the pound. One pound is equal to twenty shillings, and one shilling is equivalent to twelve pennies. The penny is already the smallest commonly used minor currency in modern Britain with a face value. It cannot be sold if it is less than one penny. The purchasing power of one penny is approximately equivalent to five to ten yuan in modern China... You can imagine that in today's China, the smallest denomination coin is ten yuan, and the prices of goods are all in units of ten yuan. There is no such thing as smaller auxiliary coins, what will happen to the market? What kind of collapse scenario - when office workers buy fried dough sticks for breakfast, they have to buy enough for several people at a time; when buying white porridge, it is enough to sustain a person to death; when housewives buy vegetables, cabbage, radishes, sweet potatoes and potatoes, they have to buy them In baskets or sacks, because you have to buy at least ten yuan at a time. Coca-Cola can only sell large bottles, or force consumers to buy three cans at a time, because there are no coins with smaller denominations... (Around 1860, the United Kingdom once issued a coin smaller than a penny, the "fas". But more than half a century has passed since the era described in the book "Pride and Prejudice")
In the London market at the end of the 18th century, the price of a pound of beef was about two to four pennies, and the price of a pound of sea fish was one to two pennies, which were similar to the prices in modern China. Due to the serious pollution of the Thames River, river fish is basically so cheap that it seems like giving it away.
Compared with the cheapness of food, due to the underdeveloped technological level, the prices of various industrial products are relatively expensive. There were very few ready-made clothing stores at that time, and most Europeans had to go to a tailor shop to have their suits made. If you made two new coats every year, you would be considered rich. In order to have decent clothes that can support the occasion of banquets and dances, those who are not too wealthy have to go to second-hand clothing stores to find second-hand or even third-hand goods that the rich do not want. Because the British government levied a high stamp duty, the price of a legal newspaper was as high as one shilling, but the greedy poor people liked to read pirated or illegal tabloids, so each newspaper only cost a penny. Since education was not compulsory in the British Empire, school fees were very expensive. For example, at the famous Eton College, tuition is charged on a weekly basis, at least one shilling a week, and students have to purchase additional textbooks, paper and pens themselves.
After talking about prices, let’s talk about income. At that time, the salary of a temporary worker in London for working twelve hours a day was only about two or three pennies, and he only earned one or two shillings a week. For formal workers who have signed a contract, the daily wage under the twelve-hour work system is only four to six pence. Overall, in Jane. During the Napoleonic Wars in Austen's novels, the average annual income of the British working class was only about ten pounds. Until the Victorian era, when Sherlock Holmes lived more than a hundred years later, the average annual income of British workers was only twenty-five pounds. Moreover, there was neither unemployment insurance nor medical insurance at that time. Ordinary working people had to work every day to support themselves and their families. Once they fell ill, their whole family might starve to death.
It can be seen that the Bennet family's annual income of two thousand pounds is equivalent to two to four million yuan in modern China in terms of purchasing power. The dowry of 5,000 pounds that Mrs. Bennet left for her five daughters is equivalent to RMB 5 million to 10 million... which is really not a small amount.
Therefore, Jane seems to feel relatively optimistic about the future prospects of life in the British countryside for people like herself - in Jane's view, even in the worst case scenario, after this house and the attached real estate are taken away by Pastor Collins, the Before they go out, they can also get two thousand pounds a year in land rent. In addition, they have at least five thousand pounds in savings for dowry. No matter how you calculate it, it is more than enough. As long as they don't invest randomly and lose all their capital, even if they don't work for the rest of their lives, they can live a carefree life just on interest.
(The pounds sterling in this era are all gold coins, and they will basically not depreciate in their lifetime. There are really many people who live on bank interest.)
Even if one day you feel lonely, empty, and cold, and plan to get married and start a family, it is certainly not easy to find a well-matched gentleman, but as long as you lower your standards and seduce a few handsome young men with good looks from ordinary people, it is not easy to find them. ?
In short, considering that they still have so much inheritance property, they feel that the future life will not be too bad.
However, both Jane and Elizabeth were too naive. In fact, the suffering of fate has just begun to show its ferocious fangs...
No matter what era or place, ideals are beautiful, but reality is cruel. ——In the second month after the Bennets disappeared, the five Bennet sisters who had changed their souls were surprised to find that the family seemed to be running out of money!