Rimbaud's girl

The big house matter is far from settled, and it will soon be the second week of March.

Mrs. Rimbaud took Isabel to London, and she came early because she was worried that she would give birth early.Vitaly is the eldest daughter and the first child, she attaches great importance to it.

Gabriel went to Dover to pick up his mother-in-law and sister-in-law, took them home directly, and lived in the guest room.

Isabelle will be 6 in June, which is the prime of youth.She was about the same height as Vitaly, and she was not as pretty as her sister, but she was still a very good-looking young girl.

She touched her sister's belly and said in a fuss, "It's so big! It's scary!"

Mrs. Rimbaud said with a straight face: "What nonsense? Don't talk nonsense, children."

"I really hope he comes out quickly and stops torturing me."

Mrs. Rimbaud held her forehead, "Look at you! You are going to be a mother, and you are still so childish!"

"I can't eat well, I can't sleep well, I've gained so many pounds this month, I can't even look in the mirror!"

"Women are going to give birth. When you give birth, you will soon regain your figure. I heard that you don't need to breastfeed yourself. Have you found a wet nurse?"

"Find it." She sighed: aristocratic women are not happy to feed their children by themselves, that is to say, children may not be able to eat breast milk.Inferior and poor people feed their children by themselves. After giving birth, she must restore her figure as soon as possible so that she can retain her husband.

How unfair this is!Women have to bear the responsibility of bearing offspring, but men only produce one sperm, and they still dislike that you have become fat after giving birth, your waist is no longer slender, and your skin is no longer tight.

In short, hearing these "theories" gave her a headache.

"Don't be listless all the time, cheer up! Think about your and Gabriel's child, it will be a cute little baby!"

"Of course! Vitaly is so pretty, her baby must be cute!"

"You little clever ghost!" She pinched her sister's cheek.

"When were you born?"

"The due date is at the end of the month, but it may be earlier or later."

"Why?" Isabel asked stupidly.

"No reason."

"It's really strange," she muttered.

"What? Didn't you see a woman with a big belly in Charleville?"

"Yes, but..." Isabel lowered her head, "It's someone else, not you."

"It's all the same. You can stay a little longer when mother goes back. Do you want to stay in London?"

"Don't let her make trouble here, you have to take good care of the baby. Isabel, go to the kitchen to see what fresh vegetables are there, and you will cook tonight."

"Okay, mother." Isabel obediently went downstairs.

Mrs. Rimbaud has always regretted not being able to raise Vitaly into a kitchen wife according to her standards. Fortunately, Vitaly is married to an aristocrat, so she doesn't have to cook three meals a day by herself.Vitaly is lucky, she doesn't really understand how her daughter did it, but now, her first grandson will be a descendant of nobles, and will definitely inherit the title of the Oran family in the future. This is her 10 years Things I never thought of before.

"Mother, let's go for a walk. It's still too cold outside, so let's take a walk in the corridor." Vitaly took Mrs. Rimbaud's arm, "Are you worried about Isabel staying in London?"

"She doesn't speak English well, and she refuses to learn English well."

"Not many people in Charleville can speak English, she can't learn it well. Don't—" Vitaly couldn't help sighing again.She didn't want Isabelle to get married too early, but the fact is, if you don't get the right husband at 18 or 9, the chances diminish as you get older.It is necessary to pay attention to "the right family" in marriage, but under normal circumstances, the man who is in the right family with Rimbaud's family has a small amount of property enough to maintain a family until he is about 30 years old.

Because the Oran family is not short of money, Gabriel can get married right after graduation. She loves and gets married smoothly, but when it's Isabel's turn, she has a headache because the choices are too narrow and there are not many suitable men.

She jokingly said, "It's really not possible, let Ernest propose to Isabel."

"Draai? He's not bad, but—" Mrs. Rimbaud frowned. "Mrs. Draai is not easy to get along with."

"It's not easy? Let them live in an apartment by themselves after they get married, and it's impossible for Mrs. Draai to stay at her son's house from morning till night."

Mrs. Rimbaud shook her head, "You think too simply."

"That's because you haven't lived with your mother-in-law, but you will be a mother-in-law. By the way, hasn't Frederick proposed yet?"

"Oh! Don't mention it! That girl is engaged to someone else. Your brother is so sad and drunk all day long. It really drives me to death."

"He's so good that he doesn't want to learn. He insists on learning to drink from his uncles." Vitaly frowned: "Drunkards are annoying and troublesome. When Arthur comes back, you can take Arthur back and let him drink with Frey." Derek, talk to me. As long as he has a few tens of thousands of francs in his hands, it will not be a problem to find another suitable wife."

"You're right. Where's Arthur? When's he coming back?"

"He should be back soon. He just wrote a letter a few days ago, saying that he has arrived in New York, and he should be on board in a few days."

"He doesn't talk about looking for a job honestly," Mrs. Rimbaud couldn't help nagging. "He always runs away. Is it so difficult to get him to stay somewhere? Whether he is in Paris, Even in London, it should be settled, right?"

"Mother, don't worry about him. It would be better for him to go to more places. He's not just hanging out. "Le Figaro" published his travel notes in the United States, which are very popular." She thought about Arthur. The physique of the traveling frog probably won't stop.

Speaking of her favorite son, Mrs. Rimbaud was very happy. Arthur is now a famous French poet and writer, which made her feel particularly honored; in contrast, "the famous female writer Vitaly Rimbaud "It didn't make her feel honored, probably because there are always people who say that a woman should stay at home, take care of her husband and children, and be a good wife and mother.

To say that Vitaly made a lot of money, but she never saw Vitaly's money, nor Arthur's money, sometimes made her feel uncomfortable.The children grew up and left her one by one, as if she had lost them.

Arthur and Vitaly, the youngest son and eldest daughter, both left home early. Speaking of which, their relationship with her was not very good. Arthur called her "Dark Mouth" harshly, but Vitaly did not So mean, but his attitude towards her is far less respectful and submissive than Isabel's towards her.

But she knows that these two children are already celebrities, and the mother of a celebrity shouldn't care so much.Now, Vitaly is going to be a mother herself, maybe, after becoming a mother, she will understand how difficult it is for a woman to raise several children!

By that time, the relationship between their mother and daughter should be a little closer.

Arthur arrived in London a little over a week later, and lived in Gabriel's flat where he had previously lived.

He would come over during the day to see his mother and sisters, and then he would go out with Gabriel.As the due date approached, Gabriel was nervous all day long and was reluctant to go out for a while, worrying that he would miss the birth of the child.

Arthur teased him badly, "What's the tension? Every woman has a baby, and it doesn't matter whether the husband is outside the door or not."

Gabriel looked at him suspiciously, "Don't try to get me scolded, you know Vitaly's temper, if I hadn't stayed outside, she would have beaten me up!"

"So she beat you?"

"Well, I don't want to offend her. Look at you, you're still a brother!" He could guess that Arthur didn't want to be with Mrs. Rimbaud all the time, but he couldn't say that.Mrs. Rimbaud will definitely not nag him, and it will only be more than a month. After the child is born, Mrs. Rimbaud will return to France, and he can still bear it during this period.

Poor Arthur!

The expected date of delivery was in early April, and Gabriel was woken up at 4:4 am on April 1st.

Soon, the servants were woken up, dressed hastily, and got up to work.

The butler commanded the servants in an orderly manner. One servant was sent to pick up the doctor, and the other servant was sent to the Oran mansion to report the news; the maids were to boil hot water and prepare clean sheets.Gabriel helped Vitaly to another specially prepared delivery room and stayed with her until the doctor arrived.

Not long after, the Oran couple also arrived.

Just after 12 noon, a loud cry of a baby came from the delivery room.

Vitaly is tired and just wants to sleep.What the doctor said to her, and what Mrs. Rimbaud said to her, she heard in a daze.

"Weiwei, Weiwei." Someone whispered her name in her ear, tenderly and joyfully, "Have you seen our child?"

"Yes. Is it a boy or a girl?"

"It's a girl."

"Oh!" she sighed, "don't talk to me now, I'm going to bed."

"Okay, you sleep first. Mylove, I love you, remember, I love you."

The child was small, with a wrinkled face, eyes closed, looking at the small ball.

Isabel was very surprised, "Why is your baby so small!"

Arthur was also very surprised: a new life conceived in a person's body is the continuation of the life of parents, their bones and blood, what an amazing and admirable thing!

And Gabriel doesn't know what else to have besides silly music.

Mrs. Rimbaud was originally worried that the Oran couple would not like the firstborn being a girl, but seeing that the Oran couple were very happy, they held the baby and refused to let go.

Little Charlotte, named after her grandmother, was a healthy baby with a loud cry.Mrs. Oran thought that the child was like the father, and Mrs. Rimbaud thought the child was like the mother. The two grandmothers quickly reached a consensus that the child was like both the father and the mother, and both parties were very satisfied.

Vitaly slept for 4 hours. After waking up, she asked the maid to prepare hot water, took a simple shower, and changed into a clean nightgown.

"Do you want to go back to your room? I'll carry you back." Gabriel came in.

"I have to go back. The maid will take everything here to clean later. Where is Charlotte? How is she?"

"She fell asleep."

"Where is she?"

"In her own room."

"What a pity! I wished she had been a boy so I wouldn't have to have another child. You don't blame me for not having a son for you?" She feigned guilt.

Gabriel picked her up, "Don't be like this, you are not a woman who talks like this. Don't worry, my mother said, you have to take good care of your body and then consider the second child. I will be very careful, this time We have to follow the plan. I want a boy, but nothing is as important as you."

He walked through the corridor, returned to their bedroom, put her on the bed, and covered her with a silk quilt, "Do you still want to sleep? You should eat something. If you don't sleep later, I will send Charlotte Come, take a good look at her."

But she fell asleep soon after dinner.

Vitaly didn't actually see her baby until the next afternoon.

"How small she is!" she marveled.

"But she's cute." Gabriel smiled foolishly.

"She's lovely."

The little guy's hands are so small, and his whole body is soft, she dare not hug her. "She's so soft. How did you hold her?"

"Look at you, I thought you women were born to hold babies."

"I haven't learned it. After all, I have never had a child before."

Mrs. Rimbaud wanted to touch her forehead: look at what silly things these two children are saying? !

They put the child on the bed and played with her.Newborn babies don't know anything, they only know how to eat and sleep, cry when they urinate, cry when they are hungry, and cry when they poop.

The child grew fast, time passed faster, and a week after the child was born, Mrs. Rimbaud took Isabel back to Charleville.

Arthur followed, but he was back in London a week later, ready to go to Egypt for his European tour.His travel notes published in Le Figaro were very popular. The newspaper said that he could publish them as long as he wrote the travel notes, and gave him a travel fund.

His second novel "Cold Rain" was published in Paris in April, which is the story he told Vitaly before.Compared with other writers at the same time, Arthur Rimbaud pays more attention to the "person" itself, the thoughts of the protagonist, and why he does what he does instead of doing that.He believes that "freedom" is above all else, and without a free mentality, there is no way to talk about other things.Alan has always pursued "freedom", freedom without a sense of responsibility, and after he broke his spine and was unable to move, he was unwilling to die in pain, and would rather commit suicide to give himself a good time.

After the publication, it sparked a wave of lively discussions. The arguments focused on why such a rich man frequently seeks death at a young age, and why he would rather die than lie in bed and live in pain.

Some critics believe that Arthur Rimbaud's new works still carry a part of himself. He is always trapped in his identity. He is not "free", so he longs for freedom.

There are also critics who believe that he is moaning without ailment, without a central idea, and pale, just like his beautiful face, delicate but empty.

The author has something to say: *Recently, I have been tossing about the advance collection, and the current order is "Wild Rose of Versailles" (partial movie and, the daughter of the nobleman, the court maid of Louis XIV)

——"Southland Rose [Gone with the Wind]" (through the book, the heroine and Scarlett are cousins, beautiful as a demon and only love money)

——"Little Mademoiselle Napoleon" (fictitious daughter of Napoleon III, sister of Crown Prince Eugene, French princess)

——"Little Miss Medici" (Lorenzo de' Medici's daughter, the hero is Leonardo da Vinci, 20 years apart in age)

——"Miss Rothschild" (a girl from the Rothschild family, who is dedicated to making money, one of the male protagonists is Nikola Tesla, but it may be a little partner who has some emotional entanglements to make money together)

——"Little Miss Dickens" (the heroine is based on Dickens's younger sister Harriet, it is not yet determined whether the heroine will engage in literature with the irascible brother)

——"Little Miss Byron" (George Byron's fictional half-sister, living and earning money, western historical farming text)

——"Little Miss Darcy" (Darcy's younger sister Georgiana, also known as "My Sister is Very Low in Existence but Very Cute", life flow, male lead undecided).

The order of opening is not fixed, and whichever book is received more will be opened first.

*The next update will be on the 31st of this month.

*On April 4st, "Wild Rose of Versailles" will be updated.