Rimbaud's girl

Boys seem to have such a stage where people hate dogs and hate dogs. There is nothing "interesting" about it, and most of the time they are just cheap.At the age of eleven or twelve, Arthur had been a pious boy, and now he was the most troublesome boy for his mother.

He supported the revolution, thought the Paris Commune was a wonderful government; he grew his hair long and messed it up all day; and he started smoking!As for swearing and cursing for no reason, it is even more common.

Maybe it's just to show that I have "grown up"?Maybe he thought that fashionable young men in Paris had this virtue?

It is impossible to accurately define his inner thoughts at this time. This is a state that can only be understood but cannot be expressed. Vitaly can understand him and envy him very much-boys can be so foolish all day long, girls No way!For example, it is impossible for her to run away from home so carelessly when she was 16 or 7 years old. If she dared to leave her hometown without the company of her family, she would never even think about coming back. People would definitely gossip about who she eloped with Even if there was no one at all; her virginity would be questioned, and Mom would be pissed off.

Arthur didn't like the village of Roche, and he didn't like Charleville, especially since he had been to Paris, and he didn't like life in a remote town.He mingled with a few friends, walking up and down the towns or villages around Charleville.Mrs. Rimbaud thought he was loitering, but she had no way to strictly restrain him, so she could only not give him money, trying to use this trick to make him surrender.

He ate and stayed overnight at his friends' house, talking loudly, and his words were full of juvenile arrogance.

At the same time, he wrote a lot of prose and poetry.He is a diligent writer with a strong creative passion.

Soon after he returned to Charleville, news of the establishment of the Paris Commune came from Paris. Arthur and his friends were particularly excited and shouted "Order has been defeated!" in the square of Charleville, feeling that France has hope !

Vitaly also read the newspaper. The Paris Commune can be said to be the world's first proletarian regime, but it may be inherently insufficient, and she is not optimistic about it.

Arthur quite naively believed that the Paris Commune had a lot to offer!He thought again about going to Paris.

Charleville College resumed normal teaching in early April, but Arthur no longer wanted to go to school.For this reason, he must look for a job, or act as if he is looking for a job, otherwise his mother will not let him go easily.

He first worked for a few days at the "Ardennes Progress" run by a friend, sorting out letters from readers. It was a good job at first, but unfortunately, after 5 days, the newspaper was forced to suspend publication.Arthur was very annoyed by this.

"Those stupid and vile bureaucrats!" he swore.

Since "Progress" is marked, the tendency is to be close to the Paris Commune, which happened far away in Paris, and the government officials below must not like it.The Paris Commune actually only "managed" Paris on the surface, and had no jurisdiction over the provinces below, so it began to hastily implement new decrees.

Vitaly was not surprised at all, "The foundation of the Paris Commune is unstable, and it is only a matter of time before it fails."

"Don't be so pessimistic."

"You may be too optimistic."

"Why do you think it will fail?"

Mrs. Rimbaud said gravely: "Dinner." She did not like the subject.

Vitaly made a face at Arthur.

In the evening, Arthur took the initiative to fetch water for washing his feet, and Vitaly brought him a foot towel and new socks.

"Look, I wove this myself." She was very proud.In this era, the extraction method of chemical fibers has not been invented. The raw materials of textiles are all natural fibers. The threads used to weave socks are basically cotton threads and wool threads. Cotton thread socks are worn in summer and thick wool socks are worn in winter.She picked natural wool and knitted him a pair of soft and thick socks.

The temperature in April is a bit embarrassing, whether it is cold or hot.

"Thank you." Arthur took the socks.

"Maybe it's a bit hot to wear now. I'll knit you another pair of cotton socks in a few days." Knitting socks is Mrs. Rimbaud's business. She just learned it recently, so she was very energetic and knit socks for her brothers and sisters.

"Does mom still make you do a lot of housework?"

"Yeah." She nodded, "I can't help it, Isabel is still young and can't do much."

"You don't want to go back to convent school?"

"I don't want to go, the nuns can't teach much." She was a little annoyed, "I want to go to Charleville College, but they still only admit boys."

Arthur thought for a while, "Do you really want to go?"

"Well. I can't understand your textbooks. I should study in the school system."

"Your age is appropriate, that is... Does your mother let you go?"

"I go to school in Charleville and I can go home in the afternoon, and I don't think she will disagree as long as I can go to school."

This is true.

"I'll ask the teacher and the principal."

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"But what if they want you to go back to school?"

Arthur scratched his head distressedly, "Actually, I can't learn any new knowledge at school, or go to college, but college is too expensive."

"I thought you didn't want to go to college." He said not long ago that there was no need to go to any college.

"It would be nice if I could go to a university in Paris, but—" It's a fashionable thing to be able to go to a university in Paris, and it's not necessary, but if you can stay in Paris for several years, it must be a beautiful thing.

"How much does it cost in francs a year to go to university?"

Arthur had no idea about it, "About 1500 francs a year?"

"Is it just living expenses? What about tuition fees?"

"do not know."

Vitaly: He probably never thought about "money".

"It's a math problem. Assuming you can survive in Paris on 1.5 francs a day and not starve to death, then you will spend 9 months in Paris in a year. The expenditure for 1 month is 45 francs, and 9 months is 405. Francs. But in fact, you still need some extra expenses, 50 francs for medical expenses, 50 francs for round-trip transportation, and 100 francs for pocket money. Your basic survival and social expenses are 600 francs, 4 francs for 2400 years , the tuition fee is calculated separately.

"Our current living expenses are 1500 francs a year, plus the rent. My mother can probably give you 300 francs a year, and I can give you an extra 100 to 150 francs a year. If you go to Paris again, you can inquire about the university. If there is a scholarship, you can apply for a scholarship. If there is no scholarship, we can only go to Captain Rimbaud to ask for child support."

Arthur Rimbaud was silent for a while.My younger sister is an expert at calculating accounts, so she told him the most practical problems: money is indispensable everywhere, it's really terrible!

Before he ran away from home, he never realized that money was very important, because Mrs. Rimbaud would not tell him these common senses of life, but only let him study hard. Now it seems that his common sense of life is very lacking.

Vitaly was picked up by Uncle Felix the next day.

Arthur did not go to the village of Roches with his sister. On the same day, he left Charleville again and went to Paris.

This time, he didn't ask Vitaly for money.He was penniless and couldn't take the train; and the train to Paris stopped again, so he decided to walk to Paris on his legs.

Rosh Village.

Jufu's house is a simple two-story building, which is inconspicuous inside and out.

Vitaly lived in the south room on the second floor.

The room in the countryside is not very well decorated. The floor of her room is covered with a Turkish rug that my uncle bought from nowhere.

Uncle Felix was not married, but Madame Rimbaud's brother Charles was, leaving behind a frail boy, also named Charles.

Little Shire was a few months older than Arthur, born in June 1854, almost seventeen, a thin country boy.I have been to school, but I have no interest in learning, that is, to the extent of reading books and newspapers.

His mother also left Luoshi Village a few years after his father left home. Little Shire was a hard-working child who was neither loved by his father nor his mother.

Uncle Shire is an alcoholic and works odd jobs all year round. Sometimes he passes by Charleville or Roche Village to visit his sister's family and his son.Mrs. Rimbaud hated this alcoholic younger brother very much, and she would scold him whenever she met her. Uncle Charles was not happy to see her, so he had to secretly go to see his two nephews.

Ju’s husband’s family lives on land rent. Uncle Felix doesn’t know how to do farm work and never works in the fields. Cousin Charles doesn’t know how to do farm work or do housework either.The family hired a peasant woman from the same village to do housework, and Vitaly did not work at her uncle's house, which was much more comfortable than at her own home.

When she told her uncle about Captain Rimbaud, Felix hesitated.

"Your mother doesn't like to talk about your father. Does she know about it?"

"She doesn't know. But she doesn't need her consent. I'm his child, and I'm entitled to our maintenance. He's not so poor that he doesn't have a franc. He lives in a nice house." , and raised a mistress and an illegitimate child, and the money should have gone to the mother."

Felix took a sip of wine, "I was not at home, if I was at home, I would never let her marry an officer! I have been in the army myself, and the officer always has to be on the defensive, he will not always be there Arden." He looked at his young niece, still disgusted, "Look, why are you still so thin! This time you will stay for a few days longer, for a month, anyway, you don't have to go back to the monastery. I heard that, The nuns won't let you eat?"

"Yes. The nuns said that girls don't need to eat too much, just eat 7% full." She has a lot of opinions on this!Convent schools also charge tuition, accommodation and food. The nuns skimp on food, and occasionally only let them eat when there are distinguished guests visiting.Mrs. Rimbaud could only send her to an ordinary girls' convent school, and she couldn't afford the best kind of convent girls' school.