Grasp the farming script in the famous book

By the end of the cotton harvest, Tara's financial situation had completely turned around.

The high-quality long-staple cotton produced by Tara was sold at a high price that everyone in the county envied-but unexpectedly, Tara paid less tax than last year.

The Local Affairs Bureau did not dare to impose unreasonable taxes on Tara.This made Roland heave a sigh of relief, and secretly thanked Mr. Grunson for what he said.

Of course, Mr. Glenson is also doing it for his own benefit. Roland's money can be freed up without paying taxes, and he can quickly pay off his $300 arrears.

In addition to selling cotton in exchange for a sum of money, agricultural machinery has also begun to generate income-the agricultural machinery produced by Roland and the handicraft workshop, in addition to the rental income, has also begun to be gradually sold.

People came to Jonesboro not only from this county but from other places to buy farm machinery. They paid for it and complained that the Yankees had taken away their labor.

"Hopefully these things will make us not need those black people in the future."

The price of small agricultural machinery is very cheap, and they all follow the path of small profits but quick turnover.Even so, several counterfeit workshops appeared in the county.

Roland had the patent in hand, so he was not afraid at all, and even made one of them lose money after warning.This slightly damaged Roland's reputation in the county - everyone said that Hao Jiale's eldest daughter was capable, but not human.

Only the few carpentry workshops that cooperated with Roland secretly thanked God for making the right choice early—cooperating with Roland.

The food on Tara's table was visibly starting to improve.

There are no longer only sweet potatoes and polenta on the table, but meat, eggs, milk, and white flour have begun to appear.

The familiar smell came from Mammy's kitchen again—Tara was finally able to buy condiments without restraint.Even when she bought brown sugar the first day, Mammy couldn't remember how much sugar to add to the cake.The result is a cake that makes everyone feel bad, but still can't resist stuffing this highly sugary treat...  

Every night before dinner everyone sat around the dinner table and thanked God sincerely: it looked like they had weathered the hardest of times.

Wei Xili felt that he could finally make a request to leave Tara—at this time, Tara shouldn't need him so much anymore, right?

So he announced to everyone at the dinner table that he had found a job in Atlanta.Before Christmas, he wanted to leave Tara with his wife and children.

When Wei Xili was speaking, Roland stared at him intently with a pair of dark green eyes, which made his heart tremble again and again.

Melanie, who was sitting next to Roland, didn't speak, but her eyes showed surprise: obviously Wei Xili didn't ask her opinion when making this decision.

"Exactly, I also have a message to announce."

Roland waited until Wei Xili had finished speaking, then cleared his throat.

"The tea merchant I contacted before finally gave me an affirmative answer, willing to cooperate with Tara for a long time and buy 'Dahongpao' from Tara."

"That's a good thing!" Melanie laughed.

But Roland's tone made her realize that this "good news" was a bit abnormal.Melanie raised her thin little face and turned to look at Roland.

Roland stared at Wei Xili: "The other party invited me to discuss cooperation, and I just want to take this opportunity to leave Tara for a while—"

Everyone was taken aback.

It's okay for Ashley to leave Talana, but for Roland to leave, this...

Melanie asked tremblingly, "Scarlett, where are you going?"

"Louisiana, I'm going to New Orleans."

The entire dining table fell silent for more than ten seconds—then everyone spoke at the same time, chattering in unison: "Scarlett, when did you make your decision?"

"Scarlett, why didn't you say something first?"

"Away for a while? How long are you going?"

"Scarlett! . . . "

Wei Xili was taken aback when Roland proposed to leave out of the blue.

He felt extremely uncomfortable: Roland made this decision without discussing it with him at all.She just made her own decision.

You know, half a year ago, before leaving for Atlanta to "borrow money", she still came to discuss with herself first...

Wei Xili lowered his head, almost wanting to stretch out his fist and punch himself in the chest.

He was useless at all. When Tara couldn't pay her taxes and was on the verge of bankruptcy, he could only stand by and force her to come forward to solve those problems alone.

And the extreme discomfort he felt in his heart now, could it be the self-esteem of southern men as Ruide said? ——Women are stronger than them, but he can't bear it?

He suddenly remembered what Rhett said to him in the town that day: "You may have helped me".

Was his decision to go to Atlanta, then, the real reason for her decision to leave Tara?

She cared about him, and she wanted to arrange a proper place for him, but she also knew that she couldn't live under the same roof as herself for so long——

Oh, my God - Wei Xili thought to himself, this fact is so cruel.

She is strong, she does not need him.

But for him she could leave the Tara she had defended so hard—she had saved it and left it.

"Please, Ashley, I need you."

Roland raised his green eyes and looked at the man sitting across the table calmly.

"And you, Melly, don't leave Tara at this time."

She reached out and patted the thin shoulder of the woman next to her.

"I went to New Orleans. If you go to Atlanta again, there will only be Carrie and Will left here... How can I rest assured?"

Carreen and Will looked at each other, almost reduced to tools in this argument.

Melanie held Roland's hand, thought for a moment, then turned to her husband and said, "Ashley, is your job really that important? Can you go again next year?...Can we stay and help?" A bunch of Scarletts?"

Wei Xili hesitated and did not dare to raise his head.

What made his chest ache was the thing called "man's self-esteem"—she arranged everything for him, and then she left by herself...

"Ashley, listen to me." Roland leaned forward and moved closer to Wei Xili's direction, "Do you really...don't want to rebuild 'Twelve Oaks'?"

"Although 'Twelve Oaks' was destroyed, the land is still in your hands. Tara's current production is enough to pay your taxes on that land. And you live in Tara and have access to all of Tara's tools and everything Machinery, wait until next year, you can completely re-plow the land of Twelve Oaks."

"In a few more years, you'll be able to bring 'Twelve Oaks' back to life, and you and Merry can live in your own big house, and Beau can grow up in your own home..."

Wei Xili suddenly stretched out two fists and slammed on the table.

There was a loud "bang", and all the cups, saucers and dishes on the table were bouncing around.

He got a brief chance to vent his anger.

He was angry, impotently furious—

He knew that there was absolutely no way he could leave Tara this time.

She threw him an irresistible temptation: to rebuild Twelve Oaks.

This prospect will bind him to this land for the next ten years.

People looked at Wei Xili in surprise, Melanie smiled and explained for her husband: "Ashley is so excited."

Hearing these words, Wei Xili felt a trace of despair, his anger completely slipped out of his body at this moment, and now he was panicked and panicked.

"I'm sorry, everyone,"

He heard himself apologizing weakly.

"I'm really... really excited."

Wei Xili's lips moved and he spoke vaguely.

Others have already done this for him, so what right does he have to be angry?

"Thank you," Roland said sincerely to Melanie and Ashley.

"Then I can understand that you will stay in Tara and help me take care of this land?"

Wei Xili raised his head and looked at the familiar green eyes.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that he saw two people——

One was the sad, miserable Scarlett, who was begging herself not to leave, she only asked him not to leave Tara, and that he stay within her reach;

The other one is the powerful Scarlett who keeps her promises, with a smile in her eyes, as if she is saying: A man's self-esteem can't be hurt, right?Then I will leave first and give you space for self-esteem.

Wei Xili nodded dejectedly. The vision of "rebuilding Twelve Oaks" seemed to bring him not joy, but a heavy burden and pressure.

Roland smiled and thanked him and Melanie again and again.

The next thing was to arrange the travel details—Roland finally decided to take Pulissy to New Orleans to see the situation first, and after he gained a firm foothold, Tara's people would send Wade there.

When Roland proposed to pick up Wade, Tara's people immediately understood: she really wanted to leave, and she was going to give up Tara.

In the evening, Roland was still checking the ledger in his office and calculating Tara's various harvests.

At this time, the oil lamp on her desk had been replaced by a candlestick with many candles, and the candles were brightly lit—after the material control and financial austerity passed, the extravagant lighting of several candles at the same time would no longer bring Roland a psychological burden. .

A thin figure walked in and sat intimately beside Roland.

She stretched out her hands to fiddle with Roland's long soft curly hair hanging behind her shoulders, and asked softly, "Scarlett, my dearest, you know that I will not interfere with your decision."

"I just want to ask, is it because of us that you are leaving Tara?"

Roland sighed inwardly, thinking: This woman is indeed as smart as she expected.

"of course not."

She could only deny it.

"It was really because I wanted to go to New Orleans — I haven't been that far before."

"Or rather, I want to go somewhere where no one recognizes me, and see if I can stand on my own."

That reason brought back her distaste for Atlanta—not just the "embedded emotion" she felt, but the critical scrutiny that day at Frank's wedding.

Charlie Han's widow once borrowed money from a prodigal son like Ruett Brad—the two of them must have something.

Because of this, Roland was even more eager to throw away the various shackles imposed on this person by the "past", and go to a new space to flex his muscles.

"Oh, Scarlett, you are so brave."

In front of Roland, Melanie never spared any kind words.

"But... does it really require you to just leave the house? Even with the tea merchants in New Orleans, you can commute between New Orleans and Tara a lot."

Melanie opened her big eyes, still puzzled.

Roland sighed suddenly: It's really not easy to hide from such a smart Melanie!

So she said, "I'm leaving Tara because of Will and Carleen."

Melanie's eyes rolled -- and she understood at once.

Will is the latest addition to the Tara family after the war.When he was dying of illness, it was Carreen who nursed him and made him better day by day.

Will clearly has a crush on Carreen, but Carreen can't let go of her late boyfriend, Brent Tarleton.

In the days when Tara was actively recovering from production in the past, Will and Roland got close again—he was the executor of all her ideas, and he understood her intentions from her mouth, and put one thing after another. Fantastic tools for making shapes.

In the eyes of everyone, Will and Roland are quite close.And Roland's status as a widow should not be an obstacle between them——In Atlanta, a man about Roland's age

But the parties themselves know: they are good buddies, good partners... She and him have a great friendship.

That's why Roland has to leave a space for Will and Carleen.

From Roland's point of view, only Will has the ability to awaken Carreen from the grave she created for herself.

Melanie had nothing to say, she could only lean against Roland, stretching out her hands to gently comb Roland's beautiful hair.

"Then you must come back often, or come back to Tara when Will and Carreen are married. You know, we will all be your backing. Me, Ashley, we are all..."

As Melanie spoke, Roland's heart sank slightly: She wasn't sure what Ashley would think, but Melanie's words were very sincere, Melanie could say it, she really thought so in her heart.

It turned out that Scarlett Scarlett, the present she, and Wei Xili were all working together to deceive Melanie.

This deception caused psychological pressure on Roland, which to a certain extent was the reason for her to leave Tara.

While thinking this way, a cough suddenly sounded at the door of the study.

Will appeared at the door of the study, folded his arms, and looked at Roland helplessly: "Scarlett, don't do this!"

"Honestly, Scarlett, what on earth did you go to New Orleans for?"

Will was Roland's old partner, and as soon as he spoke, Roland immediately giggled.

"I'm just hungry, I want to go there to eat seafood."

New Orleans is a port city, rich in all kinds of seafood, even in later generations is also very famous.

"That's pretty much the same, it sounds like the truth!" Will waved his hand at Roland, supported his body with a cane, and left slowly, leaving a word at the same time.

"I'm included in what Mrs. Wei said, Scarlett!"

"If you get into trouble out there, please come back right away. Tara is your home."

"it is good!"

Roland's eyes sparkled.

She always felt stress-free and happy with Will.

She then turned to Melanie.

"Meli, can you take care of yourself by staying in Tara? Your body..."

Melanie smiled like a blooming flower, took Roland's hand in both of hers, kissed it lightly, and said:

"Scarlett, don't worry, I'm gradually getting better."

"Should I tell Ashley..."

Melanie immediately shook her head like a rattle.

"You said that today, Ashley must start planning for reconstruction."

"He doesn't need to know that, I don't want to distract him."

Roland felt that Melanie was so kind to Ashley that it made people jealous. She couldn't help it, and asked in a low voice, "Melly, why are you being so nice to Ashley?"

The implication: Is he worth it?

Melanie smiled, patted her hand and said, "That's because I love him like you love Charlie."

Roland: ...

Love is something that she often encounters and can even experience personally, but she can't understand it with logic or express it with thought.

She escorted Melanie out of the office and back to the desk.

Her eyes fell on a large pile of letters on the desk, and a corner of Baidie's letter was exposed.

It was Rhett who disclosed the news to Baidie that Roland learned that Ashley was looking for a job in Atlanta.

She didn't know if her decision was right or not, but anyway, in order to prevent Wei Xili and his wife from leaving Tara, she chose to leave by herself.

She couldn't help but think of Rhett again, and what he had said.

"Tara is too small to trap you—you'll have to get out of there one day."