Southern Rose [Gone with the Wind]

Philip provided a rather gorgeous three-story building for the Robillard family to live in.

Emile asked the housekeeper of the Tarent family to take her to check the small building up and down, and she was very satisfied.

"Philip said this would be your future residence. Did you tell him you liked new furniture and toilets?"

"Yes. How?"

"His family's old house is because of Mrs. Talent, and he can't rebuild it. What do you think of this house?"

"It's pretty good. I saw the bathrooms, and they are all newly renovated." There is no decoration pollution in this era, and most of the building materials are quite natural. Of course, modern bathroom equipment needs to keep pace with the times. The latest toilet is installed in the bathroom, and there is also a bathtub dug out of natural crystal.

The master bedroom is very large, and the architectural layout is remodeled by opening up two rooms; the bed is a custom-made super king-size bed, and all the bedding is also custom-made, with fluffy down pillows, duvets, British-made muslin sheets and quilt covers, There is a changing bench at the end of the bed, a dressing table under the window, and an entire room on each side for clothes, shoes and hats, all of which are remodeled according to the format she once said.

She is satisfied.

As the room in which a person spends a third of his or her life, the bedroom must be extremely comfortable.

Ordinarily, Philip, as the current parent, should live in the old house of the Tarent family, but the old house means that it may be too old a building, and everything is not convenient.Usually, the widowed mother moved to another house and vacated the old house for her son. When Mrs. Tarent visited the Robillard family in New York, she also proposed that she move out so that Josephine could Get married in the old house.

Josephine doesn't really care about these things. From her point of view, living comfortably is the most important thing. Besides, she can use all her own servants in the new house. If she lives in the old house, there will be a large number of original servants. She doesn't like unfamiliar people. servant.

Philip also thought it would be nice to live in the new house. Josephine was very fashionable and liked all the latest items. She would soon be the hostess of the house.

Discuss with Josephine the distribution of duties in the family in the future. The butler will use his current one, and the housekeeper will be Mrs. Jenkins brought by Josephine; the old house will bring a few servants he is used to, and the cook will take care of Josephine. Taste, ready to recruit a new cook from Savannah or Charleston.

After marriage, the husband and wife live in the master bedroom, which is on the second floor, but there must be a spare master bedroom on the same floor for possible bed separation in the future.Philip did not understand at first why he was thinking of sleeping in separate beds now, but later he understood why.

It is tentatively decided to get married in autumn, the specific date is to be determined.

Josephine should return to Savannah to be married, but first of all, she is not married for the first time, and she doesn't pay attention to these rules; second, Philip is very reluctant for her to go back to the south, and he really can't stay with her in Savannah all the time, just in case What if someone seduces Josephine halfway?He couldn't bear the blow of retiring the engagement, so the most sensible thing was to keep Josephine under the pretext of preparing for the wedding.

Mrs. Emile wrote back to Savannah, asking the black nun at home to find out the dowry items she had prepared for Josephine for many years, pack them into boxes, and send someone to deliver them before the wedding.When Josephine got married in France, she didn't use any of the items she prepared for her daughter, but now they can finally come in handy.

The dowry of the woman in this era is also mainly daily necessities, at least ten large wooden boxes are prepared for clothing materials alone; two sets of Chinese porcelain tableware; two sets of silver tableware; several boxes of small items for decoration; It seems that it is inconvenient to transport wood or furniture, and the furniture in the new house is almost all new, most of which are strong and finely crafted mahogany, so there is no need to add new furniture, so forget it.

Then came the cash dowry. John initially agreed to give his daughter a dowry of 20 US dollars, as well as some jewelry.The custom of this era is that the woman’s dowry is her own, and her husband’s family has no right to control it, and it will be left to her children in the future; jewelry is also the woman’s own, including jewelry presented by her husband, her husband’s parents and elders, etc., which will also be a legacy in the future distributed to children.This is because most of the husband's property is left to the heirs, and the other children can only get a small part, but with the inheritance left by the mother, the other children can also live well.

In addition, John also agreed to give his daughter a box of oil paintings and a box of other artworks, which he bought when he was traveling in Europe. Artworks are not worth much now, but a classy family definitely needs some art decorations. In addition to oil paintings, there are also some small metal and stone statues.

In addition to the cash dowry, John also agreed to give Josephine an annuity of at least $2 per year after marriage.Josephine asked Philip to discuss with John about exchanging the money for company shares in the north. The annual dividends are about 1 to 2. The stock itself is in John's name, and Josephine has no right to dispose of it.

Philip also has to give his wife an annuity, which is his wife's "private house money", which is not included in family expenses, at least 3 US dollars a year.

All daily expenses are paid by Philip.

John and Emile are very satisfied with their daughter's second marriage. The Tarent family is a wealthy family in the north. They didn't figure out how much property Philip had. Philip did list his property to his future parents-in-law , which has so many categories that John has never thought of it.

As the daughter of a fallen nobleman, Emile has never seen so many types of property. In addition to real estate and land, there are also several factories and several factory shares; several trading companies, each doing different businesses; coal mines are not Only two in Virginia, but five, in different states; shares in two silver mines; shares in a bank; berthed at the docks in Boston and New York respectively; two dock warehouses, respectively in Boston and New York;

Hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, excluding some gold nuggets; jewelry is mainly ancestral, with a total value of millions of dollars;

A racecourse, several racehorses, with a total value of 20 US dollars;

Some works of art; some small household items such as silver candlesticks; some hunting guns and hounds; some various carriages and horses pulling them;

Wealth does not necessarily bring love, but wealth can certainly bring a comfortable life.

Philip's philosophy of life is healthy and upward, probably because he is a wealthy N generation, and he does not have the "stingy" or frugal nature of the self-made rich. The first bucket of gold; he is familiar with the way money can make money, and also understands the magic of money, and he is very generous. Before the engagement banquet, he took Josephine to New York to order jewelry, and spent tens of thousands of dollars in one afternoon. The flowers are too little, and the gems are not big enough.

Josephine disliked him very much at the time, "What are you talking about?" She motioned to the jewelry store clerk to take out a large diamond with a weight of 10 carats, and put it on her finger, "Such a big stone is so stupid, it doesn't look good at all. .”

"Buy it if you like it." He said with a smile.

Big diamonds are rare, and a 10-carat diamond is enough to be a town treasure, and her 4-carat engagement diamond ring is also enough to be left as a family heirloom for future generations.It's all conspicuous consumption, but her fiancé is so generous, she won't put it down hypocritically. It's a bit exaggerated to make a ring with a big diamond. The jewelry store also got the news that Mr. Talent was going to buy jewelry for his fiancée before taking the diamond out of the safe. Taken out of the room, the stones themselves were cut into squares, brilliant cuts, and the room was illuminated by candlesticks with mirror reflectors, and the diamonds shone brightly in the candlelight.

It's just a little pigeon egg of Bling Bling, and no one doesn't like it.

The actual weight is 12 carats, and the shape is suitable for rings, brooches, necklace pendants, and finally decided to make pendants.

Philip signed the check smartly and took away the big diamond.The next day, a jewelry craftsman was hired to design the pendant base, and someone sent the diamond to the craftsman's workshop.Diamonds are not expensive at this time—relatively speaking—12 carats is worth tens of thousands of dollars, but it is also wealth that most people will never earn in their lifetime. Therefore, as a jewelry craftsman, you must have a good reputation and be guaranteed by someone, otherwise no one will Get him to work.

It's just that it didn't take long to make the bottom bracket, and the diamond was retrieved a few days before the engagement banquet.

Rhett Butler returned to Savannah to find that the Robillards had gone to New York, and that Josephine was engaged to Talent of Boston, and the whole town knew.

He was extremely annoyed, regretted that he had spent too much time going out this time, and also somewhat resented why Josephine got engaged so soon!

He always knew that Josephine would definitely remarry. It was impossible for a woman with a good family background to be a widow for decades, but he always thought he had a chance, but looking back now, he didn't try hard to fight for it, and she seemed to always treat him There is no special emotion.

He knew very well that it was impossible for the Robillards to consider him as Josephine's husband even with his own reputation. He had always understood this, and he didn't know how to change this, so he always left Sarah Vanner.

He thought anxiously, maybe he should bow his head to his father and go home to be a good son?As long as he returned to the Butler's house, it would not be difficult for him to be accepted by the "elites" in Charleston with his ability, but would he be willing?Would he be willing to return to the suffocating life in Charleston for Josephine?He couldn't make up his mind.

It feels good to have a beauty in his arms, but is he willing to give up his current free life for her?