Southern Rose [Gone with the Wind]

"He is a bit precocious and sensitive. Children need a father, especially boys." Philip said sincerely: "You should get along with him more, and you must educate your eldest son well. And our eldest son in the future. "

Josephine looked a little dazed, "I don't know how to educate him. If it's a problem in life, I can try my best to give him the best care, but other things..."

"Don't worry, I will help you, and I will talk to him." He thought carefully for a moment, "What do you think of us taking him on our honeymoon?"

Originally, they planned their honeymoon without bringing Victor. She was planning to spend a few months with their new husband, and then wrote a letter asking their mother to send Victor to join her in Europe.My father would have worried about them both, and would go with them to Europe, and Charles would stay in New York so that her family could avoid being in Savannah when the Civil War started.

Once the war started, it would be very difficult for them to go back.

"But I made all the arrangements. At the end of the year, I wrote to ask my mother to take him to meet me in Europe, so that they can leave Savannah."

"I see what you mean, you want them out of the South before the new president takes office, don't you?"

"Correct."

"But if Lincoln hadn't been elected, there would have been no possibility of war."

"—indeed." All right, if the Republicans hadn't been elected, there wouldn't be a civil war at all.She thought now who is sure that Lincoln will be elected? "Okay, we can take Victor, but if Lincoln is elected, I want you to come back immediately and take my parents and my brother, they can go to New York, or go to Europe, anyway, I don't want them to stay Savannah."

She can't control others, her parents and elder brother still have to save it.

My elder brother is a son of the South, and for the sake of "state rights" and the honor of the South, he will definitely enlist in the army, which is not good.

Emile didn't want Victor to go with his mother on the honeymoon. In her opinion, the honeymoon is the best time for the newlyweds to get to know each other better (in bed), and Josephine is in good health. If Philip is fine Otherwise, Josephine would be pregnant soon, and it would not be appropriate to carry another 6-year-old child.

In her view, a woman's bounden duty is to bear children, and housekeeping is placed after childbearing. A rich wife does not need to do housework herself, so of course she considers it her husband's responsibility to give birth to heirs.

And Philip said that he didn't mind bringing his stepson on the honeymoon together, but she looked at him a few more times, and felt that this new son-in-law was perfect and had no flaws.

Philip talked to his stepson.

First, he affirmed his position in the mother's heart. He is the eldest son, and the younger brothers and sisters in the future will definitely respect him as a big brother; his mother is still his mother, and no one can take her away; What do you think? Then he comforted his stepson, saying that although he was not his biological father, he would definitely love him more than his biological father.

The mother is a woman, and women are fragile. It is the boy's responsibility to take care of his mother in the future.

Victor couldn't figure out why boys should have such and such responsibilities, what exactly did they mean?

"This means that men are the most precious group in this society. We shoulder all the responsibilities. You don't understand it now. It doesn't matter. I will teach you bit by bit in the future."

"Okay, sir."

Philip smiled and touched the top of his head, "I love your mother, and I love you too. I am your mother's husband, and you are her child. We are a family now, and you should understand what's going on."

"Do I have to call you 'Father' now?" the boy asked timidly.

"No, I don't need to change my words now, but I hope to be your father soon. Now, go and meet your mother."

Victor stood up and saluted him, "Thank you, sir."

Stanley Talent was a sickly young man, born prematurely and consequently deficient.But he has grown to be 22 years old, and he still looks so worryingly thin.

He can only study at home and read a lot of books. His younger brother Ryan always laughs at him as a "nerd".

Philip strictly restrains his two younger brothers, especially Ryan, who has a lively personality.Since Stanley seldom went out, there was no need to worry about him getting into trouble.In Harvard University, Ryan learned the bad habits of modern young men, smoking, playing cards and fighting, dancing for sex, going to the theater, pursuing actresses. Just like what.

He is a fashionable young man.

Ryan is 20 years old and Stanley is 22 years old. They are about the same age as their sister-in-law. They have no objection to this beautiful sister-in-law, and are even very proud.

Ryan thought Josephine could play several kinds of card games, and didn't think his courtship of actresses was a terribly bad thing, and it was sure to be his ally in the family, so that his eldest brother wouldn't always try to cheat him. living expenses to blackmail him.

Stanley made things difficult for Josephine at first, thinking that she had a face but no brains, but later found that Josephine could talk about almost any topic, and he admired her very much.

Girls in this era don’t need to learn any knowledge. The girls go to private girls’ schools, and what they study is writing letters, reading newspapers, and reading novels. Politics is a man’s business and has nothing to do with them; many private girls’ schools focus on "" Most of the education in terms of "moral character" is in church schools, and the girls who are educated by a group of nuns with poor knowledge will not have a high level of knowledge.

At home, they are taught by their mothers everything they should learn to become housewives in the future, and this "everything" does not include the level of knowledge.He doesn't think much of that kind of woman.

The two sisters are still young, Annabelle is 15 years old, the same age as Scarlett; Margaret is 12 years old, the same age as Karin.In terms of temperament, Scarlett is the most superficial among girls.Although Su Lun didn't have much knowledge, she was almost the same on the outside and said what was on her mind.

Scarlett O'Hara is a beautiful Southern lady who, despite her odd accent, is adored by Ryan, who visits her often.

And Stanley prefers Karin. Karin is very similar to Margaret. They are both very quiet and gentle girls. They also love to read. The three of them often stay in the study of the Tarent family for a whole afternoon. .

After the wedding, the three aunts stayed in Boston for two weeks. Eulalie and Pauline returned to Charleston first.

Ellen originally wanted to leave on the same day, but the three daughters wanted to stay for a few more days. Josephine and Philip had not set off for their honeymoon yet, and the Robillards were still living in the house where their daughters got married. Left in no hurry.

Emile sighed to Ellen: "Seeing them so happy, I'm really happy. This child has always caused me the most headaches. In those years, I was very anxious. I was really worried that she would be bullied. I But not by her side."

Ellen said softly: "Isn't it great now? She is so beautiful, how could she not get a good husband?"

"When your daughter gets married, she is no longer the sweet baby by your side." Emile sighed, "She is someone else's wife and has her own family. She is no longer a 'Miss', but a 'Mrs.'. My God! I can't stand hearing people call her 'Mrs.' I still feel like she's always been that little girl hugging my neck and softly calling me 'Mommy'. How did she grow up? "

Emile was very sad.

Hearing these words, Ellen was also a little panicked.She herself got married at the age of 15, and it has been 16 years since she made the decision out of grief and desperation. In fact, she no longer remembers what the cousin who died in New Orleans looked like.He was also called Philip, a very handsome young man, and she could not remember his face, but she remembered his smile, a lovely smile as bright as the sun, when she first met Philip Robillard , was fascinated by his smile.

And now, her eldest daughter is 15 years old, and she has reached the age where she can find a husband. How much she wants to keep her daughter by her side, but when the girl grows up, she will always get married——

She sighed, wondering what kind of husband Scarlett could find.Clayton County is too small, and there are many boys of the right age in the left and right neighbors, but there are always problems of one kind or another, and there is no one she is satisfied with as a son-in-law.There were four Tarleton boys, Boyd too short, Tom too dumb, and the twins Stuart and Brent too naughty for her satisfaction.

The three boys of Dr. Fontaine's family are all right, but they are still a little frivolous, because they are too young and not stable enough.

Cade of the Calverts was a good boy, but Mr. Calvert married a frivolous northern wife, which is very unreliable. Mrs. Calvert is not such a fussy northerner as Mr. Tarent.

Ashley of the Wilkes family was not bad, but his family always married cousins, and everyone knew that the Hamiltons' cousin Melanie would marry Ashley in the future.

As for Melanie's brother, Charles Hamilton, he was a beautiful boy, but he was too young and still a boy. How could he be a reliable and steady husband?

Speaking of cousins ​​getting married, her brother's son Charles is very good, handsome, and at the right age. He is almost 26 years old, and he is also a cousin. She will also rest assured of Scarlett's married life.There is nothing wrong with Scarlett, and marrying Charles will definitely be very happy.

But it's not easy to talk to my sister-in-law about this matter, I have to ask John's opinion first.Besides, Charles always felt that Scarlett was still a child, so he had no idea at all.For this kind of thing, it is better for a man to fall in love with a girl first, and it is not good for a girl or a woman to speak first.