Southern Rose [Gone with the Wind]

No relatives of the Hastings family came to see her, Paris said whether she was big or small, and if people only knew her as "Mrs. Miss", the probability of being inquired by the relatives of the ex-husband's family is not high.

Philip was still asking yesterday, are Victor's grandfather and grandmother still alive?A scheming man who wants to inquire about Hastings from the side.

The ridiculous jealousy of men!

If he had any faults, it was his extraordinary jealousy, jealousy of a dead person, always wanting to find out about that hapless man, and always secretly wanting her to admit that he was better than Hastings.

From height, appearance to bed skills, I want to get better evaluation.

man!It's a naive boy!

Once she understood that he wanted to hear her say that he was better than Hastings in everything, she decided not to spoil him, pretending not to understand, and not answering him directly.

Victor, a kid who doesn't remember much about relatives he saw more than a year ago, is having a great time now!His uncle and stepfather often took him out for horse races, and taught him how to play chess and cards. He likes to play chess very much, and he can read books about chess and poker patiently. He is a very skilled chess player and card player. Although they are still in the introductory stage, they are very interested.

He also likes to read books. His precocious temperament makes him willing to read books quietly. Of course, his knowledge level cannot understand books that are too deep. The stories told by most novels of this era are not suitable for him to read, but there are already It is a fairy tale specially written for children. The education of traditional wealthy families in Europe is to read bedtime stories to children before going to bed. This is parent-child time and the initial literary education.

Over the past year or so, she realized that children need the love of their parents, and realized that she had neglected the children's psychology before, and now she is willing to spend some time reading bedtime stories for him.

To say that children are also easy to coax, just like kittens and puppies, if you treat him well, he will love you so sweetly that he can't leave you.

It's really a sense of accomplishment.

It's also cute that Philip can't help but put Victor under his protection.

She played with his hair in her hands. He has short, thick, smooth dark golden brown hair. He is a man who loves beauty and knows he is good-looking. He has a good aesthetic and has excellent hygiene habits. Except for a few teeth In addition to being too neat, the appearance is impeccable.

"Have you ever thought about what our child will look like?" He asked suddenly.

"Thought, if it's a boy, I hope he looks like you. You are very good-looking, and our child must be a beautiful child."

"Oh!" he whispered, "I wish he could be like you. If I ask you, we should have a very beautiful daughter, but I also think that if our daughter grows up, I won't want her to marry someone else." , looking at it this way, it's better to be a boy."

Josephine wanted to laugh very much. What's wrong with starting to worry about her father-in-law before she has a daughter?

Some of his silly words make people feel that he is even more cute.

"Girls are not easy at birth. I like girls, but I don't know what kind of temperament she will grow up to. I worry that she will have a bad life in the future."

He turned to look at her, "I thought you didn't like children."

"Do you think I'm not close enough to Victor? I was a child when I had him, and I don't know how to deal with a small child."

He held her hand and kissed the back of her hand, "Victor is a good boy, I like him very much." He said it naturally, and he must have thought so.

She felt that this kind of life was really comfortable!

The heavy news from the United States finally reached Europe in early May: war is on!

On April 4, the first shot was fired at Fort Sumter in Charleston, and the Confederate army attacked Fort Sumter, which was controlled by the Northern government army, and the American Civil War officially began.

The letters from the two aunts then also arrived in Paris. The timid Aunt Pauline was terrified, and Eulalie worriedly asked if she would send the children to France.A few days later, the last passenger ship from Savannah to the European mainland stopped at the port of Southampton, England. Charles went to Southampton to pick up three cousins.

Alice is the eldest daughter, 12 years old; Oliver is the eldest son, 10 years old, and Solange is the youngest child, 8 years old.

Aunt Eulalie made a quick decision. The port of Charleston had actually been blocked by the Northern Navy after the war broke out, so she sent the children to Savannah and asked a few loyal black servants to take them aboard.

The children are still young, and it is not his turn for Oliver, who is only 10 years old, to join the army.Yulali's husband joined the army on the day the war started, but he didn't stop his wife from sending the child away.He didn't think the South would lose, but once the war started, anything could happen, and letting the children go to the European continent was considered a tourist.

The children brought letters from relatives and friends, and an unexpected guest: Rhett Butler.

Butler was very enthusiastic and escorted Eulalie and the children to Savannah. He heard that the Northern Navy was about to block the port of Savannah, so he rushed to catch the last flight and sent the children over in person.

Eulalie and Mrs. Butler are best friends who have forgotten their age, and they are very reassuring to Rhett. Although the black servant is loyal, he is not white after all, and has no experience in Europe.There are no direct passenger ships to the port of Le Havre in France, only passenger ships to England. Eulali has been worried that the children are too young, what should I do if something happens on the way from England to France?

Now that she has Rhett, she really doesn't have to worry about it.

In a letter to her brother, she praised Rhett, saying that she was grateful to have him.

Rhett was talking to John about the situation in Charleston and Savannah, "Our Confederate army is strong and strong, and many gentlemen I know have joined the army. They all feel that this war will end in less than two weeks." He shook his head slightly in disapproval.

When the passenger ship arrived at Southampton, he took his three children to live near the port temporarily, and wrote to Paris, asking whether he would send the children there or the Robillards would come to pick them up.

John received the letter and asked Charles to go to Le Havre overnight. There are passenger ships traveling between the two countries in the English Channel every day, and he arrived in Southampton the next night.

Josephine was very surprised that Rhett did not stay in the United States. Rhett should have gotten a few boats to smuggle after the north blocked the southern coast, and then became a rich man. The original book did not say this clearly, but Reid must have made "national wealth" and quickly accumulated wealth.

Philip wisely refused to let her go out. John and Emile brought Victor and the three children to see her, and Rhett also came to see Mrs. Tarent, but Philip refused to let her go because she was not feeling well. He sees Josephine.

Emile took her four children upstairs to visit her, and Eulalie's three children were a little panicked, very worried about their parents who stayed in Charleston.

Now that she has a considerable belly circumference and has difficulty moving, Emile asked her how she felt after talking about some things in America.The due date is approaching, and the baby will be born at any time, and it is common to be a few days earlier and a few days later.

"It's nothing different, I think there are still a few days left. Can you live there? Ask Victor to come back and live." Because the due date is approaching, Emile asked Victor to stay at their house until the newborn It took him three months to move back.No matter how precocious and calm Victor was, he was only a 6-year-old child, lively and active, and Emile was afraid that he would accidentally bump into Josephine.

"Can live, Oliver lives with Victor, Alice and Solange share a room."

That's fine too.The house over there is 5 bedrooms and also a huge floor area.When I bought it, I didn't think that other people would come to live in it, but Philip, a rich man, likes to buy everything big.

"Thanks Rhett this time... I mean, Mr. Butler."

Emile dismissed the children first and asked Mrs. Jenkins to take the children to eat.

When the children had gone, she said: "I don't think you'd better not mention him, Philip doesn't want you to mention him, let alone see him. He stopped Rhett and said you were not well, I see Rhett is afraid that it will be difficult to see you again."

This dog man has a strong sense of territory!

"If you don't see it, don't see it. Why didn't he send his mother and sister out?"

Emile shook her head, "Eulalie said in her letter that they didn't think the South would be defeated... I'm really worried, no one is here at home, if the Yankees invade Savannah, I think our family will be ruined. "

The family kept servants to look after the house, but once they entered the city, those black people might run away.The unguarded house will be robbed soon. She worried about the gold in the safe. The safe is hidden very secretly, but there is no guarantee that it will not be discovered.No matter how heavy the safe is, if it can be moved in, it can also be moved out.

Ugh!

She babbled about her worries. War is definitely not a good thing. Her natal family experienced the Napoleonic Wars and knew the virtues of war. Old Robillard was a soldier in Napoleon’s army, and he often said to his son By the time of the situation, the Robillards understood how terrible war was, and no one could resist the damage caused by war.

"If the house is destroyed, it can be rebuilt. It doesn't matter if the gold and money are gone, as long as people are fine." Josephine comforted her mother.They also brought a large sum of money to France, and the loss of property in the United States is the Savannah hometown and several farms that cannot be moved.They haven't thought about the black slave issue because they don't think the South will lose.John has even told his brother-in-law that if there is a need for money, he can donate or pledge on his behalf.

Old John's ideological consciousness is also very high.

Josephine could understand her father's thoughts and practices. John was a great slave owner, and he understood how he got his wealth, so John never explicitly opposed slavery.