Southern Rose [Gone with the Wind]

The snowflakes are like goose feathers, rushing down, rushing towards the face.

This snow started to fall in the middle of the night the day before yesterday. At first it was fine fluffy snow, and it became heavier in the morning.During the stop, the snow piled up on the ground, and when I stepped on it, it reached my ankle.

Ryan Talent breathed into the palm of his hand, rubbed his hands together, and bent down to pick up the ax by the door.

Christmas always needs a fir tree.

Cutting trees is physical work, and he has never cut a tree before, but such a small matter is not difficult for a young man who is full of energy and healthy.He stepped on the snow with one foot high and one foot high. There was no one behind him, and there was no one in front of him.

It's so cold!He has never walked in the snow in such a cold weather. As the young master of a rich family, at most he thought it was fun when it snowed when he was young. Rolling in the snow and having fun for a while, That's all.This kind of rough work shouldn't be what he should do, but Josephine smiled and asked him to chop a fir tree and use it as a Christmas tree. How could he refuse?

The land along the river bank was sparsely populated, and there was a forest in front of the villa. He passed by the forest a few times before in a carriage, but he never paid attention to whether there were fir trees.

What does Josephine mean?Was it to see if he could qualify as a "man"?He was a bit disapproving. Rich people don't need to do the dirty work themselves, they will naturally have servants to do it for them.It was just a fir tree. Josephine should have told the servants to prepare it long ago.

Accompanied by the sound of the wind, there was a faint sound of felling trees in the woods.He had been to the site where the railroad was being laid, and heard the sound of the ax on the wood.who is it?Is that the damn Austrian?

He suddenly thought of the competitor, Josephine's old acquaintance, an Austrian nobleman.

Jealousy permeated from his heart, and quickly swept his whole body, making his whole body blazing with rage: Damn it!

He always thinks that he is handsome, well-born, wealthy, and can have any kind of woman he wants, so he has always shown little respect and care for women, even his two younger sisters. Mother.He learned in college how to flirt, how to court women, how to court actresses, all for the purpose of having sex, and he learned it very well, and he did it almost every time.

But Josephine... was different, all his methods were useless in front of her.

She is very beautiful, but she is just a woman, why can she refuse his charm?He couldn't figure it out.It must be that damned Austrian!It's him!It was he who seduced Josephine!

He thought angrily.

—that fellow looks like a child!What a stupid look!

He thought contemptuously, and didn't know what Josephine was looking for in that guy.

He quickened his pace and quickly walked into the woods, following the sound of felling trees, he found Thomas Wolfe.

Thomas didn't hear the footsteps and just kept his eyes on the axe.This fir tree grew very well, tall and straight, with a perfect pine-cone shape. The trunk was neither thick nor thin, and not too high. It should be just as heavy as a grown man could drag.The trunk near the root was cut with a triangular notch.

Ryan hesitated for a minute, thinking about whether he could chop the Austrian on the back of the head with an axe. This annoying guy bleeds out dark red blood, staining the snow red. The scenery must be extremely beautiful; Josephine didn't send a servant to follow They, he can fully enjoy this wonderful moment.

When he had enjoyed enough, he would drag the dead man to the river and throw him into the river.In this way, no one will find out that a person died here, as long as Josephine doesn't pursue it.

When he thought of Josephine, he realized that he could only think about it.

"Mr. Wolfe," he said.

Thomas stopped and turned to look at him. "Hi, Mr. Tarent."

Ryan walked to the other side of the fir tree, gesticulating with the axe, "Hurry up and get back. Josephine will worry about you freezing to death in the woods."

Thomas was not surprised, "Really? I think you really want to chop off my head from the back?"

"How can you think so? Murder is a crime." Ryan smiled hypocritically.

"Really? Look, it's very secluded here. There are no other residents in a radius of ten kilometers. In addition to the heavy snow, if you accidentally fall in the snow and unfortunately hit the ax face down, it will be really painful. And helpless!"

"I don't think I will be so unlucky, but you can't tell. You are a foreigner, alone in New York, who knows what will happen to you? Everyone knows that New York is not very safe!"

This war of words lasted until the fir tree fell.

Both of them were very careful not to be crushed by the tree trunk. When the fir tree finally fell to the ground, Thomas went over first, tied the trunk with ropes, and dragged the fir tree away.

Josephine happily directed the servants to set up the fir tree in a corner of the living room.

"You are awesome, Thomas." She kissed Thomas on the cheek briskly, "I thought a noble young master like you didn't know how to use an axe."

Thomas smiled, "Not only do you know how to use an axe, but you also know how to use an axe."

Josephine laughed loudly, "Really? Then why are you useless?"

"You'll be angry then, and I know that."

She smiled again, "Yeah, you're right. Somebody, go tell Victor and Cynthia that we can start decorating the Christmas tree now."

Soon, the children yelled and rushed downstairs.

The Christmas tree is green and lush, with a cold breath of ice and snow.

The fireplace in the living room was warm with wood burning.The maid brought out boxes of decorations, all new and shiny: ribbons, crystal stars, pony pendants, crystal angels, feather wings, all kinds of decorations, whatever you want.

Cynthia liked the game very much, but she was too young and too short to be in a hurry.Soon she got the hang of it, and commanded her brother and his little friends. Victor and Damian followed the little conductor's instructions very much, jumping up and down, standing on chairs, and hanging decorations on the Christmas tree.

Josephine tied gift boxes with colorful webbing on the sofa beside her.

"What's this?" Thomas picked up a black cardboard box.

"I don't know, I forgot. Except for the children's gifts, you can take whatever you want."

"Can anyone take it?"

"Yes, anyone can take it. All the servants will have presents."

"Do I have it too?" Thomas shook the box.

"you also have."

Thomas smiled happily, "I bought you a gift too."

"Then thank you in advance." Josephine smiled sweetly at him.

Ryan was going crazy with jealousy: How could they appear so harmonious?Thomas is a guy who has nothing to do all day long, relying on his father, a nobleman, can have endless money, but he has to work hard for money, otherwise——he became resentful, Josephine couldn't do this, how could she ignore his efforts Woolen cloth?It's not fair!

He felt powerless for the first time, but envy followed: He should have been hacked to death just now!Josephine would be angry, but if she didn't know he did it, then it would be all right!