Southern Rose [Gone with the Wind]

ha!That's right!Unexpectedly, Rhett figured it out very clearly.Scarlett was afraid that she didn't expect to have a very high evaluation from Captain Butler. She didn't want to work in the fields, but she had a sense of responsibility and couldn't leave her old father alone; Didn't really care about the sisters.There is also "rival in love" Melanie, she also carried it down.

Josephine sat down to write a letter to Scarlett, and wrote very quickly, saying that she asked Mr. Butler to send her the equivalent gold, gold hard currency, which can be directly used as money at any time, and there is not much else explain.

Then he wrote to Sheldon, asking him to pay attention to hiring a few reliable helpers so that Scarlett could leave them.The war should be over soon, and he will return to New York after the war is over.Or if he wanted to stay in the South, do business or stay and help Miss Scarlett, that was all up to him, and he could come back anytime he wanted.In Sheldon's letter, he asked about his wife Lydia and son Samuel, saying that he missed them very much, which was very sad.

Then write to the aunts, putting in the letters from Aunt Eulalie's children.

"when are you leaving?"

"Tomorrow evening."

"Come here before you leave, and I'll bring you the gold."

Rhett nodded, "Okay. Trust me and pick them up tomorrow night. But this time is too tight, and I can't help you deliver the food." He smiled apologetically, "You must know that the road is very chaotic now, no Safety."

Josephine nodded, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

He smiled, "I just want to come and see you, please forgive my stupid words yesterday. I must have drunk too much."

What a fool!It's not like a young man in his teens who doesn't know how to control himself, how much wine can he drink just for dinner?

Josephine squinted at him, "Did you really drink too much?"

He lowered his head and smiled, "Stop talking about that."

She stood up, "You should go." She wasn't going to have him for lunch.

"Josephine," he seemed uncommonly unsure of how to speak, hesitatingly and carefully considering his words, "I think... maybe I should say it clearly, I hope you... Oh my God! This is really bad! What if You're just a simple beauty, and that makes things easier."

Josephine looked at him in surprise: What nonsense is this man talking about?

"What do you want to say?"

"I want to say——you must have heard too many men tell you their love, and you don't care if I'm one more. Yes, I did fall in love with you, but unfortunately, you have as many suitors as stars in the sky, and I I have to fight for the freedom of the south again." The corners of his mouth turned up, showing a sneering smile, "Maybe you will laugh at my hypocrisy, I clearly despise the army or war, and I know that the South will lose, but I still—— stupid."

Josephine pursed her lips and smiled, "I can understand you." He was stupid. Isn't his brother Charles also stupid?This is a "sense of honor" that has nothing to do with winning or losing.

"If not for this damn war, I would have stood by your side like Mr. Wolfe or Mr. Talent. I have confidence in myself, and I will definitely win your heart." With a confident smile, his expression was special Sincerely, "I worked hard to make money. It can be said that I did a good job. I made a lot of money, which can allow you to live the same life as before. It is difficult for a man to have a family without property—"

He paused, seemingly in a trance.

Josephine said nothing.

"I'm being presumptuous. I have no position to say such things to you, but if you really don't let me tell you what's in my heart, I'm afraid it will suffocate me."

Josephine felt a little happy in her heart.Rhett is a very proud man. It can be seen that his attitude towards Scarlett is no better than that of a pet. Scarlett is young and beautiful but ignorant. Said to be a man's instinct.

But this kind of thing can't make her proud.

Rhett didn't think much of Scarlett, and she didn't think much of Rhett either!After all, he didn't just look at the face!For example, he admires Melanie, but he doesn't want to marry Melanie. He only sees beauty; but he can't talk about "loyalty" at all. He loves her, and it doesn't delay him to tease Scarlett. Li?

So she suddenly asked, "Where's Scarlett? Don't you like her very much? At least you jumped with her from beginning to end at the bazaar, but you scared Miss Pittypat enough!"

It was a fact, and he couldn't deny it.She was a little embarrassed and said, "She just wants to dance and get a little bit of happiness. It's really sad that she became a widow when she was a child."

"You are so hypocritical! I thought you could admit that you were fascinated by her."

"—I don't. Well, maybe a little bit." Rhett gestured "a little bit" with his fingers, "She's kind of like you, especially...here." He lowered his voice and approached her After two steps, her calf touched her pannier. "This looks a lot like you."

His fingers lightly touched her rosy lips, and then lightly touched her plump lips.

His face suddenly became bigger.

a kiss.

A demanding, possessive kiss, powerful and masculine, as if to make her remember this kiss, so the kiss was particularly strong and violent.

She was short of breath and kissed like she was out of breath.

"Red." She whispered his name.

"My dear Josephine," Rhett held her face in his hands, "I know you can't wait for me, it's all right, I can wait for you to become a widow again."

Josephine reached out and slapped him across the face.

"Maybe soon."

Another slap.

"I will come to you again after the war is over. I can be your lover. What do you think?"

He was slapped twice again.

"You should go."

After the New Year, Thomas' luggage was moved into the villa.

A marquis has so much luggage that ordinary people can't imagine. It took a whole day to move the clothes alone, and it took three days for the maids to sort them out.In addition, more than a dozen wooden boxes of books were brought in, filling the study room.

Two stables were temporarily repaired. As for the horses, they can only be stored elsewhere temporarily. In addition to the horses that pull the carriage, there are five horses that are racing horses.

In addition, a servant's room was built, and 12 male and female servants were brought by himself, which is said to be indispensable.

Two weeks later, Thomas threw down the paper deed, saying that he had bought the villa, and offered a price that the owner could not refuse.

Josephine made fun of the European aristocrat who only knew how to spend money, and was taken advantage of, not knowing how much he spent.

Thomas smiled indifferently, "It's just money, money is for spending, should you still keep it and take it to the coffin? I'm not a miser, especially for you. Since this is already your house, you You can remodel it however you want.”

"After you live in, the house is not big enough. I want to add an aileron to the right side for the children to live in."

"It's all up to you. Have you arranged a room for our children?"

"Then build another aileron on the left."

Thomas hugged her and turned around a few times, "We are going on our honeymoon first, it will take several years. I don't want to be a father so early, 30 years old is better."

"I have to say first, I just want to have another baby, I don't want to keep having kids."

"of course."

Thomas was a nobleman, it was normal for him to want an heir, she couldn't say that he was backward in thinking.

"Where do you want to go for your honeymoon? You've had two honeymoons, and we can't go where you've been with other men." It's still blunt.

Josephine didn't care too much, "Whatever. Alaska, or Hawaii."

"Then go to Hawaii, I heard it's very interesting, it's full of flowers all year round."

Josephine wrote to her parents and brother, who were still in Paris, that she was going to marry again.Emile didn't have any objections, but worried that the Duke would break them up again.It is impossible for the Duke to like a commoner woman to be his daughter-in-law, but think about it, that is, her and Thomas' offspring cannot inherit the title, and it is nothing if they don't care about the title.Emile experienced the journey from nobleman to commoner, and felt that it was only mediocre, not a bad thing.

John Robillard was also worried that the Duke would make another move, in which case his daughter would be too pitiful.

On the day the Robillards' letter was sent to New York, a special envoy from Austria also arrived in New York Harbor. Two hours later, the special envoy arrived at the door of Mrs. Tellent's Long Island villa.

The Duke did not want to come to the New World in person, and asked the special envoy to tell his son that if he returned home obediently, he would forget the past; he had already found a suitable bride for Thomas, who was the daughter of a certain Duke. She was 16 years old this year. Thomas would get married as soon as he returned to Austria. Skip Ominous engagement segment.

If the stinky boy insists on marrying a woman from the wrong family, the duke will kick him out, and their future children will not be able to inherit the title and property of the duke, nor will they be accepted by the aristocratic class in Vienna.The Duke asked Nizi, if you lost your title and property, would that woman still marry you?

Josephine was very sorry, "Why didn't the Duke send someone waving a check or a box of gold coins?"

Thomas laughed, "What price are you going to sell me this time?"

"Don't make me give up on you without 100 million."

"A dollar?"

"No, Gulden."

Thomas laughed again, "Okay! Am I only worthy of 100 million? I thought it should be worth 500 million."

"Does the Duke have 500 million Gulden?"

"If you don't have cash, you can add land."

"Wow!" Josephine exclaimed, "We can buy Alaska with 500 million Gulden!"

"What's so good about Alaska? It's freezing, it's deserted, no one wants Alaska."

"I heard that the Russians want to sell Alaska to the United States, but they are at war now, and the government has no time to buy land." Josephine thought about it for a while, "If we can buy Alaska, we don't need the title of duke, We can build our own country."

Thomas nodded approvingly, "Well said! The Emperor also wants to buy Alaska, but it's a pity that the Tsar cannot agree to this deal."

"You mean the Emperor of Austria?"

"Yes. The relationship between the emperor and the tsar is complicated. The personal relationship between the emperor and the tsar is not bad, but in terms of the country, Austria and Russia are natural enemies."

learn.The personal relations of the emperors cannot be compared with the national interests. The matter of "Jianguo" can only be thought about by herself, she can't get several million dollars to buy such a large piece of land.

The author has something to say: Russia sold Alaska to the United States for $1867 million in 720.At that time, Alaska had only geographical value but no economic value, and oil, natural gas, gold mines, and coal mines were discovered later.Alaska is the largest state in the United States.