Southern Rose [Gone with the Wind]

Frank Kennedy owned a large amount of land in Clayton County before the war, and managed to keep most of the land after the war. He can be regarded as the only big landowner in Atlanta.This is why Scarlett in the original book tried to marry Frank. Su Lun is indeed a shallow and short-sighted girl. If she married Frank, Tara would not expect to get a penny of support from Mrs. Kennedy.

Scarlett didn't write a letter to her cousin to denounce Su Lun, not because she cared about the sisterhood, but felt that this was a "family scandal" of the O'Hara family, and it was not suitable for her cousin to know.Josephine was not surprised when Rhett reported Su Lun's ruthlessness, and she never thought of writing a letter to reprimand Su Lun: After all, it is Su Lun's problem, and Su Lun has no obligation to help natal family.

In this way, it seems that Ellen and Gerald’s education for their daughters is not very good: Scarlett’s temperament is shallow and selfish, and she didn’t leave Tara and her old father and sisters behind. Karin is too innocent and kind; Su Lun is a ruthless white-eyed wolf.

All in all a bit flawed.

But this is someone else's family business, and her cousin has nothing to do with it.Besides, people have different temperaments, and you can't demand others according to your standards. This is the basic line of being a human being. "None of your business", "None of my business", everyone knows these two points, the world will be a better place.

As for Rhett, his flaws are even more obvious: he is a typical "upper class" in a patriarchal society. He does not have such a "bad reputation" in the country and the country. People think that he is a successful businessman, courageous, insightful and rich; With an illegitimate child, she is finished, no door of any "high class" house will be opened to her, and she can only fall downward; but the same thing happens to a man, people can only mock him behind his back for "no Check it out", it will not have a serious impact on his social activities.

Money can indeed make people do whatever they want, just like her unlucky third-term widow.It is not uncommon for widows to find another spring. The richer the widow, the higher the chance of remarrying. It is said that the folk customs in the Catholic areas in the south are conservative, but in fact they are far less conservative than the Protestant Puritan areas in the north.

At most people would whisper behind her back that her ex-husbands were all hapless short-lived ghosts, but no one dared to say anything in front of her.

Mrs. Jenkins said the servants were betting on her fourth husband how long Captain Butler would live if she married him.

It's really outrageous!

But it is also impossible to block the mouths of the servants. It is normal for the servants to gossip and gossip about the masters.The master doesn't care what the servants say or think.

Rhett kept giving presents, and he seemed to be smashing them wildly. Not to mention small gifts, he sent several horses worth thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars. Victor got two small horses. Horses, he and Damian can learn how to ride together; Josephine got a docile filly, and another horse with a racehorse level worth up to 5 US dollars.

If you have horses, you must have a large enough stable. Fortunately, the Robillard house has a very spacious backyard, which already has a stable. A box carriage needs at least two horses, and an upper-class family will not only have one carriage.Now the stables have been enlarged by nearly half and a groom has been added.

The weather is getting hotter, and when it's time for outdoor activities, Victor likes the feeling of galloping horses, so John and Emile take their daughter and grandson to the manor in the suburbs for vacation. Rhett comes later, but of course it is not easy to live in Robillard's manor, but live in a nearby manor.

Emile looked down on Rhett, thinking that he was too old, had a bad reputation, and had an illegitimate teenage son, obviously not a good man.Worrying about her daughter's lifelong events, she set strict standards: handsome, expensive, under 35 years old, unmarried or childless widower.

Josephine looks even more beautiful than she did years ago.Now that she has reached the best age for a woman, she has lost her girlishness, has picturesque features, exquisite facial features, elegant and luxurious clothes, and her demeanor is worthy of the title of "Marquise".

Emile was deeply concerned about the death of Marquis Wolfe, but she simply thought that it was the revenge of the Tarent family, and she never thought that it would have anything to do with Butler.

She doted very much on little Tom, and took care of the baby herself, without needing Josephine to worry about it.She didn't care about Josephine being unable to inherit Wolfe's property, but worried that Tom would not be able to find a suitable girl to marry in the future - he was the son of a Marquis, at least he should be an earl, but he did not inherit the title and property because he was not born out of wedlock If there is a possibility, he will also be discriminated against because he is not born in wedlock, so he may only become a monk in the future.

John thought his wife was thinking too much, too early—Tom wasn't even a year old yet.His impression of Rhett has changed, firstly because Rhett has always taken care of his mother and siblings, and has not forgotten his responsibility as a son and elder brother, and even Eulalie has always had a good evaluation of him; secondly, Rhett Knowing all the pastimes expected of a Southern gentleman, having money and leisure, spending time with him, and being excellent to Victor and Tom, seemed to John to be almost flawless.

As for the issue of Rhett's illegitimate child, well, for a classy man, having an illegitimate child is not a big news, it will only become a "scandal" if someone discovers it. Rhett was careful to keep this secret for more than ten years.An illegitimate child is not eligible to inherit his father's inheritance, so it's not a big problem, as long as Josephine doesn't care about it, it's fine.

He had a special talk with Josephine about this issue.Josephine felt that her father was a typical representative of male chauvinism. It wasn't that he didn't love her, but he was just an ordinary man who didn't have high moral requirements for other men, even if the other man was about to become his daughter's husband.

Rhett is willing to put down his figure to please others, especially her.He had a charming voice, deep and rich, and he read to her every evening before the fire, and could read any book very well, but oftentimes people paid more attention to the sound than to the content.

They chatted together and discussed many things, from the reconstruction of the South, to the opening of black schools, to the impact of unemployed blacks on social security, to the rise of the Ku Klux Klan.The living environment in southern cities is definitely not comparable to that before the war. A stable environment is conducive to business development, which has a direct impact on the prosperity of the banking business.

A turbulent society can also make money, but the risk is too great, the social order is broken, everything is chaotic, of course it is not good.Reid also talked about how he made money during the Civil War: He shipped cotton and sugar from the South to Europe, and brought back food and luxury goods from Europe, and the price was several times higher than before the war. This is how he completed the original accumulation.

Before the war, he was considered "rich", but it was at the level of tens of thousands of dollars a year, no higher than the income of Tara Manor, and it was unstable; the civil war made him rich, and he became a rich man at the "rich man" level .

Not to mention that he still transported arms from the north back to the south, this is the most profitable business.

He said he was a "speculator", and he was really right.

Apart from admiration, Josephine was also a little resentful: only men can do these things, women can't do it no matter how smart, bold and careful they are.It's like she is already considered a wife of an upper-class family with relatively social status, but if she doesn't have a manservant or a male manager with her, almost no one will listen to her.

A large number of blacks poured into the city, and there were also many blacks who were idle all day long in the streets and suburbs of Savannah.These blacks are unwilling to go back to the fields to pick cotton, but there are not so many enterprises and factories that can arrange for them. Besides, working for others is not free at all. They wander around all day, go out to rob with companions, get something for nothing, and they can survive , and sometimes can live very well.

Because of these refugees, the various manors had to unite and set up a joint defense team to patrol around the manor every day.

Rhett suggested that they might as well recruit people from these refugees. Many of them just don't want to go back to work in the fields, and they probably wouldn't be unhappy if they could offer a formal job.He personally went out to negotiate with those "niggers" and recruited some of them "smart people".

John thought Rhett was a man of action, courageous and insightful, rare.

Rhett was going to wait until the time was right before asking Mr. Robillard's permission. Before that, he had to propose to Josephine, and he also had to wait until the time was right.He had never proposed to anyone, so he wrote solemnly to his mother, asking if his father would forgive him if he wanted to marry the Robillard daughter, have a small family of his own, change his mind and be a good man; Wondering what he would need to do if he proposed.

The old Mrs. Butler was very excited, and immediately wrote a reply after receiving the letter, writing a lot of eloquence.Josephine of the Robillard family is of course the most perfect bride. If Mr. Robillard disagrees, she will go to Savannah to plead with Mr. Robillard; she is worried about her son's bad reputation, and the neighboring cities It is unlikely that any upper-class family is willing to marry their daughter to him. Although many of the upper-class families are not as good as before, and many of the ladies are married at a lower level, they are also married to honest and responsible civilians. She loves herself deeply. The eldest son, but also understand that it is very difficult for Rhett to marry Josephine.

Old Mrs. Butler invites Eulalie to her house and asks John Robillard if it is possible for Rhett to marry Josephine.

Eulalie was greatly surprised, and immediately wrote to her brother after returning home, asking him if Josephine couldn't find a suitable husband and had to marry the butler's rascal?

After Emile read Eulalie's letter, she became more determined that Josephine should not be allowed to marry casually.

"You see, even Eulalie doesn't approve of it. Mr. Robillard, you have to think about Josephine, Victor and Tom's future reputation. You like Butler, I don't object, but that's against a For regular guests. If he wants to marry Josephine, I don't agree."

"He hasn't come to ask my permission. Besides, you should ask Josephine what she thinks. I see she likes Mr. Butler."

"She's still a child!"

John shook his head: "She already has her own child, but you always treat her as an ignorant child!"

The maid entered the living room, holding a silver tray with letters in her hand, "Master, it's a letter from Tara."

John opened the letter and only read the first paragraph, "My God!"

"What happened?" Emile took the letter and glanced at it hastily, "My God! What a poor man!"

The letter was written by Sheldon, saying that Mr. O'Hara fell off his horse yesterday, broke his neck on the spot, and died cleanly.

The author has something to say: Is Scarlett the heroine of the "female competition"?Actually, it doesn’t count, she has always taken good care of her “rival in love” Melanie, and she doesn’t hate Melanie and Melanie and Ashley’s son; Ashley's two sisters have always hated Scarlett, but Scarlett doesn't hold them too much.It's normal to talk sour words behind her back, and she didn't directly attack other girls.

The biggest negative female character in the original book is actually Su Lun. Gerald’s death is directly related to Su Lun. Scarlett is most sorry for Su Lun. The original book said that Scarlett thought Su Lun would never marry Kennedy. Taking care of Tara is in line with Su Lun's character.