Eugenie with money [Grandet]

If Eugeniken, Alfons would prefer to give her the horse directly.Eugenie thought that there was no need to let Grandet know about this, otherwise her ears would be poisoned again.

Even Grandet felt that it was a waste, and the movement of climbing on the horse was extremely blunt, which finally made Mrs. Taigou feel a little more psychologically balanced.She whispered to Eugenie: "Monsieur Baron rides a horse like he is riding a donkey in a pasture."

Although Mrs. Taigou's metaphor was somewhat disrespectful, it was very apt, and the smile on Eugenie's face did not disappear until the carriage stopped.With such a smile, Eugenie was helped out of the carriage by Grandet.

As soon as she saw the person standing under the steps in front of the Nucingen Mansion, the expression on her face froze, and she ignored the person who was staring affectionately. When she saw the smile on her face, she immediately showed her white teeth, He wanted to respond to Eugenie with his own smile.

It was the Viscount Lascarga de Longer who stood to welcome Eugenie and his daughter.I don't know how the Countess of Longer woke him up. Even if the Baroness Afidous came forward in person, Laskarga quickly made a clear relationship with the ambiguous Miss Afidous. Wherever Ni and Grandet go to a banquet, they can see him.

Soon, the upper class in Paris knew that Lascarga was pursuing Eugenie, even though Eugenie did not lie to him, and Grandet saw the irony once, and still thought that Lascarga was successful. The possible person keeps creating opportunities for him.

It is not without spoilers, and Bono, who is now greeting Grandet cordially, is one of them.He ran over eagerly, almost giving Grandet a hug, but kept his eyes on Eugenie: "Mr. Baron, I have to say that your daughter is really a blooming rose, adding richness to this garden in Paris." color."

Such earthy compliments made Eugenie's skin crawl, but Grandet was delighted to hear it: "You are right, but cultivating such roses is not something that a down-and-out nobleman can do. .”

Lascaga, who had just approached, was innocently shot by an arrow in the knee, and had to greet Grandet with a smile, and said hello to Grandet politely, but Eugenie took a high look—— A person who is tolerant always deserves more respect than a person who is always rebellious.

Eugenie quietly took Mrs. Taigou into her arms, not wanting to hear Grandet's weird talk—a few days ago, she thought Bono was not a nobleman, but today, in order to let Lascarga back out of difficulties, she smiled at people. Welcome, this kind of thing should be left to Grandet.

Annette dutifully performed her duties as the hostess, and when she saw Eugenie and Mrs. Taigou, she smiled: "My dear, you are late, and several ladies have asked about you and the Marquise de Taigou. .”

Eugenie bowed her knees to her: "There is no way, Dad always hopes that he can win everyone's attention when he comes out."

Annette responded with a bigger smile: "When the news of Mr. de Grandet's investment in Nucingen Bank is published in the newspapers, even if he is the first to appear on the scene, everyone will notice him."

To such a superficial temptation, Eugenie responded handily: "That's exactly what Dad wants to see, and I believe the day when it will be published in the newspaper will come soon."

Annette's eyes lit up all of a sudden, and she subconsciously looked for her husband, wanting to share the good news with Nucingen.Mrs. Theigou gave Eugenie a dissatisfied look, and felt that if the Nucingens were to worry about the time of a banquet, Eugenie would get more benefits, and the amount of francs she would get would increase a lot.

Out of Annette's sight, Eugenie patted Madame Taigou's arm lightly as a comfort.Mrs. Taigu turned away and looked at the early guests.

It has to be said that even though Eugenie's house invited many guests to the banquet, compared with Nucingen, who has been in Paris for many years, the grades of the guests are still different - if it were not for Mrs. Taigou, those twelve The family has been aristocratic since the [-]th century, and would never attend the banquet at Eugenie's house.

The banquet at Nucingen's house is different. Don't look at the veteran nobles who look down on the baron Nucingen, but as long as they need money, they will not let go of the opportunity to make friends with a banker. They have many invitations One has to work hard to get it.

Just like now, it's still early before the time on the invitation card, there are already 50 to [-] people here, and guests from outside are arriving one after another.Thanks to the fact that Nucingen and Grandet acted very differently, when he first bought the mansion, he divided the first floor into two parts, one half for the living room and the other half for the dining room.

In this way, even if there are many people coming, it can still be accommodated.

Eugenie was speechless at such a scene, Grandet had already walked up quickly from behind, took Eugenie from Mrs. Taigou, and whispered to her: "I think when I talk to Nucingen later , if the shares are less than 30.00%, you can’t invest. Otherwise, he will spend all your money on treats.”

Eugenie didn't dare to think about what kind of loss Nucingen would bring to him after the banquet was over and what kind of expression she would have when she found out that she had organized this banquet in order to curry favor with Grandet.Now, standing in front of her was Countess Longer, and she had to get rid of this person first.

Countess Longuere actually didn't want to take the initiative to talk to Eugenie, but Grandet beside her gave Countess Longuet a strong sense of crisis—this person was not optimistic about Laskarga from the beginning— — had to stand up and show his kindness to Eugenie.

"Eugenie, you are finally here. Several ladies have asked me about you." The Countess of Longuell had a smile in her voice, and Eugenie, who was facing her, knew it without looking. Camouflage will never reach the bottom of the eye.

When Grandet had a banquet at his own home, he already knew about the existence of the Countess Longuet's mother and son, but he didn't have a good impression of this Madame Grandet's relatives - he pursued Eugenie for everything and wanted to get it from him. Grandet didn't have a good impression of those who cheated the dowry.

Now that the Countess of Longer dared to stand in front of him, Grandet didn't care how well she managed the expression on her face and how familiar and friendly her smile looked, she just bowed slightly indifferently to him, which was regarded as a courtesy, and then Said to Eugenie:

"The one over there seems to be the Viscount Alphonse. I heard that he has helped Charles a lot. I have always wanted to thank him. Eugenie, for those who helped the Grandet family, you should accompany me Go and say thanks."

No matter how well Countess Longer managed her expression, she cracked inch by inch when facing Grandet, an old rascal who didn't care about Parisian social etiquette at all, and let out a stiff and sharp laugh: "Mr. Baron, that's how you are!" Treating relatives? Since you can treat living relatives like this, how about dead ones..."

"Countess." Eugenie called out unhappily, trying to refute the words of Countess Longuere.

But Grandet, who has always stuttered, raised her hand angrily before her, and pointed at Countess Longel tremblingly. Although she still stuttered, she spoke very fast:

"Ma'am, I, I respect my deceased wife very much, very much. No one can, and neither can you. I don't know you. Why, why should you blame me? Me, my daughter, my wife, we are a family People, no relatives. You have never, never cared about my wife, never once, now blame, no, you can't blame, my wife, even if she dies, she is still my wife, you can't blame..."

Speaking of this, the old cooper's eyes were full of tears, and he looked at the people who gathered around: "I, Grandet, and my wife have been married for more than 20 years. For more than 20 years, my wife has only grandpa, parents, and no one else. My relatives, never greeted her, no one cared about her. Now they are blaming her, through her blaming me, and, my daughter is the baby of my wife and me, and now someone is blaming our daughter."

The last roar of the old father was gritted his teeth and stared, wishing to put the tumor on his nose on the face of the Countess Longel. With this roar, tears finally fell from the corners of his eyes. Following the wrinkles eroded by the years, they are scattered everywhere, looking miserable.

Countess Longer was stunned.Parisian ladies have disagreements with each other, insinuations and accusations to their faces, but they don't call it out.Now Grandet just said in front of all the guests that he was not worthy to blame him, and he was not worthy to blame Eugenie.

Did she not accuse Eugenie?

The guests were also stunned, no one came out to persuade or smooth things over immediately.Firstly, he was really not familiar with Grandet, and secondly, although Grandet's accusation was vague, he had a lot to say, even if he said it in a jiffy, he made it clear.They really have no position to persuade.

A few days ago, Eugenie stayed with Grandet for a few more days, which was a part of politeness, but after seeing his fighting power today, she really hoped that Grandet would stay—this language ability is really second to none.

Who said only the articulate have the upper hand?I saw Grandet stuttering, but because of his stuttering, who would have the nerve to interrupt him?

The old father performed so hard, Eugenie also leaned delicately on Grandet's arm, her eyes were covered with steam: "Father, don't talk, please don't talk, we, we still Go home."

Nucingen and his wife, who noticed that the guests had moved, came from different directions. Just as they heard Eugenie's fragile request, Annette looked at Nucingen anxiously, and found that her husband looked at the Countess Longer as if eat human.

The last time Nucingen showed such eyes, a Marquis had to sell his mansion mortgaged at the Nucingen Bank, and even sold his ancestral diamonds, wife's jewelry, and son's carriage to Newcingen at a low price. The Qingen Bank, the family was never seen in Paris again.

But Earl Longer's family is different from that Marquis. Earl Longer also works in the German embassy, ​​while Nucingen is a German through and through.