Eugenie with money [Grandet]

Even if someone strangled Grandet's neck, he couldn't make him unable to utter a sound as he is now.Five minutes later, he pointed at Eugenie tremblingly: "Two thousand francs, you want to throw away two thousand francs for nothing."

"No, maybe it's more than that. I asked someone to weigh it, and the box weighed more than two catties." Eugenie looked directly into Grandet's eyes and did not back down a step.

Grandet's breathing became short again, and he said, "You, you are crazy, you must be crazy, right? Your mother will be fine, and she doesn't need six thousand francs for medical bills." .Come on, dear daughter, let's make peace. For your mother's sake, you can use whatever you want in the house? Give me that box quickly."

Eugenie sneered inwardly: "Let's listen to what the doctor has to say. Maybe mother's illness needs more money."

Grandet grabbed Eugenie's arm firmly: "Go quickly, give me the box, you can do whatever you want for your mother."

"Please give me four thousand francs, father, and the box will be yours. Otherwise, Madame de Grassin will definitely give me the cash. Levere is enough." Hearing Grandet's request, Eugenie said herself In response to the request, the last sentence was deliberately raised, with indescribable sarcasm.

Grandet looked at his daughter viciously, as if he wasn't the one who made peace just now.

Eugenie's eyes collided with Grandet's, and both of them were full of persistence.Nanon came back at this time. She didn't know that Grandet had invited the doctor, and excitedly shouted upstairs: "Miss, my luck is good, the last capon was taken by me..."

"Shut up, you idiot." Grandet finally found a vent and shouted downstairs.

Nanon rushed into the kitchen quickly, shutting her husband's anger in the main room. She felt that the place was now filled with Grandet's roar, and she didn't know whether she should follow the young lady's order and stew the capon directly.

After a while, Eugenie appeared in the kitchen with a shiny coin in her hand: "Nanon, how much did this chicken cost? You can go and get some sugar from Papa later, he has already agreed."

Nanon realized that it was a ten-franc coin and exclaimed: "Is the end of the world coming?"

"No," Eugenie was amused by her: "the end of the world is still far away. Papa just thinks that Mama needs some nourishment." After she finished speaking, she winked at Nanon.

"Oh madam, good girls don't wink like that." Nanon said disapprovingly, but put the ten francs in his apron pocket: "Is madam better?"

"The doctor is still diagnosing mother." Eugenie's heart became heavy again.According to the timeline of the original book, Mrs. Grandet will not be able to survive this time. After that, she will face the siege of Grandet's boss, Crochet and Degrassand's family alone.

No, Eugenie made up her mind secretly in her heart, she would not let Grandet assimilate like the original owner, take stinginess as frugality, lose all the joy and enjoyment of life, just to save a centimetre.

In her previous life, she had already been frugal enough.

Today was originally her test of Grandet, wanting to know how far Grandet would compromise for the sake of gold.

In her imagination, when Grandet saw the gold box, not only would he not pursue the matter of the six thousand francs anymore, but he would also change his views on himself because of this, and maybe he would train himself to deal with some matters related to money.In that way, I can take advantage of this convenience to get more money and improve my life with Mrs. Grandet.

But I underestimated human nature. In this era, there are miserly people like Grandet, and there are people like the original owner and Mrs. Grandet who are pure and wholeheartedly considerate of others.Madame Grandet was worried about her daughter, and made herself sick with fright.

Eugenie was not worried about being dropped on a deformed supply box, but Madame Grandet felt sorry for her daughter.

Eugenie's reassurances were in vain, and Madame Grandet's illness was getting weaker and weaker day by day.Eugenie did not give up hope. Not only were the doctors from Saumur invited one by one, but she also wrote to M. de Grassin in Paris, asking him to introduce good doctors in Paris to Saumur.

No matter how excessive the doctor's request is, as long as it can relieve the patient's pain, Eugenie will try it one by one.When no doctor came, she would accompany Madame Grandet by herself, listening to her memories when she was awake, and dazed by herself when she was asleep.

Occasionally, Mrs. Grandet would ask: "Where is he, why is there no news?"

Eugenie knew who Madame Grandet was asking, so she always changed the topic: "Papa has gone to Faraufonts, and he will be back tomorrow. Today I asked Nanon to fry a pie. Would you like some?"

The poor woman looked at her daughter sympathetically, thinking that she didn't want to worry her, so she changed the subject along with her: "Pie, unfortunately I can't eat it. You go eat it, and don't waste the flour."

Eugenie could only smile. Since the poor woman knew that Grandet no longer controlled her diet, she was afraid that he would settle his score after autumn and eat less.Even though Eugenie and Nanon persuaded her again and again, she tried to eat as little as possible with the excuse that she couldn't eat enough, and hoped that Grandet would be less angry with her daughter in the future because of the fact that she didn't consume much.

After returning to her room, Eugenie counted the money she had left, which was three thousand francs, and decided not to hit Madame Grandet any more.She went downstairs and found that Nanon was frying steak. She couldn't help being surprised: "I don't remember..."

Nanon laughed: "My lord ordered it, and he gave me twenty francs today. My God, I feel like I'm spending Christmas every day now."

Grandet ordered, didn't he go to the Manor of Faraufon?Eugenie glanced out of the window, but there was no red rain, so she could only ask Nanon: "I thought Papa had gone to Faraufonts. Why is he so generous all of a sudden?"

"Miss." As a loyal fan of Grandet, Nanon felt that he should say something fair for Mr.: "Mr. just looks strict, but his heart is soft. The older you are, the softer you are. You see Now he doesn't stop the doctor from visiting his wife." Finally, Nanon gave an example.

How this example came about, no one knew better than Eugenie.She felt that she must have been with the patient all day, so she couldn't get her head around it, so she discussed the matter with Nanon and decided to go for a walk.

Seeing that she was about to go out, Nanon told her: "The notary Crochet came just now, and he was walking in the garden with the husband. Miss, don't argue with the husband in front of the notary, he finally softened up. Woolen cloth."

Eugenie did not hear the last sentence, and her thoughts were on the treacherous notary.This Crochet think tank, what should Grandet mention today to make him so generous?

Walking quietly in the garden in the dead of winter, Eugenie caught every sound with her heart.Gradually, she approached the small moth-eaten wooden bench that the original owner and his cousins ​​had sat on, and sat down on it.

As far as the eye can see, Grandet and the notary are standing under the wall where wild flowers once hung. In front of them, there is a crack an inch wide.The crack was like a big mouth, swallowing the conversation between the two, and Eugenie could only hear intermittent voices.

Wife, death, account repayment, joint property, auction... each word is enough for Eugenie to piece together what the notary is talking to Grandet: Isn't that what he said to persuade Grandet to release his house arrest for the purpose of causing damage to his family's future treasury?

Unfortunately, I am not the original owner.Eugenie smiled silently at the withered wall.Still in shock, Grandet turned around while scolding his mother, just in time to see Eugenie's confident smile, and jumped up all at once.

"Ha, madam, you are really promising, and you have learned to eavesdrop on other people's conversations." Thinking that he would report to Eugenie one day, Grandet's anger became even greater, and his eyes widened.

Originally, she was very afraid of Grandet's expression, but Eugenie thought it was normal—she had seen it many times in order to fight for Mrs. Grandet's treatment of patients during this period, and she also had experience in dealing with it.

"Father, what are you talking about? It's just that Nanon's steak has been fried, so I came to invite you back to dinner."

Grandet looked at her suspiciously, his eyes slowly returned to their original state: "Just to invite us back for dinner?"

"Yes." Eugenie said calmly: "I saw that you were talking with Mr. Notary, so I didn't disturb you. I'm waiting for you here. Are you done talking now? Let's go to dinner."

Such a calm tone, no one can accuse that it contains other meanings, but the notary has been observing Eugenie, and feels that she seems to have more ideas than Madame Grandet before she fell ill.

However, taking care of a sick mother under the high-pressure patriarchy of Grandet can indeed make people grow up quickly.The notary stepped forward to rescue the father and daughter: "Miss Eugenie, you look good today, is it because Madame Grandet's condition has improved?"

Eugenie took his extended arm and shook her head: "No, mother is still the same." Her tone was a little low, Grandet glanced at it, and took the lead towards the main room.

The notary's steps were not as big as Grandet's, and he led Eugenie back slowly: "You don't have to worry too much, Madame Grandet..."

Eugenie looked at Grandet who was drifting away, and said in a low voice: "You are very concerned about your mother's health, Mr. Notary. But shouldn't you also be concerned about what mother is most worried about?"

"Of course she is most worried about you, her only daughter," said the notary, exaggeratedly, and patted Eugenie's arm in comfort.

"Indeed," Eugenie kept her voice low, "mother is more worried about my future than she is about her own health."