Eugenie with money [Grandet]

Eugenie felt that no one was born who could see embarrassment or embarrassment from Grandet's face, and she herself did not have this ability, so Grandet easily covered up her surprise.

The tumor on Grandet's nose didn't even move, and he just raised the wine glass to his lips so comfortably, as if the problem Eugenie exposed didn't exist at all: "The Chateau de Traufonte? Madame de Teycourt doesn't know anything special." Laofeng, Tewafeng, she is a poor nobleman who can't even eat."

"It just so happens that the former owner of Traufonne can't even eat." Eugenie raised her glass gracefully with the gestures newly regulated by the tutor, and took a sip: "Father, there are only two of us now, so let's put all the words on the table Let’s talk about it. I’m not satisfied with Mrs. Taigu, and I don’t want her to stay in the old house.”

Grandet didn't hide his surprise this time: "I thought you got along very well. Look at how elegant your behavior is now, isn't it all thanks to Mrs. Taigou?"

Eugenie wanted to go back to her room to have a rest, and she said a little bluntly: "But her heart is too big. If I guess correctly, what she wants is not only a salary of five hundred francs a year, but a salary of five hundred francs a year." It's all that's left. Just like Te Phophon or Adolf wants all of me."

"The reason why she dares to think this way is because you gave her hope, didn't you?" Eugenie drank her own glass, put down the glass, and did not give Grandet a chance to argue. The things I bought went upstairs.

The sound of climbing the stairs was very familiar to Grandet's ears.This rhythm was the same as that day when Mrs. Grandet was seriously ill, stepping on his heart step by step.

"How did she know?" Grandet put down his glass angrily, feeling that things in the house were getting more and more out of his control, and when he turned his head around to see what went wrong, he happened to see someone walking in from the door. Nanon.

Nanon was still holding her new apron in her hand. The meeting with Cornoille just now made the old girl's face radiate a rare light.Hearing the master's question to herself, she thought she was asking Eugenie how she knew that Cornoille was the one she liked, and she grinned: "Sir, although the lady doesn't talk much, her eyes are bright. As perceptive as you are."

Out of animal instinct, Nanon decided to flatter his father and daughter together.

Grandet nodded thoughtfully: "Now, go ask Eugenie, I want to talk to her. See if she has time."

Obedience to Grandet's orders had become Nanon's instinct. Even if the father and daughter had just talked, Nanon felt that it was time to talk again, and went upstairs to invite Eugenie.Eugenie was not surprised when she heard Grandet's request - this time Mr. Grandet should no longer be perfunctory and would like to have a detailed talk with her.

"How did you guess that?" Grandet chose to cut to the chase this time.

Eugenie also didn't want to get entangled in this matter: "Father, I understand you as you understand me. We have the same blood in our bodies, and we also value our own things very much in our hearts."

"The first day Mrs. Taigou came, I knew she looked down on me, but she had to hide it, because she had something she wanted. I asked her today if she knew Paris, and she said it well. But this Isn't it strange enough that a noble lady who knows Paris very well is willing to receive only five hundred francs a year to teach a student she despises?"

"If Mrs. Taigu is just for money, I want to ask her to accompany me to Paris, but she doesn't agree, even if I pay her extra. So it's really puzzling whether she needs money urgently."

It was the first time that Grandet heard the only daughter's analysis of a matter clearly, and nodded in agreement: "Yes, you are right, it is really puzzling. But what does this have to do with me?"

"Of course it has something to do with you." Eugenie was not at all annoyed by Grandet's evasion, she had a decent smile on her face: "Because Mrs. Taigou refused to go to Paris, it was all because of you, my Good dad."

Grandet did not refute, but quietly looked at the only child, wanting to hear what she had to say next.Eugenie didn't make him wait any longer: "Give her hope, let her think that if she can influence me, let me not spend money, and continue to live the original ignorant life, she can gain your trust and finally get your trust." all remaining property."

"For three years, I will not leave Saumur's old house, let Mrs. Taigu dictate my life, but you have not violated the terms of the notarial deed, so I can't ask the property liquidator to come to my door, can I? Father?" Eugenie made her final statement.

"But she failed to influence you." Grandet muttered in frustration, remembering the new apron that Nanon had been holding in his hand all the time.

"Of course she can't influence me." Eugenie continued with a smile, "Because she has never gained my trust."

"Why?" Grandet wanted to know the answer to this question: "At home, you obviously obeyed her, no matter what she asked you to do, you would never refuse."

"Because her surname is Taigou." Eugenie announced the answer to Grandet: "I wrote to Mr. de Grassan in Paris, knowing that there was a lady who married the Marquis Taigou before the Trauphon family went bankrupt. .Unfortunately, that Mrs. Taigu, like my governess, was unable to repay her gambling debts and had to live in the country for a long time."

This time Grandet did not hide his frustration: "You don't trust your father, and you would rather write a letter to outsiders to investigate the tutor he hired for you."

"Believe me, father." Eugenie's expression was very solemn: "In this world, only the two of us have the same interests. Therefore, I really plan to go to Paris and take over Mr. De Grassan's public debt."

"You are crazy." Grandet put his hands together and looked at the dark ceiling: "You don't even know how to buy and sell public bonds, so you want to take over De Grassan? Where do you go to live in Paris? You will let Paris There are no bones left of the bones we ate."

"I just wrote a letter, and Mr. Grassan told me everything. Others can also ask for our information from him, can't they?" The old cooper's worries.

He hesitated, he struggled, he was entangled between the safety of his property and the game with Eugenie, he glanced at Eugenie from time to time, and then lowered his head to calculate.No one could know how much Grandet had thought in his head in such a short period of time, but he looked at Eugenie for a longer and longer time, and he clearly had an idea.

"Tai Grassan will send back [-]% interest to Saumur on time every year, can you, miss?" Grandet wanted to ask his daughter for a promise.

Eugenie knew that the principal of the public debt would eventually amount to six million francs, and the annual interest alone would amount to 600 francs.Perhaps the public debt in Grandet's hands has not yet reached this amount, but the annual income can allow Eugenie to do many things.

So she smiled innocently at Grandet: "Father, the news in Paris is changing rapidly, and a look from the king can make the public debt rise or fall. Do you really think it is a good idea for me to transport the interest of the public debt back to Saumur every year?" ideas instead of letting them roll in the Parisian markets?"

Grandet dared to swear that he had never said anything about the operation of these funds in front of his daughter. I don't know where she got the knowledge - the rise and fall of public debt can indeed be manipulated by dignitaries, otherwise Ge Langtai will not extend his hand to public debt until after Tai Grassan goes to Paris.

"But we don't have titles of nobility on our heads. Your majesty will not receive you, and those dignitaries will not entertain you. If you cannot enter their living room, you will not get the news." Grandet pointed out Eugenie's words However, she wished that she could convince herself.

Eugenie's smile was still so innocent: "Dad, have you forgotten the Traufont estate? You have an annual income of 50 million francs, and you have a territory like Troufond and Noyer Abbey under your name. You still do Mayor of Saumur. Work it out, and you'll at least be made a baron."

"We must not forget Mrs. Taigou. She is not an unknown person in Paris. With her help, I think you will be called Baron de Grandet in autumn."

A title that cannot increase wealth is not attractive to Grandet, but the mention of the tutor again makes him feel a little uncomfortable: "Didn't you say that you don't want her to stay at home anymore? She is really not suitable to appear in Paris."

Eugenie stopped laughing: "Mrs. Taigou and I went to Paris, not staying at home. As for the gambling debts she owed, she only needs to pay fifty or sixty thousand francs in the short term, because her credit is so bad." , so she had to hide in the countryside. I can pay off these gambling debts for her."

Grandet jumped up: "Fifty to sixty thousand francs, don't you know what this amount means? How many bales of pasture will you have to sell to get it back."

Forget about your pasture?Eugenie felt that she was defeated by Grandet: "Father, don't worry about your grass anymore. When I go to Paris, the grass is just an embellishment of your pasture. I will put gold coins on it for you to appreciate."

The picture depicted is beautiful, and Grandet's blood boils when he hears it.But his wealth is not obtained by drawing, no matter how beautiful the picture is, he can't make him lose his mind, and he opens his treasury to a tool that can be used: "Her mansion in Paris will be auctioned soon..."

"Then we'll take a picture of it." Eugenie easily stated her next plan - to go to Paris, where Miss Eugenie de Grandet could not rent a house, but had a mansion of her own. It is a bastion into the Paris social circle.

Grandet was amused by Eugenie's innocent words: "Miss, do you know how much money is needed to get it even if it is auctioned for a mansion that was built in a year and located on Rue Bertin?"