Be the C heroine in a famous book [Quick Transmigration]

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After breakfast the next day, Rhett and Suellen set off from Tara on horseback.They are going to search around now, and they are equipped with guns for safety.

Su Lun sat in front of Reid, and he drove the black steed down the mountain unhurriedly.

The morning sun was not too strong, Su Lun held the hat that was blown by the wind in his hand, and looked around.

The red land under their feet is very fertile and can grow a lot of cotton and corn every year.In previous years, it was already a harvest season, but now it is deserted.

Those cotton fields and corn fields were blown out of recognition like a gust of wind, and there were traces of the army everywhere.

How beautiful Tara was before, how miserable she is now.Tragedy is to destroy the good for others to see. This sentence is really true.

"Honey, what are you doing with a small basket?" Rhett withdrew his gaze from afar and looked down at her.

Su Lun was distracted, and pinched the small basket in his hand: "I want to see if there is a vegetable patch on the road. The black people like to grow their own vegetables. Now they are all running away. If they don't eat, they will be wasted."

Rhett raised his eyebrows and praised: "My dear, you are so smart, it seems that we can have a vegetable stew today."

Is this kind of thing worth bragging about?There is no food at home, and we always have to think of various ways to tide over the difficulties. Isn’t this common sense?

Su Lun was a little embarrassed by his praise, but the sadness just now finally disappeared.

After a while, the two heard the sound of water flowing. She was startled and shouted, "Stop, the bridge has been blown up."

Rhett immediately reined in the horse and looked forward.

At the foot of the mountain is a cheerfully galloping river. At this time, there are only two bare piers left on the bridge above.If she hadn't seen it just now, they would have taken a bath in the river.

They were obliged to turn their horses and go in another direction, which would pass the Fontaines and the Tarrytons.

They passed a large field, and as they walked up a lonely lane, they saw the Fontaine's stucco house.Because it is far from the main road, it has not been affected by the flames of war, but it is as quiet as Tara.

There were only three women and one child in the Fontaine family. Mrs. Fontaine, Mrs. Fontaine, and Sally, three generations of widows, all wore black mourning clothes, revealing a faint grief.

But seeing them, they came out to greet them warmly.

The old lady Fontaine is more than 70 years old this year. She has experienced the Indian rebellion and witnessed the skulls of her relatives being pried open. Since then, she has become very strong.

But her observation ability is very strong, and her mouth is also very sharp. Most people dare not talk to her, because they will find out bad things.

Every time Su Lun saw her, she always felt that she had seen through her.At this time, I was also a little nervous, chatting with her about Tara's situation, and inquiring about Atlanta.

"Atlanta is occupied by Sherman, and I heard from a passing black man that they are going to rest there for a while." The old lady said and glanced at Rhett, "Mr. Butler should know a lot of people, don't you know the outside news? ? We are a widowed family, and we haven’t received a letter or new news for a long time.”

It's a pity that Rhett hadn't been out except the afternoon before yesterday, so I didn't have any new news for her.

He caught everyone's attention, touched his nose, and said with an embarrassed smile: "I went out once two days ago, and I didn't dare to go far. Except for a few Yankees, there were no people on the road. I only know that there is still a war not far away." , the Yankees are ready to attack the coastal cities."

Su Lun's eyes flashed. He said that he had a fight with the Yankees, but he could get so much information. It might not be as simple as he said.

"It's ashamed to say that we didn't know you were still at home. We saw a fire in Tara that day, and thought the house was burned, and you all went to Macon." Miss Fontaine said.

"The fire was so big that day, what was it burning?" Sally interjected.

"I don't know. I was still in Atlanta at the time, but I heard from my father that the cotton was burned." Su Lun's heart ached when she thought of the cotton. She only used a few cars last winter, and burned the rest.

The old lady Fontaine expressed regret for this, and then asked how to harvest the cotton this year, and whether she wanted to pick it herself.

The old lady is different from other farmers, she has already been working in the fields by herself.In the original book, Scarlett said that all the black workers ran away and could not pick cotton, and she laughed at her.

Su Lun was a little embarrassed, and only said to listen to his father's arrangement.

They sat for a while longer and found out that the Tarleton house hadn't been burned either, because their house was also remote.

And the Calverts, spared because their mistress was a Northerner and Hilton, a Yankee overseer.

When they talked about the latter, they looked contemptuous, because they sacrificed their dignity in exchange for peace.

Su Lun mentioned that her family found a pig, and Ellen offered to send them some food, but they refused.

The old lady Fontaine looked resolute: "We still have food, bacon and ham is enough for us to eat, there are many people in your place, if there is no food, let Polk find a car to pull it."

Although she knew it for a long time, Su Lun was also moved by their generosity at this moment.The food at this time is very precious, and they are willing to share so much, which has to be admirable.

Of course, Su Lun refused to come to fetch food, and just talked about Rhett meeting the Yankees outside, reminding them to hide the food, just in case.

The old lady Fontaine was thoughtful and seemed to be listening.

When they came out, the sun was already very strong.Rhett fastened her hat and tugged at the tie, and would put her on the horse.

The horses whipped up a cloud of red mist on the red soil, she held her breath for a moment, and only let out a long sigh of relief when she reached the gravel road.

After coming out, Rhett had been thinking about it, and now he smiled in her ear: "Honey, to be honest, did you already know that they have food, so you didn't object to giving them the meat yesterday?"

She froze for a moment, and retorted firmly: "How would I know, I didn't object yesterday, and it was only out of generosity and spirit."

As she spoke, she blushed unconsciously, and she knew it was a lie at a glance.

Rhett laughed suddenly, amused by her awkward attitude, and he now found her interesting in everything.

He said duplicity: "Yes, you are a southern lady, of course you have this spirit of helping others."

What he said sounded fake, obviously making fun of her.

She glanced back at him, saw that he was smiling and raised his eyebrows at her, and immediately asked, "What about you, why didn't you object? You caught that pig."

"I wanted to hide part of it secretly, but seeing your cunning look, I gave up my thoughts." Rhett said.

What cunning?This kind of word is not good to describe yourself, is it worthy of yourself?

"I'm wisdom, what a cunning, it's too ugly." Su Lun squinted at him as he spoke, then turned his eyes away.

"Well, it's wisdom."

The two said that they had returned to Tara, and it was lunch time, and everyone had another meal of meat.

Su Lun shared the news he got at Fontaine's house, and the atmosphere became much more relaxed.Southern optimism prevails, and everyone is already planning how to live their lives next.

In the afternoon, everyone made the leftover meat into bacon.Jera and Pork gathered a lot of dry wood nearby, and Mammy and Dilsey smoked the dried meat on the fire, and the house was filled with a salty smell.

The words of the old lady Fontaine reminded Gera that he would announce tonight that everyone would go to the field to pick cotton tomorrow.

In Gera's heart, Tara is his most precious wealth, and Tara's root is cotton.Although it cannot be sold temporarily, it can be used to offset taxes for the coming year, so it must not rot in the ground.

Although everyone had heard the news a long time ago, they hadn't taken it to heart. When they heard that they were going to go to the ground, no one accepted it.

Even Pork and Dilsey were reluctant, because they were house servants, not field workers, and they resisted it.

As for Scarlett and Carrie, that's not to mention.They are ladies, and doing farm work is beyond imagination for them, so they immediately objected.

As for Su Lun, she didn't have any idea about this kind of primitive farm work. She only knew that it was a pity. If she could, she certainly didn't want to do it.

But now the traffic is completely cut off, there are Yankees everywhere outside, and even if you have money, you can’t buy food, and you can’t do without work.

If you don’t pick cotton, you still have to do farm work. This is unavoidable. It’s better to let everyone get used to it slowly.

So, she didn't speak.

As for Rhett, he looked at her fair face and fingers, frowned, then looked at the others, and said suddenly: "Mr. O'Hara, your love for the land is admirable, but you are going to let me Are these Jiao ladies going to the ground too? I don't think it's a wise choice."

"If you're worried about taxes, you don't have to. I have a sum of money in savings. When the traffic resumes, Tara's taxes will naturally be no problem."

Then he glanced at Su Lun, with the meaning of asking for credit, she smiled helplessly, knowing that things were not that simple.

Jela was a little confused, but couldn't find a word to refute for a moment, and looked at Ellen for help.

Ellen looked at her daughters, sighed, and said to everyone in a deliberative manner: "There is a lot of chaos outside, and I don't know how long it will take."

"There is still a little grain left, but it's only enough for two months. If you don't do anything, you'll be hungry in the future." "You don't need to pick the cotton, but you have to collect the yams in the field."

Step by step, Ellen presented the real difficulties in front of her, and everyone gradually listened to them, and no longer refuted them.

Rhett did not expect that Tara had so little food. He thought that there was still food in the cellar, and with the three carts hidden by Su Lun, they should be able to last until the end of the war.

His estimate was right, but he didn't expect one thing.Both Ellen and Gerald were staunch supporters of the South, and they donated most of their food to the army, so that by the time the Union army hit Tara, the cellars were already empty.

With the Union troops gone, Tara was about to starve.

Scarlett had already learned from Su Lun that there was some food in storage, and that Polk knew where to hide it, so that everyone was saved from starvation.

The food is only enough for everyone to eat for two months, and Tara still needs to store more food for the winter, so doing farm work is essential.

Reid looked at Su Lun helplessly, and finally knew why she was silent just now. It turned out that she had already guessed the truth.

Su Lun knew that Ellen would persuade everyone, so it was not surprising at this time.She caught Rhett's gaze and gave him a sly smile, teasing and mischievous.

The matter of doing farm work was decided in this way, the cotton was not picked for the time being, and the sweet potatoes were dug out immediately.

Ellen means as soon as possible, everyone needs to go to the ground, and she is no exception.

But old John was still at home and needed someone who knew how to nurse, and the two children also needed to be looked after.Ellen arranged for Scarlett and Su Lun to take care of them in turn, and for the others, they all went to the ground.

On the first day, Su Lun went to the field with everyone.

Dilsey and Pork hauled the yams, Jara and Rhett dug them up, and Suellen, Ellen, and Prissy bagged them.

Everyone was getting dizzy with fatigue very quickly in the hot sun, and all the ladies looked like they were going to faint, except Dilsey.

Su Lun picked up the yam and put it away, feeling back pain.It reminded her of the past at Atlanta Hospital, it was a nightmare.

She glanced at Rhett not far away, and found that although he was sweating profusely, he looked quite energetic, and he really didn't look like a person who hadn't done rough work.

Seeing Su Lun's flushed face, he smiled encouragingly, and lowered his head to dig potatoes again. .

To her surprise, Carrie didn't complain. Although her face was flushed, she followed Ellen and kept busy.

It's just that she is not in good health, and her face is a little pale at the moment, and she can't help but start to worry that she will faint.

Ellen was not much better than her. Her health had always been poor, and she was getting older, so she was prone to getting sick if things continued like this.

However, it is impossible for Ellen to go back to rest. Despite her gentle appearance, she is actually very firm in her heart.In this, she is very similar to Melanie.

Everyone saw the situation of Ellen and Carrie, and Gerald frowned suddenly, worried that they would all fall down.So it was decided to let the ladies only work for a morning and rest at home in the afternoon.

Ellen began to disagree with her own rest and wanted to work with the men.But this time Jara didn't listen to her, so the decision was carried out.

After a busy week, everyone moved all the yams back home.These yams were buried in the ground, and the Yankees didn't know them, so they were surviving crops that everyone cherished.

After harvesting the yams, it seemed that some switch was turned on, and everyone began to take the initiative to do farm work one after another.

The reason was that because of the rain, the fence that kept the piglets was washed away, and one piglet was missing.

All of a sudden everyone became nervous. Now, apart from a cow and a calf, there are only these four piglets that can be used to eat meat.

The whole family went out to look for the piglet, and after half a morning of searching, they found it in the woodland beside the field.

Polk caught it back to the fence, and then Rhett suggested that the fence should be strengthened, which got everyone's unanimous approval.

The girls collected branches, Pork and Mammy collected wood, Gerald and Rhett fixed the fence, Ellen took care of old John and the children, and Dilsey and Prissy did the housework and kitchen.

At first it was just reinforcement, but for some reason, the fence was transformed into a log cabin.In this way, the living environment of the piggies has been greatly improved.

After the wooden house was repaired, Scarlett offered to collect the cotton in the field, and everyone was surprised.

At that time, she said this: "Winter is coming soon, and there is no cloth at home. We have to pick cotton and weave it ourselves."

Su Lun was very surprised by this. She observed her carefully, only to find that Scarlett had undergone some changes during this time.The delicateness of the past gradually disappeared, allowing her to see the shadow of the heroine in the original book.

Cloth is indeed an urgent problem. I have a spinning machine and a loom at home. If I have cotton, I can indeed weave my own cloth to make clothes.

As for the rent that Scarlett was worried about in the original book, no one mentioned it at this time.

Everyone knows by now that Gerald spent nearly all of his fortune on Union bonds.No one believed the South would win now, and Tara was pretty penniless.

But don't forget that Rhett is a well-known rich man and Tara's son-in-law. He said he would be responsible for Tara's rent.

It's a pity that no amount of money is useless now. There is no food or cloth for sale nearby, so they can only find a way by themselves.

So in the next few days, the whole family went out to work in the cotton field.The land was relatively remote and untouched by the Yankees.

It's just that the sun is scorching, and the cotton poles are very rough, which can easily pierce the delicate skin of the ladies.

Everyone wants to contribute to their homeland, but if possible, they also want to maintain fair and delicate skin.

During this period of time, the women thought of many ways, such as making sun hats and transforming the gauze curtains that closed the windows into gloves.

Although it inevitably turned darker, it finally didn't turn everyone into black charcoal.

On the fifth day, Old John was finally able to stay awake for a long time, and he could stand up and take two steps for a short time.

He kept asking about Twelve Oaks, and when he learned that it had been burned, he almost burst into tears.There is the accumulation of Wilkes's generations, and now there is nothing, which is a great blow to him.

Old John really wanted to get well quickly and rebuild his house so that he could welcome his children back home, so he quickly cheered up.

During this time, Tara's table consisted of tortillas, yams, peanuts, milk, and occasionally some bacon.

After eating for a while, everyone began to improve their food. The three men often went out to hunt, and occasionally brought back hares, weasels, pheasants and other things for everyone.

One day during the second week the men were out, Ellen and Carrie were sewing, the two children were playing, and Suellen was in the room changing old John's dressing.

It was very quiet outside, when suddenly there was the sound of horseshoes.Ellen was about to go out to have a look, but she stopped her immediately, and took down the gun from the cabinet.

Ellen and Carrie were shocked. They immediately carried the two children upstairs and looked downstairs nervously.

The sound of hooves gradually approached the house, and the man's footsteps were not fast, but gradually approached the hall on the first floor, where there was still the injured old John.

Su Lun hid behind the curtain and winked at Old John, who immediately nodded.

From behind the curtain, she saw the man in a blue military uniform with a full beard, gradually approaching the door.

One step, two steps, counting the footsteps in my heart, planning to shoot him from behind when he came in.

She heard the beating of her own heart, the sound of the grape trellis being blown by the wind outside, here he comes, he has already come in.

Soon, a gunshot rang out in the yard, and the blue military uniform immediately fell to the ground, and the bright red blood quickly smeared on the floor.

Su Lun looked out the window in surprise, and saw Reid standing in the corridor, the muzzle of the gun in his hand was smoking, and the bluish-white smoke slowly drifted away.

He immediately spotted Su Lun behind the curtain, his eyes widened in surprise, and he quickly walked into the living room.

"Honey, how are you?" Rhett pulled her over and took a closer look, heaved a sigh of relief, and then looked into the house again.

"Old John, are you all right?" he asked Old John, turning the Yankee over.

"It's okay, I was fighting side by side with Mrs. Butler just now, but I didn't expect you to take the lead." Old John smiled humorously.

"That's a pity, I got the credit for this." Rhett smiled, and while digging out the things on the Yankee, he found that there were many different things, such as diamond rings, gold bracelets, coffee and so on.

"This is a thief." Reid frowned and made a conclusion, and he handed a photo frame to Su Lun.

She looked at it, and there was a photo of a little girl inlaid on it, which seemed to be stolen. No wonder he was a thief.

Su Lun was about to turn his head to look at the corpse, but was blindfolded by Rhett.

She moved unconsciously, but he stopped her with a low and gentle voice: "Honey, don't look, or you will have nightmares at night."

His hands were a little warm, and with Old John watching, she couldn't help but blush.

Thinking of the aftermath of the last killing, she turned her head aside and followed his advice.

Then she heard a rustling sound, extending from the living room to the door, and a dull thud, as if something had hit the steps.

She looked to the side, and sure enough, she saw that the body in place was gone, only a pile of dark bloodstains remained, and these bloodstains extended to the bottom of the corridor steps.

She looked up, and Ellen was standing quietly on the second floor, with tenderness and approval in her eyes.

Then she told Mammy to wipe up the blood, and she went back to take Carrie and the children downstairs.

At this time, Gerald's high voice came from outside the house: "Mrs. O'Hara, see what we brought back?"

Then he stomped into the house, clutching a black rabbit and some fish.The rabbit was motionless, but the fish were still alive and kicking.

Scarlett also came into the room later, her skirt was a little wet, and it was only then that Su Lun knew that she and Gera had gone fishing.

The black mother just put away the broken carpet that was mopping the floor, and when she went out, she was seen by Scarlett, and she immediately asked alertly, "Hey mother, what is this?"

Sister Hei glanced back at Ellen, then at the children, and said, "It's nothing, it's just that this carpet is too dirty, Miss Ellen asked me to throw it away."

Scarlett looked at the back of her going out, with strong suspicion in her eyes, because she just saw that it was red, which looked like blood.

The children didn't know it, and when they saw the rabbit and fish in the grandfather's hands, they immediately gathered around and asked this and that.

Most of it was Aurora's voice, and Wade gradually became more cheerful, interjecting a few words now and then.The children's voices were like the chirping of a lark, which was pleasant to the ear. Jela answered them one by one with a smile and was very patient.

This warm picture dispelled the weird atmosphere, and everyone went to the living room talking and laughing, returning to normal.