[Gone with the Wind] Parallel Time and Space

Chapter 18 Escape

The weather in Georgia was very hot in July and August, and Scarlett never liked such hot weather.But she likes the starry night sky in summer, and the sky and the universe fascinate her because of their mystery.

"Brother Rhett, I'm here to test you, do you know what that is?" Little Scarlett asked him, pointing to the sky.

"What's that?" Scarlett couldn't hear the smile in Rhett's words at all.

"You're so stupid, Brother Rhett, that's the star." Little Scarlett and Rhett lay side by side on the grass, holding the box of Swiss fudge in her hand, reluctant to let go.When Rhett wasn't paying attention, she would secretly take another one out of the box and eat it.

"Oh? Mother Hei told you?" Rhett just admired the starry sky, and seemed completely unaware that the little man next to him was stealing food again.In fact, he is very satisfied in his heart, and he is willing to spoil her.

"Yes, and I know a lot." Little Scarlett secretly wiped her lips and pointed to the sky, saying, "Look, these are stars, but there is no moon, because when there are many stars, the moon returns home." went."

"I know the moon, little Scarlett, she has come to the world." Rhett turned to Scarlett, and the little girl's big green eyes came into his eyes. "I met the moon that day, and she said the stars were bright enough for the night to bring little Scarlett home safely."

"Why does the moon recognize me?" Little Scarlett's eyes fluttered, she was not afraid at all to be so close to Brother Rhett, so close that she almost saw her face through his eyes.

"Because I entrusted her to take care of you. When you are in the dark, the moon walks with you, and the stars illuminate the way for you. Never feel that the way ahead is dark and you cannot move forward, Scarlett." Rhett scratched lightly Lower her tiny nose.

Scarlett felt that her eye sockets were moist, her vision was blurred, and the world was distorted. She tried her best to endure and forced back the tears from her eye sockets.

Rhett stood a few steps away from her and didn't look at her, he just looked up at the smoky, blasted red sky.

"You'll probably get around Lough Reddy safely. You know there's a carriage road that goes down to Jonesboro Avenue. I took you on horseback when I was a kid. It comes straight from Mackintosh, and it's only a mile from Tara. .”

"Do you remember that I fell from a tree when I was six years old?" Scarlett also got up, and the slight chill on the grass made Scarlet's bones cold, she asked directly.

Rhett looked back, not understanding why he said this.He thought about it. "Well... yes, that's right, you were too naughty when you were a child. You fell face down straight on the ground."

"I still remember the uncomfortable feeling in the moment before I regained my breath. Now facing you, I feel the same: breathing stopped, unconscious, nauseous." Scarlett got up, and she put her hand on Rhett's arm superior. "You're joking, Rhett. You're leaving? There's no way...leaving me, leaving us."

He raised her hand to his lips and kissed it lightly.Scarlett looked at him, only to find him grinning.She saw his white teeth and the irony hidden behind his eyes in a haze.Scarlett was a little flustered, how long, how long has she not seen him show such mocking eyes to her?Come, he will say something that is too painful to be uncomfortable but true.Those words, because they are true, make people uncomfortable.

"You're so selfish, dear. Caring for your own safety and not for the life of the Alliance. And you make me so sad, Scarlett..." His mocking tone deepened. "You don't understand my spirit of sacrifice, where is your patriotism, your loyalty to our glorious cause? You support women's rights because it is in your interest, and now you are blocking me The battlefield is because I am useful to you."

"Shut up, Rhett."

Rhett stroked Scarlett's lips carefully. "We are a perfect match, Scarlett. But...we see the same thing, why don't you understand me?" Rhett looked at Scarlett's beautiful eyes, asked himself and answered. "Ha, I don't understand myself after all."

Scarlett's mind flashed back to that afternoon when they drove into Marietta Avenue, the trees were sparse and the tall flames roared from the buildings.The streets and houses were engulfed in the raging fire that was as bright as day, and huge shadows were thrown like the broken sails on a sunken ship spinning wildly in the strong wind.Scarlett cringed closer to Rhett, grasping his arm with trembling hands, looking up at him, hoping he would say something, give her some confidence, give her some comfort.His dark silhouette is very vividly illuminated by the evil red light, just like a head cast on an ancient coin, so beautiful, cruel and decadent.He turned his head under her touch, his eyes flashed with a frightening light like a fire.

They were driving in a carriage and had just finished discussing that they had Charles' gun.Amidst the burning buildings on both sides, a group of soldiers marched along Marietta Avenue. They looked very tired, their heads were lowered, their cockroaches were casually carried on their backs, and they seemed unable to run fast. The collapsed beams and the smoke billowing around him didn't care anymore.Scarlett vividly remembered that when Rhett finished saying, "Look at them carefully, so you can tell your grandchildren later that you saw the retreat of the rearguard of this honorable cause", she For a moment, I hated him more than I feared him.She didn't know where this hatred came from. She guessed it was because of the patriotism of "I am a southerner" in her heart.She guessed that maybe it was because she had no choice, the safety of the whole car was in Rhett Butler's hands, and when she hated him, she had to compromise, she didn't have the freedom to control herself.

The last soldier came, a small man in the back row, his butt dragging along the ground, he staggered, stopped and stared at his comrades in front; his dirty face like a sleepwalker of.Expressionless with weariness, he was almost as tall as his gun, and his dirty face was beardless.It seems that at the age of [-] at most, the child's knees slowly bent, and finally fell in the dust.Two people in the back row came back silently, back to the child. One of them was a tall, tall man with a black beard. A veteran of the trade.He walked slowly behind the retreating party, his shoulders drooping a little from the child he carried across his shoulders, but the child, though weak, screamed like an urchin annoyed by an older man: " You bloody bastard! Put me down, put me down! I can go!" The bearded man ignored him, carried him on his shoulders and continued walking, and soon disappeared at the bend of the road.

It was at this moment that Scarlett felt something was wrong.Rhett sat quietly, with the reins loose in his hand, and an unusual expression appeared on his dark face.Rhett didn't say a word after that, he was immersed in his own world and didn't know what he was thinking.When Scarlett exclaimed, "I'm so glad you didn't go to the army," Rhett turned to look at her.His eyes were naked, full of anger and confusion.He bit his upper lip, then turned his head away, hesitant to speak.

Scarlett didn't understand him. She didn't understand why such a person who was moving forward for the benefit changed at will and became patriotic; Why did such a shrewd businessman get involved in such a bad deal; why did he keep abandoning her again and again; why did she not understand him?

"Come on, Rhett. I can't do this, I can't."