[Gone with the Wind] Parallel Time and Space

Chapter2 Fleeing Years

Scarlett suddenly realized something when the white top of the Tara manor house came into Scarlett's eyes, struggling to get off Rhett's back.

"Let me down, Mr. Butler. I have to go home by myself." If Mother Ellen or Mammy knew that she was being carried back by a strange man, she didn't know how much she would be scolded.

"My little lady, I'll let you down now." God knows how Rhett was so patient today, and the funny little guy kicked his pants down when he yelled to come down Xi's.

Well... Rhett found a reason for himself, because he knew he liked children.They are lively, innocent and cute.When the children grew up, he began to hate them.

"Then, goodbye, Mr. Butler." Scarlett stood firm and handed him his hat.Facing Rhett who was against the light, her tiny figure was hidden in his shadow.He is really tall.

"Okay, but before that..." Rhett dragged his Charleston's long accent: "Don't be so unfamiliar, call me Brother Rhett. Only ordinary people call me Mr. Butler."

Scarlett resolutely refused, she didn't think that this gentleman who had just met for less than an hour was very familiar with herself.

Rhett smiled indifferently, shook his hat slightly, and put it on.

"Well then, I hope to see you again sometime. Then you'll have to change your tune."

Scarlett watched Mr. Butler drift away, his shadow stretched very long on this not-so-wide dirt road.She suddenly hoped that she would have a chance to meet him in the future.

Fortunately, in the next few years, little Scarlett could see her brother Ritter on that day every year.Ah~ She changed her words, from Mr. Butler to Brother Rhett.

It was the third year after the first meeting, when Scarlett was eight years old, and the second time she met Rhett, he brought her a box of Swiss fudge.The box of fudge successfully changed Scarlett's mouth.Well, there's no harm in that, is there?

"This fudge tastes really good, Brother Rhett. Mama Hei always doesn't let me eat too much candy at home, now I can eat as much as I want." Scarlett hugged the candy box, although she was chewing , but still looking for the next target.Well... the strawberry flavor will try later.

"Mother Hei is right, my dear. I have to remind you that eating too much will cause tooth decay." The satisfied and happy smile of little Scarlett holding the candy box fell into Rhett's eyes.

Rhett Butler loves being around little Scarlett, whether it's when she smiles showing her missing front teeth - which she tries to hide, or when she's angry and her eyebrows twitch and her green eyes Looking at you fiercely; whether it is when you are happy or when you ask for something, you deliberately say something nice to please you, or you deliberately ignore you when your request is not fulfilled or you find yourself being teased and angry... etc. He found it very amusing, and he especially liked teasing her, watching her jump up and down in anger, and then spent a lot of patience coaxing her out of anger.Then he would tease her again the next time he had the chance, and he would do it again and again, never tired of it.

The young Rhett Butler didn't realize until he became known as Captain Barrett that Scarlett O'Hara was Rhett Butler's safe haven at that time, she made him feel warm and with her When she is in love, he will temporarily forget all the unpleasant things, and just concentrate on watching her smile or get angry.Charleston oppressed him, his home oppressed him, and in fact all the South oppressed him, to a lesser degree, because the South was big, but the rules were pretty much the same everywhere.And he hates those rules, those so-called justice.So he often goes to Georgia, saying that whatever he wants to do there, he will go there at least once a year.Passing through Clinton County always looking forward to meeting his princess.This comforted him.

In the second year after meeting her, he went there but didn't meet her.

In the third year, he brought a box of candy, and he went there twice, and "met" as he wished on the second trip.

In the fourth year, he only stayed for one day each time, and would leave at sunset. He went five times, and after using his brain a little, he met her five times.

In the fifth year, he only went once.Because his father strictly guarded him.

Sometimes it takes a day by train; sometimes it takes a week by horseback.He doesn't care how it goes.He would bring her little presents, all the fashionable trinkets he could get his hands on, just to make her happy, though she was seldom sad.

He taught her to ride horses, played with her, chatted with her, and she told him everything she couldn't say to other people, about upbringing, gentlemen and ladies, about rules and regulations.She can tell her brother Rhett what she usually holds back in her heart. Although she will be laughed at from time to time, she knows that he agrees with her.This made her happy.

In the sixth year, Scarlett was 11 years old.

The sun had just risen from the east of Tara Manor, cast a golden glow on this fertile land, and covered the cotton field with a golden veil, and at the same time slipped into little Scarlett's bedroom.

Scarlett was in a deep sleep when she heard the sound of horseshoes pattering in a trance. It was Mr. Butler who was driving her on the horse.But the voice grew louder, and she was suddenly awakened, and found that it was Mama Hei knocking on the door. "Miss Scarlett, it's time to get up. A lady from a superior family can't act like a lazy pig."

Sometimes Scarlett really doesn’t like Mama Hei. Her small, shrewd black eyes, as sharp as eagles, are set on her dark face, and she is always ready to find her faults. She eats too much and walks too fast. Yeah, the voice is too loud, that kind of thing.She is committed to cultivating Scarlett into a qualified lady from an upper-class family.So Scarlett yelled angrily: "Come in! I'm going to get up."

"I'm going to wear that muslin green frilled dress today." Scarlett watched Mammy come in with milk, biscuits and sweet potatoes.

After hearing this, Mama Hei glanced at her, her eyes revealed that everything was clear, and said, "What day is today?"

"It's nothing special, Mama Hei." Scarlett knew that Mama Hei could always smell something unusual, and she tried her best to cover it up, brother Rhett was coming today!The green eyes turned cleverly: "I haven't worn it for a long time, you know. Besides, Stuart and Brent came back from school today, I'm going to see them."

"I have to say, Miss Scarlett, you are already 11 years old, you should act like a girl, don't be so wild all day long, no boy will like it, Miss Ellen was not like this when she was a child." Black mother rambled, But help her find the dress anyway, she can't deny how gorgeous her Miss Scarlett is in it.I'm afraid that all the girls in Georgia can't compare with her Miss Scarlett, they can't wear that kind of fresh charm.

Scarlett secretly rolled her eyes, and Brother Rhett liked it.