[Gone with the Wind] Parallel Time and Space

Chapter20 Stop

Walking along the main road in Clinton County, manors and farms come into view one after another, the scorched land that has been burned by fire, the collapsed and shapeless houses, and the large withered cotton fields, etc. Telling the grievances they have suffered, all of them show that this place has been invaded by the Yankees.

However, Tara Manor still maintains its whiteness, except for the fields, its tiles and its walls, there is no trace of being burned. "Tara Manor has been selected as the headquarters." Gerald searched his memory for a long time, and said these words.Scarlett immediately felt that these holy walls had been defiled, which just made her feel sick. When she learned of the death of her mother Ellen, she felt that the sky was about to collapse.

All the hopes that had sustained Scarlett collapsed.

She was desperate, she quarreled with Rhett, she walked under gunfire, she avoided the Yankees, she moved forward in countless dangers... It was because of the voice in her heart: just go back to Tara, go back Everything will be fine when I get to my mother.She firmly believed in her heart that her mother could block everything for her.During the flight, she repeatedly imagined returning to Tara.She wants to hold her mother and cry, she wants to lie on her lap and complain to her mother.Mom, how much suffering I have gone through!Ellen would touch her hair with her soft hands, comfort her with her soft, loving voice, and warm her heart with her eyes.It's going to pass, kid, with Mommy here.

Scarlett woke up.

Every morning when she wakes up, she will think of her mother's departure, and then she will feel a penetrating coldness.She was very sad...but the tears did not want to flow.As long as Scarlett thinks about it carefully, she can understand that her mother Ellen has always been like a god in front of her.She used her mother as a spiritual role model and leader. She could talk back to her father Gerald but dared not return a word to her mother;Ellen is the soul of this home.Since she was a child, she hoped to become someone like a mother in the future, but she was thrown at an unknown turning point in her growth path in the "I will learn to be a lady" again and again.

So she had no choice but to stop and see her mother getting farther and farther away from her until her back was blurred and she could no longer see clearly.She will never catch up.She could only tell herself: "I'll think about it tomorrow!"

She can only stop, can only stay, can not move forward.

But when Scarlett bent over the fields under the scorching sun, she felt that things were different.Her hands were bruised, blistered and scabbed, and she removed her tight, breathless corset, her feet planted firmly on the red earth.The livelihood of several members of the family is on her shoulders. She can completely dismiss everyone and let everyone, including her own relatives, seek refuge in distant places.But she didn't want to, she didn't want to live a life of being dependent on others, and she didn't want her father, son, best friend, and servant to live a life of being dependent on others.

"Mom, what you taught me can't fill my stomach!" She heard the laughter in her heart.

Her road ahead is full of thorns, she can only move forward barefoot, step by step, painful, painful, bloody, but smiling.

Mom, I'm going forward.

Melanie sat on the cradle seat under the shade of the tree at the door. Her body became weaker after giving birth to Xiao Bo. Looking at the back of Scarlett working, she felt infinite tenderness, admiration, envy and gratitude in her heart. In her eyes, Jiali's thin back was extremely tall - that was her reliance.

She watched Scarlett walking toward her, hating her body, and if she could be like Scarlett, she could help. "Come and drink some water, and rest for a while." She called Scarlett over, made room for her, and handed her the bowl of water she was holding.

"Thank you, Melanie." Scarlett said, took the water and drank it.She lay on the seat, resting her head on Melanie's lap, causing the seat to shake slightly.In the distance is the golden red land after the golden sun shines, all the way to the horizon.

They chatted one after another, and Scarlett complained to Melanie about Su Ellen's young lady attitude-she was in good health but refused to work in the fields. "That's the work of low-class niggers!" Sue Ellen said, and what made Scarlett angry the most was when she said, "What will Mom think of us if she sees you doing this to us!" Scarlett hit her slap.

"I'm right, Melanie, if we don't do this, we will all starve to death." Scarlett looked up at Melanie, her green eyes revealed that she hoped to get the approval of her best friend.

"You work so hard for us, honey, we love you." Scarlett's cheeks are not as delicate and rosy as before, they look shriveled and thin. Melanie knew that before the war, Scarlett was more beautiful than her. Everyone still wants to cherish their own face, and she feels heartache for her dear Scarlett.She suddenly thought of Rhett Butler. Where did he go at a time like this?If he was here, he would be able to share half or even all of Scarlett's burdens.

"Scarlett, where did Mr. Butler go?" She asked tentatively.

"He's gone to join the army." Scarlett answered her.How had he gone, how had he gone into darkness, into war, into a lost cause, into a mad world?How could he go?How could Rhett Butler, who was addicted to women's wine, pursued fashion clothes, paid attention to food, drink and pleasure, but hated the South and mocked joining the army to fight wars, how could he leave?Now his shiny riding boots were on the path of misery, where hunger, weariness, marches, bitter battles, wounds, sorrows, etc., awaited him like countless howling wolves, and the end was death.There is no need for him to go.He is safe, wealthy, and comfortable.But he had gone, and left her alone in the dark night, with the Yankees ahead of her to keep her from going home!

She was sore and stiff, her face was flushed by the sun, her blistered palms were cracked, her feet were so swollen that she couldn't wear shoes, she was worried about eating and drinking for her family, she reached the edge of collapse countless times, and he was not with her around.

"I love you, Scarlett. I don't think I've said that yet." Scarlett was stunned, Rhett's eyes were firm, and his eyes were solemn and affectionate that she had never seen before.This time, she didn't talk back to him.

Then, he started kissing her.

At first, the kiss was cautious and tentative, but later it became passionate, so intense that Scarlett shivered from heat to heat, he held her in his arms, and his broad and firm chest reassured her.She was intoxicated in his kiss, intoxicated under his arm, and temporarily forgot the fact that he was leaving, but she didn't really forget it after all, so she felt that this kiss was salty.

He kisses her tears, he calls her name.

For a moment, she felt happy.Rhett then turned and walked away without looking back.The summer wind brushed her face lightly, and she stood alone on the not-so-wide dirt road, feeling for the first time that she was going to go with the wind.

She stopped and watched him step forward, step by step, getting farther and farther away from her, his steps were so calm and firm.

As the last rays of sunlight faded over the horizon, a kerosene lamp was lit at Tara.Scarlett finished dinner under that one light.She continued to deal with some housework, ordered the servants to do some things, and then entered the room.That night she went to Melanie's room and fell asleep holding her petite and soft body.

Scarlett has known Rhett for many, many years. She loved the time she spent with Rhett as a child. It was a wonderful time, Scarlett can't deny it.But whenever Rhett was gone, she felt uncomfortable.

Rhett bade her farewell and set a date for his next visit, and they agreed to meet at the same place. "I don't want you to come to me again, unless you bring me a gift." This little girl is really clever.Rhett agreed to her and said yes with a smile.

Then he turned and left, or rode away on the horse, but Scarlett stopped, time and time again, she watched him go further and further away, his back disappeared.

Scarlett woke up.

Melanie frowned slightly, but did not wake up.Scarlett stared at the geometric ceiling without saying a word.

I walked forward, I don't want to stay where I am, or I will starve to death, Scarlett thought.

"When you are in the dark, the moon walks with you, and the stars illuminate the way for you." Rhett's voice echoed in her mind.The night Rhett left, Melanie, Prissy, Wade, and Bo were on the scooter, and she was driving alone in front.The trail was dark and scary, and the sounds of the animals came to Scarlett's ears, and she suddenly looked towards the sky ahead.

Tonight's moon is blood red.

The author has something to say: The plot of Rhett leaving Scarlett to join the army is my favorite part of the full text of "Gone with the Wind". This chapter and the previous chapter analyze it from the perspectives of Rhett and Scarlett, and put Tell everyone what you think about this plot in your heart, and show it.