[Gone with the Wind] Parallel Time and Space

Chapter 35 death news

When Scarlett heard the news of her father's death, for a moment, a terrible thought flashed through her mind.Is this my retribution for hitting Rhett's father-she still doesn't know if old Butler is still alive, did he send him to God because of that punch?But she doesn't believe in Buddhism either - she doesn't believe in the cycle of karma, and besides... In short, this idea was suppressed by her.And her first reaction was to tug on Melanie's sleeve, and she urged: "Call Rhett back, Melanie, write to him, let him come back, let him come back..."

Melanie responded, she asked Mammy Hei to support Scarlett, and said, "Okay, okay, I'll go right away."

But when Melanie walked away, she called Melanie again. "Come back, come back, Melanie, no, don't...don't write."

"Honey, I know you're sad, let Mr. Butler come back, he'll make you feel better here. The news about Tara just arrived, otherwise I would have written to Mr. Butler early in the morning to ask him to come back." Melanie Ni turned back again, held her hand, and helped her sit down on the sofa.So Mammy went to fetch a glass of water.

"No, Melanie, it's useless to write to him now, and he won't be back."

"But he will come back as quickly as possible, even if he can't make it to Mr. O'Hara's funeral, he can accompany you."

"Melanie," Scarlett called her name, pleadingly, "don't tell him..." She was afraid.

I don't want him back, at least not now.

Early the next morning, Scarlett took Wade and Mama Hei and got on the train to Tara.Before that, Scarlett had written a letter for Mammy to post first, and it was to Charleston.

"You write to Charleston?" Mammy asked her.

"Well, I don't know if Rhett's father is in better health."

"But you just came back from there. Did you hide something from Mama Hei?" Mama Hei looked inquiringly.

Scarlett shook her head, showing a weak temperament, Mama Hei stopped asking any more questions immediately, she felt sorry for her child.

The hum of the train came, and she couldn't calm down looking at the field outside the window. In fact, the string in her head was always tense.

"Why didn't father tell me before he was sick? Will and Sue Allen can't do anything without me?" she asked Mama Hei.

Mammy didn't know, and she didn't expect it when she received the news of Gerald's death, just like a stone was thrown suddenly on a calm lake without any warning.

After arriving at Tara, Scarlett realized that her father Gerald did not die of illness, but Sue Ellen.In order to make enough money for her fiancé so that she could become Mrs. Kennedy, she coaxed Gerald, who was unconscious, to sign a document of allegiance to the Federalists-as long as you sign, you get paid, and the Slattery family has already signed. And life was good, they worked for the Federalists.But as long as it was a man of backbone, or at least a southerner, no southerner of principle would have signed the document, and no one in town had signed it except the Slatterys.

Everything was fine at first, and Su Ailun wanted Gerald to sign the document in the name of his mother Ellen, but at the last moment, he who was unconscious suddenly woke up.He was so angry that he scolded Sue Allen and ran away. He drank a lot of alcohol, and then fell off his horse while riding over the fence and broke his neck.

"Scarlett, look at me!" He seemed to see his precious daughter waiting for him at the gate of the manor as usual, threatening him to tell his mother about the horse riding.

He knew Scarlett wouldn't do that, it was his precious daughter.He held his head high, like a brave warrior on the horse - although he was short in stature, he laughed and laughed.

"Scarlett, look at me!"

Clean and neat.

There were two "slaps", the very crisp slap sound was loud in this quiet room.Scarlett was so angry that she slapped Su Allen twice.She tried to restrain herself from saying "You give my father back".

Tears flowed from Su Ailun's round eye sockets, and it could be seen how dissatisfied she was from the furrowed brows and hateful eyes. "I didn't kill my father! It was you, and your vulgar husband!"

"You went to Atlanta by yourself and left me and Karin here. You went off to have fun by yourself and completely forgot about us. You can even think of getting those outsiders from Wilkes to Atlanta and leaving us in Tara .” Tears streamed down her face.

"I don't think it's okay to stay in Tara. What's wrong with Tara? Tara is home, our home! You don't want to dislike it!" Scarlett's eyes were wide open, which was her expression of anger .

"Yes, Tara is home! I never deny it, but you're married to put it so lightly, you've had two husbands, and I'm still a virgin! Father...it's not my fault, it's You, it's your husband. If he came to Tara and gave me money, nothing would happen." She almost yelled.Then she found that she couldn't convince herself, because she still knew and understood that her father was killed by her in her heart.She had to repeat over and over: "Scarlett killed my father, I didn't kill my father..."

"If you weren't my sister, I would have trampled on your face hard!"

Then they wrestled, it was a fight between women, tearing, pulling, pulling, this was the most humiliating thing for Scarlett except going to prison to see Rhett.She was like a savage, and her behavior was said to be a "women's fight"—a derogatory phrase for women that made her uncomfortable.

It didn't take long for them to be discovered, because their movements were too loud.When people pulled the two of them apart, they found that Scarlett had passed out. She clutched her stomach with a painful expression, and it was obvious that she had been beaten there.

The doctor couldn't find it, and it was too far away, so Mammy told Prissy to go to the church and ask a nun to come over.She knows medicine - she taught Ellen's medicine.When the nun came over, everyone surrounded Scarlett, and no one cared where Su Allen went.Yes, who would care about the heinous Su Ailun who killed his father and beat his sister?Who cares about the pain in her heart?People blamed her, questioned her, and looked at her with disgust.But what's wrong with me?Everything is not what I want to see.Is it all my fault?

In fact, Su Ailun was walking towards the backyard, and she held a rope in her hand, a thick hemp rope.There is a big sycamore tree in the backyard, where she used to swing on the swing when she was a child, and she likes her father to push the swing for her very much.She was very happy then.

She found a suitable thick branch and threw the end of the rope up and around the branch.

Ah, father, may I come to accompany you?

Father, I didn't mean to.

Father, you forgive me, okay?

okay?Father.

She poked her head into the circle.

The nun said, "Men, please get out of the way."

Will goes out.

"Be sure to rest well, and the child will be gone if there is another accident." The nun urged solemnly.

Scarlett is pregnant.

Now the one who blames himself the most is the black mother.

On the day of the burial, Scarlett carefully protected her stomach, and Mama Hei supported her.The black dress fit her well, but covered her from head to toe, and even the hat was black.This time she won't dislike the dress being black anymore.

Su Ailun didn't show up until the moment the coffin was lowered into the ground. She was also wearing a black dress - as it should be, the black also covered her from head to toe.She said nothing, just knelt down.

Ah, father, mother will be there with you.

Father, I didn't mean to.

Father, you forgive me, okay?

okay?Father.

The red land was under Su Ailun's knees, not saying a word.The wind blew through the woods and came to the tomb. The sand caught Scarlett's eyes.

Scarlett gave Kennedy a sum of money, and he married Sue Ellen at the end of the year—nothing was said about Gerald.He's a gentleman, absolutely, Scarlett thought.

Karin is Scarlett's younger sister, and she made no comment on the behavior of her sisters, and she went to the convent as soon as the funeral was over.Will looked at Karin's back and lost his mind, but he didn't say a word.Scarlett saw all this, but she was too tired, too tired, so she decided to intervene in this matter later.

So, only Will was left in Tara.

But at least someone was guarding it, guarding her home—Tara.

After the funeral, Scarlett stayed in Talador for a while. At that time, she was in poor health, her face was pale and her lips were bloodless. It was not a good thing for her to be tired from running around.But waking up in her girlish room every morning, coupled with Mama Hei's meticulous care-although there are thorns in this care, she has some moments where she feels like she has returned to the past.

Mother got up early every day to deal with housework, her father secretly rode a horse over the hurdle, she and Sue Ellen were playing around, Karin was sitting on the sofa in the living room with a book in her hand, Mama Hei told her not to be wild like a boy, and She herself is unwilling to listen to any warning and still goes her own way.Rhett, who visits her every year, brings her countless joys...

"Rett..."

"Yes, I'm here, baby...I'm here, dear." A familiar voice sounded in her ears, and the man kissed her forehead, cheek, and lips, and she felt a heat in her chest and a sore nose, Two lines of clear tears flowed from the closed eyes and flowed into the hair on both sides.

open your eyes...

That was Rhett. He was thinner, unshaven, and his hair was messy. He looked sloppy, but the tenderness in his eyes, the comfort and distress in his eyes made her feel at ease.

"Why are you back?" She smiled.

"Because I miss you," he said.