[Gone With the Wind] Daughter Difficult

The living room was cleaned up, and Scarlett asked the servants to rearrange a long table near the door.

There are a variety of desserts and snacks on the table. There are several types of cakes, such as chocolate cakes, maple cakes, cheese cakes... There are also small round meal bags the size of a baby's fist, scones, and attractive golden honey pine Pie, egg pudding with jam, crispy and delicious meringue apple pie, cookies with different patterns, various biscuits, ice cream of various flavors, chocolate and colorful fudge, etc., among the varieties Abundance can dazzle the eye.

Scarlett was ready for the velvet carpet in the living room to be stained.

When Bonnie and Xiaobo came to the living room, all the children had happily thrown themselves on the long table filled with desserts.

Scarlett and Melanie entertained several ladies to sit on the sofa. On the black walnut coffee table, there were three shelves of afternoon tea snacks, and a white porcelain teapot with oriental printing, filled with bergamot English countess tea with citrus aroma, milky white fresh milk in an open white porcelain vessel, looks delicate and elegant.

What does it mean to be able to see but not eat?

Bonnie silently remembered the promise she made to Scarlett and Rhett today that she would never eat too much.

Don't forget, there is a human monitor beside her.

Xiaobo still has a task today, he has to watch Bonnie not let her eat too much sweets.

During the following banquet time, Xiaobo proved with his practical actions that he can carry out the mission to the end.

When the banquet was over, Bonnie ate a small piece of cheesecake, a piece of milk chocolate, a piece of fudge and two spoonfuls of egg milk pudding.In order not to make her feel bad, Beau led by example, he ate the leftover pudding, and the rest was only a few cookies and cakes.He didn't even eat his favorite ice cream.

——How did Melanie raise such a good child?

But right now, Bonnie doesn't know how much she can eat today, and she's thinking about earning a few dollars if she can.

When everyone saw the protagonist coming in, they gathered around one after another.

The adults asked how Bonnie was doing, and each child gave a small gift as a token of appreciation.

After the children went to the dining table to eat and play games, the ladies returned to the sofa and started their tea party.

In fact, Scarlett hasn't been with these people for a long time, presumably they are also looking at Bonnie's sake.

The ladies said that Scarlett looked softer and kinder after Bonnie woke up.In the past, Scarlett was like a rose with thorns, gorgeous, arrogant and unreasonable, too realistic and indifferent, and her close relationship with the Yankees made the noble wives in the south look down on her.

Scarlett knows all too well what these wives think of her. Rhett's pretentious behavior makes them feel respected and comfortable, and she is the rice moth pest in this family. If it weren't for Bonnie's cuteness and Rhett's "kind heart" , Melanie kept saying good things about her, they really wanted to drive her out of Atlanta.

For Bonnie's sake, Scarlett is still willing to make herself look kinder.

The topics between women are always fragmented. At the beginning, they were talking about the weather, food, clothes and jewelry, and somehow they talked about the recent frequent strikes.

It stands to reason that these wives are indifferent to these things, but if these strikes affect their family's business and closely related lives, they naturally have to pay attention.

Scarlett noticed the report in the newspaper.

Although she had let go of the sawmill, her previous habits had taught her a little more.

The wave of strikes this time is not very sudden. In fact, there have been strikes launched one after another in the past few years.Scarlett also heard from Reid intermittently, maybe because the scale was too small at that time, even the newspapers didn’t report it, but in the past few years after the war, their country has developed rapidly, and the railways are well-connected. The state government keeps distributing railways to raise money Bonds, Reed said that the country's railways are developing too fast and have exceeded the scope of needs. Sooner or later, they will no longer need these railway workers. Now many railway companies are reducing workers' salaries, and more companies are laying off employees , There are more and more companies going bankrupt, and the situation is getting worse.

Scarlett asked Rhett about the business, but was ridiculed by him in the end, so angry that Scarlet almost smashed one of Rhett's favorite vases.Fortunately, Rhett said that when he found out that the situation was not right not long ago, he had already sold the bonds in hand. At that time, the railway was in full swing, and he even made a lot of money.

But if Gong Chao continues like this, Scarlett thinks they should keep a low profile.

Who knows what those workers will do.

Mrs. Merriwether said that when they came, they saw workers gathering on the street, "I really don't know what will happen to them. Business is not good recently. What if they rob things? Do we still expect Those useless black people in the state government?"

Melanie reassured: "Don't worry, maybe the situation will get better? Now that the reconstruction after the war has not been fully restored, they may not reach that point."

Children naturally don't know the worries of adults, they can't eat so many snacks and desserts.

The place is big enough that the kids are running wild on the velvet carpet and everyone is having a good time.

Bonnie was still recuperating, so naturally she couldn't run with them. Bonnie asked Pulissy to bring all her toys, and several little girls gathered around Bonnie.

Bonnie has a lot of toys. If you see who likes them, you will give these toys to the other party. The child's mind is also very simple. You give me toys to show that you must like me very much, so I like you too.

It didn't take long for Bonnie to become the children's favorite companion.

"But we took these, don't you have them?" Lilith Elsing asked timidly as she touched the rabbit doll in her hand fondly.

"It's okay, as long as you like it, you also gave me a small gift just now, good things should be shared together."

Bonnie blinked her beautiful blue eyes, and the corners of her mouth were turned up, making her look very smart and well-behaved.

In fact, only Bonnie herself knows the real reason why she did this——

To be honest, Little Bonnie has so many toys, even if everyone gives ten pieces, it still doesn't reduce much. Wade only likes to read books, and Ella likes to play with dolls. She doesn't like these toys. Only dust.

Come to think of it, she could have sent all these toys to an orphanage, but then... Rhett wouldn't buy her more toys, would he?

"you are nice!"

"You are too generous!"

"Thank you so much, Bonnie!"

"..."

Beau looked at Bonnie approvingly, and stroked her smooth black curly hair.

Bonnie gave a big smile.

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Within a few days, the wave of strikes in Atlanta spread to half of the city.

Many people were afraid to go out, and even Mama Hei had to take Polk with her when she went shopping. Who knew what those workers who had fallen into madness were going to do.

When Melanie came to Scarlett, she was frightened by a worker and became gassy.

When he arrived at Butler's mansion, his face was pale and he almost passed out at the entrance.

"You really shouldn't be going out at this time," Scarlett asked to find Dr. Meade, while she paced up and down by the bed, and finally couldn't help but scolded Melanie who was leaning on the bedside, " The people outside are crazy, you know your current physical condition, if something bad happens... What will Ashley do, what will Xiao Bo do?"

"I miss you." Melanie still had a smile on her face at this time.

"You get someone to deliver a letter to me, and I'll go find you." Scarlett said angrily.

"Bonnie hasn't recovered yet. How could you come to me if you want to take care of her?" Melanie had her own reasons.

Scarlett looked worriedly at Melanie, whose voice was getting smaller and smaller, "Lie down first, take a rest, your complexion is getting worse and worse, do you have a stomachache?"

Melanie held Scarlett's hand and looked at her tenderly, "Don't worry, I'm fine. I'm in good health these past few days, so I came to discuss with you."

"What's wrong?" Scarlett sat down.

"You also know that I have a child now, and you also know my physical condition..." Melanie said softly, "I don't think I will be able to host those activities in a few months, I hope you can take over for me , so it’s almost time to start the handover.” Melanie is one of the most prestigious women in Atlanta, and she does have a lot of positions. As long as she says a word, all the southern noble women in Atlanta are willing to unite. "Will you promise me?"

Scarlett has always been impatient with these things, but Melanie's current appearance made her a little unbearable, "You are less than three months old, don't worry about that, you can take care of your body..."

"Will you promise me?"

"Okay, I promise you, you don't have to worry about it." In fact, Scarlett was not sure at all that those southern noble ladies would accept her again. What she said was just a stopgap measure to let Melanie take a good rest That's all.