[Gone With the Wind] Daughter Difficult

As the sun was setting, the steamer crossing the Atlantic from Charleston docked at Lyon.Reid took his family off the boat, and there were people he had arranged to pick him up at the pier.

The Ballett family only stayed in Lyon, the "Silk Capital", for one night. The next morning, they went to the train station to board the train to Paris.

The prosperity of Paris in 1873 is definitely not comparable to that of Atlanta, which was baptized by war a few years ago.

Scarlett didn't think Atlanta was so prosperous.As the capital of Georgia, the reconstruction project of Atlanta is the most important, but because of the corruption of the state government, pocket money, and speculators, most of the reconstruction projects in Atlanta are unfinished, except for several main streets, government buildings, and the Pentagon. Outside the arena, many places in Atlanta are still covered with red soil. The horse-drawn carriages usually fly with dust, and when it rains, the ground is covered with mud. But overall, Atlanta is much better than Marietta, where Tara is located.

But Paris is different. At this time, the Parisian municipal government has just undergone 20 years of major renovations. The widened boulevards and cement-cast floors are durable. The streets are lined with kerosene lamps to form a lighting system. Schools, churches, hotels, Shops, taverns, restaurants, cafes, monuments, parks, etc. have all received the support of the municipal government. The generous transformation has transformed Paris from the dirty environment at the beginning of this century to a clean and tidy environment, and its spiritual outlook and artistic atmosphere have been qualitatively improved. leap.

Paris is also known as the "capital of the nineteenth century". One can imagine how prosperous Paris was in this era.

Although the destination of the Butler family is Vienna, considering that Scarlett has been longing for Paris, Rhett decided to stay here for a week.

Scarlett was very happy with Rhett's decision. She even faintly felt that Rhett was indeed staying for her own sake.

They lived on the east side of the Champs Elysees, where Rhett bought a villa.

When Rhett introduced it to everyone, Scarlett and Bonnie were taken aback—the other children naturally had no concept of location and real estate.

You must know that the Champs Elysees, which has been famous since the fifteenth century, is the most prosperous area in the center of Paris, and the people who can live here are either rich or expensive.

According to Reid himself, he was lucky and seized the most favorable opportunity.

Three years ago, France and Prussia fought against each other and set off a national war. The result of the war was that Napoleon III surrendered and captured France in Sedan. It was rumored that Bismarck, the iron-blooded prime minister, would attack Paris in one fell swoop.Although history shows that it was only a rumor in the end, the then King William I of Prussia was crowned emperor at the Palace of Versailles and became the emperor of the German Empire.During the four months, Paris was almost in a state of panic. Reid bought this villa at a low price when many French nobles fled Paris.

After the war, the land price on the Champs-Elysées soared again, and now the value of this house has at least doubled from the original value. Rhett thinks that the house on this street will continue to rise in the future.

The western section of the Champs-Elysées is the busiest commercial street in Paris. Not far away is the Arc de Triomphe and the Star-shaped square. Twelve roads centered on the Star-shaped square connect the whole of Paris.

Here is like a free paradise, gathering all the most fashionable industries in the world. Parisian fashion, makeup, bags, clocks, art, etc. have always been at the top of the world's fashion. As long as a certain element becomes popular in Paris, The world will start to chase after it, and it will become popular all over the world.

Almost the day Scarlett arrived in Paris, she couldn't wait to go shopping on the Champs Elysees.

No matter what age women are, they have no resistance to shopping and shopping, especially when there is a "big gold master" behind you to check out for you. Reid has never been stingy when it comes to shopping for Scarlett. It is also very honorable for him to have a beautiful wife who likes to dress up and always attracts people's envious eyes when going out. When a person becomes popular and is chased and looked up to by others, they will get more resources and convenience.

Scarlett bought a lot of the most fashionable fashions at the moment, those inner skirts made of layered bows, ruffles, lamb leg sleeves, lace and tassels, whalebone, and wire wrapped in fishtail lining There are also a variety of functional clothing: riding clothes, hunting clothes, yachting clothes, golf clothes, tennis clothes, bicycle clothes, etc. No, she accepts everything. Apart from fashion, she also ordered a few evening dresses, and then bought jewelry, cosmetics, perfume, high-heeled shoes, and even the latest popular bath soap. She didn't have any of them let go.

——Who made Rhett rich and Scarlett able to buy and buy wantonly.

Scarlett also bought a lot of new clothes for the four children, and even bought some cute clothes and shoes for Melanie's unborn child. Rhett bought a lot of toys for other children , these days, except for Reid's wallet bleeding, everyone else is in the stage of a bumper harvest.

After a day of shopping, the tired and paralyzed Scarlett, Bonnie, Xiaobo, and Wade all sat on the luxurious sofa with a strong Victorian style - Ella fell asleep on the way back in the carriage because of shopping for too long Yes, it has been carried back to the bedroom.

Reid poured himself a glass of bright yellow whiskey at the bar, added steaming ice cubes, and the cool feeling instantly drove away the heat from shopping.

Scarlett recovered after resting for a while, and was happily sitting on the sofa looking at her harvest, and even took out Bonnie's new clothes and gestured at her.

"Are you so impatient? Can't wait to go back to your room?" Rhett said lazily while sitting on one of the single sofas, with his hand resting on the walnut lacquered armrest carved with feather irises , "Don't be seen by others, they will definitely laugh at you for being ignorant."

Scarlett was in a happy mood, completely ignoring his sarcasm: "But aren't you the only one here? Are you going to say it?"

Reid spread his hands, unable to refute.

"But your vision is indeed good," Rhett rarely praised, but the next second his painting style changed, "But you have to be careful of those panniers made of steel wire whalebone. I heard that when the church in San Diego caught fire ten years ago, Nearly 3000 people died because the ladies wore these panniers and blocked the gates so that no one else could escape."

Scarlett couldn't help but rolled her eyes, "Can't you say something nice?"