[Gone With the Wind] Daughter Difficult

Georgia, Augusta, Cario town.

The rugged and winding road seems to have no end, and the lush trees on both sides are verdant and verdant, just like a virgin forest. This winding muddy path is the only visible trace of man-made.

A girl with long brown curly hair led a little boy about ten years old along the road, their feet already covered with mud.

"Sister, are you sure you're here?" The road looked really deserted.

"According to the map, it should be right here. David, you are not familiar with life here, so don't run around casually, and follow my instructions for all actions, you know?" the girl couldn't help but exhorted.

"I know!" David immediately patted his chest to assure his sister.

Yes, these two siblings are Louise and David who were just recruited by Bonnie.

As for why the two came to Augusta... It all started when they were brought under Bonnie's command.

It is said that Bonnie lobbied (threatened) Louise to become her own person that day. After weighing the gains and losses, Louise decided to accept Bonnie's conditions.Louise knew from the very beginning that she would definitely not be able to be a street gangster with Thompson for the rest of her life. One day she would grow up and reveal her identity.And what happened next was hard for her to imagine.

Maybe Thompson threatened her with her younger brother and even forced her to become his mistress in order to keep her. Thompson is nearly fifty years old, and there are many mistresses around him, which is not enough. She was still young, so she had been taken to "see her" a long time ago. Although Thompson was not too bad to his brother, he was a vulgar and wretched person who indulged in sex and wine, and he had long been known in the street.

However, because the "hero saves the beauty" incident is not over yet, Louise was not sent away immediately.

Bonnie asked her to continue to be an internal responder, but Thompson still trusted her. Not only did he not have any doubts about her, but he also asked her to help find and contact the foreign gangsters who carried out the plan.

George Bright got the information that Bonnie and Ella would go to Catherine Little's mansion that day, and asked them to send someone to ambush on Willow Street.

So from the beginning to the end, Bonnie knew exactly when and where things would happen. The only surprise was that Brett showed up a little later.

After this matter was destroyed by Bonnie, Bonnie sent someone to pick up Louise and her brother that afternoon, and arranged for them to carry out another task.

At this time, Louise resumed her identity as a girl. She changed into a cotton floral dress and a special wig. Although her body was still very thin, she did not have the boyishness she had deliberately pretended to be before.

She finally walked on the street deliberately and aboveboard as a girl, but she was still uneasy. The life of wandering between black and white for a long time made her extremely insecure. Wish - if she didn't agree to Thompson at the time, with Thompson's means, he might sell her and her brother to traffickers after discovering her identity.

The two siblings walked for another 10 minutes, and finally saw a village vaguely.

Louise was overjoyed, but soon all kinds of distracting thoughts swept through her brain again, and she couldn't help but squeeze David's hand: "Remember, we are here to seek refuge with Aunt Maggie, don't forget wrong."

"Sister, don't be nervous." David shook his hand that was pinched by Louis. "The more nervous you are, the more they will see the flaws. This is the countryside, you just treat us like we are home..."

Louise froze for a moment, then patted her little brother's head, "Do you still remember our manor?"

David nodded earnestly and clenched his fists tightly, "The little captain promised to send me to study, and said that as long as I can, he can even send me to university and study in Europe. I will definitely study hard and take care of our family. No, we have to buy a bigger one, and we have to rebuild our house to restore our original appearance.”

Louise was taken aback for a moment, and an unspeakable sourness welled up. She also missed the red land in her hometown, but sometimes, she couldn't quite remember what their family's manor looked like.

"Okay." She said softly, "My sister promises you that we will be able to rebuild our home."

Soon, they came to a place where there were people.

Along the way, there are large dense cotton fields. The vast fields seem to be endless, and the rural scenery is quite interesting under the smoke from the cooking.

People in the village rarely saw outsiders coming in, so when the two sisters and brothers walked by, all the people working in the fields paid attention to the two sisters and brothers.

Louise led David forward without squinting.

She took out a piece of parchment with a handwritten address on it from the backpack she was carrying.

A white-haired uncle walked past the two of them, and Louise quickly stopped him.

"Uncle, do you know where this address is? I want to find someone who lives here."

"It's right in front." The uncle pointed to a two-story hut not far away where the chimney was smoking.

After asking the direction, Louise thanked the uncle.

She looked at David and took a deep breath, "Are you ready?"

David nodded: "Don't worry, sister, we will definitely complete the task assigned to us by the little captain."

I hope so.

Louise felt a little apprehensive. This was their opportunity, and it might also be a turning point in their lives.

As David said, if they succeed in becoming Bonnie's subordinates, their wish to rebuild their homeland will soon come true.

Aunt Maggie is a middle-aged woman who is nearly 50 years old. When Louise saw her, she was wearing a floor-to-ceiling dress that was no longer in the rural style. It was made of good material and brightly colored. A huge pearl earring, a matching necklace around the neck, bracelets and rings are all in place.

As soon as she saw the arrival of the two siblings, Maggie gave each of them a big hug, and said enthusiastically: "Louise and David, you are finally here, I am looking forward to you."

In fact, Maggie has never met the two siblings.

David said: "He was buried suffocating in the broad bosom of Aunt Marge.

Louise said briskly, "Aunt Maggie, how are you?"

"Come in, let's talk about it when we get home, my poor children, you have suffered." She directed Louise to close the door, reached out to hold David, and led the two into the house.

"It's time to wait for you, I thought this good business was going to be ruined."

Even though the door was closed, Maggie still held David's hand. The boy was a little shy, but Maggie held his hand tightly, and finally he could only obediently let the other party hold it.

"Sorry, it rained heavily on the way we came, and we had to stay in town for one night," Louise said softly, "I kept you waiting."

"It's good if you come. I've already made an agreement with the other side. You will stay here. My husband went to help Butler's family run the boat. He won't come back for a year or a half. It's just right that you are here. I And a companion." Maggie said happily.

When the people from the Butler family took pictures, Maggie thought that something happened to her husband, and she was frightened to death.

Unexpectedly, the other party asked her for a small favor and let the two of them stay at her house for a while, and Butler also proposed a generous reward.

The Butler family also guaranteed that two and a half teenagers would come.Maggie stayed alone in the vacant room, and she was already very lonely.Now that she can make money again, and someone will live with her for a while, this is the first time Maggie has encountered such a good thing.

David and Louise just stayed at Maggie's house. Maggie's house has everything, and even heard that the two siblings came, and they even found out the clothes of the two children when they were young. Don't look at it. The old clothes were all brought back from Europe by Maggie's husband, and they were hesitantly preserved, and they looked like they were [-]% to [-]% new.

The two siblings are not tall, so they fit just right.

When Maggie was happy, she dug out more clothes.

Although Aunt Maggie was found, the next day Louise had to return to the town center of Callio, where there was telegraph equipment, and she had to report to Bonnie that they had successfully entered the village and wait for further instructions.

"Don't worry," Maggie said, "Tomorrow you don't have to take the road that circles half a mountain. Not long ago, a small road was rebuilt at the end of the village. It is a stone road, and the distance is relatively short. People go that way now.”

When Louise and David first came to report, Maggie introduced them to the people in the village. Most of them have lived in this village for most of their lives, so everyone was surprised that an outsider came.

"Not long ago, a family moved to the end of the village. Everyone was surprised. There was a couple living there, as well as their daughter and grandson. The grandson was fair and clean, but it was a pity that he was sick and stayed all day. I don't go anywhere at home. I heard that the girl's husband also runs a boat, but he is a big boss, and he can buy the land at the end of the village at once. The road was built by their family. I heard it was for them It's more convenient to come in and out..." Maggie introduced the customs here to the two of them.

From Maggie's description, Louise immediately guessed that this daughter and grandson were likely to be their targets for coming here this time.

The next day, Louise went to town to telegraph Bonnie, only to get news that the other party asked her to stand still.

But even if they stand still, they have to quickly integrate into this place.

Maggie’s family has a piece of fertile red land, but naturally she cannot take care of such a large cotton field by herself. She hired someone to help take care of it. Louise thinks this is a good entry point. In the early morning, Maggie took her out to see the cotton fields. When she was young, she had seen grown-ups plant cotton. After leaving the fields, her vague impression became clearer. When she came here, she seemed to see her home again.

Louise and Maggie walked in the field, and Maggie introduced her niece to others. After two or three days, everyone in the village knew that Maggie had a Louise from the town, and no one looked at her with surprised eyes. she.

David was even smarter. His sister went to the town the next day. He went out a circle late, and he had already mixed with the children here. He was very good at playing games and knew a lot of games that were new to the countryside. , children are willing to play with him.

The two siblings quickly integrated into this village.

☆

Atlanta.

Although Ella clearly rejected George and returned all the gifts to George, George did not give up.

Although George was flustered for a moment when he saw the gift Ella sent back, he soon regained his confidence.

His confidence comes from his father.

In Atlanta, no family is more powerful than the Butler family. Strictly speaking, the Butler family is really a few blocks away from other business circles. His father is the most powerful man in Georgia, and Rhett Butler is The richest person in Georgia, a strong marriage, the two of them will definitely be able to reach a higher level!

In fact, in terms of bloodlines, Bonnie is Rhett Butler's biological daughter, this is the best object, but Bonnie is too young, if he pursues Bonnie, he may have to wait a few more years, and Ella has arrived At the marriageable age, he didn't believe that the other party would really reject him because of his status.

Maybe it's just a refusal or a welcome.

Those little gangsters really disappeared, but one of Thompson's men said that they saw these people enter the train station in Atlanta, because they didn't buy train tickets, so they couldn't catch up.

It's better to leave, of course it's better than being killed by the Butler family

Just let the Butler family think that this accident will be fine.

Since the other party didn't catch these little gangsters, it might be a coincidence that Ella sent the things back.

But when George delivered gifts to Ella again, this time his servants couldn't even get in the gate of Butler's mansion.

What surprised George the most was that Ella and Bonnie no longer regularly went out on Saturdays, which made him miss several times.

It doesn't matter, there is also worship every Sunday. As Catholics, their family will usually appear in church for worship.

But when George came to the church this Sunday, he found that only Scarlett came with Bonnie and Wade, and Ella didn't show up at all. George felt more and more wrong, and even wondered if Ella was really hiding. Own.

On this day, George grabbed his confidant Bill and asked, "Are you sure Thompson is saying that the gangsters have left Atlanta?"

Bill was caught inexplicably, and he thought it was over.

But since the young master asked, Bill still told George what he knew: "It is true that they have left, and they haven't been walking in Atlanta these days, so they should be afraid that things will fail and offend us and the Butler family and run away."

George was right when he thought about it. Although he hit a wall everywhere at Butler's house, if the other party had no evidence, things should not be as bad as imagined.

"Come here," George's head was spinning at high speed, and he quickly thought of a new plan. He told Bill like this, then patted his collar with his fingertips, and said eeriely: "Now Go, I want this to spread throughout Atlanta within three days."

Bill: "Is it really okay to do this?"

Of course it is not difficult to spread a rumor all over Atlanta. Those lonely ladies like to spread these gossips the most, but if they do this, there seems to be no room for it. If the other party is really unwilling, the two families will quarrel. Doesn't look good?

However, Bill could only hold back these words in his heart, and did not dare to say them out.

"Why can't you let everyone know about such a great event, so that you can be happy?" George said confidently, "Go and help me get it done. Didn't you hear me say three days? After it's done, there will be a lot of rewards. "

Bill: He always felt that his money was almost doomed.

Why can't it be changed to Miss Ella from the Butler family?

Is it even more itchy because you can't get it?

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A new rumor was creeping through Atlanta with the speed of a bullet.

And who fired the first bullet is no longer known.

The people in Atlanta began to talk about it after dinner, and soon the people in Atlanta knew about this great happy event.

It was said that a great event was about to happen in Georgia.

It is said that George, the only son of Governor Bright, is going to be engaged to Ella of the Bartra family, the richest man in Atlanta.

It is said that George fell in love with Ella at first sight at a charity ball. Ella is a very caring girl. She even donated the evening dress she designed for auction, because George was the winning bidder at that time. After the dress was given to Ella, she got Ella's favor.And this small detail was also sent to every corner of Atlanta as a good story.

When Rhett and Bonnie heard everyone's blessings in the company, they still felt baffled.

After careful questioning, I discovered this groundless rumor.

When someone congratulated them here, Rhett responded coldly: "Whoever said Ella was going to be engaged to George Bright, he had a good idea."

When he said this, everyone in the company knew that there was a problem, and no one dared to continue talking in the company.

The Butler Company finally came clean.

But what is the problem, they can't tell.

In the city of Atlanta, the rumors spread even more like a raging fire.

Surprisingly, the news appeared in the newspaper the next day.

The second page of the newspaper published the love story of Ella and George. The reporter's writing was comparable to a fairy tale, making countless boys and girls dream about this dreamy encounter and look forward to how well this pair of talented men and beautiful women are matched.

Even when Scarlett and Melanie went to participate in the women's group, they were congratulated by many people.

Most of these southern ladies attended the Sunday service, and they did indeed watch the conversation between Ella and George.

You know Ella is a boring gourd, and I haven't seen any boy she talks to.

It was also a first for George.

So after hearing such rumors, they were even more convinced that the rumors were true, even though they had not received positive recognition from the two families at all.

Scarlett was furious when she heard what these women said, "Our Ella will not marry George." She said angrily, and then walked away.

Melanie, who was with her, had no choice but to appease the emotions of the southern lady who was scolded by Scarlett inexplicably, then said goodbye to everyone, and chased after her.

Fortunately, Scarlett still knew that she and Melanie came in the same carriage, so she didn't let Uncle Peter drive away in the carriage.

She just sat in the carriage angrily, waiting for Melanie to come out.

"Honey, it's no use getting angry," Melanie grabbed Scarlett's hand, "Let's go back to Butler's mansion, and then ask the captain and Wade for their opinions, shall we?" De is studying for a master's degree in law, and their words must have reference opinions.

"It must be some sleazy guy." Finally, Scarlett still remembered that it was on the street, and she didn't yell loudly, but she was still beautiful when she was angry, and she was originally a big shot in the city, which had aroused many people's concerns. Attention ceremony.

Melanie patted Uncle Peter on the shoulder, "Let's go back, there are too many people here, it's hard to talk."

Back home, no one else was there except Ella designing clothes in the studio, and little Kevin tinkling and playing the piano in the nursery—playing because he couldn't play at all, Christine laughed at Kevin while crushing Kevin's chaotic piano sound with beautiful violin music.

Obviously, none of these are suitable conversation partners.

"Melanie, tell me what's going on and why everyone is saying that Ella is getting engaged to George."

The point is, only their family has not heard of it.

Scarlett angrily twisted the silk pillow on the sofa, wrinkling the outer silk until it crumpled.

Melanie told Scarlett about this before she went. At that time, she didn't react too much. She didn't expect to be angry when she heard other people's blessings. "This is very strange."

"Of course it's strange. Don't look at the public opinion that seems to be ethereal, but it is not difficult for people with power to control public opinion. If you say that no one is planning or controlling this matter, I don't believe it." Scarlett said in one breath, "Maybe it's that one, it's really embarrassing, it's really shameless to even do such a forced marriage."

Melanie had stopped Scarlett from talking about George's tricks to pursue Ella before, and she didn't agree with this person herself. "Honey, calm down first, don't worry."

"How can you calm me down? He already has an illegitimate child, and he still wants to marry our Ella, so shameless." Scarlett directly threw the guarantee on the sofa, and said angrily.

"So, he is just betting that you can't refuse, otherwise it will make the face of the two families feel awkward, and it will be cheaper for others."

Scarlett thought about Melanie's words, and she actually shuddered a little. The governor is the most powerful person in Georgia. If the policy released by the other party is not conducive to the Butler Company, it will stifle the development of Butler Company.

The other party is relying on this, right?

Maybe it was the old fellow Brett who ordered it.

Did you really plan to tear your face apart when you did this?

"Anyway, it's impossible for me to agree to let Ella marry someone like George," Scarlett thought for a while, "at worst, I'll find out his illegitimate son, and then make him unable to stay in Atlanta."

"Scarlett, calm down. If you are so angry now, you might make a wrong decision. Why don't you wait for the others to come back?" Melanie said patiently. Scarlett's temper has gradually improved over the years She woke up, but she really didn't forget that under her gradually docile appearance, there was actually a fiery heart burning.

That night, everyone in the Butler family knew about it.

Ella found out about it when she saw Scarlett was so angry that she couldn't even eat at dinner.

So Ella said directly: "I won't be engaged to him anyway, what can he do?"

Things have come to such a point that Rhett and Bonnie have to admit that they underestimated the speed at which the rumors spread.

The opponent's move really caught them off guard.

Bonnie originally thought that if they left George cold, the other party would retreat in spite of the difficulties. Even if they found a new marriage partner, they didn't have such a big heart to take care of it.

It's just that he didn't expect George to play so big, and now he is from Atlanta, so he knows that the two are about to get engaged.

I don’t know how George did it. Today, a business partner called Rhett to congratulate him. Rhett almost dropped the heavy phone. Of course, he didn’t do it in the end. He just said that he didn’t know what the rumor was. The thing is, Ella hadn't seen George many times at all, so how could she date him and get engaged.

Now George has no intention of backing down at all, and is even pressing harder and harder.

Fortunately, they have already made up their minds.

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On this day, Louise received a telegram with only one word: action.

Louise understood, she had successfully integrated into this place these days, but Bonnie didn't give instructions for a long time, and she thought that Bonnie might have given up her actions here.

She doesn't know what happened, but she has collected the information she needs from the people here.

And in the name of borrowing spices and giving Aunt Maggie a small cake baked by herself, he got close to that lady.

The lady's name is Mary Whitney. Mary has a charming and beautiful face, but she is not ostentatious, and her blue eyes are watery. When she looks at you, you will be unconsciously attracted by her Attractive, with a docile personality like a little white rabbit, which makes people feel good about her.

Mary has been acting out of her mind lately, which makes it almost effortless for Louise to get close to Mary.

On this day, Mary was finally willing to talk to Louise about her troubles.

Seeing that Louise was still young, Mary knew that she would definitely not tell her secrets everywhere. These days, she was so depressed that she couldn't control herself, so she told Louise all at once.

It turned out that her child's father didn't come this month. He usually comes back at the end of the month and stays there for a couple of days. Their baby Henry is used to it.

Not only was she depressed when the father of the child did not come, but Henry was also very sad and kept asking him when his father would come.

In fact, as an outsider, she still has a child, and it is not easy to live in this small village.

At first, she was alone, and when the father of the child was not coming, she and the child, including her parents, had to endure the gossip of the village. Later, George came and built a new road for the village. It was convenient, which made other people's gossip less.

"Why...don't you go to him?" Louise asked him pretending to be puzzled, "You seem to miss him very much, so you should go to him."

"You don't understand...you don't understand..." Mary said it twice in a row, with an indescribably sad expression, the aggrieved expression of a little white rabbit, which made Louise a little unbearable.

"I really don't understand."

Mary pulled Louise as if frightened: "I didn't mean that, I just... don't know what to do."

"It's okay. I just think it's really wrong for you to be so wronged. Didn't he say that he loves you very much? Why is he willing to make you so sad? "

"You're still young, so you won't understand."

In fact, Louise is already 16 years old, almost 17 years old. Although she has not been in a relationship yet, she still knows what she should know.

However, from the outside, she looked only about fourteen or fifteen years old, so Mary always thought she was very young.

"My parents have always been very loving. My father said that he would never make my mother sad. I think love should be like theirs. I also want to find a man like a father who loves my mother in the future."

"But not everyone is as good to your mother as your father is. Everyone has different circumstances and choices, and this is my choice, so..." In fact, Mary was really bitter in her heart, but she didn't have any regrets.

At this moment, a little Douding suddenly ran back from the door crying, threw herself on Mary, hugged her thigh and cried loudly.

"What's the matter baby?" Mary squatted down distressedly, hugging her son.

This little boy is Henry. The kid ran too fast. After a while, his grandpa came in from the door, and as he entered the door, he yelled inside: "Don't run so fast, Henry, grandpa can't keep up. .”

The little boy was sobbing, unable to talk at all, but looked devastated.

"What's going on?" Mary pushed the boy away, watching him nervously, for fear that he would be bullied by others.

Henry looked clean all over, he didn't fall down, and his body wasn't dirty.

"I don't know. I had a good time playing with a group of children just now, and they were willing to take him to play. For some reason, I suddenly ran back. This little short leg can run much faster than an old man like me." Grandpa still panted and said.

"Woooooh, dad, I want dad, I want dad..." The boy suddenly yelled, "Why, dad, no, will you come?" He is still young, and he can't speak a lot of words, most of the words are Jumping out one by one, but the meaning is clear.

Mary hugged the boy's small body tightly, and there was unspeakable sadness between her brows.

"Little Henry wants to find his father too." Louise said lightly.

Mary's expression tightened, and she didn't respond directly.

It was difficult for Louise to judge whether she was shaken or not, but people's hearts are made of flesh, as long as George Bright doesn't come, maybe Mary really can't help it.

When Louise returned to Aunt Maggie's house, her brother was already sitting at the dinner table, eating freshly baked sweet potatoes with relish, and asked her to eat with him.

"Sister, it's so sweet." David said while holding a sweet potato.

Louise touched David's small head and whispered, "Thank you."

In fact, she didn't know if it was the right thing to do.

But if she chooses to do this, she has to take responsibility for it.

To survive in this world, how can there be so much compassion.

Two days later, Louise came back from the town and brought a cake decorated with beautiful rose cream to Mary and Henry who were not in a good mood.But Henry was still young, so he could only lick a little cream, so Mary invited Louise to eat with him.

"Did you go to town again? I haven't seen this kind of cake yet." Mary looked at the beautiful cake and her mood became much brighter.

"Haven't you been there?" Louise asked curiously, "The town is quite lively, but Atlanta is the only one that is lively?"

"Atlanta? The capital of Georgia? Is it very lively there?" As soon as Mary heard the word "Atlanta", she became interested.

"Of course, we stayed in Atlanta for a while before we came to see Aunt Marge, and I made several friends there."

Mary said enviously, "I haven't been to Atlanta yet."

"Atlanta has been a lot of fun recently, and everyone is talking about the news that George Bright, the son of the governor of Georgia, is about to get engaged to Miss Ella, the daughter of the richest man in Atlanta. If I'm not here to accompany Aunt Maggie, I want to go back and watch it." Let's watch the fun."

"What?" Mary suddenly became excited, the fork in her hand directly penetrated the whole cake, she quickly realized her gaffe, "Sorry, I didn't hear clearly just now, Louise, can you say it again?"

"People in Atlanta are saying that George Bright, the son of the governor of Georgia, is about to get engaged to Miss Ella, the daughter of the richest man in Atlanta. That's what I just said."

"Engaged? Are they going to be engaged?" murmured Mary.

Louise looked at Mary and pretended to be puzzled: "Yes, but Mary, what's wrong with you? Why did your face suddenly look so pale?"

Mary touched her cheek subconsciously, "No, I'm just... I'm a little uncomfortable, and I might waste your time."

Louise grabbed Mary's hand: "What's wrong with you? Mary, you can tell me what's on your mind? Why are you so depressed when you hear the news of the governor's salary and Miss Ella's engagement?"

"No, I didn't..." Mary immediately denied.

Louise looked at Mary as if suddenly enlightened, "Could it be..."

"What do you want to say?" Mary immediately looked at Louise nervously.

"I heard that the governor's family is from Augusta, you... don't you..."

"No!" Mary vehemently denied.

"God, Mary," Louise took Mary's hand, "don't cry, I won't talk, is that okay?"

The next second, Mary hugged Louise's shoulders and cried bitterly.