[Gone with the Wind] Back to the beginning

how can that be?how can that be?Scarlett asked herself over and over again, the tears streaming down her face in horror.How is this possible?How did Merry catch typhoid fever?She's still pregnant!

"I shouldn't have taken her back to Tara," murmured Scarlett. "I didn't think she'd be infected. I thought I'd save her from the jolt of escape, but I killed her. I killed Merry." , I never thought it would be like this. It's all my fault."

She overestimated her "prophet", and easily believed that what she did was correct and for Meili's good, so she tried her best to design her to live in Tara, thinking that she could make the environment where Meili gave birth easier. Better, at least not subject to bumps all the way.But who would have thought wow, Meili has typhoid fever!

It was her, Scarlett, who was wrong.She uses her oracle as a weapon against all odds, forgetting that change can't be all good and all bad.And she didn't just change her own destiny, she also wantonly meddled in other people's!Merry!Merry!If this was retribution, why did it fall on Meili?Everything is obviously her fault!Look how smug and self-satisfied she is, Scarlett, thinking that she can single-handedly conquer the world with the help of a prophet, but in the end, she didn't hurt the closest people!

Merry...Merry!

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During the days of waiting for the result, Scarlett fell into a kind of manic self-blame.She couldn't eat and sleep well, so she lost a lot of weight in a few days.If it weren't for the glimmer of hope in her heart, and her calm reason that would never break down, Scarlett might have fallen ill in bed long ago.When the diagnosis came out, she did collapse to the ground.

Thank goodness Merry is okay!

Yes, Mellie is fine.The typhoid-like symptoms she showed before, after Ellen's repeated investigations, finally ruled out the most sinister possibility, and were diagnosed as a common minor illness.Scarlett's eyes filled with tears, God bless, her stupidity and self-righteousness did not lead to a big mistake after all, thank God!

Although Meili's "typhoid infection" was finally confirmed to be a false alarm, this incident still sounded the alarm for Ellen.Karin has already contracted typhoid fever in the family. If she is not careful, it is very possible to infect other people in the end, not to mention there is a pregnant guest Meili in the family.Therefore, not long after Scarlett relaxed and reflected on herself, Ellen announced her decision to everyone: In order to prevent typhoid from infecting others, she was about to take Karin to live in Twelve Oaks temporarily.For the time being, Mammy assisted Scarlett in dealing with the affairs at home.

Twelve Oaks has lost its popularity since old Mr. Wilkes was ordered to go off.Both ladies went to live with Macon's aunt, and the house was entrusted to Tara to look after.Twelve Oaks stands empty today.Although it was impolite to move in hastily, for the safety of her family and Mei Li, Ellen couldn't care less about anything else for a while.

Upon hearing the news, Scarlett immediately expressed strong opposition: "Mom, you can't go!"

Moving Twelve Oaks certainly made it less likely that other people would catch typhoid.But in this way, everything about Karin is handled by Ellen herself, and Ellen's own danger has greatly increased!Scarlett could never bear to watch her mother contract typhoid fever again, become seriously ill and even die.In the time since her rebirth, this period of time made her feel the most frustrated.Is she going to lose her mother again?No, never.So Scarlett was not even a little happy that her mother was going to hand over the reins of Tara to her, even though it meant that her mother was beginning to accept her way of doing things to some extent.

"Absolutely not, Miss Ellen, I can't watch you make fun of yourself, I will take care of Miss Karin if you want to go!"

"Mrs. O'Hara, this is really too dangerous!"

Mammy and Gerald persuaded one after another, but nothing could change Ellen's determination.In Tara, it is not Gerald who speaks loudly, but Ellen who speaks softly.After some persuasion to no avail, Ellen finally took Karin to Twelve Oaks, but she was accompanied by a nanny.And Scarlett, also in anxiety, worry and uneasiness, became Tara's hostess.

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After Ellen left, new changes took place in Tara.This change did not happen overnight, and the shrewd, selfish, stubborn energy of the new mistress injected some vitality into Tara, so that it did not fall into disrepair after Ellen left.

Scarlett gets busy.Every day, she counted the remaining medicine on hand with her fingers, counted the days when the Yankee army came, and counted the property and food that could be saved.The more you calculate, the more impatient and urgent you become, as if hunger and poverty are chasing after you.Like her mother, she tried her best to help Tara increase output, but what she could do was not the great cause of the Confederation, but to save her confidence for the difficult years in the future.Father is much easier to fool than mother, but frequent cover-ups still make Scarlett feel extremely tired.She is aware of some complaints against her among black people recently: she is demanding that black people build a cotton warehouse with a more secret location as soon as possible.

"You'll know in the future that I didn't do this in a daze of idleness!" thought Scarlett angrily, sending her away to question her father.

Yes, Scarlett had long thought of building a more hidden cotton warehouse to preserve the cotton!It's just that when she was about to propose to persuade Ellen, something happened to Big Sam and she was put under house arrest, so naturally she couldn't speak.I didn't expect that there would be a chance now because of Mei Li's near illness and Ellen's moving out!Merry!Alas, her body is still so poor!Just wanted to help!Su Ailun, that stupid girl, although she was more capable than in her previous life, she still wanted to hide from her laziness, and she made a big fuss about her refusal to hand over the food to her boyfriend Frank Kennedy!Oh, and Mama and Karin who moved to Twelve Oaks, Mama—

During the days when Ellen moved out, Scarlett also visited her several times, but she was always turned away by Ellen and Mammy together.Worry and fatigue made Ellen increasingly haggard, and Scarlett watched with anxiety.She regretted her carelessness time and time again, if it weren't for her carelessness, there would be no shortage of typhoid medicine now!The only remaining typhoid medicine is enough to deal with Karin's condition, but as long as one of Ellen and Su Allen gets sick, it will be enough to use up all the surplus!Su Ailun may be able to escape, but in case Ellen gets sick... This medicine is not enough, definitely not enough!Although Ellen is not currently suffering from typhoid fever, and Scarlett has repeatedly reminded her to pay attention to her body, who can predict—who can guarantee that what happened once will not happen again?

No matter how worried Scarlett was, she had to keep everything in her heart, and instead worked harder to increase production.She begged God over and over again that the worst would not happen again.During the day, she was too busy to think about it, but in the dead of night, the infinite fear always oppressed her and made her breathless.The wilderness was filled with thick fog, and everything dragged her to the deepest fear in her heart.

Can she really... change fate?