[Gone with the Wind] Miss Margot

Almost no one paid attention to it before, but the performance of the black people, and hearing about the mess after the northern white police team passed by, made many people unable to sit still.

This evening, at another dance at the Clark family, Mrs. Hochner questioned Margot again, and it was in front of all the guests.

In this regard, Marg just smiled and said: "This is the factory discipline. In fact, not only the textile industry, wood processing industry, real estate industry, especially the real estate decoration industry, after finishing the decoration of new houses, many house decoration contractors will ask their subordinates to Clean the house so you don't have to hire cleaners. They just bring over their professional habits. I don't think it's a big deal. Anyone can do it if they put their minds to it."

"And what about the Negro's request?" Mrs. Hotchner pressed.

Margot replied: "It's very simple. The black people just hope that their interests will not be harmed, while the white people's request is to provide more houses..."

"So, do you already have a plan?"

Margot replied: "It's not about the complete plan. In fact, this project is related to a new technology, and the board of directors is still discussing it. As for the specific results, we can only wait for the board to discuss the results."

"how long it takes?"

Margot replied: "I can't give an exact time, but according to relevant data, it will take at least three months."

As for more content, Marge refused to disclose, and Suellen directly blamed Rhett.

After the white people in the north learned of this result, they were filled with righteous indignation, thinking that Margot was perfunctory to them, and there had been no fewer demonstrations since that day.The ups and downs of the northern whites made the blacks very unhappy. Even though the blacks had obtained the exact answer from the servants and servants working in the Clark family, they still sat down once a week to express their protest.

It stands to reason that blacks just sit in and protest, and basically do not conflict with whites.But it was the third Sunday of this month, after a black man came out of the church, he was shot at the door of the church!

It was a Presbyterian church. According to the unwritten rules of this era, the church was also open to black people, but only white people could sit in the front of the church, while black people could only sit in the back half.

Of course, it's nothing.

The wealthy blacks in this era are basically docile, obedient and a little smart blacks. They will not make mistakes easily, and they will not challenge the authority of white people.So does this black man.

His surname is Anson, and he is the head of a wood processing factory under Marg.Anson is a very methodical and persistent black man.He insisted that the wood should be dried in the shade for at least three months before it can be sold.This kind of wood is good wood, and the wood that has not gone through this process is easy to crack even if it is used on the house.It is because of Anson's persistence that the quality of the wood produced by this wood processing plant has become one of the most trusted brands in Atlanta, and it is widely used in mid-to-high-end houses in Atlanta.

Such Anson also made a lot of money.Of course, Anson firmly believed that it was because Margot believed in him and supported his insistence, instead of being shoddy like the new Irishman, that Anson Timber had a good reputation today.

Out of this gratitude, Anson bought most of his spare money into Marg's stock.He doesn't drink, prostitute, or gamble, and loves his wife and daughter deeply. Except for his family, he spends the rest of his time on work.He was a good employee of Margot's and, likewise, a very trustworthy figure in the black community.

Such a person was actually assassinated in the street!

How could the black community be silent!Especially when the previous bloody case has not been closed yet!

This time, even with the constraints of the Prophet and others, those blacks, especially those from the north, began to agitate.

But Mag moved faster.She immediately put pressure on the Atlanta sheriff—a Northern ex-soldier, but his deputy was a Southerner—at the same time, Marge also filed an application with the Atlanta Supreme Court, where she applied to be a jury in both cases. Members of the regiment, and publicly stated: "If the criminal is arrested and brought to justice, and it is confirmed that the murderer is correct, I will vote for the execution! The United States is free, but this freedom is to guarantee everyone's life Without being illegally deprived..."

Marge's insistence caused an uproar.

Northern whites were astonished: "No, you can't do that! That's just a nigger!"

Even Margot's old friends were very incomprehensible, and Gerald even stopped his daughter in front of his son-in-law for the first time--he would never do this before--:

"Well, my dear daughter. You are the most reassuring child of Daddy. The last time Daddy saw you so angry was when you and Suellen decided to marry at the same time. Tell Daddy why you are so angry, dear boy." ?”

In front of her parents and her husband, as well as the guests Mr. John Wilkes and Ashley Wilkes, Margot said to her father: "Dad, Anson is a good guy, he shouldn't be deprived of his life like this. Today, those people can find a reason to take Anson's life, tomorrow they will find another reason to take the life of Black Mama or Uncle Pete. Dad, Black Mama or Uncle Pete, are all our family. I will not Watching the lives of my family members be threatened! No one can take someone's life for a reason like 'they're too rich'. If being rich is a reason to kill, well, as one of the richest wives in America , am I even more damned?"

Gerald didn't say much, just hugged his daughter.

"Well, you're right."

Margot's reasoning convinced not only Gerald but most Southerners as well.

Yes, almost everyone knows that these two black people will die innocently, and the reason is only because they became rich.Although a lot of white people said behind their backs, "It's just two niggers," and a lot of Southerners didn't care, but like Margot said, the South had just lost a war.

According to the custom, since the South lost the war, it should give the property, wife and daughter to the victors, just like it is written in the history books.If the saying "it's wrong for black people to have money" is true, will someone say "it's wrong for southerners to be rich" in the future?

Outside of Atlanta, many people scoffed at such words, but in Atlanta, Melanie was the first to stand up for Margot:

"I also have Uncle Peter in my family. If I back down, Uncle Peter will be in danger too. I absolutely can't stand this. I can't accept Uncle Peter leaving us in that way like that Mr. Anson..."

When Melanie said this, Aunt Pittpat also sat beside her with tears in her handkerchief, nodding from time to time, expressing her support for Melanie and expressing her unwillingness to lose Peter.

Although she is gentle, although Melanie looks very inconspicuous because of the radiance of Margot and Suellen, as long as Melanie is willing, no one can cover her radiance.If we say that after hearing Marge's words, many people didn't care, but after hearing Melanie's words, more and more southern ladies stood up and said that Mama Hei and Uncle Hei are important members of their family. They cannot accept the possibility of losing such an important relative.