[Gone with the Wind] Miss Margot

Gerald, like Ellen, also lived in the big house of the Clark family, which made Scarlet a little unhappy.

Although the house of the Hamilton family is also very large, it is far inferior to the new house of the Clark family in terms of size and layout.This is where Scarlett complains the most.

Growing up, Scarlett was always given the best of the sisters.Even if Margot has extra allowances and royalties like her, but Margot wholeheartedly prepares for the war, so on the surface, Margot is still inferior to Scarlett, whether it is clothes or grooming.

However, as soon as the three sisters got married, the gap came out.

Scarlett didn't like her husband, or in other words, she pushed her husband away from her side abruptly, which also made her unable to touch the family property at all.All she had was what Charles had given him.When Charles loved her, he would naturally not be stingy with dressing her up, but once Charles' affection was almost worn out, she would naturally not get much.Not to mention, as the war progressed, a large amount of wealth of the Hamilton family was consumed and evaporated, and Scarlett's daily expenses naturally plummeted.

One thing is clear, that is, as the war progressed, various materials began to be in short supply, and prices began to soar.Even though the Confederacy won a few battles, until now, no one has said anything like "one more victory will end the war", and no one has said such things as "the Yankees are cowards". side.

In fact, Confederate paper money was depreciating rapidly, not at a premium, as it was before Margot and Suellen came to Atlanta.

Likewise, the prices of food and clothing were skyrocketing, and the quartermaster taxes on food were so heavy that the tables of Atlanta suffered.White flour was rare and expensive, and brown bread generally replaced biscuits, rolls and waffles.There is no beef in the butcher shop, and there is very little mutton. Fortunately, there is quite a lot of pork, and there are not many chickens and vegetables.

The Yankee blockade of Confederate ports intensified.Luxuries such as tea, coffee, silk, whalebone rings, fashion magazines and books were rare and expensive.Even the cheapest cottons were soaring in price, and women had to take out their old clothes for another season.The dusty looms that had been left alone for many years were taken down from the attic, and weaving bolts of homespun cloth can be seen in the living room of almost every house.Soldiers, women, children, and negroes were all clad in homecloth, the gray color of the Confederate uniform, practically invisible, replaced by butternut-colored homecloth.

Especially clothes, which Scarlet hated.

The Hamilton family is a very dedicated southern family, whether it is Melanie or Charles, or even their aunt Miss Pitt and the old black slaves in the family.For other requests, they can agree to Scarlett, but they will never compromise on matters in the south.

So Scarlett had to spin and weave with Melanie, and even wore ugly homespun clothes like Melanie.

What Scarlet couldn't bear was that Margot and Suellen were still dressed in bright clothes.

When Margot and Suellen were in the hospital, they didn't wear jewelry, and they wore clean cotton clothes, without whalebone rings and skirts.However, when they are at home on vacation once a month, they are still radiant and well-dressed.What Scarlett couldn't accept was that the neighbors turned a deaf ear to this, as if there was nothing wrong with the two sisters being so beautifully dressed, but they controlled her from head to toe and said she was restless.

This made Scarlett particularly angry.

Even if his reason told him that the two younger sisters were one of the few wives in the hospital every day in Atlanta, emotionally, he still couldn't accept that his younger sister was more popular than her and had a better life than her.

Scarlett told herself: "I am also busy every day, spinning and weaving every day, my hands are rough, and I have to take care of the children. Margot and Suellen don't have to do these things, let mom Take the children for them, and don't let the mother go home. It's really disgusting. But those old women never say anything, just stare at me!"

With this thought in mind, Scarlett always felt a sense of injustice in her heart. If it wasn't for her mother's presence, she would have cried out her grievances to her father a long time ago.

Scarlett also knew that as long as her mother was there, her father would definitely agree with her and choose to side with Margot and Suellen, so she could only endure and wait for the opportunity to be alone with her father.

With this in mind, Scarlet followed her parents to Clark's house.Unexpectedly, we had just sat down in the living room, and Karin had just carried little Fitzwilliam and little Ronald down, when there was the sound of a carriage outside, but it was Margot and Suellen who came back.

Even through the door of the living room, Margot could still clearly hear Marge ordering the two housekeepers: "Mother Hei, please prepare the bath water first. Suellen and I have to wash our hair and take a bath first. During this time Inside, get my clothes ready. As for our clothes, if possible, let’s burn them.”

Scarlett was very jealous and couldn't help but come out, saying: "Margo, you are such a waste, good clothes are burned as soon as they are said to be burned. Nowadays such good cotton cloth is rare."

Seeing Scarlett here, Suellen was about to open her mouth to say a few words, but was held down by Margot.

Margot said: "There is no way. In a place like a hospital, clothes always have a strange smell. This clothes is made of cotton cloth. It has not been changed for a month. Even if it is boiled in lime water, most of it will be gone." It's going to rot. It's not that there is no cloth at home, so it's easy to make two more."

Seeing Scarlett walking this way, he hurriedly said: "Don't come here, a very troublesome patient was admitted in the hospital today, Suellen and I took medicine before, it doesn't matter. You have contracted typhoid fever carefully. Even if you He is in good health, but Wei Bo is still young. We will talk about everything after we clean up. By the way, Mama Hei, remember to smoke vinegar again at home later. During these days, the smoked vinegar at home must not be stopped.”

Norma hurriedly said: "Good lady." Then said: "It's also thanks to my wife who got the crops from the east early, and made a lot of vinegar last year, otherwise, it would really not be enough."

Margot said: "The real good vinegar needs to be aged for three years. It's a time of war, so we can only make do with it." Then, he asked the housekeeper John and Gerald to apologize on his behalf, and went upstairs .

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