[Gone with the Wind] Miss Margot

After Margot and her father-in-law John Wilkes learned that her husband Ashley's life was not in danger, Melanie began to worry about her brother.

"Wade is still so young, Charles is just..."

Dilsey finally arrived at Clark's house, and Melanie's little Beau finally had her own nanny, so she didn't have to drink milk any more. There was no way, Melanie's body was too thin, and everyone with eyes in Atlanta could see It turns out that although she is already the young grandmother of the Wilkes family, Melanie's body is the same as that of a 12-year-old girl, without much ups and downs. Melanie dedicated herself to the South so devoutly that her body did not get enough nutrition. Not to mention, when Melanie gave birth, General Sherman attacked Atlanta, and even the building of Hamilton’s house had only one floor left. Under such circumstances, Melanie also encountered dystocia...

For various reasons, Melanie has no milk, and Beau has had to drink only milk from the beginning-thankfully, because of Marge and Suellen, the Clark family has never been weaned-before Melanie herself had no milk for Beau. Bo He also had to feed his son milk on time, but when Dilsey came, Melanie was naturally freed, so naturally she had more time to think about things.

Yes, every time Melanie thought of the rumors about Rock Island, she wanted to cry.

Especially when she saw Scarlett's irritated look, she became even more sad: "I'm sorry, Scarlett, I shouldn't have mentioned this in front of you."

In fact, Scarlett was more annoying than her.

Yes, Scarlett had hated Melanie since the day Melanie got engaged to Ashley.

In the original book, Scarlett found out that Melanie was good, and shot|shot|killed the Yankee deserter from her, and Melanie dragged her body that had just given birth and hadn't recovered yet, and rushed towards her with the saber of Hamilton's family. Come down to help, and Melanie helped her bury the body afterwards.Because of this incident, Scarlett recognized Melanie from the bottom of her heart.

But now?Without the Yankee deserter incident, Melanie was still the fool in Scarlett's mind. It's no wonder Scarlett would accept Melanie's kindness and comfort!

I saw Scarlet yelling very irritably: "Enough!"

Seeing Melanie's red eyes made Scarlet feel extremely upset.

"Who does she think she is?" Scarlet murmured in her heart, "Even Suellen is unwilling to accept other people's sympathy, so am I going to live in other people's sympathy? Melanie is simply a big fool! If Ashley hadn't been promised..."

Yes, Scarlett promised Ashley that she would protect Melanie and take care of Melanie, and she would do what she promised others, so even if the Yankees bombarded Atlanta in the original book, she would Instead of leaving Melanie to escape alone, Scarlett took Melanie to Tara Manor, the pure land in her heart and her homeland, after Melanie gave birth to Xiao Bo.

However, Melanie is still kind to Scarlett, because Scarlett is her sister-in-law.Even though Scarlett and Charles were not in harmony, Melanie still tolerated her.

Of course, it was difficult for Scarlett to understand such kindness.

She is such an extreme person, if you like it, you like it, and if you don't like it, you don't like it.In her mind, Melanie is her rival in love, so she cannot like Melanie, even though Melanie is the sister of her husband Charles Hamilton.

As soon as Scarlett got angry, Melanie apologized quickly, and Suellen came in at this time.

Scarlett didn't want to hear Melanie's sympathy anymore, so she said to Suellen, "You really decided to agree on a divorce?"

Divorce is a very dishonorable thing in this day and age.

Su Ellen shrugged and said, "Mom just talked about it for almost half an hour."

Like Scarlett, she wouldn't want to upset her mother if she could, but like Margot said, it was only the beginning.If Frank really remembered that he was his wife, he wouldn't have gotten involved with that woman, but Frank did such a dishonorable thing, it's hard to say whether Frank was confused for a while, or because he was his wife Having made such a great achievement again brought him tremendous pressure, which caused him to lose his balance and finally cheated.

If it is momentary confusion, then there will be another moment of confusion in the future.

If it was the huge pressure that he had brought to him, then he didn't want to keep up with his footsteps and only knew that his mood was out of balance, then the husband and wife would still end up in a relationship.

So, after counting one reason after another, Suellen decided to agree to a divorce.Good for her, good for the kids, good for Frank Kennedy.

However, such behavior is definitely not in line with the rules and standards of behavior of the older generation like Ellen, so it is no wonder that Ellen wants to talk about it.

Scarlett asked, "Where's Margot?"

"Going to inspect the timber factory." Suellen shrugged and said, "Margo plans to build a group of small houses in the suburbs."

Scarlett said, "Is that the housing fund?"

"Yes, that's the one." Suellen said: "After working for three years, every black man can live in a small independent house. This was agreed when those black men were hired. Not only Atlanta, but also Macon, yes Yes, it’s the same with my Rose Manor. Margot plans to build a batch of small houses outside the second ditch.”

Second trench?

Scarlett remembered clearly that it turned out to be a farmland, and it was five miles away from Atlanta!

Melanie also knew the place: "Isn't there a farmland?"

"That's right, several square kilometers over there belong to Margot, and so do I, so we plan to build a whole area of ​​small houses in the southern and western suburbs of Atlanta for those black people to live in." Suellen said , "Now it belongs to the suburbs. After two years, there will be a new urban area! Of course, it is a new urban area for black people to live in."

Suellen once discussed the development of Atlanta with Margot and John Wilkes. Margot also pointed out the problems between whites and blacks: Although black slavery has been abolished, racial discrimination will last for a long time. Existing for a long time, having blacks and whites living in the same neighborhood and not being valet servants in white households, sooner or later something is going to go wrong.

So Margo's idea is to imitate a certain city in the Far East and divide Atlanta into several rings. The center is naturally the political center of Atlanta, including the most important avenues, and Peachtree Street is naturally included. The second The ring is public facilities, including parks, hospitals, schools, and of course, various shops. The third ring is residential areas, with white residential areas on the left and black residential areas on the right. Greg and Suellen's property in Atlanta made it easier for blacks to commute to work.Residential areas should also be separated by shopping streets and other facilities to prevent racial conflicts in the future.

Scarlet frowned and said, "You guys are really willing."

Su Ailun smiled: "What are you willing to give up? If I am willing to provide white people with free houses, are you willing to live?"

"How is it possible?! I'm not a poor white man!"

In the south, they go to other people's homes as guests and live in other people's homes for several years, and even newlyweds go to other places for their wedding trips and end up living in other people's homes for several years, so that all their children are born in other people's homes.

It's a tradition of Southern hospitality.After all, it is not surprising that the land in the South is vast, there are many black slaves, the cotton trade is lucrative, and life is affluent.

But instead of being a guest at someone else's house, it is not in line with the tradition of the southerners to accept a house donated by others.Yes, southerners have such a high self-esteem that only poor whites would accept such a gift, and if they did, they would surely be looked down upon.

Scarlett would never allow herself to fall to that point.