[Gone with the Wind] Miss Margot

Who owns the dollar now?

Scarlett heard it in a daze. Emotionally, she felt that this kind of question was not important at all: Dollars?Isn't it the federal government's business?Shouldn't Margot get things out of the way first?Why can't I understand what she said?

Scarlett was upset by what happened to the white women outside and the Ku Klux Klan. What she hopes most now is for Atlanta to restore the old order. At least, she doesn't want to hear about those things like rape|violence anymore. .

But there was a voice in her heart telling her that what Margot said was right, the dollar was very important, really very important.How important it is, Scarlett doesn't know, but she has a faint feeling.

The last time Scarlett felt this way was at Twelve Oaks, at Ashley and Melanie's engagement party, when Rhett was arguing with the men.

And this time, the feeling came again.But Scarlet herself couldn't explain clearly, which caused her countless troubles.

I wish someone could tell me!

For the first time, Scarlett had this thought and wished someone could tell her why.

Scarlet puts her hope on Charles, just like most women, in many cases, even if they don't care much about their husbands, when that time comes, wives will often turn to their husbands for help immediately.This is also a kind of etiquette, or a customary rule.

LeEco Scarlet was disappointed.

When she cast her eyes on her husband, Charles, she was surprised to find that, except that Charles was just like the men outside, he could only curse the damn Yankees but couldn't offer any useful advice, and even waved his QQ |Guns and sabers|Knife wants another fight with the Yankees, Scarlett wants to scream!

What on earth are you trying to do?The South cannot beat the Yankees, isn't that already a fact?Why can't you see it?

Looking at her husband who only knew to be angry, Scarlett was extremely disappointed.

Even if it can't solve the problem, it's good to comfort me!You only know how to fight? !Do you know I get worried! ! !

Scarlett was shocked to find that her husband was no different from a little boy!Yes, Charles has been to college and is a graduate of Harvard, but in essence, he is still a child. Although the war has worn away his shyness and tempered his will, in many cases, he is still the same boy who just Little boy leaving school.

At least his understanding of the world is still limited to books, and he hasn't turned those contents into his own.

Scarlett felt frustrated.But that doesn't break her down.

Scarlett decides to go her own way and start investigating.And her first stop is naturally her shop.

This three-story store was built after the surrender of Atlanta. It is also the largest store and material exchange center in Atlanta, where Scarlett's materials are sold.

Although Scarlett will definitely not have high-end goods and luxury goods from Europe, such as books, high-end perfumes, and high-end silk products, but woolen threads, blankets, and cotton cloths, these things do not. few.

Scarlett is a shrewd person, and the shop's staff was selected with the help of Gerald and Ellen, so they are quite reliable.So, when he heard that Scarlett came to ask about the dollar bills, the clerk immediately complained, and even took out real and fake dollar bills for Scarlett to identify.

Scarlett was terrified when he heard it, so that when he returned to Clark's house, his whole body was filled with despair.

Marg didn't hide from anyone about the dollar, and the niggers soon started whispering.

——"Hey, have you heard? Those banknotes, federal government banknotes, many of them are fake!"

Of course, many people do not want to believe it, but there are always a few smart people, both white and black, who have inquired about the difference between the real federal government dollar and the fake federal government dollar from various sources.

Then, all kinds of rumors flew all over the sky.

——"Damn it! These Yankees are really not good things! They even fooled us with the price!"

——"What does it matter! As long as you can buy things!"

——"What do you know!"

This is what those knowledgeable black people said. Some of them escaped from the original plantation, and some came from the north. They popularized science with others like this:

——"Yes, the federal government gives us cash, we use cash to buy things in Mrs. Clark's, Mrs. Kennedy's, and other Southern wives' stores. Many of us can't tell real money from cash, but those The ladies sure can, and the Yankees sure can. If we don't take our money, there will be conflicts, and the Yankees will definitely bully those poor ladies; but if they take our money, the Yankees will say, these The money is fake, so what do the ladies use to pay taxes?..."

—"It must be a conspiracy against those honorable ladies!"

—“Where can we go for all kinds of bargains without these venerable ladies?”

The black people who had a general feeling towards Margot and Suellen before felt that Margot and Suellen used the work-point system in their estates and properties, and even directly used various funds and materials to pay wages. The noble conduct of these worthy ladies who could not bear to allow themselves to be deceived.

They believed in the real supplies Margot and Suellen gave them more than the federal government who used drugs to fool them!

Of course, the notion that the Yankees were trying to use the Communist Party to bring down Barton and Roseville was also deeply rooted in the minds of the people.

On the surface, the blacks listened to the advocacy of the Yankees, but at night, the blacks drank small drinks in nearby taverns and exchanged their own messages:

——"Look, how many of those blacks who hang out with the Yankees are good? New clothes? Don't we have the same? Those people are relying on the charity of the Yankees. What they have today may not be there tomorrow. But the materials of our clothes But we earned it ourselves, as long as we have saved enough work points, we can wear new clothes whenever we want. The same goes for wine.”

——"Look, among those black people who hang out with the Yankees, who has a new house like us? I have one! I have moved into a new house, and the wedding fund has come down,..."

What a contrast between those who worked for Margot, those who worked for Suellen, those who were in Atlanta, and those who were outside of Atlanta.

An old black man held his glass triumphantly and said to the people around him:

"My daughter works as a nurse in the hospital! Yes nurse! Now our whole family has moved into a new house! Sleeping on clean muslin sheets every day! Did those Yankees give us those? Of course not! Mrs. Clarke gave it to us! Mrs. Kennedy gave it to us! My eldest daughter was married in white satin! It was a time when the South was dominant and the Yankees were beating and crying! Such a good day From the Yankees? No, from the two ladies! Even without this war, with such good ladies, we would have lived like this sooner or later!  …”

General Sherman was furious when he got the news from the soldiers:

"These niggers! They're all brainwashed! I knew, I knew, this woman was going to be in trouble sooner or later! Now it's here! It's here!"

His adjutant said: "General, what should we do? Arrest that woman?"

"Damn it! Are you confused by the speeches of those politicians? Arrest that woman! You want all of Atlanta, no, should I put it this way, you want all of Georgia and even the whole of the South to explode again? If we If we do that, we're done!"

"That……"

"Send someone to protect those two women, yes, and their families! Ten times tighter than before! Yes, send someone to keep an eye on that politician (i.e. the acting governor). Damn, these politicians never do it Good thing! Don't let them put their minds on those two women..."

The author has something to say: First of all, I would like to wish everyone a happy new year.

There are the most things during the Chinese New Year, but now it is finally over, and normal updates will resume from today.