[Gone with the Wind] Miss Margot

It is ironic that Margot is very reluctant to use such a description, but the reality is that her life is becoming more and more like a house of cards. No, if someone in this world remakes her life biography in the future, it will definitely not use the house of cards This statement, but the word "afternoon tea table" is used.

National affairs are indeed important, and Margot has never stopped thinking about them, but when she turns her thoughts into specific policies, the first hurdle to pass is the afternoon tea table.

Now, the O'Hara sisters must be working together to manage Georgia, the South, and their hometown well, but as time goes by, the characteristics of politics will be highlighted bit by bit, and various interest entanglements are still It will slowly emerge on the afternoon tea table.

Thinking of the afternoon tea that will no longer be comfortable and comfortable in the future, Margot is in a bad mood.

She would rather discuss other things with her sisters at the tea table, such as clothes, jewelry, and, of course, the house.

Maybe Suellen hadn't noticed it yet, maybe Scarlett felt it but couldn't tell, but Margot knew very well that this might be one of the few relaxing afternoon teas the sisters had.

Oh, maybe given the nature of politics, the afternoon tea table will turn into a house of cards in the end, at least both Scarlett and Margo are good at playing cards.

Margot turned her mind a thousand times, but at the afternoon tea table, Suellen was still arguing with Scarlett:

"The representative work of the Baroque house is Versailles, synonymous with luxury! If it is paired with Rococo decoration, it is a perfect match! Whether it is Mrs. Pompadour or the later Queen Mary, they are all great beauties! Oh, that's awesome! If the house wasn't half built, I would definitely ask the designer to change the drawings!  …”

Speaking of later, Suellen's eyes lit up, and she couldn't turn back time so that she could go back to the moment when Rhett asked her to choose the style of the house!

Then she would have chosen baroque.

Seeing Suellen like this, Scarlet felt uncomfortable.

Of course, there was also the issue of the inheritance of Tara Manor that caused countless jealousies in Scarlett's heart.

Before Scarlett was married, Gerald had said many times that he would leave the manor to his eldest daughter Scarlett.At that time, the other three daughters of the O'Hara family, Margot, Suellen, and Karin, were just daughters to be married to Gerald, and they had always been in a free range state, only Scarlett, because She resembles her father and is the eldest daughter, so she is assumed to be the heir by default.

That's right, in the South at that time, the traditions and laws were very close to those in Europe, and the only difference was the heir-limited inheritance system.That is to say, apart from the fact that the sex of the heir is not rigidly stipulated, the difference between the South and the United Kingdom is not very great in terms of inheritance law.

But now the U.S. government is the federal government in the north, not the confederal government in the south. The old order in the south has long since disappeared with the war. Naturally, the inheritance law has also changed accordingly.

Similarly, for Gerald, the manor has already been managed anyway, and the owner of the manor does not need to manage it himself, so a shrewd and capable heir is no longer necessary.

Under such circumstances, Gerald began to consider which of the four daughters was more in need.

Gerald loved his daughters, though for a long time he had favored Scarlett, not only because Scarlett resembled him, but also because Tara needed an heir.But now, heirs are no longer necessary, so fatherly love naturally prevails.

From Gerald's point of view, the three eldest daughters were all married and well married, not to mention Margot and Suellen, but Scarlett was still a rich man after the war and had a husband. There is a son, not to mention keeping the warehouse of the Hamilton family, and a new three-story shop was built after the war.

Only the youngest daughter has no boyfriend at the age of 19, and looking at Karin, she doesn't seem to be interested in finding a boyfriend.

In Gerald's eyes, the eldest daughter is the most like him, the second daughter is the most scheming and will plan for herself, the third daughter is the accuser and follower of her mother and sister since she was a child, and only the youngest daughter is the most well-behaved and caring .

Therefore, Gerald wanted to leave Tara Manor to his youngest daughter.

Although Gerald didn't say it clearly, Scarlett felt uncomfortable.

Why?Because since she was 12 years old, she has heard Gerald tell her that Tara Manor belongs to her and will definitely be left to her in the future. As a result, after the war is over, many things have changed, even her dream Scarlett was really annoyed that Tara would not belong to her anymore.

She had already cried hard in front of her father, but she still didn't change his mind, which was one of the reasons why she came to Suellen's big house today.

Because she wanted to be quiet and didn't want to talk to her father for the time being.

Now listening to Suellen say this, she is sitting in Suellen's big garden now, and what she hears is the idea of ​​Margot's new house, and the Hamiltons must not be able to build such a big house, Scully Te was really annoyed.

What annoys her even more is that no matter how hard she works, it seems that her salary is not enough to build such a big house!

She knows better than anyone how fast housing prices in Atlanta are rising!

Suellen may not be smart enough, but she is very good at reading people's faces. She noticed that Margot was slow to speak, and Scarlett was blue-faced and preoccupied, so she naturally shut up.

For a while, the afternoon tea table fell silent.

Until Margo reacted.

Margot looked at Suellen, then at Scarlett, sighed slightly in her heart, and poured black tea for her sisters.

Holding a bone china teacup, Scarlett was in a daze for a while, then he murmured like sleepwalking: "House prices in Atlanta are rising rapidly."

Margot said: "When the war ended, it was devastated. Some citizens couldn't even pay their taxes. Naturally, housing prices were low. Now, men have found jobs, not to mention many black women are working. In fact, one of them earns less, but if both of them work, the family will naturally have more surplus money. The bank is in danger of going bankrupt, but they can exchange it for a house. As long as they pay taxes on time, the house will always be theirs .Why don't they buy a house? If it is rented out, there is still rent to pay."

This is also a very interesting phenomenon.It's rare in other places, but in Atlanta, there are really a lot of black people buying houses.

It seems that this war has helped them open their minds. They seem to know how unreliable the bank is.

So even if the bank has a savings business, they still only deposit a small amount of money. Once they save enough money, they will buy a small house and then exchange the small house for a bigger one.

Even if few blacks have gone to school, the natural intelligence and cunning of blacks give them the upper hand in real estate.

That's right, many black families have many children, and both men and women are able to work, and black families like to live together and form groups, which has greatly reduced the cost of living of the family, and the family has a lot of surplus funds.

Perhaps the wages of an individual black man cannot compare with that of a white man, but the wages of a black family are definitely higher than that of the average white family.

This also allowed these black people to have enough money to buy a house in Atlanta.

I live with my family members, and the extra money is used to buy a house. The rent of the house and the disposable income of the family can be used to continue to buy a house.

This kind of cunning has allowed the wealth of many black families to rise rapidly, and even promoted their desires in other places.