Continuation of "Gone with the Wind"

Chapter No.16 Rhett's Revenge

Scarlett thought for a long time without a clue, and then, as she always did, she quickly put the matter behind her.Think about it tomorrow, I have more important things to do right now.

The two aunts looked good, although they had put on a lot of weight and looked almost like Aunt Pitt.They greeted Scarlett as soon as they saw her, and told her that she was "much thinner," so that she ran to the mirror and found that she was exactly what they said, and luckily she looked all right.

No sooner had they sat down, while the servants were preparing tea, Scarlett impatiently inquired about Rhett.Aunt Eulalie put on a straight face at this moment, and began to lecture Scarlett again, exactly as she had said in her letter before.

"Scarlett, I'm going to talk to you about this matter. As a lady and married again, you are supposed to stay at home, but you have been ignoring my advice and just busy Your business. I told you before that women shouldn't do such outrageous things, it's all a man's business. What would your mother in heaven think if she knew?"

My God, why is she still so wordy?I've been talking about this matter back and forth, isn't there anything else to say?Rhett never cared about her business.Scarlett almost screamed.Just when she was about to interrupt, Aunt Pauline picked up Aunt Eulalie's words again.

"My sister is right. Scarlett, you have to think about our reputation. You see, even Rhett is embarrassed by your behavior now, but he is still speaking for you, saying that you don't want to leave, and He couldn't stop, so he had to go back to Charleston alone. But he's a real gentleman now, which is a great consolation to his poor mother. But I say he should have been more filial. That's right." Her tone became dissatisfied again.

What, Rhett dared to say that? "Reluctant to leave, too busy to stop"?speak for her?hell!How could he slander her so much?When she begged him to take her away, why did he refuse so simply?This bastard, she knew him well, and she didn't expect that he would do this to her behind his back.

Seeing that Scarlett's face was gloomy, Aunt Eulalie, who didn't know the inside story, thought she had a disturbed conscience, so she quickly comforted her and said, "Don't be sad, Scarlett. Now that you are here, you can just comfort her." Rhett's mother, she's worried about her son going north."

"He went to the north? Where is he going and how long will he be going?" When Scarlett heard the unexpected news, she was so surprised that she even forgot to be angry.

"Don't worry, Scarlett, he's rehabilitated a long time ago. He's not going to do business with the Yankees. He's going to St. Francis this time to buy back the heirloom silver that the Yankees took from them. It's going to be a few weeks. See." Well, there is such a thing as spending money to buy things from the robbers." Aunt Pauline's tone was full of hatred for the Yankees who invaded them.

"That's good, I thought he..." Scarlett breathed a sigh of relief at last, the memory of the Yankee invasion of their house was still fresh in her memory. "By the way, Auntie, why did I see so many Yankees at the station when I came? Didn't the Charlestonians drive them out of South Carolina?" She got angry when she saw the blue uniform.

"My dear, don't you know? By the way, I haven't had time to tell you. Charleston is still a military occupation zone, and they may not plan to leave. We drove them out of Fort Sumter, and then held their positions and attacked Their whole fleet, it makes them hate it."

You are still stationed here for ten years, isn't it too patient?Scarlett complained endlessly in her heart. She lived tremblingly under the rule of the military government for five years.Unexpectedly, she would throw herself into the trap again without thinking.