Continuation of "Gone with the Wind"

Chapter 20 More sons

His pronunciation is obviously very standard, why Karin said it was lame?It’s just that the northern accent that is revealed from time to time makes her a little unaccustomed: “I heard a gentleman say that a lady has been looking for a child that her relatives entrusted her to take care of before they died, and that I look a lot like him. I came with him. I think you look a little familiar, but I think you must have recognized the wrong person. I have no relatives, never have. Maybe I disappointed you." At the end, his tone became a lot stiffer, Imply that I want to end this misunderstanding conversation as soon as possible.

"I didn't admit my mistake, I was looking for you." Scarlett's tone calmed down along with her mood, "We did meet, when I first arrived here. You were knocked down by my carriage , I’m sorry. Of course, you’re right, I’m not here to find some relative’s child. I’m looking for you for something else, which is very important. "

"Thank you for your concern, I'm fine. As for the other thing you said..."

"Give me the ledger you got from the monastery, I'll use it." Scarlett interrupted him, her tone was no longer like talking to a child, but she pressed on step by step like bargaining with a competitor, "That ledger It's useless to you, I'm sure you can't even read it. As for the conditions, you can do whatever you want, as long as I can do it." In order not to irritate him, she didn't use "stealing".Fortunately, the person who brought her here has gone out so as not to disturb them, and now there are only the two of them in the whole room, so she has nothing to worry about, so she just made it clear.

"How do you know it's useless to me? How do you know I can't read it? You're too contemptuous of children. Besides, what's the use of that account book? You want me to make a condition, but I have to know It’s up to others to decide what to do with the things in my hand. Although I know I’m not a good person, I don’t want to do too bad things.” Having said that, there was a thoughtful look on his face, Scarlett knew she was on to something.

"Well, I can tell you, because this is really not a bad thing. I want to take back the property rights of our manor, which is now dedicated to the monastery by my stupid little sister, but the monastery is not needed at all. If you look Knowing the account book, I must know that there are a lot of donations recorded on it, and they should be filled with private pockets, right? I don’t want our family’s property from generation to generation to be embezzled for no reason. What’s the reason for this?”

"Your family has a manor? Then there should be a lot of land. If so, I agree to give you the account book. But I don't know if you can agree to my conditions." His tone became agitated, but he was still cautiously probing.

"As long as I can do it. How much do you want?" Although she didn't understand why the manor would excite him, she didn't think much about it, just thinking about how much he would ask for.

"Money is of no use to me. I don't want it. In fact, I have been living in a place of nowhere. I just wanted to find a place to stay, but I was disappointed again and again. But since God still allows me to live in this world, I have to continue to look for it." This should be another chance." Scarlett could barely hear him when he said his first words, wondering that there were thieves in the world who didn't want money.But the next few sentences were purely talking to herself, and the voice was so low that she could hardly hear it, so she didn't care. "I want you to adopt me and be my legal guardian. Of course, this is only in name, you can use me as a servant, I don't care. I just ask you to let me live in your manor. As for money, I You can earn it yourself. Of course, I won't steal anymore. Will you agree?" He said these few words calmly, but it really shocked her.She knew that it would be risky to adopt someone she didn't even know the name of, but she would definitely take back Tara's property rights.Seeing that child rarely showed a begging expression, like a stray dog ​​begging to be taken in, she softened her heart to him again.It made her feel like a hard-hearted mother who forgave a naughty child for a prank.

What happened next was more dramatic.Scarlett went to the dean again, and after coercing and luring the property rights back, she gave her the ledger that the child had brought from a secret place.In fact, after reading it, she felt that these people were more hateful than corrupt officials, and she always hated getting something for nothing.But she also knew that instead of saying she hated, it would be better to say jealousy.This jealousy even made her think of blackmailing the monastery.But thinking of Karin, she dismissed the idea again.If it weren't for this little girl, I'm afraid it would take her a lot of effort to get back the property rights.But if it weren't for this little girl, she wouldn't have to go to such lengths to ask for property rights.Thinking of this, she was not polite to the monastery either.Originally the dean wanted to conceal this dishonorable incident, but she insisted on making it public.Of course, the whole thing went through the monastery and became "The Merciful Lord directed His devout followers to save two lonely souls," which spread throughout Charleston as a good deed.The child's theft, her threats to the abbot, and the embezzlement of the Abbey's donations were all covered up.Scarlett had no problem with that.

The process of going through the adoption procedures with the child was also quite smooth. The lawyer praised her for her righteous deed and completed all the procedures quickly.Funny how she didn't know the kid's name was Jack until now.

"It's fitting," she thought. "Jack, a gift from God. But I just don't know whether he is an angel or a devil." Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a little worried. Jack kept silent about his past. She asked him tentatively, but He said he didn't remember.The only thing she knew was that he said he was not American.

"Whatever country he is from," she thought lazily, "as long as Tara comes back. As for him, he's just a kid, and he's going to be all right. He just can't find servants, and he's better than those black men." The girl is much smarter, let him be a servant first. Although it is inconvenient, and I can’t order him face to face, I have to make do with it. At least I don’t have to pay wages.” She was only thinking about visiting Rhett’s house tomorrow, and soon Forget about Jack.She slept soundly that night.