Continuation of "Gone with the Wind"

Chapter 9 The Dilapidated Manor

"No, no, it's not as bad as you think, Scarlett. She's still alive, but the doctor says she's too old, and maybe she's been agitated, so she's a little out of her wits. She's like a A child, she will cry and grab toys with Suellen's children; sometimes she seems to be the original nun again, always nagging about things when you were a child; she often recognizes the wrong person and takes Suellen as Miss Ellen, call me Mr. Gerald; and sometimes--Well, Scarlett, are you all right, you look so pale. I shouldn't tell you that, but I think you ought to know, you--"

"It's nothing, Will. I'm sad, but it's better than I thought it would be. God can't be that cruel to me, can he?"

Scarlett smiled at him reluctantly, and tried to joke with him, but there was a little girl crying hoarsely in her heart: "God! If you want me to go to hell, why do you want the person who loves me from me?" Take away one by one? Mom, Dad, Melly, Rhett, and now it's Mammy's turn. It's obviously me who is at fault, why do you want to torture her old body?"

Oh My God!Can't the damned carriage go any faster?Scarlett kept urging the coachman to speed up, and was even willing to pay double the fare. Finally, at the cost of the blood on the poor horse's back and the foam at the mouth, she arrived at Tara Manor three or ten minutes faster than usual.

All of a sudden, she thought she would run like a crazy woman regardless of her image, but the scene in front of her made her stunned.

Is this Tara?The original shining white house is now crumbling like an old bookshelf covered with a thick layer of dust, as if it will collapse at any time; the crazily growing vines wrap around the wall like snakes, vying for places to climb like frogs, triumphantly The land flaunted its power at her; most of the beautiful glass windows were broken, and looked at her indifferently like a blind man who had just lost his sight; Party like pine.How could this desolate scene be the number one Tara in Clayton County?

Also, why does this kind of scene seem to have been seen before?She couldn't remember for a moment.

"I'm sorry, Scarlett, for letting you see this situation. But there's nothing you can do about it." Will rushed up from behind, "I'll fix the house when the winter is slack."

Scarlett's shock turned into anger, and she poured down on Will like a torrential rain: "Why did Tara become such a ghost, what did you do to Will? I said earlier that I could send money to help you, But you..."

After she finished venting, she suddenly felt that she was too mean.Will is Tara's backbone, and it's he who gets Tara back into production.What's more, he has always treated her so well, just like her elder brother.He is right, always take care of the farm work first, otherwise what will the family eat?But—oh, why is this guy so stubborn, he just refuses to ask for her money.Her initial apology was replaced by resentment.

Will looked into her eyes, and there was no trace of anger caused by her hysteria in his tone: "Scarlett, no matter what you say, I won't ask for your money. As for the rest, I'll talk about it later. Go and see Mammy."

The road from the door to the house is not long, but because no one has walked by it for a long time, it is full of potholes, and there are large and small broken stones scattered on the road, making it easy to fall.Scarlett crossed carefully as if stepping on a single-plank bridge.She secretly made up her mind that whether Will would like it or not, she must repair the house and re-level the road.Going this way is simply practicing acrobatics.

As soon as she reached the door, Scarlett heard the noise of children and Suellen's scolding from inside.Look, three annoying crybabys, exactly like their mother.Suellen still has a big belly. God, how many babies will she have?

"Where is Mammy?" Scarlett asked her directly, without bothering to greet her sister.

"You're so rude, Scarlett. I'm so exhausted, why don't you care about your own sister?" Seeing Will leading Prissy and the two children, Suellen's lazy expression returned. It became gloomy, "God, you don't want to put them here again, do you? Tara is not a hotel, how can there be so many vacant rooms?"

"Don't be so wordy, I don't want to quarrel with you because of your pregnancy. Where is Mammy?" Scarlett didn't argue with her, she just wanted to see Mammy now.

"Recovering in her own room. She looks fine today, maybe she can recognize you." Seeing her uneasy expression, Will hurried out to smooth things over.