average american beauty

Caroline sat in the rented carriage, looking at the various houses passing by, as well as the private gardens carefully cared for by the gardeners.

Most of the people on the road are private carriages of various families. The weather is just right, and the ladies and ladies in the carriages rarely close the canopy or curtains of the carriages.

Caroline looked at the layered dresses on their bodies, the gorgeous hats on their heads, and the slender waists constrained by the corsets, and felt a little empathetic.

In order to be a guest at Ms. Green's house today, she not only put on her best dress, but also put on a corset that Minnie helped her remake. Even so, Caroline still felt that her breathing was affected.

The coachman raised his whip and gradually tightened the reins in his hand, and the carriage stopped at the gate of the outer courtyard of a three-story white building.

The house is a typical Victorian building, with more than a dozen arched windows on each floor, but no "raised" windows or small terraces that are popular in Chicago on the second and third floors.

Although the gate was not locked, Caroline did not let the coachman drive into the courtyard, but got off the car alone at the gate. She walked nearly [-] meters along the road in the middle of the garden, passing through the yellow rose beds and in front of the gate. The colonnade, knocked on the door.

Soon, a middle-aged maid opened the door, and then stepped back to invite Caroline into the room,

"Miss Mibo, please come in."

Caroline followed the maid leading the way through the corridor with glass windows and walked towards the reception room. On the way, she met another young maid who stopped the two,

"Ms. Green asked Miss Mibble to go directly to the study."

The previous maid immediately changed directions and led Caroline to the study on the second floor. After she entered, she closed the door and left.

The study room is very spacious, with wallpapers of flower and bird drawings on the wall, a movable mahogany escalator next to the bookshelf reaching the roof, a desk of the same color is placed in front of the bookshelf, and a sofa is placed by the window just like in Ms. Green's office.

Ms. Green herself was standing to one side of the study, looking at a portrait of two people hanging on the wall.

Different from most serious and formal portraits, the movements of the man and woman in the portrait are very natural. They should be husband and wife. The wife looks forward with a cheerful and bright smile, and the older husband looks at his wife tenderly. are holding hands sitting on the grass in the garden.

The figures in the painting looked like Lady Green and her husband, Caroline thought.

"When I first came to the United States, I was about the same age as you when you first came to Meisi. I was a little girl who didn't understand anything."

Ms. Green nodded to Caroline who saluted her, then turned her head and continued to look at the portrait.

"At that time, I thought I had nothing but a few boxes of worthless luggage, and my identity as a daughter of a small noble family." Ms. Green invited Caroline to sit down, not paying attention to the surprise in Caroline's eyes, and said Tell her story.

Eve Green had a very happy childhood.

She has parents who dote on her very much and give her enough freedom, there are countless books, toys and beautiful clothes, and there are also knowledgeable tutors who teach her knowledge and art.

It wasn't until the age of 17 that she realized that her seemingly wealthy family was already facing a debt crisis.

In order to help her family through the difficulties, despite her parents' opposition, she took the initiative to agree to the marriage proposal of an American businessman who was ten years older than her, and lived far away from her hometown in this new continent.

"After getting along, I realized that he is different from what I thought." Ms. Green had a touch of happiness on her face when talking about her husband.

"He is a very good husband. He accommodated me in every possible way in life and taught me a lot about business. After he found out that I didn't like socializing at home, he would take me with him every time he went out on business. It didn't take long In [-], I followed him all over the Americas and continents of Europe."

"Four years ago, we founded Max Department Store together." Speaking of this, Ms. Green glanced at Caroline, and as expected, she saw an expression of enlightenment on her face.

"So you are..."

"George Meis's wife," Ms. Green continued, "please don't mention the word widow in front of me, I don't like it."

Caroline listened intently to Ms. Green's story of her past, and sighed in her heart about this fateful marriage.

Naturally, she still has a lot of questions, such as the mysterious cause of Mr. George Meisi's death, and why Ms. Green did not directly manage Meisi Department Store as Mrs. Meisi, etc., but Ms. Green did not take the initiative to mention it. It's not convenient for her to inquire.

"I'm telling you this, just to let you know that Meisi Department Store is very important to me, very important." Ms. Green looked directly into Caroline's eyes, if there was a slight evasion in Caroline's eyes at the moment Or doubt, she may not continue to speak.

But in Caroline's eyes there is only admiration and admiration for Ms. Green, and maybe a little sigh of luck.

Having lived in this era for almost a year, she knows how difficult it is for a woman to make a career. Not only is there tremendous pressure from work and society, but she often also faces resistance from her family and even her own heart.

Even for a modern-educated person like her, it is difficult to achieve even a little bit of grades, and she even wants to give up occasionally.Ms. Green can achieve what she is today, except that she just mentioned the support of her former husband. I don’t know how much effort she has put in silently.

"You are a very respectable modern woman," Caroline said slowly after thinking about it.

Ms. Green smiled and leaned her back gently on the back of the chair, as if she was talking to herself, and seemed to be implying Caroline, "You are such an interesting girl, sometimes I think you are not at all like you used to be. The ones from that small place in Columbia Town don’t look like girls who have only studied in ordinary girls’ schools for three or four years.”

"Sorry, you know, sometimes we need to know a little more about our people."

"You called me here today, surely you didn't just tell me your story?" Caroline was indeed nervous for a moment, but she calmed down quickly. Her current background is very simple, and Ms. Green has more things. She wouldn't have guessed that she was looking forward to what Ms. Green would say next.

"Pleasant cooperation is based on mutual understanding. I want you to be my assistant. If we advance and retreat together, we must first get to know you well. Of course, we can't let you have too many doubts." Green As the lady spoke, she opened the desk drawer, took out a few pages, and handed them to Caroline.

"In the next few weeks, I plan to hold some events at Meisi Department Store. Here are a few proposals I have selected. You can take a look at them later."

"But now, let's take a break and chat casually." Ms. Green rang the bell in the study, and asked the maid to bring a pot of black tea and two plates of snacks.

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Supplementary remarks:

1. Eve Green's background story is inspired by Titanic

2. There will be more disputes about the designated inheritance and female inheritance in the background period of the story. If it is involved in the following article, it will be regarded as a private establishment of parallel time and space.