Miss Eugenie Grandet

Monsieur Philippe was terrified by this appearance of father Grandet's.After hearing clearly the words that the old man yelled out of nowhere, he was even more at a loss, and could only stand there, watching the other party rush towards him motionless.

"Go away!"

Seeing that he did not respond, Eugenie hastily pushed him.

Let's put it this way, if the angry old man who is rushing towards him like a tiger is not Miss Grandet's father, even if he is the enemy of the entire division, he will never be as terrible as he is now.However, in his not too long and not too short 25 years of life, this is really the first time he encountered such an unmanageable situation, and he inevitably panicked.Fortunately, Miss Grandet reminded him that he finally came back to his senses, and at the moment when the old man's hands were about to viciously pinch his neck, he quickly took a step back.

"Are you really all right?"

He really wanted to escape, but he thought that if he ran away, leaving Miss Grandet alone, and letting her face the father who was furious because of a misunderstanding, it would not be a manly act, so he hesitated for a while, still unable to lift his feet .

This time it was even worse.After his hesitation and this ambiguous sentence fell into the ears of old Grandet, his guess was confirmed.

"Grandpa's knife! Still trying to seduce my daughter!"

The old man couldn't choke his neck, so he raised his big hand like an iron fence, trying to slap him hard, but he didn't want the opponent to be nimble, so he dodged a few times, not only missed, but also slipped under his feet Reeling, almost missed the old waist.

Dad's anger was even more uncontrollable.

"Thousand-knife killer, wait!" He turned and ran towards the house in a hurry.Soon, footsteps came again, and when he rushed out angrily, he already had an extra shotgun in his hand.

"Let's go quickly!"

Eugenie hurried to her father, stopped in front of him, and turned her head to reprimand Philip who still seemed hesitant.

Seeing the old man snarling and breaking away from his daughter's obstruction, he raised his gun and aimed at himself, Philip broke out in a cold sweat, and immediately made a decision.

"Good-bye, then, Mademoiselle Grandet!"

He said something hastily, turned around and ran towards the grape field.

"Bitch! A libertine!"

The red-eyed Grandet chased to the edge of the grape field, and fired indiscriminately in a suspicious direction ahead.Panting heavily, she bowed her head to change the bolt and was about to shoot again, but Eugenie who came from behind pushed down the barrel of the gun.

"Father! What are you doing!"

she asked angrily.

"Kill that rascal!" cried the old man. "If he trespasses on Floafont and is beaten to death by the landowner, I'll be justified in standing before the king!"

"Master! Why are you here!"

Old Frank, who was awakened by the gunshot just now, ran out with the cook, mother and daughter, and looked at the father and daughter in surprise.

"What happened to that noise just now?"

Old Frank rubbed his eyes, looked around, and asked blankly.

Although he was still very angry about the scene just now, Grandet still didn't want to be ashamed in front of outsiders.

"Nothing! I saw a wild boar running out just now, so I fired a shot!" He said gruffly, "Go back to sleep, your boss has nothing to show you!"

Old Frank groaned, and turned back to the house with the cook, mother and daughter.

"Eugenie, come with me!"

The old man turned his head, let out a moan of lingering anger from his nostrils, and went into the house with his hands behind his back.

Eugenie followed her father into the house after putting away the shotgun and the pistol which had been hidden in the pocket of her skirt just now.In the dim candlelight, the old Grandet stared at his daughter and asked sullenly, "Who was that rascal who was talking to you just now?"

"How did you suddenly appear here?"

Eugenie did not answer immediately, but asked a question instead.

Speaking of this, there is naturally a reason.

It still had to do with Madame de Grassin.Is such that.After she hurried back that day, she boarded the stagecoach to Paris the next day.Women seem to be born with the potential to be Sherlock Holmes, especially when it comes to the fidelity of their husbands.After she arrived in Paris, she didn't rush to the place where her husband lived to make a big noise or directly question her. Instead, she lived quietly near her husband's residence and observed his movements with a small telescope every day.Within a week, she really caught the clues that he was courting that beautiful actress.So one night, the wife finally managed to catch the two lovers who were sitting in a small box in a certain opera house—fortunately, Mrs. Grassin discovered it early, and the banker hadn't had time to accumulate it yet. Enough to completely abandon all the determination and courage of Saumur, facing his wife's accusations and crying, the banker was deeply ashamed, not only promised to break up with the sister immediately, but also gritted his teeth and bought a necklace to make amends.In this way, the contented wife returned yesterday to Saumur with her prodigal husband.After the banker went to the door of the Grandet mansion today to report to the client his work situation in the past six months and a large pile of bills he had sorted out, the wife whose crisis was resolved inevitably returned to her old habit of chewing her tongue. The gentleman whom Floavon had met couldn't help but speak out in front of Grandet.

Old Grandet was taken aback by the news.First, the daughter actually kept her contacts with outsiders without telling her. This is simply a great contempt for patriarchy.Second, this person is actually a member of the Luo Qierde family!The experience that he suffered a loss from the Jews back then still haunts him. Now when he thinks that his daughter is dealing with the Jews, he can't help but feel terrified - if he doesn't go to take charge of the overall situation, maybe the land of Floavon It will also be shoveled away by the opponent!So just like that, the old cooper, who had long wanted to pick quarrels and provoke troubles and kill him so as to save the previous defeat, finally got a good reason, and couldn't sit still for a quarter of an hour. After sending the banker and his wife away, he turned around and sat in the tenant's car Xingye rush here.Unexpectedly, there was an unexpected harvest, and he caught evidence that his daughter had a private meeting with another man.

"First the Jews! Then the little boy!" Grandet stared at his daughter angrily and sadly, "Eugenie, you were not against your father before, are you still trying to stab your father in the heart with a sharp knife now? ?”

"Father. It's really a misunderstanding."

Regarding the ambitious gentleman who ran away in a hurry under the gun of her father, Eugenie naturally wouldn't tell the truth, and didn't bother to put gold on his face, "I definitely don't have the relationship with this person as you imagined. In fact, He is a gambler through and through. Knowing that I am the heir of Floavon, he set his mind on me. He wants to defraud me of funding. Of course I will not be fooled."

"it is true?"

The old man stared at his daughter suspiciously.

"If it is not a blasphemy to swear to the Virgin, I dare to swear to the Virgin," said Eugenie. "Father, don't worry. The reason I have seen him so late just now is to make him give up. You have appeared It was timely, and that shot was good. He was scared away by you, and he will never dare to come back in the future."

"Feed it to dogs, you little bastard! How dare you hit my daughter's idea!"

The daughter's resolute attitude made the old man feel relieved.After rubbing the wart on his nose and muttering curses, he raised his eyes, "But Eugenie, there is one more thing! What are you doing with that Jew? The Grassin's wife told me today I, say that the Jews came to Floavond to look for you in a luxurious carriage!"

As soon as this was mentioned, he couldn't help becoming nervous again, and subconsciously looked around, as if to confirm whether his things had been taken away by the other party, "Eugenie! Father has learned a big lesson back then! Why don't you have a long memory, and you even keep in touch with him without telling your father? Come on, what is he looking for you for? Grandpa's knife. They're afraid they're going to get half of France's gold into their own treasury Bar?"

In the end, old Grandet couldn't help muttering such a sentence in a soft voice with envy and envy.

Eugenie pretended not to hear.

"Father, it's like this. You should still remember that when I went to Paris, I had a relationship with this Mr. Rochelle, right? Last time he came, he wanted to do something with me..."

She didn't intend to hide it, so she briefly explained the whole story.

Anyway, he would never disclose half of it to outsiders about anything related to money, and his mouth was definitely more secure than zipping.

"Merchant Bank?"

The old man almost jumped up.

Although he has almost never stepped out of Saumur's land in his life, it would be a mistake to conclude that the old cooper is an old antique who doesn't understand anything.Speaking of banks, bills of exchange, bonds, and interest, if he was willing to pour out all the contents in his stomach, he would definitely be able to stun even the most shrewd finance minister in Paris.

"Yes. In addition to deposits and loans, they are mainly engaged in financing and investment..."

Old Grandet waved his hand and interrupted his daughter, "You don't need to tell me that, I know it!"

He bowed his head and thought for a while, when he raised his head, his eyes had turned yellow, as if they had just been taken out of a pile of gold and pressed on.

"Be darling!" He lowered his voice and rubbed his hands excitedly, "If it's done well, it's a good business with a lot of money! But Eugenie, if something goes wrong, the end will be the same as yours. Almost like Uncle Paris who shot!"

"Yes, so you need to be cautious." Eugenie said, "but father, you absolutely don't have to worry about the other party's business acumen. As for me, think about it, since I was able to earn that money before, I naturally have my trump card. "

"Quack quack—"

Old Grandet let out a strange short crow-like laugh.

"Eugenie, father really didn't expect that you suddenly became smart and capable! You can actually have a hand in that family's money bag! It's an airtight piggy bank! But you must be careful Don’t be tricked by him! They are more greedy than lions, and more cunning than foxes! Dad has suffered a lot before! Also, remember to discuss everything with Dad! Dad will check for you!”

"I remember, father."

"Okay, okay, my good boy," in front of the foreseeable golden river rolling towards him, all the previous quarrels between father and daughter were of course gone.Grandet looked at his daughter almost flatteringly, and coaxed softly, "Then, you are willing to make peace with your father, right? Let the father and daughter make peace like this! I will go back with my father tomorrow. "

"You can go back," Eugenie said, "I'll say the same thing, you don't need to pay an extra copper for your household, you can continue to keep the keys to the cabinets at home, if you feel comfortable doing so. But don't limit yourself. what we buy and what we eat."

Grandet's complexion changed again.

"Eugenie, do you have to fight your father to the end? Let me tell you, all you have is..."

"What is mine is yours, I will remember that," interrupted Eugenie, "I will make regular payments to you, and I will never hide a single cent of my income. Ask Nanon to pay you." You have to pay an annuity of 60 francs a year for doing things, right? You can treat the ones I paid for myself as the extra annuities you gave me."

"How dare you plot against the father who gave birth to you and raised you like this!"

The old cooper yelled, stood up angrily, and when he walked away, he heard Eugenie say behind him: "Then I won't go back. Don't even think that I will reimburse you in the future."

Everything speaks in gold.

Although, Grandet himself is already one of the richest people in Anjou province.But in such a short period of time, Eugenie has earned almost as much gold as he has earned in his whole life. Now, even if he refuses to admit it, the old cooper unconsciously It will bring out an air of respect—of course, what makes him listen is not Eugenie herself, but the gold she can bring.

So, now when he heard such words from his daughter's mouth, he stopped immediately.

Holy Mary!That was too many to count, maybe it would pile up so much gold that he couldn't even close the door of the secret room!When he thought of his daughter making a lot of money without telling him, but he was blind and couldn't see anything, he felt terrified.

"Alright alright!"

After thinking it over and over again, he finally compromised, turned around reluctantly, and looked at his daughter with an expression that seemed to cut flesh from him, "Is it okay for Dad to promise you?"

"Father, you are too generous." Eugenie walked towards him and kissed his old dog's cheek that seemed to have lost its hair. "My mother and I will be grateful to you."

The daughter actually made this kind of intimacy with him that she had only had when she was a child.

The soft lips and delicate voice finally softened Scrooge's father's heart, which had been tightly wrapped in gold.

"Okay, okay... Let the family live in harmony and beauty like this... But, what the family says, I still have to be in charge..."

Grandet stood there a little stiffly, muttering in his mouth.

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