[Gone with the Wind] Miss Margot

May of 1861 to May of 1862 was a very special year for the three married ladies of the O'Hara family.

During this year, the three sisters were all pregnant and gave birth to a son, which is the same.It's just that during this year, Scarlett's bad temper made everyone in Atlanta shake their heads at him, and even Ellen felt very ashamed of this daughter.

On the contrary, Margot and Suellen's life is getting better and better.They are all the wives of the owner of a large southern estate, and when the husband is away, they are the masters of the house.Moreover, Margot and Suellen completed the transformation and transformation of the manor one after another, and among them, Suellen's Rose Manor was the most complete.

Suellen is not a very independent girl, as can be seen from the fact that she is very dependent on her sister Margot.Her skills are very limited.But she has one advantage, that is, people who treat her well, and she is happy to listen to the other party's opinions.From this point of view alone, it is undoubtedly the most suitable for Suellen to become the wife of the owner of the manor.

Because of the long-term exchange of experience with her sister, Suellen also adopted the work point system. Of course, in terms of time, although it was later than Marge’s Barton Manor, because of Suellen’s limited ability, those black people were more active in seeking for themselves. Benefit.

Don't underestimate these black people.

You must know that even Margot dare not level the cotton fields in Barton Manor, but the black people in Rose Manor have the ability to level a hundred acres of cotton fields and build spinning workshops.Later, seeing that there was too much yarn in Rose Manor, Marge transferred the two businesses of medical gauze and medical bandages to Rose Manor.

Like Margot, Suellen also sold these things through Rhett Butler's way, and the gold coins in exchange were deposited in her own account at the Bank of England.

In the Rose Manor of Barton Manor, the machines in the workshop only stop for one day a month for cleaning and dust removal, and other things are non-stop.Of course, this day is also a day off for workers.

There are no idiots among the blacks. Although the improved version of "The Story of the Reed Stick" is rarely known in the white society, it is well known among the blacks.As for the treatment of European workers, through the respectable old gentlemen who stayed in the manor, they are grateful that they all have the habit of reading newspapers, so that these black people have long known the treatment of those white counterparts.

Therefore, their hearts are balanced and they work hard.

There are three shifts in front of the machines, and a group of three people controls one machine. Every twelve machines are counted as one class. Each group in the class competes with each other, and each class also competes with each other.The three groups with the highest production quality and the largest quantity will get the first-class job points, while the three groups with the highest production quality and quantity will only get the third-class job points.

For the same product, the class with the best benefits, from the foreman to the members, has extra rewards.

Because of this competition, the niggers don't even need the overseer's whip to work hard.Also because of the existence of this work-point system, they can eat chicken if they want to eat chicken, fish if they want to eat, and even the wine that the owner of the big manor usually uses to greet guests, as long as they have enough work points, they can have it.

What's more, when several black people in Rose Manor got married, they actually wore white satin!

That's right, in this era, only the upper class can wear white satin to get married, and even the poor white people can only envy them, especially since the war started, and white satin has become more expensive, but the black people in Rose Manor are so aggressive, They wore white satin for their wedding!

About 100 black people made an order with Suellen, and Suellen got white satin through Rhett, and then exchanged it for those black people.Although there is only one piece, what does it matter?Everyone can wear it in turns when they get married.

Because of this incident, Suellen gained the loyalty of the vast majority of black people on the manor.Yes, not to the Kennedys, but to Suellen.Even black people from other families in the county have a good impression of Suellen.

This is most evident in Lian Ellen's black nanny, Black Mama.This black mother used to always favor Scarlett, she ignored Suellen, and if there was something, she would stick to Scarlett, regardless of Suellen's younger age, and the need for others' care and attention. pet.

But now?Jonesboro is very close to Clayton, and Suellen can go back to her natal family only by half a day's carriage.From the day Suellen gave birth, confinement, and returned to her mother's house again, the black mother of Tara Manor saw Suellen with a bit of humility on her face.

It's just that now Suellen is no longer interested in his fawning.Because the black people in Rose Manor served Suellen like a queen, there were seven or eight maids serving him alone in the room.

Margot trained two black maids proficient in sewing in Tara Manor, Molly was left in Tara Manor, Cassono was given to Suellen, and Suellen’s original black maid Rosa was replaced. .Now, Casono took two assistants to take care of Suellen's clothes.

Suellen had a maid named Daly who took care of jewelry and accessories including hats and veils; a maid named Natalie who took care of Suellen's shoes; Carry wind lanterns for Suellen at night.

Norma, the black mother of Rose Manor, and two maids, stared at Suellen all day long, urging her to add or remove clothes in time to prevent their delicate wives from being exposed to the sun or blown by the wind.

Yes, in the hearts of the black people in Rose Manor, their wives are very delicate people.Because Suellen kept Margot's advice firmly in mind, after giving birth to her son, she lay in the house for 30 days before going to the ground, so she got a delicate evaluation.

Also considered fragile, and Margot.Because she also did a full 30 days of confinement. Within 30 days, Margot even took a bath on the bed.

Along with the children of the two sisters, there are also Barton Manor and Rose Manor.Because of the generosity of Margot and Suellen to the black people, Barton Manor and Rose Manor have become the holy places and comfortable nests in the hearts of black people.The situation in the south is still very good, but this does not prevent those blacks from sneaking out of the plantation and heading to the holy place in their hearts.

In the south, escaped slaves were not uncommon. With the start of the war, the constraints on blacks in southern plantations were inevitably relaxed, and there were naturally more escaped slaves.Black people obviously have their own way, coupled with the hardships of life, some black people hate white people very much, but there are also quite a few black people who are more realistic and more aware of the difficulty of life.Therefore, most of the blacks who came to Barton Manor and Rose Manor in the end would choose to stay as long as they passed the probationary period, and as time went by, they became more grateful to Margot and Suellen, and naturally became more loyal.

Here, Suellen has an advantage over Margot.

Suellen's Rose Manor is in Jonesboro, and Jonesboro already has a railway station.For those black people, as long as they walk along the railway, they will be able to reach Jonesboro and find Rose Manor.

Therefore, Suellen's Rose Manor was the first to break through the population of 1000, and quickly moved towards the population of 2000.For this reason, Suellen had to write to Margot, hoping that the other party could help.However, even though the two sisters tried their best, the black people kept coming.

If the Confederate government hadn't suddenly placed a large order with Rose Manor, Suellen might have jumped up.Originally, the Confederate government asked Suellen to donate, but Suellen refused.She insisted that if the South asked for so many things, firstly, if the donated things did not come back, she would not be able to maintain the normal operation of Rose Manor; secondly, there would be more and more black people, if there was not enough food and space, There will be problems.

If it had been someone else, maybe the Confederate government would have taken a tough line.But it is a fact that blacks continue to rush to the south, and it is also a fact that the south needs more supplies.In this war age, no matter how stupid the politicians in the South were, they would not dare to set fire to the rear.Not to mention that many respectable gentlemen also voted for it. Ashley's father, John Wilkes, was No. 1 in calling on the Confederate government to give preferential treatment to Barton Manor and Rose Manor.

So, in the end, the Confederate government had to exchange land with Suellen.Suellen provided them with medical bandages and medical gauze, and they traded land in Jonesboro and Atlanta.

The Confederate government and Margo also made similar requests, for medical alcohol and medical cotton.

Suellen firmly remembers her sister's teaching that the money that others can see is spent where others can see it, and the money that others cannot see is hidden in the Bank of England.However, Suellen also had an extra heart. She claimed that she could not find Kennedy's seal, and put all the newly purchased land in her own name.Even if Ellen and Gerald were worried about it, and the other came to scold him, she insisted on her own opinion.

Suellen knew very well that Frank Kennedy loved him more than marrying her because he was old and wanted to marry and just in time for her to talk to him.Suellen felt that she needed security, and land certainly gave her more security than Frank Kennedy.