Screenplay: William Faulkner
Director: Martin Ritter
Translation: Yuan
Luming But within reason; the language is witty and humorous; the ending is both unexpected and memorable. The hero and heroine Paul Newman and Jonny Woodward won the Academy Award for Best Actor and Actor; the other protagonist, Orson Welles, wrote, directed and acted in the famous film "Citizen Kane". (CCTV plans to show the film this spring.)
A village in Massachusetts, a barn, is silent at night
. Suddenly, a flame mixed with thick smoke rose from the haystack next to the barn, and the flames quickly licked the barn. Fireworks soared and the sky was red.
Warehouse · Morning
This is set up as a temporary court. The farmers who were witnesses sat against the wall. Barn owner Harris, who was standing in front of the judge, pointed angrily at Ben Quick, a young man opposite.
Harris: "He did it! His pigs entered my cornfield the day before yesterday, and his pigsty had no door. I wrote a note and told him that his pigs had to go back. In the end he paid me back. A dollar."
Judge: "What did he say?"
Harris (Voiceover): "Nothing! But last night he called back and my barn burned!"
Judge (Voiceover): "Burned the Valley The people in the warehouse are the worst things." The
judge said to Quick: "I can't punish you, Quick, there is no evidence, but I can give you a piece of advice: get out of here and never come back!"
Quick: "You It's the judge." The
judge: "Just do it! Take your things and leave before dark."
Quick didn't say anything, but quickly picked up the box on the ground, turned around, and gave the farmers a disgusting look, slowly Walk slowly to the door.
Mississippi River Day
A cargo ship was moving, and Quick stood on the deck smoking a cigarette. As the boat approached the shore, Quick got off the boat carrying the box and stepped on the wet mud on the shore.
Highway · During the day,
Quick stood on the side of the road and waved his hand to stop a car. He stopped a few cars in a row, but no car was willing to stop. A convertible car approached in the distance, and Quick saw two young women in the car. He waved his hand vigorously, and the car finally stopped. The woman sitting in the driver's seat didn't say a word, and the one behind asked with a smile, "Do you want to take a foot into the city?"
Quick: "If you can take a foot, of course I don't want to walk."
The woman opened the door . door and let Quick get in the car. The car started abruptly, and Quick, who had not yet settled down, lost his balance and fell into the seat. The woman behind laughed, and then she gushed: "We went shopping in Memphis. I've been buying like crazy - alligator purses, sandals, floral clothes - in our town, people. Laughs, no one likes these things, we only have rednecks there. But I don't care, I have my style."
Quick: "Are you country girls?"
Woman: "Country? My name is Yura, she It's called Clara. Our town is the most breathless place in the entire Mississippi. It's so suffocating that people can't breathe. If you don't believe it, you can see it. There is no public casino at all.
" Yura: "
I only know there's one time when people need to be quiet - and that's when you're too old to do anything else."
Quick: "In other words, the two of you are as long as you can have fun ." Are you having fun?"
Clara: "Don't make any other calculations, young man. We'll just let you do the trick, and that's all we give you."
Yura: "Where are you going?"
Quick: "Where are you going? I'll go there, miss."
Yura: "Ho, you're as free as a bird. Aren't you, Clara?"
Quick: "Your Clara is wondering what kind of bird this is, isn't it , Clara? pull?"
Yura: "Could it be that you can really read other people's minds? Clara is the school teacher here, and she pays special attention to her reputation. She didn't want to pick you up, I said why not? There are two of us, and he is one. She said , he's so dirty and nasty." (laughs)
Quick: "Oh, I gotta say that lady is a good judge of people." The
car jumped wildly. Yura said, "Hey, Clara, you don't have to worry about safety when you drive like this." The
car continued hopping forward. Yura said, "Hey, baby, my lungs are about to come down
.
" Quick pays attention to the faces of the shops on the street: "Wana Department Store", "Wana Gin", "Wana Service Station", "Wana Blacksmith", "Wana Bank"...
Quick ( Voiceover): "Vana is everywhere."
Yura: "You can see him anytime you are here with us."
Quick: "You two girls belong to Vana?"
Yura: "We The two belong to Wana in particular." The
county government. The
car stopped in front of the county government gate, and Yura let Quick get out of the car. Quick kept staring at the car and walked away, then picked up the box and walked into the county office.
Quick entered the house, where five or six locals were chatting.
Quick: "How does one make a living here?"
Ratliff: "Right or not?"
Quick: "Well, let me hear which one works."
Ratliff: "Okay, a hard worker A man can grow cotton on the lowlands and corn on the hills. It's a clean way of doing things. Of course, if he's not so authentic, he can make whiskey at home and sell it."
Quick: "What if the tax collector comes?"
Ratliff: "People know they're coming and they're gone."
Wilke: "It's not just that."
Ratliff: "Yeah, more than that. People will see shoes, hats, and maybe suspenders of pants. Of course, someone else is wearing them."
Ratliff (voiceover): "You're the tax collector?"
Quick: "Me, let's just say I'm a farmer, Daddy."
Ratliff: "Aha, let's just say that. Go down that road if you want, there's one for rent. It belongs to a man named Varner."
Quick: "Why not?"
Ratliff (voiceover): "What's your name, lad?"
Quick: "Quick, Ben Quick."
Ratliff: "Quick. Oh, yes, it's him..."
Varner Mansion Daytime
Clara parked the car in the yard while her girlfriend Agnes was waiting on the porch She, the servant Lucius, brought out the lemon juice. Yura whispered to Clara: "It's Agnes Stewart again, she's always neurotic."
Jody, the son of Varner and Yura's husband, heard the sound of the car and hurried to the balcony.
Yura: "Jody, I'm back. I ran out of money."
Jody: "Looks like you had a good time today, baby."
Jody's bedroom Daytime
Jody hugs Yura's large The pile of packages entered the door, and Yura followed. As she showed the package, she said, "Jody. Look what I got you. A pure silk tie, a box of brown sugar walnuts, and felt slippers, a dozen new records, a few sweatshirts... Jody: "
Baby, it's not my birthday or anything."
Yura: "I just wanted you to know that even in Memphis, I was thinking of you." She turned on the record player and put on New record, music starts. She unbuttoned her clothes, ready to try on her new clothes.
Yura: "Now sit down and close your eyes, I'm going to show you my new clothes."
Yura put on a new dress: "It was in the June fashion magazine. The girl who sold the clothes said to me: 'Ma'am, this dress is made just for you.' She said that five customers tried it on. I only have the right clothes."
Jody looked at Yura with love and admiration: "You are so beautiful, baby."
Yura: "Do you like this dress?"
Jody stood up and went to Yura Go: "I just like you."
Yura smiled, grabbed a pillow and threw it at Jody, then slid away, and Jody fell face down on the bed. Yura laughed and ran across the room. The two were chasing and fighting in the house.
Varner's Porch - Daytime
Clara and Agnes sip lemonade and chat.
Agnes: "What's going on up there?"
Clara: "We're not that strict here. They've been like this since Dad went to the hospital."
Agnes: "I don't care if you can handle it or not. , I'm going crazy."
Clara: "They're young and in love."
Agnes: "They're young? We're all under 15, as you say. (sighs) That's a good thing. Yura stuck her head out on the balcony in her pajamas .
"Clara, your little brother is like a 5 year old. You know what we're doing? Pillow fights. I banged him hard. Hello, Agnes, my dear."
Agnes: "Hello, Yura."
Yura (voiceover): "You're so quiet on such a hot day."
Agnes: "It's not that time, I'm annoying."
Yura: "Oh, I know what you mean, I'm going to take a shower right now. Agnes, you bring a boyfriend one day, and we'll have a dance." Yura After he finished speaking, he went back to the house.
Agnes: "Bring a boyfriend? Well, I only got one call last week, just once. A guy said in a nice voice: 'Did you buy the Encyclopedia Britannica?'"
Clara: "Come on, let's go upstairs, I'll burn your head, and you'll be happy."
Agnes: "Clara, you've burned me three heads in half a year, and my head is about to explode. Oh, Clara, it's so frustrating to be so idle. I really want to get home and cook dinner for a nice guy, fry steak, make ice cream, bathe the kids...and do something nice at night. Why not here More men?"
Clara: "It's just not that many."
Agnes: "I don't care about it."
Clara: "Neither do I."
Agnes: "Tell me , has a man ever proposed to you in your life?"
Clara: "Yes."
Agnes: "You let him go?"
Clara: "I didn't let him go. He came to me and met later My father, never again."
Agnes: "Speaking of your father, when will he come back?"
Clara: "Tomorrow. As soon as he comes back, the storm will come."
Agnes: " Hey, come to my house for dinner. Ellen keeps asking about you. He's sick in bed, dreaming and having a fever. I really want to know what my brother is dreaming about." On
the lawn outside the door, Quick carried a suitcase from afar come.
Agnes leaned over: "Hey, don't turn around. Someone's here, a lad."
Clara: "Probably selling sewing machines."
Agnes: "Even if it is, don't say 'no' right away, we at least Take the opportunity to talk to him."
Quick walked over to the two ladies, put down the suitcase, and took off his hat: "Good morning, ladies. How's it going?"
Agnes: "Yes, it's great! It's like Like a picture."
Quick: "Yeah, you two are like two butterflies on the grass. (To Clara) Greetings again, Miss Clara."
Clara sipped her lemon juice and said coldly: "If you want work, you can go to the tavern and find the foreman. If you want food, they'll take care of you, right behind."
Quick: "Unfortunately you didn't guess, miss. Now I want to see the owner of this house."
Clara called inside, "Lucius!"
Lucius (voiceover): "What's the matter, Clara Miss?"
Clara: "Please tell Mr. Jody. Someone wants to see him."
Quick: "You can say 'sir' in the same tone."
Quick and Lucius went to the front room.
Agnes to Clara: "Where did you see him?"
Clara: "On the way. I brought him this morning."
Agnes: "Then why are you so unfriendly?"
Clara: " Agnes, the most dangerous and worst thing is strangers. We can only do that."
Agnes: "Alas, we do! Clara, do you want to hear an objective fact? Every single girl we went to school. Married, pregnant or about to become pregnant. And I still live with my mom and my brother, and you still occupy the bedroom you've occupied since you were 13. I don't know about you, Clara, I know what drives my nerves."
Clara La: "Hey, don't give in, Agnes, dear, we've got to keep our
heads down." Jody came downstairs, disheveled and sweaty.
Quick greeted him: "You're Vana?"
Jody: "Yes, I'm one of Vana."
From the voice of the phonograph upstairs, Jody shouted, "Turn that thing off, Yura. ( To Quick) What can I do for you?"
Quick: "My name is Quick. I heard you have a farm for rent."
Jody: "Hmm. How many people are in your family, man?"
Quick : "It's just me now."
Jody: "A person usually needs six or seven helpers."
Yura (voiceover): "Jody, you guys go to the warehouse and talk about business."
Yura appeared wrapped in a silk robe At the top of the stairs: "Yo, my God, this is our passenger."
Quick: "Hello, ma'am."
Yura: "Hello."
Jody: "Hey, how did you two meet?"
Yura: "Aha, what happened, his car broke down, and Clara and I gave him a kick."
Jody: "Oh, so. We're talking business."
Yura went back upstairs.
Jody to Quick: "How much rent are you going to pay, man?"
Quick: "How much rent do you want?"
Jody: "Half of your harvest. Your rations are from my warehouse, no cash."
Quick: "Aha, food and tobacco are worth seventy-five cents for your dollar."
Jody: "Yes or leave."
Quick: "I promise."
Yura (voiceover): "Jody... oh..."
Quick went out with the suitcase, and as he passed the porch, his feet rubbed hard on the carpet, leaving obvious mud boot marks on the carpet immediately.
Lucius: "Sir, you can leave your business card!"
Farm Cottage · In the afternoon,
Quick sat at the door and ate watermelon. Clara came here with a little black servant holding the rolled up rug.
Quick handed Clara a piece of watermelon, and Clara pushed it away: "No thanks. When do you start working?"
Quick: "Miss, I never move the nest and work on the same day."
Clara opened the rug: " Mr. Quick, my father comes back tomorrow and he really likes this rug. You got it dirty, you gotta clean it!"
Quick: "What a fuss about a rug, ma'am. If it was a rug, then It'll get you in trouble."
Clara: "It's not a rug?"
Quick said as he spat out the seeds, "Hey, if I'm wrong, you can correct me. But I find I annoy you. (smiles) I am Said I was dirty and rustic."
Clara: "Mr. Quick, you respect me, and I respect you. I've seen so many men in my life who push and shove and yell and think they can control everything by their presumptuousness. I don't want to see any more. To the other one."
Quick: "Miss Clara, you slammed the door before a man even knocked."
Clara told the little servant: "Please clean the carpet and get it before six o'clock. Come back." The
little servant was about to leave when he looked at the watermelon in Quick's hand. Clara nudged him lightly. Quick hands him a chunk of watermelon. The little servant took it and took a bite: "Thank you!"
Clara said to the little servant, "Don't swallow the seeds
.
" Back to town. He kept saying hello to acquaintances he met along the street.
Varner: "Ernest! Sam! Orville! Marty! Do you have any rules?"
Varner (voiceover): "I'm back!"
Armistead: "Wana's back."
Will K: "Yeah, he doesn't look too weak."
Hustin: "Who knows what he was cut off in the hospital?"
Ratliff: "I bet it's not his wallet.
"
Vana's car came here. The old friend Minnie greeted him: "Is that you, Will Varner?"
Varner (voiceover): "If you have doubts, come closer." The
two embraced. Varner: "Ah, what a living land."
Minnie: "Oh, you're back. I'm so happy. You old bull."
Varner: "You're a little fatter, Minnie, and white too. A little."
Minnie: "How are you? I know you had surgery and left you with enough useful parts?"
Varner: "You serve ten or eight beers on ice, just wait and see. . I'll be right back, Minnie, see you later."
Vana Mansion Daytime
Varner's car was parked in front of the porch, and he got out. Lucius went up to meet him: "Welcome, Mr. Will."
Varner: "Can you, I'm back, Lucius."
Yura came out from inside: "Hello, Father Varner."
Varner : "Yura, you look so beautiful."
Yura: "Thank you."
Varner: "Ah, that's nice. For three months, I haven't smelled anything but nurses' clothes. Vana kissed Yura's forehead: "
I like you like this. You have bones, but you hide the fullness of a real woman. I hope you are like this. But is it time for you to wear maternity clothes?"
Yura : "You're embarrassing me, Papa Varner."
Jody and Clara came over.
"Hello, Dad," Jody said in a childlike tone of voice Straight to the point."
Yura: "He said hello to you just now, didn't he, Dad?"
Clara: "Can we not fight at this point?"
Varner: "Okay, I'll deal with you later, Girl."
Clara: "I knew you would, Dad."
Yura took Jody's arm: "Jody was an absolutely disciplined kid when you weren't around."
Varner: "If it wasn't for me before I came in the door. It's been a wonderful introduction to have been around town. What's going on? Did our business collapse, eh? Are we retired? We live on that income? I saw it in town What's the matter? Two dead guys looking at the shop, and the gins aren't working."
Jody: "It's a little slack today, Dad, because I'm at home waiting for you to come back. But we're doing a good job, don't believe it. Just look at the account book."
Varner: "I will."
Lucius brought a tray of drinks. Varner said, "You'd better give me a drink, Lucius, I'm still the same."
Varner: "Dr. Jefferson they hollowed me out and took all the organs I had left, but they couldn't weaken my spirit. Thank you, Jody, and thank you for my health."
Clara: "Next One?"
Varner: "Yes, girl, it's your turn."
Clara: "What do you want to know, Dad?"
Varner: "Are you still going to be the prettiest, richest old girl in the county, or are you lately Have you met any lads? Have any lads been looking for you? Have you been to any parties, outings, picnics, or shopping at the collection? Have you been in a relationship with anyone? Still locked up in the house reading poetry all day, eh?"
Clara: "I hope this doesn't touch your nerves, Dad. I do what I like to do when you're not home."
Varner: "I'm back, then."
Clara: "Welcome home."
Varner In the study room,
Wanner and his son were reading the books at night .
Jody: "You don't give me the respect I deserve in front of my wife."
Varner: "I know, you and I just don't have a common language, and that makes us miserable. I didn't lie down in the hospital, I Did a lot, boy. What are you doing?"
Jody: "Maybe not much, but I made it up in June or July."
Varner: "Well, imagine."
Jody: "I sold Got all the heavy farm implements and cleared the stock."
Varner: "Oh, yes? Including that old tractor that couldn't climb mountains?"
Jody: "Yes."
Varner: "Okay!"
Jody: " I rented out that farm nobody wanted. A guy came here from Boston, Massachusetts. He bought a lot of land, fenced it, and started a goat ranch."
Varner: "Really?"
Joe Di: "It's true. So, Dad, now you have more than two thousand acres of good grass."
Varner: "Well, it doesn't look like you're hanging around, eh? How did you rent out that farm?"
Jody: "It's a deal."
Varner (voiceover): "Profit?"
Jody: "I have a little trouble with that guy." Varner: "
What's the name of the unlucky guy?"
Jody: "His name is Quick."
Varner: "Quick? Ben Quick?"
Jody : "Yes, yes. From the west..."
Varner: "You stupid idiot, you brainless hillbilly!"
Sweat dripped from Jody's forehead: "Why are you scolding me like that?"
Varner: "What do you see besides Yura? You know what Quaker has a reputation for in this county? Hellfire! Ash and coals! He brings fire like a dog. He's a barn burner. Man."
Jody: "I've never done the right thing, have I?"
Varner: "I can't remember for a while."
Jody: "You know, I sweat when I'm near you. You Months in the hospital, I fucked up. Now I'm sweating again."
Varner: "I don't have time for your personal business. What you started with Mr. Ben Quick, I'm going to end it - Before my house smokes."
Farm Daytime
Quick was digging stakes. An open-top jeep pulled up to him and stopped, and Varner jumped out. Quick glanced up and resumed his work. Varner removed the cigar from his mouth and looked Quaker up and down. He didn't expect Quick to be a rather striking young man, burly, strong, shrewd and capable, especially those stern blue eyes, which flashed a wild and intimidating light.
Varner: "I'm Varner."
Quick looked up: "Yeah, I've seen one Varner."
Varner: "I'm the other. I was just passing by and wanted to stop and see what you had. Plan."
Quick pointed to the hut next to him and said, "This hut can't raise pigs, but I can handle it."
Varner: "Yes, we can talk. I heard that there is a little trouble between you and your employer. It needs the help of fire."
Quick: "If you are afraid of me, sir, why not Just say it?"
Varner: "Huh! You bastard, why should I be afraid of you?"
Quick: "Because I have a reputation as a dangerous person."
Varner: "You are a younger dangerous person, I am Old man. I don't think you know who I am yet. I'd better introduce myself. I'm the big landowner, the big moneylender, the elected magistrate, and the veterinarian. I own a shop, a mill, a rolling mill. Cotton machine and smithy. That's unfortunate for a man who has to trade or grind or gin cotton elsewhere. That's me."
Quick: "You said a lot."
Varner: "Yes. , man, I'm not going to talk about it here, but I'm going to tell you something. I'm building a new prison in the county government compound this year. During your stay, if there is a fire anywhere, I think you should know that in my prison Here, we haven't heard the word all man. You'll rot in it."
Quick: "There's a shrewd man who gave me a job."
Varner: "You've worked for me. Now ."
Quick: "Not this overgrown place. I'm talking about another job that's going to give me—white shirt, black tie, three good meals. Your shop, and several other places. You can use me. You have to get fire insurance when you do business."
Varner: "I'll think about it."
Quick: "Yes or no, sir, don't hesitate."
Varner: "You're a tough guy . Guy."
Quick: "I'm busy."
Varner: "You're wasting time. Good jobs are already done."
Quick: "But like you said—you're an old man."
Varner: "I am. Take it to heart and be respectful."
Quick: "Okay, Mr. Varner. Now who do I need to kill?"
Varner: "We can't start with an assassination. Well, I happen to have 30 foreclosure Texas horses on hand, you sell me the right price."
Stewart's Garden Daytime
Alan Stewart on a deck chair , with a blanket over his legs and a cup of hot soup in his hands. Clara stood beside him.
Clara: "Hey, a cool breeze from the river, Alan."
Alan: "Everything you brought is beautiful, Clara, hot soup, cool breeze from the river... How is your school?"
Clara La: "You mean the rebellion of the 35 little rascals?"
Allen: "Yeah."
Clara: "It's not Riviera summer..."
Allen: "Summer still keeps the kids in It's really out of place in school."
Clara: "Winter they're going to help with the harvest. They need to learn to read and write at some point. Other than that, who knows? I don't hold out much hope, but maybe I'll have a little painter Or the little poet."
Allen nodded.
Mrs. Stewart came out of the house and walked slowly this way.
Clara: "Ellen, I love this place. Noble, elegant, beautiful, peaceful... it's exactly what it was like 100 years ago."
Ellen: "A lot of people say I'm fighting the 20th century, I think Should sell this place and plant corn and cotton. Go out and get a job like everyone else does. But I don't feel good about it at all, I hate it, it's going to be a mess."
Clara: "Don't Do it. There are capable people here. Whatever you stand for, stick to it."
Mrs. Stewart watched them from a distance.
Ellen: "Your dad says I'm a rotten noble."
Clara: "Because his eyes are green with jealousy. He can trade anything in the world for what you have. He admires your brilliance. He can use All the billboards and neon lights and storefronts show this, but character is the only thing he can't buy - he knows it."
Alan: "He's got character, Clara, here you are."
Clara: "That's what I want to hear on this gray summer. Alan, I hope you get well soon and restore your elegance and nobility. Come see me."
Ellen: "It'll be soon, miss."
Clara: "Okay, better this way, you know, the girls are going to be chatty and neurotic without the guys visiting. Besides, I miss you."
Clara kissed Ellen. Mrs. Stewart came over and stood beside Alan: "This kid has had a fever for three days, can't do this."
Clara: "I just brought you Lucius' hot soup."
Mrs. Stewart: "Oh, I If you don't, he won't eat a single bite. Now I have to drive you away because it's past my son's nap time."
Clara: "Okay, Mrs. Stewart. I won't be coming again. (to Stull) Goodbye. (to Alan) Goodbye, Alan."
Alan: "Goodbye, Clara." There is a sign on the
Corral Daytime
door: Horse Auction Today. Dozens of four ponies neighed and danced inside. Varner and Quick are here. Quick screamed when he saw the horses: "These horses are hell!"
Varner: "That's right."
Quick: "These ponies can't be tamed at all. You didn't tell me they were wild.
" Na: "Then now you know, you give the benefit to someone else, eh?"
Quick shook his head.
Little John's Inn
Daywarner left the corral and came here after a few steps. Minnie was sitting in a rocking chair on the front porch drinking a beer.
Varner (voiceover): "John Minnie, Jr., I'm thirsty again."
Varner sat down on the rocking chair next to Minnie and took the bottle of beer that she handed to her.
Minnie: "I said. When did you start selling horses, Will?"
Varner: "It's not a business, it's an old-fashioned trick. So I'm not going to get involved."
Minnie: "You mean you hired that kid to fool them?"
Varner: "I hired That kid… tell you the truth, Minnie, I don't know why I hired him. But I just gotta figure it out."
Corral Daytime
Quick was standing in a buggy, and people surrounded him.
Quick: "Okay, let's all come here, folks, come here. I don't want to shout, let's get started."
Quick (voiceover): "Mr. Armistead, I heard you compliment it. These horses. I can tell you that if I had a sister, I wouldn't hesitate to let her ride one."
Clara happened to be passing by here, standing a short distance away. Quick glanced at her and shouted, "Hey, Miss Clara, here you are! Such a beautiful horse, do you want one?"
Quick went on, "I see 'no' written on your face. But wait a bit and think about it. Hey, if you ride a horse, you can walk in the forest with a picnic basket on your back. If you ride a horse, you can get out of trouble. If you're on the road Met a nice lad, why not let him come up and ride with you? Hey, Miss Clara, what's your answer?"
Clara: "You're right the first time, Mr. Quick. I've got the words ' No."
Quick: "Well, I'm not mad at all, folks. A lot of women say 'no' when they want to."
Guys: "It's yours!"
Quick: "To these Horses, I'm serious. Whoever buys one will get the best horses, and it's worth the money."
Quick added, "Look at how energetic they are, I won't let them go hungry. Who's bidding first?"
Wilke: "I said, I'm offering 10 bucks for that 'violin head'."
Quick: "10 bucks? Well, man, you can't buy that for 10 bucks. Great guy."
Quick added: "The horses here can run a mile in three minutes. You put them on the pasture, and they walk fine on their own. Remember, it takes a day to get them to work. After a while they're all rabbit-like, but tame. You've got to keep them outside at night, like cats."
Little John's Inn, Daytime
, with a row of empty beer bottles at Varner and Minnie's feet .
Minnie: "Buzz, buzz..."
Quick (voiceover): "Who's going to bid first, eh?"
Varner: "Minnie, what are you doing?"
Minnie: "I'm so nauseous. Hum, it's like a fly."
Varner: "You swallowed 5 beers in the sun."
Corral · Daytime
Quick: "Who pays 40 bucks for this 'violin head'?"
Will K: "10 bucks, deal or blow."
Armistead: "11 bucks."
Boy: "Like it, Dad."
Armistead: "Shut up, son."
Will G (Voiceover): "13 bucks."
Peabody: "Wait, what are you doing?"
Armistead: "15 bucks."
Quick: "15 bucks. This 'Fiddlehead' has been sold. It's 15 yuan, who's going to pay 20 yuan?"
Little John's Hotel ·
Bai Tian Minnie: "Kiss me, Will."
Varner: "I have a lot of friends and relationships here."
Minnie: "Honey, I am Your friend, I've been with you for 10 years."
Varner: "Yeah, so what?"
Quick (voiceover): "40 bucks."
Minnie: "Will...the whole In the summer I kept 22 jars of gourmet sauce and marinated 1 jar of corned beef. I said to myself: Minnie, when did all this end?"
Varner: "I'm just here for corned beef—you know I like this."
Minnie: "Yeah, you sneak up the back stairs in the middle of the night to eat...I think it's here at 6 o'clock today. I'll serve you."
Varner: "Minnie..."
Quick (voiceover): "Forty bucks."
Varner: "What do you want to say?"
Minnie: "I've got plans, Will. Wedding. plan."
Varner: "Hey, you've never heard me say the word marriage, have you?"
Minnie: "But now I want to ignore it. You know my sister who got married in Tallahassee?"
Varner (voiceover): "What?"
Minnie: "She's crocheting some sheets for me. I ordered some 'V' cutlery."
Varner: "Minnie...I'm 61. Minnie: "
Honey, you say you're too old, it's useless. I can ignore that."
Varner: "Cough!"
Corral Daytime
Quick has sold out his horses and is collecting money one by one.
Quick: "Thank you, thank you. You give 22, you give 25, you give 30, you give 32. Thank you. Now don't forget what I said, start beating these horses over and over again. , until they can be called. I mean, they won't give you any trouble."
Wilke: "You mean, that's it?"
Quick: "That's it."
Wilke: "They belong to us . Now, right?"
Quick: "Yes. Take a rope yourself, go over there, and lead your horse."
Wilke: "Okay, let's get the rope. Come on."
Everyone After leaving, Quick jumped out of the carriage, counted the bills in his hand, and came to Clara, who had been leaning against his car and watching the scene.
Quick: "You're not a good customer, Miss Clara."
Clara: "You don't need my money, Mr. Quick, you've already got everyone's money."
Quick: "Yeah, but that's all because people didn't buy it, which irritated me."
Clara: "Hey, let me tell you, Mr. Quick, the last time I had someone cheated out of you was 12 years old." Quick: "
No one will ever cheat you again?"
There will be."
Quick: "But the days are long and the salesmanship is getting better and better, Miss Clara, you still have to buy something.
" Up, the farmers had to chase desperately.
Little John's Inn Daytime
Quick has come to give an account to Varner. A dark horse rushed into the store and Minnie screamed in fright, "Damn beast, get out!" She said, getting up to drive the horse.
Inside came the sound of horseshoes stomping on the piano.
Varner smiled and said to Quick, "It's a music horse."
Minnie said to the horse, "Get your dirty feet out of my hotel!"
Varner: "They've got to work all night to catch these. Rabbit horse. Hey, man, you have something that belongs to me."
Quick shook his head: "You're like a thief."
Varner: "You're not much better, you sold my illicit goods."
Quick handed the money to Varner, who took it and put it in his pants pocket.
Quick: "Hey, how about my share?"
Varner: "I have something for you, man, come on."
There were farmers chasing horses running by, footsteps, shouts, horses Hissing sounded.
The abandoned plantation of the French. During the day,
Varner drove Quaker here in a jeep. They stopped in front of the ruins of a house.
Varner: "The man who built this place...his name has been forgotten. It was his dream, his pride, it's all dust now. There should be ghosts here."
Quick: "Looks like it's here."
Varner: "Oh, I don't know, there's a legend about here that when General Grant ran to Vicksburg during the war, he had money buried in the dirt around here. Quick: "
What does this have to do with me?"
Varner: "I'm looking at you. I love your ambition, your audacity, your style. It's so much like me. You just got here." For a few days, there have been small successes. It's all because you listened to me. Now you continue to listen to me, and one day I suddenly become generous and I will give you this place."
Quick : "It's nothing to be thankful for, this place has fallen apart."
Varner: "You're a smart boy, you'll have a way to get something out of here."
Quick: "Sir, now you've promised me better Wish, one day I'll make you repay."
Varner: "Of course."
Quick: "I'm not just here with you today."
Varner: "I know. Have dinner with me. Come on, lad, in the big house."
Varner's Restaurant. In the evening,
Quick came to Varner's house, and Alan was also invited. Everyone was seated, Varner started, Jody started, Clara and Alan sat on one side, Yura and Quick sat on the other side.
There was a chaotic sound of hoofs nearby. A man's voice came: "You goddamn beast!"
Quick: "Another horse is on the bridge."
Varner: "Yes. You know, these hapless poor guys are still out of this deal. Get the benefit, and this outdoor workout is worth their money. What a great night out like this, it stimulates the liver."
Allen: "They'll catch these horses and tame them."
Varner:" Hey, do you guys think these rednecks are better than me, eh?"
Allen: "Yeah."
Varner: "I think it's because, um... the Stewarts have been around here a little longer than the Varners. A little?"
Clara: "200 years."
Quick: "Long enough in one place."
Alan: "You don't like being in the same place, Mr. Quick?"
Quick: "Well, we The family moved, not because they wanted to go, but because they were urged by the local residents."
Yura: "Are you worried, or something else?"
Quick: "Other, Miss Yura."
Joe Dee: "I'd like to hear a 'yes' or 'no' answer on this, lad."
Varner (voiceover): "Well, if he's a hunter, he won't be caught."
Varner: "Lu Hugh Sir, drink. Now, who wants to drink my good brandy? Alan, you like my brandy, let's think about it, how many years have you been drinking this, eh? Five years? Six years?"
Alan: " I've enjoyed your hospitality for a long time."
Varner: "Well, now I sometimes ask myself: Are we the one that catches your attention the most in this county, or are you visiting other parlors?"
Clara: "Then It's Alan's personal business, Dad."
Varner: "Hey, none of your business, girl. When Alan heard this, he knew it was a friendly inquiry, wasn't it, Alan?"
Alan: "Well, if I heard."
Varner: "Of course, of course! Friendly questioning doesn't bother anyone. Well, now, as I understand, you hold yourself tight when you're not with us. Locked up in the house with your mother."
Clara: "Dad, I can't stand this!"
Alan: "I think you forgot, Mr. Varner. My mother is a widow and she is very dependent on me."
Varner Na: "Widow, huh! Your old man isn't dead, he's just gone. He doesn't know where he's wandering."
Ellen: "The end result is the same, my mother is lonely."
Varna: "No, She's not alone, she has you. Of course she has you."
Ellen: "I try my best."
Varner: "Not here, you didn't."
Jody smiled and wiped his mouth with the napkin.
Varner: "Jody, you seem to be interested in what I'm saying tonight, and I'm going to be a little bit on you in a moment."
Jody: "I didn't say anything, Dad."
Varner: "Now. You Saw Ben Quick. He's going to the store tomorrow as a clerk—with you, son. He's going to get the same pay and allowances. It doesn't have to be interesting to you."
Jody: "No. Varner: "
Well, I mean, Jody, with Ben Quick by your side, you can wake up late in the morning and sleep until you think you can."
Varner put down his knife and fork: "Everyone. Go outside and get some fresh air."
Everyone got up and walked to the balcony. Clara looked at Ellen and said, "Ellen, I'm sorry for us."
Ellen: "No, Clara, it's unnecessary."
Clara: "I don't blame you if you leave immediately. Don't The young people of my age can't bear to hear it so much lighter."
Allen: "My ancestors dealt with Indians, New Englanders and Yankees. What they can leave me is a Wana. Is it?"
Clara: "Okay, then let's listen to what he has to say." The
two came to the balcony, and the others were already sitting on the chairs.
BOY (Voiceover): "Yura-Yula-"
Yura: "Oh, listen. Here's the kids again, babbling like feral cats."
Boy (Voiceover): "Yura-Yula La- "
Yura said, "It's annoying, do they come here every night? It's like in the city, they follow me wherever I go."
Jody: "Yura, Then you don't go anywhere, just stay here."
Yura: "Oh, now..."
Jody: "You stay at home."
Yura: "Jody, they're not malicious. They're only sixteen or seventeen."
Jody: "You said there's no malicious intent?!"
Boy (voiceover): ""Yura! Yura! Ahem, Yura! "
Jody: "Shut up, or I'll chase you with a shotgun!" BOY (Voiceover): "
Cough, Yura, come out." Yura, come out. Come out, Yura! Jody: "
Come here, Yura." Avoid lights.
Yura got up and moved a seat. Varner: "
They don't have to see her, they can smell her." BOY (Voiceover): "
Yura! Yura! "
Clara went to the balcony: "Tom Shortley!" V.K. Brockett! John Fisher! I know you are out there. Shut up now! BOY (Voiceover): "
Yura! Yura! Yura! "
Clara: "Is someone going to stop them?" "
Jody ran off the balcony: "Wait, I'll stop them." BOY (Voiceover): "
Yura! Yura! Clara: "
It's a lunatic asylum. Varner: "
They're just young, healthy little beasts. "
Clara: "Hey, why don't they go to someone else's house?" Why not hide in someone else's garden? Why single out our family? "
Vana: "We have Yura in our house. "
Clara: "It's not her fault, it's your fault. They come here because they know you can laugh and know you find it funny, no matter how vulgar it is. "
Vana: "I was young too. I used to hide in the bushes and learn how to call a cow or an owl. "
Clara: "I bet you did." I bet you stayed the longest and yelled the loudest. Varner: "
Your mother heard me." "
Vana Study Night
Varner and Quick are playing cards. Varner deliberately deals cards from below.
Varner: "Blackjack!"
Quick: "Okay, now let's deal cards from above." He smiled and said, "Is the only way you get lucky is to take my cards?"
Varner had to re-deal.
Balcony · Night
Only Clara and Ellen are left here. Clara was still mad at what had just happened: "These kids just express their wishes so bluntly, eh? Shout out like they thought Yura would really go with them. I'd love to know if she What if I really go with them?"
Allen: "I think it's just kidding."
Clara: "Why am I so worried about this now?"
Allen: "Because it offends you?"
Clara: "No, no. At least that's the straight truth. You know, Ellen, it doesn't make sense to pretend that girls don't think about sex, they think. You should hear something between me and Agnes. Talk."
Ellen: "Well, I will."
Clara: "It's okay to be anxious about your love life. I'm anxious."
Clara laughed: "Hey, I didn't expect a conversation like this. I guess we'll just sit here and let the moonlight shine on us...like the kids in the bushes...let it all come naturally."
Alan: "Why, Clara, isn't it all natural Are you? You're not the kind of girl who can be yelled in the bushes and dragged off the balcony. You're a quiet, beautiful, self-controlled girl. You'll see...you'll have everything you want."
Varner Alice, the servant of the study and
Little John's Inn, came to find Vana.
Varner: "Oh, good evening, Alice. Are you looking for me?"
Alice: "Miss Minnie Little John said, where are you?"
Varner: "Oh, where am I, eh?"
Alice: "Yes, sir. She said if you didn't come to her in an hour and a half, she'd put three locks on you."
Varner: "Three locks? Well, you told Miss Minnie Little John that I was with her when I was there."
Alice: "I'll tell her." Alice went away.
Varner to Quick: "Looks like I have a late date. Are you married? Is there a woman somewhere?"
Quick: "I'm alone."
Varner: "But you know a little bit, Huh?"
Quick: "Yeah, like everyone else. Dealing cards."
Varner's porch Night
Clara sent Alan away and met Quick at the door.
Quick: "Why, your friend left so early and doesn't want to have sex."
Clara: "We kissed and said good night, Mr. Quick."
Quick: "Let's go. If it was me, I would To stay until the sun rises."
Clara: "Oh, God, you are so inattentive."
Quick: "Aren't you?"
Clara: "No, I'm just timid, Mr. Quick."
Quick: "Okay, I have an answer to that. Let's get in your old Lincoln and run around the countryside. Let's go to the bridge and shout."
Clara: "I think it's messy enough around here tonight. Quick: "
Do you want to stay safe? Let's go find a needle in the haystack?"
Clara: "Mr. Quick, these are all love-colored suggestions. But I'm afraid if I go with you, I will To hear the rustling of my skirt, I'll know I'm out of the way."
Quick: "Out of the box, miss. Come on, out of the way."
Clara: "Sudden changes aren't in my nature."
Quick: " If you don't try, you'll never know."
Clara: "Mr. Quick, there's a copy of Jane Austen waiting for me by my bedside upstairs, and it's going to be cold with a glass of hot milk."
Quick: "You mean your friends won't be happy if we're together. You and I just don't get together. Do you?"
Clara: "I don't want to discuss him with you."
Quick:" Why not? I respect him. I envy his demeanor, and the way he speaks, and the big house he lives in. But if you're going to keep everything you have to him, baby, you've got it wrong."
Clara: "Now you can get out of here anytime."
Quick: "No need to tell me a second time." Quick left.
Varner came back from outside and saw Clara alone in the room.
Varner: "Girl! What happened here just now? Are you alone? When did Ellen leave?"
Clara: "It's 10 o'clock."
Varner: "Early enough."
Clara: "He's sick. "
Vana: "Yeah. You're a little pale too."
Clara: "It's hot and I don't sleep well."
Varner: "How old are you, girl?"
Clara: "Don't you know?"
Varner: "I have a lot of numbers in my head."
Clara: "Okay, add this, I'm 23."
Varner: "Ah! Your mom was 18 when I married her."
Clara: "Dad, are we going to talk about that again?"
Varner: "We do."
Clara: "You know, you never look at me. My days go by, my birthdays go by every year. You know, I am indeed a lively, knowledgeable girl. Sometimes I even make people laugh. However, you and I never seem to talk about anything other than this."
Varner: "You are not married."
Clara: "You've said it before."
Varner: "What were you doing here just now, you and Alan, eh?"
Clara: "Let's talk."
Varner: "What did you say? Does it matter?"
Clara: "He thinks I'm a beautiful, quiet, self-controlled girl."
Varner: "Hmph, that's not enough!"
Varner: " Thousands of acres of land there, millions of seeds sown in the ground. Every year the seeds grow, and the days go by. Where is my harvest, eh? My offspring?"
Varner (voiceover): "I die. What will happen?" And Clara said tightly, "You might have the biggest funeral in Mississippi."
Varner: "That doesn't panic me, as long as there are tons and tons of Varners mourning me."
Clara: "Jody and I will be there."
Varner: "You and Jody, Jody's child, your child, child's child! My children, girl, a string. A long string of veins running My blood, someone with my mark on their face."
Clara: "All of this? From both of us?"
Varner: "You think I'm joking?"
Varner added, "Listen, girl. If your blood is so fragile and delicate, it's Alan Stewart that's attracted Len's account has put money for you. But it's time to do it, miss. Don't wait and see, don't walk back and forth on the front porch with your hands in your hands. That's the sound of footsteps I've heard for six years. Now, You go tell the fuck and let him out. You tell her you've taken orders because your dad said so. If you get 'no', I tell you, girl, that's someone else!"
Clara: "Which one?"
Varner: "That first-rate bull with the blue reins! The guy I picked up, picked, and cultivated by myself. His name is Quake."
Clara: "Don't mention him .…”
Varner: "I don't? Listen, I'm going to get some men for the Varners, some big, strong, good men. Varners, this is what I want. Varners and more Varners! Yes! Yes, more Varners, enough Varners all over the village. I want to see this, girl. Before I die, I want to achieve this. Yes, miss, through that Quaker, that big stallion "
Clara: You mean you sold me like that? "
Vana: "I didn't sell you. "
Clara: "Yes, sold me." It doesn't matter how I feel, what I think, who I am. "
Vana: "What, I'm trying to rescue you. "
Clara: "That's what you said!" "
Wana: "Girl, it's time for you to give birth to my grandson. Whether it's Lea Ellen or Quick, but it's your turn to do it, Clara Ann Varner, listen to me. Put your ring on! "
Wana Department Store · During the day
, there were a lot of people around the door, and they all probed into the store. Jody dashed over while buttoning his clothes.
Man: "Jody is here." Jody: "
What are you doing, eh?" Ratliff: "
They don't buy anything--a penny candy, a two-cent nail. They just come to see."
Jody: "Look at what? " We didn't have a show. Ratliff: "
They came to see the newcomers. Three days ago they did not know his name, but from now on they had to deal with him for all their daily necessities. Jody: "
Oh, no, they're going to deal with me, as usual." "
Jody met the shop and saw Quick standing behind the rejection.
Quick: "Good morning, Jody." Mrs.
Hostin came in: "Mr. Jody, my little one didn't even have shoes last winter." We don't have corn to feed the livestock. My husband spent 30 yuan to buy a horse, but till now he has not even seen the shadow of the horse. I earn my own money, sewing at night and baking cakes. "
Jody: "Okay, you got suet shaved and now you come to me and complain. The trouble is we have an outsider here...he doesn't know anything, he doesn't care about you and you He doesn't care about anything but his own promotion."
Quick was standing on the ladder wiping the dust off the shelves. He threw the rag to the ground with a slap, and people jumped off.
Quick: "So many nasty things about me that I can't answer. If I'm going to answer everyone, why waste so much time?"
Quick to Mrs. Hausting: "All I want to say is , ma'am, you came to complain, but in the wrong place. Now we're in a new department. Do you have a question about 30 dollars?" He went behind the counter, opened the register, took a look, and counted out 30 dollars , handed it to Mrs. Hosting: "It's solved."
Watching Mrs. Hosting walk out the door, Quick said to himself: "Good wishes, there are no good wishes in this world."
Jody said to Quick: "What do you think You're reassured, aren't you? Ahem, you don't want to replace me, kid!"
Varner (voiceover): "Well, the old one is the new one."
Varner (voiceover): "The same store, the same old Just have a new, thriving morning."
Man (voiceover): "Yes."
Varner walks into the store: "You can't teach an old dog new tricks, good morning, but you can. What a willing puppy does. Now, Ben Quick, give me a Coke. Give him time—a penny floats on water, and floods come with interest.”
Jody: “Thank you for your encouragement and Support."
Jody's bedroom Morning
Yura is combing her hair. Jody sat next to eat.
Yura: "Are you still going to work? Don't you hang around the house all the time? I can't get my nails done or my hair done without you." Jody was silent.
Yura: "Now you put up with that Ben Quick? He's working in the shop, and that's where you're supposed to be."
Jody: "Who are you to call me to work? You never leave your chair, the only time you leave is when they clean the room and call you to dinner."
Yura: "Don't attack me now. As your Wife, I just don't want to watch you let that kid pass."
Jody shot at Yura: "Come on, baby."
Yura turned around: "No, Jody."
Jody: "Come on Yura: "
I want—I want to move myself, I want to move. I know what to do, I want an education. Clara followed me for months and months saying, It's not too late to start learning now."
Jody: "Come on..."
Yura: "No, Jody! I really hope you can find something else to do."
Wanna's Department Store ·
Clara learns dumplings at night I passed by here when I got home and went in to buy medicine. Quick was the only one in the store sorting the goods, and he was hanging a woman's dress in a prominent position.
Clara: "Why, it's a little late to organize the store now?"
Quick: "No, I just, um, move these clothes to the front, and the women can see it as soon as they come in."
Clara : "You seem to know women quite well."
Quick: "I know what makes them spend money. Miss Clara, are you here to buy something, or to walk around?"
Clara: "I'm just passing by..."
Quick : "Cough, it
's a good night." Clara browsed various products.
Quick picked up a bottle of beer: "I just had some beer. Would you like some?"
Clara: "No, thank you."
Quick: "Have something sweet? I can give you rock candy, licorice, Bulgogi—I'm in the big bonbon business." Clara ignored him.
Quick: "Grow up and stop eating sugar, eh? Hey, women's sun hats, hand sanitizer, cloves, freckles cream, floral cloth, everything, do you want it?"
Clara: "Do you have aspirin? I have a headache."
Quick: "Oh, yes. We have all kinds of medicines." Quick took her medicine and poured another glass of water.
Quick said, "Of course, I don't have a headache, because I don't have any problems or concerns. Nothing."
Clara: "I have all of them."
Quick: "You, because you are too thin. But The world belongs to the carnivores, if you need to eat raw meat, eat it, Miss Clara."
Clara: "I can't live like that."
Quick: "Come on, let's see how you live, Miss Clara. You drive That old Lincoln, like it had wings. You teach at school, sit on the front porch with your skinny friend and drink lemonade—what is it all while you watch the rest of the world Passing by in pairs. You... 23? Well, it's the golden age... but you've been asked to play a game of waiting."
Clara turned her back to Quick. Quick approached her: "Why wait? Hey, school's over, the curtains are drawn, it's dark. If you make a mistake, no one's going to see. You put your stuff down, Miss Clara.
" Gram brought Clara's small handbag and threw it on the counter. He put his hand on her shoulder and slowly pulled off the clothes on her shoulder: "I want to kiss you. I want to show you how easy it is. You like me and I like you." Clara didn't wait for him After he finished speaking, he reached out and gave him a slap in the face.
Instead of being annoyed, Quick smiled: "I know what annoys you...Every night, there are so many lads called Yura, Yura with her long hair loose, and Jody taking off her shirt and chasing her. And you guys. The old man, he is still looking for a lover at 60 years old..." He said, and began to kiss her. Clara didn't dodge this time, and wrapped her arms around him. After a while, she released her hand and said, "Okay, you have confirmed that I am human too."
Quick: "Yes, miss, you are completely human!"
Clara raised her head suddenly: "The man who burned the barn! "
Quick: "Well, you're right. I know my white shirt, black tie, and Sunday appearance won't fool you for a minute. Well said, miss, I'm a rural danger and everyone should look down on me. , and then his house caught fire. And yet I live in the center of your quiet little town right now, right in your backyard, and I think it'll keep you awake at night?"
Clara grabbed her things, He walked out the door and ran without looking back. Varner stood by the door, staring meaningfully at her back.
Quick walked out of the store and slammed the door shut.
Varner: "You have to pay for breaking things."
Quick: "What are you doing here?"
Varner: "Breathe fresh air."
Quick: "You hired me to take care of your shop, and now I'm taking care of it, I don't need supervision."
Varner: "You had an argument with my daughter, eh?"
Quick: "Yeah, kinda."
Varner: "She doesn't like you much, does she?"
Quick: " There 's no love."
Varner: "Then don't give up. I've already made you a candidate."
Quick: "Oh, yes, what are you asking me to run for?"
Varner: " I've given you so many chances, Ben Quick, have you ever asked yourself why?"
Varner said to himself again: "Am I a useless old man? I'm a sentimental old fool? No , I'm not!"
Quick: "Then..."
Varner (voiceover): "I have a purpose."
Quick: "We all have some responsibilities in life..."
Varner: "Want to hear from you Right?"
Quick: "Just what you think you can let me do, what?"
Varner: "Get married, have a son."
Quick: "Well, I'm not human..."
Varner: "You probably would...but first you're going to the church to get married, listen...and my daughter."
Varner asked again, "You didn't expect that?"
Quick: "Yes, I didn't expect this."
Varner: "Hey, how's it going?"
Quick: "That's an interesting idea."
Varner: "Idea? I'm talking about the survival of our family. I'm talking about my immortality. You should put down your roots. Move into my house and live with us. Sleep with clean sheets and watch the little girl."
Quick: "So, what do I get?"
Varner: "Marriage with land And money, and more."
Quick: "Where? What money? How much?"
Varner: "I'm going to have a meeting with my lawyer, my banker. You can see for yourself."
Quick : "I'm going to start with the ruins of the French."
Varner: "Oh?"
Quick: "Yes. Now, tonight."
Varner: "I'll write you a note."
Quick: " Okay, you write."
Varner: "Who said I picked the wrong person? You made a deal with me."
Varner paused for a while: "Who said marriage was made in heaven?"
Quick: "Hell There's no such thing in it."
Varner: "Don't make a mistake with that girl. She's delicate, but she's also very smart, just like her mother used to be. She has a personality, and the closer you get, the more you and I need to be on this. It takes time."
Vana Mansion Daytime
Lucius led Quick upstairs. He pointed to a door and said, "This is Mr. Jody and Miss Yura's room." He pointed to another door and said, "This is Miss Clara's room." He opened the next room. The door said, "This is your room."
Quick asked, "Where's the old man's?"
Lucius: "Never knew where he was. He slept badly at night, moving from room to room, sometimes three rooms a night."
Quick: "I have five sisters, one brother , and mom, dad, and an old maiden aunt. We all sleep in a room that's half the size."
Lucius: "Same as mine."
Quick: "Look at us now . , Lucius."
Lucius: "The big room, the small room, is the same size to the landlord. The bathroom is at the head of the hall." He finished.
Quick put the box in the room, looked around, turned and walked to the bathroom.
Jody was shaving in the bathroom when he saw in the mirror that Quick came in and stood in the doorway and stopped to get his beard.
Quick: "That way we don't have to fight each other. I shave in the evening and shower in the morning." He said and left. Jody looked back at the door, as if not believing his eyes.
Jody came upstairs and saw Quick in front. Quick glanced back at him. Jody walked to the top of the stairs and rushed down like an arrow.
Jody came into the hall, opened the door, came to the front porch, and slammed the door.
Varner is reading the newspaper while having breakfast in the garden. Jody came to him: "You brought him here? Live in the house?"
Varner: "There's one more person in the house."
Jody: "But he doesn't belong here, he's hired Here to help!"
Varner: "He's more than that."
Jody: "What else?"
Varner: "He's going to be one of your brothers, Jody. I'm bringing you a big brother, be careful , this guy is smart. When you sleep, he gets up. Where you can't go, he can. You're a pair of racehorses starting, and we're going to see who's the fastest and who's the smartest."
Jody: " Don't be so, think I'm your own son. Am I your son?"
Vana: "You were born to me."
Jody: "Do you love me, do you care about finding me? Tell me this."
Varner: "You keep trying to make yourself so miserable."
Jody: "Poor? Look, I've been so miserable all my life! You've never been a dad! No! You'd tell me, stand up straight, dash forward, expand yourself!"
Varner: "I took a big footprint and I said, 'Here, come on, keep up.'" But you never follow."
Jody: "I tried. I tried to do what you want, but I don't have the muscle. What if you don't have the muscle, Dad?"
Varner: "Either find the rib, or quit."
Jody looked at Varner, stood up, and walked into the house with his head down. Varner continued to eat his breakfast.
Jody walked slowly upstairs. Clara followed behind him. They entered Jody's room. Yura was sitting on the bed. Jody came in and lay down on the bed.
Clara: "Jody... don't lie there with your face buried in the pillow, he wants you to."
Clara sat at the table next to Jody, gushing: "Jody, you used to be very Have courage. Remember, you threw bags full of water on his head through this window; remember, I filled them with water and you threw... You were seven years old. You were curious, you Never be afraid. Jody, do you remember John Wesley Pritchard? Do you remember him standing in the school yard shouting, 'Clara, Varner has front teeth like a horse.' I cried 'I'm going to tell my brother Jody Varner to smack your nose!' You really did. Jody, I don't know how I would have grown up without you. It all makes me and you Dearest, I don't care what he says or does to you downstairs..."
Jody sat up and recalled while listening. Yura came and put her arms around his shoulders, resting her head on his shoulders.
Quick packed his things and made his bed in his room. After a while, he picked up the mattress and headed to the balcony to sunbathe. He took the opportunity to look into Clara's room next to her and saw that she was sitting on the edge of the bed with glasses on, reading a book.
Quick teased Clara through the glass: "You look so pretty in glasses."
Clara didn't lift her head, said nothing, and took off her glasses.
Quick: "You look beautiful with your glasses off...you look so young, Miss Clara. You're curled up in bed like you've just washed your hands, brushed your teeth, and talked to the priest...like a little girl. "Clara ignored him.
Quick: "I bet you're a very attractive little girl with your long shaggy hair down your back. I bet you know where to look for eggs and blackberries. You have a headless doll ."
Clara sat on the bed and looked at him without saying a word.
Quick: "There will be a church market next week. You are wearing white clothes and a ribbon on your head. I will take you to waltz around the moon."
At night, Quick came to Clara's window again and whispered: "Clara, Clara." No one answered.
Church Market · During the day
the whole city is in the market. Ellen and his mother and sister were eating under the pergola, Jody and Yura were selling pastries, Varner was chatting, Clara was picking out quilts, and Quaker was hanging out. When people saw Quick, they pointed behind his back and talked about his recent good fortune.
Burkrecht: "That's Ben Quick, he's a real latecomer."
Tal: "His name means 'quick.' First at the farm, then at the store, now at home...and he It all started with a few matches!"
Hosting: "Well, I wish I was Ben Quick. He can hang out all over Mississippi now."
Peabody: "Yeah, if you If you need to do business with him, you go naked so you won't be afraid of the cold when you come back."
Quick came to Jody's bakery.
Quick: "Hello, Jody."
Jody: "Hi."
Yura: "Would you like something?"
Quick: "Well, okay, a pie."
Yura: "Apple pie? Quick: "
Okay."
Yura took the cake to Quick: "Five cents."
Quick: "Thank you."
Yura: "Thank you too."
Quick took a bite of the cake and turned away. Jody gave him a hard look at the back, got up and walked out of the booth and ran in the other direction. Yura called, "Jody, what are you doing?"
Varner and Minnie stood behind a big tree.
Minnie: "Do you have a pencil, Will?"
Varner: "What?"
Minnie: "I want you to write something."
Varner: "Write what?"
Minnie: "September 30th, Just that day."
Varner: "What day?"
Minnie: "I ordered a six-layer vanilla cake, carefully decorated with thick white frosting. 104 handwritten invitations have been sent out, no invitations 16 Children under the age
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Tests and wedding rings."
Varner: "Marriage! You divide that six-layer vanilla cake with frosting into 104 portions and share with your regrets."
Minnie: "Okay, Will."
Varner : "So, Minnie, baby, do you like a little yellow Thunderbird, eh?"
Minnie: "No, thank you, Will."
Varner: "Would you like one with Big sewing machine with all the wonderful extras?"
Minnie: "No, thank you, Will."
Varner: "So... (he hesitates, looking at Minnie) Would you like a solid gold ring? ?"
Minnie smiled, walked up to him, and kissed his face.
People formed a circle in the center of the market, and several girls in the city who were to be married made a sumptuous lunch box according to the custom, and sat in the center of the circle, waiting for the young men to bid. Clara sat on the far right. Ratliff, the caller, called: "Folks, folks! Attention everyone! We've all come here, and the moment that young people have been waiting for has come. Every young girl here has prepared two boxes of delicious food, the highest The bidders won not only win delicious food, but also have the right to join the beautiful girl and taste the food she cooks with her snow-white jade hands."
Both Quick and Ellen were in the crowd.
Ratliff: "Now, we start with Miss Clara Varner, the daughter of one of the city's number one citizens."
Man: "Okay!"
Ratliff: "Okay. Now folks, Clara Warner." Miss Varner's lunch, who will pay for it?"
Allen: "10 yuan."
Ratliff: "Someone pays 10 yuan. Come on, folks, is there a price increase?"
Quick: "I'll pay 11 yuan. ."
Ratliff: "Okay. Mr. Quick is interested in competing. It's 11 bucks now, folks. 11 bucks, is there a price increase?"
Allen: "12 bucks."
Quick: "13 bucks."
Alan: "14 bucks."
Quick: "15 bucks."
Ratliff: "15 bucks. Is there a markup? Did I hear 16 bucks?"
Allen: "You heard 16 bucks."
Clara Called: "Alan!"
Alan: "Hey!"
Ratliff: "Now, Mr. Stewart is 16 bucks. Is there anything to add, folks?"
Quick: "50 bucks! Crowd
: "Oh!"
Ratliff: "Fifty bucks."
Quick: "It's worth it."
Ratliff: "Mr. Quick bid 50 bucks. You hear, folks? 50 bucks at a time." At this time, no one bid.
Ratliff: "Okay, 50 bucks sold to Mr. Ben Quick." Quick walked into the circle happily.
Ratliff: "It's the most expensive chicken lunch you can eat, lad, but it's worth every penny. Just think about that charming companion when you eat it."
Ratliff to Clark La: "I said, well, at this price, I want you to give him sweets back, Clara."
Clara: "Okay. He'll get what he deserves." She stood up and Quick walked over to her , stretched out his arm to help her, she turned and left, and Quick had to follow.
Ratliff: "Okay, folks. I know this girl is a good cook."
Clara and Quick walked out of the circle. Quick tried to grab Clara's hand, but she ignored him.
Ratliff (voice-over): "Now it's chicken thighs and chocolate biscuits, who's paying what?"
Clara walked over to the table dedicated to this kin
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