Time Travel: Female Cannon Fodder of the Republic of China

Zheng Qiuying: "Okay, I'll give you this chance! I'm a generous person after all!"

Ai Shutong picked up her handbag and hit her, "Stop joking! Let's go and see if there's anything delicious to eat."

The next day was Monday.

Ai Shutong got up earlier than usual. While she was running, she met Professor Zhang who was practicing sword.

"Professor Zhang, why are you here so early?"

Ai Shutong really didn't know what time the old man woke up every day, but he was always earlier than her.

Professor Zhang smiled and said, "The early bird catches the worm!"

"I heard that Miss Ai is very good at English. I bought a phonograph. Can you help me translate the instructions?"

Ai Shutong readily agreed.

After breakfast, Professor Zhang carried the phonograph to the first floor.

He carefully placed the phonograph on the table in the hallway and then went to knock on Ai Shutong's door.

Ai Shutong came out quickly.

"Oh! Professor Zhang, did you buy the vinyl record?"

Professor Zhang nodded hurriedly, "I bought several. I bought the phonograph just to listen to Peking Opera."

Ai Shutong fiddled with the instruction manual for a while, and soon the lively and cheerful "Erhuang" accent could be heard from the hallway.

Professor Zhang thanked Ai Shutong happily, "Ms. Ai is indeed a top student in the Foreign Languages ​​Department of St. John's. It's a piece of cake for her!"

Ai Shutong: "Professor Zhang is too polite. It's just that everyone has their own specialties."

We just chatted for a few minutes when Mr. Xue, who lived on the third floor, came down. He worked at Citibank, so it should be time for him to go to work.

"Professor Zhang, where did you buy this phonograph? It sounds really good!"

Professor Zhang bowed and said hello, "The EMI company not far from home sells them. I heard they are imported products."

Mr. Xue: "Oh? That must be very expensive!"

Professor Zhang: "It's not bad. The cheapest one I bought was twenty-two dollars, and the most expensive nine-pin phonograph cost more than a hundred dollars!"

Mr. Xue nodded: "I'll go and have a look some other day."

As he spoke, Li Zhong came out. After a few greetings, Mr. Xue left first as he was in a hurry to go to the company.

Professor Zhang had no classes in the morning and was not in a hurry to go to school. He and Li Zhong enjoyed Peking Opera. Both of them seemed to know something about it and could not help but talk about it with relish.

Ai Shutong couldn't get a word in, but she didn't want to leave either. After the two finished talking, she hurriedly asked, "Professor Zhang, Uncle Li, I want to sell some jewelry. I don't know where would be a good place to buy it!"

Li Zhong was stunned for a few seconds, and Professor Zhang spoke first, "If Miss Ai doesn't want to redeem it in the future, then it's best not to go to the pawnshop."

"The pawn shop's rule is 50% off the value of 10. If they find out that you don't know the value of the item, they might give you even less."

"So I suggest you go to a jewelry store. It's much better than a pawn shop."

Li Zhong nodded in agreement and said, "Mr. Zhang is absolutely right."

"If you are short of money, you can borrow some from the master first."

But Ai Shutong felt that she was not at the end of her rope and there was no need for her to ask Li Maili for help.

As for favors, use them as little as possible, and avoid using them at all!

After all, with her current status and position, she can't help Li Maili at all.

She hadn't yet repaid the favor she was owed, so it would seem shameless to use it again.

Ai Shutong didn't say much. She smiled and thanked the two of them, then turned around and left, using the excuse of going to school.

After going out, Ai Shutong hailed a rickshaw. Instead of going to school, she went to Huatuan Street in Dadongmen.

This is a famous gathering place for silver shops in Shanghai.

She got off the rickshaw and first found a cafe. After ordering coffee, she told the waiter that she wanted to go to the bathroom.

After locking the bathroom door, she took out all the jewelry she had obtained in the Jin Mansion from the space.

She estimated that the most valuable items should be the jade bracelet, two-carat diamond ring and ruby ​​ring from Lanting Gold Shop, followed by the jade bracelet given by Meng Bailu.

She picked these out and put them back into the space.

The remaining gold hairpins, necklaces, earrings and other items were wrapped in a piece of silk cloth.

She took the bag of jewelry and swaggered back to her seat. When the waiter brought her coffee, she touched her lips with it and left.

Turn right and walk a few steps to a jewelry store called "Taifulou".

When the waiter saw Ai Shutong, who was wearing a European and American style student outfit, he immediately smiled and greeted her, "Miss, what kind of jewelry do you want to buy?"

Ai Shutong glanced at the jewelry on the counter. The most common materials were jade, gold and silver.

She whispered, "Do you accept jewelry here?"

The guy looked at her in surprise, he really had misjudged her today, she turned out to be someone who was short of money!

But having worked in this business for many years, he did not show any abnormality. He smiled and asked Ai Shutong to wait a moment, called another guy over and whispered something to him.

He turned to Ai Shutong and explained: "The shopkeeper will be here soon, please wait!"

After a while, an old man with a long beard came out from the inner room. He looked up and asked, "Miss, do you want to sell your jewelry?"

Ai Shutong nodded and took out a pair of gold bracelets from her silk bag. "Look, how much are these worth!"

The old man took it, looked at its quality, and weighed it.

"Your gold jewelry is easy to bargain for. We'll give it to you at 30 yuan per ounce."

When Ai Shutong heard the price, she was quite satisfied. She put the silk bag on the counter and opened it, "All of these are sold."

After a while, Ai Shutong walked out of Taifulou with more than 1,200 yuan.

She turned left and returned to the cafe. This time she didn't order coffee, but walked towards the bathroom as if she was familiar with the place.

The waiter saw the lady who had just come back, and thought of the full cup of coffee he had poured out not long ago, and felt a little guilty for a moment.

He pretended not to see Ai Shutong, turned his head to the other side, and pretended to be busy.

Ai Shutong was able to enter the bathroom without any hindrance.

After locking the door and putting the ocean into the space, she picked up her bag without changing her expression and walked out of the cafe.

I hailed a rickshaw and headed straight to St. John's University.

In the next three days, Ai Shutong frequently went in and out of Huatuan Street and sold the remaining pieces of jewelry one after another.

As she had guessed, the remaining pieces of jewelry were very valuable, and the two-carat ring was sold for four thousand dollars.

This not only allowed Ai Shutong to raise enough money to invest in the clothing store, but also left her with a lot of savings.

Out of caution, she put them all into the space.

Two months later, Ai Shutong welcomed her summer vacation and also received Mary's invitation.

She arrived at the Dahua Hotel as promised.

In the bright hall, she not only saw Mary, but also Shen Jiaxing, Allen, Henry and a woman with bound feet.

She is Shen Jiaxing's fiancée...

Yes, that’s how Professor Shen introduced it.

He greeted Ai Shutong with a smile, "Shutong, long time no see, you have grown taller and gained a lot of weight!"

Before Ai Shutong could refute, Mary jumped out first: "Mister Shen, how can you use the word 'fat' to describe such a beautiful young girl!"