Time Travel: Female Cannon Fodder of the Republic of China

Ai Shutong reacted quickly. She stuffed the newspaper into the quilt and sat up.

Nanny Lin walked out without waiting for Old Li to come closer.

The two of them whispered a few words in the yard, and Nanny Lin hurried back to the east room.

Ai Shutong poked a hole in the rice paper on the window, closed her left eye, and looked out with her right eye.

Seeing Nanny Lin walking back, he immediately left the window and sat back on the bed.

"Gege, there's a man outside, saying he's here to rent a house."

Nanny Lin thought that the man must have made a mistake, but when Old Li was trying to chase him out, the man took out a newspaper.

It said that there was a notice for renting this house.

Ai Shutong stood up suddenly and said, "It's for me. I'm planning to rent out the house."

She was afraid that Nanny Lin would stop her.

After Ai Shutong finished speaking, she trotted out the door.

I arrived at the gate and looked around, but didn't see anyone.

So he shouted, "Old Li, where are the people?"

Old Li came out from the gatehouse, followed by a thin man in a long gown, who looked very familiar.

After looking at it twice, Ai Shutong's face showed an expression of "it's you".

The man obviously recognized Ai Shutong as well.

He smiled and nodded at her.

Unexpectedly, her first words were,

"You wore a suit last time, why did you change into a long shirt this time?"

The smile on Shen Jiaxing's lips froze for a moment.

"Last time I went to the cinema and a suit was appropriate. Today I came to the Li residence and I thought a suit didn't fit the temperament here, so I changed into a gown."

Ai Shutong nodded in understanding. "Indeed, this Li Mansion is really too old. I will change the plaque in a while."

"Sir, you are a professor at Peking University, so you must be a very talented person. I am shameless and want to ask you for a title."

Shen Jiaxing looked at Ai Shutong approvingly.

"You may not be a great talent, but you don't have to be so shameless. As long as you can give me some concessions on the rent, I will take care of the naming."

Ai Shutong thought, this guy is quite good at talking, he won't take any loss, I asked him to come up with a name, and he even extorted money from me for the rent.

If I wasn't familiar with the name of this Republic of China house, it wouldn't be your turn!

"Okay, okay, sir, please give me a name."

Shen Jiaxing was certainly not afraid that Ai Shutong would default on her debt. She was obviously a lady from a wealthy family and must care a lot about her reputation.

Don't do anything that would damage your reputation just for a dollar or two.

Shen Jiaxing, who thought so, didn't know that this idea would cause him a lot of losses in the future.

"The former flower garden is unusual. Let's call it the former residence."

Ai Shutong clapped her hands and praised, "Good, good name, I'll listen to you, sir, and call it Qianduju."

"Sir, please come in. I'll show you the house."

Shen Jiaxing lifted the front of his long gown and followed Ai Shutong into the yard.

Currently, only the front yard is uninhabited, so Ai Shutong only took Shen Jiaxing to see the main house and the wing rooms in the front yard.

Shen Jiaxing chose the three rooms on the east side.

Ai Shutong knew that university professors earned a lot of money, so she was not surprised to see him rent three rooms at once.

"A room is five dollars. Three rooms are fifteen dollars a month. One deposit and one payment."

"Sir, if you don't want to rent the house anymore, please let me know one month in advance so I can find a new tenant in advance."

"When the time comes, I'll check the furnishings in the house and if they're intact, I'll return the deposit in full."

Shen Jiaxing felt that Ai Shutong's price was not high, so he nodded and said, "Okay, let's go by the price the lady asked, but just now at the door..."

A drawn-out tone, words that imply something but are not yet spoken.

Ai Shutong nodded generously on the surface, but her heart was bleeding.

"Save three dollars off sir's salary for the first month."

Shen Jiaxing happily edited the article, thinking that it would be good if he could save a dollar or two.

Who would have known that the person in front of me was so generous and reduced his weight by three pieces at once. It was really a happy event.

In this way, Shen Jiaxing's understanding of Ai Shutong became more and more biased, and when he finally saw her true face, it was too late.

Ai Shutong took twenty-seven dollars in her hand and walked back to the backyard without caring about her relatives.

When he saw Nanny Lin, he smiled brighter than the sun.

"Mrs. Lin, look, twenty-seven dollars. You don't have to sell embroidery anymore."

Nanny Lin, who was thought to be happy, started to cry hesitantly.

Ai Shutong was so frightened that she almost dropped the ocean money that was not even warm yet.

"Oh, my dear nanny, what's wrong with you?"

Ai Shutong really didn't understand. Shouldn't it be a happy thing? Why was she crying?

Nanny Lin: "Princess, do you think you will not need me anymore? I am useless..."

Ai Shutong: "Stop, stop, why are you useless? You are very useful. You will be the chief steward of this house from now on."

Nanny Lin stopped crying and looked at Ai Shutong in confusion.

"Clap"

Ai Shutong deliberately slammed the ocean on the table.

Hey! Why is the sound of the ocean so beautiful?

"In the next two days, you should sell the mulberries quickly and sell them far away."

"Then move my things to the East Courtyard."

"I'm going to rent out both the front and back yards."

"From now on, you will be responsible for watching over those tenants, and if they behave badly, you will kick them out."

"From now on, I will hand this house over to you."

"Tell me, are you of great use?"

Nanny Lin pulled the handkerchief from her waist and wiped the corners of her eyes carefully.

"Princess, why don't you just rent the front yard? How can you move to the east yard and live with us servants?"

Ai Shutong had a headache. Nanny Lin, who had just recovered her spirit, started to meddle in everything again.

"Okay, okay, just do what I say."

If I only rent the front yard, when will I be able to save enough money to run away?

Seeing that Ai Shutong was angry, Nanny Lin quickly bowed her head and said, "Yes."

sunny.

Spring is in the air.

Ai Shutong was humming an unknown tune in a good mood.

A month ago, Nanny Lin brought people to the house and kidnapped Sang Shen.

She also packed up her things and moved to the East Courtyard.

The backyard has been rented out.

He was a traveling merchant from Ji Province, with a family of more than a dozen people.

After discussing with Ai Shutong, they opened a back door and closed the hanging flower door leading to the front yard and the east yard, and it became a separate house.

Thanks to Shen Jiaxing, the front yard has been almost completely rented out, and most of the tenants are university professors or married college students.

Only the largest main room was left, which was 40 square meters. Ai Shutong asked for ten yuan for it, but it had never been rented out.

But this does not affect her good mood. Now she pays a lot of rent every month and has temporarily achieved financial freedom.

"Gege, there is a young couple who came to rent a house. They like the main room and offer eight dollars."

Nanny Lin walked in, swinging her handkerchief.

Ai Shutong stood up cheerfully and said, "Okay, if he dares to bid, I dare to rent it."

"Where is he? I'll go see him."

Nanny Lin: "The room to the east of the main entrance."

Ai Shutong picked up the folding fan with a peony painting on it on the table and walked out the door first.