Time Travel: Female Cannon Fodder of the Republic of China

As if she suddenly thought of something, she turned her head and looked at Aunt Lin, "Aunt Lin, didn't I tell you before that we all have to change the way we address each other?"

"You can call me by my name. If you really can't accept it, just call me Miss. Manchus are not popular now. If you call me Gege all the time, everyone will know that I am Manchu."

Aunt Lin, oh no, I should call her Aunt Lin from now on, nodded and agreed, "Listen to the young lady."

Only then did Ai Shutong turn around and walk quickly forward.

I walked to the gatehouse and looked inside. Oh wow! She was still a beauty.

I saw a woman wearing a lake green fitted cheongsam standing quietly behind a man wearing glasses and a long gown.

The woman had an oval face, a pair of sparkling willow-shaped eyes under her thin curved eyebrows, a delicate nose and red lips, a typical appearance of an ancient beauty.

The gatehouse was built relatively small, and when Ai Shutong and Nanny Lin went in, it seemed even smaller.

She simply stood outside the door, "Who wants to rent a room?"

The man in the long gown stood up from the round stool and politely said to Ai Shutong, "I guess this is the owner of Qianduju. My surname is Xu, my given name is Shengzi, and I want to rent a room."

Ai Shutong imitated the way she folded her arms and said, "Hello, Mr. Xu, my name is Ai Shutong. I heard from Aunt Lin that you want to rent the main house?"

Mr. Xu: "Yes, but ten dollars a month is a bit too much for my husband and me. I wonder if eight dollars will work."

Ai Shutong: "Let's compromise, nine dollars, what do you think?"

Eight dollars is certainly fine, but who would think that a dollar is too much? One more dollar would be even better.

Xu Sheng: “This…”

He turned and looked at the beautiful woman in embarrassment.

The beauty's red lips are upturned, making her look very gentle and kind.

"Since Miss Ai has already taken a step back, we should also take a step back. I can still afford the nine dollars."

Ai Shutong was stunned by these words. It was this beautiful woman who paid, so shouldn't the man pay?

Well, she was obsessed. Gender equality cannot just be talked about.

"Old Li, take out the contract I left with you so I can sign it with this lady."

When signing, Ai Shutong found out that this beautiful lady was called Fang Baozhu. Her name was very common, but her handwriting was very beautiful, with neat plum blossom-style small calligraphy, which must have been practiced since she was a child.

The last house has been rented out, and Ai Shutong can finally free up her hands to do other things.

After handing over the tenant management task to Mother Lin, she knocked on Shen Jiaxing's door.

Today is Sunday, and Shen Jiaxing has a rare chance to read. When he heard a knock on the door, he frowned, wondering if it was Professor Li, who taught European history, or Professor Zhang, who taught Japanese.

When I opened the door, it turned out to be the landlord.

He reached out and scratched his head, "Ms. Ai, I paid this month's rent at the end of last month."

Ai Shutong smiled and said, "Professor Shen, I'm not here to collect the rent. I want to ask you to do something."

Shen Jiaxing's drawn-out "Oh?" showed his confusion.

Ai Shutong did not keep the secret, "I want to ask Professor Shen to introduce me to a tutor."

"Um……"

After a pause, she continued, "I have never been to school, but I want to go to college, so I want to hire a tutor first."

After hearing this, Shen Jiaxing's eyes lit up.

After the establishment of the new Republic of China, women were encouraged to go out of their homes, study and work.

But the vast majority of women are still confined to their homes.

Even if a very open-minded family agrees to let their daughter go to school, she will basically not graduate from college.

Some of them got married before they even went to college.

Even if some of them go to college, they will return to their families after their families arrange their marriages.

However, the knowledge I learned in school before was not used in the areas where it was needed.

This was a great pity for Shen Jiaxing, who had returned from studying in the UK and vowed to teach his countrymen what he had learned and to get more people involved in the development of the country.

Now that he heard that Ai Shutong, who had no shortage of money and no parents to control her, wanted to go to college, he fully supported her.

"Okay, leave it to me. I'll give you an answer in two days."

After hearing this, Ai Shutong bowed deeply to Shen Jiaxing and said, "Thank you, Professor Shen."

As Shen Jiaxing watched Ai Shutong leave, he was still thinking, what a good child she is! She is not only smart and polite, but also motivated.

I just hope there are more people like Miss Ai in China.

Two days later, Shen Jiaxing came back from Peking University. Instead of going back to his room, he walked through the hanging flower gate and came to the east courtyard.

"Ms. Ai, how about I teach you?" Shen Jiaxing said to Ai Shutong who opened the door.

Ai Shutong looked at him in surprise.

Shen Jiaxing understood her look and took the initiative to explain, "The other day you asked me to find a tutor, and I started thinking about it. The salary of a university professor is generally between 200 and 600 yuan."

"If I hire a university professor for you, those who are short of money will definitely ask for a lot. Those who are not short of money will not agree to give lectures at home."

Ai Shutong: "Then find a college student."

Shen Jiaxing continued to explain patiently: "I think so too, but today's college students are deeply influenced by Western ideas and advocate freedom and love."

"I'll find you a male classmate. It's too dangerous. If something goes wrong, I will be blamed."

Ai Shutong interrupted him again, "Then find a female college student."

Shen Jiaxing did not get angry because she interrupted him repeatedly, and explained again: "In our school, there are only more than 20 female college students in all majors combined."

"I have taught less than ten people."

"And each of them has a lot of money. I really couldn't find one right away."

"I will help you find it slowly, and try to persuade a female classmate to come to your house to teach you and answer your questions as quickly as possible."

"But before that, I think you can't waste your time. You should learn first."

"I studied in the UK, and have also been to France and Tsarist Russia. I am fluent in English, French and Russian. If you are interested in languages, you can pick one or two and I will teach you first."

"My major is physics, and my math grades are also good. If you are interested in these two subjects, I can also teach you."

Ai Shutong lowered her head and fell into thought.

In her previous life, let's just call it the life before the time travel, she studied science, so the little modern knowledge of liberal arts she had basically returned to her teacher, and she didn't even remember the major events that happened in this era.

I chose computer science as my major in high school, but in this age without computers, it can be said that it is a waste.

She thought liberal arts was better because it was less brain-intensive and could be used in any era.

"I'll learn English and Russian." She has already passed the Level 6 English test, but she can't just show off this skill, for fear of being mistaken for a ghost and burned to death.

This is a good opportunity to reveal it openly.

Russian is what I really want to learn. One more language means one more path.