Time Travel: Female Cannon Fodder of the Republic of China

Ai Shutong asked with difficulty: "How did Lin's mother die?"

Shen Jiaxing said slowly, "Before she died, Fang Baozhu shouted that Lin Ma wanted to kill her and had already started a fight. In order to protect herself, she asked the servants to beat her. The servants used severe punishments on their own and accidentally beat her to death."

"The judge did not accept her statement. After all, Mother Lin was a kidnapped prisoner at the time and had no conditions to harm Fang Baozhu."

Ai Shutong closed her eyes, and her voice was so soft that Shen Jiaxing could hardly hear it. "I once said that Fang Baozhu can't be of much help. She can even abandon her own biological parents, let alone an outsider like her."

"Mother Lin said that she didn't expect Fang Baozhu to repay her. She just couldn't bear to see a young life die in front of her."

"She was just wishful thinking after all. She wished that Fang Baozhu was a kind person."

Seeing her mumbling to herself and seeming to be asleep, Shen Jiaxing did not disturb her any more and quietly left the study.

June 1932, 6, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

Shen Jiaxing was sitting in the family seats below, holding his almost five-year-old son Ai Lin. He saw with his own eyes that Ai Shutong was awarded a master's degree by the principal on the stage, and the principal praised her literary background and hoped to see more of her works.

Her graduation work is a short literary work named "Tool Man".

The protagonist was born in a rural area of ​​China. He heard people from his fellow villagers say that it was easier to make money in big cities.

Full of hope, he left his hometown and came to the big city.

As he was penniless and in a bad shape, he couldn't find a job.

He could only rent a rickshaw from a rickshaw company and became a rickshaw driver.

Because of his poor communication skills and lack of experience, he often lost customers to others.

As time went by, he slowly learned how to socialize and be tactful, and his daily fare increased.

After working hard for three years, he saved up fifty dollars and bought a second-hand rickshaw.

Since he got his own car, he no longer has to pay rent every day, and everyone can see the hope and happiness in his eyes.

But disaster always strikes the poor. Less than three months after getting the new car, he was stopped by the concession police on the street and asked for money.

He was smart enough not to hand over all the money, and was eventually found with fifty cents by the concession police.

The fifty cents angered three concession policemen of different skin colors, and they directly confiscated the protagonist's rickshaw.

Of course the protagonist was unwilling, but unfortunately, no matter how he kowtowed, apologized, and cried, he didn't get the slightest bit of mercy.

In the end, his car was robbed and he was injured.

When he limped back to the tenement where he rented, none of the neighbors came forward to comfort him. Instead, they pointed and talked behind his back.

He is ill, very ill.

Just when he thought he was about to die, a kind-hearted old lady knocked on his door.

The aunt told him that the owner of the small noodle shop where she worked, Boss Wang, had only one daughter, who was a little ugly, but she was capable of supporting herself.

The noodle shop owner wanted to find a son-in-law for his daughter. As long as he nodded in agreement, he would get a betrothal gift and be able to see a doctor.

The protagonist seized this opportunity and survived, but after he entered Boss Wang's noodle shop, he lowered his head and the smile on his face became more flattering, and if you look closely, you can see a hint of bitterness in it.

But who would care about his emotions? He was just a son-in-law, a tool used by Boss Wang to continue his family line.

The Queen Mother also made things difficult for him every day, and all the bad things in the family were blamed on him.

Even if a bowl was broken, it would belong to the protagonist. Looking at his miserable appearance, it was obvious that he was not blessed.

Half a year later, the daughter of the Wang family became pregnant. Boss Wang was very happy. The protagonist could finally have enough food to eat. Although it was only the cheapest coarse grains, it was better than going hungry.

Unfortunately, in the end, his words came true and he was not a blessed man after all. The daughter of the Wang family had a difficult delivery and two lives were lost.

The Queen Mother was so angry that she drove him out. It was the dead of winter, and heavy snow was falling from the sky. He was hungry and cold, and he tripped over the road and fell to the ground, and he never got up again.

The next day, the snow stopped. The old man who was sweeping the streets saw the protagonist dead in the middle of the road and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"You don't even know how to stay away from me. It's so cold, and you're trying to cause trouble for me!"

While complaining, he struggled to move the corpse onto a wooden cart and pushed the cart tremblingly towards the mass grave outside the city.

This novel was not only published in the Connecticut Times, but was also published by newspapers such as the Washington Post, the Daily Herald, and the American Express.

It caused a great response in American society.

Many American philanthropists have begun donating relief funds to the poor people in China.

Batches of missionaries rushed to China with funds.

Ai Shutong was not far behind and translated "Tool Man" into Chinese as soon as possible and published it in "Women's New News".

He also collected lists of American donors and groups of missionaries and praised them highly in newspapers!

Finally, we contacted He Lina and persuaded her to write a public letter of thanks in her capacity as Minister of the Central Women's Department, making sure to single out each person's name to thank them.

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In 1935, Ai Shutong met Shen Jiaxing again in London, England.

At that time, Ai Shutong took her son Ailin to London on a business trip, while Shen Jiaxing followed Allen back to London to meet his teachers and old friends.

At the London Hotel, Shen Jiaxing gave Ai Shutong a grand wedding, with seven-year-old Ailin and six-year-old Alice, Baron of Monte, as their flower girls.

Two years ago, after the Duke of Montreal died, Henry inherited his father's title and gave the title of baron to his eldest daughter, Montreal Alice.

After the two had been in love in London for a month, Shen Jiaxing boarded a cruise ship back to China.

Before boarding the cruise, he promised Ai Shutong that he would visit her again in the United States in two years.

But he broke his promise. In 1937, the Japanese invasion of China broke out. Given Shanghai's international status, Japan would certainly covet Shanghai.

In addition to the concessions, Japan occupied Shanghai's Chinese area and large tracts of surrounding land.

Shipping was interrupted, raw materials could not be brought in, and products could not be shipped out. Production in the concession was basically at a standstill, and it became an "isolated island."

A large number of factories closed down, workers lost their jobs, the prosperous scene disappeared, and people's lives fell into hardship.

Shen Jiaxing sold his property and took over the relief center established by Ai Shutong, absorbing many refugees. It was not until 1939 that he took his parents on a cruise to the United States.