Time Travel: Female Cannon Fodder of the Republic of China

"She saw that Xiao Huilan needed so much money to go to school, so she thought of making a living."

Shen Jiaxing really looked at Ai Shutong with new eyes. Usually she seemed carefree and didn't care about anything.

I didn't expect him to be so thoughtful.

After lunch, the two went out together, hailed two rickshaws at the door, and headed straight to Xidan.

"There are three watch shops here. The largest one is called Henry's Watch Shop. It's owned by a Swiss. Do you want to go take a look?"

Shen Jiaxing and Ai Shutong stood on Xidan North Street, watching the people coming and going. There are a lot of people here every day.

"As soon as I heard the name, I knew it was expensive. Although I can't afford it, I still want to go and see it." Ai Shutong said with a smile.

Shen Jiaxing raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation, "Let's go!"

Ai Shutong walked forward wearing her embroidered shoes, thinking to herself, this place is suitable for wearing leather shoes, and when I have money in the future, I must buy a few more pairs!

When we arrived at Henry's Watch Shop, we saw that some of the waiters were wearing robes, some were wearing suits, and they were all men.

Ai Shutong looked around and deliberately asked a waiter in a robe who came over, "Do you have a waitress here?"

The male waiter's mouth corners twitched upward stiffly, as if he was faking a smile, "We don't have any waitresses here."

Shen Jiaxing glanced at Ai Shutong and pointed inside, as if to ask if she wanted to go inside to check the watch.

Ai Shutong lowered her head and thought for two seconds, then stepped inside.

The two of them didn't use the waiter at all. Shen Jiaxing talked about whatever Ai Shutong saw.

"These are all Swiss Omega watches. Their watches are very finely crafted and of very good quality."

"These pocket watches are also made in Switzerland. The brand is called Morris. The quality is also good and the price is relatively cheap."

Hearing the word "cheap", Ai Shutong asked with interest, "How much is it?"

Shen Jiaxing, "The cheap ones are around 300 or 400 yuan."

Ai Shutong's interest just rising was extinguished in an instant, "Let's go, let's go look somewhere else."

Finally, Ai Shutong spent six dollars to buy a silver pocket watch in a small watch shop.

As soon as she left the store, she complained to Shen Jiaxing, "Six dollars is actually the cheapest. I didn't expect watches to be so expensive nowadays."

Shen Jiaxing asked in confusion: "Watches are expensive now? When were watches cheap?"

Ai Shutong felt like she was acupunctured and couldn't move. She saw from the corner of her eye what Shen Jiaxing was thinking about. She was so scared that she cursed herself for being brainless and speaking without thinking.

"Were watches in Beijing cheaper in the past than they are now?" Shen Jiaxing asked.

Ai Shutong laughed a few times and said, "My family was rich before, so I didn't care how much the watch cost. I just bought whatever I wanted."

"Aren't you poor now? I want to spend every penny in two."

Shen Jiaxing nodded in understanding.

Before, when he was at home, he didn't know the prices and just bought whatever he wanted.

After returning home, Ai Shutong admired the pocket watch for a while before happily putting it away.

Two days later, it was Ai Shutong's birthday. Mother Lin got up early in the morning and made her a bowl of longevity noodles.

Ai Shutong ate all of it very politely.

After breakfast, Ai Shutong took out her foreign language books and started studying as usual.

After a while, Lin's mother came running over.

"Miss, your mother's wet nurse is here and said she is here to teach you a lesson on behalf of your mother."

After hearing this, Ai Shutong was stunned for a moment before she realized that it was Li Yanran who sent someone over. "Why? What mother? Didn't my mother die when I was two years old?"

"Besides, she is just a slave. What right does she have to teach me a lesson? Let her go."

Mother Lin quickly comforted him, "My little ancestor, keep your voice down. If you offend Mother Li, you will be the one who suffers."

Ai Shutong waved her hands indifferently, "Isn't it just thirty taels of silver per month? I don't care. If they don't want to give it, I don't want it either. Let her go."

Mother Lin had a headache looking at the young lady acting like a child.

This was the first time I had this idea, and it was a good idea for the ignorant lady before.

Seeing that Lin's mother looked embarrassed, Ai Shutong asked, "What's wrong?"

The handkerchief in Lin's mother's hand was almost torn to pieces by her. "I dare not. If you want to chase people away, go by yourself."

Ai Shutong blinked, "How many of them are here?"

Mother Lin: "Two, Mother Li and the first-class maid Hong Xing."

Ai Shutong nodded, took out a pair of scissors from Lin Ma's sewing basket, and walked out with a proud and confident look.

Shocked, Lin Ma yelled, "Miss, put it down, put it down quickly, don't hurt yourself."

Ai Shutong: "Mother Lin, don't worry, I still know how to use the scissors. You stay in the room and I will be back after I chase Mother Li and Hong Xing away."

Seeing her like this, Lin's mother dared not let her go. If blood was seen, it would be a big trouble.

Thinking of this, she took two quick steps and pulled Ai Shutong, "Gege, I'll go, I'll go and chase them away."

Ai Shutong: "Aren't you afraid?"

Mother Lin: "I'm not afraid anymore."

Ai Shutong: "Then let's go together."

Without waiting for Lin's mother to stop her, Ai Shutong took the lead to pass through the hanging flower gate and walked towards the front yard.

Mother Li was still negotiating with Old Li at the door, "You are also the young lady's dowry, so you are naturally the young lady's person. I came here this time at the young lady's order to educate the princess on her behalf. Please get out of the way and let me pass."

As he was speaking, a girl's voice came from the front: "Get out, who let you in?"

Mother Li looked up and saw a little girl with delicate features walking hurriedly towards her with a pair of scissors in her hand.

She recognized her at a glance that this was the princess born to the young lady, because her delicate appearance looked very much like the young lady before she got married.

But why was she holding a pair of scissors in her hand?

"Gege, put down the scissors, they are not something you should hold!"

Ai Shutong didn't care what she said. She walked up to her quickly and thrust the scissors forward. "Are you deaf? I told you to get out. I am the owner of this place. You are trespassing."

Looking at the eloquent Ai Shutong, Mother Li finally believed what Shen Xiaorui said.

Gege is indeed not stupid anymore.

"Princess, stop messing around. The surname of this mansion belongs to Li, but your surname is Ai."

"Listen to Madam Li, put down the scissors, the master has something for me to convey!"

Ai Shutong looked at Mother Li's expression and felt that a pair of scissors would not scare her away.

He turned around and searched the yard. He saw some long firewood placed next to the barbecue stove that Li Huilan had built two days ago, and ran over quickly.

Mother Li thought Ai Shutong was going to run away, so she hurried to catch up with her, but old man Li was still stubborn, "You can't go in, you can't go in."

Over and over again, just this one sentence is enough to make Mother Li angry to death.

But Ai Shutong ran to the oven, picked up a long and thick piece of firewood, turned around and rushed towards Mother Li.