Time Travel: Female Cannon Fodder of the Republic of China

"Be careful, don't let anyone find you."

Ai Shutong warned worriedly.

Cherry: "Don't worry, even my dad can't recognize me now."

Ai Shutong returned to the room and asked Baiguo to bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone to start practicing calligraphy.

Bai Guo watched her practice calligraphy and praised her, "Young lady's handwriting is getting better and better."

Ai Shutong was very bored, but for the sake of her mission to pass on the message, she had to force herself to cheer up, "My penmanship is better. When will you take me out to buy a pen?"

Bai Guo was a little embarrassed, "Miss, I can't make the decision. I have to ask the master first."

Ai Shutong pretended to sigh and said sadly, "It's been such a long time, and I haven't even left the house once. I'm almost going crazy."

"Young lady, young master, do you usually not go out?"

Bai Guo thought about it and felt that this was something he could say, "The old lady was very strict before, and Miss rarely went out to play. Even if she did, she had to be followed by many people."

"Since the master became an official in the new government, the atmosphere in the mansion has become much more open, and it is common for the young ladies to go out and play."

"Especially the eldest daughter, she loves to be lively and goes out almost every day."

"I also went to a foreign company once. Everything inside was very fashionable. It really opened my eyes."

Ai Shutong sighed, "Ah! When can I go to a foreign company to broaden my horizons?"

"Sister Baiguo, if I am allowed to go out and play, I will definitely take you with me."

Bai Guo's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Miss, I take it seriously."

Ai Shutong: "Really, seriously, I always keep my word and will never break it."

Bai Guo: "Then Miss, behave a little better and I will say good things to the master. I estimate that after the New Year, you will have a chance to go out."

Ai Shutong nodded happily, "That's great! By the way! I just went out for a walk and saw red lanterns hanging in the yard. Is there any happy news?"

Bai Guo looked at her worriedly and said unclearly, "Maybe the master has some happy event."

Ai Shutong: "It's okay, Baiguo, just speak up, there's no outsider here. Don't worry that I'll be sad, the master's wedding is our wedding, I can't be happier!"

Bai Guo then slowly talked about Jin Hengshu's plan to marry a second wife.

Ai Shutong wondered, "Li..., um, will the Madam agree?"

Bai Guo: "What can we do if the Madam disagrees? The master is the head of the family. If he gives Madam face, Madam will have face. If he doesn't give Madam face, Madam can't do anything about him."

"My wife's family has fallen on hard times, and no one is backing her up anymore. She hasn't had a very happy life in the past few years."

“You may not know that some time ago, the madam’s forehead was broken by the old lady.”

Ai Shutong pretended to say a few words to express her sympathy for Li Yanran, and then said a few words that are generally accepted by the world, that the mother's family is the backer.

Bai Guo nodded his head in agreement, thinking that the young lady was a very insightful person.

In a blink of an eye, it was the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month.

On this day, the entire Jin Mansion was dressed up. The bride, wearing a red wedding dress, was welcomed into the mansion from the side door on the left. The maids in the mansion were all talking about how beautiful the bride was.

After hearing this, Ai Shutong's first thought was why she had to wear a red wedding dress?

Isn't it true that only the wife of the first wife can wear a red wedding dress?

In the evening, Baiguo was heard muttering that Li Yanran had caused a big disturbance in the wedding hall and tore the bride's clothes. Hengsu was furious and confined her to her place of residence, and had her kept under guard in Ruyi Hall.

Ai Shutong couldn't help but curl up her lips. She thought, don't you like to imprison people? This time, let me have a good taste of being imprisoned.

The next day, Ai Shutong and Yingtao met and they talked freely, expressing their gloating.

"Miss, you didn't see that the second wife is young and beautiful, especially her eyes, a pair of beautiful eyes, with a black mole at the end of her eyes, which makes her look particularly charming and beautiful."

Yingtao was still talking excitedly, not noticing that Ai Shutong's expression suddenly froze.

"I heard you say before that you were a college student. Which school were you from?"

Yingtao: "From the Union Medical College, right? I heard Aunt Chu say that."

Ai Shutong quickly asked, "What's her name?"

Yingtao: "By the way, I haven't told you yet, her name is also very nice, Meng Bailu."

Ai Shutong opened her mouth in shock, and Cherry finally noticed that something was wrong with her.

"What's wrong? Miss?"

Ai Shutong tried to calm herself down, "It's nothing, let's meet here next time on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, I'm going back first."

Cherry quickly said, "Okay."

Ai Shutong nodded randomly, turned around and went back to Chunyi Pavilion.

Seeing Bai Guo cleaning the table in the room, he said directly: "I didn't sleep well last night. Go to bed for a while and postpone lunch for an hour."

Bai Guo nodded, "Okay, then I'll go to the kitchen and tell Aunt Chu."

Ai Shutong started thinking while lying on the bed. She didn't expect that it was really Meng Bailu. How could it be?

When she was in the hospital, she thought Meng Bailu and Dr. Bai Tingyu were a couple!

What happened that made Meng Bailu, such a smart and independent girl, move into this old mansion as a concubine?

Second wife? Don't be ridiculous. To put it bluntly, isn't it just a concubine?

It would be nice if I could just meet her once.

In the blink of an eye, it was the third year of the Republic of China.

Ai Shutong, who had a good meal and good drinks at the Jin Mansion, grew taller.

Baiguo was busy making clothes for her, and Dongmei didn't come near her unless it was necessary, which gave her more freedom.

But she has been troubled recently.

Originally, I wanted to take advantage of the New Year when the mansion was bustling with people and meet Meng Bailu.

But who knew that during the New Year period, there were many people coming and going in the mansion, so Heng Su closed her Chunyi Pavilion.

Two servants were sent to watch at the gate of the courtyard, so that she couldn't even see the cherries.

The people were withdrawn only after the first month of the year.

"Miss, I finally see you!"

As soon as they met, Yingtao seemed to have found her backbone and held Ai Shutong's hand.

Ai Shutong patted her arm soothingly, "Don't be afraid, I'm fine. Now that the two servants at the gate have left, it will be much more convenient for me to come here in the future."

"Is there anything new happening in the mansion recently?"

Ai Shutong couldn't wait to ask. She had been holding it in for more than a month and was feeling very upset.

Cherry: "I heard that in June, four young ladies and three young masters will take the entrance exam to a foreign school."

Ai Shutong suddenly understood that Jin Hengsu was the deputy director of the Education Bureau and he should follow the example of open-minded people and send his children to school.

I can seize this opportunity too.

If I could go out to school, even if someone was watching me, it would be better than being locked up in the house.

After making up her mind, Ai Shutong continued to ask, "Do you know which school they are going to apply to?" Yingtao shook her head: "I heard that it is the best middle school, but I don't know what the best middle school is called."