Time Travel: Female Cannon Fodder of the Republic of China

Ai Shutong: "Let's go back to the house!"

After saying that, he walked out to the main room first.

Baiguo hurried to follow.

The study outside the Jin Mansion.

Jin Hengsu was reading a letter in a good mood.

Seeing Ai Shutong coming in, he smiled and said, "Shutong is here?"

"Miss Mary's birthday is coming up, how are your preparations going?"

Ai Shutong nodded, "I'm ready."

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July 3rd, cloudy.

Before dawn, Ai Shutong was woken up by Baiguo and Dongmei.

She was always in a bad mood when she woke up, and she rarely gave Bai Guo a cold look.

"You guys go out, I want to sleep!"

Bai Guo said with a stiff upper lip: "Miss, Butler Liu is here and said that the master is waiting for you to have dinner in the front hall!"

Ai Shutong crossed her arms in front of her chest and said angrily, "How is it possible? Will the sun rise from the west today?"

Bai Guo whispered, "Miss, have you forgotten? Today is Miss Mary's birthday!"

"The master wants to accompany the young lady to the banquet."

Ai Shutong was so angry that she laughed: "It's not too late to set off after five in the afternoon. Look at the sky outside, it's not even light yet!"

"What am I getting up for?! To stand guard outside Mary's house?"

Baiguo didn't know how to respond, so he just lowered his head and remained silent.

Dongmei sighed helplessly, "Miss, could you please stop making things difficult for us two servants? This is the master's order, we dare not disobey!"

Ai Shutong pointed at her nose and asked, "Whose maids are you two?!"

"You're picking on the weak, right?! You think I'm easy to bully?!"

"Let the master go alone today! I won't go."

After saying that, he picked up the gift box on the bedside table and threw it at the two of them.

Baiguo caught it in a hurry. She and Dongmei looked at each other and saw worry in each other's eyes.

After a while, the two of them tiptoed out of the house and the room became quiet again.

lobby.

Jin Hengshu looked at the Rolex watch in front of him with a serious expression.

Baiguo and Dongmei stood aside with uneasy looks on their faces.

"You are such a loser! You can't even take care of a little girl. What's the point of having you two?"

Turning his head to Liu Shundao behind him,

"Liu Shun, take them to the outer courtyard tomorrow to receive ten lashes!"

Liu Shun: “Yes.”

Jin Hengshu: "Today, the young lady still needs you two to help her with her dressing. If you can coax her well, tomorrow's whipping will be reduced by half. Do you understand?!"

Bai Guo and Dong Mei stepped forward and knelt on the ground, "Understood, Master."

Jin Hengshu: "Put the watch on the table back into the box and take it back to the lady!"

The two of them thanked him swiftly, put away their watches, and left the front hall.

After waking up again, Ai Shutong looked at her silver pocket watch and it was just past seven o'clock.

She looked around and saw that Baiguo and Dongmei were not there, so she quickly took out a box from the space that was the same as the one that contained the Rolex watch.

He put the silver pocket watch in his hand into the bag, then got out of bed and took out the ribbon he had bought earlier and tied a bow with it.

After looking carefully and making sure there was nothing missing, he put it into the space.

Hearing voices outside, I quickly ran back to bed and pretended to be asleep.

After a while, Baiguo and Dongmei walked in cautiously, carrying washbasins and breakfast.

Seeing that Ai Shutong hadn't woken up yet, the two men didn't dare to go up to call her. They just put their things down and stood not far away waiting with their hands hanging down.

After about half an hour, Ai Shutong pretended to have just woken up and turned over. "Hey! Baiguo, Dongmei, what are you two doing standing there? You scared me!"

Without waiting for the two to speak, she started to blame them.

This time, Ai Shutong's actions were unnecessary.

After being scolded by Jin Hengsu, Baiguo and Dongmei were now thinking about how to please the young lady, so how could they blame her?

Bai Guo: "Miss, are you ready to get up? I'll change your clothes for you."

Ai Shutong quickly stopped her and said, "No, I can do it myself."

She was not used to being seen naked, so she quickly went to the inner room to change her clothes, then came out to wash and eat.

After dinner, Ai Shutong took out an English novel and started reading.

Baiguo and Dongmei were a little anxious and pushed and shoved for a long time, but in the end Baiguo was at a disadvantage.

"Miss, this is the watch the master asked us to bring back for you."

Baiguo gently placed the watch on the table.

Ai Shutong said "hmm" without even raising her eyes.

This indifferent look made Bai Guo secretly relieved.

I thought to myself, it’s good that the lady didn’t get angry!

When Ai Shutong got tired of reading, she told Bai Guo, "Go get the ribbon I bought earlier."

Bai Guo happily responded in a crisp voice: "Hey!"

He trotted over and brought her the ribbon.

Ai Shutong: "Which one do you think looks better, red or pink?"

Bai Guo: "Red looks good. Red is perfect for Miss Mary's birthday."

Ai Shutong sneered disdainfully, "What do you know? Foreigners and Chinese people have completely different aesthetic tastes. They don't think red is festive!"

"I'd better use pink! Mary likes pink best."

Then without further ado, she quickly tied a beautiful bow with a pink ribbon.

This bow looked very familiar, exactly the same as the one she had just put into the space.

In the afternoon, under Jin Hengsu's repeated urging, at just four o'clock, the two got on a car bound for Dongtangzi Hutong.

When they arrived at the small western-style building where Sir John lived, there was no one outside to greet them. Ai Shutong rolled her eyes secretly.

The party doesn't start until six o'clock, and it's not even five o'clock yet, how could there be anyone to greet guests?

Ai Shutong could imagine that if she went up to the doorman and handed him the invitation now, she would definitely be met with surprised looks.

She doesn't want to be a fool.

No wonder Jin Hengshu could only become an official by selling his daughter, given his eagerness to curry favor with others and his impatient personality.

Without asking anyone else to help you, be three pounds lighter on your own.

Seeing him walking towards the gatehouse without looking back, Ai Shutong quickly coughed loudly a few times.

Jin Hengshu stopped and looked back at her: "What's wrong with your throat?"

Ai Shutong hurried a few steps to catch up with him and whispered, "Didn't you see that the door was still closed?"

"The party hasn't started yet. We'd be unwelcome guests if we show up now. Let's go somewhere else. When the door opens, we can go in."

Jin Hengshu disagreed, "You are Miss Mary's best friend, you should go to her house early and help her."

Ai Shutong was so angry at the old man that her stomach hurt. "Foreigners don't do this. Besides, Mary didn't invite me to help in advance. Is it okay for me to rush in like this?"

Jin Hengshu frowned, "How come you don't understand the ways of the world, kid?"

"You took the initiative to come and help early, and do more things with Miss Mary. She will definitely be grateful to you."

Thank you for nothing!

If you come uninvited, a well-mannered person will refuse with a smile, but an unmannered person will scold me!

Ai Shutong: "Foreigners are not like Chinese people. They will call their friends for help in advance when they have something to do."