Time Travel: Female Cannon Fodder of the Republic of China

Li Yanran seemed to see Mother Li on the ground this time, and hurriedly called out, "Mother Li, get up quickly. You are my wet nurse, how can I bear to punish you? Ask Li Tai to go to Li Shun to get a beating."

Mother Li, who had just stood up, immediately knelt down again to express her gratitude.

"Don't forget to find Cherry as soon as possible. I don't believe she can fly out of this huge imperial city even if she grows wings."

Mother Li agreed and walked out of the door quickly.

I walked quickly to the back street of Donghuai Hutong, where there was a row of dilapidated bungalows, where the servants of the Beizi Mansion lived.

He walked through the narrow alley, came to a small house, pushed open the elm door and walked in.

Seeing a young man in a grey long gown and vest, she went up and slapped him twice, "You useless thing, do you want to piss off your mother to death? I begged for a good job for you, and you messed it up?"

"That damned girl Cherry is only fifteen years old and has never done any heavy work. How could she beat you? Why did you let her escape? Tell me, are you a loser?"

Li Tai was hit twice by his mother unexpectedly. He felt great pain on his body. He ran and shouted, "Mother, mother, please be gentle. I was wrong. I am looking for her and will find her soon."

Mother Li didn't let him go so easily. "Are you crazy? Why did you bring her back? Are you going to eat her for free? Just make her disappear. Do you understand?"

Li Tai: "I understand, I understand. Let go first."

Mother Li slapped him twice more to vent her anger before stopping.

"The young lady said that you should go to Li Shun to get a beating."

Mother Li took two breaths and said.

After hearing this, Li Tai immediately jumped up and down, "Miss, you are too cruel, right? You have served her all your life, why doesn't she remember your past feelings at all?"

Mother Li covered her forehead and sat down. "You are old enough, and it is time for you to know things. Your father and I are in charge in the eyes of the servants, but in the eyes of the master, we are just slaves."

"What is a slave? Do you understand? Not only do you have to serve your master and do things for him, but your life and property also belong to him."

Li Tai disagreed in his heart, "The Qing Dynasty died long ago. Now it is a new era. You and Dad are servants at most."

"You know what a servant is, you work for the master and the master pays you, you don't owe each other anything, don't make yourself sound so humble."

"Besides, you and dad are servants of her Li family, but I am not. I am a free man, and she has to pay me if she wants to use me."

At this point, Li Tai rolled his eyes twice, "Hey? Mom, go ask Miss if she really wants to catch the cherries quickly!"

Mother Li grabbed his ear with her backhand and said, "Is that thing on your neck just for decoration? Can't you use it? Even if you don't use it, you can tell that the young lady must be anxious to catch cherries."

Li Tai cried out “Ouch, ouch!”

"Mom, please be gentle. I'm going to pull your ears off."

"The emperor has gone. Now President Liu has the final say. The nobles' words are no longer effective. If you want to arrest someone in the capital, you have to call the gendarmerie."

Li Tai's words occupied Mother Li's mind, "Then go find it quickly."

Li Tai sat down on the locust wood chair, tilted his head, and crossed his legs. "You said to find it, then find it. You need this to do it."

As he spoke, he rubbed his hands in front of Mother Li.

"How many?"

Li Tai pointed up a finger and said, "If we have this number, we can get it done."

Mother Li frowned, "One hundred taels?" This is not a small amount of money. She doesn't want to spend money on her coffin, so she has to go back to the Prince's Mansion and ask the young lady for it.

Li Tai quickly shook his head: "No, no, it's one thousand taels!"

Mother Li covered her chest and asked again, "How much?"

Li Tai looked at his mother's ignorant look and curled his lips in disdain, "Hey, mother, you are from the Zhongyi Marquis's Mansion, how can you be so petty? What can a hundred taels do?"

"Besides, you are too behind the times. Nowadays, people don't use silver anymore. They use dollars instead."

Mother Li glared at him angrily and said, "I think you are the one who changed the brain of a pig. From ancient times to now, I have never heard of anyone saying that silver is out of date. Silver is a good thing and can be used everywhere."

"Wake up and stop saying those things."

Li Tai knew that he couldn't explain it to his mother, so he simply stopped arguing with her and waved his sleeves, "Go and ask the young lady for money. The sooner I get the money, the sooner I can go and do my business."

When Mother Li saw that her son couldn't win the argument, he started to cheat and looked down on her.

He stretched out a finger and poked him hard on the head, then straightened his clothes and went out.

After she went out, she just walked with her head down. When the servants saw her and greeted her, she just nodded majestically.

It was not until she met Haitang, who was out with Aunt Du today, that she smiled and praised, "Miss Haitang is really beautiful today. Look at the silk flower on her hair. It looks like the real thing."

After hearing this, Haitang happily touched the silk flower on her head and said, "This is a new product from Ruifuxiang. The old lady personally gave it to us. Only Taohua and I have it." After saying this, she raised her head with a proud look.

Mother Li: "Oh my! You look better in this than Taohua. Taohua has a fat face, so it's not suitable for her to wear silk flowers. But you are different. You have a standard oval face, and it will suit your face shape better and look good in this."

Haitang was so pleased with the compliment that she smiled happily.

Mother Li said, "I heard that you went out with Aunt Du today?"

Haitang smiled and nodded, "Yes, I went to Yongxing Street in Xuanwu. There lived a young lady from the family of my lady's good friend. You should know her, right?"

Mother Li: "Is it the second household on the north side of Yongxing Street?"

Haitang: "Yes, yes, that's the one. You've always been with my wife, so you must know more than me."

Mother Li waved her hands and said, "I've only heard of it, but I haven't seen it. Have you seen it?"

Haitang said excitedly: "Yes, I saw her. The young lady is very pretty. I don't know how to describe it. Anyway, I have never seen anyone so pretty since I was a child."

Mother Li asked curiously, "Is she prettier than the eldest daughter in the mansion?"

Haitang suppressed her excitement, lowered her voice, and whispered, "Mammy, you can't compare like that. The eldest lady is the eldest daughter of the prince, how can an orphan compare with her?"

Mother Li slapped her own mouth deliberately, "Look how confused I am. I actually compared myself to that young lady in the mansion. It's really a sin. We were just chatting, so please don't tell anyone."

Haitang assured earnestly: "Mammy has watched me grow up, so she is half my elder. You just said something out of turn. I won't go out and make up stories about you."

Madam Li bowed her head, and Haitang quickly turned aside, "Madam, you are embarrassing me."

"The girl is a popular figure around the old lady, she deserves it, she deserves it."

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries before Mother Li hurried to the main house in the middle courtyard.