Time Travel: Female Cannon Fodder of the Republic of China

After turning the Chuihua Gate, I saw a maid guarding the door.

He walked over as lightly as a cat and whispered in the girl's ear, "Is the young lady asleep?"

It was lunch time. The young lady went to bed early today.

The girl nodded, pointed inside the door, and made a sleeping posture.

Mother Li waited outside the door for a while. Seeing that it was past three quarters after noon and still no movement from inside, she could not help but pace back and forth outside anxiously.

"Who's outside? Come in!"

Li Yanran's muffled voice came from inside.

Mother Li didn't bother to think about whether she had made her master angry. When she saw the maid Chun Xing open the door, she walked in quickly.

Just as Mother Li was about to speak, Li Yanran raised her hand to stop her.

She was wearing a tight pink slit cheongsam, leaning on the couch with one leg resting on the other, exposing a large area of ​​snow-white skin. She ignored him and gave instructions to Hong Xing slowly.

"I have no appetite today and missed the meal. Go to the kitchen and ask them to make a pot of braised fish lips and send it to me."

After Hong Xing paid her respects, she left and never mentioned it again.

Mother Li couldn't wait to speak.

Li Yanran was not what she wanted. She frowned and scolded, "I was so worried that I didn't sleep much last night. I finally fell asleep just now. Why did Mother Li make such a big noise? The rules are getting worse."

After hearing this, Mama Li was so scared that she immediately knelt down to apologize, "It's all my fault. I heard from Li Tai that if I want to pick cherries, I have to go to the military police, so I couldn't stay any longer, so I came to see the young lady for advice."

When Li Yanran heard about this, she stopped being careless and sat up straight. "Mom Li, get up quickly. Do you have an idea?"

After Mother Li stood up, she crossed her hands in front of her and spoke carefully, "The times have changed now. President Liu is the one in charge. If you want to search for or arrest anyone in the city, you have to contact the military police."

Li Yanran nodded in agreement. "Mother Li is absolutely right. Let Li Tai go find the military police. The sooner they find Cherry, the sooner we can rest assured."

Mother Li showed an embarrassment on her face. She hesitated for a long time but did not nod in response.

Li Yanran scolded again: "Mom, just say what you want to say. What's wrong with you hesitating?"

Mother Li: "If you want to ask the military police to do something, our family's business cards won't work. You have to pay with money."

Li Yanran knew clearly that since the emperor abdicated, the world no longer belonged to the Aisin-Gioro family.

It can be seen from the business trips in the past two years that the business card of the Beizi Mansion is not as useful as that of his younger brother who is a businessman.

Li Yanran shook her handkerchief in annoyance, "How much do you want?"

Mother Li slowly stretched out two fingers.

Li Yanran said nonchalantly, "Two hundred taels is not too much. Finding cherries is a serious matter."

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Li said, "It's not two hundred, it's two thousand."

Li Yanran: "What? Two thousand? Why don't they just go and rob them?"

This is enough to buy the dowry for a concubine's daughter in a prince's mansion.

What Mama Li said next made Li Yanran angry and furious. "President Liu is a Han Chinese. Although he didn't say he didn't like Manchus, the Manchus are asking for double the price when doing things now. I want to reason with them, but there's nowhere to go."

Things have changed so fast. Fifteen years ago, when I first knew that I could marry into the royal family, every sister envied me. For this reason, my dowry was a little thicker than theirs.

But now, after the new government came to power, Heng Su has become an idle man. Every day he either spends money or looks for women.

And the half-sister whom she looked down upon when she was a girl, became the wife of the director of the Finance Bureau. She was so lucky.

Alas, comparing yourself to others will make you feel nauseous.

"Let me think about it, you go back first."

Li Yanran shook her handkerchief tiredly.

Mother Li bowed and left.

Only after she passed through the hanging flower gate and walked to the small door on the east side did she breathe a sigh of relief.

My son is right. The world has changed now and I need to plan ahead.

Li Mansion on Yongxing Street.

When Ai Shutong went out of the house for the first time, she found that it was an exquisite courtyard with a garden and a small pond. It did not look like a courtyard in the north, but more like a southern garden.

There are quite a few houses, with five main rooms, an ear room on each side, two independent wing rooms on the east side, a hanging flower gate in the middle, and three connected wing rooms on the west side.

There are twelve rooms in this backyard. I wonder what the front yard looks like, Ai Shutong thought.

The lunch menu was very rich, with chestnut chicken, walnuts and spinach, and a steamed sea bass. There were both meat and vegetables, and the colors were very bright. Ai Shutong felt hungry just by looking at the food, and she put down her chopsticks reluctantly until she could eat no more.

Nanny Lin shook her head in disapproval and said, "Princess, you are not a child anymore. You need to learn the skills of De Rongyan. Eat only until you are 70% full. Look at your belly. It is all licked out. Fortunately, this dress is loose and can cover it up a little. If it was a dress, it would be obvious."

Ai Shutong didn't take it seriously. She thought those were what feudal ethics required women to have. She was a woman of the new era and didn't need to care about those things.

Thinking this way, the expression comes out naturally.

After being scolded by Aunt Lin, he walked for more than an hour in his flowerpot shoes after waking up from a nap. If it weren't for the leg cramp, Aunt Lin would not have asked him to stop.

Ai Shutong was lying on the bed, enjoying the massage from Nanny Lin, thinking to herself, after a few days, when I behave normally, I will definitely show off my power as the master.

I will also make you walk in the flower pot for more than an hour, no, you have to add more time, at least two hours, to relieve my hatred.

Ai Shutong, who was fantasizing in her heart, was conquered by the crab meat and bamboo shoots shreds made by Nanny Lin the next day and forgave her again.

In the afternoon, Ai Shutong not only walked for more than an hour in the flower pot bottoms, but was also counted by Nanny Lin for more than an hour.

Ai Shutong was helpless and bored, but Nanny Lin was as happy as if it was New Year's Day.

"My princess is so great. What do you want to eat in the evening? Nanny will make it for you."

Ai Shutong rolled her eyes and deliberately embarrassed Nanny Lin, "Western food, I want to eat Western food."

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Nanny Lin's smile widened a little.

"That's great. My princess is also like the little Yuge of Onahai's family. She knows how to eat."

Nanny Lin changed her Manchu dress into a waist-cinched cheongsam, and left the house carrying a hand-woven bag the size of a palm.

She first went to a foreign cake shop run by a British person, spent four dollars to buy a piece of butter, and spent three dollars to buy a bag of fresh bread.

I went to the market and bought a piece of beef rib for four yuan, a pound of milk for ten cents, and some miscellaneous vegetables for fifty cents in total.

It was not easy to walk back with so many things, so I hailed a rickshaw.

"Go to Li's residence at the intersection of Yongxing Street."

It was already dark when Nanny Lin walked into the house with steak, sandwiches and milk.