A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

"No need, we don't have that kind of luck." Mrs. Shen said, and walked towards the gate without looking back. She must be going to play mahjong with those rich ladies.

Miss Shen followed her, smiled apologetically at Guier, and turned away.

Sha Yanyao looked at the two people's backs, sighed bitterly, and said to Gui'er: "Don't take what Mrs. Shen said to heart."

Guier smiled and said, "Don't worry, brother, it won't happen."

But she thought to herself that if she continued like this, living in the big house with Mrs. Shen on guard all day long would be really embarrassing. It would be better to move somewhere else. However, she could not go back to Sha Yanxiao's courtyard. The only people left in the other courtyards were the third, fourth and seventh concubines. None of them were easy to deal with. Gui'er felt that the road ahead was bleak for a while.

Later, for some unknown reason, the lady actually found out about this matter. During this meal, she smiled and said to Mrs. Shen, "Sister, you worry too much. Gui'er is still young. If Yan Yao wants to marry, she must be at least 18 or 19 years old. That way, she will be able to have children."

Mrs. Shen got anxious when she heard this. She slammed her chopsticks on the table and said, "What do you mean? Old Shen's body is still warm, and you're thinking of putting someone in your son's room?"

The wife still smiled and said, "No, no, I mean, what if? They are newlyweds, as sweet as honey, how could I do such a thing? The most important task now is to have children. After a year or so, if Fengshu still hasn't moved, it won't be too late to talk about it."

Mrs. Shen's face turned blue with anger. Miss Shen also frowned and looked at Sha Yanyao with dissatisfaction. Sha Yanyao said to his wife, "Mother, why are you suddenly saying such nonsense?"

The wife put away her smile and said seriously, "It's all because of your father-in-law. His story made me realize one thing: people should have many children and more blessings. You are my only son. If you don't give birth to more grandchildren, our current family business will sooner or later be taken over by someone else."

Miss Shen rolled her eyes and said nothing.

After finishing her meal and returning to her room, Guier was not surprised to hear another quarrel.

This time, Sha Yanyao didn't try to persuade her patiently like he did in the past. Instead, he just said, "It's what you think." Then he slammed the door and left.

At this time, Mrs. Shen also went out to play mahjong. Guier was worried about Miss Shen, so she came to their room on the third floor. The door of the room was open, and Miss Shen was sitting next to the dressing table, crying softly.

Gui'er quickly went up to comfort her and said, "Sister-in-law, don't be sad. I don't think that's what my brother meant."

Miss Shen grabbed Gui'er's hand and said, "Guier, I'm almost suffocating. I'm not fit to be the young lady of the Marshal's Mansion. I'm in great pain."

Gui'er felt sad for her too. It was really sad to see Miss Shen change from such a high-spirited and proud girl to what she is now. If she were born in modern times, she would definitely not be like this, but Gui'er was powerless to do anything.

She said to Miss Shen, "If you're bored staying at home, you can find something to do. Maybe you can become a teacher in our school."

Miss Shen was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then shook her head and said with a wry smile: "Mother-in-law won't agree."

Gui'er smiled and said, "If you really want to go, just ask your brother to persuade the lady. That way you won't have to stay in the mansion all day, and you'll feel more relaxed."

Miss Shen must have told Sha Yanyao quickly. One day, Gui'er was listening to the radio in the living room. Sha Yanyao came back from outside, saw Gui'er, walked over, and said to her, "Your sister-in-law suddenly said she wanted to be a teacher."

Guier smiled and said, "Will brother allow it?"

Sha Yanyao asked, "Did you propose this?"

Gui'er was afraid that she would get into trouble, so she smiled and said, "No, it's just that my sister-in-law was teaching me English that day. I said she taught me better than our English teacher. Maybe that's why she had this idea."

Sha Yanyao patted Gui'er's head and said, "That's good. It's better than staying at home all day with random thoughts."

Sure enough, the lady was against this matter, but the eldest young master agreed, so soon, Miss Shen went to St. Mary's Girls' School to become an English teacher.

Gui'er jokingly said to her, "Now we all have to call you Teacher Shen."

Miss Shen is beautiful and intelligent, with an elegant temperament. She can tell students a lot about her experiences studying abroad in class, so she quickly gained the love of students. Her mood also improved a lot, and a long-lost smile appeared on her face.

Mrs. Shen's face became more and more ugly. Since she followed her daughter to her husband's house, she still played mahjong and socialized with the wives every day as before. However, after all, Director Shen was gone, and the attitudes of those wives who used to curry favor with her for Director Shen's sake became subtle, so she was very depressed.

On the other hand, it was about money. One day, Gui'er had homework that she didn't understand. Thinking that Sha Yanyao was not at home anyway, she went upstairs to ask Miss Shen. When she was about to reach the couple's suite, the door was open and she heard someone talking.

"When your father was alive, I never handled any money, so I didn't know how much money the family had. When he passed away, your husband initially helped sort out the inheritance and found so many things. I was quite happy about that. But now all this property is in your husband's hands, and we don't know where it's going, and we don't hold it in our hands. This is very dangerous. Isn't this equivalent to swallowing up the Shen family's property?"

"And he said that all the antiques your father collected are gone. If it was just one or two, it would be fine, but all of them are gone. How is that possible? You have to be careful, don't let him take our Shen family's wealth and marry a bunch of concubines. He doesn't work in the government, so he can take concubines."

When Gui'er heard this, she tiptoed away quickly. She shook her head. The operation of this Marshal's Mansion was exactly the same as when it was the Ji family. Even a strong woman like Ji Yiru couldn't get it back, let alone this elegant Miss Shen?

After that, Mrs. Shen would occasionally ask where to buy a shop or a farm in her hometown. Sha Yanyao would look at the situation. If it was in Jiangcheng, he would basically agree. If it was in her hometown or other places, he would refuse on the grounds that the place was too far away and no one was in charge.

Because she had overheard what Mrs. Shen and Miss Shen said before, Guier knew that she was doing this in order to get her money back from the Marshal's Mansion.

After buying several shops in succession, Mrs. Shen suggested that she had to go back to her hometown to visit Director Shen since he passed away, and to check whether the housekeeper and driver who had been escorted back earlier had been arranged. Then she asked Sha Yanyao for money, saying that the house should not be too simple just because Old Shen was gone.

Sha Yanyao also gave it to Mrs. Shen, and she used the money to buy a large amount of gold, silver, jewelry, and jade jewelry, as well as custom-made luxurious clothes, imported bags, and perfumes.