A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Gui'er transferred here in the middle of the semester and had to go to school for a while before the holiday for exams. Fortunately, she had studied on her own before enrolling in school. After enrolling in school, Miss Shen also taught at the school, so she gave her a lot of special tutoring and her test scores were pretty good.

After the exams, it was vacation time. Guier knew that after the vacation, his wife would definitely bring the whole family back to Jiangcheng, and would definitely arrange a blind date for Sha Yanyao at that time. After hesitating for a while, she still told Miss Shen about it tactfully.

After hearing this, Miss Shen was stunned for a moment, then said with a hint of sadness, "We've already parted ways. There's nothing we can do about it. Yan Yao is the eldest son, and he has the responsibility of carrying on the family line. Of course, your mother is worried."

The day before the holiday, Miss Shen brought Gui'er to the bookstore opened by Xu Wenjie again. Xu Wenjie warmly entertained them both, recommended some new books, and personally made coffee for Miss Shen and milk tea for Gui'er. Gui'er thought Xu Wenjie was not bad, much more mature and stable than before. Sha Yanyao was about to find a new partner, so Miss Shen should also start a new life. She wanted to match them up and whispered to Miss Shen, "Sister Fengshu, Xu Wenjie is also good. I wonder if he is married? How about I ask him for you?"

When Miss Shen heard this, she blushed and said to her, "Don't mess around, little kid. Go read your book."

Gui'er said, "Then at least let Xu Wenjie know that you and my brother are divorced. It's the truth anyway, and I think you two are a good match. You both have progressive ideas."

Miss Shen said, "I'll find a chance to talk to him myself later. You're still young, so don't worry so much."

Gui'er said, "Okay then. I'll be back in Jiangcheng in a few days. I'll write to you then."

Sure enough, the next day, my wife suddenly informed Guier, "Pack up, we'll take the bus back this afternoon."

In the past, Gui'er would always give several days' notice before going anywhere from the Marshal's Mansion. This time, she only had half a day, so she had to hurriedly run to her room to pack her things. Fortunately, she didn't have much stuff, so she just took a pocket pistol, a hidden weapon pen, some holiday homework, some jewelry and other valuable things, and packed two sets of clothes.

Yulan was very excited and went to the department store to buy some rouge and powder, fearing that it would not be enough when she arrived in Jiangcheng.

Just before leaving, they found out that Sha Yanyao was not going back with them. He said to Gui'er, "I just started working here and can't leave. I'll go back in a few days. Be careful on the road."

The lady said, "Don't worry, I'll go back and pick it out for you. You can just go back and choose it when the time comes."

Gui'er understood what she meant. It turned out that the lady wanted to choose a concubine for Sha Yanyao herself, and she really regarded this as a selection of concubines.

But Gui'er didn't bother to care. She just wanted to go back as soon as possible to see Taohua, Song Xichen and the others.

Because time was too tight, Gui'er had to ask Acheng to find a way to leave a message to Wu Mingqiang to notify him. She didn't know whether the notification could be made, but she was urged to set off.

When we got on the train, we found out that his wife had only bought a suite for herself, and everyone else had ordinary seats. It was Guier's first time to sit in ordinary seats on a train from the Republic of China era, so Ah Cheng let Guier sit by the wall, and he and Dingxiang sat by the aisle to prevent others from disturbing her. However, it was quite tiring to sit on that hard wooden bench for six or seven hours, and it was already evening when they arrived in Fengcheng.

After getting off the train, the lady complained, "It's tiring to take the train with such a large family this time. It's not like before when there were so many people and your brother and the housekeepers had everything arranged for us."

Guier smiled and agreed, "Yes, yes." In fact, when the train was halfway there, she thought about going to see if the lady needed anything, or asking Dingxiang and Acheng to go see her, but when she thought about how she was comfortably staying alone in the luxury suite, which was definitely much more comfortable than her ordinary seat, she didn't bother to bother with her.

When they came down from the platform and walked into the train station exit, they saw three cars waiting there. Two teams of soldiers were neatly lined up on both sides of the train station exit, and the people around them had been dispersed.

Gui'er spotted Sha Yanxiao getting out of a sedan. He had come all the way from Jiangcheng to pick them up. His wife was delighted with the grand ceremony and said with a smile, "You were so thoughtful to send someone to pick them up."

Sha Yanxiao walked over and took Gui'er's hand while saying to his wife, "It's my duty. Mother, you must have been exhausted from the journey. Hurry up and get in the car. Let's go back."

Yulan was very excited to see this grand spectacle and wanted to follow them into the car. Sha Yanxiao winked and the adjutant beside him quickly stopped her and said, "Miss, the car is full. You should go to the military vehicle and join them."

Those were the seats for the servants. Yulan wanted to say something but didn't dare. She smiled awkwardly and had to follow the servants to the military vehicle.

Gui'er felt a little complicated, but she felt that Sha Yanyao and Sha Yanxiao both disliked Yulan, so she didn't say anything.

The convoy drove for several more hours and finally arrived back at the Marshal's Mansion before midnight. The Mansion was quiet. Apart from the guards at the door who lined up to salute the lady, there was no one else to greet them.

Gui'er could sense that the Madam was unhappy, so Sha Yanxiao said to her with a smile, "Father hasn't been feeling well lately, so he went to bed early. Mother, you've been tired all day, so you should rest early too."

The lady had no other choice but to follow the donkey down the hill, saying with a smile, "So that's how it is. It's hard for you."

Because Sha Yanxiao still lived in the military camp and his yard was still occupied by the fifth and sixth concubines, Guier still lived with the eldest wife. Since Yulan was the adopted daughter of the lady, she naturally lived in the eldest wife as well.

The carriage, accompanied by the servants and maids, stopped at the door of the main house. Ah Cheng and Ding Xiang were busy packing Gui Er's luggage, while the others were helping the lady with her luggage. Yu Lan was left alone with a wicker suitcase. Not knowing where to go, she cautiously asked the lady, "Mother, which room am I in?"

The lady then seemed to remember that she existed and said, "Oh, you, the housekeeper, there's no room available, please arrange one for her."

Finally, she was arranged to live in a smaller side room on the same floor next to Gui'er.

She was quite happy and said to Gui'er, "It's great that we sisters can live together again. It's just right for us to keep each other company."

Guier smiled. She didn't know whether the people here knew about Yulan's life experience. If they knew, she would inevitably be criticized by the servants like in Nanjing. This was what annoyed her the most.