A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

During this period, the servants in the Song Mansion talked about Ah Xiang's hanging.

As time went by, the tree where Ah Xiang hanged herself gradually became taboo among the people, and the servants did not dare to approach it.

There was no other way, so Song Xichen asked Madam Zhou to call a few laborers to cut down the tree, then uproot it and take it away, and the matter was finally settled.

Gradually, everyone stopped discussing this matter, as if this person had never existed in the world.

That day, Gui'er came to the police station after school to wait for Song Xichen to get off work.

After finishing her homework, she looked out the window bored at the passers-by, and suddenly saw Song Tingting pulling Taohua into a tailor shop.

Gui'er almost didn't recognize Song Tingting. She seemed to have lost a lot of weight and looked haggard.

Gui'er then remembered that she had not yet told Song Xichen about Sha Yanxiao.

Seeing that Song Xichen was free and sitting at his desk reading a newspaper, she walked up to him and said, "Master, I have something to tell you."

Song Xichen smiled and said, "Have you finished your homework? What's the matter?"

Gui'er told Song Xichen that she discovered that Sha Yanxiao looked very similar to the young leader of Qingfeng Village.

Song Xichen smiled and said, "You're only saying this now. It seems like you've been thinking about this for a long time."

Gui'er actually put this matter behind her because of Ah Xiang's incident. The last reason was that she always felt that Sha Yanxiao would not harm her. Previously, at a banquet, an old pervert touched her, and he even came to her rescue.

Of course, Gui Er didn't tell Song Xichen about these things. She said to him, "In fact, the young lady also recognized him. She was very scared, but I can't understand how a bandit could become a young marshal."

Song Xichen smiled calmly and said, "I understand. You don't need to worry about this matter. If you have the chance to meet the young marshal in the future, you must pretend that you don't know about this matter."

Gui'er said, "How can I pretend? He knows me."

Song Xichen said confidently, "Don't worry, he will pretend not to know you."

"So this young marshal is really a bandit in disguise?"

Song Xichen couldn't help but smile when he heard these innocent words and said, "Little kid, don't ask so many questions."

Gui'er was full of questions, but Song Xichen obviously didn't want to talk about it anymore, so she had to give up.

On his way home from school that day, Song Xichen bought a cake for the first time, and then went to find Song Tingting after returning home.

Gui'er also went with them, and the two siblings talked for a long time in the house. Taohua and Gui'er didn't have much time to see each other usually, so now was a good time to chat.

Taohua said: "She is learning embroidery now."

As she spoke, she took out two handkerchiefs embroidered with a bunch of peach blossoms. Gui'er exclaimed, "You embroidered it very well."

Taohua said happily, "Really? I was shopping with my mistress and saw a tailor shop collecting embroidery patterns. So I thought about learning a little so I can use it to make money in the future."

Gui Er was quite happy that Tao Hua had such an idea, but she was puzzled again and asked, "Why do you suddenly want to make money? Isn't what the young lady gave you enough for your expenses?"

Because personal maids like them are paid more than ordinary servants, and Miss Taohua has already taken care of all her food, clothing and other expenses, so she can basically save some money.

Taohua looked around and saw that no one was around. Then she took a deep breath and said, "How did Ah Xiang from your courtyard die? Have you forgotten? I feel like I won't be able to escape the same fate when I grow up. The young lady has a good heart, but she's too soft-hearted. If that's the case, I want to save up some money and redeem myself later."

Gui'er felt that she had really underestimated this little girl. Her ideas were actually similar to hers, and she had already put them into action.

Taohua whispered to her again, "You must not tell anyone about this."

Gui'er quickly said, "Don't worry, I won't. In fact, if it were me, I wouldn't want to do that either."

Taohua said, "You are luckier than me. The young master lets you go to school. In the future, you can be a teacher, a saleswoman, or a clerk. There are not many jobs that I can do to make money. This is the only way I can think of."

Guier nodded and said to her, "Let's work together."

At this time, Song Xichen came out of Song Tingting's room. He took Gui'er's hand and said, "Let's go."

That night, Gui'er tossed and turned in bed. Taohua's behavior made her feel deeply touched. She felt that Taohua was right. If she stayed in the Song Mansion, her fate would probably not be much worse than Axiang's.

Taohua would think of learning embroidery to make money, so shouldn't she do something too? Although she was an adult on the inside, she looked like a child on the outside. In this world, the skills she was proud of before, like computer operation, were completely useless.

No one in this world will hire a little girl. A child surviving alone in society is like a fish on a chopping board, at the mercy of others.

To outsiders, she and Taohua seemed very lucky to have won the favor of the young master and young lady, but servants were servants, and Guier did not think that she was more important than her own interests in the eyes of the so-called masters.

Ah Xiang was betrothed at the age of 15, and the average marriage age here is also 15, ranging from 6 to 20 years old. Gui'er is nine years old this year, which means she only has six years to prepare.

But it was only six years later that Guier graduated from elementary school. Although the illiteracy rate in this world is extremely high, she is not sure whether she can become the saleswoman or female employee she has always dreamed of with an elementary school education.

Thinking of this, Guier was so worried that she couldn't sleep.

So Guier got up very early in the morning. She thought it was not time to go out yet, so she went to the servants' canteen to have a bowl of porridge first.

Not long after I finished making the porridge and sat down, Wu Ma also walked in. When she saw Gui'er, her wrinkled face suddenly smiled like a flower.

She said to Gui'er, "Hey, Gui'er, why are you up so early to eat today?"

She had never done anything good before, so when she saw him acting out of character today, Guier couldn't help but be on guard. She just smiled and said nothing.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Wu Ma didn't get angry at all. Instead, she came closer and said with a smile, "Now that Ah Xiang is gone, there's a vacancy in the eldest young master's courtyard. Please help me talk and let our Xiao Lian go in."

Gui'er thought to herself, "I knew it." Just because Xiaolian was Wu Ma's daughter, she didn't want her to go in. If Xiaolian went in, wouldn't Wu Ma have a reason to spend all day in the eldest young master's compound? Who knows what kind of trouble that would cause.

So she smiled and said, "Auntie Wu, you must be mistaken. It's not my place to make decisions on matters like this. You should ask Auntie Zhou for help."

"Alas, that old hag doesn't agree." Wu Ma blurted out, then realized she had said the wrong thing and said with a smile: "Oh, it doesn't matter what you say. Anyway, you can help me say that the young master agrees, right?"

Gui'er remembered hearing that Xiaolian was betrothed to Butler Zhang's son, so she said, "I heard that Sister Xiaolian is already betrothed to Butler Zhang's son. Why is she still coming to our courtyard? Besides, why did Ah Xiang leave? Don't you know why? How can you have the nerve to let your daughter take this position?"

When Wu Ma heard Gui'er say this, she knew there was no room for negotiation. She immediately put away her smile and said coldly, "She is short-sighted. What does it have to do with me? Don't think you are great just because you get face in front of the young master. When you get older, you will still have to be assigned a servant." After that, she turned and left.

Only Gui'er was left standing there in a daze.