A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Gui'er was very surprised to see Xu Wenjie. Xu Wenjie also saw her and asked, "Why are you here?"

Guier stood up and said, "This is the home of my classmate Zhou Huifang."

Zhou Huifang also stood up and said with a smile, "Hello, Boss Xu."

Xu Wenjie was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "You are classmates, so you should have been to my bookstore before, right?"

At this time, a man walked out from behind Xu Wenjie. It was Director Zhou.

Director Zhou changed his smiling face from the one he had at Mrs. Wang's funeral and asked Zhou Huifang seriously, "Huifang, who is this?"

Zhou Huifang quickly said, "Uncle, this is my classmate, Gui'er. She knows a little bit about medicine. I asked her to come back and see mother."

Guier quickly stood up and greeted him, "Hello, Uncle Zhou."

Director Zhou stared at Gui'er for a moment and said, "I think I've seen you before."

Xu Wenjie smiled and said, "It should be at Mrs. Wang's funeral a few days ago. She came with the people from the Sha Mansion."

Director Zhou suddenly realized, nodded thoughtfully, and said with a smile: "Oh, it turns out to be Sha Mansion." Then he went out with Xu Wenjie.

Guier always felt that he was smiling with a fake smile.

Zhou Huifang said to Guier, "You asked me to see fate. Do you think it is fate now?"

"What fate?" Gui'er was confused.

Zhou Huifang said shyly, "Xu Wenjie, I thought it would be hard to see him again, but now he often comes to my house. I guess I'm forcing him."

It turned out that she had not given up yet. Guier could only smile bitterly and said nothing.

Soon, the school finished the exams and prepared for the holiday. As expected, Gui'er's grades were still very good and she was even rewarded. However, when she returned to the Sha Mansion with the certificate, only Sha Yanyao praised her. Song Tingting acted as if it was none of her business, while the Madam and Yulan were extremely worried.

The reason is that there have been rumors recently that Director Wang had a successful blind date with a teacher at Guier School and is preparing to remarry.

Madam and Yulan were very nervous when they heard about it, and immediately asked Guier to find out, but the teacher they were talking about did not teach Guier's grade, so Guier didn't know him.

The lady was furious and said to Gui'er, "You are such a waste. I have provided you with food and shelter for so many years, but you are of no use at all."

Gui'er lowered her head. Although she was very dissatisfied in her heart, she did not dare to show it on her face. When she was in Jiangcheng, she received a monthly allowance of two silver dollars from the Marshal's Mansion, and Sha Yanxiao took care of her food, clothing, housing and transportation. When she came here, the lady deducted her monthly allowance. Although Sha Yanyao made up for it later, Gui'er felt the suffocation of living under someone else's roof for the first time in such a long time.

The lady was still scolding, Sha Yanyao had not come back yet, and because Yulan wanted to marry Director Wang, it was not convenient for her to plead for Guier.

Gui'er was forced into a corner and had no choice but to say, "Miss Shen is a teacher at the school. She should know more teachers than I do. How about I go and ask her?"

The lady was stunned for a moment and said, "Oh, that's right. How could I have forgotten about this? Go and ask."

Song Tingting turned around, looking a little unhappy. She probably didn't want Miss Shen to have the opportunity to have contact with the Sha family, but since she was unwilling to come forward to help Gui'er, Gui'er didn't bother to pay attention to her.

Gui'er could see Miss Shen every day at school, but she hadn't been to her house to play for a long time. She first called Miss Shen's house to make sure she was at home, and then said she wanted to go over and play.

Miss Shen was very surprised, but she readily agreed.

The Shen family and the Sha family were very close, and Guier just walked over there.

Arriving at the Shen residence, Guier discovered that the two young and strong servants of the Shen residence had disappeared, leaving only an elderly doorman in his 50s or 60s to open the door. A nanny in her 40s who used to be in charge of the kitchen was trimming the flowers in the garden.

These people all knew Gui'er, and when they saw her coming, they greeted her warmly, saying, "Miss Gui'er, come and play."

Guier smiled and nodded, then came to the living room.

Mrs. Shen went out. Miss Shen heard the noise and came down from upstairs. She quickly asked the servants to prepare snacks and tea.

Gui'er said, "I noticed there are fewer servants and maids in the house."

Miss Shen smiled bitterly and said, "My mother said that my monthly income from my job as a teacher was not enough to cover my expenses, so she dismissed some of the higher-paid servants. The doorman's uncle and the cook had been with me for decades and it would be hard for them to find work outside, so they stayed. There was also a servant from my mother's family who stayed."

Gui'er calculated carefully in her mind that the Shen family was not actually in such a difficult situation. However, if they continued to spend as they did when Director Shen was in power, it would be easy for them to run out of money.

At this time, the servants brought up some snacks and milk tea, and Guier began to eat them voraciously. If she didn't go home immediately after school, the lady would definitely ask her, so she didn't dare to hang around anywhere else and eat snacks or desserts.

In fact, she knew that the lady was just afraid that she would get close to Miss Shen. Of course, this should be Song Tingting's work, because the lady did not have this attitude at the beginning.

Miss Shen asked, "Don't you have any snacks over there now?"

Guier then realized that since Miss Shen left, the Sha Mansion had not provided any snacks except for breakfast. However, she was too embarrassed to say it out loud, so she smiled and said, "It's not so bad, but the food here is a little better."

Miss Shen quickly asked the maid to bring out some more. Gui'er quickly said, "No need. Actually, I came here at Madam's behest. She wanted to ask you something. Isn't Yulan involved with Director Wang? She was hoping to marry her, but she recently heard rumors that someone snatched her away, and it was a teacher from our school. Madam asked me to come and find out who it was."

Miss Shen asked the maid to bring some more snacks and said to Gui'er, "I'm sorry, if you're not happy over there, just come here secretly."

Gui'er said, "No, my wife is very strict. If I come home late after school, I will be scolded. If it weren't for this opportunity, I wouldn't be able to come over to play."

Miss Shen sighed, thought for a moment, and said, "There's a teacher in our school who's been talking about marriage lately. I don't know which one it is, but there's a female teacher who was said to have married a wealthy man. The wealthy man passed away, leaving behind a large inheritance but no children. The man's uncles wanted to kick the woman out so they could take over her property, so the teacher wanted to remarry a man who works in the government to protect her wealth."

Gui Er was stunned for a moment and said, "A wealthy wife would become a teacher in our school. Which teacher is she?"