A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Gui Er smiled bitterly and said, "What are you thinking about? I don't know this man at all, but he is the dream lover of many maids in the mansion. For example, my maid Dingxiang has always admired him. If you don't like him, can you act as a middleman and help introduce him to me? Dingxiang has served me for several years and is now old enough to get married."

Jin Bao was surprised when he heard this and said, "Why would you help her find a partner? And someone outside the palace?"

Gui'er asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Jin Bao said, "Don't you see that the maids around the Madam never marry? Even if they do marry, they are betrothed to servants in the mansion. That way, their children will become servants in the mansion, and that way the mansion will have more children and more wealth. It seems that you, an adopted daughter, are still not very good at managing the household."

When Gui'er heard Jinbao's words, she was stunned. Before, she only thought that Jinbao was pitiful, but she didn't understand her thoughts in depth. She never thought that she was born as a capitalist daughter in the old society. Even though her family fell into poverty and she was trapped in a shabby place, she still had the ideas taught by her parents of exploiting servants and putting profit first.

She knew that it would be useless to deny it or argue with her now, so she decided to stick to the facts and said, "Dingxiang has taken care of me for so many years, and I am very grateful to her. It's understandable that she wants to marry someone better."

Jin Bao said helplessly, "Okay, then I'll find time to ask for you, but don't get your hopes up. He's already looking for me, which means he has certain requirements for the woman's family background. A maid can't bring him any benefit, so what's the point of coming here?"

Guier smiled and nodded, thanked her and came out.

She just wanted to deal with the matter of Manager Liu as soon as possible, but there were always such disturbing things. This time, the matter between Jinbao and Dingxiang reminded her that she was already fifteen or sixteen years old, and in this era it was time to talk about marriage. She had to be careful not to be used as a tool by the lady.

But what can I do? Like an ordinary person, find a man to marry and have children? Or in the torrent of the times, based on my memories of my past life, do something beneficial to the country within my ability, and then live a carefree life until the end?

But is this how my life will end? In my previous life, I was just a girl in her twenties, with a bright future ahead of me.

When she thought of this, she remembered her family, friends and life before she traveled through time. It was so beautiful.

After traveling through time for so long, she has accustomed herself to not thinking about the good life in the past, because the more she thinks about it, the sadder she will be. But this incident made her think about it again.

Thinking about these years, I have grown from a teenager to a young man, and experienced kidnapping, assassination, detention and frame-up. These are things that I have never encountered in my life in the past 20 years, and I was able to bear it all. The more I think about it, the more exhausted I feel physically and mentally.

The next morning, when Guier looked in the mirror, she found that her eyes were a little swollen. Then she remembered that she cried herself to sleep last night.

With a sigh, Guier hurried to wash up.

After that, they went to the restaurant for breakfast. Sha Yanyao saw her and asked her with concern: "Sister, did you not sleep well last night? Is there something bothering you?"

Gui'er quickly said, "No, I've just been preparing for an exam recently and have been reading a lot. Are you tired?"

Sha Yanyao smiled and said, "Is that so? Then why don't you take my car to school today? It's more stable than a rickshaw."

Song Tingting curled her lips and said, "You are so precious. Everyone in the house pampers you. If you can't sleep well, they will drive a long way to take you to school."

After hearing these sarcastic words, Gui'er quickly said to Sha Yanyao, "No need, it's the same as taking a rickshaw."

Sha Yanyao glared at Song Tingting and said to Gui'er with a smile, "We're family, so why be so polite? Besides, I have something to tell you."

Gui'er had no choice but to go out with him and get in his car, so Ah Cheng naturally didn't have to go with them.

Sha Yanyao said while driving: "Have you been doing something by yourself recently?"

Gui'er was stunned for a moment. Since he asked, she must have known the answer, so she said frankly, "I contacted Shopkeeper Zhang. She's very pitiful, struggling to support two shops alone. Plus, Shopkeeper Liu is my master. If he continues to be held hostage, I'm afraid there will be trouble. So I took her in and saw if I could find a way to rescue Shopkeeper Liu."

Sha Yanyao sighed and said, "I knew you were kind-hearted and you definitely couldn't let it go."

Seeing that he didn't mean to blame her, Gui'er breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Isn't Director Tian going to Shanghai? As long as his attention is not on this, we can still smooth things over. There should still be hope. Although they think Manager Liu is a suspect, they have been investigating for so long and still haven't found anything. In fact, this indirectly proves that Manager Liu is innocent. Every day he is locked up, there is a chance that I will be implicated. I am actually doing this for my own benefit."

Sha Yanyao gave her a helpless smile and said, "Well, I'll help you find out."

Gui'er was quite surprised to hear this and quickly said, "Thank you, brother." She suddenly remembered what Dingxiang had said about Song Tingting, so she said to him, "Sister-in-law seems to be feeling unwell these past few days. Is she feeling unwell somewhere?"

Sha Yanyao frowned and shook his head, saying, "How would I know? She's always like this, easily startled. Don't take what she said seriously."

Gui'er quickly said, "It's okay. I've known my sister-in-law for many years and I know her. She just doesn't say nice things, but she won't really embarrass me."

Sha Yanyao sighed and said, "My mother was so worried about my divorce at the beginning, but my father was trying hard to bring us back. I thought that since you are Song Xichen's sister and come from the same family, you should at least have the same temperament. I didn't expect that a young lady from the richest family would be so petty and unpresentable. You are more like Song Xichen, but I remember that it was Xichen who rescued you and kept you by his side for a while." He turned his head to look at her and smiled.

Gui'er nodded and said, "Yes, I heard that Young Master Song has been released."

Sha Yanyao nodded and said, "Yes, his father owns one of the mines in Jiangcheng, so he has a lot of money."

Seeing that the car was almost at the school, Guier said quickly, "Thank you for taking care of Manager Liu."

Sha Yanyao said, "Tell Liu's brother not to act rashly and go directly to other people's places to look for connections. This will backfire. I will find out the details and let you know when the time comes."