A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

"Gui'er" a familiar voice came from a distance. Gui'er turned around and saw Sha Yanxiao wearing a straight military uniform.

Gui'er ran over quickly. Sha Yanxiao touched her head with a smile and said, "You've grown taller again." Then he greeted the lady, Sha Yanyao and Miss Tian with a smile.

Jinbao quickly squeezed forward and said, "You must be the second brother that Gui'er often mentions, right? My name is Jinbao. I'm here at your invitation, my wife, to spend the holiday with you. I'm sorry to bother you."

Sha Yanyao smiled and nodded, then clapped his hands. Two rows of soldiers poured out of the train, separating the ordinary passengers and allowing them to walk from the platform to the outside of the train station first.

The area outside the train station had already been cleared, and as usual, there were two military vehicles escorting them, one in front and one behind, with the car they were sitting in the middle.

Jin Bao stared at the scene in amazement. Ding Xiang, who was watching from the side, smiled and said to her, "Miss Jin Bao, I'm afraid you've never seen anything like this. Our Marshal is the master of Jiangcheng and Fengcheng."

Then they were escorted back to Jiangcheng by military vehicles. Gui'er took the car directly back to Sha Yanxiao's courtyard. Although she knew Jinbao's thoughts, she was too lazy to care about her. Anyway, with her positive energy, she would actively look for opportunities no matter where she went.

Sha Yanxiao pulled Gui'er into the house and said to her, "So much happened in Nanjing before, you must be very tired, right? On this long car ride back, I noticed that you have been much quieter and more stable."

Guier smiled and nodded: "Such a big thing happened at home, and my whole family was arrested twice. I should grow up."

Sha Yanxiao touched her face distressedly, "It's a pity that it's inconvenient for me to go to Nanjing often, leaving you suffering alone in Nanjing. If it really doesn't work out, come back to Jiangcheng. It's better to be at home than outside."

Guier smiled and said, "I still have to finish high school. After that, I want to study medicine."

Sha Yanxiao caressed her head lovingly and said, "You can learn anything you want. I'll do whatever you want." He sighed and said, "I've been sending people to Shanghai to investigate the situation. I'm afraid the war isn't far off. I don't know what the situation will be like then, but I'll prepare a sum of money for you so that you can have enough food and clothing no matter what happens."

Gui'er was deeply moved and said to Sha Yanxiao, "Brother, even if the Japanese attack us, if the central army does not help us, we will go up the mountain to fight guerrilla warfare. Don't fight them head-on. We must conserve our manpower. Believe me, if we persist, we will definitely win."

Sha Yanxiao lowered his head, smiled, nodded, and said, "Okay, okay, okay."

Gui'er knew that no adult would take such words from a half-grown child seriously, so she had no choice but to let him do as he pleased and actively contact Song Xichen herself. Maybe she could play a positive role in the future.

Gui'er had just packed up her things and wanted to go for a walk in other courtyards. Before she left the courtyard, she saw Taohua coming towards her and hurried to meet her.

Taohua said happily, "You're back! What took you so long this time?"

Gui Er sighed and said, "There's nothing I can do. My eldest brother has an engagement party before we can leave. Let's go inside and sit down and talk."

Taohua said, "Let's go for a walk outside."

Gui'er hasn't seen Taohua for half a year. She has become more beautiful. Wearing a Xiaofengxian cheongsam with a high Yuanbao collar, she looks like the daughter of a wealthy family.

The two of them walked and chatted outside the yard.

Guier asked, "Are you okay?"

Taohua smiled and said, "Maybe I've grown up now. The third concubine is not as harsh on me as before. The clothes I'm wearing were made by the third concubine using the fabric she saved and gave it to me."

Gui'er said in surprise: "You can actually cut clothes? That's amazing." She took a close look at the clothes Taohua was wearing. The stitches were very even and the workmanship was good.

Taohua said embarrassedly, "I'm fine. There are a few maids in the Third Concubine's courtyard who used to work in the embroidery workshop. I asked them to teach me how to tailor. I wanted to make one for you, but I didn't have that much fabric, so I used some scraps of cloth to piece together a vest. You can wear it in the morning and evening when it's cold. If you don't mind, I'll bring it to you later."

Gui'er quickly said, "Of course I don't mind." In fact, she had always felt sorry that Taohua could not go to school. Now she had learned the skills of embroidery and tailoring, and had the ability to make money. In addition, the Marshal's Mansion also hired a teacher to teach the young ladies in the mansion a few words, so in this era, Taohua was already much better than other girls of the same age.

Taohua happily brought Guier to the courtyard of the third concubine. The third concubine and Sanmei greeted Guier warmly when they saw her come back. Sanmei's child could already walk.

The third concubine smiled and asked the servants to bring some fruit biscuits to treat Guier.

Gui Er quickly said politely, "Third Aunt, you don't have to be so polite. Tao Hua said she made me a vest, so I came to take a look."

When the Third Auntie heard this, she clapped her hands and said, "Yes, I've seen that vest before. Although it's made from a few pieces of leftover cloth, it's very well made and the workmanship is very detailed. Go to her room and try it on."

Gui'er and Taohua came to her room. Taohua closed the door, and Gui'er said, "Why does Third Auntie seem so much kinder now?"

Taohua chuckled, "Don't think she's become kind just because she's old. It's because... well, actually, we've heard a little bit about what's going on with the eldest wife in Nanjing. It's said that the Marshal is very disappointed that the eldest son has achieved nothing in Nanjing and still needs so much money from the mansion. And our Marshal only has three sons, so the third son is definitely not going to make it. Doesn't that only leave the second son? Now everyone in the mansion is fawning over the second son. In everyone's eyes, he's already the next head of the family."

"The Second Young Master is a nice guy. A few times when his housekeeper came to deliver something, he told the Third Concubine that Miss Gui'er asked the Second Young Master to take care of Taohua and told me that if I needed anything, I could tell him. That's how she became much more polite to me. Now she doesn't deduct my monthly salary anymore. I've saved up quite a bit of money. Now that you're back, she'll definitely be even more polite to you."

Gui'er suddenly realized that Sha Yanyao's frustration had actually helped so many people, so she smiled and said, "That's good too."

Taohua took out the vest she had made for Guier, and Guier liked it immediately. Although it was still a traditional style, it was made of several different pieces of silk, and the colors were very harmonious, a bit like modern trendy clothes. Guier put it on, looked at herself in the mirror, and said to Taohua, "It looks good, I like it."