A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

"Ah? What kind of thing is this? Your young lady caused such a mess and then just came here and left?" The lady blurted out.

The housekeeper smiled and said, "Don't worry, Madam. Director Tian said that Yan'er's family is not difficult to deal with. Let's put Yan'er in the charity cemetery outside the city first. When the time comes, let her parents go to identify the body. Then they can pay a few dozen silver dollars as compensation and that will be enough."

"In that case, please trouble the housekeeper to arrange it. We are from outsiders and are not familiar with the life in Nanjing. I am afraid that the arrangements cannot be made well." The lady said expressionlessly.

The housekeeper's face froze, but then he smiled and said, "Of course." He then turned around and told the maid and the old woman who came with Miss Tian's dowry, "Hurry up and pack Miss Tian's things. I'll call a rickshaw to take Miss Tian back to her parents' home."

Sha Yanyao stood up and said, "Forget about the rickshaw. I'll drive her back myself. Some of the furniture for the new house hasn't arrived yet. I'm afraid it will take a few days. Once the new furniture arrives, I'll take your young lady to the new house and move in directly."

The housekeeper smiled and said, "My son-in-law is really thoughtful."

After a while, the maids and nannies came down from the stairs with a few suitcases. Sha Yanyao drove out the car, helped Miss Tian into the car, drove past the bed where Yan'er was lying, and drove out directly.

The steward called out to the servants, "What are you still standing there for? Go find a cart, pull the people up, and take them to the charity cemetery outside the city."

Then there was another round of busy work, and Yan'er's body was dragged away.

The lady glanced around and asked, "Have all the people your eldest young lady brought as a dowry left?"

An old woman said, "Yes."

The lady then sighed, "I told you not to marry such a bold woman. It would definitely bring unrest to the family. Now you feel better, right?"

However, after Yan'er's body was taken away, the lady and Sha Yanyao ordered dinner and the servants went about their business.

After Gui'er finished her meal, she returned to her room. As soon as she entered, Dingxiang followed her in. Seeing that she looked unhappy, Gui'er comforted her, "Don't be afraid. There are no ghosts in this world. I watched Juxiang's body being fished out and taken away. It's been so many years, and I haven't even dreamed about it."

Juxiang was Guier's former maid. During a vacation in Shanghai, she somehow hooked up with the Marshal. Guier tried to persuade her, but she was only thinking about climbing up the ladder. Not long after, Juxiang's swollen body was found in an abandoned well in the villa yard. Only then was Dingxiang arranged to come and serve Guier.

Ding Xiang was stunned for a moment, then said in a tearful voice, "Miss, you don't know, they just put Yan'er's body on my bed and took it away. Although the bed has been taken back, I dare not sleep."

Gui'er was stunned for a moment. This was indeed not auspicious, so she said, "We're moving in a few days anyway, so you can just stay on the sofa in my room for two days."

Ding Xiang said happily, "Yeah." But after two seconds, she smiled and said, "That sofa is too soft. I'd better get a quilt and sleep on the floor. It's the same as the bed. I'll put it away in the morning and it won't be in the way."

Gui'er said, "It's up to you then. By the way, why did Yan'er hang herself? She wouldn't have committed suicide just because my sister-in-law scolded her. Doesn't my sister-in-law scold people every day? She brought people here from her own family, so they should have been used to her temper by a long time ago."

Dingxiang sighed, "Yan'er, it's said she's only been at the Tian family for less than half a year. She's very popular with the master, so Madam Tian sent her here to serve Miss Tian. Miss Tian, ​​seeing her beauty, thought she'd seduce the young master like Jinbao did, so she's been picking on her. Actually, we don't really know what's going on. Anyway, we saw her silently crying when she returned to her room these past two days. We tried to comfort her, but we didn't take it seriously. Who knew she'd hang herself?"

Gui'er sighed. There was no way to pursue this matter, so she could only let it go.

A few days later, Dingxiang secretly told Guier that Yan'er's parents went to the charity cemetery to claim the body, and then asked Madam Guan and the eldest young master for 200 silver dollars as resettlement expenses. The angry Madam was cursing and saying that Yan'er was arranged by Miss Tian's family, and that this person's hanging was also caused by Miss Tian, ​​but her family had to clean up her mess, and it should be her parents' family who took care of it. She also said that because of this, a lot of money was wasted, and the furniture in the new house could not be bought too good.

Gui'er was a little dazed after hearing this. She suddenly remembered that when she was a child, there was a maid in the Song family who hanged herself. In the end, the Song family gave a sum of money, and the brothers of that maid who had been unable to find wives suddenly had one. Everyone was very happy, and some people around even said that the maid's death was worth it.

Anyway, the matter was over. Not long after, Guier received a notice that they were going to move. Guier hurriedly asked Dingxiang to pack up her things. In fact, there was not much to pack. She put away the valuable things, such as the dictionary where she hid the money, the pocket pistol and the hidden weapon pen. There were not many other clothes, jewelry, books and stationery. Guier always felt that this Shafu in Nanjing was not her home, so she did not dare to buy many things. Her only hobby was buying books, and after reading them, she would give them to her classmates as gifts.

On the day of moving, since they lived nearby, a large group of people came over carrying, shouldering, lifting and even pushing carts, carrying all kinds of things.

Dingxiang and Acheng easily took all of Guier's things, and they each had their own things in a bag.

When she arrived at the new mansion, Guier discovered that the furniture in other rooms was new, but the furniture in her and the servants' rooms were what was left over from the previous tenants.

Ding Xiang said angrily, "The eldest young master has lost his way. The deed to this house was obtained by the second young master, and now he won't even buy new furniture for Miss Gui'er, the one he loves the most."

Gui'er quickly said, "Forget it, we're going to live here anyway. Go get a rag, wipe it clean, and put this thing on it."

In this way, they finally moved into the new house, and Dingxiang also moved back to the servants' room. She was quite satisfied and said it was more spacious than the original house.

However, Miss Tian still hadn't moved back. Jin Bao found out and anxiously asked Gui Er, "Why didn't the eldest young lady move to the new house? I heard it's very spacious and the furniture is new. Could it be that there are some physical inconveniences?"

Gui'er smiled and said, "How would I know? Maybe the master and mistress of my in-laws asked her to stay a little longer."