A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Since she got a bicycle, Guier's range of activities has greatly increased. She rides her bicycle around the Marshal's Mansion every day, or goes to the Madam's Courtyard, or goes to see Sha Lili, and occasionally goes to the Third Concubine's place to look for peach blossoms.

Ever since Taohua went to live with the third concubine, they rarely met. The last time they divided the gifts brought back from Shanghai, Taohua only got stockings and gloves, but she told Guier that she didn't care at all, because she never thought in her life that she would get imported goods bought from Shanghai.

Taking advantage of the time when the Third Concubine was away, Taohua quietly told Guier that she was still embroidering and had already embroidered some pretty decent ones. She couldn't go out, so she hoped Guier could help her take them out to see if there was a tailor shop willing to buy them.

Seeing that Taohua hadn't forgotten her original intention, Gui'er was very happy and agreed immediately. Taohua looked around to see if there was anyone around, so she whispered, "In the evening, you can ride your bike to the big banyan tree behind our yard. There's a hole under the wall near the banyan tree. I'll wrap the embroidery piece in oil paper and put it in the hole. You can reach out and get it."

Gui'er agreed. In the evening, she rode her bike over again on the pretext of digesting her food. Sure enough, she found the hole in the wall and got the embroidery piece.

She took the embroidery piece back and hid it in her schoolbag, thinking about finding a chance to go back to the tailor shop someday. Suddenly, it occurred to her: since the Third Wife's courtyard had such a hole in the wall, could there be one where she lived too? The Marshal's Mansion was so large, could there be some secluded path that could bypass the guards and go down the mountain?

If the Song family, who pride themselves on being charitable, would want to sacrifice themselves alive, what about the warlord family who holds the power of life and death over everyone in this city?

What happened to Guier since she came to this world told her that the poor in this world have no human rights at all, so she has to prepare for the future.

After that, she became more keen on riding her bike around the Marshal's mansion every day. Once, she even discovered the Marshal's strategic command room. And because the bicycle was not loud, people around her didn't even notice she had been there.

After some investigation, Guier finally found a remote part of the wall of the Marshal's Mansion. It was damaged due to years of disrepair, but the surrounding area was overgrown with weeds and trees, and it was rarely visited, so no one had repaired it. Guier tried to walk out from the damaged part of the wall.

It is indeed possible to reach the outside of the general's mansion, but there is no road outside the wall, but a relatively steep slope.

Guier tried to climb down the slope. Although it was not easy, it was still possible if she was careful. After going down the slope, she came to a wasteland and a dense mixed forest. After passing through the woods, she arrived at the village on the outskirts of the city.

This was a major discovery. Guier was so excited that she didn't even notice that her clothes and shoes were dirty from walking through the grass and woods.

After returning to Sha Yanxiao's courtyard and putting away her bicycle, Gui'er went back to her room. When her maid Juxiang saw her like this, she said in surprise, "Miss, what's wrong with you? Why are you so dirty?"

Guier looked down at herself and laughed, "I accidentally slipped and fell to the ground while riding my bike."

When Juxiang heard this, she asked nervously, "Did you fall anywhere? Are you hurt?"

Gui'er quickly said, "It's okay, I just need to take a shower. Can you help me wash these dirty clothes?" After thinking for a moment, she said, "Don't tell others about this little thing. It's embarrassing."

Juxiang agreed and took the clothes downstairs to wash.

Guier walked into the bathroom, took a comfortable bath, and then came out.

But she found Sha Yanxiao sitting in his room, with his hands crossed, looking at her with a smile.

Gui'er's heart skipped a beat, but she forced herself to remain calm and said with a smile, "Brother Yanxiao, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"You've been taking a shower and riding your bike around lately, right?" Sha Yanxiao said with a smile.

Gui'er didn't know how to answer, so she just smiled foolishly and said, "It's my first time riding a bike, it's really fun."

Sha Yanxiao stared at Gui'er's face for a few seconds, then sighed and said, "There are some places you shouldn't go to, or you'll get into trouble."

Gui'er didn't know where he was referring to, so she just said obediently, "Okay."

After that, Gui'er didn't go to the wall for a while. Instead, she kept thinking of ways and looking for opportunities to sell the peach blossom embroidery patterns.

She once tried to take advantage of the opportunity of shopping with Tong Yujun in the mall to make an excuse to Dali not to come and pick her up from school. After she finished shopping, she could take Tong Yujun's car or rickshaw back to the mansion.

I thought I could sneak away after shopping at the mall and find a suitable tailor shop to sell my clothes to.

But every time she came out of Wing On Department Store, Dali's car was already parked at the door, and Sha Yanxiao was sitting in the car waiting for her. Helplessly, she had to get in the car and go home.

After trying this several times without any results, Guier gritted her teeth and decided to sneak out through the broken wall she had found earlier, but she had to go to school on weekdays, so she could only choose Sunday.

It just so happened that the third concubine went back to her parents' home on Sunday, and Taohua was alone. Guier told her the plan. She would then tell the people in Sha Yanxiao's courtyard that she was going to the third concubine's room to play with Taohua, and then let Taohua cover for her.

Taohua said worriedly, "We can't take risks like this every time, right? I don't know what will happen if the Marshal, no, my father finds out."

Guier smiled and said, "No, right now I haven't found a regular tailor shop yet. If I do, I can just use shopping as an excuse to take my embroidery there."

On Sunday, Sha Yanxiao asked Gui'er, "Do you want to go somewhere for fun today? I can take you there."

Gui'er quickly smiled and said, "Taohua from the Third Concubine's room asked me to come over for tea. The Third Concubine is not here, so I plan to play in the yard over there for a day."

Sha Yanxiao didn't think much about it, but just smiled and said, "You two have a really good relationship. It's okay if you spend more time together. Just remember to do your homework."

Gui'er agreed readily, and Sha Yanxiao went out to take care of his own business.

As soon as Sha Yanxiao left, Gui'er quickly packed up and prepared to go out. Juxiang came over and said, "Miss, I'll go with you."

Guier smiled and said, "No, that's far. I can go there by bike."

Then she rode her bike in a circle, and seeing that no one was paying attention behind her, she turned the bike around and came to the remote crack in the broken wall she had discovered before. This time she learned her lesson and found a place with tall grass, hid her bike first, then took out a set of clothes from her bag and changed into the clothes she was wearing when she came out, so that she would not be afraid of getting them dirty and exposed.

Gui'er was changing clothes in the grass. When she heard someone talking, she became alert all of a sudden. She quickly changed her clothes, bent her body as much as possible, and hid herself in the grass.