A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

"That's right. You have such good academic performance, and your family is from a wealthy family with a good background. You have many options for the future." Zhou Huifang said with a little envy.

"I'm just an adopted daughter, and I have to make plans for my future." Gui'er had to find a random excuse to prevaricate, but then she thought, if she and Zhou Huifang applied for a special training class together and became intelligence personnel within the Kuomintang in the future, wouldn't that be more conducive to serving our party?

But she changed her mind and decided that she still liked studying medicine. In this era, in addition to taking the right path, she could also pursue her own ideals.

She also felt that Zhou Huifang might have suddenly had this idea just because her father was being excluded at work.

Guier waited until most of the students arrived in the classroom and the atmosphere became lively, then she found an opportunity to slip out.

She wanted to find Miss Shen to ask what was going on, but when she arrived at the door of the teacher's office, she hesitated. She didn't know if Miss Shen was still being monitored. If so, wouldn't she be walking into a trap?

At this moment, Miss Shen suddenly came out of the office and smiled at her. "Gui Er, I just happened to be going to the printing room to get the test papers for this afternoon. Could you help me get some?"

Guier quickly agreed and followed Miss Shen to the printing room.

It was not until she reached the printing room that she turned around and saw that no one was paying attention to her and Miss Shen that she breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Wenjie was there too.

"I was so worried yesterday. What happened?" Guier asked impatiently.

"Don't worry, we have already hidden the comrade who was escorted. But now Lao Xu and I have been targeted, and there is no way to escort him out of the city, so we came to discuss it with you." Miss Shen said.

Gui'er reacted immediately: "You want me to escort that comrade out of the city? Of course, but where is he? If I go alone, it will be difficult. I have bodyguards and maids with me all day long, so I need the cooperation of other comrades."

"No, Gui'er, we've considered this and held a meeting with our superiors. We've come up with a plan. We hope to use your identity as the daughter of the Sha family as a cover to get that comrade out of the city."

"No problem. How do we do it specifically?" Guier said readily.

"First we have to do this..."

In the printing room, Xu Wenjie and Miss Shen told Guier the plan they had agreed upon with their superiors.

Afterwards, Miss Shen and Guier each returned to the classroom with a stack of test papers and began distributing them to their classmates.

Zhou Huifang asked curiously, "You're about to take the exam, why are you so happy?"

Gui'er rolled her eyes and quickly said with a smile, "No way. I was just thinking about it. It won't be long after the exams until the Qingming Festival, and we can have a holiday again."

"Good grades are good, and I'm not afraid of exams at all." Zhou Huifang said enviously.

Guier smiled but said nothing. She was immersed in the excitement of accepting her first official mission.

When school was over, Acheng came to the school as usual and called a rickshaw to pick her up.

Guier asked Ah Cheng, "Brother Ah Cheng, how is things at home today?"

Ah Cheng said, "Nothing happened. It's just that the eldest young mistress is always bothering others. Not to mention other things, even drinking tea, sometimes it's too hot, sometimes it's cold. The maids in their room come and go, and they have to go back and forth three or four times before they are satisfied. Doesn't the eldest young master usually not go home for lunch? This eldest young mistress asks him to come back for lunch every day and visit her. Otherwise, she doesn't care about him or the children. Anyway, the servants in the mansion now stay away from their room for fear of affecting them."

Guier smiled and said nothing.

When they returned to the Sha Mansion and sat down to eat together, Gui'er said to Sha Yanyao, "Mother, big brother, the day after tomorrow is Sunday. I might have to go to Jiming Temple."

The wife said listlessly, "What are you going there for? It's not Buddha's birthday or Guanyin's birthday. Girls shouldn't run around outside all day."

Guier smiled and said, "Oh, that's right. When my sister-in-law was pregnant, my classmates and I went to Jiming Temple for a visit. I made a wish and asked the Bodhisattva to bless my sister-in-law with a boy. Look, it's come true now, right? I have to go and fulfill it."

The lady forced a smile and said, "It's rare that you're so willing, so go ahead."

Guier nodded obediently, her first step of the plan was completed.

After finishing her meal, she returned to her bedroom. While doing her homework, Guier reviewed her performance in her mind. She should not have revealed any flaws. She also recalled what Xu Wenjie and Miss Shen said to her in the printing room today.

"This comrade, codenamed Fishing Eagle, was sent to Shanghai to lead the student movement. He was a very important person. However, when passing through Nanjing, a young comrade who was accompanying him on sentry duty was caught because he was too panicked. Lao Xu got the news and immediately called me. I brought Comrade Fishing Eagle out under the pretext of visiting a relative nearby. Because we spotted people from the Military Commission, we didn't have time to get far, so we had to hide him in a paper-making shop. They probably recognized me and thought I was an acquaintance, and since I happened to be nearby, they were suspicious. So, they followed me all the way to the school."

"I'm no longer fit to carry out this escort mission. I'll leave it to you to handle the next steps. We'll have a comrade lying in wait at the paper-making shop to pick you up. Try to buy as much as you can. If you have too much, have that comrade disguise himself as a delivery guy and accompany you to Jiming Temple. Once you get there, send him off, and someone will naturally pick him up."

Gui'er breathed a sigh of relief. All she had to do now was wait until Sunday to go to Jiming Temple. It would be fine even if she brought Ah Cheng with her at that time.

"Knock, knock, knock." Someone knocks on the door.

Gui'er was very puzzled. Dingxiang was not like this usually. She quickly opened the door and saw that it was the maidservant beside Miss Tian.

She was stunned for a moment, then quickly asked, "Mammy, is it my sister-in-law who wants to talk to me about something?"

The old woman also smiled and said, "It's not a big deal. The eldest young lady heard that the young lady prayed for her at Jiming Temple and made a wish for her. She is going to fulfill the wish. She is very grateful and happy. She specially asked me to send you three silver dollars, saying that you should buy some more things when fulfilling the wish, and then help her make a wish for her to have another boy next year. If there is any money left, please treat the young lady to a sweet soup."

So that's how it is. Gui'er originally wanted to buy some sacrifices with her own money to cover up her tracks, but now, someone has paid for it.

She quickly smiled and said, "Oh, so that's how it is. Please tell my sister-in-law that we are all family. I will definitely make sure that things are done well."