A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Soon, the final exams were over and the holiday came, but Sha Yanyao's holiday was not so soon. Gui'er had no choice but to wait until the eldest wife arranged a time to return to Jiangcheng together, just like in previous years.

Miss Tian knew she had to go back to Jiangcheng, but she was completely reluctant, mumbling all the time, "Oh, I really don't understand you country people. Why do you keep going back to such a poor and remote place? Nanjing is such a great city. If you keep going back, you're just reminding everyone that you're from a small town and you'll never fit in."

Sha Yanyao and his wife remained silent after hearing this.

Guier knew that Miss Tian had hit their soft spot. After all, they were outsiders and had no connections to rely on in Nanjing.

But she didn't care. She had too many relatives and friends in Jiangcheng. Although she had friends in Nanjing, after all, they were not like Jiangcheng who grew up there.

After the holiday, Zhou Huifang saw that Gui'er had not returned to Jiangcheng yet, so she asked her to go shopping every few days.

That day, Zhou Huifang suddenly called and said that she would come to pick her up later and go out for dessert together.

Gui'er was very surprised, but since it was vacation time, she agreed.

After hanging up the phone, Sha Yanyao asked her, "Was the person who just asked you out the niece of former Director Zhou?"

Guier nodded and said, "Yes, she asked me out for shopping and dessert."

Sha Yanyao sat on the sofa, crossed his legs comfortably, and said, "After Director Zhou passed away, her father was originally going to be expelled from the committee, but everyone thought he was relatively honest in the past. With Director Zhou dead, the whole family depended on him. So they let him stay in the unit. But recently I heard some rumors that he planned to send your classmate to be a concubine of a foreign company owner."

"What?" Gui'er was very surprised and asked quickly, "Really? But I heard from Zhou Huifang that her family recently reconnected with a distant relative who's in business, from the same family, and she wanted to introduce him to someone. She's really looking forward to it."

"Maybe it's this relative. They did introduce her to a date, but it's just to be her concubine." Miss Tian said with a smile, as if she was enjoying a good show. "Don't you say that female students nowadays are very popular with those rich old men. They bring them out to show off. They are well-educated, well-mannered, young and fertile. For a girl as poor as your classmate, it's considered good to marry into such a family."

Miss Tian became more and more proud as she spoke: "Come to think of it, you should be about the same age as your classmates. They have already lowered their status. You should think about it. If you are willing, I can find you a man who has been married twice. It is better than being a concubine. Don't think that you are valuable just because you went to school for a few days. After all, you are just from a poor family. You are not as good as the children born to the concubines in your family. Besides, don't look down on being a concubine. Look at your sister Yulan, isn't she very good?"

Gui'er felt uncomfortable, but she didn't want to have a conflict with Miss Tian, ​​so she could only lower her head and remain silent.

Sha Yanyao came to the rescue and said, "My sister is still young. I didn't get married until I was 30."

Miss Tian sneered and said, "You are the Marshal's biological son. Who is she? How much dowry can your family give her? What benefits can someone else get from your family if he marries her?"

Madam and Sha Yanyao remained silent.

Guier smiled and said, "Thank you for thinking of me, sister-in-law, but I still want to study, and I want to be a doctor in the future."

Miss Tian sighed and said, "That's a good idea. If I could turn back time, maybe I wouldn't get married."

Sha Yanyao smiled and said, "What kind of nonsense are you talking about?"

Miss Tian smiled coldly and said, "Then just look at what benefits I get from marrying you. Is it just getting a little devil who pesters you all day long?"

Sha Yanyao was speechless after being confronted by her.

"Look, you're always looking for trouble. What do you mean by being a doctor? You're so dishonest all the time. It's true that girls who read too much are useless and their brains are ruined." The lady suddenly scolded Gui'er.

Gui'er knew that she was actually trying to use herself to divert the fire, so she had to lower her head and remain silent.

Just when things were awkward, Menzi came in and said, "Miss, there's a Miss Zhou outside who said your classmate is here to pick you up to go out and play."

When Gui Er heard that it was Zhou Hui Fang, she breathed a sigh of relief, as if she had been pardoned. She said to her wife, "Mother, I'll go out with my classmates, then," and then she ran out in a flash.

Zhou Huifang asked curiously, "What's wrong with you? It's like someone is chasing you."

Guier smiled and said, "It's nothing. I was uncomfortable staying at home, so I came out. I finally escaped a disaster."

Zhou Huifang also knew Gui'er's situation in the Sha Mansion, so she smiled and said, "If you don't go back to your hometown during the holidays, go out with me more often and don't stay at home."

Gui'er nodded, and the two of them took a rickshaw to the bustling Confucius Temple.

The two of them walked around and found a dessert shop. They walked in, sat down, and ordered their favorites. After careful consideration, Gui'er said to Zhou Huifang cautiously, "You said earlier that your family contacted an elder from the same clan who wanted to introduce you to someone. How's that going?"

Zhou Huifang was a bit embarrassed. After hesitating for a few seconds, she said with a look of disgust, "Don't mention it. I thought I was a good person. But they are just sending me off as a dish, saying that I will be a concubine of an old man in his 40s. That man's family is very rich and he already has three concubines. I used to be the fourth concubine. How can I agree to this? My mother was so angry that she almost fell ill when she heard it."

Gui'er was relieved after hearing this. She was worried that Zhou Huifang was being deceived.

"It's like this. It's a good thing you found out." Gui'er didn't mention that Sha Yanyao already knew about it, for fear that Zhou Huifang would be sad to hear it. She thought that Zhou Huifang's father must be in a bad situation in the unit now, otherwise the whole unit would not use his family's private affairs as a laughing stock.

"Yes, so when he came over these two days, I just said hello to him and ignored him." Zhou Huifang didn't notice Guier's expression and continued talking to herself.

"Huh? Your family is still associating with him. People like him should be kicked out." Gui'er was very surprised. Aren't the people in the Zhou family too kind?

"Oh, isn't there a reason for this?" Zhou Huifang said mysteriously, suddenly turned her head to look outside, and raised her hand to wave.

Guier followed her direction and saw a young man in his early 20s walking in. He was wearing a suit made of fine fabric, which was obviously imported.