A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

When Gui'er went to her room to change her clothes and came out to eat at the restaurant, she noticed that Sha Yanxiao looked a little off, but he still smiled and asked Gui'er, "What stationery did you buy at Wing On Department Store today?"

Gui'er knew immediately that Dali must have told Sha Yanxiao about her long absence. It was even possible that Dali had gone up there to find her and saw her sitting with Song Xichen. After thinking for a moment, she pretended to be ignorant and said, "Well, I just bought a bottle of ink and a notebook, but I ran into the young master, Director Song, and he treated me to a cream cake. He said his family was also going to Shanghai for the New Year."

"That ghost is really haunting you. You too, were lured away by a cake. When you get to Shanghai, where there are so many rich ladies and delicious food, don't forget your own name by then. If you get sold, I won't care." Sha Yanxiao did listen to Dali's report and knew that Gui'er and Song Xichen had met, so he deliberately tested whether she would lie to him. However, when he heard that Song Xichen invited her to eat cake and the two seemed to be chatting happily, he felt very unhappy.

Gui'er said, "No, the young master is a good man. He saved me before."

Sha Yanxiao said uncomfortably, "If I had saved you back then, there wouldn't have been so much trouble."

Gui Er laughed out loud: "How is that possible? We didn't know you at the time, how could you have saved me?"

At this time, Juxiang came in with a bowl of Eight Treasure Duck. Sha Yanxiao took a knife and cut the duck open. You could see a lot of ingredients stuck inside. The aroma was overflowing. Guier couldn't help but drool. Sha Yanxiao smiled and put a large piece into her bowl, saying, "If you like it, eat more. This is a famous Shanghai dish. Get used to the taste there first."

Gui Er suddenly thought of their wealthy family, which must have many rules, so she asked, "Do we need to prepare anything for our trip to Shanghai?"

Sha Yanxiao thought for a moment and said, "I'll take you to make some clothes and jewelry tomorrow."

Gui'er knew that Sha Yanxiao had bought her a lot of high-end clothes and jewelry since she entered the Marshal's Mansion, so she quickly said, "No, I'm still a child and don't need so many high-end clothes and jewelry."

Sha Yanxiao smiled and said, "You are the daughter of a handsome man. These things cannot be worse than those of other families. I will pick you up after school tomorrow and go to Yunshang Tower together."

Seeing that Sha Yanxiao had made up his mind, Gui'er had no choice but to say nothing more.

The next day, right after school, Sha Yanxiao brought Gui'er to Yunshanglou. He asked the shopkeeper, "Do you have any fashionable materials here? I want the latest patterns and textures."

The shopkeeper quickly took out a booklet and handed it to Sha Yanxiao, saying, "Young Marshal, please take a look. These are all new. I haven't shown them to other customers yet."

Gui'er took a look. It was a booklet of fabrics made of cardboard. Each piece of fabric was cut into palm-sized pieces and affixed to the cardboard for customers to flip through and read. They could also untie the booklet and take out a single copy. Sha Yanxiao picked up one, pointed it at Gui'er, and nodded to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper understood and immediately told the clerk, "One piece of Jinhua satin."

Sha Yanxiao picked up another one, and the shopkeeper told the clerk, "A piece of pomegranate silk."

After choosing these two, Sha Yanxiao said, "Didn't I order a piece of top-quality silver fox fur before? I'll make her a silver fox fur double-breasted cloak with an eight-treasure necklace pattern."

The shopkeeper's eyes lit up when he heard this and he kept saying, "Okay, okay, okay." He turned to the clerk and said, "Have you made a note of this?"

The guy stammered, "I've got it."

Gui'er felt something was wrong and quietly asked Sha Yanxiao, "Is this silver fox fur really expensive? Otherwise, we shouldn't make it. It's not good to be too conspicuous."

Sha Yanxiao turned around, touched his face and said, "It's not expensive, don't worry."

At this time, the shopkeeper came over and said cautiously, "I wonder if the young commander would like to increase the quantity of this dress?"

Guier understood what she meant. They meant making the clothes slightly larger than her current size so she could wear them when she grew older. Before Sha Yanxiao could even speak, she quickly said, "Yes." Then she turned to Sha Yanxiao and said, "Let's make it a little bigger so I can wear it next year."

Sha Yanxiao smiled and nodded.

The shopkeeper politely said to Gui'er, "Then please go into the inner room to measure your size, young lady."

Guier drove to the room inside for fitting and happened to see Tong Yujun coming out of a fitting room. She was wearing a pink and green velvet embroidered cheongsam, which made her look particularly cute.

Gui'er asked, "What a coincidence! Why don't you come here to make clothes?"

Tong Yujun said, "Yes, because I'm going to Shanghai, I ordered a cheongsam here before, and came here to try it on today." Then she looked around in the mirror. The female clerk next to her said, "The collar is too high. Please lower it a bit for me. And I want to add pearls to the buttons." The female clerk wrote down everything.

Then he turned to Gui'er and asked, "What do you think of my outfit?"

Guier looked at the extremely luxurious cheongsam and said, "It's very exquisite."

Tong Yujun nodded in satisfaction and said, "You don't know how snobbish people are in Shanghai. A few years ago, I went there to play, and one of my cousins actually said that we were country bumpkins and that the clothes we wore were so unfashionable. It really pissed me off."

Gui'er couldn't help but chuckle, finally understanding Sha Yanxiao's intention of bringing her here to make clothes.

At this time, another female clerk came over and said to Guier, "Miss, let me help you decide on the size of the Silver Fox cape."

Tong Yujun was surprised to hear this and said, "So that silver fox fur double-breasted cloak with eight-treasure necklace pattern that was just advertised was custom-made by you! My God, that was so expensive, hundreds of dollars, and there's no demand for it because silver fox fur is so hard to find."

Guier was startled and asked the female clerk, "Is that so?"

The female clerk smiled and said, "Don't worry, this is the leather that the young marshal asked us to order a few months ago. Our boss has many friends in the same industry in the Northeast, so it should be possible for him to find a good silver fox leather. Otherwise, how can we run this old store?" After that, she measured the size for her neatly.

Tong Yujun asked, "What other clothes did you order?"

Gui'er said, "One piece of Jinhua satin, and one piece of pomegranate silk."

Tong Yujun's mouth curled into an O shape as she said, "These two materials are so rare. When my aunt got married, my father was willing to make her a dress of Jinhua satin." Then she took Gui'er's hand and said, "Do you still have time to come to my house? I'll show you the clothes I'm planning to take to Shanghai."

Gui'er was about to refuse when she suddenly remembered Song Xichen saying that he was going on a blind date with Tong Yujun's sister while in Shanghai. If he went to her house, he should be able to see her in person. She was still very curious, so she said, "Let me ask my brother first."

Then he walked out and talked to Sha Yanxiao. Sha Yanxiao turned around and glanced at Tong Yujun in the inner room, nodded and said, "Okay, but don't go too late. I'll ask Dali to pick you up in an hour."