A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

The next day, Sha Lili and Sha Yanwen took their luggage and moved to her uncle's house. In the next few days, the Marshal did not go out. He held banquets at home every day and invited friends he knew in Shanghai. Every time he introduced Sha Yanxiao and Guier. Of course, the introductions of the two were different. Sha Yanxiao was introduced as the second young master who came back to the Marshal's ancestral home, while introducing Guier was as if he was showing off that he had a very useful tool.

After Gui'er felt it, she suppressed her inner disgust every time and pretended to be innocent and bright. Fortunately, Sha Yanxiao was there to rescue her every time and change the topic. Gui'er was very grateful for this.

On the contrary, she originally liked the Marshal for taking her in, adopting her as his adopted daughter, and allowing her to go to school. She thought that although the Marshal's behavior was absurd, he did not harm ordinary people after all, and perhaps he was an acceptable ruler. But now it seems that a half-ruler is like living with a tiger, so he should be prepared to escape at any time.

Sha Yanxiao behaved very well to the outside world. He was handsome, smooth, emotionally intelligent, and generous. Guier only then realized that the small suitcase he carried contained, apart from two sets of clothes, all other things were gifts and gold bars of various kinds. He would give gifts to people who were more powerful than his family or who could help his family. As the saying goes, one should not hit the person who gave the gift. In a short period of time, he took over all of Marshal Sha's connections, and even did better than Marshal Sha.

However, the wife's expression became increasingly grim. Later, perhaps influenced by someone else's influence, the Marshal asked Sha Yanxiao, "Where did you get all those gold bars, antiques, and jewelry?"

Sha Yanxiao said calmly, "The gold bars were sent to my adoptive father, the boss, by my father when I was little. We had food and drink in the mountains, so I couldn't spend that much, so I saved it all. The antique jewelry was obtained by my brothers in the mountain stronghold when they went on big business. Now that the stronghold is gone, I'm giving it away to help my family out. After all, what's mine is my father's, and it's all for this family. But now it's almost all gone."

The Marshal was deeply moved after hearing this. He patted Sha Yanxiao on the shoulder and was speechless for a moment.

However, Gui'er was standing by and could clearly see the gloomy faces of the lady and the eldest young master.

Later, when no one was around, Gui'er reminded Sha Yanxiao, but Sha Yanxiao smiled and said, "Don't worry, I know what to do."

Gui'er thought that Sha Yanxiao's money was almost spent, so she quietly went to his room to find him after dinner. Except for the four gold bars given to her by Song Xichen, she took out all the other silver dollars and gave them to him. Although a large part of them was also the monthly allowance given by the Sha family, she knew that Sha Yanxiao was spending money like water just to gain a position in the Sha family.

I now live in Sha Yanxiao's courtyard, and he brought me into the mansion, so naturally I am regarded as a member of his faction, and we share the same fate.

Sha Yanxiao stared at the small stacks of silver dollars in front of him with his eyes wide open, bewildered. After a while, he burst into laughter. He touched Gui'er's head and said, "Even if I were poor, I wouldn't use your money."

Seeing Gui'er still confused and somewhat helpless, he walked to the door, opened it, looked around, and confirmed that no one was there before closing the door. He came back and said to Gui'er, "Those antiques and jewelry were indeed left behind by the former copycats. They were ill-gotten gains, just right for building connections. As for the gold bars, some were left behind by the copycats, and some were earned from the manor I bought before and the profits from the manor that Boss Tong gave me. It's not like I've spent it all, but I'm only doing this to let my father know my feelings."

Gui'er finally realized that she had underestimated Sha Yanxiao's financial resources. She nodded a little embarrassedly and said, "Oh, so that's how it is. I thought you had spent all your money. Well, I'll take it back."

Sha Yanxiao scratched Guier's nose and said, "Take it. If it's not enough, you can ask me for it."

After holding banquets for several days, things finally stopped. After that, the Marshal went out to meet friends every day, sometimes with his wife, sometimes not. When his wife didn't have to go out, he would organize a mahjong game in the villa, and all the people who came were those who had appeared at previous banquets.

Boss Tong and his wife also brought Tong Yujun to play, so Gui'er finally had company. They chatted a lot, and Tong Yujun even invited her to his home. Gui'er asked Sha Yanxiao about it, and Sha Yanxiao thought for a moment and said, "Sure, but Dali has to come along."

Gui'er was a little disappointed. She had originally wanted to take this opportunity to go outside and take a look, but she couldn't do that with Dali around.

However, she still went to the Tong family as agreed. The style of the Tong family's villa was very similar to that of the Marshal's. Both had red brick exterior walls and were Western European style. There was a small courtyard, but the area was only half that of the Marshal's. Fortunately, the Tong family had few members, so living in this smaller courtyard seemed quieter.

Gui'er and Tong Yujun were drinking tea and chatting in the courtyard, so Dali parked the car outside and waited inside.

After playing for a while, Tong Yujun said, "I went to Sincere Company a few days ago and bought some things. Do you want to take a look?"

Gui'er knew about the time-honored Xianshi before she traveled through time, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Okay, what did you buy?"

Tong Yujun said excitedly: "There are a lot of things, including toys, vanishing cream, tooth powder, table lamps, and soap."

Guier smiled and said, "Why buy these things?"

Tong Yujun said, "You don't know this. I'll take these back as gifts. Giving something made by Xianshi as a souvenir will really make you look good."

Guier understood that it was the brand name effect and thought, "I can buy some to give to those who didn't come and win their hearts." So she said, "Okay, let's go take a look at what you bought."

Tong Yujun took Gui'er to her room on the second floor, where she saw everything neatly arranged on the table, including vanishing cream, tooth powder, soap, soda, and small glass crafts. Sincerely, Sincere is a big brand, and its packaging is slightly better looking than that of other shopping malls.

Gui'er said, "That's great! I want to buy some as souvenirs too."

Tong Yujun said proudly: "Right, let's go shopping when we have time. I want to buy some."

After finishing the reading, the two walked down from the second floor chatting and laughing, when they suddenly heard a strange noise at the corner of the stairs. They walked over and looked down, and saw that it was Tong Yujun's sister Tong Yulan who was hugging and kissing a man, and they were kissing him with relish. They heard the strange noise made by the two of them, and the two of them were so engrossed in kissing that they could still be noticed.

Tong Yujun was probably too young, she just stood there motionless, and Gui'er was also extremely embarrassed, not knowing whether to leave or not.

At this time, Mrs. Tong came out of the room and saw Gui'er and Tong Yujun standing on the steps. She smiled and said, "Why are you two standing there like idiots? Come down and have some fruit."

The sound startled the two people who were kissing and they quickly separated, but when they looked up, they saw two little girls standing on the stairs above their heads.

Mrs. Tong saw that they looked strange, so she came over and immediately saw Tong Yulan and the man. Seeing that they looked flustered and their clothes were a little messy, she immediately knew what was going on. She was flustered for a moment, but then she quickly recovered and said with a smile, "Let's go back over there and have a cup of tea." She turned to Tong Yulan and the man and said, "You two should come out too."

Tong Yujun and Gui'er sat down a little uncomfortably. Tong Yulan and the man also came over awkwardly. Mrs. Tong cleared her throat and said to Gui'er, "Miss Gui'er, I'm so sorry for letting you see this, but..."

Gui'er quickly said, "Mrs. Tong, please rest assured. I won't tell anyone. That would be too rude."

Mrs. Tong was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Thank you."

Seeing that something was not right, Gui'er said, "It's getting late. I should leave now. Thank you for your hospitality."