A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Chapter 916: The Wolf-like Mother and Daughter

Gui'er was stunned for a moment, then quickly smiled and said, "Okay, then what should my name be?"

"Just call me Si Niang. What happened in the past is over. The Marshal is gone. After I come to Hong Kong this time, I won't be returning to Jiangcheng." The fourth concubine said with a smile, "Lily happens to be pregnant too. I can take care of her here."

"Okay, Si Niang, I'm so glad you made it here safely. How's Third Brother now? I heard that after the fall of Shanghai, the Japanese advanced along the railway line. I'm very worried about my relatives back home, but I can't even contact Second Brother."

"Yanwen will follow his father-in-law to settle in Hong Kong later. His father-in-law has a boat, so there is nothing to worry about. As for your second brother, I don't know how he is doing. I lived in Lily's in-laws' house for a while before I left. But I rarely saw your second brother when I was in Jiangcheng. He was often in the military camp. In fact, the situation was very tense after the fighting in Shanghai. I don't know when your eldest brother disappeared, leaving your aunt and two sisters-in-law there. Later, when I heard that the fighting broke out in Shanghai, I wrote to all the servants who were still in the Marshal's Mansion to come find me. I wanted to take them away. I sent away those who were old and frail. The servants who came said that after the eldest young master left, the lady was worried too much every day. She was so sick that she couldn't get out of bed. I don't know if she is still there." The fourth concubine said calmly, as if it had nothing to do with her.

"Mother is so seriously ill. Has the family called a doctor to see her? What is wrong with her?" After all, Gui'er had lived under the same roof with the lady in Nanjing for a period of time. Now, she still felt a little reluctant to hear that she was seriously ill.

"Of course they did cry out, but the mansion was already in chaos at that time. Your eldest sister-in-law, Miss Tian, ​​relied on her family's influence and acted arrogantly all day long, wanting to go back to Nanjing and not care about this mess. That guy named Jinbao was also a dog meat that was not presentable. He only thought about how to keep the money in his own hands all day long. The third concubine was the oldest elder in the mansion besides the wife, but she moved out when she saw that the situation was not good. It is said that she bought some fields and courtyards in the countryside and prepared to take refuge. As she moved away, she was worried that others would take away the junk left in the mansion. She also wanted me to take care of the wife. I didn't care anyway. Later, it was the doctor invited by the seventh concubine. I didn't expect that she still had some conscience."

After hearing this, Gui'er felt sad. The superficial harmony that was previously maintained by the Marshal finally collapsed after his death and the turbulent situation.

"By the way, Gui'er has been in Hong Kong for so long. Are you used to it? How is your study?" The Fourth Concubine suddenly asked with concern.

"My studies are fine and I can still keep up. Thank you, Fourth Aunt and Fourth Mother, for your concern."

"How big is the house you live in now? Shouldn't it be the private property of the Marshal's Mansion? These days, Xiao Guo is looking for a house everywhere, and all his family members are coming over. If they really can't find one, can they stay at your place for a while?" The fourth concubine suddenly said this.

Gui'er immediately became defensive. Previously, it was Sha Lili who wanted to ask about Sha Yanxiao's property, and now it was the fourth concubine who wanted to ask about the villa.

She smiled and said, "That house was specially built by my second brother. The ground area is relatively small. You see, the address is not a complete house number, but a number with a "c" at the end. We have A and B next to our house. And the biggest drawback is that there is no maid's room. Now Dingxiang and Xiao Wu Ge live on the first floor, and I live on the second floor. The third floor can also be lived in, but it faces west, so it's cold in winter and hot in summer, so it's used as a storage room. If you have relatives coming over and have no place to stay, you can stay there. But there is no furniture yet, so we need to buy some."

"Mom, our Lao Guo seemed to have seen their house when he went to look at houses nearby. It was indeed a very small house, so shabby, even half the size of our yard." Sha Lili interrupted.

The Fourth Aunt rolled her eyes at her, then turned to Gui'er and said with a smile, "Your second brother was very thoughtful. He built a small house especially for you, but he thought that a girl like you living in a big house here would be too conspicuous. You've been here for so long. Has your brother sent you any money? Is it enough for you?"

"My second brother gave her a large sum of money, but it was banknotes and passbooks from Shanghai. By the way, Guier, didn't you say before that you would ask that servant named Wu to go to Shanghai to exchange them? After such a long time, he should have exchanged them back, right? That's a huge sum of money." Sha Lili said with a forced smile.

"Well, we did get it back, but Shanghai is at war now and we can hardly find anyone to take over. For such a large sum of money, we only got back one-third. We have a whole room of people over there, and we're probably going to have to spend less. We don't know if we can hold on until the day my brother comes. Look, I went to find a part-time job at the newspaper, didn't I? Otherwise, we wouldn't have met at the charity dinner last time." When Gui'er was in the Marshal's Mansion, she thought that although the mother and daughter were snobbish, they were still decent to her. Now she feels that this is their true colors. They stare at her like two vultures staring at a piece of fat meat.

"That's about one million yuan. Your brother-in-law's business hasn't been going well recently. If he has any difficulties in making ends meet, he may have to borrow money from you first to deal with it. You'd better not refuse when the time comes. We are all family after all." The fourth concubine took her hand and said with a smile.

"That's no problem, if the money is still there by then." Guier said with a smile.

"What's the matter? Where did the money go?" asked the fourth concubine in confusion.

"Fourth Mother, you know, it's better for Lily and her brother-in-law to earn some money from a foreign company. I can't support myself with just this part-time job. The Wu under me used to be a thug for my second sister-in-law, Miss Ji's family. He knows some people in the underworld, so he lent the money out at high interest rates. It's very risky, and I heard that if some people can't pay it back, they will have to pay blood. Alas. I'm really helpless." Gui'er said with a sad face.

The Fourth Concubine and Sha Lili were both a little stunned when they heard this, then smiled awkwardly and said, "I didn't expect that the person Miss Ji left behind would be of some use. It would be great if we had such a capable servant in our family, haha."

Gui'er said this on purpose. She felt that she was an easy target to bully in the eyes of the mother and daughter. They tried every possible way to test her and try to take advantage of her. If she didn't scare them, they might really bring people to occupy her house next.