A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Chapter 771 Taohua asks Guier to help her brother find a job

Ah Cheng glanced at Gui'er and knew that she really wanted to chat with Taohua, so he said, "Okay, but we shouldn't stay too long. Let's keep it short."

Taohua pulled Guier to her and Wu Dafu's room.

There was a big bright red double happiness pattern on the wall of the room. Next to the wooden bed, there was a baby cradle made of scrap wood. It should be prepared by the couple for their unborn child. There was also a dressing table and a stool in the room. Although it was simple, it was also quite cozy.

Taohua patted the bed and said, "Come, sit on it." Then she opened a cabinet beside the bed and took out a handful of candy.

Guier saw that the candy looked so familiar.

Taohua smiled and said, "It was when your brother and I got married, and we couldn't bear to eat the leftover candy."

Gui'er felt very sad after hearing this. Taohua used to live in the Marshal's Mansion. Although she was treated harshly by the third concubine, she was still well-fed.

She thought for a moment, took out her purse, pulled out a few dollars from it, stuffed them into Taohua's pockets, and said, "You're pregnant now, you can't be so frugal. My brothers and the others don't have any income, so take this little money."

Taohua quickly declined, saying, "How could I take your money? I know you saved it with great difficulty, and your future independence depends entirely on this savings. You must have spent a lot of money on the things you bought today, right? In fact, I'm reluctant to spend the dowry you gave me. Life is a matter of fact. Now that I'm married into an ordinary family, unlike when I was in the general's mansion, I must live a frugal life."

After hearing this, Gui'er sighed and said, "I really don't know what good deeds my brother did in his previous life to marry such a good wife like you."

Taohua smiled and sighed, "It wasn't until I got married that I realized what you said was right. That's what marriage is all about. But I was so eager to marry your brother back then because I didn't want to stay in the Marshal's Mansion anymore. I felt suffocated. Now that I'm out, I'm not suffocated anymore, but I'm still so poor I can't even afford to eat. Sometimes I really don't know which path is right."

Gui'er didn't know how to comfort her for a moment. Although Wu Dafu was her biological brother, she was not the original Wu Gui'er after all. In her opinion, Wu Dafu and Wu Dahua were just ordinary men without the filter of family members.

She was silent for a moment, then comforted Taohua, saying, "Take your time. Things will get better after the baby is born. By the way, you're so weak now, so make sure you drink plenty of milk powder. If it's not enough, ask my brother to tell Shopkeeper Zhang, and she'll tell me. I'll buy you more then. Also, with your current health, you need to rest well after giving birth to this one. Don't have consecutive children. It doesn't matter if it's a boy or a girl. You don't have to farm anyway."

Taohua nodded. She hesitated for a moment and said to Guier, "Actually, I pulled you over here because I have something to ask of you. I know if your brother were here, he would definitely not let me tell you."

Gui'er asked curiously, "What's going on? It's so mysterious."

Taohua said, "Their furniture workshop is almost dead now, and I can't sell the embroidery I make, so I still have some savings, but everyone says the Japanese will definitely attack in the next two years. I have to save some money, but I still have to eat, and I have children coming one after another. I was thinking, we are ordinary people, but the Marshal's Mansion is still the local tycoon. Can you arrange for your two brothers to have a job there, even if it's just for a silver dollar a month? If that doesn't work, you can just send Dafu brother alone."

Gui'er was stunned. She didn't expect Taohua to make this request. In fact, she was also worried about their family's livelihood, but she had never thought of arranging Wu Dahua and Wu Dafu into the Marshal's Mansion, because doing so would be equivalent to exposing her weaknesses to everyone in the Marshal's Mansion. There was already intrigue and undercurrents in the mansion, and these two brothers from the countryside didn't seem to have the ability to fight in the house.

"Guier, actually I have discussed this with your brother. He told me not to look for you, but there is really no other way. Although I told you that I don't want to use the dowry, in fact we have started to live off our savings during this period. But if this goes on for a long time, when will it end? We still need income. I know that if the two brothers come into the mansion, they may cause trouble for you. If not for the sake of our many years of friendship, but also for the sake of your nephew who has not yet been born, please give us a way to survive." As he spoke, he wiped away his tears.

Gui'er said quickly, "We've been sisters for many years, why would you say such things? But you also know that I have little influence in the mansion. I have to go back and ask my brother what kind of work I can arrange for them. Can you wait for me for two days? Don't cry."

Taohua then burst into laughter.

At this time, Wu Dafu came over and knocked on the door and said, "Guier, the old woman has left. You should hurry back."

Guier came out of the room and Acheng came out from the back door and left the furniture workshop.

On the way back, Gui'er thought about Taohua's request to find jobs for the two brothers, and she felt very troubled. Neither she nor Sha Yanxiao really wanted the people in the lake to know about the two brothers' existence. Now they had to arrange for them to work in the mansion. How could this be done? Why not just give them two silver dollars a month? But it was difficult to take care of the poor forever, and doing so would also empty their own savings.

Seeing that she was frowning all the way and seemed to be worried, Ah Cheng asked, "What did Miss Taohua... say to you just now?"

Ah Cheng knew about the two brothers, and Gui'er did not hide it and told him that Taohua asked him to arrange for the two brothers to enter the Marshal's Mansion.

"This won't work. The concubines in the Marshal's mansion have always used your background to make trouble. Now you're recruiting your biological brothers to work in the mansion. Won't they treat you with even more disdain in the future? And who knows if they'll use these two brothers to stir up trouble. I believe the Young Marshal won't agree to this."

Gui'er sighed and said, "Of course I know this will embarrass my brother, so I'm annoyed. But he's my brother after all, and I can't just watch him and his family starve to death."

Ah Cheng thought for a moment, then suddenly slapped his head and said, "Oh right, Brother Qiang is back. You might as well ask him about this matter. He knows a lot of people from all walks of life. If he wants to find a job for the two carpenters, it's a done deal. Besides, they don't have to go to the Marshal's Mansion, and it also saves you and the young master a lot of trouble."

Gui Er was skeptical after hearing this and asked, "Little Brother Wu, where did he go before?"

"Oh, he's often sent by the Young Marshal to Shanghai or Hong Kong to gather information. When he comes back, he usually goes to our mine to take care of things. If you want to see him, I'll go get him right away."

Gui'er couldn't think of any other good solution, so she had to agree.