Transmigration: On the Gossip Front

Chapter 2213: Chapter 2214: My Cousin Is a Capitalist Heiress 33

Not long after the autumn harvest, the temperature suddenly dropped. According to the aunt in the same group, it would snow in half a month, so now it was necessary to quickly gather firewood.

There was also the matter of buying dried vegetables. Zhang Yu had already bought about ten pounds, thinking it should be enough. Later, she thought about how, over the past few months, she often learned about family news from a few friends.

As friends, of course, they must stay in touch often, like mailing dried vegetables and mushrooms to them, which is the best gift.

Thinking about this, Zhang Yu went to the aunt’s house in the same group to buy dried vegetables. Although they were puzzled, Zhang Yu had already bought a lot at the beginning of September, why buy more now?

Although there were all kinds of doubts in their hearts, they absolutely supported selling more dried vegetables from home.

"I’m mailing them to a few friends." Zhang Yu explained, carrying a large bag of dried vegetables.

Mailing to friends? The villagers found it strange that they had not heard Zhang Yu say she was mailing anything to her parents. But then they understood—Zhang Yu had already bought a lot of dried vegetables; she must have mailed them back home.

Carrying a large bag of dried vegetables, Zhang Yu returned to the intellectual youth shop, just as Zhang Hui came out of the house to go to the bathroom. Since the autumn harvest, Zhang Hui often stayed cooped up in her room, unless necessary, as she felt it was too cold outside.

She really didn’t understand how it could be this cold in October; back home, people just needed to wear a coat now.

Seeing Zhang Yu carrying a large bag of things, Zhang Hui wasn’t in a hurry to go to the bathroom; she rushed right up to Zhang Yu, "What did you buy?"

Zhang Hui knew Zhang Yu often bought things from the villagers; she just didn’t know what delicious food he bought this time, and she was really looking forward to it.

"I bought dried vegetables." Zhang Yu opened the bag.

Ah, dried vegetables again. Zhang Hui pouted. Although she knew dried vegetables were useful in winter, these were just vegetables.

"I remember you bought a lot last time, haven’t you eaten them all?" Zhang Hui thought, they bought about ten pounds of dried vegetables last time; even if they had eaten some, it shouldn’t be all gone.

"No, these are for me to mail to my friends." Zhang Yu looked at Zhang Hui, "Didn’t you promise to mail mushrooms home? You haven’t mailed them yet."

Zhang Yu was sure that Zhang Hui hadn’t mailed them because she hadn’t gone up the mountain to pick mushrooms or gone to the village to purchase them, so it was certain she hadn’t mailed them back home.

Zhang Hui felt guilty; during that time, she had been jittery over some agreement and didn’t even think about the mushrooms.

Once things settled, she remembered it but found that because she was too worried, she had bought a lot of pastries, which cost a lot. She thought she’d buy more to mail next month.

But then came the busy farming season; even those doing minimal work were watched by the village chief and had to work. During the autumn harvest, Zhang Hui could earn six or seven work points at a time, showing how intense the labor was.

Even though Zhang Yu had made meals with oil for those days, Zhang Hui still felt that the farming season was too exhausting and that she shouldn’t let herself suffer, so she bought a lot of pastries to nourish herself.

This way, Zhang Hui’s perspective changed, thinking that she had just a little pocket money each month and had to manage all her expenses herself, no matter how she thought about it, there wasn’t enough money.

Especially since several letters from her family didn’t mention the mushrooms at all, so she pretended nothing was up and was surprised Zhang Yu brought it up.

Seeing her embarrassed expression, Zhang Yu laughed. See, this was the "filial" Zhang Hui that Zhang Fu and others talked about, spending money on herself and never thinking about buying anything for her family.

Zhang Hui felt a bit embarrassed but quickly recovered, "You said you’re mailing to your friends, have you thought about mailing to your parents?"

Zhang Hui looked at Zhang Yu with a face that seemed to scold him for being unfilial, and the latter was amused by her expression, "Isn’t that because you’re here?"

"Dad and mom have always said you’re the most filial, always thinking about them."

"They send you pocket money and packages every month so you wouldn’t be burdened, and they even give money to take care of you."

"You say how much money they spend on you every month, and what have you done for them?" Zhang Yu asked the question she had always wanted to ask as the host.

"Never mind, I don’t want to know, after all, you are their treasure."

"But, Zhang Hui, some things really should be reciprocal. If you always wait for their contributions and don’t respond, how would they feel?"

"Zhang Tao is definitely getting married this year. Hearing the constant praise from his in-laws, how do you think Zhang Tao’s wife feels?" Although she’s a girl, at least she was raised pampered.

Although the family was worried that marrying up would make their daughter suffer, after careful selection, they finally chose Zhang Tao: the oldest son in the family, both Zhang Fu and his wife’s jobs were decent, Zhang Tao was good looking, sweet talker, and a high school graduate, which meant he had a future, just that his background was a bit lacking, but was still an ideal match.

With such a match, Zhang Tao’s future was certainly not an issue, just waiting for a position to open up.

Zhang Tao’s marriage was indeed promising, Zhang Li surely noticed and hoped he could also marry a supportive wife.

Even if Zhang Li didn’t have such thoughts, Zhang Gui and his wife wouldn’t want their eldest son to be worse off than Zhang Tao.

In the host’s memory, Zhang Li’s marriage was of a higher status too, the other party’s family background was good, and of course, had a temper. The family hoped their daughter could marry up, so she could help her maternal family a bit more.

Who would have expected that eventually, Zhang Li would win over a beauty, although for a long time, Zhang Li’s in-laws looked at him unpleasantly. To get them to help, Zhang Li humbled himself in many ways.

Zhang Li’s wife knew her in-laws mailed a large portion of their monthly salary to Zhang Hui, and there were indeed issues. Luckily, when Zhang Li’s wife married, it was already 1975, and the Movement had just ended.

Had Zhang Li married earlier, Zhang Gui’s family would have certainly been more troubled. Zhang Yu thought it was better when Zhang Hui was afraid to make a fuss and annoy others.

Yes, it would be better to keep her busy, so Zhang Tao’s wife wouldn’t affect Zhang Gui’s family, and the best way now was to get Zhang Li married.

As for choosing his wife, there’s no need to change it, just his previous life’s wife. Only someone difficult to deal with would make Zhang Gui’s family lively.

As for how to get Zhang Li to win over his beauty sooner, the best way was for Zhang Gui to become aware of the aloof colleague’s family background.

If Zhang Li were aware of his colleague’s situation, he would definitely be attracted, just as he had been a year later in the previous life, putting in a lot of effort and energy to pursue the other.

If all those things hadn’t happened, with Zhang Li’s ability to charm, he would’ve surely had his wife secured earlier.

To get married early, the simplest way would directly be to have the wife run away while pregnant, making it a marriage in no time.

As for the other family resenting Zhang Li, that’s the result of marrying up into his wife’s family. Anyway, Zhang Li, with his sweet talk, would certainly win over his wife’s family, giving Zhang Yu confidence in Zhang Li.

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