Transmigration: On the Gossip Front

Chapter 2231: Chapter 2232: My Cousin Is a Capitalist Heiress 51

When Zhang Yu finished work with the hoe on her shoulder, she saw the mailman, who handed her a slip directly, "Your package pick-up slip."

Huh? Someone sent her a package? Zhang Yu’s first reaction was, "Impossible."

The first few packages she received were all things Zhang Fu and the others begrudgingly sent her; they hadn’t sent her anything since. How could they possibly send anything now?

"I have no idea," the mailman didn’t know either, "Oh, right, there’s a letter too."

After returning the tools, Zhang Yu opened the letter while walking. From the handwriting, she recognized it was a letter from Zhang Juan.

To be honest, she was really surprised. Everyone in the family actually wrote letters to this intellectual youth house, but they were all sent to Zhang Hui. She never received a letter before, so why did Zhang Juan send one today?

Zhang Yu’s first thought was perhaps it was sent wrong, or the name was written incorrectly. No matter what, the envelope had her name on it, so she opened it to read.

Seeing her name on the letter, Zhang Yu knew it wasn’t sent wrong. If it wasn’t wrong, she figured they definitely wanted something from her.

The letter was short, basically asking her to help bring back Zhang Juan’s luggage and saying she hoped to sleep in the same room with her.

Looking at the contents, Zhang Yu sneered, "Typical of the Zhang Family, shameless enough."

Help with the luggage? There’s no way she’d go get it. Did they think just because they called her sister, she’d work herself to the bone, even giving up her solo dorm room?

What a joke, Zhang Yu was waiting for her to come so she could directly make her take care of Zhang Juan.

Carefully putting the package slip in her space, she went on with her work, often going up the mountain to collect things. She no longer slacked off with farm work; she worked hard enough to earn four work points a day, but usually no more.

Working too hard would indeed make her a suitable candidate for a wife in the eyes of the village women. She didn’t want anyone’s attention.

Zhang Juan knew that the place where Zhang Hui and others worked as intellectual youths was far from home, but she never imagined it would be this far. Taking the train made her question life.

After getting off the train, she thought she would be close, but unexpectedly, she had to go from the county to the commune and then to the brigade, really a long journey.

Standing at the door of the New Intellectual Youth House, Zhang Juan finally understood why, even though Zhang Hui wanted to go home, she never actually returned. The travel time was too much.

Wang Ji handed over the intellectual youths to Xiao Lei and then directly turned away.

Xiao Lei looked at the bewildered intellectual youths, sighing inside. The villagers were already full of gossip about the constant arrival of intellectual youths. Fortunately, the village head and others were not excessive people and managed things strictly. Otherwise, there would be countless conflicts between the intellectual youths and the villagers.

Oh well, why bother? He himself was an intellectual youth; he couldn’t change his own fate, so why sympathize with others?

Just as he was about to introduce them, Zhang Juan stepped forward, "Hello, can I go find my sisters? They are Zhang Yu and Zhang Hui."

Huh? Xiao Lei was stunned. What’s the situation? Zhang Yu and Zhang Hui have another sister coming here to be an intellectual youth too?

"Zhang Yu, Zhang Yu," Xiao Lei called out loudly.

Today, Zhang Yu had heard people say the village head went to the commune to pick up the intellectual youths. She guessed Zhang Juan had come. After finishing her meal, she heard Xiao Lei’s voice.

Zhang Yu walked over and saw the slightly disheveled Zhang Juan, "You’re here."

"About the package, I didn’t go pick it up. I’ll take half a day off tomorrow to go to the commune with you to get it."

"Also, remember to pick a spot in the common room, or pay one yuan rent a month for a private room." Zhang Yu didn’t give Zhang Juan any chance to speak, throwing all these words at her.

Huh? Zhang Juan initially thought that once she arrived and met Zhang Yu, she’d be comfortable, with a nice bed and a bath waiting for her.

Oh, and a hearty dinner waiting for her. Lately, she had been eating the dry food her family packed for the journey. Now, she just wanted a hot meal so much. She missed Zhang Yu’s cooking to the point of dreaming about it.

But she didn’t expect Zhang Yu to be so blunt, not picking up the package, not planning to room with her. This meant that none of the requests in her letter were going to be fulfilled by Zhang Yu.

This made Zhang Juan very unhappy, "Sister, didn’t I write you a letter asking for help?"

Help? With the attitude shown in that letter, Zhang Yu sneered, "You called it help, meaning I can choose to help or not."

"Zhang Juan, back when I was overwhelmed at home, and asked you for help, what did you say? ’Take care of your own things.’ I was handling everything for the family back then, yet you could say that. Now that it’s your turn, I have even less reason to help."

"Didn’t you say Zhang Hui is the good sister to you, your best sister? Why didn’t you ask for her help then?"

"Oh, and you said you wanted to stay with me. Laughable. Didn’t you complain about my sleeping habits? You always said you wanted to have late-night chats with Zhang Hui. Now’s your chance."

Zhang Yu knew Zhang Juan was very angry now. What a perfect opportunity for a comeback.

Zhang Juan was furious. She didn’t expect Zhang Yu to flatly refuse without even giving a reason.

Oh, or rather she did give a reason, digging up things said in the past. What could she say in return? Claim she was immature then?

Just as she was thinking of an excuse, Zhang Yu spoke again, suggesting she stay with Zhang Hui. Really, if it were possible, of course, she’d want to room with Zhang Hui. "Sister Zhang Hui doesn’t like sharing a room."

"So you say. Seems like if you can get your own room, why squeeze into one with someone else? You mentioned there are vacant rooms; you can stay in one for one yuan a month."

"Work hard, and Dad and Mom should give you money. Don’t be stingy."

"And don’t talk about sibling bonds. If there are any in the Zhang family, they’re between you all; I’m just the workhorse."

"Well, you should know what to do now." Zhang Yu turned around, ready to leave.

At this moment, everyone had just finished eating. Hearing there was a new intellectual youth, people gathered around only to hear the sisters’ conversation.

The other youths were already gossiping about the way Zhang Yu and Zhang Hui interacted, not realizing that adding Zhang Juan into the mix would uncover even more layers to their sibling dynamics.

Zhang Hui heard about the arrival of new intellectual youths and knew Zhang Juan was among them. She planned to step out later, letting Zhang Yu handle Zhang Juan, thinking a few words would suffice.

Seeing Zhang Hui rushing out, Zhang Yu said, "Your dear sister Zhang Juan is here, and with the end of the month coming, let her start working from next month."

"She can take care of you, and I’ll be at ease. I’ve already told the family that once Xiao Juan arrives, she’ll care for you, so they don’t need to send me money."

"As for matters between you two, sort them out yourselves." Zhang Yu didn’t give Zhang Hui any chance to respond before heading back inside.

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