Transmigration: On the Gossip Front

Chapter 2237: Chapter 2238: Cousin Is a Capitalist Heiress 57

Zhang Yu stared at the envelope for a long time. Honestly, she never expected that Zhang Fu would actually write her a letter.

"Dad actually wrote to you." Zhang Juan said enviously; she had never received a letter from home.

"Yeah, it’s like a weasel wishing a chicken a happy New Year, up to no good." Zhang Yu replied irritably, no need to open the letter; even a fool knows it’s definitely nothing good.

Zhang Juan pouted, indeed, their parents were quite over the top. "But at least he wrote to you."

"Want me to show it to you?" She really didn’t want to look at the letter. Knowing there’s no good news but still feeling obliged to open it, the thought itself was distressing.

But then again, not looking wasn’t an option; what if there’s something important? She had no choice but to open the seal and take out the letter.

The content wasn’t much; it could be read in a few seconds. The summary was: Daughter, why don’t you come home, the family needs her to work, don’t worry about not having food, the family will take care of her food supply.

What’s the situation? Zhang Yu stared at the letter for a long time, "They want me to come back to do housework, take over all the chores at home."

"My reward is that the family will help solve my meal issues?" Zhang Yu held back her anger, no matter what, she truly mustn’t curse, shouldn’t curse.

Ah? Zhang Juan didn’t expect her family would write asking Zhang Yu to return. She was dazed for a moment; then there was a wave of joy in her heart—if Zhang Yu could go back, perhaps she could too.

Zhang Hui, resting in the room, heard this and rushed out, "What, Zhang Yu, you mean the family asked you to return?"

Zhang Yu nodded, knowing Zhang Hui wouldn’t believe it. Exactly, the family’s eldest princess hadn’t gone back, so how could Zhang Yu, the lowest in the family, actually return? Who would believe that?

Zhang Yu had some idea—it was all about wanting her to return, no longer needing to be a miserable farmer in the Northeast, and she should be all grateful. As for wages, don’t even talk about that.

Zhang Hui quickly snatched the letter from Zhang Yu’s hand and swiftly started reading it. The content wasn’t much, but she spent ten minutes reading, finally repeating, "Impossible, impossible."

Zhang Yu understood why Zhang Hui said impossible; indeed, even she couldn’t believe it—her supposedly doting family now seemingly forgot her.

Although over the past months, money was still being sent, it was only money. As for packages, there were none; ticket certificates, even less.

Zhang Yu could feel her growing gloominess; previously, even with all her dissatisfaction towards the Zhang family, she had always kept it to herself, never expressed it outwardly.

Every time she received a package and money orders, people around her would comment on how lucky she was; she would cheerfully agree and tell them how good her parents were to her.

Now, whenever she hears someone say family is thinking of her, she’d snort coldly, saying who knows when they’ll run out of money.

People remembered Zhang Hui from before, not just money orders but also packages. But now, there was only the money order, nothing else.

As for Zhang Yu, don’t even mention it, she didn’t even have a money order. Everyone was shocked yet felt it was quite normal.

No matter how cherished a child is, once they’ve spent too long in the countryside, family would start to forget; people thought Zhang Family actually did quite well—it was less than a year, and they’ve sent so many things, so much money.

Zhang Yu just watched from the side as Zhang Hui became gloomier. Originally, the cheerful girl look suited her best, but now pretending to be deep made her seem rather moody; many people secretly commented that Zhang Hui wasn’t as pretty as before.

Zhang Yu was genuinely worried. If someone remained this gloomy indefinitely, even meeting that courtyard kid from her previous life, how could one end up with them?

The person might look at Zhang Hui because she was a university student, plus her looks were decent. Now whether she could go to university was uncertain, and if she couldn’t maintain those looks, how could she attract a courtyard kid? Zhang Yu was sincerely troubled for her.

"Are you going back?" Zhang Hui looked up at Zhang Yu.

"Why would I go back?" Zhang Yu replied straightforwardly, "I’m eating well here, why go back to eat leftovers, drink soup from leftovers?"

"Zhang Tao is about to get married and have kids, and Zhang Li too, busier than before, plus I’ll have to look after two pregnant women and God knows how many babies; forget it."

"Moreover, they only said in the letter they’d take care of my ration issues, essentially saying sorry, no wage for you."

"It’s not like I haven’t eaten enough here or something. Here, I eat as much as I want, nobody controls me, and even though I have to work, I earn income."

"Going back where I’d be busy from morning till night, I’d be crazy." Zhang Yu looked at Zhang Juan, "They need a worker there, are you going back?"

Zhang Juan did not expect Zhang Yu to ask her this, stunned for a moment, "They want you to go back."

"Don’t worry; I won’t go back. They’ll definitely write to you." Zhang Yu was certain that the Zhang Family had quite a few issues now.

If their first-choice laborer didn’t go back, they would surely target Zhang Juan. While her working skills weren’t great and her cooking wasn’t very delicious, at least she was a capable worker.

If it were like before when they asked her to go back, Zhang Juan might genuinely consider it, but now she contemplated slightly and said, "I’m not going back."

"Why would I go back? They’re always saying I didn’t do well here or didn’t do well there."

"I’ve never met Deng Jie, don’t know her temperament, but I do know Qiao Xue, her temper isn’t good, forget it."

"I have food here." While not as frequently having meat as Zhang Yu, at least she wasn’t hungry. "Besides working hard in the rural area, I get money at year’s end."

"Going back, I’d be just as tired but without money." Zhang Juan thought more and more that she simply couldn’t go back. "Yeah, I’m not going back."

Zhang Yu originally didn’t intend to write back, but after thinking it over, she had to give them a reply, couldn’t let them foolishly wait, and wrote back to inform them of her decision.

Since Zhang Fu posted the letter to the Northeast, they were already prepared for Zhang Yu to be full of gratitude. Once they saw Zhang Yu’s reply, each of them was full of confidence.

"I told you this girl couldn’t disagree." Zhang Fu excitedly tore open the letter; the reply was simple, "Disagree, I’m not going back to be a servant."

Zhang Fu was really stunned by the letter’s content, dumbstruck.

Others originally planned to say something mean about Zhang Yu, intending that when she returned, they’d have sour comments for her, yet they didn’t expect she wouldn’t return, leaving everyone gobsmacked.

Zhang Qiang was already preparing for Zhang Yu’s return, thinking he could have good food, but reality was she wasn’t coming back.

Zhang Qiang was about to lose it, "She, why isn’t she coming back? How can she not be coming back?" He genuinely didn’t understand.

Not only Zhang Qiang, but the others didn’t understand either; regardless of their confusion, they knew one thing: Zhang Yu not coming back meant what about the chores?

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