Transmigration: On the Gossip Front-Chapter 1913 - 1914: The Passerby Female Intellectual Youth 56
Zhang Yu sighed deeply; if given a choice, who would willingly become an intellectual youth.
For young men and women born and raised in the city, no matter how their families treat them, whether they are favored or not, it doesn’t change the fact that they are people who won’t know how to do farm work.
If the place where they become intellectual youth is relatively good, and if the brigade and commune leaders are decent, then it’s considered lucky. But if the leaders over there aren’t good, it really would be a disaster.
It’s said that farms aren’t bad, but actually farms aren’t without dirty dealings; it’s just that some people might be a little more cautious and won’t act recklessly.
Zhang Yu recalled some people’s tactics, "Anyway, keep yourself safe, whether you’re male or female."
Huh? The Zhang Family of three always thought that it was only girls who needed to be cautious. Who would have thought Zhang Yu would say that boys also need to be careful; it was truly surprising.
"Why do boys need to be careful?" Zhang Jie didn’t understand.
"You don’t think only rural men value girls, do you? Girls also value male intellectual youth."
"On one side, at least a male intellectual youth who has gone to middle school, no matter if he’s a fool, at least is more pleasing to the eye than someone who’s been farming in the field for years."
"More importantly, marrying a villager means staying in the countryside as a farmer’s wife for a lifetime without a major accident. But marrying an intellectual youth gives at least a fifty percent chance of returning to the city, becoming the city person you’ve always wanted to be, eating state grain."
"As for their families, they naturally hope their daughters can marry a male intellectual youth, so they can help their natal family’s nephews in the future."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Wei and the others fell silent. Yes, in the eyes of rural people, even though intellectual youth can’t farm, they still have their advantages.
"Seems like everyone is in danger." Zhang Jie looked worriedly at Zhang Yu.
"Don’t worry, your sister is fierce. You have to be fierce there; now, I’m just going to be happy myself."
"Whoever makes me unhappy, I’ll make them unhappy."
"Otherwise, if I’m too nice, everyone will think I’m easy to bully, especially when there’s Wang Yan eyeing me constantly."
"Besides her, surely there are others who want to scheme against me."
"I don’t know when they’ll jump out, so the best way is to make yourself fierce; don’t be easy to bully."
Zhang Jie looked terrified; has she really not experienced much?
Zhang Wei and Yao Ying put down their chopsticks to look at Zhang Yu with curiosity about why she always had such thoughts.
"Just when we arrived at the farm, there was a recommendation slot for a worker-peasant-soldier university, and an intellectual youth got it, meeting the requirements." After all, cheating was a big risk with everyone watching.
"In the end, it fell through."
"Someone reported him, and the reporter was his roommate, a neighbor, who had been classmates from elementary to high school. This relationship was definitely close enough to be considered childhood friends."
"Still, he got reported, and the reason was stepping on the Red Treasure Book."
"After receiving the report, the field sent someone to check, and there were indeed shoe prints on the Red Treasure Book, prints that matched the shoes of the person involved." Zhang Yu felt quite emotional after hearing it.
"Really, isn’t it incredible."
"It truly is..." Zhang Yu couldn’t help shivering when she heard it.
The Zhang Family of three gulped, and after a long time, Zhang Wei blurted, "It’s truly crazy."
"Yeah, really crazy. Originally he was quite happy, ready to report to the university, but who would have thought... No more university, straight to the labor reform farm."
"It really is a crazy world," Zhang Yu sighed again.
Zhang Wei sighed helplessly, "It’s truly too crazy."
Yao Ying was more curious about how that traitor was living, "If that guy is doing well, everyone would follow suit, wouldn’t they?"
Everyone nodded in agreement; if the informer was doing well, how could others be at ease?
"Left at the farm, no one wanted to share a dorm with him, all applied for transfers. Do you know how the farm dealt with it?"
The Zhang Family of three shook their heads; they really didn’t know how it was handled. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖
"The farm said there was no place to accommodate the extra three people and asked if any dorm was willing to take him in. Who would share a dorm with him?"
"Who would want to stay with someone who betrays his friends? In the end, the farm had no choice but to assign him to feed pigs; conveniently, that place had a resting room converted into his dorm, a single room."
Zhang Yu had never asked if that person regretted it, but she figured being in such a situation daily without breaking down would be a problem.
Hahaha, the Zhang Family of three laughed heartily, "Right, that’s how it should be. Otherwise, everyone would start imitating."
"Exactly."
"And this method, frankly, whether it was really his footprint is still a question."
"If it were me, I’d have cleaned up those footprints immediately, definitely wouldn’t leave them." Although it’s not likely anyone would flip through someone’s Red Treasure Book, there is always that slim chance, and being cautious is never wrong.
"You guys be mindful too." Yao Ying turned to look at the Zhang father and son, "It’s never wrong to be careful."
Zhang Yu nodded constantly, "Lock up the drawers, check regularly to see if there’s anything illegal."
"And frequently check the piles of documents on the desk; for those not often used, organize them. Leaving them easily allows others to slip things in."
"Although most people are good, there’s always the ’just in case’ scenario." In their previous life, Zhang Wei and others managed to get through this period smoothly without anyone using such tactics, thanks to the original constantly causing trouble.
Mention the Zhang Family, and everyone would bring up a bunch of chaos associated with them. But now, Zhang Yu didn’t stir up trouble; instead, during New Year, she brought back plenty of things for her family, which definitely made some people quite envious.
If anyone couldn’t stand it and wanted to cause trouble for the Zhang Family, it wouldn’t be surprising.
Zhang Wei and the others nodded continuously, "Right, right, you must always stay alert."
"Better to keep a low profile." Zhang Wei sighed softly, "Truly..."
"Forget it, let’s not worry about it." Yao Ying was also helpless, but there was no way around it; it wasn’t just their family facing such situations; many people were.
"A couple of days ago, the leader talked to me, hinting that I should take the lead. Today, I heard that Old Wu also plans to compete."
"Zheng Ke’s health isn’t good; when the weather turns cold, his asthma flares up, requiring hospitalization every winter."
"Just waiting for this project to finish, and whoever completes it can become the section chief."
