Transmigration: On the Gossip Front-Chapter 1922 - 1923: Female Passerby Intellectual Youth 65
Closing the door, letting the neighbors continue their discussions, Zhang Yu yawned, ready to rest.
Zhang Jie came out from the room, "Sis, are you plotting against Wang Yan?"
This guy, Zhang Yu yawned while glancing at him, "Whether I succeed depends on her."
"If she insists on being a dutiful daughter, then she has to starve herself."
"Though, I don’t think she’ll keep starving." Despite Zhang Yu disembarking early and leaving without waiting, she knows Wang Yan’s family definitely didn’t come to pick her up.
In her past life, the original self paid laborers to help her send things home, but this time Wang Yan didn’t send money home regularly, so Wang Family surely treats her even more indifferently, and certainly won’t pick her up at the dock.
No one met her at the dock, the living environment is bad, and she won’t be given the rice she brought back, "She’ll definitely break down."
Watching Zhang Yu talk confidently, Zhang Jie found it really odd, "Sis, you left right after disembarking, how do you know her parents didn’t pick her up?"
Well, Zhang Yu certainly can’t say she has the original self’s memory, "I didn’t even write back, yet you all knew the day I got home, Dad and Mom had my quilt aired out early."
"Dad and Mom also adjusted their time to pick me up at the dock."
"But when Wang Yan gets home, she receives the same treatment as before; before she was a student, living and eating at home, that’s the treatment she got, and that’s understandable."
"But this time she came back, bringing rice, bringing rice." Zhang Yu emphasized, "She spent almost all of her money and still plans to advance her salary from the field office."
"Like this?" Zhang Jie was really surprised, that selfish Wang Yan still treats her family quite well, "It makes no sense, clearly her parents and siblings treat her poorly, yet she thinks they’re good. With that money, she’d be better off feeding herself."
At least only when you eat and drink well can you be healthy, "Really a fool." Zhang Jie thought of Zhang Yu’s past actions, deeply believing she, too, was quite a big fool.
Though Zhang Jie merely glanced, would Zhang Yu miss it? Of course not, "You rascal, are you trying to say your sister is a fool?"
"I, I didn’t." Zhang Jie dared not admit it; if it were in the past, he wouldn’t have feared, but since Zhang Yu returned from the farm, Zhang Jie clearly felt that his elder sister had become more assertive.
"It’s okay, I also think it’s quite foolish." Anyway, those were the original self’s actions, unrelated to her, Zhang Yu graciously stated, "People, when young, inevitably act foolishly and do silly things, it’s not important."
"What’s important is recognizing and correcting mistakes." Zhang Yu declared she had changed now.
Zhang Jie nodded repeatedly, "Right, sis, do you think Wang Yan will sell the rice she brought back on the black market?"
Though he had never been to the black market, he knew that there, as long as you had money, you could buy quite a lot of things, "But I heard they’re planning a crackdown on the black market up there."
Zhang Yu looked at Zhang Jie in surprise, how could he know something so significant, it’s truly strange.
"Someone in finance has a colleague whose husband works in the committee, she told us, said to be careful these days."
The closer it gets to Spring Festival, the higher the prices soar, yet even so, many still go shopping; some to honor elders, visit relatives and friends, pay respects to bosses, even the Spring Festival dinner has to be presentable.
Places with good work benefits might distribute some goods, but if the workplace is average, don’t expect much in terms of benefits, and more often than not, these needs are dealt with there.
And this is when the committee will launch large operations to seize goods, obviously knowing who gets the goods, after all, they need New Year’s goods too.
"She probably won’t be that unlucky." Zhang Yu hesitated, "But even if she’s truly unlucky and gets caught, it has nothing to do with me, I didn’t suggest it."
I didn’t talk about things like the black market price hikes, I’m really just groping around blindly.
"Forget it, if she’s really that unfortunate, there’s nothing I can do, just call it fate." Zhang Yu could only express her helplessness.
"Of course, I hope she gets caught." Although I can’t witness it firsthand, just imagining the scene is delightful.
Though, the chances are slim; after all, many go to the black market, many are trading, and even if a lot of people from the committee are dispatched, it’s impossible to catch everyone in one go.
At worst, you just ditch the goods and run; nearly every time the committee goes to the black market, that’s the tactic. They’re after the goods, although if they do catch someone, they won’t be polite, immediately notifying family to pay money for release, or they’ll report it to the workplace, where it would surely be dealt with.
"Really a good deal." Zhang Yu couldn’t help but sigh, "Forget it, none of it concerns us, let’s rest."
Why fret over so many things, it’s better to rest well, taking care of the sick will certainly require a lot of energy next.
Zhang Jie nodded repeatedly, "Right, right, right."
The siblings went to rest, while Wang Yan, lying on the floor at home, really couldn’t fall asleep.
Back home, she once again found out that her family hadn’t left her any food, she originally thought if no food was left, she’d just make some porridge; it makes no difference.
Unexpectedly, she was harshly scolded by her parents, accusing her of missing meal times at home and still wanting to cook porridge, calling her wasteful; generally speaking, their words were truly unpleasant.
As a result, she ended up starving, even though her family was noisy, even with onlookers, they only watched without standing up for Wang Yan, angrily causing her to curse at the neighbors in her heart.
Touching her stomach that kept protesting, she involuntarily missed the good moments at the farm, at least there she could eat her fill and had a bed to sleep on.
Yes, returning to the farm, Wang Yan reaffirmed this thought, she must leave immediately, staying even a second more here felt unbearable.
With this in mind, she quickly crawled up, hastily packing her belongings, anyways she hadn’t brought much when she returned.
Of course, upon leaving, she didn’t forget to take her rice along, as well as a strip of meat and a chicken; she took them all.
She had spotted these two items last night, guessing perhaps the elder sister brought them back, but she didn’t care, she took them all anyways.
The rice she brought home themselves they ate, the elder sister and elder brother took quite a bit as well, so these meat and chicken count as compensation, she didn’t profit.
Carefully carrying these things out, she immediately dashed away, she needs to sell the things before her parents wake, and then head to the station to buy a ticket to leave.
