Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 255 True or False First Love 55_1

Chapter 255: Chapter 255 True or False First Love 55_1

Watching Zhou Dajiang leave with his head hung in disappointment, Zhou Lina knew this setback hit him hard.

"Mom, you’re so great."

"Mom, how come you were like this?" A bit puzzled as to how Zhang Shifen suddenly became so assertive.

"Now that you’re working, there’s no need to be so accommodating anymore."

"I was thinking, even if we fall out with them, we should at least wait until you got married. When a girl gets married, people will inquire about her family."

No matter what Zhou Dajiang was like, at least he had brothers and sisters as a support for Zhou Lina. But now, she realized that thought was a mistake.

"Right." It wasn’t wrong to think like Zhang Shifen did—many people think that having one’s natal family as support means a married woman will lead a better life.

"Mom, no matter how supportive the family is, it’s not as powerful as having one’s own strength."

"Your own strength is the biggest reassurance."

"Besides, I never really felt that Zhou Hong and the others were my support; they can’t even support themselves."

"Instead, they still expect your occasional assistance."

"Whether it’s Zhou Hong or Zhou Yong, you’ve arranged things for them. But did they cherish those opportunities?"

They are all too proud, "You’re still hoping for me and Xiao Xuan."

Don’t we have to repay our debts of gratitude? It’s really not worth it.

Zhang Shifen hummed in agreement, "Right, Zhou Yong is about to change masters soon."

What? He’s going to change masters? "Does he want to?" Even though Zhou Yong often complained that his master was too strict and despised his slow learning.

But letting him switch to a different master, it was clear that it wasn’t going to happen.

"It’s not about whether he wants to or not. He has been learning for so long without becoming a master himself—nobody wants to keep teaching him indefinitely."

"And good masters are sought after by many students."

"Zhou Yong, the fool, is hogging a spot but not taking his learning seriously, causing all sorts of trouble."

"You can rest assured, there’s no need for me to intervene. I haven’t been back for a long time, and everyone isn’t foolish; they know my relationship with the Zhou family is pretty bad."

"Wouldn’t they take action?" It was only when someone sent a middleman to apologize that Zhang Shifen expressed her indifference.

"Some people have such good opportunities and don’t know how to value them, so they shouldn’t expect anyone to help them."

Zhang Shifen truly didn’t know what was going through Zhou Yong’s mind, "Those with better family backgrounds than his are working hard, learning."

"Looking for connections to find a better master and following closely behind to learn the trade."

"As for this guy, forget it, let’s not even talk about it."

"If he himself doesn’t want to learn, nobody can force him." She had talked to Zhou Dajiang about this before.

But his belief was that Zhou Yong was not married yet, not settled down, and once he got married, he would understand his responsibilities and study hard.

Zhang Shifen was speechless about this kind of reasoning.

Zhou Lina, hearing this, was speechless too, "He’s really not that young anymore, and I really don’t mean to look down on him."

"Even though he’s several years older than Xiao Xuan, he’s really not as sensible as Xiao Xuan." Even if Zhou Yong were to wait until Zhou Xuan grew up, he’d still be a person without any sense of responsibility.

The difference is, by that time, he would have more money and houses than he does now.

Nowadays, even if Zhou Xuan doesn’t compete with him, Zhou Yong can’t afford a lavish wedding, and his job is becoming like this.

Wait, Zhou Lina suddenly started to worry, "Mom, do you think if his job situation changes, the Luo family might...?"

Luo Family? Zhang Shifen had also made some inquiries about the Luo family these days.

She had a rough understanding of the Luo family situation, "As long as the money is in place, everything else follows."

"Moreover, Zhou Dajiang, this fool, thinks that by giving the Luo family such a large dowry, he could at least get half of it back."

"In reality, he didn’t get even one-tenth of it." Zhang Shifen didn’t believe that she could easily get her hands on the information that Zhou Dajiang couldn’t.

Or perhaps for him, he didn’t think that Zhou Yong would deceive him, but the result was that sometimes, Zhou Yong really took the perspective of an outsider in handling matters.

No way, the original owner didn’t have much contact with the Zhou family, so of course, she wouldn’t know about this, and Zhou Xuan wouldn’t bring it up either.

The only thing the original owner knew was that Zhou Yong and his wife were really selfish, and now she understood how much of a Voldemort his eldest daughter-in-law was.

"Mom, since it’s like this, you should stay out of it even more." With someone like Zhou Dajiang, he would definitely find someone else to take the blame.

"So I made a scene today and only gave a two-yuan red envelope. Rest assured, even if he expects us to show up, with Zhou Yong being such a calculating person, he will surely cry and fuss to prevent us from going."

"It’s perfect; we save ourselves the trouble. After all, it’s just two yuan, we can use it to buy some meat to eat instead."

Even if we go to the black market to buy meat, we can still buy a couple of slices. Don’t eat too happily, "and we won’t have to look at anyone’s faces."

"Right." Zhou Lina also thought the arrangement was pretty good, "They’ll have good food, and so will we."

"And considering how much dowry Uncle Zhou had to prepare for, how much money could he possibly have left?"

"You can tell that the wedding banquet’s dishes won’t be that great." Although there should be meat, the meat is likely to be shredded or something like that.

What’s more embarrassing is that there’s no guarantee they’ll be able to beat the Luo family members to the food, or if they eat a little more, they might get dirty looks.

The more Zhou Lina thought about it, the more excited she became, "When I get married, I don’t want to invite them either."

"Maybe just give two or three yuan, and then when a dozen people come to eat, the cash gifts they bring won’t even cover their food and drinks." They may be calculative, but Zhou Lina can be, too.

As an accountant, only by being more ruthless than them can she prevail.

After a brief discussion, the two continued to review documents and crunch numbers.

Zhang Shifen listened to the sound of the abacus, "Xiao Na, how much longer do you need to calculate?"

How much longer? Zhou Lina herself wasn’t sure. The one thing she knew was, "Unless I quit being a cost accountant, I reckon overtime is inevitable."

In an era without computers, everything depended on manual calculations, so in a large enterprise, excluding the financial staff of each workshop, there were at least twenty accountants in the finance department alone, with six or seven of them being cost accountants.

Even so, it was often not enough; everyone frequently needed to work overtime.

"It’s a good thing that data can be taken home. Otherwise, staying in the office to work overtime, sigh." Although busy at home, given the choice, Zhou Lina would rather do overtime at home.

Zhang Shifen was aware of the small factions within each department, "Actually, the finance department is considered one of the better ones."

"Accountant Xiao is quite assertive and has good professional standards, which is how she manages to keep quite a few people in check." Otherwise, with someone else, it’s really uncertain if the same effect could be achieved.

"By the way, has anyone bullied you?" Zhang Shifen had wanted to ask this before, but had never got around to it.

Bully her? "Who would bully me?" Zhou Lina laughed, "Mom, don’t worry, no one will bully me."

"Besides, these days I’ve been so busy doing accounts that I haven’t had time to get involved in their affairs."

Even though she had spent the entire month busy with data, she would still prick up her ears to listen to their conversations.

It was within these snippets of conversation that she quickly learned some information. Of course, some of it was just superficial, not a secret at all.

Some facts, which you needed to observe to discover, had also come to her attention.

Zhou Lina remained an outsider, with no intention of getting involved.