Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 274 True or False First Love 74_1

Chapter 274: Chapter 274 True or False First Love 74_1

Zhang Shifen thought of Zhou Juan who had already been a sent-down youth in the Great Northwest for over a year, "Do you still keep in contact with Zhou Juan?"

"Yes." Ever since Zhou Juan went to the Great Northwest to become a sent-down youth, she would write letters to her.

Although they weren’t frequent, one letter every two or three months, in Zhou Lina’s eyes, it was still quite surprising.

Before their falling out, they were good sisters, good friends; it was perfectly normal for Zhou Juan to write her letters.

But who didn’t know that Zhou Juan’s decision to become a sent-down youth, especially to the Northwest, had Zhou Lina’s hand in it?

Any other person would have severed ties with her; writing letters would be utterly impossible.

And yet, Zhou Juan continued to write her letters without fail, which Zhang Shifen really couldn’t understand, "Telling you how hard she has it over there, what for?"

"To give you the chance to mock her?" Otherwise, why complain through letters.

As for that, Zhou Lina initially couldn’t understand either. Their relationship was so toxic, yet Zhou Juan still insisted on sharing the worst and most unbearable aspects with her.

Zhou Lina also thought long and hard, "I don’t really know if that’s the reason."

"I just feel she probably wants to vent. In the Great Northwest, who can she complain to?"

"Zheng Weijian, that playboy, won’t even help her with work. There’s farm labor to be done, otherwise, there are no work points."

"When she gets home, she has to take care of all the household chores, go out to gather firewood, and fetch water."

Zhou Lina truly couldn’t understand why, knowing full well what kind of person Zheng Weijian was, Zhou Juan still chose to marry him.

It truly wasn’t worth it; it felt less like a marriage and more like taking on an ancestor to take care of.

"Maybe she wanted to let me know that she has it bad in the Great Northwest, to cool my anger." Zhou Lina felt this was probably one of the reasons.

"So have you cooled down?" Zhou Xuan asked softly.

Had she cooled down? Zhou Lina let out a long sigh. The person who needed to calm down was no longer there; as the mission bearer, she had no right to make any decisions for the original host.

"It’s not a matter of cooling down or not."

"I am lucky that I discovered their trickery. If I hadn’t, and foolishly signed up to be a sent-down youth..."

"I probably would have gone to the Great Northwest, too. What if I ended up in a village with poor conditions? What if I met the wrong people there?"

"My entire life would be ruined there; would that be right?"

"If they hadn’t schemed against me, then they would have signed up later, and they probably would have gone to the Northeast."

"Of course, they might have also ended up in the Southwest, perhaps also struggling there."

Life is full of ups and downs; it all depends on what each person thinks.

"Of course, that fool Zheng Weijian probably wouldn’t have followed to become a sent-down youth. His family would have found him a job."

In her previous life, the Zheng Family did indeed find Zheng Weijian a job, and though it wasn’t great, at least he had one. It was better than being a sent-down youth in the Great Northwest.

"So it’s not about cooling down or not, it’s more like retribution." Of course, it was her scheming that led to Zhou Juan and the others facing such retribution.

"Besides, the Old Zheng Family is really something. Knowing full well that Zheng Weijian is having a hard time there, knowing that Zhou Juan had two miscarriages."

Zhou Lina wasn’t at all surprised that Zhou Juan could become pregnant; they were a married couple capable of having children, so it was normal for them to have kids.

What she hadn’t expected was that Zhou Juan would miscarry twice, failing to keep the pregnancies. It must have greatly affected her health.

Any average person, knowing their son and daughter-in-law were having such a rough time far away, would definitely try every possible way to have their precious child returned to them.

But as it turned out, Zheng Weijian’s father showed no signs of letting his son take over the business, and as for inquiring about available jobs to transfer to, that was out of the question.

Zhou Lina really couldn’t understand the couple’s actions; it seemed to her that since their son refused to obey, they were determined to make him suffer greatly.

"Having multiple miscarriages is not good for your health." The harm caused to women’s bodies by miscarriages is even greater.

"Especially in the Northwest." People of average health can barely survive there, not to mention those who haven’t properly recuperated from a miscarriage; one can imagine their health is likely not good.

"Knowing full well that her health is poor, she doesn’t seem to understand..." Zhang Shifen started to say something, then remembered Zhou Lina and Zhou Xuan were still present.

"She doesn’t seem to understand the importance of taking care of her health."

"Maybe she thought that by having a miscarriage, she could win the pity of Zheng Weijian’s parents, and they would find a way to bring them back to the city."

Zhou Lina didn’t believe someone so calculating could really be that foolish.

The first time could be considered an oversight, but there was no reason why, having suffered once, she would make the same mistake a second time.

Zhou Lina felt that this was probably the outcome Zhou Juan had intended, but no matter how she calculated, the Zheng Family made no move.

Even though Zhang Shifen had just expressed a bit of sympathy, her pity for Zhou Juan was only slight.

As soon as she remembered what Zhou Juan had done to Zhou Lina, she really couldn’t bring herself to feel sorry for her.

She snorted coldly, "Doesn’t she think, with so many miscarriages, whether her body can still be in good condition?"

"Miscarriages have a huge impact on one’s health, but if taken care of properly, one can recover somewhat."

"Yet she didn’t rest properly, didn’t get the right nutrition, and on top of that, she went to do field work."

Zhang Shifen just wanted to say, "Isn’t this person just courting death?"

"Isn’t she supposed to be someone who is calculating? Doesn’t she ever think that if she keeps miscarrying and her health deteriorates, she may become infertile?"

"And being the only son in Zheng Weijian’s family, if his parents find out she can’t have children, how would they choose?"

"Before she left, she had an unpleasant breakup with Zhou Dahai’s family, and the marriage was nothing but a letter informing them."

Zhang Shifen had inquired, and it seemed that Zhou Dahai’s family did receive the letter, but they showed no reaction and acted as if they were unaware of the matter.

It was clear that they wanted nothing to do with it; if the benefits were sufficient, Zhou Dahai’s family would certainly become the most reliable and dependable backers.

But if not enough benefits were offered, to count on them to take action was sheer fantasy; it wasn’t even worth thinking about.

"Is Zheng Weijian the kind of guy who dotes on his wife?" Zhang Shifen knew that if a man loved you, even if he were clumsy, at least he could provide some help.

"If he can’t do fieldwork, can’t he at least gather firewood?"

"Can’t he carry water? Aren’t these jobs for men?"

"As soon as he gets home, he complains he’s tired, then waits for a ready-made meal, and then nitpicks and complains about everything that’s not done right."

Zhang Shifen was really angry, "They’re truly spoiling him."

"Just wait until Zhou Juan can no longer get pregnant, don’t expect that Zheng Weijian will remember her sacrifices."

"Maybe under his parents’ instigation, if he feels he must have a child, he might use her inability to conceive as a reason to file for divorce."

"By then, she will have a hard time not divorcing." Everyone in the entire factory knows that Old Zheng’s family has only this one precious son, and once he’s married, they’ll certainly expect his spouse to bear a son.

Having married such a wife, it’s inevitable that there will be disputes, and as for Zheng Weijian, who also expects his family to allow him to live a good life, it’s obvious whose side he will take.