Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 306 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 6_1

Chapter 306: Chapter 306 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 6_1

Huang Lei, back in the dormitory, took out a little notebook and recorded all of her expenses for the day.

Her bed was connected to Zhang Xia’s, who noticed her writing and said, "You actually keep track of your expenses?"

"Yeah, only this way can you know where the money went every month."

"If you overspend, you can save up the next month." That was the only way she could better understand how much money Wang Nan was taking from her.

When Qian Lina heard what Huang Lei said, her eyes blinked, "Seeing you buy a cabinet and a water bucket today, so generous, I didn’t expect you to keep accounts."

Although she didn’t know the situation of her roommates, Qian Lina knew that at least three of them were rich, especially Huang Lei, who bought not only a cabinet but also a water bucket.

"Being generous and keeping accounts are two different things," Huang Lei put away the notebook. "Though the cabinet and bucket seem expensive, they can be used for many years."

"Whether it’s for clothes or daily necessities, everything can be stored and locked up. Definitely safe and secure."

She didn’t care whether her words made them comfortable; she just said what she thought.

It had to be said that once she spoke out, someone did feel uncomfortable. Even though they were uneasy inside, they couldn’t complain.

Like Qian Lina, for instance, who was considering the possibility of helping each other out later on.

Zhang Xia thought about it too. With eight people under one roof, everyone would inevitably encounter all sorts of things and people. It was better to be cautious from the start.

What they didn’t expect was that Huang Lei, who seemed easy to bully, really wasn’t as harmless as she appeared.

Huang Lei yawned and decided to rest some more. After all, once work started, it would be nothing but exhaustion.

More rest was good for the body, and facing seven people in the room, she didn’t know what to say.

At present, it seemed as if her roommates were pretty good, but as for the real situation, who knew?

When Zhang Xia saw that Huang Lei was already lying down to rest, she too yawned and lay down. Starting tomorrow, they would have to start working, not knowing how exhausting the work would be.

Some people followed suit and lay down, while others wanted to look around the area, so they went for a walk nearby.

At this moment, Wang Nan and two others had arrived at the county supply and marketing cooperative, only to find there wasn’t much left. Regrettably, the electric kettles they needed were gone.

Zhao Aoran’s expression immediately fell, "Really, if we hadn’t gone looking for Huang Lei, we wouldn’t have been so late."

"The electric kettles were gone yesterday." Someone passing by commented, "The last group that came by car yesterday all went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things."

"They bought almost everything."

"Some who came later couldn’t get anything."

This person was full of regret, "I might as well have returned later." It wasn’t as if they weren’t being taken back to the farm, and it wasn’t as if there was no food or housing available.

Now, well, everything was already gone. Sigh.

What? Things were already gone yesterday? Wang Nan and the others were stunned. Could goods be that scarce?

Zhao Aoran couldn’t hold back, "How much did they actually buy?"

Otherwise, how could they have emptied a supply and marketing cooperative? It was really hard to see that everyone had quite a bit of money.

"It’s not about how much they bought, but the supply and marketing cooperative in the county didn’t have much to begin with," someone else continued.

"So what do we do now?" Wang Nan was anxious. They hadn’t managed to buy the stuff, especially the electric kettle. How would they get hot water now?

"Go to the city area." An old lady who had come to the supply and marketing cooperative, seeing their looks, knew they must be fresh "educated youth" and offered a suggestion.

Go to the city area? Zhao Aoran thought for a moment, asked how to get to the city area, "Should we go to the city area?"

Some people who hadn’t managed to buy their items decided on the spot to head to the city area’s supply and marketing cooperative. Today they were allowed to rest, but when their next rest would come was uncertain.

Just as they arrived in the city area and were about to ask for directions to the supply and marketing cooperative, they saw many people lugging big and small packages.

Wang Nan’s heart sank. Intuition told her they were probably too late again.

And as she feared, as soon as they started asking around, someone blurted out, "Electric kettles? The supply and marketing cooperative and department stores in the city area don’t have any left."

Then they rattled off a long list of items that were out of stock. Wang Nan’s heart felt a chill. What to do?

With no electric kettles, basins for washing faces and feet all gone, how would they manage?

Wang Nan couldn’t help but resent Huang Lei. Why hadn’t she bought everything for her yesterday?

If they had made the bus yesterday together, they wouldn’t have been delayed today looking for her and could have easily bought everything in the city area.

Now, well, they had nothing they wanted. Everything was gone.

Fan Xiaofei heard that even the supply and marketing cooperative and department store had nothing left, and he was actually quite happy inside.

Wang Nan, in order to come here with him as an "educated youth," had almost fallen out with her family. She didn’t have much money or coupons on her.

If she needed to buy something, it was either Huang Lei paying with money and coupons on one end, or Zhao Aoran footing the bill.

Too bad Huang Lei had already finished buying her things, and had spent almost all her money and coupons. She was unable to help Wang Nan.

It was only Zhao Aoran who was able to help, a scene Fan Xiaofei least liked to see.

In another two months, no, once they were paid, he would be able to buy things for Wang Nan.

Despite people saying there was nothing left in the supply and marketing cooperative or the stores, the newly arrived group discussed briefly and decided they should still go and see for themselves.

Maybe there were some items that had been missed. It was very possible.

The rest had the same thought, since they had already made it to the city area, it was worth taking a look.

The person who notified them could only shake their heads and then wait for a bus to return to the county.

After all, once back in the county, they would still have to walk over ten kilometers back to the farm, and just the thought of it was tiring.

Wang Nan and the others weren’t thinking that far ahead though; all they had in their minds was buying things.

In the end, after visiting several supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores, they had to admit there really wasn’t anything they wanted.

The helpless trio could only drag their tired bodies back, fortunate to catch the last bus back to the county.

When they were jolted all the way back to the county and the sky had already darkened, it was after six o’clock.

Only then did the three of them remember a crucial issue, "We, we actually have to walk back?"

"Did it take us two hours to walk here?"

Even Zhao Aoran and Fan Xiaofei, the two men, looked pale. Most importantly, they had last eaten around noon, and now they were hungry. How could they walk back?

Zhao Aoran patted his pocket, "Let’s go eat something before heading back."

But when they reached the state-run restaurant, they discovered it was about to close. It was only after Wang Nan pleaded with them that the chef grumpily made three bowls of plain noodle soup.

It really tasted of plain water, utterly flavorless. Zhao Aoran almost couldn’t hold back his complaint but was pulled back down by Wang Nan.