Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 319 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 19_1

Chapter 319: Chapter 319 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 19_1

Huang Lei had no idea what was going on in Fan Xiaofei’s mind; all she could think about, sitting in the bed of the truck, was how cold she was.

Even though a tarpaulin had been thrown over to keep out the rain, it fluttered constantly once the truck began to move, and the wind kept pouring in.

Although she stood in a nice spot where she didn’t have to jostle with others, she couldn’t withstand the bitterly cold wind that was truly overwhelming.

She had made ample preparations, wrapping herself in a heavy cotton-padded coat, but even so, she felt almost defeated by the cold.

Zhang Xia and Han Qian were also miserably cold. "I think the next time we go home for the Spring Festival, we should bring a quilt," said one.

Huang Lei nodded repeatedly, "Right, right, right."

She had seen some of the older educated youth bring quilts before and had wondered if it was because they lacked them at home.

Now they understood, the most crucial thing was to keep from freezing in the truck.

After enduring an hour of the frigid wind, by the time the truck came to a stop, Huang Lei felt as if she could not walk.

As she was getting off the truck, she nearly fell, but Zhao Aoran, who had been helping others down, quickly grabbed her, "Careful."

It was Zhao Aoran again. Huang Lei kept thanking him, "Thank you."

"It’s nothing. Be careful, and take your time, there’s still a while," Zhao Aoran advised as he carefully helped someone else.

Huang Lei took his advice to heart this time; they had arrived at the station and there really was no need to rush, with over an hour left before the train’s departure.

After warming up a bit, she and Zhang Xia, along with Han Qian, entered the waiting hall together.

They knew these days marked everyone’s return journey, but did not expect the small waiting hall to be absolutely packed with people.

Huang Lei gasped at the sight of the dense crowd, "Let’s head to the ticket inspection gate first."

The educated youth came from different places and were catching different trains, so Huang Lei wanted to get to the checkpoint early and wait there.

Zhang Xia and Han Qian nodded in agreement. "I heard that next year, they might arrange for us to be picked up and dropped off by ship."

Someone on the truck had mentioned this earlier. "If we really can take a ship, I’m choosing the ship," said one.

With a river alongside the farm, it was convenient for transporting goods and now could facilitate the transport of people as well.

Several neighboring cities arranged ship transport for the educated youth, making management easier and reducing the strain on the railway.

Huang Lei couldn’t help but nod, "Exactly, if there’s a ship, I’d also like to take it."

"Great, shall we do it together next time?" Han Qian felt the three of them got along well.

"No problem." They had been on a day and night train ride, and a boat trip would take about the same amount of time. By then, their food supplies would be nearly the same, and they wouldn’t have to worry about envy from others.

"No problem," they said.

They knew that when the time came for the return journey, arrangements would be made, and all they had to do was to follow the instructions.

Huang Lei knew that after this Spring Festival holiday, they would be returning to the farm by boat. Although the journey would take longer than the train, it would at least bring them directly to the farm.

Of course, the original host had simply followed Wang Nan and others, neglecting the actual experience, which frankly wasn’t good.

Anyway, she and Wang Nan had more or less fallen out and didn’t need to travel together.

The only concern was whether a certain thick-skinned person might seek her out again.

Zhao Aoran, this shameless admirer, was no longer hanging out with Wang Nan. Just now, when she got off the truck, she noticed that Wang Nan and Fan Xiaofei were not on this vehicle.

It was unclear whether they had caught one of the later buses, and if they hadn’t, they really would miss this train.

Huang Lei thought about it briefly; as for whether or not they caught the train, she didn’t care too much.

At that moment, she began to regret, "I really should have brought a quilt with me."

"Sitting on the train, at least we can cover ourselves with something." Despite the overcrowding, it wasn’t too cold in the carriage, but if one wanted to rest, it would still feel chilly.

Zhang Xia let out a resigned sigh, "I hope it’s not cold on the train."

"Forget it, once we get on the train it’s going to be full of baskets, people, and luggage, how can you even think about resting?" Han Qian knew just by looking at everyone with their large and small bags that this trip home was not going to be comfortable.

Ah, that’s right, how could she have forgotten? The original owner’s memory of this trip home was indeed a real ordeal.

"I hope we’ll have somewhere to put our luggage once we get there," Huang Lei could only pray continuously.

Huang Lei’s wishful thinking was nice, but reality was cruel. By the time the three of them managed to squeeze onto the train, the aisle and under the seats were already full of stuff, and it took a lot of effort just to get to their spots.

After some maneuvering, they finally managed to settle all three of their pieces of luggage, with help from a kind-hearted person during the process.

"Thank you..." Lifting her head to express her gratitude sincerely, she was astonished to find it was Zhao Aoran again.

She couldn’t help but laugh, "Thank you so much for today, I don’t know how many times we’ve bothered you."

"It’s nothing, just happened to lend a hand," Zhao Aoran said indifferently, "Besides, once the three of you are settled, I can rest too."

This time the three of them were sitting face to face, with Zhao Aoran right next to Huang Lei.

If it wasn’t for the fact that she obtained the tickets, and it was she who distributed them back at the dormitory, everyone would have thought Zhao Aoran had a hand in this.

Han Qian and Zhang Xia were quite surprised as well, but they quickly came to grips with the situation.

Once Huang Lei and the others had stowed their luggage and caught their breaths, she looked out of the train window.

There wasn’t much time left before the train would depart, and there were still people sprinting towards it.

Suddenly, she caught sight of two familiar figures—it was Wang Nan and Fan Xiaofei.

"So, they took that truck." If they had missed it by just two or three trucks, they shouldn’t have had to rush so much, right?

Wang Nan was running breathlessly, and Fan Xiaofei wasn’t in much better shape.

At this moment, he really felt like cursing. Although it was late when they got to the station, they should have gone straight in.

But just then, Wang Nan suddenly spotted something in a nearby store—something she insisted she had to buy as a gift for her father.

With little time to spare, she had to pick and choose, really delaying them. At one point, he truly wanted to leave Wang Nan behind and enter the train station by himself.

Yet, he couldn’t bring himself to do it, which resulted in their current disheveled state.

Wang Nan, having run all the way with Fan Xiaofei, was also full of complaints. She really hadn’t expected the shopping to delay them so much.

She didn’t want this either—she wanted to go home too. Really, it was infuriating that he was giving her looks.

If it wasn’t for him, she wouldn’t have bothered coming here and never would have suffered like this.

Fan Xiaofei turned to see that Wang Nan had stopped running, "Hurry up, hurry up."

"Just get into a carriage," not caring whether it was theirs, the main thing was to get on the train first.

Otherwise, if the train started moving, they would miss it.

Exactly, Wang Nan thought as she entered the nearby carriage, intending to later make her way slowly to their own.

It must be said that their thinking wasn’t wrong—it ensured they wouldn’t miss the train, but here’s the problem: it was during the Spring Festival travel rush, and there were tons of people and luggage.

Moving through the inside of the train to reach their carriage was not going to be an easy task at all.

After boarding the train, Wang Nan saw the jam-packed aisles full of belongings and her mouth fell open in disbelief.

If she had no luggage, she might have been able to make it to her carriage, but under these circumstances, it was going to be extremely difficult.

Fan Xiaofei, who ran faster, barely made it into a carriage before the train started moving.