Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 322 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 22_1

Chapter 322: Chapter 322 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 22_1

Huang Lei remembered that Huang Dapeng liked to eat pickled mud snails. The smell really wasn’t pleasant, but the old man enjoyed it.

"Do you know how to pickle them?" Huang Dapeng looked at Huang Lei skeptically. Although these weren’t considered valuable, pickling them well wasn’t an easy task.

"Someone on the farm knows how to pickle them, and they taste quite good. I wanted to buy some this time, but I didn’t have the equipment," Huang Lei certainly couldn’t pickle them herself, but that was okay, she could buy ready-made ones.

Huang Dapeng agreed right away, "Okay, I’ll take a look when the time comes."

In the kitchen, dealing with oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and sauces was a common affair. Getting some jars wasn’t too hard; the challenge was to find the right containers.

Huang Dapeng’s attention was now on the pork Huang Lei had bought. "This pork is really good, the bacon made from this belly pork will definitely be delicious."

Because he had taken the day off to meet Huang Lei, Huang Dapeng had a chance to cook a good meal for her.

Yes, that’s right, in the old man’s eyes, Huang Lei had really lost a lot of weight. It was clear that she had suffered hardships on the farm.

With someone cooking a delicious meal, Huang Lei certainly wouldn’t object, and she really wanted to taste Huang Dapeng’s cooking skills.

While Huang Dapeng took charge of the kitchen, Huang Lei went to freshen up herself. Even though she had only sat on the train for a day, she was still tired.

After getting cleaned up, Huang Lei stood at the kitchen doorway and recounted everything that had happened on the farm and involved her.

"Wang Nan is not without a salary, why is she always crying poor in front of you?" Zhao Ya was quite unhappy.

Huang Dapeng hummed in agreement, "Her brother and sister-in-law both have jobs and get salaries, what’s so hard for them?"

"Besides, if she thinks they have it tough, shouldn’t she be the one to save money to give to her brother and sister-in-law?"

"Instead, she keeps eating and eating without saving a penny and then accuses you of spending too much without knowing how to save."

Huang Dapeng felt very unhappy upon hearing Wang Nan’s accusations against Huang Lei.

"I’ve really never seen such shameless people."

"Stay away from her in the future," Huang Dapeng said indignantly. "It’s not like you eat her food, drink her water, or use her things."

"Why should she say you spend too much?"

"By the way, she didn’t say anything about you buying so much?" Huang Dapeng felt that, given Wang Nan’s personality, seeing Huang Lei buying so many things, she couldn’t possibly have kept quiet.

"She did mention her two sisters-in-law are about to give birth soon. I congratulated her on becoming an aunt and her family’s prosperity," Huang Lei responded.

"Grandpa, don’t worry, I’m not foolish, and it’s not my own nephew, just a friend’s nephew."

"Maybe I’m not even really friends with her, maybe it’s just about taking advantage."

"If we were real friends, she wouldn’t have let me eat steamed buns and dry food while the three of them feasted in the dining car."

"She always said she would bring me food, but I never saw any food. The excuse was always that Zhao Aoran wouldn’t let her bring it."

"Seriously, such an excuse is really lame, it would be more believable if she said the food was too delicious and they ate it all."

"Zhao Aoran always listens to her, if she insisted, could he possibly disagree?"

Huang Lei proudly stated, "I really know she just wants to take advantage of me."

Huang Dapeng looked at the proud Huang Lei and felt a deep sense of pride. Although there were only two of them, a husband and wife, since he was a chef, supporting a family of three wasn’t a problem.

He wasn’t really concerned about the financial scheming; after all, it was just petty stuff.

What mattered to him was that Huang Lei shouldn’t always be taken advantage of and keep paying ’tuition fees’.

Seeing Huang Lei’s progress made the old man very gratified. "By the way, girl, have you considered returning to the city?"

Since his child had already realized that Wang Nan couldn’t be considered a friend, there was no need to stay on the farm.

Whether to return to the city or stay and work on the farm, Huang Lei was a bit uncertain.

Staying on the farm meant busy days, but there weren’t so many troublesome issues.

If she stayed in the city, she could take care of the two elderly and wouldn’t need to work the fields.

There really were pros and cons to each option. "If I stay in the city, are there any suitable jobs?" She first wanted to see if there were any appropriate job opportunities.

If she found a decent job, then it was worth considering staying in the city.

"Right now, there are no suitable jobs," Huang Dapeng shook his head, "The better jobs are really very competitive."

"Then I’ll continue on the farm. Although it’s tiring, with the heavy machinery, it’s not so exhausting."

"I can also barter for things."

"Right, Grandpa, I plan to buy a clay pot to take back," Huang Lei remembered something.

A clay pot? "Are you planning to make your own soup?" Otherwise, she wouldn’t need it.

Huang Lei hummed in agreement, "Yes, we’re going to see if we can barter for a stove, and if not, we plan to build a brick stove ourselves."

Even though there was a cafeteria, which spared them from cooking after work, the cafeteria food, when eaten too often, was bland, "It’s always the same dishes without much variation."

Even the tastiest meals couldn’t withstand being eaten continuously, "The cafeteria food is just cooked enough to be edible."

As for the taste, one really shouldn’t expect too much.

"Sometimes kids go fishing over there, and I was thinking if I had a pot, I could make fish soup." Even if it’s just for the soup, the nutritional value would be great.

"Sure," Huang Dapeng thought for a moment, "One won’t be enough. I’ll see if I can barter for a few more, so you can alternate between them."

Clay pots are indeed easily damaged, so having spares to use would be useful.

"Okay," Huang Lei didn’t decline the offer.

Huang Lei brought back plenty of vegetables, and Huang Dapeng quickly finished preparing lunch, "Xiao Lei, will you rest this afternoon?"

Huang Lei hummed in agreement, "Yes, I’ll rest well today, and tomorrow I’ll start shopping for New Year goods with Grandma."

Even though the market supply increases a lot as the Spring Festival approaches, it’s still necessary to line up early in the morning.

Before the original host went to be a sent-down youth, she would accompany the old lady to shop for New Year goods at this time of year.

"By the way, Grandma, I mailed a package a few days ago. It has peanuts and soybeans."

"And sunflower seeds, the raw kind." It’s not that she didn’t want to buy ready-to-eat sunflower seeds, but she was worried they might go bad.

This made the old lady very happy, "The New Year goods this year will certainly be abundant."

"If we have a lot of peanuts, we can barter with others later," the old lady started thinking about who to barter with.

The goods were purchased, but how to allocate them was not Huang Lei’s concern; those were the old lady’s worries.

Huang Dapeng was also in good spirits, his children were really understanding.

"If we have a lot of meat, I’ll make some dried meat for you to take," Huang Dapeng considered the amount of meat and thought it was feasible to make dried meat.

"Okay," Huang Lei was just thinking about what to give Zhao Aoran as a gift.

Having dried meat was of course the best, "I’ll give some to Zhao Aoran to thank him for his help."

Huang Dapeng hummed in agreement, "Right, we can’t owe favors."

Such minor matters shouldn’t incur an obligation. If one could repay a favor sooner, it’s better not to delay.