Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 325 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 25_1

Chapter 325: Chapter 325 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 25_1

When people celebrate the Spring Festival, they usually visit relatives and friends to some extent, but in the Huang family, there was essentially no kin to visit.

Huang Dapeng and Zhao Ya were not locals; they had both come from other places. After their parents passed away, the contact with their family was pretty much cut off.

Huanglei’s mother was from this area, but ever since she passed away, Huanglei’s grandma family relatives, who had split the compensation with Huanglei, also completely lost contact.

Actually, Huang Dapeng had hoped that Huanglei could interact with her daughter-in-law’s relatives, so she could have siblings as her support.

But who could have known that once they took the money, they would act as if they didn’t have this daughter and granddaughter and never made contact again.

It was bad enough that there was no contact, but they even said that Huanglei was someone who would bring bad luck to her parents. Otherwise, why would her father fall ill, followed by her mother, and both met with misfortune before Huanglei even started kindergarten, if not for being jinxed?

This accusation nearly drove Huang Dapeng and his wife to their wit’s end. Losing their only son had already been the greatest sorrow for them, and all they wanted was to raise Huanglei.

To their disbelief, after receiving a sum of money, the in-laws dared to speak of Huanglei in such a manner. Huang Dapeng was so furious that he stormed to their house and made a huge scene.

He forced them to admit that they were lying and to stop spreading such words ever again, and of course, this also completely ruined their relationship.

Huang Dapeng used to feel a bit of regret, but after the confrontation, he didn’t feel any regret at all. Instead, he felt a sense of relief.

It was a good thing they had discovered the other side’s ugly true colors early on, which also fully motivated the elderly couple to pull themselves together.

Otherwise, if they continued to wallow in grief, their own health would have deteriorated, and once they were gone, Huanglei would have become the most pitiful orphan.

For that reason alone, Huang Dapeng had to be strong. In order not to let the neighbors look at Huanglei with all kinds of strange eyes, he even moved to another city to live.

After all, the city where they had been living was not their hometown, so moving was an easy decision.

On New Year’s Eve, the restaurant was closed, and after Huang Dapeng prepared lunch, he went straight home to prepare the reunion dinner.

Many chefs do not want to cook after getting home because they feel too tired, but not Huang Dapeng; he truly enjoyed cooking at home.

With Huang Dapeng’s efforts, a lavish reunion dinner was quickly ready.

Looking at the five sets of bowls and chopsticks on the table, "This time, Xiao Lei is going to be an educated youth, so she won’t be able to pay tribute to your dad."

They had moved to a different city, but it wasn’t too far from there. Huang Dapeng made time to visit and pay tribute to their son each year.

"It’s okay. In a few years, when things aren’t so tense, we’ll move mom and dad here."

In later times, this wouldn’t be an issue, but now, it was not a trivial matter. If someone were to report it, it would become a big deal.

"Okay," Huang Dapeng raised his glass, "I hope that in the new year, our whole family will be healthy."

"Right, be healthy. Grandpa and Grandma, you must stay healthy."

"Otherwise, I will be worried on the farm." The original owner indeed hoped that Huang Dapeng and his wife could enjoy their old age peacefully.

"We will," Huang Dapeng took a sip of his drink, "We haven’t seen you get married or become a mother. Your grandma and I would not be at ease."

They hoped to see Huanglei get married and have children so that when they passed on and met with their son and daughter-in-law, they could tell them how happy Huanglei was.

"As for that, there’s really no rush." Huanglei indicated that she was not considering marriage right now.

"Right, marrying off to a distant place is definitely not an option," Huang Dapeng was also worried about Huang Lei marrying off to the farm, "Xiao Lei, you must not marry far away."

"I won’t marry far away, I want to take care of you all."

"Speaking of which, if, and I say if, by any chance I can go to university, and later on get a job in another place, would you come with me?"

Huang Lei had plans to take the college entrance exams as soon as they were reinstated. Where she would live and work was an uncertainty, and she didn’t know if Huang Dapeng and his wife would be willing to go with them.

University education? Even though Huang Dapeng himself had only attended school for a few years, he held intellectuals in high regard and wished that someone from his family could become one.

Unfortunately, his only son was not cut out for academic pursuits and had to start learning cooking from him early on. When it was Huang Lei’s turn, she performed well in school, but unfortunately, the timing was wrong, and there were no longer any college entrance exams.

They had thought that Huang Lei wouldn’t have the opportunity to attend university, but unexpectedly, there appeared to be a possibility for her to do so.

How could this not excite Huang Dapeng, "Xiao Lei, did you say you could go to university?"

Seeing how excited Huang Dapeng was reminded her of the time the original host told the old couple that she was giving up on the college entrance exams and their disappointed faces.

They had been very eager to see her take the exams and become a university student.

"Maybe, right now they recommend students for university admission, and many don’t have great grades, and there’s a lot of back-door dealings."

"Things are relatively better here at the farm, but in some places, it’s really..." Huang Lei knew that even with a better environment at the farm, there was no chance she could get into university through a recommendation.

Huang Dapeng knew Huang Lei couldn’t get such a recommendation for university, and his expression inevitably dimmed.

Alright, compared to her, Huang Dapeng was even more hopeful about her attending university, "I think, maybe in the near future, the college entrance exams should be reinstated."

Huang Lei also believed that she could definitely get into university, "When the time comes, I’ll take the college entrance exams."

Reintroduction of the college entrance exams? Xiao Lei taking the college entrance exams? Huang Dapeng felt it was all so mystical.

In the past, during the era of the college entrance exams, only current high school graduates were allowed to participate. Could someone like Huang Lei, who graduated years ago, take the college entrance exams?

Although Huang Dapeng thought Huang Lei was daydreaming, seeing the hopeful look on her face, the old man could only swallow his words of discouragement.

"Okay, grandpa is waiting for Xiao Lei to go to university. Once you are in, no matter where you go, your grandma and I will follow you."

It was just the three of them in the family; if they didn’t follow Huang Lei, what else could they do?

Happy times always fly by quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was already the tenth day of the new lunar year. Today was also the day Huang Lei was to take a boat back to the farm.

That’s right, after coordination by the relevant department, this time they were going to the farm directly by ferry to the farm’s pier.

From now on, before the Spring Festival, a ship would be sent to pick up the educated youth and bring them home, and after the festival, another would send them back to the farm.

This made everyone ecstatic. By taking the boat, they could leave in the morning and arrive in the evening; if things went smoothly, they could even have dinner at the farm.

Zhao Ya, although reluctant to let Huang Lei go, also knew that keeping her in the city was not good for her. During the days the child had returned, the neighbors had often discussed the situation.

Huang Lei was also relieved; she could finally go back to the farm. After all, she had watched the elderly couple who raised the original host grow up. If she changed too drastically all of a sudden, it would only cause suspicion in the old couple.

Once she had spent a few years at the farm, any big changes down the line wouldn’t seem so unusual to the elderly couple.