Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 335 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 35_1

Chapter 335: Chapter 335 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 35_1

Huang Dapeng was pushing his luggage when he arrived home again, and although it was still early, people in the apartment complex had already started making breakfast.

Seeing Huang Lei’s figure, everyone greeted her while trying to see what was in the basket.

However, to their surprise, there was something covering the basket this time, with a quilt pressing down on top.

Even though they were eager to know how much stuff Huang Lei had brought back, they couldn’t exactly lift the cover and peek inside.

After greeting everyone, Huang Lei, with Huang Dapeng who had already locked the car, carried the stuff upstairs together.

Huang Dapeng was carrying the rice, and Huang Lei had the basket on her back. Seeing how casually she carried it, the neighbors once again thought it couldn’t be that much.

They didn’t know the exact amount of what she brought, but they could guess there must be meat.

Zhao Ya had been waiting and waiting at home, pacing in circles, not daring to go down even as she saw their silhouettes from afar.

Upon catching sight of Huang Lei, she quickly took over the basket, only to be frightened by its weight again.

"So heavy, what did you buy?" Huang Dapeng nearly knew the weight of the items when he helped load them onto the rack earlier.

"I brought ten pounds of vegetable oil, and two smoked rabbits, three dried big fish."

"Ten pounds of meat."

"And some other odds and ends."

"Oh, and the dried shrimp I specially sun-dried this summer." During summer, there were plenty of dried shrimps, especially the little crayfish, which made Huang Lei very happy.

After boiling them in salt water, she peeled the tails and then dried them, a neat delicacy indeed.

Of course, there was also a hundred pounds of rice. To bring those fifty pounds of rice, Huang Lei didn’t pack any extra things, as she had clothes to change into at home anyway.

The old couple were quite shocked by the amount of things Huang Lei brought back, "Why bring so much stuff?"

Huang Lei listed the origins of the items one by one. Huang Dapeng always felt there was a catch, "You’re saying Zhao Aoran gave you two smoked rabbits just to find out how Fan Xiaofei is doing?"

It sounded so odd, "He couldn’t have fallen for you, could he?"

Zhao Ya was also quite curious inside, but she wouldn’t outright ask. Hearing Huang Dapeng say it so bluntly, the old lady was outright out of temper.

"How could that be, his standards are quite high." Zhao Aoran liking her? Sorry, Huang Lei genuinely hadn’t noticed.

Even if he really liked her this time, she didn’t have the slightest intent. In any case, it was absolutely impossible for her to fall for Zhao Aoran.

"Besides, when the time comes, I’ll also prepare some of grandpa’s delicious dishes for him." Huang Lei was not one without plans; she actually felt the gifts were a bit too much.

But that was not a problem, one could always return the favor. Huang Dapeng slapped his forehead, realizing, "Right, why didn’t I think of that."

"I’ll make some jerky, perfect for you to take to your roommates as well." As Huang Dapeng relaxed, he talked about some things he knew about Fan Xiaofei.

Huang Lei thought Huang Dapeng had made a special effort to find out; otherwise, how could he know so clearly?

"Find out what?" Huang Dapeng shook his head continuously, "The Fan family’s troubles, they’re not even worth inquiring about."

"Anyone mildly well-informed would know a bit or two." Thinking of the old Fan family and the current one, Huang Dapeng found it unbelievable.

"After Fan Xiaofei got married, his younger siblings thought they had a backer and started to show off."

When their family had fallen from grace, those who mocked them were certainly on their list for revenge, but the outcome was that they couldn’t outmatch their opponents.

Huang Lei had never interacted with Fan Xiaofei’s younger brothers and sisters, but the original host had, and they could really be described as unruly children.

After Fan Xiaofei became wealthy, even though the original host was Zhao Aoran’s wife and not a favored one, her treatment was still very poor.

Knowing these days how Fan Xiaofei’s siblings conducted themselves, she just snorted coldly, "Normal, if they weren’t causing trouble, then they wouldn’t be children of the Fan family."

"Fan Xiaofei might seem polite, but he is also arrogant."

While he was capable and could handle many things better than most people, Fan Xiaofei was indeed capable, but not to the extent of being exceptionally skilled.

It was just good fortune; as a youth he relied on his father, past thirty he relied on friends and his wife, and gradually built his fortune from there.

"How could Fan Xiaofei’s wife’s family put up with the Fan family, when part of the reason his father met with disaster was due to the behavior of his children."

They had offended some who should not have been offended, and instead of recognizing their children’s faults, they felt the fault lay with others’ children.

Offending one or two families might not be a big issue, but the problem was they offended too many, and when those families united, the Fan family stood no chance.

"If the Fan family couldn’t even handle those clans by themselves, how could they expect help from Fan Xiaofei’s Yue family in-laws?"

"If Fan Xiaofei wasn’t good-looking, chances are that no one would bother with him at all."

"Poor Fan Xiaofei, his brothers and sisters are so disobedient and unaware, yet he, the elder brother, is the one who ends up unlucky."

Exhausted, Fan Xiaofei returned home where recently a lot of problems had arisen at work, and no matter how he tried to deal with them, he just couldn’t solve any.

He wasn’t stupid, of course he knew the reasons; it was the dissatisfaction from the Yue family, and Fan Xiaofei himself was extremely dissatisfied with his younger siblings’ antics.

Knowing full well that he, as a son-in-law, had absolutely no status in the Yue family, they didn’t bring him any glory but instead kept causing him trouble.

At every Yue family gathering, relatives would mock both him and his wife. He didn’t care what those relatives said, but he couldn’t disregard his wife’s thoughts.

He couldn’t ignore his in-laws’ thoughts, nor could he ignore the thoughts of his wife’s older brother and the others.

He had brought this issue up with his family before, but each time they would invoke Mother Fan, who, at such times, would cry a variety of tears.

She would recount how Fan Xiaofei used to be reckless when Father Fan was still around, not knowing just how much happier he was than his siblings.

Then she would lament how Fan Xiaofei’s brothers and sisters had been looked down upon since the family’s misfortunes, and now, just as they were finally gaining some respect, Fan Xiaofei’s Yue family was unhappy about it.

She accused Fan Xiaofei of forgetting his mother after marrying and only caring about his own comfort, neglecting the welfare of his mother and siblings.

Every time Mother Fan cried like this, even though Fan Xiaofei knew there was a lot of exaggeration, he truly felt helpless; he was increasingly unable to go against her wishes.

Especially since the mother became much frailer after the eldest son married into another family, often crying and saying things implying her guilt toward Fan Xiaofei.

Upon hearing the door open, Fan Xiaofei’s wife immediately threw the object she had prepared at the newcomer.

Seeing that his wife’s complexion was not good, Fan Xiaofei knew the situation was very bad and was just about to explain,

but unexpectedly, he was hit on the head, and blood instantly flowed down, "You."

Fan Xiaofei was furious; although his wife had been angry before and yelled at him with the ferocity of a shrew, at least she had never resorted to physical violence.

But this time, she actually started hitting him; how could Fan Xiaofei not be dumbfounded? He didn’t understand how things had escalated to physical violence so suddenly.