Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 346: Unlucky Female Educated Youth 46_1

Chapter 346: Chapter 346: Unlucky Female Educated Youth 46_1

Huang Lei knew there had already been some changes at the cowshed but she didn’t know how many people were aware of it; she had only mentioned it to Zhao Aoran once.

She never brought up the topic afterward because new people arrived for re-education through labor.

Zhao Aoran himself could not understand what was going on, whether the situation was getting better or not, and he didn’t bring it up again either.

When Huang Lei received a letter from home and saw its contents, she was startled.

The original Huang Dapeng never considered changing jobs, and had planned to work in the restaurant until retirement.

Yet this time, the old man had taken the initiative to change jobs and had settled everything before notifying her.

What surprised her even more was that the old man’s new workplace was the guesthouse at the big compound.

Although it was just a guesthouse, which might seem a step down, Huang Lei knew it actually brought Huang Dapeng into the protective circle of the big compound.

The big compound and the social circle of the Zhu Family were entirely different, and the Zhu Family wouldn’t go out of their way to trouble Huang Dapeng over some so-called face.

Huang Lei was curious, Huang Dapeng’s cooking skills were good, and many people sought him out, but it didn’t seem likely that he had any connection with the big compound, did it?

But if there was no connection, how did he manage to change jobs so quickly and smoothly?

It would require not only the big compound’s willingness to take him on, but also his current employer’s agreement to let him go.

As a star chef of a state-owned restaurant and a treasured asset, was it really that easy to change jobs?

Huang Lei really had all sorts of puzzles, and she was very confused.

But confused as she was, she knew she wouldn’t learn the details through letters, and after considering taking leave to go back home, she decided against it.

If it were necessary, Huang Dapeng would have mentioned it in his letters, but since he never did, it meant they did not want her to return.

Huang Lei also didn’t think of discussing the matter with others, after all, it was a family affair, and something for Huang Dapeng to handle while she continued her life as an educated youth on the farm.

Wang Nan was furious enough to vomit blood when she learned from a letter mailed by Fan Xiaofei that Huang Dapeng had gone to work as a head chef at the big compound’s guesthouse, and that he was connected to someone of high status within it.

In Wang Nan’s eyes, this was proof that Huang Lei never truly considered her a friend, otherwise, she should have spoken to her about such matters long ago.

If she had known about her connection to the big compound, couldn’t Huang Lei, as her friend, have offered help when Fan Xiaofei’s family faced trouble?

Wang Nan stormed off to confront Huang Lei, "Huang Lei, you’ve really gone too far, why didn’t you tell me your family had connections in the big compound?"

Those dining around them all turned their gaze upon Huang Lei, with some beginning to wonder.

Having connections with the big compound was something people could potentially use to their advantage; entering the big compound was a big deal these days.

What? Her family had connections with the big compound? Huang Lei was genuinely baffled. "You’re saying my family has connections with the big compound?"

"I really don’t know what you’re talking about," Huang Lei really wasn’t sure, uncertain whether what Wang Nan said was true or false.

But seeing the other person’s manner, no matter what, she absolutely couldn’t admit it.

Otherwise, that person, with jealousy and hate written all over her face, would surely make things difficult for her, something even a fool could see.

"Fan Xiaofei wrote to me, saying your grandfather knows someone in the big compound, and that’s how he got the job at the guesthouse."

She had come to confront Huang Lei, and yet Huang Lei still refused to admit it, how could this not drive her crazy with anger.

She had intended to spare Huang Lei some dignity, but now, why bother holding back any longer?

"Don’t tell me you didn’t know about your grandpa changing jobs." She definitely didn’t believe that.

"Of course I knew my grandpa changed jobs, but it’s not because my grandpa’s cooking skills are well-known to many."

"Also, did Fan Xiaofei not tell you why my grandpa changed jobs? During Spring Festival, my grandpa offended Fan Xiaofei Comrade’s Yue family and the Zhu Family."

"My grandpa changed jobs because he had no other choice."

There are many people surnamed Zhu, but the Zhu family that could force Huang Lei’s grandpa to switch jobs, and also being Fan Xiaofei’s Yue family’s Zhu family, must be that one.

Suddenly, those who had been somewhat tempted to pursue her quenched the idea; they wanted a wife who could be an asset, not one who might bring trouble to their own family.

Huang Lei had no idea that her words had averted a significant problem.

What Huang Lei was curious about was, "Although you once had something with Fan Xiaofei, you’ve long since broken up with him."

"Fan Xiaofei has been a live-in son-in-law for a year now, right? You guys haven’t kept in touch, have you?" Huang Lei looked at Wang Nan with suspicion,

"Right, Fan Xiaofei has been married for so long and still has no children. The woman went to the hospital for an exam and they said there was nothing wrong with her body."

"This..." Huang Lei of course knew Fan Xiaofei didn’t have any problems; in a previous life, he had fathered two children with Wang Nan.

But that didn’t stop her from bringing it up now just to disgust Fan Xiaofei a bit, "It’s lucky you didn’t end up with Fan Xiaofei, otherwise..."

Many present of course knew that Wang Nan had been with Fan Xiaofei, but since someone was already married, they wouldn’t bring it up.

Nobody expected that Fan Xiaofei still kept in contact with Wang Nan.

Wang Nan didn’t expect the conversation to quickly come back to her again, much less that it would reconnect her with Fan Xiaofei.

Although she still had feelings for Fan Xiaofei, she wasn’t foolish; she knew she couldn’t be associated with him.

Otherwise, that pig from the Zhu family wouldn’t know how to vent his anger and how he might make things difficult for Fan Xiaofei.

If her life was tough, Fan Xiaofei’s life would be tough, too. For a better future for both of them, they must restrain themselves over and over again.

"Then you, did you mention anything about this to Zhao Aoran?" Wang Nan said furiously.

Hmph, don’t think she didn’t know about Huang Lei’s close relationship with Zhao Aoran. Usually when he got something tasty, he wouldn’t share with her, but he’d definitely share with Huang Lei.

Such a relationship, if there wasn’t a slight issue, that in itself would be an issue.

Zhao Aoran didn’t know about Huang Lei’s grandpa changing jobs and happened to overhear the last part, "What are you saying to me?"

"My grandpa changed jobs a while ago, he’s now working at the big courtyard’s guesthouse," said Huang Lei very calmly.

What, all this fuss about that? Zhao Aoran looked puzzled, "Why should I know about Huang Lei’s grandpa changing jobs?"

"Where he works has nothing to do with me."

In his heart, Zhao Aoran was actually quite baffled; how Huang Dapeng ended up working at the big courtyard’s guesthouse was beyond him.

Though both jobs involve being a chef, the nature of the work is utterly different. Usually, it takes more than cooking skills to get a job at the big courtyard’s guesthouse.

Especially in recent years, everyone thinks the best thing, if possible, is to work in the big courtyard.

After all, it’s too chaotic outside. But if someone gets to work at the big courtyard’s guesthouse, it means they are capable. Zhao Aoran didn’t think that Huang Lei necessarily had to tell him about it.