Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 493 - 494 Sister Flowers Educated Youth 11_1

Chapter 493: Chapter 494 Sister Flowers Educated Youth 11_1

Leaning on Lady Shen Li, "Granny, you must live to see me get married and have children."

"You said before that you would help me take care of my children."

"And you have to drink to my child’s wedding joy."

"Granny, you promised me."

Lady Shen Li certainly remembered, "Alright, I definitely will wait for Xiao Jie to get married. I will also help you to scrutinize."

Whether it’s taking a wife or getting married, one needs to be cautious and thoroughly investigate the other party.

"Once you get there, don’t just feel that someone is nice because of some small kindnesses. If someone says they like you, it doesn’t mean you should like them back."

"I wouldn’t do that." Just making promises is useless, "I still want to come back. Even if Mom gives me her job, I can’t return to the city if I get married."

"Granny, rest assured, if I really get married, I will definitely let you scrutinize properly."

Shen Jie wrapped her arms around Lady Shen Li’s arm, "I don’t know if I’ll be able to find ginseng once I get there."

Ginseng from the Northeast, ah, that is indeed a fine thing, but it’s uncertain whether I’ll have such luck.

"If I can gather some, I’ll save it for Granny." Although it could be sold to the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, it really wouldn’t fetch a good price.

"Alright." Lady Shen Li didn’t believe that ginseng was easy to come by for them, but knowing that her precious granddaughter remembered her brought her great joy.

All three children were personally raised by the old lady, who knew their temperaments well. None of them were kids who would say nice things just to make others happy.

Especially Xiao Jie, a reticent child, yet aware of every family member’s needs, who took good care of everyone.

If she had to choose anyone she couldn’t rest easy about, it would be Shen Jie.

"Go to sleep. Rest well these next few days, because once you get to the Northeast, you’ll start to get busy, and you might not have time to rest."

The old lady, thinking of her beloved granddaughter going to work in the fields, really found it hard to let go.

"Alright, Granny, you must take good care of yourself when I’m not here."

"Let Dad do the strenuous physical work. Even though he often sits in the office, he is at least in better condition than you, an old lady."

"Even though all three of them work, you too are busy at home, Granny."

"Granny, I’ll be earning a salary soon, so you don’t need to take on extra work from the neighborhood."

Although making paper boxes was profitable, maintaining that posture for too long was truly exhausting.

"I’ll send some mushrooms back by post, and I don’t know if I can get hold of some Northeast rice."

In later years, Northeast rice became very well-known, indeed famous, but at present, everyone just cared about having enough to eat, not about flavor.

"Alright," Lady Shen Li agreed without hesitation, accepting the promise outright.

The old lady’s swift agreement, on the contrary, made Shen Jie certain that Granny was just humoring her.

"Granny, you don’t think that just because I’m going to the Northeast as an educated youth, I don’t understand, do you?"

"I may be heading to the Northeast, but I still have Xiao Hui." Humph, I have help, and I won’t let anyone pull the wool over my eyes.

The old lady actually wanted Shen Jie not to worry about her. The truth was, she wouldn’t give up working.

The result was that Shen Jie turned out to be such a nuisance, "You, how can you not believe what your Granny says?"

"Granny, you have a pension, and both of my parents have salaries, not to mention my brother, who has had one for a while," Shen Jie said.

"As for me and Xiao Hui, we’re earning salaries too, so there’s no need to work so hard."

"Granny, you should take care of yourself. Only when you’re well can I truly honor you when the good days come."

Having an elder in the family is like having a treasure, a saying that absolutely applies to the Shen family. With the old lady around, she could definitely ward off any malice within the Shen household.

"Alright, alright." With the children saying as much, Lady Shen Li thought it over and decided not to let Shen Jie worry after moving to the Northeast.

Shen Jie didn’t know if it was because they talked late into the night or if some matters had finally opened up for discussion, but the next day she didn’t wake up until after nine.

In future generations, waking up at that hour wouldn’t really be considered late—just not sleeping until noon was already good enough.

But in that era, it would certainly draw disapproving remarks. Fortunately, Lady Shen Li saw her get up and said, "Breakfast is in the pot."

Shen Jie, who had just woken up, was actually not fully clear-headed and was still a bit groggy. "Got it, thank you, Granny."

Just as she was about to lie back down for a rest, she noticed a fairly large cloth bag by her pillow.

After thinking for a moment, ah, that’s the bag that the old lady gave her last night before sleep, telling her to open it when she woke up the next day.

Sitting up and opening the bag, she peeked inside and then quickly closed it again.

Oh my goodness, Shen Jie looked at the old lady in shock. "Granny, you, you?"

Wasn’t all the gold said to have been taken by the Shen family’s relatives? Shen Jianshe also mentioned that Lady Shen Li hadn’t bought any gold afterward.

It was only when marrying off the daughter-in-law and preparing the dowry, that she happened to buy a gold ring for herself, which was the ring the old lady would occasionally wear at night.

But now, inside the cloth bag the old lady had given, there were at least two to three rings, even without a meticulous examination.

What was even more surprising was that one of the rings wasn’t just made of gold, but of platinum, and it had a shiny diamond on it.

Goodness gracious, an elderly woman like the old lady actually knew about diamonds.

"These things were given to your grandfather by his former boss, that capitalist boss, before he left the country," the old lady explained.

"Initially, the boss wanted your grandfather to move south with him, but your grandfather didn’t go. Later, the boss gave your grandfather a bag of things and told him not to take them out."

"The other technicians who didn’t leave probably received something too." Of course, as to what exactly they got, that’s unknown and cannot be confirmed.

"The gold jewelry your grandfather and I bought pretty much went to the people of the Shen family."

"There was a big fuss at the time, and afterward, I never wore gold jewelry again, so everyone thought I had no money."

Every time she saw what others around her went through, the old lady thought about liquidating these items, but she couldn’t bear to do it every time she took them out.

"These are my last assets. Don’t worry, your elder brother has his share, and so does Xiao Hui."

"I’m giving each of the three of you a portion; I’m not giving any to your parents," said the old lady, aware that it wasn’t ideal to bypass Zhang Yamei.

"You also know your maternal grandfather’s health isn’t good and the monthly expenses are increasing. I worry that your mother might set her sights on these jewels someday."

If money is spent, it’s spent—after all, they are using their own money, and it won’t affect Xiao Guang’s finances.

But with jewelry of such good quality, once they’re traded away, there’s no hope of getting similarly high-quality pieces back.

Even the best mother-daughter-in-law relationships and the most generous mothers-in-law have their little calculations.

"Granny, my mom wouldn’t do that," Shen Jie tried hard to explain on behalf of Zhang Yamei.