Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 506 - 507 Sister Flowers Educated Youth 24_1

Chapter 506: Chapter 507 Sister Flowers Educated Youth 24_1

The following day was also a day off, but today’s tasks were not easy either.

They needed to tidy things up, let things that needed sun get a little sunlight, and more importantly, they had to go to the market to buy supplies.

The same four were set to go out again, waiting for a bullock cart or horse cart to take them to the market.

Vehicles often passed on the road these past two days, taking new educated youths to the market to purchase supplies.

"Who knows if there will be carts to take us to the market in the future." Right now, it was specially arranged for them, the new educated youths.

"Once we’ve bought everything, we won’t have to go over there often, will we?" Shen Jie had decided that unless necessary, she would not go there.

Why go to the market often if you can’t buy anything? It’s not a matter of not having money, but rather that some necessities require coupons. Without coupons, how can one make purchases?

Moreover, the supply of goods was an unknown factor.

Not to mention, the more things they bought, the more they would wonder how to take them along when leaving.

"That’s true," Feng Dan had been looking forward to how she would spend the money she earned. Of course, she would save a part of it and use another part to buy what she liked.

After hearing Shen Jie’s words, she also decided to save her money and use it when necessary.

After arriving at the market, Shen Jie first mailed her letter back home, then went to the post and telecommunications office to call her family.

Zhang Yamei heard the telephone ringing in the office and immediately rushed over to pick it up.

Shen Jie was relieved to hear the call connect: Hello, I am Zhang Yamei’s daughter, Shen Jie.

She was just about to introduce herself and ask Zhang Yamei to call back later.

Zhang Yamei quickly said: Xiao Jie, it’s me, I’m your mom.

As soon as Shen Jie recognized it was Zhang Yamei, she immediately sped up her speech: Mom, I’m fine, I’ve written a letter home, and here’s my current address.

Communication was really expensive back then, so she quickly rattled off the farm’s address.

Shen Jie asked about the situation at home, especially Shen Yuan’s condition.

Zhang Yamei assured that everything was fine at home: Your dad went to Shen Jiansheng’s place to remind them to prepare Shen Yuan’s luggage and food for the journey.

Shen Yuan wasn’t worried that her family wouldn’t prepare her things; if need be, they would talk to her parents about it.

Zhang Yamei: Shen Yuan is their child; even if they favor sons over daughters, they can’t just ignore her.

Shen Jiansheng, in front of Jian She, had made all sorts of assurances, promising he would prepare everything.

Zhang Yamei had her understanding of Shen Jiansheng’s family: after all, it was their business. Although they were relatives, they needed to keep their distance.

It was better to save some things to be said in a letter, rather than waste money on a call. As much as Zhang Yamei was reluctant, couldn’t that money allow the children to buy something good to eat and drink?

Zhang Yamei held back her reluctance: Alright, that’s all, I’m hanging up now.

Zhang Yamei: Write home more often when you have the chance.

Shen Jie’s voice was choked with sobs as she spoke: Goodbye, mom, please send my regards to grandma, grandpa, and my grandparents-in-law.

Shen Jie: I’ll take care of myself, and you all take care of yourselves too.

Shen Jie quickly hung up the phone and walked out of the post and telecommunications office with tears threatening to fall.

Feng Dan saw her red eyes and knew she must have cried.

Feng Dan embraced Shen Jie, "It’s okay, it’s okay." She said this to comfort her, but slowly she too started to cry.

Shen Jie actually succumbed to a brief moment of sentimentality—it was a feeling she suspected was left by the original owner of the body.

But as soon as she stopped crying, Feng Dan started to, no matter how much she usually lamented the parental favoritism,

it was still her own parents, her own family.

And so, while Feng Dan first wanted to comfort Shen Jie, it ended up with Shen Jie comforting her instead.

Huo Lei and Zhao Yu finished their shopping and were ready to meet up with the two of them, but they ended up seeing both girls crying.

Zhao Yu was immediately overwhelmed, as he had always felt helpless when he saw girls cry from the time he was young.

"The person who left home must have just called their family." Otherwise, he guessed they wouldn’t be crying.

"Just because of that?" Zhao Yu’s face showed a mixture of helplessness and confusion—he really couldn’t understand.

"That’s why you’re still single until now." Huo Lei thought about his friend’s love interest and felt overwhelmed as well.

Zhao Yu looked at his friend displeased, "I know you don’t like her."

"That’s not the point; the point is I’m worried you might be deceived." Although his friend wasn’t a fool, he could be quite naive sometimes.

Zhao Yu could only respond with a helpless expression, ruing, "Well, well, haven’t I already recognized my mistake? There really is no need to keep bringing it up, I, I have my pride, too."

Huo Lei didn’t take his friend’s irritated pace of speech to heart and just gave him a few more looks, "Just make sure you remember, that’s all."

"Don’t go soft because she writes you a letter crying about her troubles, saying she isn’t doing well now." Huo Lei had heard before he came out that the woman wasn’t living a good life.

He didn’t care at all about how well or poorly she was living; she was someone he didn’t need to bother about.

But he did worry that she might continue to entangle his friend, and that the naive guy would, unbeknownst to him, get caught up in it.

Zhao Yu could only pinch his nose in resignation, regretting why he hadn’t waited a little longer at the supply and marketing cooperative, "There’s so little stuff in the supply and marketing cooperative."

"I don’t even know if there’s a good variety in the department store here." It wasn’t that Zhao Yu loved shopping, but he found that the selection was limited and many things were simply not available.

The department store? Huo Lei laughed, "I don’t think the department store in the county has better stuff than what’s here."

Even without knowing much about the farm, he was aware that life in the county wasn’t necessarily better than on the farm.

Zhao Yu thought about it and conceded, "Forget it, I’ll have my family buy things and then mail them here."

Aside from saving money and being able to get the goods, Zhao Yu was quite impressed with himself.

As for that, Huo Lei didn’t bother to intervene; after all, Zhao Yu’s grandmother loved this grandson and doted on him a lot.

And since he was not the heir at home, the expectations for him were low, and they were even satisfied with his current situation, almost always fulfilling whatever he asked for.

Shen Jie quickly noticed the two of them and whispered to Feng Dan, "Huo Lei and the others have arrived."

As soon as Feng Dan heard this, she no longer cried, quickly wiped her tears away, and calmed her emotions.

"All right, let’s head back, and then we have to go see how the small table turned out." Although she felt that such an item wasn’t too hard to make, especially for an experienced carpenter, it would be really easy.

But without seeing the actual product, she couldn’t guarantee that the outcome would be what she wanted.

As long as it could be done reasonably well, she would already be very satisfied.

The other three were also very eager to see the actual product; while a large table couldn’t be custom-made, a small table certainly should be possible.

Carpenter Jiang saw them and smiled widely, already having anticipated that this item would be a big hit since yesterday.

With the physical product ready today, it turned out exactly as he had thought—absolutely practical. While the farmers may not appreciate it, it was sure to be extremely popular among the educated youth.