Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 510 - 511 Sister Flowers Educated Youth 28_1

Chapter 510: Chapter 511 Sister Flowers Educated Youth 28_1

Shen Yuan, hearing Shen Jie say this, couldn’t help but look smug for a moment, "Right, we can divide up pork and stuff."

Just as Shen Yuan was about to brag, she remembered why she came and immediately stopped herself from showing off.

Knowing she was going to get a share of fish and meat this time, who knows, she might even ask for more.

This was something she had worked hard to earn; how could she share it with Shen Jie?

"However, we arrived at the beginning of August, and farming will halt in October. We haven’t worked many months, so we don’t have many work points."

"Oh," Shen Jie remembered something, "By the way, Shen Yuan, which village did you get assigned to?"

Shen Yuan didn’t want to say, "I can’t compare with you. I was just placed in a village in the Northeast."

"I know you’re not on a farm. If you could come here, you must be in a village."

"Forget it, you’ve always been so secretive since we were young," Shen Jie thought it over. It didn’t matter where Shen Yuan was assigned.

"Right, you came to see me for something," Shen Jie paused, "If you’re looking to borrow money from me, sorry, I don’t have any."

"You haven’t even returned the money you borrowed before."

"Right, Shen Yuan, are you in the same village as Gao Jian? You’ve been covering for him so much; you’re already in the village now,"

"Since you control the household registration, haven’t you thought about getting married?"

"Once you’re married, you can combine your incomes. You should definitely be able to manage your lives together."

Shen Jie sincerely suggested, but Shen Yuan didn’t look too pleased.

"I do want to get married, but he, he said he doesn’t want to hold me back," Shen Yuan also felt aggrieved. She didn’t care about these things, but Gao Jian insisted he did.

Not wanting to hold her back? Or perhaps he felt that someone’s family background couldn’t provide much support and wouldn’t help the Gao Family much.

However, she would never express this thought. From the looks of it, a certain fool must still be moved by herself, probably thinking how considerate Gao Jian is for her behalf.

Shen Yuan, who kept talking about how Gao Jian was good to her in her own mind, didn’t even notice Shen Dan casting several glances her way.

The expression went from initial disbelief to pity as she looked at Shen Yuan.

She really didn’t understand why Shen Yuan went to all the trouble to get things from Shen Jie, wouldn’t indulge herself in eating and drinking, yet was so generous with other men.

Shen Jie didn’t care about that much, "If you think it’s good, then it’s fine." In their past life, they ended up together, and this life, Shen Yuan had nothing, adding to her clinging to Gao Jian even more.

With these words spoken, the two sisters who hadn’t seen each other for a long time didn’t know what to say, and the atmosphere suddenly grew quiet.

Shen Yuan thought that after not seeing Shen Jie for so long, Shen Jie at least should have asked about their situation, only to be surprised that Shen Jie didn’t make a sound.

This made it somewhat embarrassing for her, "Well, well, we just got here, and you know how stingy my parents are."

"If you can’t make ends meet, then you should stop worrying about Gao Jian," Shen Jie retorted bluntly, "Charity helps in crises, not poverty."

"No, you can’t even be called poor. If you can cover for Gao Jian, it shows you have the capacity." There’s no need to inquire further; just the fact that they were assigned together is enough to guess that Shen Yuan wouldn’t neglect Gao Jian.

"I, I haven’t been looking after..." Shen Yuan wanted to clarify, to say she had not been taking care of Gao Jian.

But she couldn’t stand up to Shen Jie, who kept looking at her, "Whether you take care of him or not is none of my business. As I recall, you can borrow from the village."

"If the educated youth can’t get enough to eat and can’t survive, I don’t think the village would just ignore that," Shen Jie knew that as dissatisfied as the village might be with the educated youth, they wouldn’t just watch them starve to death.

Shen Yuan, of course, knew she could borrow grain from the village, "but that has to be repaid."

Even though Shen Yuan’s voice was very low, those who were supposed to hear it still heard it; Shen Jie was speechless.

"Right, right, you have to repay the grain you borrow from the village, but the money you borrow from me, you don’t even have to think about repaying it."

Being all too familiar with someone, Shen Jie didn’t even feel like getting angry, "Besides, if you have no money, how could I have any?"

Shen Jie was very straightforward, "At least you have your own private plot over there, you can grow your own vegetables to eat."

"We all eat at the canteen, and if we want to eat well, we have to spend money."

"If we cook for ourselves, we have to buy grain and also need to buy vegetables from the neighboring village." There was no way around it, the farm didn’t allocate private plots to the educated youth.

The only places where one could grow vegetables were those arranged centrally, and at most, one could grow some garlic or the like on the empty land by the door.

"You can go fishing in the river normally, but we basically have no fish."

There were no rivers passing through their area, only ditches, and the ditches had no big fish, just a few pitiful little ones. Spending time by the ditch waiting for fish was less productive than going up to the mountains to see if there were any mushrooms or the like.

If luck was good, one might even find a rabbit; of course, Shen Jie and Feng Dan never experienced such good fortune. They only found some wild fruits and mushrooms and the like.

"I’ve fished before but caught nothing." Shen Yuan didn’t know what the issue was, "Others managed to catch fish, but Gao Jian couldn’t."

Shen Yuan also didn’t understand why it was that what others could do, Gao Jian couldn’t achieve.

Did Gao Jian really catch no fish at all? Shen Jie didn’t speak, but the original owner’s memory showed her that Gao Jian would hide the fish he caught and then sell them on the black market.

The naive girl had mentioned this to Shen Yuan, advising her to be careful, but Shen Yuan went straight to Gao Jian and brought it up.

Shen Jie felt that Shen Yuan’s attack on the naive girl was related to the words whispered by Gao Jian in her ear.

The naive girl would naively inform, but Shen Jie, sharp as she was, would of course never say such a thing, "Seems like pretty bad luck."

"Then don’t bother fishing, go to the mountain to gather mushrooms. Dried, they could be a dish in the winter." Shen Jie gave a sensible suggestion.

"Yeah, if you can’t catch fish, you might as well go to the mountain," Feng Dan agreed with Shen Jie’s opinion.

If you could catch fish, even small fry, that would be something, but if there’s no catch at all, then you might as well consider a different approach.

"I’ve suggested that we could go up the mountain together," Shen Yuan also felt helpless, it wasn’t that she hadn’t made suggestions, but Gao Jian just wouldn’t agree.

He couldn’t catch fish and also refused to go to the mountains? Even Feng Dan, who knew nothing, could sense there was definitely a problem.

Looking puzzled at Shen Jie, she noticed her calm demeanor, it seemed likely she knew a thing or two.

"So rather than have no catch, he’s also unwilling to go to the mountain to look for mushrooms."

"Such a man, really, only you, Shen Yuan, would be willing to deal with him," said Shen Jie.

"You have no objections, he doesn’t want to change, then you all might as well starve together."

"When there’s nothing left to eat, let’s see what he’ll do."

"In any case, I won’t give my money to a bunch of lazybones."

"It really baffles me, there’re so many delicious things on the Northeast mountains, yet there’s no willingness to go there."

"Makes it hard for anyone to lend a hand."