Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 839 - 840: 1960s Quadrangle Courtyard 88

Chapter 839: Chapter 840: 1960s Quadrangle Courtyard 88

After seeing everyone off, Zhang Yu, the host, finally had the time to properly tour the place.

Looking at the filthy ground, Zhang Yu held back several times, "It’ll all be better once furniture is in place."

Thank goodness when doing the renovation, she resisted the desire to lay down flooring. It wasn’t that she didn’t have the money, but she was worried about being targeted later on.

The reason she told everyone that the house could later be used for her sisters’ weddings was to leave an escape route.

These days, if there’s a wedding in the family, it’s normally expected to do up the house a bit, but this time she went a step further to make the house look even nicer.

"Sis, are they looking to borrow money?" Zhang Li’s face lost its previous confusion.

"Yes, they want to borrow money, but they won’t be like the Jia Family, who borrow and never pay back."

Zhang Yu could guess their tactics: it’s all about borrowing without repaying, or only paying back slowly.

"Once you start lending money out, getting it back is not an easy task."

"After sorting out this son’s wedding, immediately there’s another son’s wedding to take care of."

"Times are tough nowadays, there are truly many reasons to borrow money, easy to find just about any excuse."

"Once you open that door to lending, everyone will pounce on you." These days, everyone has a Pandora’s box in their heart.

"If life is really unbearable, on the brink of starvation, then it’s okay to lend some, but only enough for food."

"As for weddings, that’s their own headache. Whether they have the money or not, they still have to take a wife."

"It’s not that they really can’t find a wife, it’s that their demands are too high—they’re too spoiled."

"Moreover, we’re not related to their family. If their children can’t find a wife, what does it have to do with us?"

"So many people in the alley can’t find wives, how many can we really help out?"

"We will absolutely not accept moral blackmail. If a child can’t get married, it’s either the parents’ failure or the son’s incompetence."

"They themselves don’t think about working hard, always expecting others to help. What good can come of that?"

Seizing this moment, Zhang Yu took the opportunity to properly educate Zhang Li. Although this girl is already stronger than in her previous life, she still seemed a bit weak.

This autumn harvest, she must go to the countryside and work on the farm for a day. Just watching won’t do.

The best way is to make this girl work in the fields too. As for whose family to help, Zhang Yu is indifferent; once out of the city, she’ll find a village, bring her own provisions, and offer free help. Surely someone will agree.

"We’ll go furniture shopping on the weekend," Zhang Yu remarked after looking around. Everything is in place, just waiting for the right moment.

Furniture shopping on the weekend? Zhang Li is of course happy, especially since Zhang Yu had been working overtime recently. She thought it would be a long while before they could buy furniture.

"Sis, are you not working overtime this weekend?" Zhang Li asked with a face full of surprise.

"Overtime." Sigh, Zhang Yu sighed helplessly, "If it wasn’t for the house being ready, and the lack of furniture, I would have told my supervisor."

"I’ll bring lunch home on Sunday afternoon, then after we eat, we’ll head out to the trustee store." Although the factory’s food supply is also tight, at least now, without the need to ration, many people will get meals from the canteen and take them home to eat.

Now that the little girl is on holiday, Zhang Yu thought it over and decided to bring lunch and groceries home at noon too, then make a little something extra to solve the lunch issue.

"You’re on holiday now, too. I’ll bring lunch back at noon." It’d be good to get a bit of exercise over the lunch break.

Back when she was working, Zhang Yu would occasionally get up and walk around, as sitting for long periods isn’t good for one’s health.

Back then, there were quite a few people slacking off, so it wouldn’t be too noticeable, but now everyone is so busy that if she were to slack off, she would stand out a lot.

As someone with some inside information, Zhang Yu knew the issue with the steel mill was no small matter this time.

The mastermind behind the curtain turned out to be the only son of a deputy director. Zhang Yu was shocked when the news broke.

Of course, so was everyone else. Many people doubted it, saying that the guy was known as a reserved and quiet boy.

The original host had seen him before, the type of boy who looked refined and genteel, but turned out to be the mastermind behind these wrongdoings.

Many people couldn’t understand why it was him, especially since his family background wasn’t poor either.

Moreover, if he had been involved for a few years, he should have made a considerable amount of money. Yet his family’s circumstances appeared normal, with nothing to raise suspicions.

If it hadn’t been for multiple people pointing him out, when they went to his house, he had already left. Most notably, when they arrived at his house, the deputy director had already committed suicide.

This was already shocking enough, but it seems the things he left behind explained why he had done what he did.

It was Deputy Director Li, who was powerful in TV dramas, whose involvement with the Yue family’s dealings was unclear. As for the specifics, Zhang Yu hadn’t managed to find out.

The only thing known was that this deputy director could no longer show off in the steel mill. He had already been locked up.

His backer, the influential leader from the Ministry of Industry, was also implicated. Although there was no evidence directly linking him to the case, he was soon to be transferred to the Department of Industry in a central province.

It was clear to the discerning eye that he was being demoted. Without a stroke of luck, a comeback in his lifetime seemed impossible.

As for Sha Zhu’s backer, Director Yang, life wasn’t easy for him either. Such a huge incident had occurred at the factory and he, as the leader, claimed to have no knowledge of it.

It is said that the military is very concerned about this incident, since some of the missing specialty steel was designated and monitored by them.

A problem still arose in the steel mill, and the loss wasn’t just a small figure.

The military needed to conduct a thorough investigation, and naturally, the steel mill had to bear a significant portion of the responsibility.

Zhang Yu reckoned that Director Yang wasn’t going to have an easy time and that being placed into a less influential department within the Ministry of Industry was already a fortunate outcome for him.

The worst-case scenario would be to be taken in for an investigation, and the stain would remain with him for life.

Luckily, he had already initiated an internal investigation, which could potentially redeem some of his faults.

Zhang Yu herself was taken aback; she knew the issue would be big, but she had not anticipated it to be this massive.

The people implicated this time were beyond her imagination, and she could guess that right now, many were bearing a grudge against her. Perhaps some even cursed her to a miserable end.

"The prospects at the steel mill are truly bright." After all, it was her revelation. Even if future leaders benefited from it, they might still be wary of her.

But they wouldn’t dare touch her. That’s the beauty of a state-owned enterprise: unless you really mess up, there’s no way to fire someone.

They won’t entrust you with major responsibilities, nor will they make things difficult for you. Zhang Yu felt that this was actually better, as in these tumultuous times, she could better preserve herself.

As for the position of a leader, let those who want it, have it. I’ll just live my humble life.