Transmigration: On the Gossip Front-Chapter 1028 - 1029: The Lonely Village Girl 73

As soon as Zhang Yu arrived at the office, she saw Xiao Qiao grinning and handing her the radio.

Zhang Yu took it and showed it to her colleagues.

Everyone knew Xiao Qiao had visited Zhang Yu’s family yesterday, but they were too shy to ask about it.

They all knew Zhang Yu had agreed, and there were definitely no issues on Li Cui’s side.

Everyone was more concerned about what delicious food Li Cui had prepared for the first visit of the new son-in-law yesterday, they were really curious but didn’t dare ask.

Now seeing Xiao Qiao holding an obviously old radio, "Xiao Qiao, are you actually giving this to Zhang Yu?"

No way, everyone was shocked, although giving a radio to a girlfriend was quite impressive.

But the key issue is, it should at least be brand new or almost new, why give such an old radio?

"Yesterday I went for dinner and found out Grandma had a radio that wasn’t working. I said I could fix it, checked it out, and it wasn’t a big problem."

"I fixed it overnight yesterday and today I gave it to Zhang Yu." Xiao Qiao really didn’t understand why his colleagues looked at him like that, was he that stingy?

It didn’t seem like that, Xiao Qiao reflected carefully and felt it wasn’t his problem.

What? No one expected Xiao Qiao could fix a radio? Suddenly, everyone was stunned, "Xiao Qiao, you can actually fix radios?"

Xiao Qiao looked at his excited colleagues, "I mentioned it before, I can fix radios and watches, though not the very difficult ones."

He was sure he had indeed mentioned this when he first arrived at the station.

Everyone’s expressions turned a bit awkward, unsure of what to say. Hadn’t they heard him say this before, thinking he was just shooting his mouth off?

After all, repairing radios and such should be something only a professional could do, right?

No matter how they looked at Xiao Qiao, they couldn’t connect him with a professional.

"Turn on the radio and listen." Speculations aside, the best was to check if the radio worked.

Zhang Yu had wanted to do this long ago, but couldn’t find the opportunity due to everyone’s chatter.

Now she quickly turned on the radio, and soon sound came from it. Zhang Yu knew it was definitely fixed.

Even more surprising was comparing the sound from the radio to memories, "Better than before."

"I feel it’s almost like when my dad first bought it." Zhang Yu was so delighted.

"I can already imagine how happy Grandma will be." After all, it’s a meaningful item.

"I changed two transistors and cleaned the insides with alcohol," Xiao Qiao casually mentioned cleaning up the machine thoroughly. freewēbnoveℓ.com

Aha, Zhang Yu thought it made sense. After using an item for a long time, some parts age, and dirt accumulates. A bit of cleaning and part replacement can rejuvenate it.

A colleague staring at the radio suddenly looked up, "Xiao Qiao, my good brother, can you help me fix my radio too?"

"My old man’s radio is broken, initially planning to buy a new one, but it requires a coupon."

Money isn’t the big issue; it’s that the radio coupon is really hard to obtain.

If buying from the black market, the coupon costs at least seventy or eighty, and even then, it might not be available.

Nowadays, many people getting married hope to achieve the ’Three Turns and One Sound’, thus the price of coupons is more driven by the market.

"Coupons are so expensive now. My cousin who married off his son had to buy the required ’Three Turns and One Sound’ coupons and spent several hundred." A colleague sighed deeply.

Everyone was shocked by this price, their faces changed, "If you have many sons, what to do?"

If there’re only one or two sons, you could grit your teeth and buy it, but if there are many sons, they might just stress you out indefinitely.

The colleague was helpless, "My cousin has several sons, and this marriage is for the eldest."

"The other party demands this, or there’ll be no marriage; my cousin could forego this daughter-in-law, but his son insists on marrying her."

"What can my cousin do?" The colleague was also helpless.

Hearing this, everyone could only sigh; it’s a family matter, they as outsiders could only sigh a little.

"This son, don’t count on him supporting the younger siblings."

Many people grew up supporting each other with many siblings, Zhang Yu as an only daughter was truly rare.

"Children are debts," someone remarked, but these matters are private, so the person had an idea.

That was, "Xiao Qiao, if you have parts for a radio, could you assemble one directly?"

As long as you can listen yourself, the brand and appearance don’t matter, the key is, no coupon needed.

Xiao Qiao was stunned by this, blankly staring at the person, "Do you know how many parts a radio has?"

"Are you sure you can gather them all?"

"Although I can fix radios, it’s really only small issues."

"I’ve never assembled one." Xiao Qiao suddenly felt pressured.

"I don’t know if I could succeed." Xiao Qiao worried a colleague, driven by impulse, might bring the parts for assembly, but he wouldn’t be able to do it, what then?

Xiao Qiao’s words were a cold shower on the colleague’s excitement, making his heart sink.

"I think you’re better off seeing if you can acquire some unusable radios, then I can see if I can piece one together." Xiao Qiao felt this was more reliable.

The colleague’s eyes lit up upon hearing this, "Right, this could work."

Several nodded, agreeing this was a viable approach, Zhang Yu glanced at Xiao Qiao, she could already imagine how busy he’d be later on.

After the colleagues dispersed, Zhang Yu cautiously expressed her concerns to Xiao Qiao.

Xiao Qiao chuckled, saying it wasn’t a big deal, "Assembling radios for them will earn me a bit for the trouble."

"It’s also extra income." Xiao Qiao had this view after a lot of thought.

Extra income? Zhang Yu didn’t expect Xiao Qiao would even consider this.

Earlier, he was famously carefree, but yesterday after confirming their relationship, he immediately underwent a big change today.

Zhang Yu couldn’t help but be a bit amused, "Is this because of me, then?"

"Of course, before it was just me, didn’t need to care, but now there’s you, plus Grandma to look after, and later when we have kids, raising children also requires money."

"Naturally, I have to work hard to earn." Xiao Qiao took a deep breath, "My income is quite high."