Transmigration: On the Gossip Front-Chapter 1030 - 1031: The Lonely Village Girl 75

Li Cui got up today and remembered what happened yesterday at the Hao Family’s door. The old lady was full of regret and annoyance.

Clearly, at this old age, she could still be so impulsive.

But the deed was done, and the words had been spoken. Now Li Cui could only pray and hope that Xiao Qiao could actually fix the radio.

Seeing Zhang Yu, along with the radio in her hand, Li Cui dared to approach, worried she might hear some bad news.

"Grandma, Xiao Qiao has fixed the radio. I’ve been listening to it at work today." After plugging in the radio, Zhang Yu turned on its speaker.

Soon enough, sound came out of the radio, "Grandma, is it working now?"

Li Cui couldn’t believe it actually succeeded and stood frozen for a moment.

The neighbors had been told by Zhang Yu that Xiao Qiao was repairing the radio, so they had already prepared themselves.

Despite all the preparation, hearing the sound from the radio left everyone in shock.

"What’s going on? How come it sounds better than before it was broken?" A neighbor wearing a disbelieving expression said.

He wasn’t the only one with such a thought, "Yeah, I also think it sounds more pleasing than before."

As soon as this topic started, many people chimed in, saying they heard it too.

Zhang Yu was truly used to how quickly these neighbors could change their tune, so she just pretended not to hear.

After all, as long as she took care of her grandma, she didn’t need to concern herself with others.

Li Cui quickly came back to her senses, listening to the radio, the old lady kept sighing, "It’s just like the sound when your dad first bought it home."

Everyone nodded in agreement, "Yes, yes, that’s why it sounds so familiar."

"Grandma, take your time listening, I’m heading back now." Knowing that currently the old lady’s mind and eyes were only for the radio, her "tool person" role could safely exit the stage.

Mrs. Hao didn’t go to the courtyard to listen to the broadcast, but she was really concerned about the issue. What to do, the brat actually fixed it.

Thinking this made Mrs. Hao panic. If not for fearing going to Old Hao would cause trouble, she really didn’t know how she could continue to stay at home,

Even if no one criticized her, she felt as if people were pointing and gossiping about her.

The more she thought about it, the more troublesome it became for Mrs. Hao, and she didn’t want to think about it anymore. She just shut the door and lay on the bed to rest, unconcerned about whatever they talked about.

As Li Cui listened to the radio, restored to what it was like when it first came home, she was truly astonished; the sound was just too appealing.

Everyone sighed, "I remember the son-in-law of the Hao Family said the radio couldn’t be fixed, only sold, right?"

It wasn’t that long ago, so everyone remembered clearly.

Li Cui muttered, "So yesterday, when I heard Xiao Qiao say he could fix the radio, I thought, why not give it a try."

"If it doesn’t work, it’s fine, it was supposed to be thrown away anyway, an unusable radio, but if it successfully gets fixed, that’s a good thing."

Everyone nodded constantly, "Yes, yes, absolutely."

"Treat it like a last-ditch effort," a neighbor remembered that their in-law had a radio that had been broken for a long time. They had someone look at it, and it could be fixed, but it would cost about several tens of yuan.

Hearing it would cost that much, the in-law didn’t have it fixed since the second-hand radio only cost them tens of yuan.

"Oh, Aunt Li, do you think Little Yu’s boyfriend could take a look at a radio for me?" The neighbor briefly explained the situation.

Li Cui thought for a bit, "I can ask Xiao Qiao, but you should know, he works at the police station, not specializing in this."

"It might not be fixed." Li Cui truly couldn’t promise anything outright.

If it could be fixed, no problem, but if there were issues and Xiao Qiao couldn’t fix it, that would be normal. She was just worried some people might bear a grudge.

The neighbor quickly assured, "I know, I know, I understand the rules."

"If it can be fixed, great. If not, it’s okay, we’ve already been told it couldn’t be fixed anyway."

Just casually mentioning it, if it could be fixed, it’d benefit everyone.

Throughout the afternoon, everyone was in the courtyard listening to the radio, and no one went to rest,

Listening to the broadcast, they took out their handicrafts and started working. Of course, Li Cui also took out knitting yarn to make a sweater for Zhang Yu.

Everyone looked at the yarn Li Cui was using to knit the sweater and thought the color wasn’t usually vibrant.

"Is this new yarn?" They believed it must be new yarn, but they hadn’t seen such vibrant colors at the supply and marketing cooperative.

Li Cui nodded, "Xiao Qiao brought it over yesterday. I thought the color was nice and would look good on Little Yu, so it’s for her."

"The navy blue yarn I bought earlier, I’ll use it to knit a sweater for Xiao Qiao." The young man could remember her family’s child, so of course, she couldn’t fall behind.

Looking at the now functional radio and the new yarn in Li Cui’s hands, for some reason, everyone’s faces didn’t look too good.

It wasn’t that they didn’t realize Li Cui was showing off, letting them know she had a great grandson-in-law; she had every right to boast.

Not just in this yard, but in the whole alley, there wasn’t a man better than Zhang Yu’s man, not one.

Originally, they could say the son-in-law from the Hao Family was good. Although the family’s circumstances were ordinary and the burden a bit heavy, the job was decent, and he could fix radios.

But now, they couldn’t even look up to the Hao Family’s son-in-law. If he was truly skilled, he wouldn’t have failed to fix Liu Cui’s radio.

From what Li Cui said, the radio’s issue shouldn’t have been too difficult, and yet an easy problem couldn’t be solved by the Hao Family’s son-in-law.

"The radio at my uncle’s place is also broken. I said someone in the yard could fix radios, so I brought it over, and it was all for nothing."

Li Cui didn’t join in on this topic, otherwise who knew who would say she’s showing off behind her back, so she just quietly listened.

She wouldn’t underestimate those present. Even though most were housewives who looked like they hadn’t seen much of the world, they could deduce and speculate.

As expected by Li Cui, as they talked, they began discussing how many radios had been fixed by the Hao Family’s son-in-law.

"Why do I remember it as only a dozen or so radios being fixed?" A person exclaimed, looking incredulous.

Ahh, no way!? When someone heard these numbers, they couldn’t believe it. After all, many people had sought the Hao Family’s son-in-law to fix their radios, it couldn’t be only a few radios that were fixed, right?

But after everyone double-checked, they found they hadn’t miscalculated, which left everyone dumbfounded. "Who said the Hao Family’s son-in-law was highly skilled?"

"Is that considered skilled?"