Transmigration: On the Gossip Front-Chapter 1031 - 1032: The Lonely Village Girl 76

Old Hao went to work today with a lot on his mind, constantly thinking about whether to support Zhang Yu or stay on his side.

Old Hao pondered all day but still couldn’t figure out how things should develop.

Thinking and thinking, caught in indecision, it was finally time to get off work.

"Stop thinking about it, why bother thinking so much." Old Hao felt like a fool, a big fool indeed.

Spending time on this is just foolish behavior, he thought. He’d know the outcome once he got home.

Old Hao quickly washed his hands and briskly walked home, planning to wait at the door for Zhang Yu and his wife, to see if Xiao Qiao would bring back the radio.

If not, the truth would be clear: Xiao Qiao just said it to save face and make the old lady happy.

Old Hao could understand a little, but he wanted to say that while saving face is good, one shouldn’t step on others to climb up.

Although Old Hao was walking briskly, it didn’t stop him from thinking about his next moves for the evening.

He considered how to humiliate Zhang Yu and his wife, including Li Cui, to vent his anger properly.

He imagined many possibilities, but didn’t prepare for Xiao Qiao actually fixing the radio.

When he rushed home, he found the front yard unusually quiet, which made Old Hao curious, not understanding what was going on.

Old Hao pondered, still confused, but he also didn’t have time to waste and needed to wait at the door to regain some control today.

Just as he was about to head to the door, he saw his wife walking over from the middle courtyard with a dejected face. "What’s wrong?"

Seeing him, Mrs. Hao pulled him into the house. "You wouldn’t believe it, but Zhang Yu’s boyfriend really has some skills."

"He fixed the radio."

"You don’t know, but Zhang Yu brought the radio back at noon."

"It’s been playing all afternoon." Initially, Mrs. Hao comforted herself, thinking it might break soon.

But reality was cruel; it played all afternoon without any issues.

Ah, really? Old Hao staggered a few steps and plopped down onto a stool.

Mrs. Hao was startled by his actions, "Old Hao, Old Hao."

After a while, Old Hao feebly waved his hand, "It’s fine, it’s fine."

Seeing his wife’s hesitant look, Old Hao felt there was more bad news coming.

Taking a deep breath, "Go on, I can handle it."

"The situation is already this bad, how much worse can it get?"

Old Hao forced a bitter smile, "Things are already this bad, how much worse can it get?"

Mrs. Hao thought about it, realizing it couldn’t get much worse. "Zhang Yu said they replaced two transistors and cleaned the speakers, making the sound quality as good as when it was newly bought."

Mrs. Hao really didn’t dare to look at Old Hao’s expression, knowing he’d be very upset.

As good as when it was newly bought? Old Hao nearly spat out blood, "How could this happen?"

"How could this happen?" Old Hao realized this made his son-in-law a complete joke.

"And," Mrs. Hao looked at Old Hao worriedly. Although it was harsh, she felt he needed to know, better she told him.

"Our son-in-law previously checked the radio and said it couldn’t be repaired."

"They didn’t sell a broken radio to him." Mrs. Hao left a little room for Old Hao.

Hearing this, Old Hao felt dizzy, thinking the next words could only get worse.

Taking another deep breath, "Go ahead, I can handle it."

"They all want to take the machine to Zhang Yu’s man to see if he can fix it."

Mrs. Hao, sensing the trouble, looked uneasily at Old Hao. freёnovelkiss.com

The repressed anger and embarrassment in Old Hao finally couldn’t be contained, and he spat out blood.

Seeing him like this, Mrs. Hao almost screamed. Just as she was about to find someone for help.

Old Hao grabbed her, "I’m fine, don’t call anyone."

"Calling people will only make them laugh harder at us."

"Our family is already a big joke to them."

"We need to live low-profile from now on." Old Hao sighed softly, "We were too greedy."

"We should’ve just taken some hardship fee back then." Though it was less money, it was honest earnings, sometimes we’d get some coupons, food, and supplies, but at least it was taken in peace.

Later, we earned more, but it was unsettling, always worrying something might happen someday.

Mrs. Hao rolled her eyes at him, "You didn’t think about our expenses, our son’s wedding needs money, and the burden isn’t light with the son-in-law either."

"Our daughter has endured so much after marrying him, raising kids needs money, in-laws’ health issues require expenses, and even marrying off the younger brothers also needs money."

"Even your little sister’s marriage requires money." Mrs. Hao thought about it and wanted to cry.

"Our daughter said that in two or three years, when this business is over, the younger brother will be old enough to help take care of the elders."

"The burden won’t be as heavy, but now." Mrs. Hao looked worriedly at Old Hao, "What should we do, Old Hao?"

What to do? "Do I know what to do?"

"If someone causes trouble and makes us pay, what do you think we should do?"

"If we don’t pay, and they report us directly, do you think our son-in-law can handle it?" Old Hao responded grumpily.

Mrs. Hao, thinking about it, realized she hadn’t even considered that when seeing how neighbors looked at them.

"That, that couldn’t be." Mrs. Hao was stunned, unable to believe it.

"Do you think it couldn’t happen?"

"Did you forget how much our son-in-law charged for Li Cui’s radio back then?" Old Hao took a deep breath.

Mrs. Hao suddenly went pale, "This, this."

"And have you forgotten, Old Zhu’s son-in-law, he’s a reckless one. Knowing his father-in-law suffered such a loss, do you think he would act like nothing happened?"

"Old Zhu’s son-in-law’s brother works at GWH." Thinking of this, Old Hao felt overwhelmed, not knowing what to say.

He could only grab his head, clueless about what to do.

Could it be, Mrs. Hao turned completely pale, "What to do, what to do."

"Old Hao, what should we do?"

"The son-in-law can’t have anything happen, or what about our daughter?"

"And, would he rat us out?" Mrs. Hao was very worried.

Old Hao wasn’t sure either; in these crazy times, betraying family was common.