Transmigration: On the Gossip Front-Chapter 1033 - 1034: The Lonely Village Girl 78

Zhang Yu and Xiao Qiao arrived at the central courtyard and found quite a crowd gathered at this hour.

Zhang Yu was taken aback, what’s going on?

Isn’t it dinner time, why are there so many people here? Aren’t they going home for dinner?

Zhang Yu hesitated, "Is no one having dinner today?"

The people were absorbed in listening to the radio. Upon hearing Zhang Yu’s words, they realized it was already evening.

"Why don’t we eat here?" One person hesitated, anyway it wasn’t too cold, eating here should be fine.

Everyone thought this idea was good too, "Yeah, yeah, let’s eat in the courtyard."

Zhang Yu was stunned, what’s the situation, no way, are they really planning to have dinner here?

"Grandma, let’s put away the radio now, listening to it all afternoon must have drained two batteries," Zhang Yu directly turned off the radio.

"Let’s eat." Zhang Yu didn’t care what others thought, her reputation wasn’t that great anyway.

Li Cui hummed in agreement, she had wanted to put away the radio and go inside earlier, but the surrounding neighbors kept saying they wanted to continue listening, so she was embarrassed to put it away.

The surrounding neighbors saw Zhang Yu’s actions and couldn’t help but pout, they were very dissatisfied but had no choice, they didn’t dare to protest.

In front of some young people, they could still assume the posture of elders, standing on the moral high ground to criticize the younger generation for not listening to elders.

Zhang Yu returned to the house and stored the radio properly, "Grandma, from now on, listen to the radio whenever you like, if you don’t feel like it, don’t listen."

"Why must we care about their opinions."

"They’re all listening to the radio without paying any price," Zhang Yu felt deeply they were all opportunists.

"It’s just that the radio got fixed today, so I’m quite happy." Li Cui felt a pang of heartache thinking about the batteries used today.

Xiao Qiao heard this, "How about converting it to plug-in mode?" He had thought of this yesterday while repairing the radio.

But he forgot to ask Zhang Yu, and did not decide on his own, seeing their reaction now, he felt they were accepting, so he suggested it.

Converting to plug-in mode, Zhang Yu thought it was a good idea, the only concern was, "Is this safe?"

"It’s safe." Xiao Qiao briefly explained the principle and how it would be easy to implement.

Zhang Yu and Li Cui listened and seemed confused, "You decide, as long as it’s safe."

Zhang Yu’s expectations weren’t high, as long as they didn’t have to buy batteries, even though they’d have to pay for electricity, it would be cheaper than buying batteries.

"Is it easy to modify?" Li Cui was just worried it would be troublesome to handle.

"Not troublesome, just involves setting up a wire." Xiao Qiao indicated it wasn’t difficult.

"I’ve modified it before."

Li Cui felt assured when she heard he had modified it before, knowing there was no difficulty, "Then it’s up to you, Xiao Qiao."

"No trouble at all." Xiao Qiao said he could give it to Zhang Yu by tomorrow morning.

The elderly lady was instantly delighted upon hearing this, smiling like a blossomed flower, "Tomorrow I’ll fry little fish."

Li Cui knew Zhang Yu liked fried little fish, and there was oil at home, she had gone fishing that morning and caught some small fish.

"Great" Zhang Yu was overjoyed upon hearing she could eat fried little fish.

Li Cui had already prepared dinner, quickly went to the kitchen, brought out the dishes, and the three began to eat.

The neighbors went to their own homes for dinner, discussing various topics, saying Zhang Yu was stingy, that she received so much compensation money, had lots of money, yet wouldn’t let them listen to the radio.

"This girl is just stingy, can’t compare to Old Master Zhang or her father, back when Liu Hong was around, he would let us listen."

Of course, some people looked upset, "Wasn’t our radio examined by Son-in-law of the Hao Family back then, claiming it couldn’t be repaired?"

"Yes, he said the same about Li Cui’s radio and offered to buy it, but the elderly lady was reluctant, saying it was a gift Liu Hong bought for her."

"Now it turns out it got repaired," an old lady said sharply.

"Do you think our radio can also be repaired?" someone asked the most critical question.

"I heard Son-in-law of the Hao Family sells second-hand radios outside," said a neighbor who knew, but no one had bought a second-hand radio from him.

In reality, selling him a broken radio would bring just a few pennies, but buying a second-hand radio from him would cost an unreasonable sum.

Many couldn’t resign themselves to it, so they didn’t pursue it, but now they had more thoughts, "Could our radios actually have been reparable?"

"He just didn’t want to fix them, then collected the broken radios and after a bit of tinkering, could sell them for around one hundred yuan."

"Wasn’t that earning a lot of immoral money?" Everyone began calculating, although they hadn’t thought this way before, once mentioned, everyone got angry.

"No wonder Old Hao’s Daughter used to look dour, but now she looks great, wearing clothes better than before."

"Not only is Old Hao’s Daughter living well, but the Hao Family as a whole is doing better than before."

"Heard Old Hao married off the younger daughter-in-law, and the public dowry of three items was actually bought by the Hao family."

A lot of shady news about the Hao Family came to light all at once.

Everyone hearing this became furious, if they truly earned immoral money from them, they couldn’t let it slide.

A few who suffered losses gathered to discuss after dinner, refusing to let such a big loss go.

Old Hao’s couple really went to their daughter’s house, faced with such a big issue, of course, they had to prepare for it.

Son-in-law of the Hao Family had been in high spirits recently, after acquiring two radios, was just waiting to fix and sell them.

This process could net him over a hundred yuan, Son-in-law of the Hao Family felt excited thinking about it.

He thought earning from repairing machines was enough, but hadn’t realized this was even more profitable.

He planned to buy fabric to make clothes for his wife and children after earning this money.

Summer was just around the corner, he couldn’t hold back, he also wanted to buy a pair of leather shoes to wear, absolutely attracting many people’s attention.

The arrival of Old Hao’s couple surprised the young couple greatly, usually, if there aren’t serious matters, they wouldn’t come over.

The son-in-law’s first thought was, "Dad, you didn’t have a radio break over there, did you?"

Just thinking about earning around a hundred yuan made Son-in-law of the Hao Family extremely excited, who would find too much money?

The restraint to his earning came from the scarcity of broken radios, otherwise, he could certainly expand his business.

Seeing the oblivious son-in-law, Old Hao angrily said, "This business, you shouldn’t do it anymore."