Transmigration: On the Gossip Front-Chapter 1962 - 1963: Passerby Female Intellectual Youth 105

The information he mentioned about the family is all correct: a brother-in-law who is a regiment commander, a brother who is a battalion commander, another brother who works in the district committee, and then younger twin siblings who are in high school, plus a father who is the director of a machinery factory.

But he didn’t mention that the older siblings are the father’s children. Yes, his mother is the second wife, and their family is a blended one.

The director father has two sons and a daughter, and the mother brought a son, who is Wang Yan’s husband. After their marriage, they had another pair of twins.

When they remarried, Wang Yan’s husband was quite young, just two or three years old, and the older siblings weren’t very old either, with the eldest son just starting junior high.

At the beginning of their marriage, Wang Yan’s mother-in-law was quite good to the three children. But after the twins were born, her true nature was revealed, and she wasn’t kind to the three kids anymore. These three didn’t take it lying down; they packed their bags and went to their maternal grandparents’ home.

They lived at their grandmother’s house but didn’t let the factory director off the hook, demanding half of his monthly salary as their living expense.

As for the three’s marriage matters, as a father, he had to shell out money. This way, even though the factory director’s salary was quite substantial, it couldn’t withstand having so many expenses. Half the remaining salary had to go to elder care, the twins needed money, so how much could Wang Yan’s husband actually use?

After finishing high school, he had no arrangements at all. Helpless, he had to go to the countryside as an intellectual youth. But this guy was smart and threatened the family to find him a good place to settle, ideally somewhere unknown to him.

He also made lots of new clothes and asked his biological mother to send parcels, all so he could find a wife with good conditions at the farm to help him out.

His plan was decent; with decent conditions, good looks, and a sweet talker, he was quite popular among the female intellectuals. Of course, Wang Yan liked him too, but why would he go for her, a girl with apparently no backing?

This factory director’s son found a pretty good target too, but unfortunately, shortly after he started acting, a new group of intellectuals arrived at the farm, among whom was someone knowledgeable about his family.

Not only did this person know his family situation, but he also had conflicts with them. Naturally, he exposed everything about him, such as he was a mere drag-along, that the older siblings had nothing to do with the twins, wouldn’t look after them, let alone pay attention to him.

At first, no one believed this news, but as the knowledgeable youth disclosed more and more, coupled with the disappearance of the factory director’s son’s parcels, everyone fully realized he was just a façade.

The factory director’s son’s plan undoubtedly fell apart, and more importantly, when his father learned of his behavior at the farm, he wrote to the farm reiterating that his conduct was a personal matter with no relation to his family.

Zhang Yu calculated for a moment; it seemed that soon the righteous person who knew would come to the farm. Thinking that Wang Yan would be enraged to discover that the man she schemed for had such a background, it was unclear if she’d be furious to death.

What delighted her more was Wang Yan, fearing the golden bachelor would abandon her, even registered for a marriage certificate. In his eyes, having a marriage certificate eliminated worries about the man going back on his word, but it also bound her from leaving him.

Zhang Yu genuinely felt happy for Wang Yan’s marriage, and if she were at the farm, she would sincerely offer congratulations and blessings.

Unfortunately, she wasn’t at the farm now; a heartfelt blessing was enough, wishing them a happily-ever-after, then completely closing things off. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

These two were undoubtedly the best pair of lovers, hence locking down and not bothering others was the best course.

Zhang Yu thought that she and Wang Yan had completely fallen out and shouldn’t have any more contact. Yet, unexpectedly, Wang Yan actually wrote her a letter, notifying her of this big event of her marriage. Oh, of course, she also elaborated on the other party’s condition in the letter.

Zhang Jie didn’t find it surprising at all that Zhang Yu still had contact with the intellectual youth she knew at the farm. But this time, he was genuinely astonished when he saw an envelope, "Wang Yan actually wrote to you?"

Zhang Yu had been back for quite a while and hadn’t seen letters from her, so why was there one now? Zhang Jie’s first reaction was that Wang Yan must have encountered a big problem and come looking for Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu murmured, "She got married, then found a son of a factory director." She casually handed the letter to Zhang Jie, aware that this guy would definitely be on guard, so just let him read properly.

Yao Ying, upon hearing it was Wang Yan’s letter, naturally became alert, surprised to find that Wang Yan had written about her marriage.

She wasn’t astonished that Wang Yan married the son of a factory director; she was concerned that Wang Yan actually got married. Looking at the two kids before her, she couldn’t help but fret, "You two and Wang Yan were classmates, and she’s already married at the farm."

"Look at you two..." Yao Ying couldn’t help but get annoyed.

Sigh, she knew that letting Yao Ying know Wang Yan got married would definitely lead to a nag about marriage. See? It’s something unavoidable in the ’70s.

Zhang Jie squeezed his nose at Yao Ying’s words.

"Mom, we’re still young, didn’t you say that once girls get married, things drastically change from how they were, it’s not as comfortable, please consider your daughter a bit." Zhang Yu clung to Yao Ying’s arm, acting spoiled in every way.

Just then Zhang Wei came home from work, hearing this he interjected, "Yeah, what’s the rush to get married."

With Zhang Wei backing her, Zhang Yu was overjoyed, and Zhang Jie was relieved too.

Yao Ying retorted, "Yes, yes, you aren’t wrong, in your eyes, Little Yu and they are still kids."

Zhang Wei nodded, "Yes, no matter how old they are, in my eyes they are kids."

"Yes, yes, no rush." Yao Ying reminisced about friends her own age, already grandparents, while her two kids hadn’t even married or had children.

Not to mention not being married or having children, the bigger issue was that they had no intention of going on blind dates, "It’s already ’75, they’re 23."

"So what if it’s 23." Zhang Yu muttered, sigh, in this era, 23 felt like a ’big girl,’ no, an old maid actually.

Clearly, in later times, at this age, she’d still be in college, sigh, can’t compare, really can’t.

Even with so many opinions, she had to bite her tongue, couldn’t offend a mother longing for her child’s marriage.

Didn’t she see that even Zhang Wei kept quiet? If the head of the family couldn’t hold, they obviously were at a loss.

Zhang Wei knew Yao Ying was anxious, didn’t he want to become a grandpa and grandpa-in-law too? However, considering the received information, he preferred to wait, "The leader went back."

"And quite a few professors went back too." Zhang Wei rattled off several names, "I’m thinking it might be time to resume college entrance exams."

"With the current system of recommending students for college, what kind of graduates are we sending out." Zhang Wei recently encountered some so-called college graduates and was speechless about them.

If this system continues, the shortage of talent won’t be just average.