Transmigration: On the Gossip Front-Chapter 1930 - 1931: Female Intellectual Youth Passerby 73
This good mood lasted until Zhang Yu took the boat to the farm. Last time Zhang Yu set off for the farm, the whole family was very sad.
This time, though still a bit sad, it wasn’t as sad. The people of the Zhang Family knew that next month Zhang Yu would come back again, and that would be a time for the whole family to reunite.
Yao Ying knew Zhang Yu was a steady child, but still reminded Zhang Yu again and again, "Keep a low profile."
"Don’t let people see through you." Until the last moment, you really can’t relax, otherwise, who knows where a shameless person might pop up and use all sorts of shameless tricks.
Zhang Yu answered with a hum, tightly hugged Yao Ying, and then hugged Zhang Wei, who rushed from the research institute, "Dad, take care of your health."
Even without Zhang Wei saying it, Zhang Yu knew he was really working hard at the research institute. Even if on that side they spoke casually about arranging a job for Zhang Yu, as if it was no big deal, Zhang Yu knew that if word got out, there would definitely be many people willing to work at the research institute.
Zhang Wei obviously also knew this reason, so he worked particularly hard and earnestly, "Dad, you must take good care of your health, or I really won’t be at ease."
Zhang Wei hummed, "Take care of yourself over there."
At this moment, a crew member loudly announced on the deck, "The ship is about to depart, all intellectual youth please board the ship, accompanying parents please disembark."
No matter how reluctant parents are to part with their children, they have to wave goodbye to their children with tears.
Yao Ying watched the boat carrying Zhang Yu just drift out of her sight, her tears uncontrollably fell.
At this moment on the pier, it was a sea of crying. Yao Ying was already not in a good mood, and now her mood was even worse, her tears flowed even more profusely.
Zhang Wei held Yao Ying tightly, "Don’t cry, Little Yu will be sad."
"Besides, our daughter will be back soon," Zhang Wei whispered in Yao Ying’s ear.
Yao Ying certainly knew, "But I just can’t control my tears."
Who can control them? No one can really control them. It was only after sobbing for a while that Yao Ying gradually adjusted herself.
Seeing his wife not crying anymore, Zhang Wei sighed in relief. After all, if his wife kept crying, her eyes would definitely swell red, and when that time comes, he would be the one in trouble.
Moreover, if his wife continued crying, he’d really be worried that he wouldn’t be able to help but cry too.
"Our daughter was only gone for half a year and she already got quite tanned. And those hands of hers have gotten much rougher too."
"Back when she was home, our daughter didn’t know how to do so many things, but look at her work now, she’s really efficient." Zhang Wei recalled how hardworking Zhang Yu was this time when she came back home, she was really on top of things.
Yao Ying thought of her daughter’s performance these past few days and was truly reluctant to part with her, "It’s okay, it will be soon."
As the ship sped up, everyone could no longer see their families bidding them farewell, and they gradually trekked towards the cabin, while the cries began to soften.
They initially thought they had adapted to life on the farm, thinking it was at least better than going to the countryside to be intellectual youth, but this time going back, when compared with their siblings who stayed in the city working, the gap was indeed substantial.
Saying they had no thoughts about it would be a lie, but they also knew if they didn’t go back to the farm and stayed in the city, where would their rations come from, their household registration was already attached to the farm.
Buy high-priced grains? That was even more impossible; once or twice would be fine, but doing it more often, would the other siblings have no opinion about it?
Parents would have opinions too, normally if you went down to be intellectual youth, unless you were impulsive and volunteered yourself, most intellectual youth were not the favored children in their families. For the favored ones, parents would generally find ways to definitely keep the child at home.
Zhang Yu’s mood was soaring, but listening to the cries around, of course, she held back in many ways, not expressing such emotions, otherwise, it would really stand out.
Luckily, after crying for a while, everyone slowly stopped; after all, continuing to cry wouldn’t change the reality that they were intellectual youths. Especially after a crew member said, "At least you can go home to celebrate the New Year every year; many intellectual youth haven’t gone home for years after leaving."
As soon as this was said, the already small number of cries immediately ceased once more. People just like making comparisons like this, knowing others have it worse, their mood naturally improved a lot.
Not crying anymore, and since there was still some time before resting that night, people began talking about fun things during past New Year’s, while Zhang Yu listened quietly.
Zhao Tong noticed how clean Zhang Yu was, "Little Yu, this Spring Festival?"
"I had just returned home for a couple of days when my dad got sick and had a major surgery." Zhang Yu wasn’t trying to gain sympathy but simply stating facts, because this Spring Festival was really mostly about taking care of a sick person, and of course preventing disruptions from the Wang Family.
They continued sitting together in fours, and Zhao Tong and the others didn’t expect such a big incident happened in Zhang Yu’s family, "I’m sorry."
"It’s okay, the doctors said my dad was really lucky; if it had been discovered later, the condition might have worsened, so it’s a good thing."
"And I got to be at home for the holiday to take care of my dad, otherwise I’d have to take leave and come back, delaying many affairs."
Zhao Tong and the others listened to Zhang Yu’s explanation and were momentarily stunned, "Indeed." Zhao Tong felt quite embarrassed.
Zhang Yu yawned and took out some food Yao Ying prepared from her bag, "My mom made me these to eat."
Most people had already eaten dinner at home, and even if someone brought food, it was usually just some seeds or peanuts, and not many would even bring those.
Seeing that Zhang Yu had brought some rice balls, Zhao Tong and the others were a little surprised, "Didn’t you eat at home?"
"I did eat a bit, but my mom was worried I’d be hungry at midnight, because when we reach the farm, it’ll be about nine something, and then we must endure a bumpy journey to the team station, it’ll be at least eleven."
When we arrive over there, it’ll almost be lunchtime, but enduring hunger until then wouldn’t be good, "Recently, I’ve been making rice balls myself, with some of my homemade fish floss inside."
"Fish floss?" Zhao Tong was momentarily stunned, "I’ve heard of pork floss, but this fish floss?"
"It’s made from fish meat. My dad’s health isn’t great; I’ve recently been fishing whenever I can, and we eat quite a lot of fish at home, so I thought it would be nice to change things up a bit."
Someone nearby heard people had so much fish to eat at home they got sick of it and opened their mouths as if to say something but decided against it.
If someone else were to say such a thing, maybe they’d talk back, but since it was Zhang Yu, they truly didn’t see it as showing off.
"I just thought, if pork can be made into floss, fish can too. When my dad gets busy, my mom can make some rice balls with it, adding some vegetables, so there’s both meat and greens, which is better for my dad’s health."
