Transmigration: On the Gossip Front-Chapter 50 - No House Female Companion 50_1

50: Chapter 50 No House Female Companion 50_1

50 -50 No House Female Companion 50_1

Zhang Yu wasn’t surprised when she received Zhang Hong’s phone call.

After all, Zhang Hong was part of the system, and they would know sooner or later.

As for how to tactfully decline, Zhang Yu really felt it was not difficult, she could easily accomplish it.

But unexpectedly, Zhang Hong didn’t mention the house at all from start to finish, just complained about how disobedient Liu Jian was.

Zhang Yu felt helpless, as someone who wasn’t married, didn’t have children, and wasn’t a teacher, how could she know about educating children?

And to be honest, gaming and such, not just now but even in twenty years, there would be no solution.

Take Liu Hui, for example, he was already grown up and still playing games, how to persuade Liu Jian not to play?

And tell him that after getting his salary, he could play all sorts of games?

Zhang Yu could guarantee that upon hearing this promise, Liu Jian would definitely only think about gaming, and as for the rest, he wouldn’t care at all.

What Zhang Yu could do was just to mildly advise Zhang Hong not to get angry, but as for how to educate Liu Jian, she could only express her powerlessness.

After all, she was a happy single, completely clueless about these matters.

Zhang Yu, after hanging up the call, kept feeling fortunate, “Thank goodness I didn’t have kids, otherwise, if I were to raise a child by myself, I would collapse sooner or later.”

However, she found it a bit strange; knowing Zhang Hong’s character, she wouldn’t appear without seeking some benefit.

“Does she want me to get to know Liu Jian better?”

Zhang Yu flipped through the original host’s memories; among the three children, Zhang Xin was the most successful, staying abroad to work after studying overseas, then getting married and having children.

But to say that she was very kind to Zhang Shouhua and his wife wasn’t true at all, in fact, she almost scraped their bottom line clean.

Although Zhang Dagu and his wife did contribute some money, Zhang Shouhua and his wife also sent money abroad so Zhang Xin could study comfortably overseas.

After she started working, because of the high rent, they scrimped and saved, sold the apartment allocated by their unit, and then gave the money to Zhang Xin to buy her own place.

Later, when she got married and had children, Zhang Shouhua and his wife went abroad to help with the kids.

Not only did they provide labor, but even the money for shopping at the supermarket came out of their pockets.

Although Zhang Yu wasn’t clear about how much money they exactly spent abroad, she heard Chiang Yun mention once that they took care of the grandchild for half a year, including the plane tickets, and spent over two hundred thousand yuan in total.

When the elderly couple returned to China, not only did Zhang Xin not book their plane tickets, but she also didn’t even buy them any gifts.

The couple, for the sake of face, claimed the gifts they bought for relatives were from Zhang Xin.

“Really, what’s the use of good academic performance if you can’t rely on it?”

Forget it, this wasn’t something she should worry about.

After all, the parents were there, she was just an aunt, why bother caring so much?

Zhang Yi was also a freeloader.

Although he worked in a large state-owned enterprise, he was just a petty officer, and his wife was a calculating person.

They were always thinking about obtaining money from Zhang Guohua and his wife, then giving some to her family.

With this going on, Zhang Yi couldn’t even voice a protest.

As for Liu Jian, he was just an ordinary person, a man waiting to retire from his job.

Even though he had two children, it was thanks to Zhang Hong and her husband’s high retirement pensions.

Otherwise, just on Liu Jian and his wife’s salaries, they wouldn’t have been able to afford raising a second child, let alone supporting themselves.

It wasn’t that Zhang Hong and her husband didn’t care, but mainly they worried that when the two of them passed away, it would be like losing a significant monthly income of several thousand yuan.

Zhang Yu sighed helplessly, “Really no prospects, calculating even their own spouses.”

If they wanted to scheme against their own parents, let them scheme.

After all, it was just about one child and eventually all these things would be left for them.

Giving now and giving later were the same to her; she had completely made up her mind not to rely on the thoughts of Zhang Yi and the others in the future.

Zhang Yu then turned back to seriously study her book, as she had exams to take next year and the more she could absorb now, the better.

Although she knew it was useless to worry about it now, she really looked forward to seeing how Zhang Shouhua and his wife would handle the news.

After all, if even Zhang Guohua had gotten involved and Zhang Hong had already taken action, it would be unreasonable for Zhang Shouhua and his wife to remain unresponsive.

Zhang Yu was wondering how exactly Zhang Shouhua would make his move, especially since even though she was a daughter, they had already started preparing for Zhang Xin to study abroad.

So, when it came to money, the more the better.

That way, Zhang Xin wouldn’t have to worry about funds being insufficient or having to work part-time and neglect her studies to make ends meet while studying overseas.

Zhang Yu was really looking forward to seeing how Zhang Shouhua would act, knowing they would take many factors into consideration.

The Zhang Shouhua family, aware of the situation, also knew that Zhang Guohua must have approached Pan Juan, but they were certain she wouldn’t make a peep.

The original dispute over dividing the house had already hurt Zhang Yu.

Even now, if they said they would leave a house for her, she just wouldn’t agree.

“Little sis ah, still has a grudge with the family,” Zhang Shouhua couldn’t help but sigh.

As Du Xia knitted a sweater, she watched the muted television.

There was no helping it, for the sake of Zhang Xin’s studies, the family’s television was effectively a mute.

Therefore, one had to keep an eye on the TV constantly; otherwise, one would really miss a lot of plots.

“But she never considers that she has no children, how will she manage when she’s old?” Zhang Shouhua didn’t understand why Zhang Yu had such a falling out with the family.

Du Xia knew that, in the hearts of the Zhang family, Zhang Yu was expected to depend on future generations of the family.

“So what if she has no kids.” Thinking of her cousin, Du Xia said, “My cousin also didn’t marry or have children, but look at her old age?”

“Everyone would go to visit her, and if she fell ill, they would all compete to take care of her.”

“My eldest uncle had several sons, but what of it?

When he and his wife fell ill, none of their descendants came to see them.” Du Xia knew that her elder uncle had ended up in such a state as a result of their partiality.

Du Xia’s thoughts then turned to Zhang Dagu and his wife.

Although they hadn’t gone overboard, one could feel that the elderly couple were fond of their grandson.

“So whether one has descendants isn’t important; what’s important is whether they have money.

If you’re without money and a house, what good are descendants?”

“For all you know, among the four of you siblings, Zhang Yu might end up living the best life.” Du Xia just had this intuition, feeling that Zhang Yu’s old age wouldn’t be so bad.

Zhang Yu, a person without offspring, living better than them?

Zhang Shouhua thought Du Xia was overthinking it.

As for her reference to her cousin, Zhang Shouhua of course had met her, but he felt that comparing Zhang Yu to that woman was a stretch.

“Although the cousin never married, she possesses quite a lot of assets.”

“Compared to Little Yu’s assets, how much could there be?” Zhang Shouhua just didn’t think Zhang Yu could compare to that woman.

Du Xia knew that getting the Zhang family to acknowledge that Zhang Yu would have an easier life ahead was no easy feat.

Zhang Yu had changed quite a bit during these days away from home.

Was it truly just because she was well-rested, not doing any work?

Du Xia felt the greatest change was probably in Zhang Yu’s mindset; no longer was it fixated on how to take care of the elderly parents, but on how to make herself happy.