The people in the courtyard are all from the mechanical factory. These days, apart from going to work, they are also concerned about the matter of the intellectual youth and actually keeping an eye on Zhao Hong. Seeing her going to the mechanical factory with the big group, everyone knew she was going to work. Yet before that, there wasn’t a whisper heard from anyone. "The procedures were completed yesterday afternoon." This is not a secret, and there were people in the labor office yesterday too. "Which department? The union?" Why is everyone jealous of the Zhao Family? Mainly because Zhang Yu had secured a good position back then. "Going to the labor office." Zhao Hong knows the status of this department in the mechanical factory. When everyone heard she was going to the archives room, their eyes showed a bit of sympathy. This position retires at a glance, "Why didn’t your mom fight for you a bit?" "Exactly. I remember they said they would leave a union position for you." Someone said maliciously. They thought, on Zhang Yu’s side, it’s hard to provoke, but getting Zhao Hong, the little girl, to explode isn’t easy? Not to mention, Zhang Yu had already prepared Zhao Hong mentally yesterday. Even if she hadn’t, Zhao Hong felt this position was quite good. "It’s all work; someone has to do it." Zhao Hong said casually, "I’m also officially employed by the mechanical factory." Now, not to mention being a temporary worker, even doing odd jobs is hard to find work. Many people present were blocked by Zhao Hong’s words, yes, after all, it’s still a formal job, at least there’s a monthly salary. The crowd who wanted to see Zhao Hong’s joke closed their mouths now, Zhao Hong has a job, no matter how bad, it’s at least a formal job. Looking at the silent crowd, Zhao Hong felt Zhang Yu was right. Many of her peers don’t have jobs, but she’s already got a steady one; who could look down on her just because of that? What pleased Zhao Hong even more was that Sister Wang was really kind. As long as she came to work, she’d definitely tackle the tasks. Sister Wang wasn’t like many people said, always not showing up to work. Unless her parents-in-law were hospitalized, she’d come to the unit every day. As for coming late and leaving early, after all, she had to take care of her in-laws in the morning and go back to do house chores, so what? The archives room naturally didn’t have much work. When Sister Wang wasn’t there, Zhao Hong would pick up a mechanical book to read, sometimes newspapers. There are truly many newspapers in the archives room. She is currently very satisfied with this job—less work, fewer issues. As for salary, everyone with the same rank earns the same wage. Regarding promotion? Now, the atmosphere outside is getting worse, filled with hotheads jumping around; Zhao Hong increasingly believes that keeping a low profile is the way. In an unpopular department, who would care? Leaders don’t notice, and if you want to make a splash, no one would pay attention even more. Zhao Hong clocks in and out on time daily, living a comfortable life. It’s already year-end, and the outside climate has completely changed. Street workers directly come to tell your family who needs to become intellectual youth and support broad territory. Why didn’t the street specify who should go? Because families were allowed to select who would go. If there was only one eligible youth, despite some turmoil, there’s no other choice unless one got a formal job, then it’s futile. If there were several eligible kids at home, various commotions and arguments over the countryside spot were plenty. This was an internal strife; no matter how noisy, at most the courtyard cared a bit. Outside, people wouldn’t discuss much. It’s not that they didn’t want lively gossip, but there’s too much of this kind of excitement with various juicy stories. Ordinary gossip doesn’t matter until someone revealed taking the household registration booklet to enroll siblings, and the person only found out when the street notified them. That really felt like the end of the world. This led to a dispute, and finally, the authority laid down the rule that no one can enroll on behalf of others, even parents can’t do so. This somewhat eased everyone’s tense hearts; otherwise, if such operations spread, it would be chaotic. Zhang Yu is now wary of the Xue siblings next door; originally, she thought Xue Li was trying to avoid going to the countryside by targeting Xiao Yi. Unexpectedly, the Xue siblings were even more vicious; Xue Zhan targeted Zhao Hong. Zhang Yu felt the Xue Family was eyeing the position in Zhao Hong’s hand. She dares say that once Zhao Hong marries him, she’d have to hand over the job immediately. "From now on, be smart, even if someone says someone in our family is in trouble, don’t believe them." "You can’t confirm whether this information is true. If someone maliciously takes you to a secluded place and then forces you, you’ll be the one suffering." "Now, everyone is using various means to avoid going to the countryside." Zhang Yu shared some of the news she heard with them. Zhao Hong started paying more attention to this matter again, "You mean them?" pointing to next door. "Do you think only they have their eyes on you?" Zhang Yu said irritably, "Is there no one in this courtyard watching you?" "Isn’t there someone in the next courtyard doing the same?" "And, do you think no one in the mechanical factory is focusing on you?" "You have a job; if you give it to a man later." Zhang Yu eyed Zhao Hong, "No matter how he treats you, don’t let go of your job." "Waiting for someone to give you money is a dangerous thing." "Only when you earn your own salary do you not have to listen to anyone’s tune." Face is not something someone else gives; it’s something you earn yourself. "Mom, I know." Zhao Hong has known since she was young that money is a good thing; it can buy things she likes, of course within a reasonable range. "And you too." Zhao Hong turned to Xiao Yi, "When you graduate next year, your job will be secured." "Having a job, there’s no need to worry." Fortunately, the Xiao Family’s parents aren’t in the Capital City; even if someone wants to stir trouble, the main party isn’t here, how can they make noise? The Xue siblings have tried many ways, and it turns out, not to mention Xiao Yi didn’t fall for it, even Zhao Hong, whom they considered almost a fool, didn’t fall for it either. It really infuriated them; since Zhao Hong wasn’t falling for it, someone from the Xue family was destined to go as intellectual youth. As for this person, it’s naturally Xue Li. She would’ve gone to the Northeast initially, but after knowing it was Northeast, she pretended to be sick and delayed. The street workers saw through Xue Li’s little tricks clearly, directly stating if Xue Li couldn’t go, they’d switch to Xue Zhan. Discover more novels at novｅlfire.net How could Xue Fan and his wife agree? They immediately pressured Xue Li to pack her bags and go without caring if she really got injured. Terrified, Xue Fan and his wife, seeing Xue Zhan roaming around every day without doing a job, were worried about being selected as intellectual youth. As soon as Xue Li was sent off, they promptly arranged for him to take over.