"Okay, did you bring your household registration booklet? I'll register your sister and brother."

"I brought it."

Lin Qingyan quickly took out her household registration booklet and registered her older sister.

The eldest sister opened the household registration book and saw that there were indeed three children listed.

"What's your name?" the older woman asked.

"Lin Qingyan".

"good."

She saw the name Lin Qingyan on it, which confirmed that she had an older sister and a younger brother.

Before her eldest sister could finish writing, Lin Qingyan added, "By the way, sister, my sister and brother heard that the Northwest is a gathering place for ethnic minorities, and it has a very exotic atmosphere. They really like the things of ethnic minorities and want to go there as educated youth. Of course, it's also because there is a shortage of labor there, and they want to contribute more to the country's development."

"Okay, that's better."

The eldest sister smiled broadly, saying that arranging for someone to go to the Northwest was a much greater achievement than arranging for someone to go to the Northeast.

Compared to the resource-rich Northeast, almost no one would voluntarily go to the harsh conditions of the Northwest.

"Oh, right, sis. They also asked me to help them collect their educated youth subsidies, because they don't want to run around anymore."

"Okay, I'll get it for you."

The older sister gave Lin Qingyan two hundred yuan, plus a few tickets.

As soon as Lin Qingyan stepped out of the educated youth office, a middle-aged man wearing a black Zhongshan suit and with a slightly balding forehead came out of the office inside.

He saw in the educated youth registration book that some had signed up to go to the Northwest, so he said to his older sister, "The Northwest is suffering from a severe drought right now. The farmers' crops and the herders' cattle and sheep aren't enough to feed themselves. We don't need any more educated youth for now."

"Then, where should we send them?"

"Let's go to Northeast China instead."

"OK."

...

Lin Qingyan walked out of the educated youth office, feeling somewhat tired.

She coughed a few times, then sat down in the shade of a tree by the roadside to rest. She took out a fresh peach from her "bag," ate it, and rested well before continuing her task for the day.

She also needed to ask Mr. and Mrs. Gu for the three thousand yuan compensation for breaking off the engagement. From her memories, she knew that Mrs. Gu was an extremely shrewd and calculating woman.

Because during her few visits to the Lin family to see Xiao Qingyan, her eyes were full of worldliness and shrewdness, she was afraid that Gu's mother would deliberately delay giving her the money. She was about to go to the countryside, and time was tight. To be on the safe side, she had to go to Gu's mother in person to ask for the money.