Before Sun Zheng'an could react, his deskmate Wu Shengli quickly nudged him, and he walked up to the podium.

Amidst the envious glances of his classmates, Sun Zheng'an took the assignment form. Still not entirely at ease, he looked up at it again. Sure enough, it was the Mechanical Engineering Department. Only then did he return to his seat with peace of mind.

After distributing the assignment forms, Teacher Zhang explained to the students when to report to their new workplaces and some important notes about the reporting process.

However, Sun Zheng'an didn't listen to a word he said and was still thinking about the assignment.

Meanwhile, Wu Shengli, who was sitting at the same table, no longer had the same sense of superiority as before, and whispered to himself.

"Dude, you're awesome! You have such strong connections and you still need my help. Let's make it clear from the start, if I ever need your help in the future, you'd better give me a hand."

Sun Zheng'an was lost in thought when he subconsciously nodded blankly.

Even if he were stupid, he would understand by now that such a move must have come from his elder brother, Sun Zhengguo.

Meanwhile, in a classroom in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University, Chen Bocheng was also distributing assignment sheets.

"Ding Xiaojuan, assigned to the First Machinery Factory."

"..."

"..."

"Zheng Wenhua, assigned unit: Ministry of Machinery."

Zheng Wenhua, amidst the envious glances of his classmates, went up on stage to receive his job assignment preference form.

Back in his seat, Zheng Wenhua was also pondering how he had ended up in the Mechanical Department. At this moment, he didn't connect it to Sun Zhengguo.

Because he doesn't know yet?

Sun Zhengguo has gone to the Ministry of Machinery and has even become a section chief.

If you knew, it wouldn't be hard to guess.

After distributing the assignment sheets, Chen Bocheng reiterated that, barring unforeseen circumstances, the students should report to their new workplaces within seven days.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Wenhua secretly decided that in order to leave a good impression on his new colleagues and leaders, he would report for duty tomorrow.

...

At the entrance of the courtyard house, Aunt Er had already taken up the prime spot.

All of this is because her good son, Liu Guangqi, is graduating and being assigned a job today.

The reason Aunt Er came early was so that everyone in the compound could witness her son's moment of divine recognition.

Although there was the shining example of Sun Zhengguo before her, that's all in the past. As for today? We'll have to wait and see her son's solo performance.

"Hey guys, do you know what day it is today?"

When the second auntie said something out of the blue, the other aunties were stunned and didn't react.

The three women could only ask in confusion, "Is today a special day? I really can't remember what day it is. Do any of you know?"

The other middle-aged women, including several young wives present, all shook their heads. Everyone turned their attention to the second middle-aged woman to see what she had to say.

"That's exactly the effect I wanted," Auntie Er said smugly.

"My eldest son, Guangqi, is graduating today and will be assigned a job. Don't you think it's a good day?"

Hearing what the second aunt said, everyone present could only feel envy, since there was only one Sun family in this courtyard.

The rest are all there, but none of them are competitive, which is why they are so eager for job openings.

"Oh! Congratulations! Auntie, now that your son has graduated, both of you will be working. You can look forward to enjoying life from now on!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Your eldest son is a vocational school graduate. Not only will he be assigned a job, but he might even become a cadre in the future. You'll have to help the people in this compound then."

"..."

That's how people in this compound are. Although they're often scheming and like to compete with each other, they still have to put on a show of grandeur. So, a group of middle-aged women started to flatter them.

Hehehe!

"Don't worry, everyone. If my Guangqi becomes a cadre, he will definitely not be like someone in the compound who can't help at all."

Who exactly is the "someone" that the second aunt is referring to?

The people at the door all knew the truth, but no one would choose to offend the Sun family in order to please the Liu family. Surprisingly, they all remained silent.

Just as the situation became awkward, Liu Guangqi happened to walk over from a distance.

"Hey! Second Aunt, your Guangqi is back." Aunt Yi reminded her from the side.

When Liu Guangqi returned, everyone stood up, eager to see where this new darling of the compound had been assigned.

When Liu Guangqi saw his mother waiting at the door, he quickened his pace, arrived at the gate, took out the allocation intention form from his bag, and handed it to his second aunt.

"Mom, the school has completed the assignment process. I've been assigned to our steel rolling mill. Here's my assignment preference form. Please take a look."

"You silly child, I can't even read, what are you showing me? How could I not trust you?"

Auntie Er said with a smile.

As if her son had become the top scholar in the imperial examination, a sense of superiority welled up on her face.

"Ding ding ding..."

Just as Aunt Er was lost in her own world, a bicycle bell rang, shattering her reverie.

Aunt Chen in the backyard looked up and saw that it was Sun's second son who had returned.

At this moment, Aunt Chen suddenly remembered something: wasn't Sun's second son also a high school graduate taking the entrance exam? And it seemed that he was also being assigned a job today.

I was already annoyed when I saw Auntie Er bragging, but now that I see the second son of the Sun family, he's one of our own! I'm going to give him a good boost and at the same time deflate the Liu family's arrogance.

So Aunt Chen greeted him with a smile, "Zheng'an is back."

Sun Zheng'an stopped the car and said with a smile, "Aunt Chen! I just graduated today after finishing my studies."

Sun Zheng'an's words suddenly reminded the neighbors at the door that there was a vocational school student living in the courtyard!

When the second aunt saw Sun Zheng'an, she felt a competitive urge and asked him something with ill intent.

"Zheng'an! My Guangqi was assigned to a steel rolling mill today. Where were you assigned? Tell us so we aunties can be happy for you."

The second aunt's idea was everyone's idea, and everyone's eyes turned to Sun Zheng'an.

"Dear ladies, no job is superior or inferior; we are all working to build our country. No matter where I am assigned, I will obey the organization's arrangements."

Sun Zheng'an said modestly.

He actually knows exactly how his work assignments came about, which is why he chose to keep a low profile.

But things often don't go as planned; he wants to keep a low profile, but others don't think so.

His tone of voice only made the neighbors think that Sun Zheng'an's assigned work unit was so bad that they were ashamed to even mention it.

Faced with such an opportunity to strike at the Sun family, how could the second aunt let it go? So she pretended to be concerned and said...

“You silly kid, we’re all old neighbors. No matter where you’re assigned, we’ll all be genuinely happy for you. Don’t keep it to yourself, just tell us so we can all have a laugh.”

The second aunt's insincere words resonated with the other aunts. They thought, "The worse you are, the happier we are. We're all waiting to see you make a fool of yourself."

The person who regretted it the most at this moment was Aunt Chen. If she had known that the child would be assigned to a bad job, she should have kept quiet and let the child sneak into the hospital.

Now look what's happened. He failed to make an appearance and instead dragged the Sun family down with him, making them look bad.