By the time the women who had gathered at the village entrance to do needlework received the news, five of the fourteen jobs Zhou Jingyun had offered had already been sold.

The provincial pharmaceutical factory and the provincial supply and marketing cooperative were given to the brigade leader's family, and a total of 1,700 yuan was collected. The three sons drew lots to decide their positions.

The Zhou family didn't have that much money, so they could only spend 650 yuan to buy a job at the county supply and marketing cooperative. The sons drew lots to decide which one would go.

My third uncle took out 1,700 yuan, which was his savings for his coffin, and bought a provincial pharmaceutical factory and a provincial supply and marketing cooperative.

In addition, Zhou Jingyun also arranged for her two other married sisters to work at the provincial pharmaceutical factory with Zhou Shuixian.

His thought was that it would be better to support his own sister than his brother-in-law.

Once the older sister is married, her brother-in-law will always be her brother-in-law, unless she decides she no longer wants him.

However, once your brother-in-law stands up, he may no longer be your brother-in-law.

So he chose to let his three older sisters go to work, while his brothers-in-law stayed home to take care of the children...

At this point, of the fourteen positions Zhou Jingyun had obtained through matchmaking, only six remained.

If it weren't for the fact that Zhou Dujuan and Zhou Taohua were both too young, not even sixteen years old, these six wouldn't have been able to stay either.

Of course, Zhou Jingyun didn't openly say that he was selling positions or jobs. Instead, he said that he had connections in these places and there happened to be vacant positions. If the villagers were interested, they could ask him for help in arranging them.

Therefore, in the eyes of the villagers, Zhou Jingyun did not gain any benefit at all.

When they came to ask Zhou Jingyun for help, they would always bring wine and meat. At the very least, they would bring two catties of white or brown sugar, along with some eggs.

After all, families that can afford to spend a few hundred dollars to buy a job are not too poor, so you can't be too stingy when giving gifts, right?

In just half a day, Zhao Cuihong received so many gifts that her hands were sore, and her face was constantly smiling until her cheeks ached.

This was the first time Zhao Cuihou had been so happy since her son was injured there last year, and the first time she hadn't avoided the gaze of the villagers.

When she heard people in the village mention her son, she wasn't worried that they were talking about him behind his back; on the contrary, she felt that they were definitely praising him...

When the old women who were busy gossiping and doing needlework heard this news, they saw Granny Liu leading her son toward Zhou Jingyun's house, and they immediately started cursing:

"That old hag Liu is really a scoundrel; she didn't even finish telling us such a huge piece of news."

"Hmph, what do you know? She's just worried that we'll compete with her precious grandson for jobs in the city, so she's keeping an eye on us!"

"Who can argue with that? At her age, she's still so cunning!"

...

Although everyone was complaining about Granny Liu, they all honestly carried their sewing baskets home, ready to tell their families the news.

Even if you can't raise that much money yourself, you can always borrow it from others, right?

At worst, you can tell the news to your loved ones and try to win them over, right?

As a result, news that Zhou Jingyun had connections to help people get jobs in the county and provincial capitals spread quickly.

Even Zhou Shuhua, who was recuperating in bed due to a leg injury, heard it.

She was even more indignant when she heard that her family had spent 650 yuan to buy her brothers jobs: "Hmph, when I asked them to take me to the county town to see a doctor for my leg, they all said they didn't have the money."

But now, they have money as soon as they buy a job. Isn't it obvious that they have money at home but don't want to spend it on themselves?

She always said she didn't discriminate against girls and treated herself and her brothers the same, but now, hasn't she exposed her true colors?

Sure enough, where adults' love is, there their money is.

The more Zhou Shuhua thought about it, the more painful it became. She covered herself with the blanket and cried uncontrollably, wishing that her Qingming brother could be by her side at this moment...

On the other hand, Zhou Weijie also heard that Zhou Jianguo's family spent more than a thousand yuan to buy two jobs in the provincial capital.

Although it was said that the allocation of the two positions was decided by drawing lots among the three sons, there was still a chance, wasn't there?

Upon hearing the news, Zhou Weijie immediately regretted his decision.

Although he had long regretted moving out of Zhou Jian's country, this was the first time he had regretted it so thoroughly.

After all, if he hadn't moved out of Zhou Jianguo's country, he would have been able to participate in the lottery and have had a chance to get a job in the provincial capital.

Moreover, given the Zhou family's past attitude towards him, he might be able to get a job without even having to participate in the lottery, if he just makes a fuss.

"Brother Weijie..."

Just as Zhou Weijie was filled with regret, Zhao Xiuyun walked in carrying a wooden basin.

Water was still dripping from the bottom of the wooden basin, which was filled with clean clothes.

Upon seeing the person who arrived, Zhou Weijie's anger immediately found an outlet, and he yelled at the person, "Did you eat a pound of mosquitoes? Did a mosquito get stuck in your throat? Can't you speak properly?"

Zhao Xiuyun, who had intended to coax Zhou Weijie gently, immediately teared up with grievance.

However, the man in front of her was no longer the same man who would show tenderness to women and get nervous when he saw her jealous.

Seeing her like this, instead of feeling sorry for her, he slapped her across the face and started cursing viciously:

"You jinx! All you do is cry, cry, cry! You've cried away all your good luck!"

Zhou Weijie rolled his eyes inwardly. If it weren't for this woman, how could he have missed out on the job in the provincial capital?

After being hit, Zhao Xiuyun dared not say anything more. When she was forced to back away, she even had to steady the wooden basin in her hand, because if her clothes fell to the ground and got dirty, she would get another beating.

Holding the basin, Zhao Xiuyun dared not cry out, suppressing her grievances, and said to Zhou Weijie:

"Brother Weijie, I... I just heard that the brigade leader got two jobs in the provincial capital and let his sons draw lots to decide which job they would get."

I think that no matter how unpleasant things are between you and your father-in-law, you are still their son, aren't you?

This job needs to be done, you have to have a part in it!

To be honest, Zhou Weijie thought the same thing.

Therefore, when he heard Zhao Xiuyun's words, the anger on his face subsided considerably.

Seeing this, Zhao Xiuyun knew that her words had touched Zhou Weijie's heart, and quickly added, "Brother Weijie, your father-in-law and the others were heartless in kicking you out, and you've suffered for so long. Now that you've finally gotten a job in the provincial capital, they definitely want to keep a portion of it to compensate you, right?"

Zhao Xiuyun didn't know that Zhou Weijie was not Zhou Jianguo's biological son. She thought that with that blood ties, how could the bond between parents and children be severed?

She was very confident that as long as the two of them went back and made a scene, they would definitely be able to get Zhou Weijie to participate in the lottery.

Even if they didn't get a job, wouldn't the Zhou family at least give them some compensation?

If the older brothers have good jobs, how can the younger brother be too bad?

If word gets out, who won't say that the Zhou family is harsh?