After the banquet was over and Zhou Xiaozheng, who was a little tipsy, was settled down, Zhou Jiao walked out of the living room with a smile on her face that became even brighter and she could no longer hold back her laughter.

——Her father said that his little girl finally didn’t have to have marks on her hands and had successfully survived five years. As a father, he was very, very happy.

Zhang Guoqing followed and said, "Wife, I'm very happy too. Very, very, very happy."

Standing in the yard, Zhou Jiao burst into laughter again upon hearing this. It wasn't because she wanted a good job, but because she understood that her father and the man beside her were happy for her to be free from farm work.

"Jiao"—from this name, she once again felt her father's love as strong as a mountain. Her father's greatest hope for her was nothing more than that she could live a life that was "tender".

"Brother, I am the beautiful girl in Jiangshan! I won't change my name!"

In the night, Zhang Guoqing touched her head lovingly and looked at her big, sparkling eyes. "Okay!" There were so many meanings in her words, but he understood.

Before, there had been ignorant youngsters who pointed at his wife's name and acted self-righteously, but now that she had confronted him in person, he finally had some peace and quiet.

There might be more storms coming, but he was confident that as long as he could hold her hand, he would carve out a bright path even in hell.

Zhou Jiao looked down at her clenched right hand and stretched out her left hand to cover it tightly. The strength of the two hands was very warm. With him, she was no longer afraid!

After standing there for a while and calming down, Zhou Jiao took him back to the bedroom after watching his sons and handed him the shoulder bag. There would be many letters to answer tonight.

"After we finish the registration tomorrow, we will first tell our parents the good news."

"That's fine. Xiaomi will be coming to our house in the next couple of days. This time, I'll ask her to bring the letter, which will save us some money. Aunt Sun is already worried that there won't be enough milk powder."

After making the joke, as usual, Zhang Guoqing read the letter from his father first.

My second sister-in-law Lin Juhua and my second sister Zhang Meihao both gave birth to girls in May.

According to Zhang's father, the Chen family was so happy that they showed off whenever they met someone they knew. Compared to the Chen family, his second brother and his wife's attitude towards the little girl was very different.

Finally, I asked them if they had confirmed their jobs and whether they wanted to take their three children back to their hometown during the summer vacation.

After reading the letter from Zhang's father, Zhang Guoqing winked at Zhou Jiao, "What do you think?"

"No wonder Zhang Lao Er didn't send a telegram to announce the good news. Why is he still so son-centric? Two sons and two daughters would be great! Two is good, what a feudal idiot!"

"He's sick!" After scolding his second brother, he tore open the envelope to see what he had to say. After reading it, Zhang Guoqing was so angry that he laughed.

"How dare he say he had the nerve to say he was worried I'd be jealous because he had a daughter, so he didn't send me a telegram to provoke me? Why would I be surprised? How could his little girl compare to my son?"

Zhou Jiao shook her head speechlessly. Well, this guy probably favors boys over girls. It's true that the eldest brother doesn't talk about the second brother!

"Forget it, let's not argue with him! Jiaojiao, take a look at Second Brother's letter first. He mentioned Zhou Xue's son. That child is the same age as our Ping An, right?"

Zhou Jiao nodded.

Speaking of Zhou Xue, she was sentenced to ten years in prison. If nothing unexpected happened, she would never be released. Last year, the Liang family contacted Jiang Jiangyu, and she took the opportunity to check on Zhou Xue, who had almost forgotten about her.

It was said that she was still in labor camp, and none of her relatives had come to visit her. Her husband from the Wang family had married an infertile woman, and who knew what was happening to the child now?

Zhou Jiao took the letter, skimmed over its contents, and sighed after reading it. Aside from the corrupt head of the household, the Wang family was actually a good family. Huang Zhaodi was ruthless and cruel to her, but she still had a motherly heart for her daughter, which was quite thoughtful.

"They've brought this upon themselves. Don't sympathize with the Zhou family. Look, the child is doing well. A childless stepmother wouldn't abuse him in order to take care of him in his old age. It would be even better if the three of them could go to the Great Northern Wilderness. Once they leave their hometown, their history won't be mentioned, which would be better for the child as well."

"I don't sympathize with them. I just think of Huang Zhaodi. That woman really put a lot of thought into her children. No matter how evil a person is, they still have a good side."

"No matter whether she is good or evil, as long as she attacks you, it is not a pity to die a hundred times."

Zhang Guoqing flipped through a few letters, and apart from asking where they were assigned, they were all irrelevant matters. He was too impatient to read them again in detail.

"Did you finish reading it? What did they say?"

"Godmother sent us a package. Linzi and Taozi are planning to get married on November 1st, or New Year's Day at the latest. They told us to make sure we could be there. Everyone else is asking if we've been assigned yet?"

"Looks like Linzi and Xiaohui are a couple. He should have received his assignment notice in the past couple of days. I wonder where he's been assigned. Last time, Xiaohui rushed over with a huge bag of stuff, but she ran off before she could even say a word. That damn girl hasn't shown up for almost six months. I wonder where she's gone now?"

Zhang Guoqing thought of Hu Xiaohui running away in shock when she saw his father-in-law coming back, and he found it funny. Who was the gentle and generous girl his friend was talking about?

I've really lost my mind!

"Last time, mother said that Linzi had a chance to work in Beijing. It should have happened by now. Without the Bai family's help, he wouldn't have been able to come to Beijing. This kid has written to me so many times, but he didn't tell me anything at all. How mean!"

"If it were Yuanyuan and her husband, they would have yelled at you a long time ago. They just have different personalities."

Zhang Guoqing nodded, took out a pen and paper, and prepared to reply. There was no need to reply this time, as these two close friends would probably be at work by the time the letter arrived.

"You said I'll become a real soldier after reporting for duty tomorrow. Shouldn't the two courtyards in my hometown be decorated as military dependents?"

Zhou Jiao was so frightened by his words that she stumbled. "Can't you be more subtle about your motives? You've already made plans before you even report."

"And you, when you report in, remember to check whether your unit assigns you a rank of 22 or 23. With your previous first-class merit, if nothing unexpected happens, you've already been promoted to a regular employee, which means you'll get 56 yuan. If you were assigned a rank of 23, it would only be a little over 49 yuan."

"Adding in various subsidies, it seems like our combined salaries are pretty good. Hospitalization is free, daycare for our three sons is free, and we get benefits every holiday. It's totally worth it! I'm also working hard to get a free car ride someday!"

"When I first received 32 yuan, I was so happy all day. Now I think I'm such a loser! I have to tell my parents this great news. His son and his family will finally have a stable job."

"No wonder Taozi said in the letter that he woke up with a smile. It's true, they have no burdens at all, not even a child, so they can eat out every day without worry."

Watching Zhang Guoqing muttering to himself while buried in his reply, Zhou Jiao couldn't help but chuckle. This idiot wasn't even this happy when he brought home sacks of cash from the black market.

It turns out that getting things done the right way makes a difference!

Zhou Jiao then followed his line of thought and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that this life was really good. No wonder Fang Fei and the others said that they had endured all these years but still couldn't get regular jobs as quickly as the college graduates.