Most educated youth who went to the countryside want to return to the city now do so through various policies such as medical retirement, poverty retirement, substitution, schooling, and special recruitment by factories.

The policies regarding educated youth staying in the city and returning to the city were closely linked. The policy on educated youth going to the countryside mentioned the issue of "having multiple children but only one child living with them".

The regulations stipulate that individuals with multiple children who have already gone to work in rural areas or outside the city or county, and who only have one child with them, are exempt from going to rural areas.

If there are disabled children among multiple children who are unable to take care of themselves and require care, one of them may stay.

If there are many children and no one is around, the children who have already gone to the countryside can be given special consideration in the recruitment process. If the family is in real difficulty, one person can be allowed to move back.

For example, for those suffering from serious illnesses that are difficult to cure and who are unable to go to the countryside, a certificate of exemption from going to the countryside can be issued after a certain procedure.

For educated youth whose parents are old, sick, or deceased, whose younger siblings are young and unable to take care of themselves and who have no relatives to look after them, their retirement may be postponed or waived.

In addition to these, those who performed exceptionally well during their time in the countryside could receive a recommendation from the factory and thus return to the city.

Mu Tianye is the second child in his family. He has an older brother who is already married, and a younger brother and two younger sisters.

Besides the eldest brother who is already married and the younger sister who is underage, Mu Tianye, his third brother Mu Tian, ​​and his eldest sister Mu Tianmei all meet the requirements of the rural resettlement policy.

Mu Tianye had considered asking his family to help him find a job, but his parents, who always favored him, refused his request this time.

The three children who were to be sent to the countryside were all their own flesh and blood. If there were any other way, they would not want their children to go to the countryside.

However, due to limited family resources, they could only help one child but not two. In order to avoid being resented by their child, Mu Tianye's parents had no choice but to divide their savings into three parts.

They let the three children who had been sent to the countryside take the money with them, hoping it would help them live a better life there. As for anything else, they really couldn't do anything else.

To allow her eldest son to get married, Tian Shufen, the mother, gave up her job for him.

Mu Tianye and his eldest brother Mu Tianhe are three years apart in age. A three-year age difference is enough to create a distance between them.

So one of them got married and stayed in the city, while the other could only go to the countryside.

After realizing there was no room for maneuver, Mu Tianye didn't take any drastic actions, as he still needed his family's support, albeit small, but better than nothing.

His desire to become the head of the educated youth settlement was simply a ploy to get recommended to return to the city later.

Little did they know that no matter how well they performed, the spot to be recommended to return to the city was not so easy to obtain.

Otherwise, how could Guo Dongxu have endured so many years in the Progressive Brigade!

However, Mu Tianye now knows that he has no chance to replace Guo Dongxu as the station chief for the time being.

What he needs to do is to improve his life as much as possible, but of course, he doesn't intend to stay in the countryside long-term.

Zhai Qiaoyun's words left a deep mark on the hearts of both Zhou Caixia and Mu Tianye.

Even though they haven't shown their true colors yet, they will still cause Jiang Xile considerable trouble in the long run.

Once she regained her composure, Zhai Qiaoyun shifted her attention away from Jiang Xile and focused intently on her work.

She didn't have any financial support from her family when she came to the countryside; she had to rely on her own efforts for everything. If she didn't work hard, she would definitely go hungry.

After all, these work points were related to her future food rations, so she couldn't afford to be careless.

Zhai Qiaoyun withdrew her attention, and Jiang Xile naturally no longer felt that faint hostility.

Looking around and finding nothing amiss, she quickened her pace, and soon a row of weeds was cleared clean.

At Tiancheng Hospital, Zhang Guizhi and Xiao Yuanshan checked into a guesthouse near the hospital under Liu Haizhu's arrangement.

After a night's rest, the elderly couple felt much better the next day. They even went to the guesthouse kitchen to cook chicken soup for Xiao Chengyi.

The chicken was naturally bought with Liu Haizhu's help. With his parents' attentive care, Xiao Chengyi's injuries recovered quickly.

Meanwhile, Xiao Chengze, who was far away in Songzhan Commune, also received a telegram from his father, informing him that his younger brother was out of danger, and Xiao Chengze breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Chengze informed Xiao Chengyu, who was far away at the food factory, of the news.

The food factory was located in Changwu Commune, 20 kilometers away from Songzhan Commune, but fortunately there was a telephone there.

The phone call cost 50 cents, and Xiao Chengze sighed, feeling the pinch, but he couldn't refuse to make the call.

At the food factory, it's that time of the month again when the bell rings, and the workload in the accounting department increases once more.

Because of the Dragon Boat Festival in June, the factory gave each worker an extra half-jin of meat coupons as a benefit.

Don't underestimate this half-pound meat ticket; it brings twice the workload of usual.

Even though he was still worried about his injured third brother, Xiao Chengyu had to pull himself together and work hard.

Fortunately, I received a call from my older brother before I left work at noon to let him know I was safe.

"Since we can't visit now, let's prepare more things!"

Xiao Chengyu was thinking that when he received his salary on the 8th, he would definitely exchange more meat coupons with his colleagues so that he could take them home and give his third brother a good boost.

This shows that although the three Xiao brothers have not been together for a long time, they still have a very good relationship.

Even though Xiao Chengyu and Xiao Chengze both have their own families, their concern for their families has never diminished.

Xiao Chengyu's girlfriend, Liu Xiuying, is the niece of Director Liu of the logistics department of the food factory. Of course, their marriage was also arranged by Director Liu.

The couple has been married for eight years, and their son, Xiao Libang, is now six years old.

Because of his job at the food factory, Xiao Chengyu settled his family in Changwu Commune.

Liu Xiuying happened to work at the supply and marketing cooperative in Changwu Commune. Whenever she was busy at work, she would send her child back to her parents' home.

Liu's parents only had one daughter, Liu Xiuying, so they were naturally happy to help take care of their grandson and often provided financial assistance to Xiao Chengyu and Liu Xiuying.

Xiao Chengyu remembered the help from his in-laws and didn't have any negative feelings about it.

People are reciprocal; if his parents-in-law treat him well, he will naturally be filial to them in return.

Besides, we're all family now, so we shouldn't talk like family!

After informing Xiao Chengyu, Xiao Chengze went to the Forward Brigade during his lunch break.

My uncles are still thinking about it, so naturally I have to go and let them know.

In order to save time, Xiao Chengze pedaled his bicycle at breakneck speed, and sped into the headquarters of the Forward Brigade with sparks flying everywhere.

After briefly explaining the situation to his tenth uncle, Zhang Shuren, Xiao Chengze hurriedly left.

After all, he still had to go to work in the afternoon. He didn't even have time to eat after all this back and forth. He couldn't afford to let anything else interfere with his work!

Moreover, he wants a rating at the end of the year, so he naturally needs to perform well.

Not only will the salary increase be significant with this promotion, but there might also be opportunities for further promotion in the future.

Every man has ambitions, and Xiao Chengze was unwilling to remain an insignificant junior staff member forever!