Entering the living room, Zhou Xiaozheng looked around and found that the necessary sofas, radios and other furniture and appliances were all there. He nodded slightly and said, "Dashan, you are living a good life."
"What's good about it? I'm just wasting my time. Brother Zheng, you don't know, this armed forces department is just an introduction agency. They're just arguing all the time. Hehe, Brother Zheng, do you still remember that Yizhihua?" Zhao Dashan said, pulling him to sit down.
Zhou Xiaozheng said with a straight face, "What are you talking about? The child is here."
Zhao Dashan said with a wicked smile, "Oh, I didn't expect that Brother Zheng is such a successful father-in-law. Yizhihua started a family after you were transferred away and got married. She was the one who told us in tears that you were gone. Look at how cruel you were back then. You ignored her, but she still missed you. Now she's in the provincial capital, do you want to get together? I've met your wife, you won't lose your courage, will you?"
Zhou Xiaozheng kicked him and scolded him with a smile, "How did you, a bad boy, get into the people's team? You were still a flower, but now you are already a plum blossom."
Zhao Dashan laughed heartily. "Drink water, drink water. Brother Zheng, now that you're back, you won't hide your identity anymore, right? Have you been transferred from your original unit?"
Zhou Xiaozheng got down to business, not forgetting his son-in-law still had some unresolved issues. "He hasn't applied for a transfer and is still in his original position. Jiaojiao's mother is in Beijing, so I won't bother with her. Wait two years, and then the couple will return, and we can be reunited as a family. You must take to heart what the old man told you last time. My little Wu is in your care! Don't worry about anything else, just let him learn how to handle interpersonal relationships by staying with you. Do you have any difficulties here? Speaking up can help resolve them and save you from gossip."
Zhao Dashan shook his head with a relaxed expression, "No problem. I can manage this big butt. Last time, the old man told me, I made all the arrangements. I'm just waiting for this kid to come, but he hasn't come yet. Today, Xiaowu, tell me, when do you plan to go back to work? Are you going to wait until Jiaojiao is one month old?"
Zhang Guoqing said cheerfully, "Uncle, you've wronged me. I didn't know you were so efficient. I thought we'd have to wait until the spring, and I was planning to find you before the New Year. I'll come whenever it's convenient for you. It doesn't matter if it's after the New Year, the main thing is I can't cause you any trouble."
"It won't be a problem. Your application has been approved by the provincial government, and someone there has passed on the information. Remember to thank them later. Brother Zheng, the old man took him to a meeting at the provincial military district, and I heard that the news has spread over there. Do you think Jiaojiao's job can be secured while they're at it?"
After hearing this, Zhou Xiaozheng looked at Zhang Guoqing and winked at him. Zhang Guoqing nodded slightly in understanding.
"Uncle, we're not strangers. I'll be honest. We don't have the budget for Jiaojiao's work, so let's take care of our health first. Ping'an is still too young, and it's too tiring to take a child to work. Plus, if we add Jiaojiao's work to the mix right now, it won't have a good impact. Let's wait until this storm is over, and then we can talk about it."
Zhao Dashan nodded when he heard this. "Okay, you are a steady and thorough person, very good."
Zhou Xiaozheng nodded and said to Zhao Dashan, "Dashan, I've seen Jiaojiao. She's pale and thin, malnourished, and she's carrying a child. I'll be returning to Beijing to take up my new post in a few days, and I won't have time to take care of Jiaojiao. I have an idea. I plan to wait until the end of the year, when the child is two months old, and then Xiaowu will take Jiaojiao and the child to Beijing for a while. There are some matters in Beijing that require the couple's attention. Do you think it's better to come to work after the first lunar month? If you have any problems, tell us, don't hide them. We'll find a way to solve them."
Zhao Dashan thought for a moment and shook his head. "No problem. Just put the documents aside for now. You can come when the spring recruitment starts after the first month of the lunar year. It's best to transfer your household registration to the county first. Didn't you just buy a house? After the transfer, you can come to work directly."
After a moment's thought, he said to Zhang Guoqing, "If transferring your household registration is too troublesome, just contact Zuo Lin directly. He said yesterday that he had a temporary job opening that he was planning to give you. Now that you don't need it, remember to thank him. This temporary position was arranged by your second brother-in-law's father, Lao Chen. See if you can have Lao Chen talk to Zuo Lin and transfer it to your eldest or second brother. You need to start work before the New Year, so it's urgent. You have to hurry, as many people are eyeing this temporary position."
After saying that, he explained to Zhou Xiaozheng, "Brother Zheng, that Old Chen is Zuo Lin's best friend. He didn't know that the old man was coming before. Old Chen said it would be a pity for Xiao Wu to stay in the countryside, and he didn't want to go to the army, so he asked Zuo Lin to find a way to get a temporary job for Xiao Wu. He talked about it for more than half a year before Zuo Lin finally found a way. As a result, the old man came, and now this position is vacant. The face still belongs to Old Chen, and it depends on whether Old Chen is willing to give it to someone else, because he also has relatives at home. He really likes Xiao Wu and specially persuaded Zuo Lin for a long time to find it.
Old Chen was probably thanking Xiaowu for always taking care of their family. His family was a single-line family, with only one son. After he married Xiaowu's second sister, Xiaowu basically helped with everything at home, so the old man took extra care of him.
Xiaowu is a really good son-in-law. You've found a treasure! Zuo Lin said that if Old Chen told anyone else about it, he wouldn't be happy, but Xiaowu is the only one who's willing to accept it. This guy has a very good relationship with the county secretary's youngest son, the township secretary's son, my daughter, and Jiaojiao. They all go to school in the county town, and their family nicknamed them "Tripod." So this guy is really smart.
Zhou Xiaozheng looked at Zhao Dashan with disdain and said unconvincedly, "What do you mean by finding a treasure? My Jiaojiao is the treasure. It's only because I came back a year or two late, otherwise my Jiaojiao wouldn't want to get married. I just coax her and provide for her every day. As long as she is happy, that's all that matters."
Zhao Dashan laughed heartily and shouted, "Yes, yes, this kid has found a treasure, a golden treasure at that. How many people in the whole county hate him so much that they want to put a sack on him and beat him with a club."
Zhou Xiaozheng nodded proudly, "That's right, my Jiaojiao is so good, beautiful and smart. In short, he definitely took advantage of my Jiaojiao to marry this guy. Just for him, she even refused to go to the capital with me. If I wasn't afraid of embarrassing my Jiaojiao and making her sad, I would have dragged her away long ago."
Zhang Guoqing could only nod. There was nothing he could do. Whenever his father-in-law mentioned his daughter, it was clear that his daughter was right. His daughter was absolutely right, and in the end, she was right. There was no cure for his daughter-obsession.
Zhao Dashan felt his whole body numb when he saw the cold-faced king's silly look when he mentioned his daughter. He really wanted to show those women who were crazy about idols that this was the soldier king Zhou Xiaozheng, and he was also a crazy womanizer.
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