Cao Tianning pushed the woman away and made room for her at the door.
Zhou Xiang walked into the yard. There were two ordinary tiled houses and a kitchen. The yard was about ten square meters, a little bigger than Old Lady Liu's house.
After entering the main room, Zhou Xiang put down the net bag on the square table. Cao Tianning said politely, "Why are you carrying things here? Take it back later."
The woman who followed in snorted, and Cao Tianning glared at her. The woman sat down next to him, not moving or speaking, and not pouring water to entertain anyone.
"No, I bought it specially to thank you. Did you get your diploma? I have other things to do."
Cao Tianning knew his wife's temper and that no one who came to their house could stay for more than a few minutes.
"I got it, wait a moment."
As he said that, he stood up and went into the inner room, took out a red book and handed it to Zhou Xiang.
Zhou Xiang took it, opened it and took a look. It was indeed his sister's name, with "approved for graduation" written on it and the official seal of No. 1 Middle School.
Zhou Xiang felt relieved and smiled, "Thank you, Teacher Cao. I'll leave now."
After Cao Tianning sent her to the gate of the yard, he was pulled back by his wife and the gate was closed with a bang.
"And, 'I have something to do later', the little brat is speaking like an adult, and he's pretending quite well!" The woman's imitating voice came from the yard.
"You are unreasonable." Cao Tianning said in an angry voice.
"You dare to hit me and try? If you do, I'll go out and shout, and see who will be embarrassed."
Zhou Xiang shook his head and left immediately. Teacher Cao was a good person, it was a pity that he was controlled by such a person.
When I went to see Old Lady Liu, I saw that she looked good and was chatting and laughing with Lu Rong, so I felt relieved.
"Grandma, I'm taking you to the closed city for the New Year this year. It's too cold and my cousins are young, so don't bother them."
Old Lady Liu's eyes narrowed. Something must have happened, but she didn't say anything and she didn't ask either.
And she made such arrangements, she must be taking precautions for something, so just listen to her.
"Okay, ask your mother to write a letter to your aunt."
"Yeah! Then around the 15th of the 12th lunar month! Aunt Lu will go home for the New Year and come back after the 15th of the 1st lunar month."
Lu Rong nodded. It was great to be able to go home and see his children and the elderly. He had been worried about what to do during the Chinese New Year.
Zhou wanted to take the opportunity to give Lu Rong his salary. "During the one-month New Year holiday, I will give you half a month's salary as holiday allowance."
Lu Rong nodded happily, "Okay, thank you!"
Zhou Xiang returned home. He tossed his diploma to his second sister and said, "Yours."
Zhou Yu grabbed it in the air several times before catching it. He flipped it open and took a look. Then he handed it to Zhou Xiang with a smile, "Please take care of it, sister and mother."
"Are you willing to work in any unit or position we find for you?"
Zhou Yu nodded repeatedly, "As long as there is a job."
"Okay!" Zhou Xiang took the diploma.
Then, Zhou's mother took several days off and started looking for a job for her eldest daughter with Zhou Xiang.
In the hot summer, Zhou Xiang tried hard to ride his bicycle and accompanied his mother to the power supply bureau, his classmates' homes, the personnel bureau, and the town substation.
There was no time to take care of the watermelons in the yard because they were all picked by Zhou Hua, Zhou Niao, Xie Zhuang and a group of children.
After spending half a month and several hundred yuan, Zhou Yu was finally assigned a job at the Xuzhen substation.
When Zhou Yu heard it was the substation, he immediately jumped up and hugged his sister. "Thank you, thank you, sister. The substation is a new unit and many people can't squeeze in. You and mom must have worked hard. I'll make you a snack and I'll go buy some groceries."
Seeing that her eldest daughter was not stingy and bought spare ribs and mandarin fish, Zhou's mother felt a little comforted. First of all, her eldest daughter's job unit has changed. Her life will be very different in this life, right?
At the dinner table, Zhou wanted to ask his second sister if she could still set up the clothes stall since she had gone to work.
"Why not? How much is the monthly salary? What I earn from two sets is enough. Having a stable job gives you face, so you have to have a job.
The stall can't be abandoned. When I go to work, I'll see how the shifts are arranged. When I'm not working, I'll set up a stall during market hours, so I can work and make money at the same time."
"Alright! You can do whatever you want. Anyway, Big Brother's salary can't be reduced."
"Don't worry! I've already paid Big Brother two months' salary."
Zhou Niao nodded, "Yes, I put it away myself."
Everyone raised their glasses to congratulate Zhou Yu on his upcoming job and securing a stable and secure job.
Zhou Xiang thought to himself: My second sister’s job in this life is unbreakable, but in her previous life, it was broken when she was in her thirties.
Zuo Heng and Zhou Hua went out with Xie Zhuang to play, riding their bikes to Xiaoxie Village every morning and afternoon. Zhou Xiang felt relieved. Although Xiaoxie Village was also xenophobic, it was basically okay, especially the cousins who were related to him. Their character was really impeccable.
Zhou Niao also gets along well with the children in the town. The children all like to play with him. Not only do they give him a lot of toys, but sometimes they also give him melon seeds and candies.
Zhou Yu started his working life, which consisted of day shift, late night shift, night shift and rest for five days.
Every time the elder brother worked the night shift, he would ride his bike to pick her up, and every time he worked the late night shift, he would ride his bike to drop her off.
Zhou Xiang was very dissatisfied. "It's hard for you to work in this class, and it's also hard for you to run your clothes stall. Can't you apply for a dormitory in the company?"
"There are no dormitories left. If there were, I wouldn't want my brother to run around at 11 o'clock in the middle of the night. It's still cold in winter."
"So what are you going to do?"
"This is the only way for now. I've already applied for a dormitory. If there's a vacancy, I'll be assigned one right away."
"Give me some money, don't be stingy. Also, if it really doesn't work out, you can share a dorm with someone else. Just use it to rest at night, and put up a small bed. It's a few dollars in rent, and it's safer than living alone."
"Okay, I'll talk to my colleagues and ask them when I'm at work."
My second sister’s dormitory problem has not been solved yet, and my brother-in-law from my previous life has arrived.
On August 27th, it was market day. My second sister worked the night shift the day before and didn’t get home until seven in the morning. She is catching up on sleep now. Tomorrow is a day off and there is market day again. My second sister said she needs to get enough rest so that she can go out and earn money tomorrow.
Zhou Xiang and Zuo Heng and Zhou Hua were reading in the pavilion. They had to report to school in two days, so it was time for them to put aside their desire to play around.
I heard someone ask if this was the Zhou family's home.
Zhou Xiang looked up and saw his brother-in-law from his previous life pushing a bicycle. Haha, what was supposed to happen finally happened. He pretended not to know him and said, "This is the Zhou family. Who are you? Who are you looking for?"
"I'm Zhang Li'an, son of Zhang Jiazhong from Zhang Village, Liu Town. I'm here to see Aunt Jiang Weihui."
"Oh, my mother is at work. Are you going to the supply and marketing cooperative to find her? Or are you waiting for her to get off work at home?"
"I, I'll wait for her!"
"It's up to you. Push your bike into the yard! Then come out and sit in the pavilion for a while. I'll get you a glass of water."
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