Amid the chirping of cicadas and croaking of frogs, An Zhigang lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, the bed creaking as he rocked it.
In the blink of an eye, the two were about to graduate from high school.
An Shizheng has made up his mind and decided to do the job his grandfather arranged for him.
An Zhigang thought about it over and over again, but really didn't know what to do.
There is no place for him to take the college entrance examination now. According to the original owner's memory, the college entrance examination will not be open for at least two years.
Originally, An Zhigang wanted to rely on his own abilities to take the county recruitment exam and earn himself a stable job.
But things don't always go as planned. All the jobs are assigned to specific positions, or by the time he gets to know the news, the positions have already been filled.
An Caiyun, who had already been converted to a full-time employee, also received internal information twice and notified her family to take the exam, but the two of them had not graduated yet and could not graduate early, so they had no chance to miss it.
An Shizheng was sleeping soundly when he was woken up by the sound of An Zhigang tossing and turning. He opened his eyes and looked outside, only to find that it was dark.
"Why are you awake so early?"
An Zhigang glanced at An Shizheng, who was woken up by him, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Shizheng, I woke you up. I really couldn't sleep."
An Shizheng replied: "Is it because of work?"
What else could it be? Sister Caiyun had already established herself in the city and married into a well-off, working-class family. She could visit home every month and occasionally bring home some delicious food.
Shizheng is also going to work in the county machinery factory soon.
He was the only one who had no job. He had originally said with confidence that he would rely on his own abilities to get a job in a factory, but he didn't expect that now he couldn't even find a chance to take the exam.
An Zhigang's distressed voice came from the room: "Sister Caiyun and you will both become county residents in the future, and I will be the only one left to farm at home."
"Then what was the point of me studying for all these years? I might as well have just been farming at home and earning work points."
At least now it won’t be so painful, there won’t be such a big gap.
An Shizheng was silent after hearing this. If grandpa was still alive or mom and dad were still alive...
The boy didn't sleep all night and woke up early in the morning with sleepy eyes and red bloodshot eyes.
At the dinner table, An Jingzhi saw him looking drowsy and restless and asked, "What happened? Did you go out and steal chickens and dogs last night?"
An Zhigang opened his mouth, wanting his grandfather to help him ask if there was any chance, but after thinking about it, he swallowed his words.
If grandpa knew where the opportunity was, he would definitely tell him. If he told him, he would only be making things difficult for him.
"Nothing, I just didn't sleep well because I was thinking about graduation soon."
An Jingzhi took a look at the expressions of the two boys and roughly guessed the reason.
He actually didn't care much about whether An Zhigang could find a job. After all, he would be able to take the college entrance examination in two years, so he could let him take the college entrance examination directly.
I didn't expect that it would cause such great psychological pressure on An Zhigang.
"Grandpa, Dad, Mom, Uncle and Aunt, we are back."
An Caiyun's cheerful voice came from the yard.
Zhao Yuxiu immediately put down what she was holding and walked towards the yard.
An Caiyun was holding something in each hand, and beside her was a man with regular features and a righteous look.
The man called out with a smile on his face, "Mom."
"Hey, have you eaten yet? Come on in."
Zhao Yuxiu's face was full of smiles. She didn't expect that her daughter would find such a good family for her. It was a dual-income family with kind parents who would not look down on them, the country people.
As soon as An Caiyun's husband parked his bicycle, Zhao Yuxiu couldn't wait to pull them into the house.
An Caiyun said with a helpless smile: "Mom, please stop working. We came here after we had dinner."
The road from the village to the commune has been repaired, so it is much faster to get home now. Unexpectedly, I managed to make it home just in time for breakfast.
"Yes, Mom," An Caiyun's husband said with a smile, "Don't be polite with us. We are all family."
After Zhao Yuxiu confirmed that they had eaten, she smiled and said, "Yes, yes, we are all family. Then you can sit aside for now."
Holding the two cloth bags handed to her by her daughter, Zhao Yuxiu said, "If you're going home, then go home. What else do you need to take with you?"
Although he complained a little, the smile on his face couldn't lie.
Every time my daughter goes home, she brings some things back. Although their family is not short of these things, it also proves that my daughter has a good status in her husband's family.
"It just so happens that our two old hens are getting old, so we're going to kill them in the next few days. You can take one back with you when you go back."
An Caiyun did not refuse. Everything in the county was good except that it was difficult to buy things.
An Caiyun's husband also smiled and thanked him. Although his wife often went to her parents' home to bring things, she never came home empty-handed.
"Where are the two children?"
After everything was packed up, Zhao Yuxiu came out to talk to them.
"Today is a holiday, and my parents-in-law are taking care of them." An Caiyun's face was gentle when she mentioned the children.
"That's good." Zhao Yuxiu thought about what happened this morning. Although An Zhigang didn't say it, the whole family had guessed it.
After thinking for a moment, she said, "Is there anyone hiring in the county recently? Your two younger brothers are about to graduate. Shizheng has a job, but Zhigang is still unsure what he'll do."
An Caiyun said, "Mom, these iron rice bowls that guarantee a stable income are all for one person. I even suspect our ancestors must have been blessed to have gotten that job."
"Most people use the money internally and rarely use it to recruit workers."
Zhao Yuxiu felt a little sorry when she heard this: "Then they should have been allowed to go the first two times the county wanted to recruit workers."
"They wanted high school students, so it would have been useless for them to go there at that time," said An Caiyun.
"Wait a little longer, I'll tell you later if I can get some information."
"That's all we can do."
The mother and daughter were chatting when An Caiyun's husband was called out by his father-in-law to talk.
There were only the two of them in the room.
As they chatted, she looked at her daughter's calm demeanor and thought of the girls in the same village, and she felt a pang of sadness in her heart.
"It's a good thing your grandfather forced you to finish junior high school. Otherwise, how could you have such a good life today?"
"Look at how they are living now."
An Caiyun was speechless. Ever since the news of her going to work in the county spread to the village, her relationship with her childhood friends had become increasingly distant.
"Oh, you two are hiding here. I couldn't find you for a long time." Li Xinfeng poked his head out from the door frame.
"Aunt." An Caiyun greeted with a smile.
Zhao Yuxiu rolled her eyes at her. "Look at what you're saying. What do you mean by hiding here? This is my own home. Why can't I be here?"
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