Jiang Yi thought for a moment before saying, "I haven't registered yet. In many cases like this, they find a class, but it will only take up to half a month. I'll have my people urge them then."
In Zhou Jia's case, if Zhou Xiaoran doesn't go to the countryside, Zhou Xiaojun will definitely have to go next year.
Given the Zhou family's personality, they probably wouldn't agree.
"If Zhou Xiaolan is going to the countryside, it shouldn't be around here, right?" Tian Guihua was really fed up with the Zhou family. Today, someone actually reached out to her, wanting to talk to Zhou Xiaolan and Zhi'an.
Given the Zhou family's character, Tian Guihua had no respect for them and would never agree to marry into such a family.
Jiang Yi didn't know why the old lady sounded so disgusted, but that didn't stop him from disliking Zhou Xiaolan. "There are no suitable positions around here. The next batch of people going to the countryside will be going to the Northwest."
They can't keep all the good spots; some remote areas will also be allocated.
They naturally won't take care of those who aren't proactive but are forced to go to the countryside.
"That's good," because after Jiang Yi became the director, he had secured several good rural locations for everyone, which made those who had some objections to his parachuting into this position now completely convinced.
Hua Xiangyun pointed at Jiang Yi, and the two went to a corner. Hua Xiangyun asked, "How come I've never heard of any quotas for going to the Northwest?"
Hua Xiangyun, being prepared to go to the countryside, naturally inquired about the situation. Several batches from Heping County had already gone to remote areas the year before last, and it was said that this year it would be the neighboring county's turn.
Jiang Yi: "We don't have enough spots, so we need to add a few more."
Hua Xiangyun understood that the quota was in the hands of Jiang Yi and his group, and how to arrange it was naturally up to them.
Hua Xiangyun, “…” Zhou Xiaolan’s luck is truly unbelievable. Her bad luck had long passed, yet she still managed to find a place to fill the vacancy.
Jiang Yi hadn't really intended to target anyone. "Our county town is only so big. If you haven't found a job, go to the educated youth office early to complete the formalities. We'll try our best to make things convenient for everyone and arrange a suitable place for you, since we're all living in the same county town."
This news only arrived yesterday. People like Zhou Xiaolan who don't volunteer will end up being assigned to places in the far northwest.
Hua Xiangyun: "Is it just that many people know about it?"
"Only a few people inside know this," Jiang Yi also knew that this matter was not suitable for outsiders. "Everyone knows it's a place that everyone avoids. It's just a matter of who is unlucky enough to not take the initiative in time and end up being left for those who sign up later."
When that time comes, even if they have objections, there's nothing they can do. After all, if they had come earlier, they wouldn't have picked up what others had left over.
Hua Xiangyun had a premonition that Zhou Xiaolan would try to avoid going to the countryside at the last minute.
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Bai Ailian also criticized Zhou Xiaolan, "Look at all these girls, each one poorer than the last. You've been applying clam oil to your face every day lately, but it hasn't made you look any better. If you were like Hua Xiangyun from before, our family wouldn't have all these troubles."
“I don’t look like my dad,” Zhou Xiaolan said helplessly. Although her features were okay, her nose and eyes looked like Zhou Jinfeng’s, which completely lowered her appearance.
Zhou Jinfa glared at her, "So what if I look like you? What's wrong with me looking bad?"
"If you weren't like your brother, do you think the three of you could have stayed in this house?"
Zhou Xiaolan, "..."
Bai Ailian reached out and pinched her arm. "You really say all sorts of awful things. Everyone in our factory is asking today which of our two children will go to the countryside."
If Xiaolan doesn't go down there, then she'll have to get married quickly and transfer her household registration; otherwise, Xiaojun will also have to go down next year.
The thought of the factory leaders mentioning her name in their words today made her feel annoyed. "If all else fails, I'll talk to Liu Qingshan properly. If we can replace one of the three turns and one sound with a new one, we'll accept it."
If only we hadn't been so strict with the conditions back then, now we're stuck in this limbo.
Zhou Jinfeng: "What's the use of saying all this now? Didn't you send someone to speak to the Hua family before? What did they say?"
Zhou Jinfeng felt a pang of envy when he thought of the brand-new three-wheeled watch and one-sound system that the Hua family still had. If their family were willing to provide so much, this marriage wouldn't be out of the question.
What does it matter if there were past grudges? Now that we're in-laws, those things simply don't exist anymore.
"I brought it up, but I don't agree." Bai Ailian didn't expect that even though she had lowered her stance, Tian Guihua wouldn't give her any face and rejected her on the spot.
They directly stated that neither of the two companies was suitable; what could she do?
Zhou Xiaolan knew this would be the outcome. Holding her arm, she knew without even looking that it would be bruised again tomorrow.
She no longer has much hope of marrying into the Hua family.
“Then let’s send her to the countryside,” Zhou Jinfa thought of the news he had heard today and felt that going to the countryside was not so scary. “I heard that many people are in the nearby villages this year, so there’s no rush. We can wait until there is a suitable person and let her get married, and then transfer her back.”
"It's not as simple as you say. The person has been transferred back, but what about the household registration?" Bai Ailian wasn't so naive. How difficult it is to get a town household registration these days? They've been sent down to the lower levels, so it's not so easy to transfer them back.
Without a household registration, there is no grain ties, making it even more difficult to find a spouse.
Now, as long as you transfer your household registration and get married, there won't be so many troubles.
Otherwise, many city dwellers who can't afford a dowry can simply go to the countryside to marry a wife; why bother with all this trouble?
Liu Qingshan has a house and a job, so even though he's a second-time bride, he's still very popular in the countryside.
But he had to think about marrying a rural wife, and they couldn't have any food ties. How could he support so many people by himself?
Relying on buying grain on the black market, even the largest fortune will be wiped out in less than two years; anyone can do the math.
But if he hadn't offered such generous terms in the city, would Bai Ailian have even considered him?
Seeing that neither approach worked, Zhou Jinfa decided to give up and say, "Then you decide."
Bai Ailian, "..." If she had a solution, she wouldn't be in such a hurry here.
"It's all that brat's fault!" Bai Ailian looked at Zhou Xiaolan, who was so frightened that she quickly took a few steps back.
"What's the use of me raising you all these years? I don't blame you for not being as good-looking as Jiang Yi, after all, you don't have Hua Xiangyun's good looks."
"Liu Qingshan, your complaints have only made our family suffer."
Thinking about the money that had been paid out in compensation, Bai Ailian was shocked to realize how much her family had lost since the end of last year.
After enduring several months of hardship, I managed to make up for the previous losses by living frugally.
Because of all the savings and cost-cutting measures, everyone in the family is now pale and thin.
Looking at Zhou Xiaolan's face, Bai Ailian noticed that she looked somewhat harsh because she had lost weight, a discovery that alarmed her.
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