On the last day of registration, Zhou Xiaolan's marriage was still undecided, and both the educated youth office and the street office came to her door at the same time.
Xu Min arrived at the Zhou family's house around noon, along with comrades from the educated youth office.
"Comrade Zhou Jinfeng, what's going on with your family? How could you drag our neighborhood down?" Xu Min glanced at the plate of stir-fried cabbage and potatoes on the table, along with the watery porridge, and said with a pout.
Zhou Jinfeng said, "Director Xu, I don't know what our family did wrong to be a burden to the neighborhood committee?"
Seeing that he was still pretending to be stupid, Xu Min pointed directly at Zhou Xiaolan, who was hiding in the corner, and said, "What are your plans for your child? If you don't sign up soon, we'll make the arrangements ourselves."
Every year, each place has so many slots, and Zhou Jinfa's family's lack of cooperation has put them in a difficult position.
They had to come here to ambush people during what should have been their rest time.
Zhou Jinfeng quickly put on a smile and said, "It's just that the child has been arranging marriages recently, and it's about to be settled."
Xu Min said, "If every household makes excuses and reasons like you, how can we carry out our work?"
"Alright, since the comrades from the Youth Affairs Office are here today, you can fill out the forms."
The comrade who came along was very perceptive. He placed the documents on the table and said, "It's perfect that we can complete the formalities today, and we can go to the countryside the day after tomorrow without any delay."
Bai Ailian really didn't expect these people to follow her home; such a situation had never happened before.
Doesn't she realize that no one would dare to provoke them like that?
Xu Min had already decided that after today's events, she would definitely have a serious talk with their leaders, as this kind of mindset was unacceptable.
Bai Ailian panicked. She had never encountered anything like this before. In the past, she would always rush to the front, but this time she actually cowered and hid behind Zhou Jinfeng.
"Useless," Zhou Jinfa muttered disdainfully, then turned to Xu Min with a forced smile and said, "These are all neighbors, please be lenient. They've agreed to come and propose marriage tomorrow."
Once the marriage is settled, the household registration will be transferred; it certainly won't cause any trouble for the leaders.
Xu Min sneered, "I don't have that much time to argue with you. In all that time before, other people were getting married or going to work, but you had to drag it out until this last moment. It's not that we're making things difficult for you, it's that you're making things difficult for us."
When Zhou Jinfeng saw the documents laid out in front of him, he knew that once he started writing, the outcome would be decided. Zhou Xiaolan would be sent to the countryside, and not only would there be no betrothal gifts, but it would also be difficult for her to return in the future.
The gains and losses involved are too great, and I feel somewhat regretful. Why did I take a chance before?
It's all the fault of that mother and daughter for being so picky; otherwise, they would have already settled the marriage, and there wouldn't be so much trouble.
"Even if your marriage is settled, you still have to go to the countryside because the deadline is today. It seems that Zhou Xiaolan is not yet of marriageable age, right?" The comrades who came with Xu Min were speechless. Shouldn't they have learned about these rules beforehand?
Even if they're engaged, their fiancée is underage, so they still have to go to the countryside.
Even if it involves using connections to arrange for someone to be placed nearby, so what? Now, when people talk about Director Jiang Yi, they all give him a thumbs up and praise him for being selfless.
Otherwise, as long as they pull some strings, they can still keep people in the city.
Xu Min saw Zhou Jinfeng's blank expression and asked, "You guys really didn't bother to find out?"
"Didn't you say that once the marriage is arranged, you can just get married?"
"Who told you that? You have to be old enough to get the certificate and transfer your household registration." Xu Min was full of surprise. It turned out that these two people had really done something stupid.
"But many families do it this way; once the wedding is held, they can register their household registration directly." Bai Ailian felt that Director Xu was lying to them, unaware that there was also a task involved.
"You guys," Xu Min didn't know what to say. They had secretly used their connections to change their household registration before the wedding. They could have just changed their age a little bit.
Judging from their expressions, I would have thought they were lying to me.
"You can find out how they did it later, but it's too late to say anything now. If you don't fill out the forms today, Zhou Xiaolan will pack her bags and come to the station to meet us the day after tomorrow."
Having said all that, Zhou Jinfeng knew he couldn't get away with it this time. "I wonder which village I'll be assigned to for rural work?"
"You don't think it's from around here, do you?" Xu Min guessed why he would ask that. "The number of places in the villages around here is limited, and they've already filled up their quotas. People like them are going to the western provinces."
Seeing that they still hadn't started writing, Xu Min sat down and filled in their information. Anyway, they had copies of all of this, and all they had to do was sign it.
Zhou Xiaolan's face turned pale. How come she hadn't heard any rumors about this before?
"Was Hua Xiangyun sent to this area by Jiang Yi's sect after he left?" Zhou Xiaolan had been paying attention to Hua Xiangyun and knew about the village where she was sent to work.
She hadn't mentioned it before, waiting for this moment. Jiang Yi's actions were a foul.
"You mean this?" Xu Min was also one of the beneficiaries; her nephew had also benefited from Jiang Yi getting these nearby spots. "There are quite a few spots available; you could have registered earlier."
Those who voluntarily register first will be given priority in selection.
Jiang Yi had already privately informed them that everyone has relatives living in the countryside, so this kind of distribution would be all gone.
But that's not how they present it to outsiders. They say it's because they have high awareness, and the children are vying to repair the earth, so naturally they have to give them some consideration.
The intricate relationships involved are something an ordinary family like the Zhou family could never fathom, let alone know the source of the information.
"Besides, many of your classmates are also going to the countryside around here. Didn't you know that?" Some families felt that this was a rare opportunity, and some students who were only in their first year of high school chose to sign up.
Who wouldn't want their child to live closer to home, so that they can be taken care of if anything happens?
Ultimately, some spots were left unused, and those who acted quickly snapped them up.
The Zhou family didn't care because they didn't want Zhou Xiaolan to go to the countryside. Is it really worth bringing this up now?
Zhou Xiaolan was speechless; she had almost forgotten that.
As Xu Min spoke, she had already filled out the forms and placed them directly in front of Zhou Xiaolan, saying, "Sign your name on this."
The printing ink was also pushed in front of her, looking at the Zhou family members in a way that left no room for refusal.
Zhou Xiaolan was a bit shy, so she asked her parents for help.
What could Zhou Jinfeng and the others do? They couldn't very well stop Zhou Xiaolan from signing in front of Xu Min, could they? If they did, they would be in trouble too. They simply turned their heads away and avoided seeing it.
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