FIMA Ch104: Passing the Exam

Separating the family was considered a major event in the countryside, which also meant that grain relations and household registrations and such would have to be calculated separately afterward.

Therefore, even though it was proposed on his own initiative by the Gu family’s most precious Gu Lili, it still made Mother Gu jump up and down in agitation for quite a while.

However, when Gu Siyuan, with a cold face, revealed everything that happened in the county town today to the entire Gu family without hiding the slightest bit…

Afterward, even Eldest Brother Gu, who was always tolerant and yielding, also solemnly stated that they must separate the family immediately.

However, Father and Mother Gu’s first reaction was, first of all, disbelief.

After all, in their eyes, Gu Lili had always been the most sensible and obedient. How could he knowingly violate the law and deliberately do this kind of speculation and profiteering business?

Mother Gu hurriedly asked Gu Lili: “Lili, your Third Brother just wants to use this opportunity to separate the family, so he deliberately spoke nonsense, right…”

Gu Siyuan sneered, sweeping a contemptuous gaze toward Gu Lili.

Meeting his gaze, Gu Lili subconsciously bit his lip and didn’t directly answer Mother Gu’s words.

Naturally, Mother Gu understood her own little ger. After clearly seeing the expression on his face, she abruptly paused, and immediately, with a hesitant tone, repeatedly asked again: “Lili… you… you should say something…”

“You… you really did this kind of thing?”

Gu Lili immediately frowned, feeling somewhat awkward, somewhat irritated, and even more displeased.

He didn’t understand why his parents insisted on pursuing this matter so persistently. Even if he did speculation and profiteering, so what? Didn’t they always hope for him, hope for the family to live a better life?

Since they couldn’t do it themselves, then letting him think of a way, was there any problem?

“Yes, but it’s not like I’m doing this alone, and it’s really profitable…” Gu Lili said casually.

“Profitable? If it’s profitable, how come I haven’t seen you bring back a single cent?” Xie Yiyang immediately activated his mocking mode.

Gu Lili subconsciously widened his eyes perfectly round: “That’s the money I earned.”

Seeing this attitude of his, Xie Yiyang’s voice grew a few decibels louder: “Your eating, drinking, clothing, and usage at home all rely on the work points earned by your two older brothers. The rest of us have to hand over our work points and cloth tickets, but you alone don’t have to. You even wear gold and silver every day, watching helplessly as the rest of the family eats chaff and swallows vegetables.”

Naturally, Mother Gu couldn’t bear to see her precious ger suffer grievances, and hurriedly interrupted Xie Yiyang’s aggressive questioning: “How are you speaking? How can you treat your younger brother like this?”

“Hehe…” Hearing this, Xie Yiyang only gave a cold laugh, too lazy to speak any further.

Anyway, on the way back just now, his husband had already said it.

Tonight, separating the family was set in stone. For this last day, he wouldn’t anger Mother Gu into some serious trouble anymore.

Looking at Mother Gu, Gu Siyuan’s voice was cold to the extreme: “How one speaks isn’t important; how one acts is what’s important. Gu Lili’s behavior is breaking the law. We don’t want to be dragged down into the water by him. Therefore, either you drive him out the door, or everyone directly separating the family is best.”

“You…” Mother Gu was left panting heavily with anger by his heartless words.

Father Gu was silent for a moment, and looked at Eldest Brother Gu: “This is your intention as well?”

Eldest Brother Gu helplessly nodded: “It doesn’t matter if Lili is bold and reckless as a single person, but I still have three children. I dare not take the risk. If people from the Revolutionary Committee came, what on earth would our family do?”

Looking at these two former good older brothers, who now completely turned hostile and refused to recognize him, Gu Lili sneered in his heart.

Immediately, he said even more disdainfully: “Father, Mother, I already said it just now. If we separate the family, then we separate the family. You live with Fourth Brother and me, in the future, you will definitely live better than now!”

Hmph!

He was still afraid that after he became prosperous later, Gu Siyuan and this bunch of people would tangle back onto him!

This bunch of things with no foresight, the clearer they separated now, the better.

For this matter, this weekend, Gu Lao Si, who was attending technical secondary school in the city, also made a trip back.

Gu Lao Si and Gu Lili were closest in age, and their relationship had always been the best.

Regarding the matter of separating the family, Gu Lao Si was very surprised when he first heard it. However, thinking about it carefully, he felt it was very reasonable.

He was graduating this year, waiting to be assigned a job. At that time, he would be a worker holding an iron rice bowl. Separating the family only had benefits for him, ridding him of the burden of this bunch of people.

As for the issue of providing for the elderly, Father and Mother Gu were still healthy right now and could even subsidize him. Moreover, the eldest and third brothers would have to hand in grain for providing for the elderly every year anyway.

However, this separation of the Gu family was quite special, still arousing quite a bit of discussion in the village.

In other families, parents always lived with the eldest son, but their Gu family was going with the youngest son.

If it weren’t for the fact that the village people understood Eldest Brother Gu and Gu Siyuan’s tempers very well, knowing they were both honest people, they probably would have thought they had done some unfilial deed and were driven out in disgust by their parents, right?

However, now that the nation had been founded, the so-called feudal traditions didn’t need to be observed either. The elderly could do whatever made them happy. These years, it wasn’t as if there weren’t parents in their village who lived with their youngest son.

And just on the fifth day after the family separation was completed, the results of the county agricultural repair factory’s exam were also coming out.

This time, there was no tractor to ride.

The night before, when going to record work points, Gu Siyuan asked the captain for a leave of absence, and conveniently asked to borrow his bicycle for a use.

For a large item like a bicycle, only a few families in the whole village had one.

Hearing this, Zhou Jiandang subconsciously asked: “Didn’t you just go to the county town last week? Siyuan, did you forget to buy something?”

Mother Gu happened to also be registering at the scorekeeper’s place. Hearing these words, she scolded coldly: “No wonder you were scheming to separate the family! After separating the family, ah, you just learn from that wife of yours. Slacking off all day and not going to work, always running off to the county town instead!”

Gu Siyuan just acted as if he didn’t hear it. Turning his head, he explained to Zhou Jiandang: “When I went to the county town last time, it just so happened the agricultural repair factory was holding a recruitment exam, so I went to sign up. The admission results will come out tomorrow, I’m going to take a look.”

Zhou Jiandang was quite surprised: “The county town’s agricultural repair factory? That’s the biggest factory in our county!”

Especially their Qingshui County’s agricultural repair factory—it was heard that the factory director was directly held concurrently by the County Party Secretary. Using ancient terms, that was a disciple of the Son of Heaven.

“Mm.” Gu Siyuan nodded faintly.

Mother Gu was also extremely shocked.

However, she quickly reacted, letting out a “Tch” sound and saying: “How hard is it for the agricultural repair factory to recruit people? How could you possibly test in?”

Xie Yiyang was also waiting on the side. Hearing these words, he immediately jumped up in agitation: “Mother, if you don’t know, then don’t speak nonsense. Our Laosan knows how to drive a tractor, and also knows how to repair a tractor. He is also smart. Testing into the agricultural repair factory is just a piece of cake.”

Mother Gu immediately laughed out loud, only feeling he was a fool.

Zhou Jiandang gave this family a look, and also smiled to smooth things over: “Anyway, Siyuan is still very young. Going to broaden his horizons is also good.”

Clearly, he also didn’t hold any hope for Gu Siyuan to be able to enter the agricultural repair factory.

Xie Yiyang only felt the top of his head was about to smoke from anger.

Gu Siyuan reached out and held his wrist, gently rubbing it a few times as comfort. Then, he looked up at Zhou Jiandang: “Tomorrow, I will have to trouble the captain.”

Zhou Jiandang shook his head: “It’s nothing, then come over early.”

“Alright.”

After returning home.

Xie Yiyang immediately threw himself into Gu Siyuan’s embrace huffily: “These blockheads, they don’t understand anything.”

Pinching his cheek, Gu Siyuan said: “Naturally, they aren’t as smart as you.”

“Hmph.” Xie Yiyang still hummed and grumbled unhappily.

Gu Siyuan thought for a moment and said: “I just borrowed a bicycle from the captain. The weather is good tomorrow. I will ride the bike and carry you together to the county town.”

Xie Yiyang abruptly raised his head: “Okay!”

In the past, when he was in the county town, he saw around the staff courtyard that often, when young lads were courting, they would ride their bikes and take little girls and little gers for a spin everywhere.

He was so envious back then, thinking that in the future, he could also find a partner like this.

But after coming to the countryside, he hadn’t really thought about it anymore.

He didn’t expect that now he would have it again. All of this was brought to him by Gu Siyuan.

With both hands hugging Gu Siyuan’s neck, Xie Yiyang lounged in his embrace. His whole person, carrying his voice, was soft and floppy: “Husband, you’re so good. I really like you.”

Gu Siyuan lowered his head and gently bit his bright red lips. Since you like me so much, repaying me with your body will do.

Early the next morning, amidst the contemptuous gazes of Gu Lili and others, Gu Siyuan and Xie Yiyang went to the captain’s house.

At this time, it was very early, and the weather in April wasn’t hot either.

Xie Yiyang sat backwards on the rear seat of the bicycle, back-to-back with Gu Siyuan.

The morning breeze brushed past their faces. Watching the constantly retreating rapeseed flower fields before his eyes, and the bicycle shuttling through them, the scene was picturesque.

He stretched out his arms, under the sunlight, his whole person seeming as if about to fly.

From his peripheral vision, Gu Siyuan could roughly see his disobedient appearance. Ahead was a rather long uphill slope, and his voice sank slightly: “Sit properly.”

Xie Yiyang nodded, making fists: “Add oil, Husband.”

This little slope naturally couldn’t be considered much to Gu Siyuan.

And after the uphill slope, came the downhill slope.

The wind blew head-on, clothes billowing, hair fluttering.

Xie Yiyang practically squatted on the rear seat. One hand tightly hugged Gu Siyuan’s waist, while the other hand presumptuously rubbed wildly all over Gu Siyuan’s head, his mouth shouting excitedly: “Flying, about to fly…”

Without having to think, Gu Siyuan also knew his current head of hair was probably messed into a ball.

After completely leaving the downhill slope, he slowed down the cycling speed, wanting to fiercely educate the disobedient guy behind him.

As a result, a familiar soft warmth sprawled onto his back.

Xie Yiyang gently kissed his neck a few times: “Husband, you are so awesome! So handsome!”

“…” Gu Siyuan.

He decided to temporarily forgive his little wife’s mischievousness.

After roughly more than an hour, the bicycle finally rode into the streets of the county town.

Taking the familiar route, Gu Siyuan carried the person through the main streets and small alleys, heading straight in the direction of the agricultural repair factory.

Just like the day they came to sign up, although this time was already working hours, the front of the agricultural repair factory was incredibly busy, with people flowing like a woven web.

Most people were crowded around a bulletin board on the right side of the main gate. They were all candidates who came to see the results, or their accompanying family members.

Impatiently jumping down from the bicycle, Xie Yiyang dragged Gu Siyuan and squeezed toward that side: “Quick, quick, let’s go see the results.”

Pulling him back, Gu Siyuan said: “There are many people, be careful. No need to squeeze. My eyesight is good; standing outside is enough to see clearly.”

“Oh.” Xie Yiyang responded obediently, but his whole person was still boundlessly excited.

Just at this moment, someone suddenly leaned over beside them.

“Big Brother, I forgot to ask last time, what’s your name? I just came out from in front of the bulletin board. Only six people were recruited in total this time; I memorized all their names.”

Gu Siyuan and Xie Yiyang looked up.

Xie Yiyang was startled first, pointing at him and saying: “You… you are that Little Lingzi?”

Ling Zhi rolled his eyes: “What Little Lingzi, it sounds like calling a eunuch?”

“Haha…” Reuniting with an old friend, Xie Yiyang’s mood was also good, and he laughed heartily.

After laughing, remembering the main business, he looked at him and asked actively: “Ah right, my husband is called Gu Siyuan, did you see his name?”

Ling Zhi was stunned: “Gu Siyuan, Gu Siyuan of the Qianjin Production Brigade in Yunxi Village?”

Xie Yiyang immediately nodded: “Right, right, did you see it?”

Turning his head, Ling Zhi gave Gu Siyuan a look of deep worship: “It turns out you truly are a Big Brother, ah! Big Brother, you scored a hundred points in both the written test and the practical test. You are the first place in this recruitment, the second place scored almost twenty points less than you.”

“Hahaha!” Xie Yiyang immediately hugged Gu Siyuan tightly: “Husband, you are so awesome! Not only did you test in, but you are also first place with two perfect scores!”

Gu Siyuan wasn’t considered surprised by this. Raising his hand to rub his head, he said faintly: “Thanks to your fortune. It was right here a few days ago that you gave me confidence.”

Xie Yiyang immediately remembered that on the day they came for the exam, the words he said at the doorway had attracted a wave of contemptuous gazes.

At that time, he was so aggrieved.

But now, he didn’t expect his husband actually still remembered.

Xie Yiyang looked at Gu Siyuan with clear eyes. His heart was soft and sweet, wishing he could repay him with his body a hundred times on the spot.

“Cough, cough…” Ling Zhi coughed lightly.

Once these two husbands started talking, they treated him as if he didn’t exist.

Gu Siyuan glanced at him: “What place did you test into?”

Seeing the Big Brother remembered him, Ling Zhi immediately rejoiced: “Sixth.”

Xie Yiyang looked at him: “Then you were recruited too.”

“Mm, your brother is also someone who eats public grain from now on,” Ling Zhi nodded smugly, and continued: “Right, those of us who tested in have to first go to the place where we signed up before to confirm information like household registration, and then collect our work ID documents. Next Monday, we have to rely on the documents to report for work.”

“Then hurry and go!” Impatient, Xie Yiyang tugged on Gu Siyuan’s sleeve.

“Alright.” Gu Siyuan nodded, his face completely calm.

Looking at Gu Siyuan’s appearance, Ling Zhi sighed with emotion inside. Worthy of being a person who is a Big Brother, look at this calm appearance. If he had scored two perfect scores for first place, he would definitely be shouting it until the entire county town knew.

Gu Siyuan and the other two entered the main gate of the agricultural repair factory and walked toward the room at the corner of the first row of single-story houses. The sign on the door hung the two characters Personnel.

However, because new people were recruited today, there were quite a few people inside the office.

The personnel staff sitting behind the desk knew all the two hundred or so people of the agricultural repair factory. Seeing these two unfamiliar faces arrive, she directly asked coldly: “Just admitted today?”

“Right, I am Ling Zhi, this is Gu Siyuan.” Ling Zhi didn’t care about her cold face either, immediately nodding. He also enthusiastically reported Gu Siyuan together.

The personnel gave him an indifferent look: “Alright, bring your letters of introduction and identity proofs for me to see.”

Just at this moment, a loud and resonant voice rang out at the doorway: “Has Gu Siyuan come yet?”

The few people in the room all raised their heads to look in unison.

The personnel’s originally somewhat displeased face immediately curved into an enthusiastic smile, and the person directly stood up: “It’s Section Chief Lu, ah? Why did you come?”

Gu Siyuan narrowed his eyes; it was the chief examiner of the practical test from that day. It turned out he was a Section Chief.

Gu Siyuan was tall and big, his momentum astonishing, standing like a crane in a flock of chickens among the crowd.

Section Chief Lu also saw him at a glance, walked over, and very familiarly patted his shoulder: “Already here, ah, arrived just in time.”

After speaking, he said to that personnel: “The whereabouts of the few new people arriving this time haven’t been assigned yet, right? I want this Comrade Gu Siyuan, you absolutely must arrange him to our Engine Section!”

“Ah… okay, okay, I will register it!” The personnel was slightly shocked first, and then responded repeatedly.

Section Chief Lu nodded with satisfaction. After watching with his own eyes as the personnel registered the name down, only then did he give Gu Siyuan another look and exhort: “Don’t be late on Monday, I will be waiting for you!”

Gu Siyuan nodded calmly: “Mm, I have never been late.”

Section Chief Lu laughed out loud: “You young lad, this temper of yours, still like this.”

After laughing, he directly turned and left the office. It seemed he had specially come just for Gu Siyuan.

When that personnel raised her head again, she returned to a face of indifference, but still shot quite a few faintly curious glances at Gu Siyuan.

Although everyone in the factory knew that Section Chief Lu of the Engine Section was the most approachable in private, his requirements for professional skills were equally the highest. When had she ever seen him value anyone so heavily?

Actually coming personally to the Personnel Section to ask for a newcomer.

Meanwhile, the other few newly recruited people in the room this time, even including Ling Zhi, gave Gu Siyuan slightly jealous looks.

Tsk…

Although they weren’t yet familiar with what kind of sacred figure this Section Chief Lu was, they knew this person was the chief examiner during the practical test previously. Now knowing his position, and looking again at the arrogant personnel staff’s attitude toward this person, they knew he must be a remarkable big shot.

Before even starting work, to be favored by such a person, Gu Siyuan had directly walked ahead of them, ah.

As the person involved, Gu Siyuan’s mood was consistently quite calm.

However, Xie Yiyang beside him was completely not like this.

After the two finished handling all matters with the personnel side, walked out of the agricultural repair factory’s large courtyard, pushed the bicycle and left, they had walked almost entirely out of that factory district and onto the central street of the county town.

Yet Comrade Xie Yiyang was still holding that red-covered work ID, staring at it fixedly, turning it over and over to look. He almost flipped those two thin pages to pieces, and right up until now, he couldn’t return to his senses.

Glancing at the little wife beside him, Gu Siyuan felt quite somewhat sorrowful. This big living person of his, emotionally couldn’t even compare to a small booklet.

After walking a bit further, Gu Siyuan finally couldn’t hold it back, and his finger gently plucked the bell on the bicycle’s handlebars.

“Ding ding…” Hearing this crisp ringing sound, Xie Yiyang finally raised his head in a daze, and asked doubtfully: “Mm, what’s wrong?”

Gu Siyuan snatched the work ID in one grab: “Don’t read it under the sun, it hurts the eyes.”

Xie Yiyang puffed his cheeks and snatched the work ID back from Gu Siyuan’s hand: “I’m happy in my heart right now; looking at anything won’t hurt my eyes. Even if that annoying ghost Gu Lili appeared in front of me, I would feel he’s a good-looking and cute little ger.”

“…” Gu Siyuan.

This wife of his is too idealistic.

Just at this moment, a rather shrill voice rang out: “Xie Yiyang, why are you here?”

The two turned their heads in unison to look over. They seemed to have walked to the front of the only department store in Qingshui County town.

Of course, at this time, “department store” was just an exaggerated term. In fact, the entire building only had one floor. However, its area was quite a bit larger than an ordinary supply and marketing cooperative, and the variety of goods was also much greater. There were even rare electronic items like radios and black-and-white TVs sold, although the quantity was very small, only a mere few units.

And at this time, at the doorway of the department store, two people were walking toward them with unfriendly gazes.

Gu Siyuan narrowed his eyes, mostly guessing who these two were.

Sure enough, the next moment Xie Yiyang said unhappily: “What business is it of yours? I come when I want to. What, Xie Jinyu, is this county town opened by your family?”

Hearing this tone, Xie Jinyu felt displeased to the extreme in his heart.

“Xie Yiyang, is the department store a place a country bumpkin like you can enter? Oh yo, the person beside you wouldn’t be that country bumpkin you married, right? Hehe…”

Saying this, he turned to take a close look at Gu Siyuan. The next moment, however, he was slightly stunned.

If it weren’t for the preconceived notion, knowing that Xie Yiyang’s husband was a thorough country bumpkin, but just looking at this person’s momentum, he was simply more of a city person than a city person.

Xie Yiyang unhappily blocked in front of him: “Hehe, Xie Jinyu, looking at these things you bought, you must be getting married, right? Yet you actually still have the nerve to stare at my husband like this.”

Xie Jinyu also returned to his senses and immediately said disdainfully: “Who cares to look? No matter how good he looks, isn’t he still a country bumpkin? Brother Zexin works at the county government, however.”

Xie Yiyang snorted coldly in disdain: “With his useless appearance, taking the high school exam for three or four years and still failing, being able to go to the county government isn’t just relying on his dad?”

Xie Jinyu’s face sank slightly: “Don’t be saying the grapes are sour because you can’t eat them.”

Xie Yiyang finally found an opportunity to show off. Holding up the red booklet work ID in his hand: “Hehe, who is sour over him? Our Siyuan tested into the county agricultural repair factory to be a technical worker entirely on his own. This is true ability. And he is even deeply valued by the Section Chief. Stop bringing out that second-generation rich heir Chen Zexin to compare with our Siyuan, he doesn’t deserve it.”

“County agricultural repair factory?” Xie Jinyu’s voice changed.

The county agricultural repair factory wasn’t an ordinary factory. The County Party Secretary served concurrently as the factory director. Whether it was status or treatment, it was the best in the entire county.

“Mm.” Xie Yiyang responded smugly, and then pulled Gu Siyuan away.

After the two exited the county town, they sat back on the bicycle again.

Hugging Gu Siyuan’s waist, his face pressed against his broad back, Xie Yiyang asked softly: “Husband, was I too bad just now? I deliberately showed off, and I even scolded someone.”

Gu Siyuan shook his head: “No, very full of vitality.”

Rubbing his cheek gently against Gu Siyuan’s back, Xie Yiyang blinked slightly and said slowly: “My temper is bad. In the past, when I was in the county town, my adoptive parents said they had never seen me have such a bad temper. I was indeed not their biological child, not like them at all. They also said Xie Jinyu had a good temper and never caused trouble or argued with people.”

Xie Yiyang sniffled: “But… clearly every time it was those little boys who actively bullied me. But as soon as I scolded or hit people, they felt it was my fault…”

“You did nothing wrong, and your temper isn’t bad either. When those people bully you, scolding back and hitting back is naturally correct. If you can’t out-scold or out-hit them, I will join you.” Gu Siyuan’s voice was gentle, but his gaze was even gentler.

Unfortunately, sitting at the back, Xie Yiyang couldn’t see it, otherwise his face would definitely turn entirely red.

But hearing these words, Xie Yiyang was already smiling extremely brilliantly. His hands hugged the waist of the person in front even more forcefully: “Why are you like this? Other people’s husbands always say, ‘From now on you won’t ever need to act yourself, because you have me now and such’…”

Gu Siyuan gave a laugh, his voice faint: “When I see you scolding people, you are full of spirit and very happy. I don’t have the heart to deprive you of your hobby.”

“…” Xie Yiyang.

His husband truly knows how to speak.

Is he, Xie Yiyang, the kind of ger who takes pleasure in scolding and arguing with people?

The misunderstanding is too great.

After Gu Siyuan and Xie Yiyang returned to Yunxi Village, they first rode to the captain’s house. It was exactly lunchtime, and Zhou Jiandang’s whole family had just returned from working in the fields.

When returning the bicycle, Gu Siyuan even stuffed a small handful of newly bought candies into his hands.

Zhou Jiandang hurriedly declined; in this era, sugar was a precious thing.

Xie Yiyang said actively: “Captain, just accept it. Our Laosan was admitted by the agricultural repair factory, this is out of happiness!”

“Good, good.” Zhou Jiandang nodded.

It was a long while before he reacted. Widening his eyes, he looked at Gu Siyuan and Xie Yiyang: “What. What did you just say?”

This was exactly the effect Xie Yiyang wanted. Hurriedly, he loudly repeated again: “Captain, I said, our Laosan tested into the agricultural repair factory in the county town, becoming a technical worker! He’s going to work on Monday, and the work ID has already been issued.”

These sentences of his were basically popped out word by word, and the voice was incredibly loud. Not only Zhou Jiandang’s family, but almost all the surrounding neighbors could hear it.

Rubbing his ears, Zhou Jiandang repeated again in disbelief: “You mean Laosan, entered the agricultural repair factory to become a worker?”

Xie Yiyang nodded, and took out his precious work ID again: “Captain, look, this is the agricultural repair factory’s work ID, there’s even a photo on it, super formal and grand.”

Zhou Jiandang hurriedly snatched it to look. Being able to be a production brigade captain, naturally he was literate. He repeatedly looked at that work ID several times, confirming that the person on it was Gu Siyuan of their Qianjin Production Brigade.

Feeling gratified in his old age, he patted Gu Siyuan’s shoulder: “Siyuan, ah, this is truly not bad of you, truly not bad! The agricultural repair factory is good, ah.”

When Gu Siyuan and Xie Yiyang walked out of the Zhou family’s home, they encountered many people craning their necks to look along the way.

There were also the lively ones who directly opened their mouths and asked: “Little Xie, ah, I just heard you say, your Laosan is going to enter the county town to become a worker?”

Xie Yiyang hurriedly nodded: “Yes, yes. Thanks to our Laosan striving to make progress, ah! Back then, although he went to dig the canal right after getting married, even so, he met a driving master and spent money to ask the master to teach him driving and car repair. Last time our brigade’s tractor broke down twice, wasn’t it fixed by our Laosan? This time the agricultural repair factory was recruiting technical workers, Laosan went to test, and passed in one go. Today we went and even brought the work ID back.”

After giving a large paragraph of a speech, Xie Yiyang habitually took out the work ID to show off again.

Now, the village people couldn’t help but reveal envy on their faces.

This usually most honest and quiet Gu Laosan, actually entered the county town to become a worker, securing an iron rice bowl?

It was heard that the agricultural repair factory was the factory with the best treatment in the county town. Not only a salary of twenty yuan a month, but also grain, cloth tickets, meat tickets and what not, this simply…

Remarkable, truly remarkable, ah.

Who knows exactly how this spread, but anyway, by the time Gu Siyuan brought Xie Yiyang, who had finished showing off all the way, back home, the Gu family had also already known this news.

And at that time, Feng Keng was also at their home.

Gu Lili and Feng Keng had been dating for some days now. Because they were running a joint business, the two were stuck together like glue and lacquer. Feng Keng also coaxed Father and Mother Gu very well, frequently eating at the Gu family recently.

Today at noon was the same.

Mother Gu had just finished cooking. The few people sat by the table, and hadn’t even moved their chopsticks yet when Eldest Brother Gu enthusiastically ran in: “Father, Mother, did you hear? Laosan, he tested into the agricultural repair factory! He’s going to enter the county town to become a worker!”

“Ah?”

Sitting by the table, Father Gu, Gu Lili, and the others exchanged glances, completely looking like they were dreaming. What was he saying?

They didn’t mishear, right? Actually saying their family’s Laosan was going to enter the county town to become a worker at the agricultural repair factory, how was this possible?

Even their family’s Lao Si, who was currently attending technical secondary school, might not necessarily be assigned into the agricultural repair factory after graduating this year! That was the best factory in the entire county town, how strict and high were the requirements, ah!

Father Gu glared at Eldest Brother Gu first: “As soon as this family is separated, every one of you acts like you’ve gone crazy, losing all appearance of adults. Where did you hear some ghost talk in broad daylight, and run back to sprout nonsense…”

Mother Gu also gave a cold laugh: “I did hear yesterday that Laosan was going to the county town today to look at the agricultural repair factory’s recruitment results. Consequently, it got spread by you as already having become a worker.”

Facing his parents’ successive denials, Eldest Brother Gu also couldn’t help but frown.

Could it be that he truly misheard?

Seeing the situation, Feng Keng then said: “Some words, as they are passed around in the village, change their flavor.”

Gu Lili also smiled with feigned considerateness: “Eldest Brother, actually this isn’t your fault either. It’s all because Third Brother and Third Sister-in-law are too high-profile and care too much about face. Just going to participate in a recruitment exam, and they insist on making it so high-profile, causing the whole village to know now. Later, when the results come back, the ones who will look ugly will be themselves.”

Eldest Brother Gu frowned slightly, feeling Gu Lili’s words were quite inappropriate. But in front of his parents, it wasn’t good for him to say anything more to this so-called lucky treasure younger brother.

However, if he didn’t speak, someone else did.

“Heh, I was wondering who was gossiping about people behind their backs here. It turns out to be you again, Gu Lili!”

Outside the Gu family’s door, a crisp voice transmitted in.

Gu Lili looked up. Awesomely, the people he hated the most, Xie Yiyang and Gu Siyuan, had returned.

His expression changed slightly, but he still stubbornly said: “What gossip? Wasn’t I speaking the truth?”

“Hehe…” Giving a cold laugh, Xie Yiyang walked inside, and then slapped his hand down onto the table they were eating on with a ‘bang’.

“What are you trying to do? Your younger brother just said one sentence about you, so what? Could it be you still want to flip the table?” Changing her expression unhappily, Mother Gu turned her head to glare at Gu Siyuan and scolded: “You don’t even control your wife. A ger, looking like a hooligan.”

Gu Siyuan raised his head indifferently, gave her a look, and said to Xie Yiyang: “You want to flip the table? Let me help you, your strength is small.”

“…” The Gu family was shocked.

Are these human words?

“Hehe…” The back of his ears slightly red, Xie Yiyang looked stickily at Gu Siyuan, acting spoiled: “Not flipping the table, I have other things to do…”

“Alright.” Gu Siyuan nodded calmly.

Xie Yiyang turned his head to look at Gu Lili and the others again. He slowly moved away the palm that was just slapped on the table surface, revealing a small red document booklet. His tone was as cold and arrogant as his gaze: “Do you see what this is?”

Before the other three reacted, Feng Keng’s expression changed first.

Xie Yiyang chuckled softly: “Sure enough, there are smart people. Let me tell you, this is the agricultural repair factory’s work ID document. Our family’s Gu Siyuan is now an official employee of the agricultural repair factory, and will be going to work next Monday.”

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