Chapter 522 New Work Location
The five members of the Zhou family were finally reunited after six years of separation.

Several members of the Zhou family went to the train station together to pick up Zhou Zhigang.

Zhou Zhigang is very happy to see that his three children have already started their own families and careers.

Among them, the eldest son and daughter-in-law have been dating for a long time, and now they have finally achieved a happy ending. In Zhou Zhigang's heart, this is the best.

My daughter Zhou Rong and son-in-law He Yuzhu are also very good. They take care of the house in order. My husband looks younger than he was a few years ago and it is obvious that he has not suffered any hardship in the past few years.

What surprised Zhou Zhigang the most was his youngest son Zhou Bingkun.

The youngest son, who had been a poor student since childhood, became a college student before his older brothers and sisters.

This can be considered as smoke coming out of the ancestral grave.

Where there are happy things, there are regrets.

On the way home, Zhou Bingyi told Zhou Zhigang that he was infertile and that the Zhou family's livelihood would depend on Zhou Bingkun.

Zhou Rong has been married for more than a year and still has no children.

Zhou Zhigang returned home and quietly asked his wife, only to find out that his daughter Zhou Rong wanted to live a free and easy life for two years and planned to have a child two years later.

How confusing!
There is no reason to get married and not have children.

However, this is her own daughter after all, and she doesn't want to have a child so early, so let's wait two years.

Who made this my little cotton-padded jacket?

The thing that Zhou Zhigang feels most regretful about is his youngest son.

Zhou Bingkun was a simple, honest and obedient boy since childhood, but now that he is in college, he has become naughty.

The family had just reunited and were preparing to have lunch.

Zhou Bingkun suddenly proposed to take his wife back to live with his father-in-law.

Zhou Zhigang's expression suddenly darkened.

As the eldest brother, Zhou Bingyi saw his father's face getting gloomy, so he quickly pulled his brother's sleeve and told him not to do anything stupid at this time.

"Bingkun, what are you thinking? You're not going to spend the New Year's Eve with your family, but are going to spend the night at your father-in-law's house?"

"I didn't think much about it. I just thought that there was no place to live at home."

Zhou Bingkun was still too timid. He was frightened by his father and elder brother's expressions and tones. He immediately lowered his head nervously, as if he had made a huge mistake with just one word.

Cai Lele, who was sitting next to him, felt that the atmosphere was unusual. He quickly lowered his head and scooped the dumpling soup in the bowl with chopsticks, not daring to look up.

Fortunately, Zhou Rong was considerate and quickly opened the conversation, saying:
"Dad, I got married last year and you haven't come back yet. After lunch, I'll take you to visit Zhuzi and me."

"Okay, I'll go take a look around in a bit."

When Zhou Zhigang heard his daughter's words, he immediately smiled.

In his heart, no matter how successful his youngest son Zhou Bingkun was, he was not even a finger as good as his daughter.

Seeing that the atmosphere had eased, Zhou Bingkun smiled awkwardly and toasted Su Mingzhe:
"Brother-in-law, if you have the chance tomorrow, take me to the mountains to play."

"When you graduate from college next year, we'll go into the mountains."

When Su Mingzhe mentioned hunting, he remembered something and turned to look at Zhou Rong. Zhou Rong immediately understood and stood up to go to the inner room to take out a package. After opening it, she shook out a white cloak.

"Dad, a few years ago, Zhuzi killed a white tiger. There was not a single pore on its body. I know you have chronic cold legs, so I made a cloak for you. Come and try it on to see if it fits you."

“Is this the white tiger skin?”

When Zhou Zhigang heard that the cloak was made of white tiger skin, he became a little restless. He took the cloak and took a look at it. The white tiger pattern on it was still clearly recognizable, which made his eyes shine.

It wasn't just Zhou Zhigang who felt this way. Everyone at the table was so shocked that they couldn't take their eyes away.

In this era, the white tiger has been given a strong mythological color because of the particularity of its genetic mutation.

For ordinary people to encounter a white tiger would be considered a legend.

Now, Su Mingzhe gave his father-in-law a cloak made of white tiger skin as a gift for their first meeting. In the eyes of the Zhou family, this gift was too expensive.

After Zhou Zhigang saw it, he also thought of this. After hesitating for a while, he did not try on the cloak, but returned it to his daughter:

"Xiao Rong, this cloak is too valuable. I live in a dormitory in the third line. If I take such a good thing back with me, I'm afraid it will be gone in a few days. It's better to leave it at home. You can keep it."

"Dad, even if you don't take it away, you can still wear it during the few days you're at home."

Zhou Rong didn't care about that and insisted on letting her father try it on:
"This took me and my mother more than a month to sew. In order to match the white tiger skin, I even went to Dabailou to buy six feet of tweed fabric."

"Okay, okay, I'll wear it. I'll wear it."

Zhou Zhigang was absolutely unwilling to reject his daughter's filial piety, so he let his daughter put on the cloak for him.

Zhou Zhigang was tall and strong, and wearing a white tiger cloak, he looked intimidating without even being angry. The Zhou family members kept praising him.

Amidst such lively atmosphere, the Zhou family dinner finally came to an end.

In the afternoon, Zhou Rong took Zhou Zhigang and went back to her and Su Mingzhe's home.

Zhou Zhigang felt relieved when he saw that his daughter lived in a nice place.

Time counts for the Zhou family to reunite.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zhou Zhigang brought his whole family to Guangzi Pian to pay New Year's greetings.

As the only eighth-level worker in Guangzi Film, Zhou Zhigang's reputation is absolutely just right.

On the third day of the New Year, Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei took a bus back to Tongliao.

On the fifth day of the New Year, Zhou Zhigang was also about to leave. He had only asked for ten days of leave, and it would take several days to travel back and forth. He was able to stay at home for a week, which was specially approved by his superiors.

Zhou Bingkun and Cai Lele left the latest, but they also made the biggest noise.

The Cai family, the Zhou family, and some of their friends came to see them off. It was such a crowded crowd that Zhou's mother was almost squeezed out of the circle.

As the Spring Festival passed, life returned to normal. In the summer of 76, Zhou Bingkun and Cai Lele graduated from university and returned to Harbin to work.

Because Cai's father, who originally helped the two to mediate the work allocation, was suspended again for inspection, the two's work changed again.

Cai Lele was transferred to the Harbin Sugar Factory.

Zhou Bingkun was sent to work as editor of the municipal publication "Golden Land".

For Zhou Bingkun, things seemed to have gone full circle and returned to the starting point.

The only change seems to be that compared to the situation in the TV series, Zhou Bingkun has an additional position and his salary is a little higher.

After Zhou Bingkun and Cai Lele returned to work, they also wanted to rent a house from the street office.

However, this year a large number of educated youth returned to the city, and the houses in the street office had already been rented out, leaving no vacant houses at all.

With no other options, Zhou Bingkun and Cai Lele had to move back into Zhou's house.

At this point, Su Mingzhe and Zheng Juan only had one year left in their college life.

People who are about to graduate are desperately trying to find connections at this time, hoping to be assigned a good job.

Only Su Mingzhe's job had already been decided, and he would be assigned to the Harbin Agriculture Office.

Zheng Juan was retained to teach at the school because of her hard work and outstanding academic performance.

When Su's mother Jiang Cuiping heard that her daughter-in-law stayed in school after graduation, she became very upset and didn't give Zheng Juan a good look for several days.

For intellectuals, staying in school to teach is still a good choice.

But in this era, for ordinary people, staying in a university to work is even more frightening than facing jackals, tigers and leopards.

Su Mingzhe had to do some ideological work on his mother.

"Mom, do you know that the street office is so busy now? A lot of educated youth have returned to the city, and even sweeping the floor has become popular. Zheng Juan is so happy to have a job close to home. How can she complain to the organization?"

"That's true, but she is a serious college graduate. Why would she stay in school to be a counselor? Besides, isn't this a nanny? It's not a serious job."

Jiang Cuiping actually understood these principles, but she just didn't like Zheng Juan.

"Being a counselor is only temporary. I can be promoted to teaching assistant and then associate professor in the future. I will take it step by step and things will get better slowly."

Su Mingzhe persuaded his mother:

"Besides, working at a school means you have a lot of days off, especially during the winter and summer vacations. Zheng Juan can often take care of the children."

Faced with the persuasion of her own son, the resentment in Jiang Cuiping's heart finally dissipated slowly.

In the blink of an eye, it is 77.

It was time for Su Mingzhe and Zheng Juan to graduate from college.

Zheng Juan stayed in school and served as a counselor for the new semester.

As soon as Su Mingzhe graduated, he went to report to the Agriculture Office of the Harbin Revolutionary Committee.

The Agricultural Office is the Rural Work Department.

One set of staff, two sets of brands.

Liu Yuanhao, the office director, also serves as the minister. He is in charge of an office and four departments.

When Su Mingzhe first arrived, he was assigned to work in the Science and Education Department.

After Liu Yuanhao received the report letter from Su Mingzhe, he immediately beamed with joy. He asked about Su Mingzhe's situation and pointed to a middle-aged man:

"Lao Zhang, Xiao Su is the top student assigned today to the Science and Education Department. Please send him there."

"Okay, Director."

Lao Zhang was an office worker in his forties or fifties. He had been paying attention to the newcomer Su Mingzhe. After receiving the director's instructions, he put down the teacup in his hand and smiled at Su Mingzhe:
"Xiao Su, come with me. The Science and Education Department is a good place. Your director, Lin Yuting, was originally a flower in our Agriculture Department..."

People who work in an office all have one skill, which is the ability to talk a lot.

In just a distance of more than ten meters, Lao Zhang praised Su Mingzhe's future boss to the world.

"Director Lin, I've sent you a disciple."

When they arrived at the entrance of the Science and Education Center, Lao Zhang knocked on the door politely. He heard a female voice inside asking for someone to come in, and then he took Su Mingzhe in.

After entering the room, Su Mingzhe saw a young woman in her thirties sitting at the desk. At first glance, he felt that Lao Zhang was not lying.

My future boss is really a beauty.

However, it looks a little familiar, as if I have seen it somewhere.

"Old Zhang, thank you for your help."

When Lin Yuting saw Lao Zhang bringing people in, she just sat on the stool and greeted them, but did not get up.

Su Mingzhe saw that she was wearing a white shirt, gray pants, and black flat leather shoes, which were typical of the era. He looked at her for a moment before carefully greeting her:

"Director Lin, I'm Su Mingzhe, reporting in."

In the next few years, I will most likely work under this woman, so I have to be more polite to her.

"Lao Zhang, go and get busy first."

Lin Yuting also looked at Su Mingzhe, but she sent Lao Zhang away first, and then she gave Su Mingzhe an order:
"Go and close the door."

As soon as Lao Zhang left, Su Mingzhe heard the first instruction from his immediate superior, and some charming thoughts arose in his mind.

Fortunately, Su Mingzhe quickly stopped his reverie, walked to the door, and closed the wooden door again.

"sit down."

Lin Yuting watched Su Mingzhe stand in front of the desk again, pointed to the seat opposite her, and asked Su Mingzhe to sit down. At this time, a hint of tenderness appeared in her eyes:
"Let me introduce myself. I am Xu Kai's aunt. We met before when Xu Kai's father passed away..."

(End of this chapter)