To please others? It's better to please yourself.

It's March now, and teachers and students at school are still working hard to prepare for the college entrance examination. Even students who want to find jobs aren't in such a hurry.

When the "Notice on Postponing School Enrollment for Half a Year" was published in the newspaper in June 1966, everyone panicked.

Nobody's stupid; anyone with a brain knows things are about to get chaotic. With the college entrance exam canceled, finding a stable job is even harder. The price to buy a good job is equivalent to the total cost of her previous two job sales—that's an astronomical sum!

When the educated youth were forced to go to the countryside, they would use all sorts of tricks to get a job, including childhood friends, kind neighbors, and brothers and sisters.

Is that just a job? No, it's your destiny for the rest of your life!

How could the original owner possibly find a job back then? The two jobs she offered were completely ignored. So, the original owner did all the housework. Her sister-in-law, Xu Duoduo, had given birth to triplets, so she was very independent. She went back to work after her postpartum period, and when she came back, she focused solely on breastfeeding, leaving the original owner to care for her the rest of the time.

When she came home in the evening, she said she was tired from work and needed to rest. Her sister-in-law didn't have enough milk, and the children were crying from hunger. The original owner had to find a solution, and no one lent a hand. Everyone else had rested well, and the eldest son and his wife were even more loving and sweet, while the original owner was working herself to the bone every day, unable to keep her eyes open and so tired that she couldn't straighten her back.

When the children are two years old, able to talk, run, jump, and feed themselves, it will be the perfect time for the original owner to go to the countryside.

Xu Jing'an carefully reviewed the contents of the three books again, found out the useful information, and thought through what she needed to do. She felt relieved after confirming that there were no oversights.

November 30st

Xu Jing'an specially came back from school: "Mom, I took the household registration booklet with me!"

Xu's mother, busy calculating overtime pay, waved her hand and said, "Let's go, let's go. I understand."

Over the past few years, she has occasionally used her household registration book to buy fabrics with internal defects. Xu's mother has gotten used to it.

Xu Jing'an put the money on the table into her pocket and took the "letter of introduction" to the municipal government office to get an application form.

Before entering the city government building, she made a point of going to the corner to take out some nice clothes from her storage space and change into them.

After filling out the form, the clerk, Xiao Zhang, didn't mention anything else: "Come for the exam at 8 a.m. tomorrow, don't forget."

Xu Jing'an quickly thanked her, "Thank you, I will definitely remember."

What are you saying? If you can come here now, you must have connections. People without connections wouldn't even know we were hiring!

After leaving, Xu Jing'an hurriedly took a car back and risked her life to buy the defective fabric.

I went back to school and found Xu Jianshe's class. Many students there were struggling to concentrate, slumped over their desks.

Xu Jing'an peeked inside, and Xu Jianshe immediately came out.

"Take the cloth and the remaining money back with you."

Xu Jianshe said happily, "Sister, you bought fabric again? You're amazing!"

Xu Jing'an instructed, "Keep an eye on your things, and go home after school."

Xu Jianshe understood what his third sister meant. "Don't worry, third sister, I've never been away on a business trip while I'm overseeing things!"

It's hard to say about other things, but if you want to get anything out of him, dream on!

Xu Jing'an still believed in the fourth brother on this point!

The next morning, Xu Jing'an changed her clothes early and took a bus to take the exam. After the exam, she waited two hours for the notification to come out, and unsurprisingly, she had passed. Xu Jing'an felt relieved!

Director Han from the personnel department looked at the five people who remained and raised an eyebrow slightly: "Bring your letters of introduction, household registration booklets, graduation certificates, and personnel files tomorrow to finalize the job arrangements."

Five young people sat upright, and Director Han said with a smile, "No need to be so nervous. We'll all be colleagues in the future, and we'll see each other every day."

The group relaxed and smiled. Han Yi continued, "Although you have different positions, we'll start by calculating 33 yuan per month for clerks. After you become full-time employees, it will be 37.5 yuan."

"There's nothing else to say. You guys should go back and get your things ready. Xiao Zhang—"

Clerk Xiao Zhang quickly stood up: "Director, what are your instructions?"

Director Han: "Go and send out admission notices to those few people, and tell them to go back and open the envelopes."

The group of people thanked Director Han politely.

Xu Jing'an took the notification slip and went straight back to school.

"Xu Jing'an, Xu Jing'an!"

Xu Jing'an had just entered the school gate when she heard someone calling her name. But at that moment, she wished the person would disappear immediately.

They kept walking forward without stopping.

"Xu Jing'an—, Xu Jing'an—"

"Why are you leaving?" A boy who was 1.75 meters tall and had dark skin blocked Xu Jing'an's way.

Xu Jing'an could now feel that many eyes were watching her.

"Why can't you hear me when I call you several times?" Kim Sam-soon asked, sounding somewhat resentful.

That's because I don't want to talk to you! "What is it?" Xu Jing'an tried hard to suppress her anger and asked the other person in return.

"Why did you take the day off today? Are you feeling unwell?" Kim Sam-soon asked with concern, but Seo Jing-an wished she could strangle him and shut him up.

Xu Jing'an has always intentionally maintained a persona of "not good-looking, from a poor family, taciturn, honest, and with good grades".

The original owner was of average appearance, often ate poorly, had a sallow complexion, was thin and small, wore tattered patched clothes, kept his head down, and was taciturn and did not attract any attention.

These high school boys and girls, whether they're arguing, blocking each other's way after school to ask for money, or dating, they can't seem to find themselves comparing themselves to others.

After all, those are just pastimes after you've had enough to eat and wear!

Xu Jing'an, a girl who was extremely unsophisticated and exuded a rustic charm, would not attract the attention of these people!

However, she excelled academically and represented the school in competitions, which attracted the teachers' attention. She was under their watchful eyes every day, even during every class. The teachers held considerable authority in the school. Since she hadn't had any conflicts with anyone, bullying rarely occurred to her.

Graduation was just around the corner, and all she wanted was to find a job discreetly and slip away quietly, but then Kim Sam-soon appeared out of nowhere.

Since the start of this semester, he has been inexplicably coming to see me, and several of his friends have been stirring things up around me.

Kim Sam-soon is good-looking and comes from a well-off family, so many girls at school have their eyes on her. She's already starting to feel that some people are looking at her with hostility.

You shouldn't get involved in this kind of thing from the start. If you get close to a guy like that, congratulations, you're going to face countless problems and troubles.

You firmly rejected him, so what? You don't like this guy? What about all the other girls who are vying for him? Isn't that a slap in their faces? You think you're so high and mighty? More trouble is on the way.

"Thank goodness, this is the last day," Xu Jing'an comforted herself.

"I have something to do, classmate, please make way."

"Hey, you still haven't told me the reason?" Kim Sam-soon reached out to pull Seo Jing-an.

"Are you being a pervert?" Xu Jing'an gritted her teeth and glared fiercely at the other person.

Kim Sam-soon was stunned.

Xu Jing'an turned her head and quickly walked into the dormitory.

Girls have always been around him, but now Kim Sam-soon is a little unsure of what to do.

"Sam-soon? How's it going?" His cronies asked, winking and making faces.

Kim Sam-soon said impatiently, "Alright, alright, let's go eat."

"Oh, time to eat—time to eat!" a group of people shouted as they ran toward the cafeteria.