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

In the 60s, houses could not be bought and sold privately; they were allocated by the state. In cities, those with work units were allocated housing by their work units, while those without either lived together with their families or rented rooms.

When Xu Jing'an and Sister Qin arrived at the office, they found someone they knew.

"Sister Qin, aren't you taking the train today? Haven't you and your husband left yet?"

Qin Caifeng pulled Xu Jing'an aside: "Even if I'm in a hurry to leave, I have to make sure my sister is taken care of."

The clerk glanced at Xu Jing'an. "What's this?"

Qin Caifeng: "This is my aunt's cousin. Our mothers are sisters. We're really relatives, how can you just turn around and leave?"

When they arrived, they gave the same story. They said they were cousins ​​(their mothers were sisters, and the two were cousins).

"My wife and I are being transferred back to our hometown in Northeast China, and my cousin happens to be transferred here and has nowhere to live. Since the house is just sitting there anyway, we might as well give it to her."

What hadn't the people at the office seen? But there was no overt violation of policy, and Brother-in-law Qin secretly handed over two packs of cigarettes. The property certificate was finally issued.

As soon as Sister Qin and her husband came out, they took the money handed to them by Xu Jing'an and went straight to the train station.

Xu Jing'an turned back and hurried to tidy up the house. Otherwise, where would she sleep tonight?

The weather was already warm by the end of April, and the water wasn't cold anymore. It's said that Northeasterners are very clean and keep their homes tidy. Even though Sister Qin and her husband have two children, their furniture, windows, and kitchen are all spotless.

Xu Jing'an roughly organized everything, arranging her daily necessities and kitchen utensils one by one. She ate lunch at the space, then came out to grab a basket and go out to buy some groceries.

A good night's sleep.

Xu Jing'an opened her eyes and realized that it was almost time, so she quickly got up.

He quickly ate a few bites and left home. More and more people gathered on the road, forming a huge, dense crowd, and entered the steel mill.

When Xu Jing'an arrived, Guo Caixia was already waiting for him at her workplace.

"Sister Guo, I'm sorry I'm late," Xu Jing'an quickly apologized.

"I'm early," Guo Caixia waved her hand dismissively, "Shall we get started quickly?"

Xu Jing'an immediately became serious, and the two began a thorough handover. Everything in the archives was documented, and each item was checked against the records. After confirming there were no issues, both parties signed off and breathed a sigh of relief.

This is when we can chat casually.

"There's a girl here who's three years older than you, named Wu Sufeng. She's very warm and cheerful, and has a good character. You'll be in charge of registration, and she'll be in charge of keeping things safe. She's on leave for the next couple of days, but you'll see her when you get back." After finishing her work, Guo Caixia had the time to give Xu Jing'an a few more instructions.

Xu Jing'an: "Sister Guo, when are we going back?"

Guo Caixia: "There's a bus at 6 a.m. tomorrow. I'll buy the ticket for you at the same time."

"Thank you so much, Sister Guo."

"Don't mention thank me, I still need you to watch over those mischievous monkeys for me." Guo Caixia only felt at ease taking her seven children on the train because Xu Jingan was traveling with her.

Xu Jing'an made a special trip to Director Huang's office.

"Please come in."

Xu Jing'an: "I'm sorry to bother you, Director Huang."

Director Huang: "What's the matter, Xiao Xu?" He looked at Xu Jing'an who had just entered and was a little puzzled.

Xu Jing'an said somewhat embarrassedly, "Director, I came in a hurry and I still need to go back with Sister Qin to bring my luggage and transfer my household registration."

"Also, I ran into my cousin yesterday. She happened to have a spare room, so I'm staying with her now. Thank you for taking care of me, Director."

Director Huang Xing: "That's great. Staying at home is definitely better than living in the dormitory. Okay, come find me if you have any difficulties."

Xu Jing'an: "Thank you so much, Director. I'm sorry to have troubled you."

Huang Xing: "What's the big deal? Don't rush back. I'll give you a few more days off; safety is the priority."

Back home, Xu Jing'an thought about what to give Sister Guo. The ticket money had been paid for by her, and it wouldn't look good to pay her back directly.

Why not steam a few batches of chive and egg buns? Perfect for the journey. After all, we have seven boys; what's there to worry about leftovers?

Taking advantage of the midday heat, I prepared a large bowl of mixed noodles. Luckily, I had baking powder in the room, otherwise I would have had to make yeast first.

Each person filled a cloth bag with three.

As soon as Xu Jing'an took out the steamed buns on the train, the children were delighted. "Eat steamed buns—eat steamed buns—"

Guo Caixia said helplessly, "You child~" She understood that Xu Jing'an didn't want to owe anyone a favor.

But the more people encounter such individuals, the more willing they are to associate with them.

Touching the still-warm buns, you could tell this girl must have been busy since early morning. "Jing'an, close your eyes and rest for a while."

Xu Jing'an did not refuse and leaned back in her chair to rest with her eyes closed.

The children also subconsciously lowered their voices.

Along the way, the children took turns sleeping and using the toilet with Sister Guo. Their initial curiosity turned into impatience.

As they were getting off the train, Guo Caixia took out the rope again and tied it to each child. Xu Jing'an and Sister Guo escorted the children out of the station, one on each side.

Fortunately, there weren't that many people at this time!

After seeing Sister Guo and the children off on the bus, Xu Jing'an headed to the Xu family home.

Returning to the Xu family home, everything was the same as before. The only difference was that the bed Xu Jing'an used in the living room was gone.

There is absolutely no place for her in this family anymore.

Suppressing the slight sense of loss in her heart, she went into her mother's room, took out the household registration booklet, and hurried to transfer her household registration.

These days, household registration books are handwritten and have two air holes. A string is threaded through them, and the inner pages can be added or removed at any time.

After leaving the police station, I put the page of my household registration that I had moved out into my spatial storage, returned the household registration book to Xu's mother, and then went to say goodbye to Director Han and Brother Zhang.

When Brother Zhang heard that she was now a full-time employee and her salary hadn't decreased, he smiled and congratulated her.

Han Yi looked at this young girl and was deeply impressed by her decisive and efficient actions!

"I've already spoken to Lao Huang. Just do your job well." Han Yi's usually smiling face was expressionless at this moment.

This was the first time Xu Jing'an had seen Han Yi lean back in his chair, relaxing his body, since she had known him for so long.

His voice was gentle, and his tone was calm. Xu Jing'an knew this was his usual self.

"I'll give you two bottles of wine. When you go back to H City, please deliver them to Director Huang for me." Although it was a mutually beneficial arrangement, Han Yi still felt he should lend a hand to Xu Jing'an, a young girl, if he could.

Xu Jing'an bowed deeply to Director Han. She understood Han Yi's meaning; he wanted Director Huang to look after her out of consideration for Han Yi's relationship with her.

He took two bottles of wine, packed up his things in the dormitory, carried them out of the workplace, and went straight to the post office to mail them.

He put the wine in his spatial storage and went to the station to buy another ticket to H City. When he returned to the Xu family home, everyone had already finished get off work and was having dinner. He was quite surprised to see Xu Jing'an.

"Third son, why are you back today? We didn't cook for you." Xu's mother calculated that it was only Monday the 25th, not the weekend yet.

She's been absent from school for many days, and no one at home knows. That's the advantage of Xu Jing'an being invisible.

"Mom," Xu Jing'an whispered to her mother, "I've found a job."

"What kind of job? How much does it pay a month?" Xu's mother's eyes widened.

Everyone at the table stared at Xu Jing'an. Xu Duoduo put down her chopsticks and watched even more intently.

"Working at the steel mill, you'd probably earn around 20 a month when you first got there."

"What do you do?" Duoduo then asked.

"It's registered in the records room."

Many people's eyes lit up when they heard this, feeling that their opportunity had arrived.