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

An hour passed quickly, and invigilator Li Ji'an collected all the exam papers. "The results will be announced in an hour, everyone wait here for the notification."

Everyone in the examination room stayed inside; no one went out.

The main reason is that more people are starting to work now, making it difficult to explain this situation to others—it's easy to say but hard to hear.

Even if everyone knows the truth, it still has to be presented in a plausible way on the surface; nobody wants to be a fool. After all, everyone knows what really happened.

Those who knew each other would gather in twos and threes and chat quietly for a while.

Xu Jing'an quietly observed the twelve people in the room from her seat, trying to select a few candidates.

After all, this job requires a high school diploma, and everyone here has one. She's only a first-year high school student; without the diploma, she can't get the job!

It's not the time of the Cultural Revolution yet!

During the Cultural Revolution, you were either wearing a red armband and constantly participating in revolutionary activities, or you were sent to the countryside in your first year of high school. As long as you talked to your homeroom teacher, you could basically get your graduation certificate ahead of schedule!

Everyone is studying hard now, and so many people hope that the college entrance examination can change their destiny! From teachers to principals, who isn't rigorous and responsible?

She's now found a school, but can only get a certificate of attendance. (What is an attendance certificate? It refers to a student with enrollment status who drops out of school before completing the required curriculum.)

Even if they could have it, their sister-in-law "Xuduoduo," who hasn't even entered the family yet, is still waiting!

An hour later, Hao Weiguo, the director of the personnel department, came in. "The results are out. You can all see the specific scores yourselves. I'm announcing the three people who have been accepted. Please come with me to the office to complete the formalities: Chen Yuanyuan, Wang Shunfeng, and Xu Jing'an."

As soon as the head of the personnel department finished speaking, three people walked out: two men and one woman. That's right! The one named Chen Yuanyuan was a strong man!

The three of them lined up and followed the director into the office.

Chen Yuanyuan, who is about 1.8 meters tall, is in front, Wang Shunfeng, who is 1.75 meters tall, is behind, and Xu Jingan, who is less than 1.6 meters tall, is in the middle. You can't see her at all if you don't pay attention!

"Bring your household registration booklet so I can register you."

All three of them took out their household registration books and handed them to Director Hao.

As Director Hao wrote, he said, "I'll post your names on the notice board in three days. If nothing unexpected happens, the job will be done. Prepare your identification documents and letters of introduction in the next few days and hand them to me then."

Hao Weiguo earnestly instructed, "Alright, if there's nothing else, go back now. Remember to keep your mouths shut."

"Okay, I understand." "Thank you, Director."

The director waved his hand, and the three of them quickly came out of the office and went their separate ways.

The three of them didn't exchange any polite words. If they could work together in the future, there would be plenty of opportunities to chat. If not, then there was no need to say anything more.

Now is the time to get the work done!

But for Xu Jing'an, the most urgent task right now is to find a good buyer. Otherwise, when the list is posted, the female lead, Xu Duoduo, will recognize the names and definitely ask Xu Jianguo. And how could she let go of matters concerning work?

After all, neither Xu Jing'an nor Xu Jingping has a high school diploma and therefore cannot work.

And Xu Jianguo's girlfriend insists on having a permanent job before they'll get married. Look, it's like Qiao'er's mom is opening the door for Qiao'er now—what a coincidence!

Fortunately, she had her household registration book with her, so she didn't have to run home to get it like the original owner did.

Once it passed through Xu's mother's hands, who in the family wouldn't know?

With this job available, Duoduo gritted her teeth and refused to give up. The boss absolutely needed Duoduo.

Xu's mother couldn't resist her son's insistence and eventually gave him the job.

Besides, it was given to the daughter-in-law, not anyone else. In Xu's mother's words, "It's like the meat rotting in the pot!"

Xu Jing'an spotted the chubby girl named Hao Meimei, who was wearing a blue top and black pants.

Because she remembered very clearly that the girl's voice was the loudest, shouting, "How come I only got eighth place?"

If you find someone whose ranking is close to yours, they might even complain that you took their spot.

Wouldn't you feel uneasy paying money to buy it?

I watched as she went to Director Hao's office. If I wasn't mistaken, this girl must be the niece of the head of the personnel department. I heard her call out "Uncle" from outside the door. Alright, just wait and see!

About 10 minutes later, Xu Jing'an knocked on the office door of the head of the personnel department.

"Please come in," Director Hao said, and Xu Jing'an went inside.

"Comrade, is there anything else?" Hao Weiguo asked Xu Jing'an as she returned.

Xu Jing'an looked up at Hao Meimei, whose eyes were red-rimmed, and said, "I want to sell this job as director, but I don't know..."

"Really?" Hao Meimei asked excitedly.

Hao Weiguo looked at Xu Jing'an: "Comrade, this is not something to joke about. Have you thought it through?"

"I've thought it through," Xu Jing'an nodded firmly. If she didn't sell, was she supposed to contribute to the female lead's happy life? What would she gain herself?

Hao Weiguo didn't ask you why you weren't going on the show, or say anything like, "If you're not going on the show, why aren't you giving it to your family?"

He's in charge of personnel; he's seen it all. Besides, it's his niece who's benefiting from this; what else is there to say?

"This job is good, how much are you planning to sell it for?" Hao Weiguo asked again.

Xu Jing'an didn't know either: "You can give me whatever you think is appropriate, I don't know either. I just need some tickets or something."

Hao Weiguo thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll trouble you to come over again around noon for lunch. I'll discuss it with the child's parents and prepare the money and tickets. I don't want you to suffer any losses."

People in their current position don't lack these things. They value face in their interactions and dealings, and they won't easily give others cause for criticism or make enemies!

Therefore, Xu Jing'an had no need to worry about the money or tickets at all. What was life to her was just a trivial matter to them!

"Okay, see you at noon then. You're busy."

Xu Jing'an left the office and hurried to the supply and marketing cooperative where Wang Jingjing's mother worked.

I arrived just in time and immediately squeezed my way to the front to buy three feet of cloth.

When she came out, Xu Jing'an's shirt was missing a button, and her hair was messy.

Just then, an older woman was heard shouting, "My child—, my child is missing, my child—"

The shout startled the sales clerks, who quickly scattered in alarm.

"Don't push—, don't push—"

"Make way, everyone, help us find the child."

The crowded people quickly dispersed.

As soon as everyone made way, the middle-aged woman who had been screaming pitifully rushed over, picked up the shoe that had fallen to the ground, and put it on. Without stopping for a moment, she rushed to the counter and bought three feet of cloth.

Everyone was dumbfounded! Someone cleverly realized: "This lady is probably from Sichuan, where they call shoes 'children'."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Thank goodness, if they had really lost their child while shopping, everyone would have been heartbroken.

"My cloth—" With this shout, everyone swarmed forward again.