I, Yan Jiefang, will live to 2025 in this courtyard house.

By the end of May, both houses had been renovated.

During this period, government construction teams generally do not cut corners and usually complete the work with guaranteed quality and quantity.

After inspecting the completed house, Yan Jiefang nodded in satisfaction and readily paid the remaining balance.

Because the holiday was short, he went to the trust store that day and bought a mahogany bed, a mahogany eight-immortal table and four matching benches. He also bought a lot of other good quality solid wood furniture.

The middle room is now used as the living room, so the eight-immortal table is naturally placed here.

From now on, all social interactions will take place here.

The houses on either side will serve as two bedrooms.

He took out the mattress and blanket he had used during the national team training camp and spread them on the bed.

(Because of the Great Leap Forward, all the kang (heated brick beds) in the courtyard houses were dismantled. Therefore, during this period, ordinary families basically slept on beds. In the TV series, you can see that Sha Zhu's family and Xu Damao's family both had beds and no kang.)

He then bought a second-hand ceiling fan, repaired it, and hung it on the ceiling of the living room. He also placed a second-hand floor fan in another bedroom.

I bought some other odds and ends, and soon both rooms were almost fully furnished.

Seeing his second brother's life getting better and better, Yan Jiekuang silently offered his blessings while also secretly making a resolution in his heart:

He must study hard; only by studying and getting into a vocational school can he find a way out!

But what Yan Jiefang was thinking was that a strong wind would blow around the middle of the year after next, and it seemed that the middle school entrance exam, the college entrance exam, and any other exams would be canceled in June of that year.

Yan Jiekuang will only enter junior high school this September, and by then it will be the end of the second semester of junior high.

He had no hope left on the path of learning.

I will graduate from vocational school next year and go to work in a factory. When I played basketball at Factory 774 before, the factory leaders talked to me.

As soon as you join the factory, you will be immediately assigned the position of a level 16 technician and will be promoted to a permanent position six months in advance.

Yan Jiefang knew that he was just a vocational school graduate, and being promoted to a permanent position six months early was already the best he could hope for. (Promotion corresponds to administrative level 25 clerk)

This is a national red line, and no one is allowed to cross it.

Once he gets into the factory, if there are any openings, he will try to arrange one for Yan Jiekuang.

After all, the educational requirements for ordinary operators are not high. As long as the political background check is clean and the hands-on ability is not too bad, it's fine.

Yan Jiekuang has no problems in these aspects.

Just as Yan Jiefang and his two siblings were busy, Yu Haitang showed up again.

This annoyed him to no end. Yan Jiefang had already politely rejected her, but this woman was like a leech, always coming to bother him.

Although she is in the same class as He Yushui and will graduate from high school next month, she is not young at all; she is already 22 years old this year!

(Her age appeared several times in the TV series. In 66, she was the same age as Liu Guangtian, both 24 years old. Liu Haizhong even wanted to match her up with Liu Guangtian.)

She's an old maid these days!

In addition, her appearance did not meet his aesthetic standards, so Yan Jiefang had no feelings for her.

Yu Haitang stood at the living room doorway, one hand resting on the doorframe, a broad smile on her face:

"Yan Jiefang, your arrangement is truly excellent! It perfectly captures my heart."

Before Yan Jiefang could speak, Yan Jiedi threw the broom in front of her and blurted out loudly, her childlike words uninhibited:

"Yu Haitang, what are you doing here again? Didn't I, Erguo, already tell you I don't like you? You're like a leech, even more annoying than my sister-in-law! Get lost!"

Yu Haitang's face was ashen as she looked at Yan Jiefang:

"Yan Jiefang, are you this heartless too?"

Hearing this, Yan Jiefang was somewhat taken aback, but his words remained decisive:

"Yu Haitang, don't come here again. I've already made my meaning clear. Now get out of here!"

Yan Jiekuang walked over and slammed the door shut, isolating the two sides.

Yu Haitang looked at the tightly closed door, raised her hand, then lowered it again, and finally left the place with a livid face.

It's definitely impossible for me to achieve my optimal goal of following Yan Jiefang in the future.

Fortunately, she had Yang Weimin as a backup and several other people.

Yang Weimin has powerful family connections, and he's her sycophant.

I had previously said that if she agreed to be his girlfriend, I would help her get a job in the publicity department of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill.

I'm about to graduate, and I definitely won't get into university. I haven't found a job yet, so I'll just agree to be his girlfriend for now and sort out my job situation first.

If I ever get the chance, I'll definitely teach that heartless guy Yan Jiefang a lesson!

If only I could arrange my post office work in advance like He Yushui, it's a pity...

As she pondered these things, her figure gradually disappeared into the distance.

Yan Jiefang didn't take this woman seriously at all. It was only because she didn't go too far that he dared to give her an air bullet!

Before we knew it, it was already the end of June.

That day, as soon as he stepped into his own yard, he saw Liu Yuyan waiting there.

Yan Jiefang immediately remembered what she wanted to do.

It seems this woman cares quite a bit about her sister's affairs.

She also saw Yan Jiefang enter the courtyard. As he approached, she quickly asked in a low voice:

"Yan Jiefang, about my sister?"

Having already promised, Yan Jiefang naturally wouldn't go back on his word for such a small matter. He waved his hand:

"Let's go to the post office."

In the post office lobby, He Yushui had already started work. Seeing her sister-in-law and Yan Jiefang walk in together, she quickly greeted them.

"Sister-in-law, what brings you here? I'll help you."

Liu Yuyan had already wired money home many times and was extremely familiar with the entire process, but she still frankly told He Yushui:

"Rain, I need to send some money back to my hometown, can you help me?"

He Yushui was slightly taken aback. She hadn't expected this. She had never heard of her sister-in-law sending money home before.

However, this wasn't her responsibility as a new employee, so she pointed to a counter:

"This matter will be handled by Sister Cheng; you can go to her."

"it is good."

As Liu Yuyan spoke, she walked in that direction.

Yan Jiefang nodded to He Yushui and followed her.

Although He Yushui was curious about what was going on, she also had her own work to do and could not leave her post for too long, so she had to return to her position.

Liu Yuyan said to Yan Jiefang:

"I checked the current train tickets. A hard seat ticket from Jiangcheng to here costs 10.2 yuan. It's definitely not safe for my sister to travel alone, so my mother will come along too."

"Yan Jiefang, you only need to reimburse me 10 yuan, I can pay the rest myself, okay?"

In fact, Yan Jiefang had also learned about some things about taking the train during this period in his spare time.

I know that ordinary people can also buy hard sleeper tickets, and compared to hard seats, hard sleeper tickets are obviously much safer and more comfortable.

Alternatively, you can buy an express ticket to take a direct or regular express train to shorten the journey time; of course, this ticket will be about twice as expensive.

If you want to take an express sleeper berth, you must buy all three types of tickets, because the sleeper ticket is a supplementary ticket.

Hard seat 10.2 yuan + express train 9.8 yuan + sleeper berth fee 16-19 yuan, total price: 36-40 yuan. (Online information)

Yan Jiefang pulled a thick wad of ten bills from his pocket, counted out ten, and handed them to the other person:

"Let them sit in the fast-moving hard sleeper carriages."

Upon seeing so much money, Liu Yuyan was immediately overjoyed. She quickly thanked them, accepted the money, and began processing the remittance.

Yan Jiefang wanted to see what this woman named Liu Ruyan was all about. The name sounded a bit mystical; could she also be a time traveler?

As for one hundred yuan, it's really just a small amount for him now.

Spending a little money is perfectly acceptable for the sake of a bit of curiosity.

It's like spending 648 yuan to buy a limited-edition character card in a game.

If the other party disappoints him, then he won't be responsible for the return ticket.