In the small courtyard of the Zhao Family in the county town, Zhao Dashan was chatting with his father-in-law, Zhou Xiaozheng. At the moment, Zhou Xiaozheng was praising his own daughter, regretful that she got married too early; he had originally planned to keep her around for a few more years.
"Uncle Zhou, you’re absolutely right. Xiao Wu definitely has ulterior motives, rushing to marry Jiao Jiao so early to have a son. You don’t know how pitiful Jiao Jiao is. She can’t even go shopping with me during her confinement period, nor can she come and go as she pleases. Just now, Aunt and I were thinking of going to Shanghai. In the end though, Jiao Jiao still has to wait until Little Ping’an is three months old before she can go out."
Zhao Yuanyuan happened to come in and overheard, quickly expressing her opinion. She just disliked Zhang Guoqing for wanting to get married so early; they could have waited a bit longer, what’s the rush, chasing as if it were a life-or-death situation.
Oh well, here comes this girl. Zhang Guoqing hurriedly looked up and rolled his eyes. This was a troublemaker. This girl always wanted to compete with him for Jiao Jiao. Truly an unexpected rival!
Zhao Dashan saw her come in with a bag in her hand and asked, "Did you tell Aunt Zhou that Uncle Zhou would come back later tonight? And why are you coming back with a bag after going to Jiao Jiao’s place?"
Zhao Yuanyuan giggled foolishly, "Aunt Zhou gave it to me. I didn’t want it, but she and her daughter forced it on me, saying it was for you guys to drink with your wine."
Zhou Xiaozheng looked at this silly girl, really no comparison to their Jiao Jiao, "Take it and have your mom add dishes. When you went there, what were the two of them doing?"
Zhao Yuanyuan hurriedly patted her forehead, "Uncle Zhou, they were chatting. I just happened to ask Jiao Jiao for some advice. Dad, didn’t you say I should set goals and accomplish my life dreams? I’m telling you now, I can clearly tell you, my ideal is to become a train conductor. What do you think? Jiao Jiao says this job is not restrictive, has long vacations, and lets you travel all over the country. She told me to think carefully and get your opinions. On the way back, I felt this is a lot better than selling things at the supply and marketing cooperative. Dad, what do you think? Can you help me if it’s okay?"
Hearing this, Zhang Guoqing couldn’t let Zhou Jiao be labeled, knowing his wife, at most she had casually suggested it, but she took it seriously. He interjected, "Did you say you weren’t interested in working at the supply and marketing cooperative, and Jiao Jiao said the train conductor job is not restrictive, has long vacations, and lets you travel all over the country? Then, did you say that’s the one, and Jiao Jiao said that it seemed like a nice prospect, but there might be hidden things that you’re not aware of and asked you to come home to consult your uncle and aunt before deciding? Isn’t that right?"



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