Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 757 - Chapter 757 747. Practice what you preach_1

Chapter 757: 747. Practice what you preach_1 Chapter 757: 747. Practice what you preach_1 As she said this, Song Tan didn’t know how to respond.

Are government jobs easy?

After pondering for a moment, she decided not to waste more words–changing parents’ fixed ideas is truly too difficult!

If that was the case…

She took out her phone and, while sending a message, said, “Even if being a civil servant is easy, Brother Yanping can’t accept it anyway! How about this, our village secretary is a young person. It would be perfect to invite her to have dinner together. Auntie, you can ask her more questions, right? After all, I’ve heard there are quite some tricks to passing the civil service exams these days.”

The aunt was naturally overjoyed!

It wasn’t long before Secretary Xiaozu arrived in her car!

The aunt took one look and was first taken aback, then she asked in a low voice, “Tantan, is this really a village official? Why is she so dark, too?”

In fact, compared to Zhang Yanping, Zu Jun wasn’t really dark, but the issue was that, in the traditional view of the aunt compared to Tantan, well… it was a regrettable comparison.

Moreover, Secretary Xiaozu, who wasn’t at all pampered in the countryside, was dressed particularly ungracefully at this moment, in a sun protection suit and work pants. When she got out of the car, her face still had some smudges! Not only were there mud stains on her little white shoes, but even the sun protection suit had spots and stains, presenting a rather disheveled image.

After entering the yard, she immediately exclaimed, “I’m so tired I could die!” and then rushed to the tap and started frantically washing her face.

Song Tan was deeply moved!

She had only asked Secretary Xiaozu to persuade the aunt that being a civil servant isn’t that easy nowadays, but she hadn’t expected her to perform the whole act so thoroughly!

And when Secretary Xiaozu had cleaned up her face, she now sat in the room enjoying the air conditioning, venting her frustrations:

“You tell me, with the meager three thousand a month I earn, why am I even doing this? This crappy job, I don’t want to do it starting tomorrow!”

The aunt instantly became anxious–the girl in front of her was already a village secretary. It might not sound as prestigious as holding an office in the city government, but she was still an official, right? How could she no longer want to do it? The young people today are really too fickle in their work!

She thought of Zhang Yanping and now asked with concern, “What’s wrong? There’s not much to take care of in the village now, right? Why are you so tired?” She looked as if she had been in a fight.

This time, Secretary Xiaozu wasn’t pretending: “Don’t even mention it. When they were assigning college student village officials, there was someone I knew in the township under the neighboring county, and he was unlucky enough to get assigned to an impoverished village. When higher-ups came, they pulled them to spruce up the town streets. When no one was around, they’d be arranged to work on poverty alleviation!”

She poured out her grievances: “Auntie, you don’t know! Nowadays, we civil servants might as well be more tired than factory workers screwing bolts! At least they get paid more for screwing bolts!”

“Not only does every civil servant have to be responsible for one impoverished household one-on-one, but we’re also assessed and have targets to meet, and if we don’t complete them, we get held accountable and disciplined! If you encounter someone who’s deliberately troublesome, there’s nowhere even to cry!”

These words were truly heartfelt from Secretary Xiaozu.

Because she had her family as a safety net, as long as she didn’t make any major blunders, in reality, her future was secure. Spare a thought for those who struggled for two or three years to pass the civil service exams, only to be stationed to a township, where not only was the work hard, they earned just over two thousand a month!

In today’s economy, two thousand a month is barely enough to live on.

Clearly, the aunt was shaken.

Her thinking was very simple–no matter how many people told her that passing the civil service exams was exhausting, and the placement even harder, she wouldn’t believe a word.

Because none of those people were officials.

And now, the village secretary before her was both dark and disheveled, during the short time it took to chat, she had guzzled two pitchers of tea. How exhausted she must be!

“Then this… this…” She was at a loss for words.

Secretary Xiaozu had intended to pour out her grievances, especially since Song Tan had messaged her to come over and give some advice; now she didn’t hold anything back:

“It’s about the poverty alleviation project. The family in charge is not only lazy, but they also take all the oil, rice, and flour provided. And they won’t do anything when assigned to raise chickens or work!”

“Nasty business, just let it go, what else can you do for the sake of a secure job? But that guy’s greed knows no bounds. Thinking his family is well-off, he locked himself in a room with his own teenage daughter, and the moment she opens her mouth to speak… ay, the ignorance of the law! The girl is only sixteen, didn’t continue school after junior high, and is just dreaming of marrying someone decent!”

“The moment she yells out, whether or not people believe it, the young man is subject to an investigation. Now look at him, his future is also gone, he couldn’t bear it, grabbed a hoe, and wanted to end it all…”

“Look at my clothes–this is because the young man’s girlfriend heard the news, came down to the countryside, and charged into the house with an iron bar, hacking and smashing everything. We had a whole bunch of people both restraining and pleading…”

“Oh, it was so dangerous! By the time the news got back, the girl’s parents instantly disapproved of them being together. Just think about it, he didn’t make any money at work, and he almost lost his girlfriend too…”

The great-aunt’s mouth fell open in shock.

What… what was she supposed to say?

Every twist and turn was beyond her comprehension! At this moment, she didn’t even drink her tea, hastily asking, “How can there still be people who don’t cooperate with poverty alleviation?”

“How can there not be!” Secretary Xiaozu was now quite the experienced hand: “So many impoverished households can’t get back on their feet precisely because they’re both lazy and bad!”

The great-aunt herself was a diligent person, and she couldn’t fathom why anyone would pass up the opportunity to make money.

“So… so to be investigated just for being locked in a room? If it’s cleared up, isn’t that fine? It’s not their fault…”

Secretary Xiaozu gave a bitter smile, “Auntie, there’s no surveillance, and when a teenage girl cooperates with the accusations, the police can clear it up with inquiries. But with these kinds of incidents, gossip spreads faster than anything. If the young man doesn’t have any connections, what future can he really talk about?”

“Just for the sake of a stable job, to endure such humiliation in a township for life, being the subject of rumors… how can one accept that?”

The great-aunt had nothing to say, and finally, with clenched teeth, cursed, “It’s all because of that family’s heartlessness and cruelty!”

Secretary Xiaozu fell silent for a moment: “Auntie, I was lucky to end up in Yunqiao Village. If it were some remote mountain village elsewhere, I’m afraid it would also be…”

The great-aunt fell silent.

After a while, she began to mutter to herself, “We have to study hard, to try to get into a school in the city or the surrounding area…”

Song Tan couldn’t help but have a change of heart about her great-aunt–she was incredibly determined to not give up!

Zhang Yanping came in with a box of winter melon candy and couldn’t help but say, “Mom, forget about the city, I really can’t pass that exam.”

Seeing his great-aunt’s silent demeanor, he too seemed to adopt a resigned attitude: “Otherwise, if you really want me to take the civil service exam, I’ll try for the frontier areas. I should be able to manage that with some effort.”

“It’s just… sigh, I might only be able to come back once a year. Mom, you and dad will have to come visit me!”

“Then I’ll be like Seventh Uncle’s son, marry a local girl who’s tall and pretty. That’d be nice too.”

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