Insufficient balance

  Bao Yuzhen was worried about his own work, watching as his older brothers and sisters all had their futures arranged, leaving him without a clear direction. He knew the kind of people he had been associating with lately, but what could he do? Without a job or a registered residence, how could he move to the town? All those people around his age from families with some status in the town had real jobs. Everyone knew that he was still an agricultural household registrant. Those people looked down on him from the bottom of their hearts, even though Bao Guoqiang was the head of the town's revolutionary committee.

  Bao Yuzhen also hopes to have a decent job, going out early and returning late from work would be great. However, he also understands that as long as he makes an effort, even if it's just getting his elementary school graduation certificate, his father can arrange a unit for him. That way, he'll really become a city person. But now, he can only wait for opportunities.

  Actually, the opportunity wasn't entirely lost; last year's chance was the best. If he had enlisted and mixed in for three years in the army, all problems would have been solved. But who could have predicted that what was initially agreed upon would suddenly change? He didn't make it, but Bao Yulin benefited instead. It shouldn't be a big deal; if he couldn't go last year, he could try this year. However, unexpectedly, the army's recruitment situation was strictly controlled this year, and those without a middle school diploma were not accepted. As a result, this path was completely cut off for him. Recalling these events made Bao Yuchen angry. If Bao Yulin had the ability to snatch opportunities from others, why did he come to snatch his own quota?

  A few days ago, Bao Yuzhen was playing with a few friends on the street when he suddenly saw Bao Yulin wearing a police uniform walking around. Bao Yuzhen was puzzled - didn't he go to join the army? How did he come back and wear a police uniform again? Bao Yuzhen thought this matter needed to be asked about when he got home, to see what's going on.

  That night, Bao Yuchen insisted on pushing his friend to eat dog meat in the village and waited at home for Bao Guoqiang. After Bao Guoqiang returned and heard about it, he felt that his son still had some ambition, so he told him the whole story. Only then did Bao Yuchen know that Bao Yulin had only been a soldier for a year before returning to become a policeman, such a good thing could be found nowhere else.

  "Yu Chen, you said that if you had worked hard and studied well back then, how good would it have been? Now aren't all these things yours?" Bao Guoqing said with emotion.

  "Dad, can't you think of a way for me to join the army too?" Bao Yuzhen knew that if it weren't for Bao Yulin, all these would have been his own. But what could he do now? He had no choice but to ask his old man to think of another solution.

  "How dare you say that? For your sake, I've put in so much effort and asked so many people for help! Even if you only had a primary school graduation certificate, I would have helped you get a job. But why are you so disappointing?" Bao Guoqiang was furious.

  "Old Bao." Bao Yuzhen's mother spoke up. After entering the city, Bao Guoqiang felt that his wife should also learn from the urban people, so he no longer allowed her to call him "the father of the child", but instead changed it to "Old Bao". Bao Guoqiang also learned this from other cadres.

  "A few days ago, didn't Principal Li from the town middle school come to see you about something? Can you ask him to issue a graduation certificate for Xiao Si? That way, next year Xiao Si can join the army." The uneducated woman thinks and speaks mainly based on intuition.

  "Nonsense! It's not as simple as you think!" Bao Guoqing refused without even thinking about it.

  "Ah, it's not necessarily so!" Bao Yuchen had done many sneaky things before and was very sensitive to such underhanded tactics. He suddenly thought of a plan: "Isn't joining the army just about having a graduation certificate? As long as I can produce one, you can talk to Principal Li again, and if someone investigates, we'll just say I graduated from high school last year. I think this will work."

  Bao Guoqing scratched his head, thought carefully for a moment, and indeed, this was a good idea! It's just a matter of getting a graduation certificate, which wouldn't affect the school. The school shouldn't make things difficult for its own students, besides, Zhentown Middle School still needs to ask for their help. He believed that Principal Li would agree to help with this favor.

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  In just two days, Bao Yuchen transformed into a high school graduate. With this thing in hand, whether it's for next year's conscription or when there's an opportunity to arrange work for Bao Yuchen, none of these will be difficult anymore. Anyway, Bao Guoqiang still has some connections in this small town.

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  No one had expected the opportunity to come so quickly. Bao Yuzhen's graduation certificate was not yet ready, but it had only been a month since he graduated. On this day, Bao Guoqiang was drinking tea in his office when the head of the town police station came knocking on his door.

  "Director Zhang, you've come. I don't know what's going on?" Several times trying to get Director Zhang to handle the matter of Bao Yucheng had been unsuccessful, and Bao Guoqiang's attitude towards Director Zhang had clearly cooled down a lot.

  "Director Bao, you smoke!" Zhang Suo Chang apparently didn't mind Bao Guoqing's attitude, or rather, he was prepared. At this time, he smiled and took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Bao Guoqing.

  Seeing Zhang's calm and composed demeanor, it was clear that he had exceeded Bao Guoqing's expectations. Although the police station was related to the town, it wasn't directly affiliated. Looking at Zhang's attitude today, did something go wrong on his side? Thinking of this, a smile spread across Bao Guoqing's face as he accepted the cigarette and said: "Director Zhang, you're being too polite. Let's just talk openly, what do you want to say?"

  "Director Bao, it's like this. My wife is currently working at the supply and marketing cooperative. Recently, I heard that our town's revolutionary committee is going to be reorganized, and a town government and town party committee will be established. This woman is quite cautious and wants to find a more relaxed place to work. She knows that you and I have a good relationship, so she asked me to come ask you if it's possible to transfer her to the town government to work." Director Zhang lightly tapped his cigarette on his fingernail, seemingly trying to loosen it up a bit.

  Bao Guoqing listened to Director Zhang's words and observed his actions. What Director Zhang said was not simple, the matter was not only difficult to handle, but also had to be worried about the relationship, but since he could say it out loud, he must have his own reasons. It was a mutually beneficial thing, Bao Guoqing had an idea in his mind, but he had to listen carefully to see if it was worth it.

  Bao Guoqing struck a match, poked his head out, lit Zhang Suozhang's cigarette, and then lit one for himself: "Zhang Suozhang, as expected of someone in public security, your information is indeed quick! It's true that the town is going to be reorganized, but there are many people who want to get into the town government."

  Director Zhang mentioned that when the National Day was not closed, he knew there was a play. Now the key is to take out his own chips and exchange them: "Director Bao, this matter has you worried, I think it's not difficult, so I won't say much more. A few days ago, you said you wanted your fourth child to enter the police station, I kept it in mind, now there is an opportunity, but the requirements are not low, I don't know if your fourth child can do it?"

  Bao Guoqing's heart suddenly lit up when he heard this, and after tossing about for half a day, wasn't it all just to find Bao Yucheng a good job? It seems that now there is an opportunity, let's see what the conditions are: "Ah, Director Zhang, I was just saying, you still put it in your heart. Look at you, so polite. Nothing else to say, I'll try my best to help with your wife's matter, no big deal!" Bao Guoqing said generously: "You might as well say, what conditions are needed to get into your public security system? Our family's old four, honest and hardworking, is most suitable for entering the public security."

  Director Zhang thought to himself: Is Bao Guoqing considered honest? However, he didn't say this out loud. "It's like this, we've been allocated a quota for demobilized soldiers. Originally, it was given to your village's Bao Yulin, but later the organization investigated Fan County and found that he had been captured in Vietnam. There are still some unclear circumstances now. So our public security bureau is preparing to withdraw his file. The county bureau requires us to quickly recommend someone to fill this position, so the military department won't be able to say anything. That's why I thought of Bao Yuchen, but the county requires that the person must be a high school graduate." Director Zhang knew about Bao Yuchen's situation, but he was clear that with Bao Guoqing's connections, it wouldn't be difficult to get a high school graduation certificate for Bao Yuchen.

  Bao Guoqing was taken aback by these words. It seems that his wife's words were reasonable after all, and being a little more prepared wouldn't hurt. Now is the perfect time, the things had just arrived, and the opportunity had come.

  "Director Zhang, you didn't know that our family's fourth child graduated from high school last year and graduated from our town middle school. Otherwise, I'll let him go to the office tomorrow?"

  Director Zhang was also stunned for a moment, didn't expect Bao Guoqiang's means to be so fierce. But since the matter has been discussed to this point, it's basically no problem now. So he nodded: "Okay, tomorrow let Bao Yucheng bring his graduation certificate to the office, I'll take him to the county bureau to handle the formalities. And that thing about my wife..."

  Bao Guoqing waved his hand: "This is being too polite, isn't it? Taking care of the families of public security police officers is a must. Our town's revolutionary committee transmission room just happens to be short one person, let's borrow someone first and then go through the formalities later."

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  In this way, Bao Yulin had just worn the police uniform for a few days and took it off again. Bao Yuchen became a people's policeman at the Panshi Town Police Station. Director Zhang's wife successfully entered the town revolutionary committee. Everyone was satisfied except for Bao Yulin.

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