Chapter 312 Agricultural to Non-agricultural Status Conversion

Seeing that his eldest brother was being so direct, the second brother stopped beating around the bush with his own mother and just chuckled and shook his head.

"Mom, don't look at me. I'm even busier. I'm either in the sky or at the training base. There are female comrades, but very few of them."

"They won't even consider families older than me. I'm still young. You know, our future achievements will be far more valuable than they are now."

It means that if the partner you find now isn't as good as the one you'll find later, then you might as well wait!

The eldest and second eldest brothers have both expressed their opinions, while the third brother has directly shaken his head.

“I spent all my time tutoring people and exchanging it for food, except for classes. I didn’t have time to think about anything else.”

Zhao Lingli looked at her three good-for-nothing sons speechlessly, while Tao Changyi couldn't help but laugh at her disappointed expression.

"Why are you in such a hurry to become a mother-in-law? We haven't retired yet, and we can't take care of their kids."

"It's better to wait until we're retired. If we get married now, we simply won't be able to handle it."

Tao Changyi is almost fifty years old this year (47), and Zhao Lingli is four years younger than him, also forty-three years old.

Given Tao Changyi's personal abilities, he will likely not retire until after the age of 55, and there is even a possibility that he will be rehired.

Zhao Lingli will retire around the age of fifty, and if she works for another six or seven years, she can retire gracefully.

"That's not quite right. If we wait until I retire to have my son get married, how old will our eldest son be? Almost thirty!"

Tao Zui is twenty-one this year, and in six or seven years she will really be almost thirty.

Before Zhao Lingli could complain, Tao Zui, thinking about the nature of their profession, looked at Zhao Lingli very seriously.

"Mom, my second son and I are both soldiers. Soldiers take obeying orders as their duty. It's normal for us to get married after we turn thirty, so don't worry. Just focus on your job and wait to collect your retirement pension. Don't worry about anything else for now."

"Oh dear, listen to what your son is saying! What does he mean by 'don't worry' and 'don't be anxious'? How can I, as a mother, not be anxious?"

Tao Ran grinned and gestured towards Tao An and Tao Tao.

"Mom, don't just focus on the three of us, there are two little ones too!"

The brother and sister were enjoying watching their brothers make fools of themselves when they were surprised when their second brother steered the fire towards them, and they immediately felt that he was unethical.

Fortunately, at that moment, Father suddenly asked my eldest and second eldest brothers, "Are there any problems with your family backgrounds?"

Although they passed the political vetting back then, only their family knows why their grandfather and father have kept a low profile all these years.

"It's alright. Our family wasn't even considered small landlords back then. We had a lot of land and a lot of money, but we donated it all, didn't we? Besides, we have my two uncles and two uncles-in-law. Even if we're not considered second-generation reds, so many of them have become soldiers. We two have also done well. Don't worry, Dad, everything's fine!"

Tao Changyi was undoubtedly reassured by Tao's words.

"Then you should perform well and try to get rid of these messy elements."

Tao Ran also comforted his father: "Dad, don't worry about it. Our family's social status is poor peasant according to our household registration."

The reason I got into this situation is all thanks to my grandfather's wisdom back then. He discarded everything that needed to be discarded, turning himself into a beggar overnight.

All that was left was the ancestral home and the ten acres of land. Now, the ancestral home and the ten acres of land are gone, and I'm working alongside everyone else.

You can't blame them anywhere.

"The famine that Cuihua mentioned has come true. Next, there will be terrible turmoil that will last for at least ten years. Fourth brother, you'd better hurry up, or you won't be able to go to university. It's not easy for a high school graduate like you to find a regular job. Your household registration is a big problem, and you still have to get into university, even if it's just a vocational school or junior college!"

My son is taking the high school entrance exam this year. If he puts in the effort, he should be able to keep up.

It's fortunate that they don't have urban residency, otherwise the young man would have had to go to the countryside.

But then again, their family originally had urban household registration.

The reason for going through all this trouble is simply to solidify his status as a poor peasant in terms of his family background.

Previously, people changed their household registration for future purposes; now, they want urban household registration simply so that their children can have reliable jobs.

Previously, it was something one was born with; now it's obtained through examinations, which further increases the weight of this household registration and stabilizes the family's identity.

Early on the third day of the Lunar New Year, my fourth sister went to the bus station to pick up my second sister, Tang Cuiju, who was carrying large and small bags of things when she returned.

She first went to the Tao family to kowtow and wish the two elders a Happy New Year, and also presented them with four gifts that she had prepared in advance.

"Look at you, why did you buy this? It's such a waste of money. Everyone knows you don't get any benefits this year, so don't waste your money."

Tang Cuiju took over at the end of the year, so Cao Lianhua took her share of the benefits.

She had only been working there for a short time, so naturally she didn't receive any benefits, which is why Zhao Lingli felt sorry for her.

But Cuiju said, "That's only right. It's the New Year, after all. When I get my own benefits in the future, I won't be left out of my godparents' share either."

Xiao Jiu stared longingly, and Cui Ju turned her head and tapped the tip of her nose.

"Of course, there's also our little wine, you're my lucky star."

"Second sister, why is there only a three-day holiday? Shouldn't the post office be closed for the holidays?"

"Most people have been given a holiday, but one person will remain on duty for each position, just in case someone has an emergency during the Spring Festival!"

I'm staying home for three days straight, and I have to rush back the day after tomorrow afternoon. Jiu'er, are you leaving too?

Xiao Jiu nodded, "Sis, school starts on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, so of course I have to go back with you."

Actually, she starts school on the ninth day of the Lunar New Year. She'll just stay home for the holiday, and after that, things won't be very interesting. She might as well go back to the city and try to earn some more money.

As soon as people heard that Tang Cuiju had returned, everyone in the village came to see her.

"You really found a job in the city? A permanent one? I heard you even transferred your household registration!"

"How did you change your household registration from rural to urban? My son told me that you need a diploma to change your rural household registration to an urban one. Do you have one?"

"What kind of work did you do in the city?"

Despite the Tang sisters' attempts to keep a low profile, the story eventually spread throughout the village.

None of the people in the village committee can hold their tongues; they blurt out everything they can think of.

But Cuiju isn't stupid; how could she possibly tell the truth?

"From rural to urban? Sister Chen, you're quite the expert. Your son is right, so I can't change my status because I don't have a diploma."

I still have a rural household registration, but it's temporarily registered with my workplace. I'm a temporary worker, but at least I live there, so it's quite convenient for me to get letters of introduction and other necessary documents.

"That can't be right. Where would you need to move your household registration if it's registered elsewhere? You can just get a certificate, right? Your household registration has clearly been moved."

"Hey, Sister Chen, how come you know more about household registration than we do? Who said that? Or do you think we're capable of changing our rural household registration to urban? Do you know how valuable that is?"

Sister-in-law Chen just scoffed, "I only wanted to ask because I knew, if you don't have it, you don't have it, look how arrogant you are!"