Chapter 742 Father-in-law's Sensitivity
During lunch, the whole family knew that Zhou Tian's job had been confirmed, and they all breathed a sigh of relief. After all, they had been watching him at home all this time, and although no one said it, they couldn't help but feel a little worried in their hearts.
Now that the job has finally been secured, everyone naturally doesn't need to worry anymore. On the contrary, father-in-law Shen Jie, when he knew that his son-in-law was about to start working, a glimmer of unspeakable worry flashed in his eyes.
After the meal, everyone left, only his father-in-law Shen Jie stayed and winked at him.
Zhou Tian quickly understood and said to Shen Yulin who was wiping the table, "Wife, go check on the kids to see if they are asleep. Dad and I have something to talk about!"
Upon hearing this, Shen Yulin immediately stopped what he was doing and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll go check on those brats, you and dad can chat slowly!"
Obviously, she also knew that what happened next was probably not something that she wanted to know. After all, she had experienced this kind of situation before and knew the severity of it. She did not refuse, put down the rag, took off her scarf, turned around and walked out of the room, closing the door tightly after she left.
"Dad, what's going on? Why is it so serious?"
After seeing his wife leave, Zhou Tian looked at his father-in-law and asked curiously. You know, usually, his father-in-law rarely talked to him about officialdom, but today, it was obvious that something was wrong with his father-in-law's expression.
"Xiaotian, tell me honestly, have you been promoted again? Which department have you been assigned to?"
Shen Jie looked at Zhou Tian and asked solemnly.
"Dad, you!"
Zhou Tian saw his father-in-law was so serious that he wanted to keep silent, but now he could only remind him: "Dad, you also know the nature of my job. There are many things that cannot be said. I can only tell you that my new job is related to the army!"
In fact, it was not that he deliberately concealed it, but the Fifth Research Institute itself was a military confidentiality unit, and ordinary people had never even heard of it. If he told it out, it would not be a good thing for his father-in-law and family.
Hearing Zhou Tian say this, Shen Jie looked visibly relieved.
"The army is good, the army is still good!"
As he spoke, he took out a cigarette from his pocket and threw it to his son-in-law. Seeing his son-in-law's puzzled face, he explained: "Xiaotian, it's not that Dad wanted to ask you about your affairs just now, but the wind direction is wrong at this time!"
He took out a match, lit the cigarette, and took a deep breath.
"Dad has been in the government for many years and is considered an old man. He actually has a clear understanding of many things. Although everything seems peaceful on the surface, there is clearly a trend brewing in the wind direction at the top recently!"
"Dad is old and has no future, but you are different. If something happens to you, the whole family will fall apart. That's why Dad was so nervous just now!"
After listening to his father-in-law's words, Zhou Tian couldn't help but admire his father-in-law's political acumen from the bottom of his heart. You know, it was because he awakened the memories of his past life that he knew what would happen next, but now his father-in-law felt that something was wrong just based on his years of experience.
This alone was enough to make him admire her.
"Dad, don't worry. I actually felt it too. The reason why my old leader assigned me to the army was actually because of his intention!"
He did not hide this from his father-in-law: "Dad, at your age, it's time for you to retire. Why don't you report your retirement in advance? After all, no one knows what will happen next!"
As he spoke, Zhou Tian began to persuade his father-in-law. In fact, he had had this idea a long time ago. After all, with their family salary, to be honest, it was not difficult at all to support such a large family.
Now not only Zhou Yu and Zhou Ting are working, but in the next year, Zhiqiu and the other three younger ones will also graduate from technical secondary schools. Although they will be young after graduation, only fourteen years old, it will be enough to support themselves.
There are also Zhiming and two others, who are only one year younger than Zhiqiu and the others. It can be said that these five children alone have five jobs. Compared with ordinary families, their family has a lot of workers.
Especially since his daughter-in-law, Shen Yulin, will also return to work at the Chinese Medicine Hospital. For people of this era, their family can be said to have achieved financial freedom. If many things did not require tickets, they could afford to eat meat for every meal.
"That's not necessary. I'm only fifty this year. I can still work hard for a few more years. I'll talk about it when I'm sixty!"
Shen Jie waved his hands. He didn't want to step down now. Although he was only a section chief in the government and had no real power, he was still free. As for the storm above, it would naturally not affect him.
Now that he knew his son-in-law had already prepared a plan for the next step, he felt relieved.
The two then chatted for a while about the direction of officialdom, and then Shen Jie got up and left.
After seeing his father-in-law off, Zhou Tian began to reflect on the work he had done during this period. He didn't have to worry about his family in the short term. After all, he had the dual protection of his superiors and the army, and ordinary people could not touch him.
Then the only ones left are my second uncle's family and my uncle's family.
At my second uncle's house, Hu Zi has already joined the army, so there is no need to worry about him. So the only ones left are Daya and Xiaoya. Daya is in the second year of technical secondary school this year. As long as she does not participate and just waits for graduation assignment, there will basically be no major changes.
The only one who needs to worry is my uncle. After all, Xiaoya is still young, and even if she goes to high school, it will be seven or eight years later.
After thinking about it, he decided to remind his uncle. Although his uncle's political vision was even better than his father-in-law's, he still knew him very well. Some things were too emotional.
So in order to prevent his uncle from getting into trouble in the future, he still needs to remind his uncle.
"Boss, dad is gone?"
Just when Zhou Tian decided to visit his uncle in the afternoon, the door was pushed open and Shen Yulin walked in.
"Let's go. By the way, wife, I plan to visit my uncle this afternoon. Do you want to go?"
When he saw a hint of curiosity on his wife's face, he knew what she was going to ask next, so he immediately changed the subject.
"Going to Changping? I'll go too. I'll go see Sister Li, and I'll report for leave and prepare for work!"
Hearing that her husband was going to Changping in the afternoon, Shen Yulin immediately suppressed the doubts in her heart and said directly.
"Okay, let's go together. We can stay at home in Changping tonight. I have to report for duty tomorrow!"
As Zhou Tian spoke, he couldn't help but give Shen Yulin a meaningful smile.
"Bah! Bah! I don't know what you are thinking about. No! Don't even think about it!"
Shen Yulin's pretty face immediately turned red at her husband's words. She gave him a glare that didn't reflect what she meant, but there was only a hint of expectation and fear in her eyes.