When Guo Jia went up the stairs and disappeared, Zhou Xiang asked Aunt Wang not to tease her next time.

"Auntie Wang, please stop teasing Guo Jia. She's almost ready to sell her life to me."

"So what? When we were little, we wished the landlord would buy us. If I hadn't been quick and nimble and caught the landlord's daughter's eye, we would have starved to death in our own home."

Guo Xuehua nodded seriously in agreement, "Auntie Wang is right. If it weren't for Miss Zhou, the five of us, mother and daughter, would have almost starved to death. Our lives all belong to Miss Zhou."

Zhou Xiang rolled her eyes at the sky. Was he comparing her to a young lady from a landlord's family?

Aunt Wang laughed out loud, "That's right, we must be grateful, but we can't be ungrateful."

"Yes! Yes! The second and third brothers also said they would work for Miss Zhou in the future. The eldest brother said she had to protect Tongtong."

Zhou Xiang turned and went upstairs. "Don't try to act like a feudal society. Be careful that I will be reported."

Guo Xuehua quickly covered his mouth.

Aunt Wang was unconcerned. "Nonsense! It's just gratitude. Who dares to report it? I'll report her for being antisocial. She doesn't allow people to be grateful or to help others."

Zhou Xiang stood still and said, "Not bad! Aunt Wang, you can even counterattack people."

Aunt Wang puffed out her chest and said, "Humph! Don't you see who I'm closest to, you pig!"

Fuck, is Aunt Wang cursing me?

"Auntie Wang, are you trying to say that the closer you are to the red, the more you become red?"

"Yes, yes, that's what it means. The other sentence has a bad meaning. But why does it mean that those who are close to pigs are red? I don't understand it either."

If Aunt Wang wasn't referring to her, she would have burst out laughing. "Aunt Wang, Zhu is the same as Zhu Hang, which means bright red.

"If you stay close to cinnabar, you will turn red." Another bad saying is "If you stay close to ink, you will turn black." Red refers to good, and black refers to bad.

"Now that you put it that way, I understand. The ancients' language was so difficult to understand."

Zhou Xiang continued to go upstairs without looking at the group of people covering their mouths on the first floor.

When she went up to the second floor, she heard laughter from downstairs.

Alas, we cannot discourage Aunt Wang’s love of learning!

Dong Yunrong was a little distressed about her daughter-in-law generously giving everyone a raise, but when Aunt Wang said that, she laughed so hard that her stomach hurt.

"Ouch! I better get back to making dinner!"

Aunt Wang grabbed her and said, "No, you have to tell me what everyone is laughing at."

Dong Yunrong burst out laughing again, "Hahaha, think about what you said again and see where you made a mistake. You might not be the one being laughed at."

After thinking it over, Aunt Wang let go of her hand and said, "Go back! I'll go explain it to Xiang Xiang."

Dong Yunrong stopped her, "Aren't you afraid of making things worse? Everyone will just laugh about it, and it will be fine after it's over. Think about it, she knows you didn't mean it."

Aunt Wang nodded. "Yeah! Come to think of it, I'm not a mean person. Since everyone has the opportunity to laugh at her, I'll just pretend I don't know! It's really quite funny, and I can't help myself."

Dong Yunrong pushed her away. "Just try to smile. Think about it. I'm not angry because I know you didn't mean it."

Aunt Wang turned and went upstairs. "You go back and cook! I'd better go explain it and then have a good laugh."

Zhou Xiang understood Aunt Wang's explanation and said, "Okay, I know you didn't mean it. Let's just have a good laugh and let it go."

"So, can I laugh?"

Zhou Xiang rolled his eyes at her. "Laugh? Do you have the right to laugh? Haven't you made a fool of yourself?"

"But I still want to laugh."

Zhou Xiang pointed to the bathroom and said, "Go inside. Don't let me see you, or I'll be disrespectful to the elderly."

Aunt Wang went into the bathroom, and Guo Jia glared at the bathroom door fiercely. Aunt Wang often took advantage of her seniority and made Miss Zhou a laughing stock. It was so infuriating.

Zhou Xiang patted her shoulder and said, "She has no bad intentions. People are not absolutely good or bad. Don't be too extreme."

"But……"

"Okay, she's a temporary worker and you're a permanent employee, there's no need to make a fuss."

"All right!"

The next morning, the accountant of the county company came and brought the lease contract. When she heard that Zhou wanted to leave 10 meters unattended, she quickly called Manager Zhang.

After dialing and saying a few words, she handed the phone to Zhou Xiang to answer.

"Zhou Xiang?"

"Yes! Manager Zhang."

"Didn't you say you would take over the rest?"

"It's the leftover space! I left it 10 meters away because I was afraid someone would say I didn't leave them any public space."

"But when you threw it away, you left behind more than three acres of land and nearly 60,000 yuan!"

"Sixty thousand dollars will save you from future complaints, how great!"

"Then you can include the pigpen in the building. You won't be moving the pigs. Leaving the pigpen there will just take up space. It's up to you whether you want to tear it down or keep it. The processing room will remain for now."

"You're going to give me more land anyway, aren't you?"

"Whatever you say."

"All right then! The pigsty counts, too."

After returning the phone to the county company accountant, Zhou saw Uncle Chen and his son coming in. He waved to them and motioned them to come into the house to listen to the contents of the lease contract together.

The county company accountant hung up the phone and said, "Ms. Zhou, after subtracting 20 meters and the 4 meters of street setback, the depth is still 56 meters and the width is 244 meters. The total area is about 20.5 acres. The current contract price of arable land is still 350 yuan per acre, the same as three years ago.

You should pay ¥, plus the one for the backyard, so the total payment is ¥550,000, is that okay?"

Zhou Xiang did some calculations and realized that there were still at least three mu of land left in the backyard. Even if the gravel road was removed, it would still be more than three mu. At more than 40,000 yuan, it was a very favorable price.

"Okay, thank you Accountant Wang."

"You're welcome," Accountant Wang filled in the blank space on the lease contract and handed it to Zhou Xiang.

"Take a look at this pre-printed contract. If there's anything that doesn't make sense, I'll revise it."

Zhou Xiang read it himself and handed it to Xiao Chen. Uncle Chen was not very literate and Xiao Chen only had a junior high school education.

The terms of the contract are clearly listed. For land leasing, it is sufficient to clearly state the boundaries of the land, the price and the term. As for the penalty for breach of contract, it is up to the wishes of both parties.

"It's clearly laid out, no need to change it. Uncle Chen, accompany Accountant Wang to find Ling Ran and have him handle the rest of the matter. You and your son can learn the process, and then we can discuss the front yard renovation."

"OK."

The father and son took Accountant Wang out of Zhou's house.

Professor Chu, who had watched the entire process, asked, "What are you doing?"

"Let's fix the roads in the front and back yards. They're too bad. We need to fix them."

Professor Chu nodded. "That's a good thing. The park itself is quite beautiful, but the exterior is too ugly."

"Yes! I will make the area in front of the park gate look better."

Seeing that the student had a plan, Professor Chu said no more, "The vegetable seedlings in my vegetable garden have sprouted, and they will be ready to be harvested and eaten in a while."

"It's still cold out! How did you get out?"

"Thin film!"

"If you really want to grow vegetables, you might as well build a glass shed."

Professor Chu shook his head. "It's a waste of money. I'm just a little interested. I'm too lazy to lend a hand in the middle of winter."

"Okay! As you wish."