Li Nong's parents' accents changed very quickly. Zhou Xiang and Ling Ran, the two natives, could hardly tell whether they were from outsiders or from the market town.
Zhou Xiang gave them a thumbs up and said, "Great! Uncle and aunt, this is completely the Xuzhen dialect. People who don't know you will definitely think you are locals from Xuzhen."
Li's father and mother smiled innocently, "We both usually speak in the town dialect. The sooner we learn it, the sooner we can understand the bad words that are blatantly mocking us."
“A lot of people say that?”
Mother Li nodded. "I've heard it a few times. They laughed out loud after they finished speaking, thinking we didn't understand. Back then, we couldn't speak it, so we asked Li Nong to teach us. Then, the next time I heard it, I spoke back in the same town dialect, which scared them so much that they never spoke again."
Zhou Xiang bowed, "I apologize on their behalf. I've wronged you. They're mad at me, mad at me for preferring you from far away rather than them close by. Now you understand, don't you? How can someone like that be a servant?"
Father and Mother Li waved their hands in fear. "No, no, no! You've given us a job we can still do at our age, and we can't thank you enough! What we want to express is the ugly look they gave us when we spoke to them in the town dialect."
"Yes, yes, this is a good trick. From now on, if they go too far, you don't have to give in to them, lest they get ahead of you. As long as you are right and they are being unreasonable, just fight back.
Tell Lu Jin to put them on the blacklist. They don't care about their spending, even if it's just a few bucks. And yet they act like big shots and don't pamper them."
"What is a blacklist?"
Zhou Xiang explained the purpose of the blacklist. Li's father and mother nodded, but in their hearts they were thinking about trying to avoid quarrels and just give in to them.
When Zhou Xianglingran left, Li Nong told his parents, "Don't give in too much. The people in this town are really different. It's not that if you take a step back, the sky will be clear. Instead, if you take a step back, they will take two steps forward and push you to the edge of the cliff.
My sister-in-law never indulges them, not only does she scold them, she also closes the park so that only family members can play. This makes those people anxious, and they fight at home every day.
My sister-in-law finally reopened the shop and doubled all the prices. Everyone is as well behaved as grandchildren."
"real?"
"Really, we can't let sister-in-law's food court lose its value. If we make her angry, she'll refuse all the people in the market town to spend money. She's that arrogant. So don't give in too much. Occasional small issues are fine, but if it's a big problem, upgraded to a food court, upgraded to a shopping mall, we have to fight for it."
"Yeah, we get it."
Zhou Xiang and Zeng Jie also said a few words to comfort the two families of Su Rang and Zeng Jie before returning to the Zhou family.
At the Zhou family, Kong Keyan came with gifts. He heard that Miss Zhou Xiang had gone out, so he waited for her at the Zhou family.
Not long after, Zhou Xiang came back. He stood up and said, "Miss Zhou."
Zhou Xiang nodded and said, "Manager Kong, why didn't you go home for the New Year?"
"No, it's just a good opportunity to experience the New Year atmosphere of the market town."
"Manager Kong's words are very pleasant to the ears."
"Miss Zhou, you're too kind."
Zhou Xiang extended his hand to invite him to sit down, "Manager Kong, because of you, I lost a great opportunity to make money!"
Kong Keyan smiled and said, "This is my duty, to supervise the younger generation of the Kong family."
"You've done a great job. Do you have a chance to transfer to another position?"
"I guess it's impossible. This should be my last position."
“What a shame.”
"I'm sorry."
"Okay! Let me see if I can catch the fish that slipped through the net somewhere else?"
Kong Keyan's heart was pounding. He had to be careful not to catch him! If he was caught in the market town, he would be dismissed from his post.
After seeing off Manager Kong, Zhou Xiang went upstairs to look after the children. There were too many people coming and going on the first floor, and Dong Yunrong had long been impatient to let those messy people look after the three babies, so she carried them upstairs.
The three babies had just urinated and were changing their diapers, so Zhou Xiang came back just in time.
While feeding the child, Zhou Xiang asked her mother-in-law, "Mom, tomorrow is the second day of the Chinese New Year. Are you going to my uncle's house?"
Dong Yunrong nodded, "Go! Your aunt has changed, and I haven't been there for more than ten years. It's time to go. Besides, the children are young this year, so it's impossible for you to go back to the Ling family. Your father and I will go back to your mother's house."
"Well! If you need any gifts, just pick one downstairs. Don't be shy, there are so many gifts at home."
"Okay, I saw that too. The ones with milk and cereal are the most, so I'll take that."
"Pick up some dried fish and cooking oil for your uncle, and have someone drive you the whole way tomorrow."
"Are there still more dried fish?"
"Yeah! That's a lot! A big fish needs to be cut into dozens of pieces!"
"Well then! Give some to your uncle."
In the afternoon, when they finally had some free time, Zhou's father invited Professor Chu to play mahjong. Professor Chu didn't know how to play it, so Zhou's father pulled him aside and said, "Let's go, walk, walk, you'll learn it quickly and prevent Alzheimer's disease."
Professor Chu laughed. "Preventing Alzheimer's? Wasn't that some gambler's nonsense?"
Father Zhou pointed his finger and said, "That good student of yours who's addicted to gambling said that."
Professor Chu was surprised. "What did Zhou want to say?"
Father Zhou nodded and said, "Try to see if it's true. If it's fake, teach her a lesson. She's been fooling people all day."
"Okay, let's try it."
Ling Quan and Jin Chao were also invited to sit at the same table with the four of them. Jiang Weihua wanted to teach his teacher.
Professor Chu laughed and said, "Oh my! I never thought that one day, I would be taught by my students."
"That's right. You never stop learning. What you're learning is too professional. Let me teach you some non-professional things."
Jiang Weihua sat down next to the teacher and explained the rules while the cards were being sorted.
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