The custom of favoring boys over girls is something that can never be changed. "Okay! These things are pretty good, I'll take them."
Zhong Ling's smile widened again. "Thank you, thank you. I promise I won't say anything nonsense outside, and I won't bully others."
"It's so ugly! My gums are showing."
"Hehehe, as long as my lover doesn't despise me, that's all."
Zhong Ling still smiled with her gums showing.
After seeing Zhong Ling and her husband off, Zhou Xiang sighed. Society was indeed a toughening force. Zhong Ling still liked to exploit every available factor, but she had learned to change her ways. She now expressed her willingness to exploit opportunities openly, which made her less offensive than she had been when she was younger.
Zhou's mother did not express any opinion about her little girl using Zhong Ling's influence. Without the sour and jealous look she had when she was a child, Zhong Ling's face looked much brighter.
Manager Zhang came to the Zhou family again. "Zhou Xiang, do you think it's better to sell the remaining 13 plots of land? Or should we buy them out to employees from other towns?"
"Have you made a decision yet?"
"How could that be? If I had, would I still come to you?"
"Are you asking whether it's better to sell or buy out? This puts the answer in your subconscious mind first. Why don't you ask whether it's better to buy out or sell?"
Manager Zhang put the buyout first and repeated it, "It seems a bit awkward!"
"This shows that deep down you think it's a good idea to sell it. You also know that people in towns like to bully strangers. Liu Town is close by, so we can probably handle the dozen or so families that have come. Why don't you try to get some people from the towns east or south of the county seat?"
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