Rebirth of a Village Girl

Chapter 1036: 249: A saying comes true

At this point, Mother Zuo grudgingly raised three fingers, "Fine, I swear!"

Seeing his mother had sworn the oath, Zuo Ling then handed the knife to her.

Taking the fruit knife, Mother Zuo felt a sigh of relief.

Zuo Ling continued, "Mom, don’t worry, Xiaoxi is a very good girl. She will take good care of you and dad in the future."

Mother Zuo sighed, "What’s the use of being filial? She can’t even give birth to a son! Our Zuo Family will be ruined by that woman!"

And who knows whether she’s genuinely filial or just pretending?

How filial can someone be who’s bewitched her own son into threatening his parents with his life?

Mother Zuo was now seething with suppressed anger!

Just wait.

Once that little bitch Shangguan Xi marries into our family, she’ll see how I’ll deal with her!

Zuo Ling said with a smile, "Mom, don’t worry. After we get married, I’ll have Xiaoxi quit her job to take care of you two at home, and then we can have two children. I guarantee every single one of them will be a boy!"

"You guarantee?" Mother Zuo looked at Zuo Ling, trying to suppress the fury in her heart, "You talk nicely, but what can you guarantee with? You must have been bewitched by that woman!"

It’s not like you can just say it and it happens.

People like Shangguan Xi, you can just tell she won’t give birth to a son.

Zuo Ling said with a smile, "Nowadays, with the advancement of science and technology, as long as one is five months pregnant, you can find out the gender of the baby. When Xiaoxi is pregnant, we’ll go to the hospital to check. If it’s a girl, we just abort it, right?"

In the 1980s, B-ultrasound was popular due to family planning reasons, and many families would go to unlicensed clinics to check the gender of the fetus during pregnancy.

If it was a girl, they would abort it; if a boy, they would keep it. This laid a severe foreshadowing for the unbalanced gender ratio in later generations.

Why would the dowry prices skyrocket in the future?

Because there are fewer and fewer girls and more and more boys.

Hearing this, Mother Zuo’s eyes lit up, "Really?"

Zuo Ling nodded, "Would I lie to you?"

Mother Zuo asked, "How do you know this?"

"Our coworker Xiaosun just ended up with a big fat boy! Didn’t his wife first give birth to a little girl? I heard they aborted five times before finally having a boy!"

They had a son, but the daughter-in-law’s health was destroyed.

But compared to a son, what’s a daughter-in-law worth?

If a woman divorces, she won’t have a good reputation, but if a man’s wife dies, he can still remarry.

Mother Zuo was still a bit uneasy, "Are you so certain that Shangguan Xi will agree to the abortion?"

Zuo Ling said with a smile, "Once she’s married into the Zuo Family, she’ll belong to our household, and by then, she won’t have a say in the matter!"

"That’s also true." Mother Zuo nodded in satisfaction.

As she finished speaking, Mother Zuo continued, "It’s just that her family background is somewhat inferior. Honestly, I think Laibao is better. That kid Laibao..."

Mother Zuo hadn’t finished her sentence before Zuo Ling interrupted her, "Mom, please don’t bring up that Chen Laibao again. Looking at someone like that just annoys me! I’m going back to my room to rest."

Mother Zuo watched Zuo Ling’s retreating back and sighed.

"Alright, alright, don’t be angry," Father Zuo said, "I think Lingling has gotten quite thinner these days. Don’t we still have bird’s nest at home? Go stew some to nourish him."

Compared to getting angry, of course, their son’s health was more important. Mother Zuo hurried to the kitchen to stew bird’s nest.

At the Ni Family.

During dinner, Shangguan Xi announced to her family the news of Zuo Ling’s marriage proposal.

Upon hearing this, there was a silence at the dinner table.

Ni Cuihua looked at Shangguan Xi in surprise, "Xiaoxi, you agreed?"

Shangguan Xi nodded, "I think Zuo Ling is a very good young man, so I agreed."

She had not agreed to Zuo Ling impulsively; she and Zuo Ling had three years of emotional foundation, and now agreeing to the marriage proposal felt natural.

Ni Yang looked up at Shangguan Xi, "Sister Xiaoxi, with what did Zuo Ling propose to you?"

Ni Yang was a bit afraid that Zuo Ling had been a freeloader...

"Of course, a proposal can’t be without a ring," Shangguan Xi replied.

This answer was indeed beyond Ni Yang’s expectation.

It seemed that Zuo Ling’s character wasn’t as bad as she had imagined.

At least he used a ring to propose.

She was really afraid that Zuo Ling couldn’t escape the nature of a scumbag and would resort to freeloading.

"What kind of ring is it? Show us," Old Lady Shangguan said somewhat discontentedly.

Shangguan Xi said with a smile, "A very unique ring." Shangguan Xi was not a materialistic girl to begin with, and she hadn’t suffered when she was younger. She thought that the straw ring given by Zuo Ling embodied the love mentioned in books.