In the end, after much debate, the family decided to give the job opportunity to Li Fangping, the only girl in their household.
It wasn't just her two older brothers who yielded to her; even the adults in the family felt the same way.
Fang Ping had graduated from high school and was almost twenty. If she didn't get married soon, people would start calling her an old maid. And when it came to matchmaking, the prospects for a country girl who worked the fields versus a city girl with a proper job were worlds apart.
"Your uncle and auntie did the right thing," the old lady said, nagging her daughter who was pouring water for her foot bath. "A daughter isn't tough like a son. She needs a respectable job to find a good partner later. If she marries well, her whole life will go smoothly, and her parents and grandparents can rest easy."
