Nan Feng now finally understood those parents who would pressure their children into marriage once they reached a certain age.
She saw that nearly all the girls in the village of the same age as Xia Dabao were almost all married off, leaving only Dabao. She thought to herself that she couldn't possibly stay with her until old age, and besides, she would eventually need to find a wife of her own. If Dabao remained here, living with Axian, what would Axian's wife think, and what would the villagers think?
Such were the ways of the world, which she wasn't in a hurry to comply with.
"Mom, what if the person the Matchmaker Wang introduces is really ugly? What if he's a wife-beater?"
"Mom will say it again, if you don't like him, Mom won't force you to marry. As for a wife-beater, forget about him. You just make sure not to bully anyone," having finished washing the vegetables, Nan Feng poured out the water, "Go help with making the fire."
Xia Dabao pouted her lips.
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