Although Zhang Huan is young, she knew from the day her parents divorced that she might become a burden.

Later, when others tried to arrange a marriage for her mother, but her maternal grandmother refused, she was secretly pleased.

But today, she met that uncle, and he seemed quite honest. And from the adults' conversation, it seemed almost certain that her mother and this uncle would marry, and she suddenly panicked.

Li Zhen gently comforted her, "You still have us. Besides, your mother won't abandon you. Don't listen to other people's nonsense."

Li Xiangdong thought to himself, "Aunt Xiuhong is a sensible person, so why are her family members so unreliable?"

He asked Li Zhen to stay home and take care of Zhang Huan, while he himself went straight to Li Qing's house.

Before they even entered Li Qing's house, they saw a thin, middle-aged woman instructing a bald little boy, "When we leave later, you cry and say that the food at your little aunt's house is delicious, remember that!"

This is just an attempt to take advantage of the child; it's best to avoid contact with such families.

He didn't go in; instead, he turned around and went home.

A dozen minutes later, Zhao Sufang and Li Jin returned with Li Lan, beaming with joy.

"Dad, Mom, did you go to set up a blind date for my eldest sister?"

Li Xiangdong went out to greet them and ask.

Zhao Sufang nodded, "This young man is not bad!"

Li Xiangdong looked at Li Lan's face and saw that she was indifferent, without any excitement or shyness.

"Did those two sisters-in-law from that family come too?"

"Yes, they said they were coming to your Aunt Xiuhong's house to give gifts before the New Year, so they came along."

Zhao Sufang's voice was higher than usual with excitement, "Dalanzi, what do you think of Wang Chengbiao?"

Li Lan shook her head and answered very honestly, "Not so good."

You can get a general idea of ​​Li Lan's aesthetic by looking at her ex-husband Zhang Yusong. She likes people who are eloquent, have a small following, and are presentable to the general public.

Although Li Lan suffered a loss because of her ex-husband, it doesn't mean that her aesthetic sense has undergone a complete reversal!

Wang Chengbiao's eyes darted around for a long time, his expression was wooden, and he couldn't utter a single word for a while. Li Lan really looked down on him.

Zhao Sufang held her daughter's hand and advised, "Youth is fleeting, so you should take advantage of your youth and find someone to rely on for the rest of your life."

Li Jin chimed in, "Wang Chengbiao is honest. Won't you be in charge of things at home from now on? Besides, he agreed to come and live in our village, so his parents can back you up."

Li Lan's face immediately turned troubled. Her first marriage was a free choice, and she didn't listen to her parents at all back then. And what was the result?

Now, should she listen to her parents' advice?

Li Xiangdong looked at his parents, whose faces were full of hope, and his eldest sister, whose face was full of difficulty and hesitation, and told the three of them everything that Zhang Huan and he had heard.

“This kind of sister-in-law is a troublemaker. If my older sister really marries Wang Chengbiao, her life will definitely not be peaceful.”

Upon hearing that her daughter had been wronged, Li Lan immediately became resolute, "Dad, Mom, let's drop the matter with Aunt Xiuhong. I don't agree!"

Her daughter is her life; how could she possibly wrong her daughter for a man she doesn't like?

Li Xiangdong said to Zhao Sufang, "If you don't believe me, go to Aunt Xiuhong's house and see if that child is crying and begging for food."

Since it concerned her daughter's happiness, Zhao Sufang actually went to Li Qing's house.

Just as her son had predicted, Wang Chengbiao's sister-in-law's child was throwing a tantrum on the ground. Wang's sister-in-law was shouting that she would beat the disobedient little beast to death, but she didn't lift a finger.

Wang's second sister-in-law stood smiling beside her eldest sister-in-law, trying to comfort her and tell her not to be angry.

Of all these people, Wang Chengbiao was the one who disappointed Zhao Sufang the most.

Logically, since the eldest sister-in-law was unwilling to discipline her son, he, as the only male elder present in the Wang family today, should have stopped his nephew's behavior.

However, Wang Chengbiao acted as if he hadn't seen or heard anything, and stood silently by the wall.

Finally, Li Qing couldn't stand the noise anymore, so he took it upon himself to give the Wang family a freshly steamed pot of steamed buns, a pot of large steamed buns filled with chives and meat, and a small pot of stewed pork ribs and potatoes. Only then did he shut the bald kid up.

Wang Xiuhong's face turned pale. After seeing her nephew and niece-in-law off, she turned around and saw Zhao Sufang. "Sixth Sister-in-law, this..."

Zhao Sufang acted as if she had just arrived, pretending to know nothing. "Auntie, our Dalanzi doesn't want to get married so early. Could you please go and give them a heads-up?"

...

Li Xiangdong found a quiet moment to talk to his parents, "You two shouldn't keep focusing on my eldest sister's marriage. If she doesn't want to get married, she doesn't have to. There's no law that says single women have to be executed."

Li Jin tapped him on the head with his pipe, "What will you do when your older sister gets old if you don't get married?"

Zhao Sufang also said, "We have to start a family eventually."

Li Xiangdong had seen many single women in his later years, and these women lived a life of luxury even though they weren't married.

“My older sister is beautiful, a good person, and can make money with braised food. You’re all in such a rush every day. What if you find her a bad match? Wouldn’t that just push her into a fire pit?”

"Besides, single women are looked down upon now, but in a few years, it will be normal. Nobody will criticize a man or woman for not getting married..."

Whether they were persuaded by Li Xiangdong or not, Li Jin and Zhao Sufang stopped urging Li Lan to get married. Instead, they took the initiative to help her turn down two matchmakers.

Zhang Huan secretly bought chicken leg bread to thank his second uncle for his help.

This year's Spring Festival was even more lively than last year's. During the fourteen days from the first day of the Lunar New Year to the fifteenth day, the county also organized competitions for Yangko dance, cart races, and flower drum races.

Each brigade must prepare, and then they will hold a collective performance competition on Central Avenue in Huichuan County. The county committee will also award prizes to the top three brigades.

Lijiapo prepared a 20-person Yangko dance team, composed entirely of young women and young wives in their teens and twenties.

They put on the emerald green and peach pink clothes distributed by the brigade, tied their hair with flowers, drew black eyebrows, and dyed their lips red with red paper. Dressed up like this, they looked incredibly beautiful.

The "Little Cart Show" is performed by several experienced elderly people. The show requires five actors: a bride, a driver, a maid, an old woman, and a simple-minded boy.

The story of the little cart mainly revolves around the various interesting events that happen on the bride's journey back to her parents' home. The first scene shows the coachman pulling a small cart with a silk ribbon, the bride standing inside the cart made of four sticks and covered with coarse cloth, accompanied by her maid, old woman, and simple-minded boy.

When the drumbeat quickens, the group starts running, then pretends the cart is stuck in the mud, and everyone tries various methods to push it out. Once the cart is pushed out, scenes like a girl chasing butterflies and a silly boy teasing an old woman unfold.

This kind of small car show is a traditional program in Huichuan area, which has been passed down for more than 100 years. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, it had some restricted content, but now it is no longer. It is suitable for all ages.