When her career was in full swing, she was also at the age where she was urged to get married. At the age of 25, she was considered an older leftover woman in the county town. In traditional concepts, if she did not get married, she would be considered a parasite.

Zhang Jidi felt sorry for her because she was busy and tired at work, so he never asked her about marriage.

But people in the county town love to gossip. When they talk about which girl got married later, they will occasionally use Xiang Mianmian as a negative example to make fun of her.

A few old ladies sat under a tree, sewing shoe soles and chatting with disdain:

"Men should marry when they are old enough, and women should marry when they are old enough. This has always been the truth from our ancestors, but the youngest daughter of the Xiang family refuses to get married. She's a teacher, so how can she represent her students?"

Another old lady scratched her head with a needle: "Exactly, my eldest son has been taught bad habits and he refuses to get married too. How can this be okay?"

Even though she wanted her eldest granddaughter to keep paying into the family household expenses until she got married at the age of 25, her precious grandson already had a girlfriend and was about to get married, and she was short of dowry!

Take back the betrothal gift given by your grandson-in-law and give it to your granddaughter-in-law. Exchange one granddaughter for several great-grandchildren. It’s a good deal no matter how you look at it!

It was obvious that these old ladies had similar interests. Some of their grandchildren and nephews had proposed to Xiang Mianmian but were rejected, and their words were even more unpleasant.

"In my opinion, what's the point of a woman being so strong-willed? Who would want to marry her? She's like an ancestor. No matter how much money she makes, my family wouldn't want her!"

"The old lady is right. As a teacher, he is always away from home. I wonder where he is hanging out."

Thinking of her youngest son's marriage proposal, which was flatly rejected by the Xiang family, the youngest aunt in the group began to make malicious speculations.