"Can freedom fill your stomach? Can freedom be your clothes? Can freedom be your house?" Aunt Zhao said earnestly, "Miss Ye, I've been through this before. Take my advice: finding someone from a good family is better than anything else."

Ye Xiaoqian was speechless.

Her long-held belief in freedom was utterly criticized.

"Auntie, are you happy in your marriage?" Ye Xiaoqian asked, frowning.

Aunt Zhao was stunned. What is happiness?

“My aunt is a rough woman. I know that happiness is having food to eat when you’re hungry, a bed to sleep in when you’re tired, and clothes to wear when you’re cold.”

"By this standard, I am very happy." She never thought about anything else.

Ye Xiaoqian understood that everyone pursues happiness differently, and ultimately, contentment brings happiness.

Aunt Zhao is easily satisfied and can find sweetness even in simple meals.

Even if a person is living in a high-rise building, in a luxurious house, and eating delicacies, they will still have a heart full of sorrow.

"Thank you, Auntie. I think I understand now." A surge of emotion welled up inside her, like the budding of a seed of love.

Back at DouDou's house, Ye Xiaoqian took the initiative to propose marriage to Wang Qiqiang.

She hopes Yuan Doudou will be her matchmaker.

Yuan Doudou was stunned: "Are you serious?"

Ye Xiaoqian blinked her big eyes and nodded solemnly.

"DouDou, this is the first time I've liked someone, and I don't want to give up," Ye Xiaoqian pleaded. "DouDou, you'll help me, right?"

Yuan Doudou was in a dilemma.

It's not that she can't bring this up, but there are two factors that are bothering her.

One reason was that she had promised Aunt Dan that Wang Qiqiang would go on a blind date with her daughter.

I haven't told Wang Qiqiang about this yet.

If you don't say anything, just pretend you don't know anything about it. Next time Aunt Dan mentions it, just say that Wang Qiqiang is already engaged to another girl.

Another issue is that Ye Xiaoqian is not a local. If she marries into this area, she will need to transfer her household registration.

She is an orphan, and it's unknown whether she has a registered household.

According to custom, locals generally only recognize other locals.

However, it depends on the other person. Perhaps Wang Qiqiang is also interested in Ye Xiaoqian, and these external factors will naturally be resolved.

"Alright, since you're serious, I'll give it a try." After thinking it over, she still couldn't bear to refuse.

Ye Xiaoqian held Yuan Doudou's hand and smiled happily.

"Dou Dou is the best to me." She knew Dou Dou wouldn't abandon her.

In the afternoon, while Anji was taking a nap, Yuan Doudou went to the Wang family's house.

When Zhang Aiju saw Yuan Doudou, who was walking with a limp, she kept calling him her dear little darling.

"My dear child, you're injured, why aren't you resting at home? What are you doing here with your godmother?" Zhang Aiju's eyes reddened with heartache.

“Godmother, I do have something to ask you.” Yuan Doudou sat in her godmother’s room; Wang Qiqiang was not home.

It's also convenient to talk to.

She explained all the details of the couple's wedding wishes to her godmother, and Zhang Aiju frowned as she listened.

"Doudou, this is a difficult situation for your godmother. Logically speaking, it's a good thing that the girl is interested in Qiqiang, but given her situation, I'm worried about her."

Zhang Aiju remembered a family surnamed Li in the village. Their son fell in love with a girl who was passing by while fleeing famine. The two were in love and found a matchmaker to arrange their marriage. They got married smoothly, but less than a year later, the woman secretly ran away one night.

People guessed that she couldn't stand the hardship and that's why she ran away.

It wouldn't have been a big deal; he could have just remarried. But the Li family's son was a hopeless romantic. Ever since his wife left, he had been lovesick, unable to eat or drink. In less than two years, he was tormented to the point of being unrecognizable, and he passed away on New Year's Eve.

Just thinking about it is terrible.

There's an unwritten agreement among the villagers: don't look for a wife from far away, and don't marry someone from far away.

The goal is for the marriage to last.

Yuan Doudou fell silent after hearing this.

The thing she feared actually happened. In fact, she wasn't sure herself. Ye Xiaoqian had only helped her when she happened to be passing by. She had only heard about Ye Xiaoqian's past and hadn't seen it with her own eyes.

Seeing her frowning, Zhang Aiju guessed that she had taken the advice to heart.

"DouDou, I think we should just let this matter go. I've already asked Sister Wang in the village to help with Qiqiang's marriage. She often acts as a matchmaker."

She has three children, the eldest of whom is already twenty-six. As his mother, she is more anxious than anyone else.

If the eldest son doesn't get married, the second son has to wait; that's the custom.

He had asked other matchmakers to introduce him to a few people, but Wang Qiqiang didn't like any of them. The matchmakers had run themselves ragged without any results, so they simply turned them down.

She used twenty eggs and begged repeatedly before the matchmaker, Wang, finally agreed.

Zhang Aiju was very grateful that Yuan Doudou had made a special trip for her son despite her leg injury. "Doudou, I appreciate your kindness, godmother."

"I will keep Qiqiang's marriage in mind."

In other words, she didn't want Yuan Doudou to worry about it.

Zhang Aiju would feel better if she could live her own life well.

Now that Anrong has returned, Wang Shi, if she were alive, would be happy.

“When Anrong comes back, you’ll have to take good care of him. A woman can only live an easy life if she has a man to rely on.” Zhang Aiju thought of her husband’s early death and how hard she had raised her three children. The hardships she had endured could not be described in a few words.

Yuan Doudou disagreed with her godmother's words, but still nodded.

There's no need to argue about this idea; everyone has their own perspective.

People should just focus on their own path and not interfere in other people's business.

As in the current situation, she has overstepped her bounds.

In the evening, Yuan Doudou left the Wang family and coincidentally ran into Wang Qiqiang on the way.

Wang Qiqiang immediately scolded, "DouDou, you have an injury on your leg, why are you running around everywhere?"

His words were full of concern for Dou Dou.

Yuan Doudou smiled and shook her head: "It's just a minor injury, nothing to worry about. I was just bored, so I came to chat with my godmother for a while."

“If you miss my mother, I’ll have her come to your house to keep you company. But don’t run around anymore, it’s not good for your wound to heal.” Wang Qiqiang really treated her like a younger sister and took care of her.

Yuan Doudou smiled and replied, "No need to trouble yourself, godmother works so hard every day."

Just as she was about to leave, Wang Qiqiang called her back: "Doudou, this morning when I went to your house to deliver chickens, I saw a strange girl."

A blush crept onto Wang Qiqiang's face.

Yuan Doudou, with her sharp eyes, immediately noticed the anomaly.

"Yes, her name is Ye Xiaoqian. She helped me on the mountain, and I let her stay at my house for a while," she answered truthfully.

"Um, is she married?" she asked, her face turning even redder.

Yuan Doudou pretended not to understand: "I haven't heard of that, she should be single."

Generally, married women don't wander around.

"Is that so?" Wang Qiqiang's face lit up with joy, and his eyes became bright.

"Okay, then you go back and rest. I'll come see you when I have time." Wang Qiqiang waved for her to go back.

Yuan Doudou understood.

When he said he was looking at himself, he meant looking at Ye Xiaoqian.

Perhaps this is fate; Ye Xiaoqian also took a liking to him, and he happened to have the same idea.