Mr. and Mrs. Zhou left the next day. One felt embarrassed, and the other was really busy. It was getting late for the New Year, and they needed to start making preparations.

Otherwise, if we can't deliver the goods, the workers might complain.

Shen Banxia didn't care; she was just quietly waiting for Madam Zhou to arrive.

However, I don't know if it's because I have a talent for watching dramas or something, but I accidentally overheard my mother-in-law and Zhou Mingjiao talking late at night.

The sounds inside continued.

“Mingjiao, tell me the truth. Why did you say those things to your aunt? What are you thinking? Are you still hung up on Zhao Zhigao?”

"Mother, no, I have nothing to do with him anymore. I really don't want to be too far away from you."

"In that case, I'll go find Zhang the matchmaker and have her look for you in the nearby villages."

"Mother," Shen Banxia heard the voice had grown louder, "I'm not in a hurry, I'm still young."

"I'm not young anymore, so I'll look around for now and see what's suitable."

Shen Banxia thought her mother-in-law was quite fashionable.

Zhou Mingjiao didn't think so. "Mother, I, I, I..."

“Mingjiao, if you don’t tell the truth, you should know your father’s temperament. No matter how much he loves you, he will not forbid you from getting married.”

Shen Banxia nodded silently. Her father-in-law still held traditional views, believing that men should marry when they came of age and women should marry when they came of age.

The voice inside grew anxious, "Mother, I... I just have someone in my heart. I... I don't want to marry someone I don't like."

Oh wow, so that's the truth.