Parents, this is a blessing in disguise, let's face it bravely!
It's just a banquet; we can simply say we're not going.
[Being so timid, Grandma Zhu probably thinks we're afraid of her.]
My daughter is right.
My tense heart calmed down, and I turned to look at Old Lady Zhu.
That's all there is to it. They must have just followed the crowd and then got nervous, which led to the misconception that they were afraid of Grandma Zhu.
"Is there something you need?"
Li Laoda hesitated to speak to Grandma Zhu, so it was Jiang Yuting who spoke first.
“The Li family, it’s like this, you see your daughter is not young anymore, and she’s quite pretty. My nephew’s son has taken a liking to your daughter.”
She's not young anymore.
Li Yiyi looked at her hands suspiciously. They were still small and tender. She was only seven years old this year, how could they not be small?
The implication was clear: this whole affair was a high-level game aimed at her.
No one responded, but Old Lady Zhu didn't feel embarrassed. In her opinion, it was already a good thing that someone was willing to take Li Yiyi, this sickly girl.
Where did Li Laoda and Jiang Yuting get the audacity to be so picky? Aren't they worried that Li Yiyi won't be able to get married?
“My grandson is so promising. He can earn work points in the fields at such a young age and he can also chop firewood. He will definitely be a good laborer in the future. Li family, your daughter is marrying up to my grand-nephew.”
The more he explained, the more incoherent it became. Li Yiyi summarized and translated a few points.
The fact that he could earn work points at such a young age shows that his family was poor and had no money. He hadn't been able to go to school, which meant that boys weren't allowed to. This can only mean one thing: he was a poor little boy without parents to love him.
Good labor means he's an old ox, or rather, a young ox.
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