Chapter 966 Spouting Disaster (3)
"No, Big Sister Dani, don’t be like this. I’ll talk for you, but it’s still better for you to explain things to Aunt Wu yourself," Mo Yan said, sensing something amiss in Dani’s agitated state, yet unable to pinpoint exactly what was wrong. She could only agree for the time being and try to soothe her emotions.
Dani also seemed to realize that her reaction had been over the top. She struggled to calm down, pulling a bitter smile onto her face: "Lately, matchmakers have been coming to our house often. Sometimes, when my mother isn’t home, they pull me aside to talk. This just isn’t suitable, and hearing it so often has been terribly annoying. I’ve told my mother several times, but she thinks I’m just shy and still lets those matchmakers come to speak for me. I’ve run out of options, so I had to come to you for help, Yan girl. Please talk to my mother and ask her to send those matchmakers away. I promise, when I’m ready to marry, I’ll listen to her wishes. Whomever she wants me to marry, I will marry!"
By the end, Dani’s eyes had reddened, and she was holding back tears with great effort.
Seeing this, an idea suddenly flashed in Mo Yan’s mind, making her heart skip a beat as a bold conjecture bubbled up: could it be that Big Sister Dani has someone she loves?
Logically, when a girl reached marriageable age, like most women, Big Sister Dani would comply with her parents’ wishes, marry timidly, and have children. Yet, given her normally docile nature, her resistance to the matchmaking seemed so out of character - unless she had someone she loved and didn’t want to marry any other man. Mo Yan could think of no other reason.
While the concept of dating freely wasn’t recognized here, if an unmarried man and woman took a liking to each other in private, they usually informed their parents. If neither set of parents had any objections, the man’s family would then send matchmakers to formally propose an engagement, in keeping with the notion of a marriage arranged by the parents and the matchmaker.