Mrs. Lu grasped another of Shen Yixiang's hands and said, "Child, you don't know how good the Huang family's conditions are. His father is the brigade leader, and he works as an accountant in the commune. They don't have to worry about food or clothing. It's true he's been married once, but he doesn't have any children, no strings attached. He's not that old either, only twenty-five or twenty-six, about the same age as our Hai Jun. He's also a good-looking man. If you marry into their family, you won't have to work the fields or worry about how much grain you have. What's not to like about that?"
Shen Yixiang then asked, "What happened to his previous wife?"
"She died during childbirth, and the child didn't survive either. But that was just one year of bad luck."
