Jiang Mingyue preferred someone with the same name as his own.
Although the book doesn't describe Jiang Jian Guo's second wife much, it's clear that she is a nice person, good to Jiang Jian Guo and good to the children.
But then again, Bai Meimei as described by Xia Xiaosi, is selfish and self-interested, yet this doesn't conflict with the idea that women love their home and their men.
Because some women are truly like this; they're good to a man because it's in their nature, and good to their son because he's her support in later life, not contradictory at all.
The key is how to meet the person, to see if one can enter the knowledge sea to know more information; once compared, the truth can be revealed.
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Bai Meimei, on the other hand, originally planned to return to Liu Village, but seeing Xia Xiaosi head to Qingshan Village, she somehow felt compelled to go there too.
