He thought about it carefully, as if making a momentous decision, and said to Juhua with great solemnity, "Sister Juhua, don't you worry. When I grow up, I'll marry you!"
Juhua was scrubbing the Huang Shan. When she heard him, she almost tossed the small basket into the river. She stared at Little Shitou oddly and asked, "Why would you want to marry me?"
Shi Tou said chivalrously, "Sister Juhua, you don't want to marry an old man, right? Then I'll marry you instead. You're so capable, and Mom says you're a good girl. I don't want you to marry an old man either—they all have a mouthful of yellow teeth and pant and wheeze when they talk!"
Juhua's eyes couldn't help but grow warm. 'This Shi Tou… Back when I saved his life, he didn't offer to marry me. But now, after just eating at my house a couple of times, we've become fast friends. He no longer minds my ugliness, and just to keep me from marrying an old man, he's solemnly promising to marry me himself!'
