The spicy sauce shot up Juhua's nose, making her eyes red from the sting. She took the water Qingmu handed her, gulped down two mouthfuls, and caught her breath. Only then did she begin to feel a little better.
She looked up and saw everyone staring at her strangely, which made her a bit embarrassed. She also noticed Liu Sanshun's dejected expression and figured he would misunderstand if she didn't explain.
So, she looked at Zhang Huai and Qingmu and said with a laugh, "Life in our village is getting better and better, and everyone wants to marry their daughters to our men. But one by one, you all say you don't want to get married right now. At first, it was just my brother and Huai Zi saying it, and now Sanshun is too. What if Li Changxing and the others also say they don't want to get married someday? Goodness! Wouldn't all those families with daughters be terribly disappointed?"
