Gou Dan's mother smiled so widely her eyes crinkled shut. "My Meizi is just a simple, happy-go-lucky girl, without a calculating bone in her body. I worry about how she'll manage when she marries into another family. And Gou Dan? I'm worried sick about him, yet you praise him. He's not even half as good at studying as Little Shitou. I'm just waiting for him to have that moment of enlightenment you mentioned."
Mother Yang smiled. "I swear, you were born to worry. Why would you worry about a wonderful girl like Meizi? Whichever family she marries into will surely dote on her. I love it when she comes over to play with my Juhua. My Juhua is a quiet one, but she's gotten much better playing with your Meizi and the Liu family's Mei. We're about to have some free time, so let her come over whenever she's free. It's no problem if they get a little noisy here—her father and I don't mind at all!"
