So, what exactly does marriage bring? Why do the poorer people demand that their children get married sooner? Do you know how absurd rural parents' obsession with face is? Being poor for a lifetime is not shameful; not getting married is what’s shameful. Some parents in the village have been poor for most of their lives and don’t feel embarrassed, but if their children don’t get married, they immediately feel ashamed, even if their pockets are cleaner than their faces. They cling tightly to one sentence: "Once you get married, our task will be complete."

I want to know who set that task for you. Even more absurd is that not getting married is shameful, getting married but not having children is shameful, and having children but not a boy is also shameful. They spend their whole lives not thinking about how to live a good life, but instead obsess over idle gossip about others.