บท 152: Backing Up

Before Mrs. Fu could explain, Mama Le, who had been quiet all this while, suddenly interrupted, 

"Hey, what engagement? It's just a joke from the old masters at home, how can you take it seriously? Besides, what era are we in now? Where would they find these arranged marriages?"

Mama Le helped Le Wan tuck in her bangs that had fallen off. 

"As the saying goes, children and grandchildren have their own lives. Both our families are very open-minded and will not interfere too much in the children's affairs. Nowadays, children are all about free love. As elders, we don't want to be an eyesore by forcing the children into some arranged marriage. As the saying goes, life is like drinking water, only they know what they want and whether they are living well."

She saw that a few of the madams had disapproving expressions and laughed in her heart, but she didn't care.