They were laughing too, but Zheng Changhe and his wife's smiles were far more carefree and radiant. This was the difference between gaining a daughter-in-law and marrying off one's own daughter. No wonder everyone wanted to raise sons; giving away the girl you had raised for over a decade felt like carving away a piece of your own flesh.
If she had more siblings, this feeling might not have been so pronounced. But there were only the two of them, brother and sister. She had always been the one to take charge and support her parents, so her departure felt like it had ripped the backbone out of the family. The excited looks on her parents' faces when she first walked into the courtyard only made her heart ache more.
Her grandmother was as sharp as a tack. Hearing Liu Yunlan's question, she immediately understood why she was crying. 'She can't bear to leave her family, and she's worried about her parents.'
