The third son of the Zhou family formally became engaged to the daughter of the county magistrate, and after Zhulan's family had breakfast, visitors started pouring into their home nonstop. There were women from within the clan as well as others from different families in the village. Zhulan, once the least favored, had suddenly become the most popular figure in the village. Whoever says ancient people were simple-minded and single-minded, she would argue with them. Over the course of more than a year, she had come to believe that ancient people understood how to go with the flow and avoid harm even better than modern people do.
Since the morning, Zhulan hadn't had a moment's peace from all the flattery. This time, nobody dared utter anything sour, instead going out of their way to shower her with excessive compliments, causing her face to nearly stiffen from smiling all day long.
