When Tang Shiba returned, the Village Chief was back.
He came straight over to discuss something with her.
"Shiba, you're not a little girl anymore. There are some things Dad ought to tell you."
The Village Chief put on the air of an elderly patriarch, sighing and hesitating as though he couldn't find the words.
Tang Shiba wanted to laugh at the sight.
Has he gotten addicted to playing my dad?
Host, hurry up and call him Dad.
You say it first!
Tang Dad.
Yes, my good son!
The system wondered: were they straying further and further into a bizarre plotline?
"Go ahead. Whatever it is, I can take it."
The Village Chief's eyes lit up, and he immediately launched into his performance.
He pointed at Qiao Da and Qiao Er, looking heartbroken.
"See your younger brothers? They're old enough now, but neither of them has managed to find a wife. So, what do you think? Should we find them one?"
Qiao Da and Qiao Er thought: good thing they knew this was acting, or they would have run off in embarrassment.
They were still young. After the New Year, they would be heading to school.
Tang Shiba chuckled. "They should find wives. When other people were their age, their kids were already old enough to run errands."
"So, for your brothers' happiness, your old dad took it upon himself to arrange a marriage exchange with Fang Cheng's family. Their daughter comes here, and you go there."
Tang Shiba was stunned!!!
Oh my, that nasty mother-in-law's house? If I go over there, won't I drive her so mad she faints?
Tang Shiba was delighted. One woman was about to make another woman's life difficult.
*Host, don't hesitate. Turn up the acting! This obviously makes no sense. Who exchanges daughters like