Tao Wenrui said, "I think it works. She managed to get her parents to support her for three extra years, successfully got sent to the countryside, and stepped up at just the right time when other girls were rejecting Guofu."
Yanyan said, "I think so too. Both my sister and I married up when we got married. My brother's father-in-law is a division commander, too. Guoqiang had better find a capable father-in-law as well. But if Guofu finds another girl whose family is on par with or better off than ours, people will say our family is snobbish, and that Dad relies on his children to get promoted.
"Besides, even if the government allows private business, people will still look down on merchants in the short term. If Guofu marries someone equal to or better off than us, he'll have to walk on eggshells around his wife and endure her temper."
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