Second Son used to be an excellent candidate for scholarly pursuits, but after falling ill, his health deteriorated progressively, and eventually, he had no energy for his studies and was forced to leave school prematurely.
Although Second Son was literate, his early departure from school meant he was familiar with only a limited number of characters, at most being able to recite a "Thousand Character Classic."
Unable to work the fields and lacking the strength to truss a chicken, with a minimal knowledge of characters and poor health that depended on the sustenance of medicine, the thought of arranging a marriage for him was exceedingly challenging.
The man sighed wearily, "Let's settle Da Lang's matter first."
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When Da Lang was informed that a marriage had been arranged for him, he was completely at a loss.
Thinking of himself as a crude simpleton, prone to losing and forgetting things and looking every bit the part of a farmer, he wondered, how could any woman fancy him?
