This place is not Great Qi, men and women tend to marry later here. In the countryside, many marry at eighteen or nineteen, but those in the military or workers marry later, typically around twenty-three or twenty-four. It's not uncommon for some to marry even later, at twenty-five or twenty-six.
Take her master for example, he was thirty-two when his child was just two years old. Likely due to an unlikable personality, he delayed until twenty-nine before finally marrying, managing to settle the major life event before turning thirty.
How old is Liu Xianghu? He is twenty-one by nominal age, not quite twenty by actual age — actually, nineteen years and eight months, then got married and even has a pregnant wife?
Ling Chengyan had a swirl of thoughts, but kept a poker face, picking items and ordering some cuttlefish and scallops in passing.
She hadn't tried cuttlefish before, but scallops used to be a staple in the big kitchen, brilliant in both culinary dishes and soup-making!
