Many friends often ask me, "You're already thirty and still don't have a steady girlfriend. Don't you want to get married? If you keep delaying, when you retire in your sixties, you'll realize that your child is not even ten years old, and then you'll have to continue working hard for a few more years, which will be very exhausting." I always respond by saying, "We're not in the agricultural era anymore; do we need to marry early, have children early, and send them to work in the fields early?" As for the ancient teaching, "Of all forms of unfilial behavior, having no heir is the worst," my older brother has been married twice. Although his first wife didn't bear any children, his second wife gave birth to two sons, so there's no longer any pressure on me to "carry on the family name." Moreover, my income isn't high. After a few years of work, with some help from my brother, I could barely afford a used house of over 30 pings. I didn't want to be burdened by a mortgage, so I paid off the house loan in one go.