Wu Ping dutifully went to the Saturday marriage market every week to find a suitable husband for her still unmarried 29 year old daughter, Xiaoli. Unfortunately, she was a terrible liar and her daughter’s PhD in Engineering, coupled with her size 41 feet, advanced age, and complete lack of interest in men were proving to be quite the obstacles.

Still, she persevered. She carefully wrote her daughter’s more enticing details on a card and waited.