"Why didn't the white-haired girl marry Huang Shiren?"

The "white-haired girl" peasant Xi'er and Huang Shiren, a cruel landlord who tried to make her his concubine, are two famous characters in the Chinese opera The White-Haired Girl. Today's young women are said to be unable to understand why Xi'er didn't marry Huang since it would have guaranteed her a wealthy and comfortable life.