"What, Si Yi, are you looking down on your little brother?"
The young man spoke with a hint of displeasure, "These days, working a job just doesn't cut it. You, as a woman, might not understand, but do you know how huge the cost of getting married is now? A house, car, wedding banquet—you'd need several million at the very least; it's a burden that weighs on your brother day and night!"
"This..."
"Sigh, back when I was in university, I got a girlfriend, and now her family is asking for a dowry of three hundred thousand, plus I must have a house and a car. Luckily, my future mother-in-law is reasonable. She said they don't need to be paid in full up front—even a loan would do. We can pay it back ourselves after the wedding, and her family would cover the cost to furnish the house."
