"But during that time, my elder brother was away on a mission, and I guess the letter my father wrote to him must have been received by my sister-in-law. No idea what was going on there, but she didn't send a cent over here. With no choice left, my mother had to borrow money from outside so I could get married smoothly," Li Hongqi said.
After hearing this, Zheng's mother's face turned somewhat sheepish. Although they hadn't insisted that their son-in-law buy a house when their daughter got married, they had required him to buy a sewing machine for her. So, that's how the money had come about.
