"I heard that working as a waitress in a small restaurant can get you thirty or forty a month."
"That's not bad, she's young, and she's never had a child, wouldn't it be easy for her to find a husband?"
"She's picky, I'll tell you that. They've been lining up to propose from miles around, but she either finds one fault or another. She starts off asking for a five-hundred yuan dowry, plus the whole 'three AND one to boot'. If they got the means, why wouldn't they marry a virgin instead? Why bother with her, a 'worn-out shoe'?"
The others burst into laughter.
"Exactly, she really thinks every man is as dumb as Shen Xiangnan, taking her word as gospel."
Right after saying that, he got kicked. Realizing he had spoken out of turn, he hastily tried to smooth things over with Jia Yuemei with an apologetic grin.
