The Brother’s Shameless Demand for a Red Packet Ruined His Sister’s Happiness
From what I’ve heard:
“Money can make ghosts push the millstone.”
I didn’t quite understand the meaning of this phrase back then, but after attending a friend’s wedding, I finally got it. Some people really do take money very seriously.
Recently, I attended a friend’s wedding, and something embarrassing happened:
The bride and groom were about to get married, and everyone was over the moon, thinking the newlyweds would be together forever. But then, the bride’s brother asked for a 10,000 yuan red packet.
That day, the groom wasn’t prepared to give 10,000 yuan, as it was a sudden request. Later, the groom borrowed the money from someone else and gave it to the bride’s brother.
In our hometown, there’s a custom that if the newlyweds borrow money on their wedding day, they might suffer poverty for the rest of their lives. Although it’s just a superstition, people in our hometown take it very seriously.
So, the groom was extremely angry and separated from his wife the next day. The wife felt wronged but didn’t dare to speak up, like eating bitter fruit.
Days later, the couple got divorced, which means the brother ruined his sister’s happiness.
Pay Attention to the Occasion
One must pay attention to the occasion. You might love money, but if you show your selfishness or greed in front of others, it’s completely unacceptable.
However, if someone in your family is getting married, you should seize the opportunity to benefit yourself. If you make an excessive demand, you’ll do something wrong.
In reality, some people are like this. They want to achieve their own interests, but they can’t find the right opportunity, so they haven’t fulfilled their wishes.
So, they think that when something important happens in the family, they can make an outrageous demand, and the other party has no choice but to agree. This is when they expose their true nature, taking advantage of others.
Therefore, sometimes benefits are indeed important. Every person has some level of selfishness, but we must pay attention to the occasion.
Sometimes, if you do something like this in public, not only will you lose face, but your family members will also be embarrassed. You might also cause trouble for others.
Don’t Be Greedy
Some people are just too greedy. When someone is getting married, you still ask for 10,000 yuan.
Like in our village, there was a person who asked for 600,000 yuan as a wedding gift. The groom had to borrow 200,000 yuan to meet the demand, but the bride’s family still wanted 500,000 yuan.
The bride’s family said that if they didn’t get the 500,000 yuan, they wouldn’t let their daughter get in the car. At that moment, the bride felt helpless and didn’t want to get married.
Sometimes, people are just too greedy. Asking for 10,000 yuan like the brother did is like selling out his sister.
Some Family Members Are Like None
In this world, some family members are like none at all, like those brothers or sisters in TV dramas.
In a TV series, there was a character who didn’t get married until she was over 30 because her brother always caused trouble. After her brother did something wrong, he would make her clean up the mess, so she had to give her brother all her earnings.
As a result, she didn’t have a place to call her own in Shanghai, nor did she find her other half.
Nowadays, some men are still quite practical. If you marry a woman whose family members always ask for money, you’ll feel very uncomfortable living with them.
So, many men would rather not get involved with such women.
Some family members don’t care about your inner struggles; they just know you’re working outside or can marry a good person, so you must take care of your brother.
But if your brother or sister is a total loss, it’s better to give up on them.
Like my brother, who loves playing video games all day and doesn’t study hard. Our family wants him to attend a good school, but he doesn’t care.
In college, we prepared some exam materials for him, but he didn’t even look at them. We found him a job, but he didn’t want to work.
So, if someone is like me, they’re really pitiful and helpless. Such people can’t find a man who truly loves them, which is understandable.
In reality, sometimes you’ll find that your family members never think about you.
Moreover, if a woman has a brother or sister who is a total loss, most people wouldn’t want to live with such a woman. They think the woman will bring trouble to their family.
I have a friend who told me:
“I’d rather marry a poor person than a woman with a useless brother or sister.”
This isn’t saying that the person is very practical; it’s just that when two people get married, they need to live together. If the other person’s family has a useless brother or sister, it’ll be very troublesome, and they won’t listen to reason. When they run out of money, they’ll still ask you for more, which will exhaust you.
