Their family wasn't wealthy to begin with. Getting robbed blind on top of it all... forget getting married, they wouldn't be able to live.
Mrs. Deng cried, "This is all the trouble your sister brought upon us!"
Father Deng said, "If I'd known this would happen, I never should have agreed to let Deng Ying get a job! If she had just stayed obediently at home, we'd have Jianxin's bride price by now."
Hearing this, Mrs. Deng's wails grew louder. "Wasn't I just thinking she could earn a little money by going to work? She got her salary last month—it was over a thousand!"
"And what good is a measly thousand?"
The more Deng Jianxin listened, the more confused he became. He impatiently cut them off and demanded they explain everything from beginning to end.
Only then did Mrs. Deng wipe her tears and tell the story from the top.
