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Yes. What the mom is referring to is generally called “bride price”. The translators usually use dowry, but that’s often incorrect because the families intend to keep it. However, if the families use it to pad the trousseau or dowry that already exists (returning it with the bride), then it’s acceptable to also call it dowry.

It’s not really a lucky number, it’s just that when it’s said aloud it sounds like “great”, so it picked up traction online as a shortcut. Kinda like writing Gr8. If they only used one or two 6’s, or even four, it would have the same purpose…but for whatever reason, maybe because three reminds people of the golden ratio of thirds, they usually write out three 6’s.

You obviously haven’t read enough C-novels to know that CHARACTERS are always saying every westerner mocks Chinese culture (and every single westerner is blonde with blue eyes). It’s an absolute lie that every westerner mocks Chinese culture, and extremely racist itself. 100+ years ago there were probably more people who did so, but painting all modern people with the brush of possible ancestors’ actions is rude and demeaning. The AUTHORS (the real people behind the fake people) who do this can be considered racists and prejudiced and calling them out on it isn’t racist, but instead reminding them that they need to step out of the past and realize the propaganda they’ve been fed is just that. Chinese historical culture has long been admired, even if not fully understood or enjoyed due to personal preference. Btw, every “race” has gone through their own shit over the millennia and has had to learn to get over it, stop wallowing is self-pity, and move on with their lives.

Except she is not referring to olden times. She grew up in modern times, probably born in 1990’s if not later. In chapter 3 she references online reading and a novel reading app. She calls herself a ‘typical rich kid’ and went to college abroad; such ‘typical’ stereotypes wouldn’t have occurred before the 21st century because the boom of rich kids came from their parents making money in the ‘80’s. So the people whom she’s insinuating made fun of her should be from the 21st century.

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Dunno why Chinese people always think Westerners look down on those Chinese arts. They aren’t looked down on (if they are, only by an ignorant few). Stop playing the victim.

There have been studies done on this and apparently the mother’s mood DOES have an effect on baby whilst in the womb. So expectant mothers should be aware and keep this in mind.

If the people around them had assured the children than their mother was simply ill and didn’t mean what she said, the children would not have been so determined that she would leave. The people around the children enforced her words rather than comforting the children. So I argue that the word “entirely” is inappropriate and incorrect in this instance. The majority is her fault, definitely more than just partly, but the people around who gossiped in front of the children also had a hand in their emotional distress. If a child is abused, the satellite people who knew of the abuse and turned a blind eye while enabling it are not innocent.

Not necessarily. Even if the original owner had never indicated she would leave people in the village would gossip that she’d want to return to the city, causing such young children to question their mother’s intentions. If people hear something often enough they often start to believe it, especially children who are easily influenced.

It’s not petty to want your own hard earned money back (in this case, husband’s) when your own pockets are empty. It would be petty if they were rolling in money and didn’t need it (petty, but it’s still their own money to take back justifiably).