Getting married meant needing a dowry and a house. Because Wang Fugui couldn’t afford the dowry or the house, the girl’s parents refused to let their daughter marry him. Wang Fugui had only graduated a few years prior, and whatever meager salary he’d earned had been spent pampering his girlfriend; he hadn’t saved a cent.
Widow Wang had the income from her crops and the original owner’s wages, and while she had managed to save a little, it was nowhere near enough for a dowry, let alone a house.
And so, the original owner became a test subject.
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