Shen Jie pursed her lips, "No, I'm just thinking of saving more money now. I'll talk about it when I have money."
"Saving up for your dowry, huh?"
"Without money, once you're married, as a daughter-in-law you have no status in the in-laws' house."
"Where did you learn such nonsense?"
"A good friend of mine is like this. She got married last year to the second son of the family. The family's eldest son's wife has money, and the in-laws treat her very well all the time. Besides ordering her around to do this and that, they keep treating her like a maid. She used to be such a carefree girl, now she's almost turned into an old hag, I don't want to follow in her footsteps. Alas... but my salary is only over twenty bucks a month."
"Your newspaper's salary is that low? It should at least be over thirty bucks."
"Short tenure, and I'm not some assistant director. Regular employees have this salary."
