When Mr. Liu, a barber from central China, sought to marry his girlfriend, the woman’s family gave him ten days to gather 100,000 yuan (about $15,000) to pay their requested bride price.
Liu, 21, works in Beijing and is Hubei Province. Despite his best efforts, he was unable to meet the 100,000-yuan mark. Not wanting borrow money from his parents, Liu went to his girlfriend’s parents at their home in Henan Province to propose engagement with the money he gathered from his own savings, as reported by the Dahe Daily on March 27.
The woman’s father, seeing that his prospective son-in-law did not produce the sum he had demanded, flew into a rage and had Liu get into his car. He then took Liu about 50 kilometers (about 30 miles) along the S81 Shangzhou highway and then abandoned the young man by the roadside.
