Chinese woman got married 20 times to help men calm down their relatives (7 photos)

A very Chinese story. A Chinese woman started a business on fake marriages. But she did not deceive her husbands, but on the contrary - she helped them to escape the condemnation of society and family. A holy woman in essence!





Why did this happen in China

Many people know about the acute shortage of women of marriageable age and the high property demands of those who are available in China now. And in China, there is still a solid patriarchy - parents demand grandchildren so that the family line can continue, so a grandchild must necessarily be a boy. Many men are very depressed that they cannot please their parents, aunts, uncles and grandmother, who may not have much time left. That's when he finds a savior.

What did a woman married twenty times do



In China, it is not uncommon for a bride to have two dresses - a white one and a traditional one with red flowers

A girl named Cao Mei, who lives in Chengdu, makes good money by renting out her identity for marriage. It all started back in 2018, when her friend asked her to impersonate his girlfriend at a meeting with his parents. And in how desperately her friend needed it, Cao Mei saw a business opportunity. And over the past seven years, Cao has played the bride at 20 weddings. Her services are usually in demand during holidays. And she doesn't handle the legal formalities of marriage, instead focusing on organizing the ceremonies.





For a wedding, relatives give a lot of money, for parents it's an excuse to throw a bigger wedding

She pretends to be the right person at the client's request: together with the "groom", they agree on where she works, how they met, how old she is. Everything so that the groom's relatives get the impression that the relationship is real. She really likes her job because she gets married in very beautiful dresses, everyone claps and looks at her. She makes every girl's dream come true several times a year.

Is lying widespread?



A record low number of marriages was registered in China last year. It's all expensive.

An interesting observation that Cao Mei admitted: not all families do not know that the bride is fake. Many families hire a bride together with the groom. They want to show the guests that their son is in great demand, now in China a wife in herself is an element of prestige, especially a beautiful one. Well, many parents hope for a good gift from rich relatives. In addition, many young people's engagements are broken off when the bride's relatives do not want to agree to the marriage unless he pays a large ransom. And buying a fake bride turns out to be more profitable. Otherwise, the relatives will laugh that the groom could not scrape together enough for the ransom.



A scandal over a small ransom can happen even at a wedding, there was one recently

By the way, Cao earns 1,500 yuan a day. This is the basic salary, it can be more expensive depending on the complexity of the lie and participation in ridiculous wedding contests. She first worked as an extra in films, but she was not given many roles, so at her weddings she can enjoy the role of an actress.

The "actor in life" market



Another popular service in China is fake dads who go to parent-teacher meetings

Cao calls her procession "actress in life". And this type of service has become increasingly popular in China in recent years. But not like in Japan, where you can rent a family, a friend or even a grandmother for a day. In China, calls from fake parents are quite popular. Some adult couple will call you via video link and support you in difficult times. While you know that demanding Chinese parents will complain about your failure to get a promotion at work or buy an apartment. A serial bride herself admitted that she tells her family that she works in an ordinary office. Because she is afraid that her relatives will judge her and say that this is an indecent occupation for a girl. Although she does not allow herself a drop of intimacy with any of the suitors, she is already well paid.



By the way, China is complicating the divorce process by reducing the reception hours of the administration on these issues

Lawyers in China say that from a purely legal point of view, she is not breaking anything if she gets divorced quietly later. Do you think this is a purely Chinese story that could not have happened in other countries?