A Chinese man sued his fiancée for eating too much (5 photos)

Interesting things are happening in Chinese society! On December 9th, news broke of a court hearing involving a pair of former lovers. The man sued his fiancée for excessive appetite.





You can just see it in his eyes: "What a thresher."

The couple hails from the same village in Heilongjiang Province in northeastern China. They met through a matchmaker and got engaged. So, the marriage was arranged from the start. After their engagement, the couple ran a business together – they opened a small malatan restaurant (a traditional dish with a spicy broth, noodles, and meat). Wang worked at the restaurant, but soon became angry that his fiancée "only did easy work and only ate our malatan." She probably didn't load the bags of rice.



It's incredibly spicy, if it's a Chinese recipe.

Ultimately, a man named He sued his girlfriend, Wang, to recover the initial 20,000 yuan bride price his family had paid hers. He also demanded that Wang return the 30,000 yuan he spent on her during their dates. This amount included food for the girl, as well as black tights and underwear.

What the court ordered





20,000 is very cheap for a bride in China! That's what it means, not for love; another Chinese man would have been overjoyed.

The court ordered the man not to return the 30,000 yuan spent on the dates. The judge stated that "they carried emotional value for both parties." He was also on these dates and invited her himself. The ransom, however, will have to be returned. But only half of 20,000 yuan. The reasoning is that the woman wasted six months on a man who ultimately did not become her husband and delayed her future plans to have children.



In fact, Chinese women really do eat a lot; sometimes you wonder where they fit in such a small amount?

But since Wang was tired of her ex-fiancé's litigious behavior, she was satisfied with the outcome and promised to pay everything. Incidentally, this is a relatively new legal practice. The new Civil Code only came into effect in 2021, and it only requires the bride price to be returned if the couple hasn't yet married and isn't living together. But since Wang helped out at the restaurant, it couldn't be said that they didn't share a household before the wedding. This is a funny anecdote, but it actually reveals a deep problem with Chinese arranged marriages. When a woman is bought as labor, and there are no strong feelings between the young couple, she will always underwork.



Provincial Wedding Gifts Yes, that's two cans of Coca-Cola and a persimmon.

And when the parents, on the other hand, also view their daughter as an opportunity to earn a hefty ransom—essentially sell her—it's not surprising that the new family will be stingy with every penny they can get. He, of course, was ridiculed online for his list of small purchases, including tights for his wife, but his behavior was generally considered quite expected. It seems to me he's now permanently joined the army of 30 million hopeless bachelors in China.