The Cousin Waiting for the Nation to Provide Her with a Free Daughter-in-Law

My cousin loves competing with me over everything. Whenever she gets even the slightest edge, she brags about it for three whole days and nights. One day, she held up a photo of a girl and said, "My future daughter-in-law. Pretty, right?" "The bride price is just a little steep: 18,888 yuan." Was she making fun of me for not having a daughter-in-law? I curled my lips into a smile. "No way. People still ask for a bride price these days?" "The country is giving wives to bachelors for free now." Later, that girl became my daughter-in-law. She stood with her 41-year-old son at the entrance to the village, shouting, "Young lady, we’ve got the firecrackers and bedsheets ready. Hurry back!" 1. My son is thirty and single