Liu Xin'an wasn't quite sure about the customs of other cities in Huaxia, but for Jincheng, especially his own family's traditions, although he had never formally brought a girl home, he was still somewhat familiar with certain traditional customs.
The first time he brought a girl home, the parents of the male side usually gave the girl a red packet of no less than 2000 yuan as a meeting gift.
That is, a gift from the elders to the younger generation upon their first meeting.
If there were other elders in the family at that time, they were also expected to contribute to the gift.
Xin'an had heard of a guy from their town who brought home a girlfriend one year and received quite a sum of money from his relatives.
Then the next year, he brought home a new girlfriend.
Fleecing one's own family; indeed, no one else did such a thing.
Beyond that, aside from the meeting gift, there was another kind of gift.
It's commonly known as the 'change of address fee.'