The Day of My Brother's One Month Party, My Family Was Destroyed

On the day of my baby brother's one-month celebration, my parents put me in charge of collecting the gift money, saying it would all go toward my dowry someday.

The relatives teased and laughed.

"Now big sister's got herself a little bodyguard."

Someone else raised a glass, wishing my parents a son and a daughter, a full and blessed family.

I smiled and kept my head down, tucking away the red envelopes one by one.

I didn't even stop to wipe the sweat off my face.

"It's hot out. I bought a watermelon and left it chilling in the room. Let me bring it out to cool everyone down."