Never Four in the Red Envelope — Epoche A1
Dear Li, How are you? Last week I went to the wedding of my cousin Ting, in Nanjing. At home we made the hongbao - the red envelope with money for the new pair. Mother went to the bank first, because the notes must be new. Old notes are not polite. Then the number. Father said 400 yuan. Mother said no, never four - "four" sounds like "death" in Chinese. Eight sounds like "get rich", so eight is good. So the envelope held 800. At the wedding I gave the envelope with two hands, and Ting took it with two hands. Write soon! Mei