Zhong Yuying and Huang Debiao returned to Shanghai after the second day of the Lunar New Year, and a funny incident occurred just as they were about to leave. According to Zhong Meiying, Zhong Liangcai asked Zhong Yuying for the two hundred yuan as a betrothal gift. Zhong Yuying claimed not to have brought the money with her and would send it from Shanghai later.
Of course, Zhong Liangcai wouldn't be fooled. Since Zhong Yuying wouldn't hand over the money, he demanded it from Huang Debiao instead. But Huang Debiao wasn't one to be trifled with either; he, who usually regarded banknotes highly, never handed over financial control even in the face of his affection for Zhong Yuying. So when Zhong Liangcai asked him for money, it was doomed to failure!
Zhong Liangcai, failing to get the money from either side, grew anxious. In a fit of ferocity, he locked Zhong Yuying and her husband in the house, threatening that if they didn't produce the money, they could forget about leaving.
