Ua make kona makua kāne, ua kāʻili ka makuahine i ka puke, ʻaʻohe mea kōkua ke kaikamahine, kūʻai aku i nā lako, wehe ʻia nā moena puna, SOB

ʻO zhang li koʻu inoa, he poʻe kuaʻāina, e hana ana i kēia manawa ma ke kūlanakauhale, ʻo ko mākou kūlana home ma ka home, ʻoiai ua maikaʻi ka hopena o koʻu aʻo ʻana, akā no kekahi kumu, ua koho wau e haʻalele i ke kula. Ua make koʻu makuahine i koʻu wā mua, aia wau me koʻu makuakāne manaʻo hiki iaʻu ke loaʻa ʻelua mau kānaka, he ola ʻawaʻawa wale nō, hana hewa wau, akā ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au i ka wā e hāʻawi mai ai iaʻu i ka manawa, e loli kēia mau mea a pau. Kapa ʻia kēia hilinaʻi ʻo ka hilinaʻi makapō, ʻaʻole paha manaʻo ka makua kāne hiki iā ia ke mālama maikaʻi iaʻu, ʻaʻole nō hoʻi i manaʻo e hiki iaʻu ke mālama maikaʻi iā ia, ʻo ka matchmaker kauhale e kōkua iā ia a loaʻa kahi wahine. Ma hope o koʻu male ʻana, ke hana nei koʻu makuakāne, ʻoiai, ʻaʻole kēia e lilo i wahine na lākou, ʻaʻole e ʻae kekahi i kou ʻilihune. Ma hope hoʻi o ke kūlanakauhale o kona makuakāne, ua loaʻa iaʻu ka makahiki kula, no ka mea, ʻaʻole wikiwiki loa ka makuahine o I, ʻaʻole maikaʻi nā mea a pau ma ka maka, akā ʻelua mau kānaka e launa pū me nā mea a pau ʻaʻole hele i ka puʻuwai, he mea hōʻoluʻolu loa koʻu puʻuwai, ʻaʻole makemake i kēia ʻano hana i ke ola o kekahi, a laila lawe i ka makua kāne haʻalele i ke kula. Ma hope o kona haʻalele ʻana i ke kula, ʻoiai ua ʻike kona makuakāne ʻaʻohe oʻu kumu noʻu, ʻike nō hoʻi au he hana ʻino kēia, ʻaʻole wau e hele e hoʻonāukiuki iā ia. No laila ua paʻa ʻia no ʻelua makahiki. ʻElua makahiki ma hope mai, loaʻa iaʻu kekahi kālā ma ka lima, ʻo ke ʻano ka wiwo ʻole e ʻike i ka makua kāne. Ua ʻike ʻo Makua iaʻu, a ua piha pū me ka waimaka ma ke kihi, hāʻawi mai ka hele ʻana iaʻu i ke kālā ʻeke. I kēlā manawa ua pōʻino wau, ma hope o kēlā me kēia hopena pule, hoʻopau i ka ʻai i hāʻawi ʻia i koʻu makuakāne, no laila ko mākou manaʻo e hoʻolauleʻa. Akā ʻo ka mea pōʻino, ua puhi ʻia ke kino o kona makuakāne no ka manawa hana pūnaewele, hoʻi i ka home no ka maʻi, ua make nā hopena i kekahi mau makahiki. Ua ʻike ʻo ia ʻo ka make ʻana o kona makuakāne i koʻu hoʻi ʻana mai i ka home e lawe koke i kahi kaʻa kaʻa, ua hele mua ke kupapaʻu e hoʻopaʻa i kaʻu mau ukana, a laila lawe aku i ka waihona waihona kālā a kona makuakāne. ʻO koʻu puʻuwai he mea kōkua ʻole, kanu ʻia ma hope o kona makuakāne ma ka home mākaukau e kau i nā lako e kūʻai aku i kekahi mea ma ka home, i mea e pale aku ai i ka haki, ʻike i kēia ʻano kūlana, pono wau i ka home paʻakikī loa. Akā ʻo wau nā moena puna wai, SOB. Huna ka makua i ka envelopp ma lalo o ka moena punawai, ua a'o 'ia ma luna nei 'elua hua'ōlelo 'dowry' a'u e wehe ai i ka 'ike he kāleka panakō, pehea ka nui o ke kālā a'u i 'ike 'ole ai, akā, 'o ko'u makua kāne kēia i hana nui e ho'opakele no'u, a laila hā'ule au i ka waimaka, ua mana'o au ua hewa kekahi mea, 'a'ole pono au e kū'ai i ka ea me ia, i loko o ke kūlanakauhale, pōkole loa ke ola, lilo nā mea a pau i ka 'ohana o ka manawa, makemake au i ka ha'aha'a. ʻO ka noʻonoʻo ʻana o kēlā me kēia ma mua o ka male ʻana, noʻonoʻo ʻia ma mua o ka male hou ʻana, no nā keiki paha, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻomanawanui i ke kaumaha, manaʻo ʻoe ua mare hou ka male ʻana i kēia ʻano mea, he hopena i nā keiki?