18000 gift money is not too much, others also have dowry. 200 Jin gift cake is really a bit much. There are about six yuan per catty, which is 1200 yuan per catty. I only got 98 gift cakes when I got married and 98 when I got engaged. Everyone is very young, and my engagement and marriage add up to less than 40 pounds of gift cake. However, if the woman has many children, it may make sense. If wine is served in the hotel, the cost including the wedding banquet is not much. In the rural custom of Qin Fang, Guangxi, marrying a daughter-in-law is to help the woman's family pay for the wedding banquet. When you go to the hotel to put wine, you will give it to the hotel with red envelopes sealed by relatives and friends, but you have to pay a deposit of one or two thousand yuan yourself before. It is possible to do so, and it doesn't cost much.

If money is difficult, you and your girlfriend (bride-to-be) can discuss it, depending on the situation, focusing on saving. If you spend a lot of money on a wedding when you get married, it's just the pain after you and your husband get married.