Don’t be koi: Chinese fish farmer offers ‘lucky’ gift to net a bride for her son on Singles’ Day

A fish farmer in central China is offering “lucky fish” to any young woman willing to give her hand in marriage to her youngest son.

In a video appeal designed to coincide with the modern-day event of Singles’ Day, the farmer Liu Yingmei referred to the much older tradition of a groom’s family offering a betrothal gift to the bride’s family.