姑娘 这荣哥儿怎么这么缺钱
“Miss, why is Ms. Ji so short of money?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Well, since you don't have any to lend, don't ask.”
姑娘 这荣 哥儿 怎么这么缺钱
“Miss, why is Ms. Ji so short of money?”
居然还找二姑娘借
“He even borrowed from the second young lady.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In high-status clans, young masters were expected to have steady allowances; being conspicuously short of money often signaled vices like gambling or secret debts.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
short on money; broke
A very common colloquial expression indicating a temporary or chronic lack of financial resources.
how come it is so...; why so...
An emphatic rhetorical structure expressing bewilderment or disbelief at an extreme state.
