A bride got into a fierce quarrel with a friend who gave her an IOU for a gift on her wedding in Benxi, Liaoning province.

While screaming at her friend at the party, the bride kept repeating that it was a bad omen to give an IOU to a couple about to start a new life together.

In his defense, the friend said he gave away all the cash he had to a number of friends who got married over the week-long national Day holiday. He said he would not mind if the couple chose to give him an IOU on his own wedding day.

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A woman climbed atop a roadside electric pole, threatening to end her life, after her husband refused to give her a penny of the amount he won from gambling in Xinzhou, Hubei province, last Thursday.

The woman was eventually convinced to climb down from the high-voltage electric pole after firefighters arrived on the scene and cut off electricity supply to the area.

She told police officers her husband had won over 20,000 yuan gambling the previous night and refused to share the amount with her.

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A woman in Xiamen, Fujian province, was fined 500 yuan ($74) for exaggerating the amount stolen from her house recently.

Wang told investigating officers burglars took away 5.2 million yuan in cash from her house, when she had only lost jewelry worth 20,000 yuan.

Wang, who blurted out the truth when interrogated, said she had exaggerated the amount hoping the police would take her case more seriously.

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A young woman in Wuchang, Hubei province, was shocked to tears when she learned her husband accidentally set fire to some old books she had hidden 20,000 yuan in.

He Na, who works for an IT firm in the city, hid the cash amidst the books before leaving for a month-long vacation.

When He returned from her holiday last week, she could not find the books.

Her husband then told her that he burned the books while cleaning the house.