 When the groom realizes that it is not his bride, he asks for his true love, and the family demands a bigger ransom because she is valuable.Once the ransom is negotiated, the bride's family offers the bride to the groom.If the bride's parents meet the bridegroom at the door with a pumpkin, it means that his offer of marriage was not accepted by either the bride or by her family, and the pumpkin is something for him to carry, so that he doesn't leave empty-handed.