Chapter 95 - 095. ’Picking’ food
Seeing Saozi go to such lengths, spending her own money and supplies just to find Lian Yue some work and ease her mind, Lian Yue was moved to tears, but she also felt a pang of heartache for Saozi.
Even though Saozi’s dowry was substantial, plus there was income from selling deer, mushrooms, and black fungus to rely on.
But money has always been hard to earn and easy to spend; with just a little slip, it could easily bring the family back under the basic needs line.
When they got married, they spent quite a lot on buying fabric and sandals for the kids. Now it was a set of sweaters for each little one, and including herself.
Adding it all up, it wouldn’t be enough without six jin of yarn, and at two yuan per jin, these four sweaters for their little family needed at least twelve yuan.
And if she spent on nephews and nieces from her in-law’s side, it wouldn’t be right to neglect her own nephews and nieces.
Oh dear, just calculating like this, Saozi spent at least twenty yuan just to find some safe work to occupy her hands?
That amount could buy at least two hundred jin of rice or thirty jin of meat.
Lian Yue felt a sting for her brother and his wife, wanting to lessen their loss. Yet Saozi firmly refused to take any money, insisting it was her loving gift as an aunt to her nieces and nephews, and arguing over money would just devalue that love.
"It’s just a mere ten or twenty yuan," she said. "We have plenty of income and not that much to spend on. We can handle it."
With this said, Lian Yue no longer insisted.