Chapter 559: How smelly must it be to have a toilet inside the house?
"Twenty yuan?" Zhou Lanfang felt a pang of distress. That was half her husband’s monthly salary. No wonder people say high school is costly—it truly is! Our monthly expenses at home don’t even reach ten yuan, yet Siyu’s schooling costs us ten to twenty yuan a month.
This month, I’ve already given Siyu ten yuan, and adding another twenty makes it thirty. And that twenty yuan is just for study materials, not even living expenses.
So, by this calculation, Siyu needs at least forty yuan as a base this month. My husband’s meager salary is just gone in an instant.
I haven’t dared tell my husband about giving Siyu so much money each month. Whenever he asks, I say seven or eight yuan. Over time, my little stash of private savings has proven nowhere near enough to cover the shortfall.
"Auntie, if the family really doesn’t have money, then never mind. I don’t need to buy the materials. I can just borrow them from my classmates after they’re done with them. The teacher said these materials are very beneficial for the college entrance exam, but it’s also not certain that they’ll definitely come in handy during the exam," Zhou Siyu tactically backed off, using the prospects of college to make her point.
"We’re buying them. These materials are a must-have. We don’t rely on others’ leftovers. Tomorrow, your aunt will bring you the money," Zhou Lanfang decided, gritting her teeth and enduring the pain as she made the promise upon hearing the importance of the materials.
I’ve raised my niece for so many years, and with great difficulty, groomed her for success. I can’t afford to lose out over penny-pinching.
Getting an education can change one’s destiny; this is the idea Zhou Siyu has instilled in me, and I’ve always kept it in mind.