Chapter 766 - 0766: After the Separation 1_1
Upon returning to the guesthouse through the wind and snow, Feng Qingxue counted the money in her hands while packing her luggage and coughed heavily.
"Qingxue, are you alright? Is there something wrong with your throat?" With Xibao sitting at the table eating fruit, Lu Jiang finally had the peace to hold his daughter and relax in the room. She was quiet and not crying, much more well-behaved than Xibao.
However, when he heard his wife cough, Lu Jiang’s full attention was on her, a look of concern on his face.
"From now on, we must be thrifty and frugal." If they continued to spend lavishly, they would soon run out of money.
Lu Jiang was taken aback, "Are we out of money?" It couldn’t be. After buying train tickets for Wang Fengqiao, giving her some grain tickets and food money, he had given all of the wages saved over the last two months to Feng Qingxue yesterday.
In these two months, except for food, he hadn’t purchased anything from the local Tibetans, so there was still some left over.
Feng Qingxue nodded, then shook her head, sighing, "We are not exactly penniless, but our expenditures have soared in the last six months. I alone have spent several hundred dollars. The cost of the air tickets, the train tickets for my sister and me, the food we ate on the journey, the cost of living in the Capital, the cost of entertaining, and the money given to Uncle for Xiaoyun’s living expenses, all far exceed my annual salary!"
Speaking of this, Feng Qingxue couldn’t help but cover her face.
"The train fare and food expenses for your sister were paid for by you. While in the Capital, I didn’t give a single penny to Father. The travel expenses between Father and Uncle were covered by them. All of Xibao’s food, drinks, and toys were expensive products bought for him by our family and friends. Even the things Father bought himself from the flea market or the black market, he paid for himself."
Given their rate of spending, the couple was indeed spending more than they earned.