Chapter 17 The Clothes Have Shrunk
Luo Zhiyong didn't argue with her about the money. Instead, he continued on from what she was saying, "Mom, since you know that Zhiming spends heavily, you should control him a bit. He's already established a family and isn't a child anymore. If you keep indulging him like this, sooner or later you'll squander all the retirement savings you've been keeping."
"The money in the family, no matter who earns it, is always hard-earned. There ought to be a measure for both necessary and unnecessary spending. Even if you have a lot of money in your hands, you shouldn't waste it recklessly."
When Zhou Yunmei heard Luo Zhiyong questioning whether she had saved money, she was afraid Luo Zhiyong might stop sending money home in the future, so she quickly shouted, "The money I've saved? Over the years, with a family to feed, you only send back so much each month. How can I save any money..."
Luo Zhiyong was no fool. He knew very well how much money he had sent back over the years. Even if the household expenses were high, given Zhou Yunmei's selfish nature, she would always keep something aside. But her saving money wasn't necessarily a bad thing; the money was still there, and when it was truly needed, she would still have to bring it out.
Luo Zhiyong didn't take her seriously and gave a few perfunctory responses before calling Fang Pingying back to their room.
Back in their room, after Luo Zhiyong and Fang Pingying had washed up and were lying in bed chatting, Fang Pingying remembered the issue of the household spending money like water and said to Luo Zhiyong, "Zhiyong, I remember you've been in the military for several years, right?"
"Six years. I joined the military when I was twenty," Luo Zhiyong replied, raising an eyebrow at Fang Pingying, curious about why she was asking.
Fang Pingying didn't answer directly and continued to ask, "After joining the military, did you send this much money back home every month?"
"The pay was low in the beginning, so I sent back less." When Luo Zhiyong first joined the military, he only earned ten to twenty yuan a month, so naturally, he couldn't send back much.