Chapter 25 Reducing Expenses
Pingying nestled in Luo Zhiyong's arms and sighed, "The issue between Fang Xiu and me isn't something new; we've had our quarrels but nothing serious. When it comes to giving money home, I have a plan in mind."
Pingying shared her thoughts with Luo Zhiyong, "Initially, I was planning to send back only ten yuan a month after we move out, but considering it may be difficult for mom to suddenly cut down her spending habits, and in case the money isn't enough, I know you would feel uneasy. So I thought about it, and decided to add two more, making it twelve yuan."
"But actually, after calculating the daily expenses at home during these days, I found that ten yuan per month would be sufficient to send back."
"Our monthly expenses at home don't reach ten yuan?" Luo Zhiyong frowned slightly. Zhou Yunmei often mentioned to him that even thirty dollars sent back just barely covered the expenses, and sometimes it was not enough.
Pingying nodded and explained the expenses in detail, "Think about it. For example, in the first half of the year, because we slaughtered a pig during the New Year, we normally don't sell the lard. If a family consumes like the average household, the lard from one pig can last at least half a year."
"We have rice at home, and we grow our vegetables and fruits. The only things we really need to spend money on are some meat. With meat, you eat more if you have more, less if you have less. Based on how we live now, if mom and the others don't waste anything, four to five yuan a month on meat is certainly enough, and they might not even finish it."
Pingying paused, then continued, "This is when we're at home. If we're not around later, the expenses will be even less. I'm thinking that giving twelve yuan and adding a bit more during festivals, no matter what, it would be more than enough, and mom could save some."
Luo Zhiyong also did some calculations. In town, meat is a little more than one yuan per jin. With five yuan, you can buy at least three jin of meat, which is indeed enough for a family to eat for a month.
In fact, in this era, if a family eats meat worth two to three yuan a month, that's already quite decent.