Chapter 298 – If you upset Mom, you’ll have to bear the consequences of that on your own. (3)

“Of course.” This was a perfect opportunity to educate Song Tingshen. “We can’t count on the housekeeper for everything. I’m not doing much at home anyways. I’ll just treat it as exercise. Besides, if we can save a bit, we should. Her salary is enough to pay for an ordinary family’s expenses.”

Song Tingshen: “…”

“Alright, if I’m truly too busy, we can hire a part-time hourly worker to clean the house. Our home is too big.” Ruan Xia used to really like this big house, but now she felt this house was too big. It would be too tiring to keep this house clean. But, that was okay. When they moved to a smaller house, they wouldn’t need a part-time hourly worker.

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Ruan Xia was slowly cultivating a habit of keeping accounts. She had been recording their expenses the past few days.

It was only after doing this that she found out how high their family expenses were. The gas cost was expected. Their cars had high gas consumption. One refueling would cost several hundred yuan. Fortunately, she had asked the gas attendant today. The gas attendant had said the gas station had weekly activities. For example, the price was reduced on Fridays. Although it was only saving a few cents per liter of gas… something is better than nothing! Little things add up!

As for tonight’s dinner, she had gone to the food market to buy the ingredients. The cost of the ingredients added up to less than a hundred yuan. The pork ribs were a bit expensive. They could eat less of it in the future, but… Song Tingshen liked eating it. Ruan Xia rested her chin as she thought about it. She added a note: Little Wang’s Dad’s likes to eat pork ribs. He can eat it once a week ^＿^.

In the future, she would try her best to limit the cost of their three meals a day to 60 yuan while ensuring there was meat and vegetables at each meal.

While Ruan Xia was recording expenses, Song Tingshen came to her room. Seeing that her door wasn’t closed, he walked in.

She was too focused. While she wasn’t paying attention, Song Tingshen had already walked up behind her.

Song Tingshen grabbed her account book.

Ruan Xia finally noticed him. Startled, one hand went to her chest while she glared at him. “Why do you walk so silently? You scared me to death!”

Song Tingshen scanned line after line in her notebook. He looked at her with a puzzled look. “You’re keeping accounts?”

Keeping accounts was a good account. But recording – potatoes 4.20 yuan, bak choy 4.80 yuan, ginger 1.30 yuan – was it necessary to record this type of expense?

And what was up with the nonsensical remarks she had next to them?

“Pork ribs were too expensive. Little Wang’s Dad likes to eat them. He can eat it once a week ^＿^” ?

Why can he only eat it once a week? Did he have to be that pitiful?

“Gas is too expensive. From now on, refuel on Fridays. They hand out gas coupons on the 10th of each month. Daily necessities can be bought online. Free shipping and generally cheaper than supermarkets.”

Ruan Xia nodded. “I want to get into the habit of keeping accounts.”

Song Tingshen had an incredulous look. In the end, he asked, “… Are you really short on money recently?”

Not waiting for Ruan Xia to answer, he said, “Just tell me if you need money. I’ll give you my credit card later. There’s no preset spending limit. You can buy whatever you want.”