"You don't think your sister can go to school in such an extreme way. Jun Lin said this helplessly.

But when the little girl heard this, she replied helplessly: "Only in this way, the money we have saved can only afford one person's tuition." I went to school, and my sister didn't have the money to go to school. And I can't quit school on my own initiative, and if I continue to study, I have to continue to pay tuition. In that case, my sister would not be able to go to school. ”

"Is your tuition expensive? I think you make a lot of money running a hotel, right?"

Junlin remembered that the most expensive room here cost more than 300 a night, and the proprietress also said that although the place was small, there were many guests. And they can afford to pay salaries to recruit employees, so they shouldn't be poor.

"It would be nice if we could have a net profit of 5,000 a month. The little girl replied in a somewhat lost tone.

Only 5,000 a month?

Jun Lin was quite surprised when he heard this answer, which made Jun Lin a little worried about his salary. But then, Junlin suddenly remembered that the price here was cheap. With that in mind, perhaps the purchasing power of five thousand a month here shouldn't be too low.

Thinking of this, Jun Lin replied: "Five thousand a month is not a lot, I haven't gone to school, but the tuition fee of the general college will not exceed 10,000 a year, right? ”

"You're not a local?" the little girl picked up the clue from Jun Lin's words.

"Hmm. Jun Lin nodded.

"No wonder, I'm telling you, we have everything cheap here, but school is not cheap. And the college I went to is not an ordinary college, it is a senior college... Don't ask me why I chose such a good college, we are in that college. If it's farther away, you'll have to stay, and the accommodation fee is expensive, and I basically don't have time to come back to share the work with my sister. ”

Listening to the little girl say so much in one breath, Jun Lin, who had answered a few questions in his heart before he could ask them, scratched his head and finally asked, "That... Can you tell us how much the tuition fee is at the college you attended?"

Then the little girl replied, "Ten thousand a year." This is only the most basic tuition, as well as the cost of hospital uniforms, meals, activities and other messy expenses, which add up to more than 20,000 yuan a year. ”

Listening to the little girl's report, Jun Lin was a little puzzled: "Earn 5,000 a month, which is 60,000 a year." It shouldn't be difficult to earn 60,000 yuan and save 20,000 yuan, right?"

Jun Lin has had the consciousness of saving money since he was a child, or saving money seems to be a natural instinct for Jun Lin. Jun Lin thought that if he could earn 60,000 yuan a year, then it would not be a problem to save 30,000 yuan in a year.

However, in the next second, the little girl suddenly sneered and replied, "If we don't have that pair of parents, it won't be difficult." ”

"Hmm... What do you mean by that?" Jun Lin scratched his head in confusion.

"Gambler, you know, right?"

Jun Lin suddenly understood after hearing this, and then fell into silence. He had seen the harm caused by a gambler to his family in the slums of Tianlin District, and he could only say that it was really a misfortune for the whole family if there was a gambler in the family.

Before, Junlin also wondered what the situation of the sisters' parents was, and how it could be that the two girls ran the hotel. Now Junlin understands, he just didn't expect this to be the case.

Seeing that Jun Lin was silent, the little girl continued: "Now someone will come to collect debts every month, and they will be given three thousand every month. ”

Jun Lin was puzzled when he heard this, and asked, "Since your parents are gamblers, why didn't they sell this hotel in the first place?"

The little girl replied helplessly: "Maybe they are trying to protect themselves, so that the goal of the group of creditors has changed from chasing them to easily coming to us every month for a fixed fee." This hotel was the only address they had left for the creditors, who would ask us for money if we were there. If we weren't here, the creditors would have gone to great lengths to find them. ”

Jun Lin was puzzled and continued to ask, "Then why don't you leave?"

The little girl was helpless and continued to answer: "This is our home, and it is much safer to run this hotel by yourself than to go out and give others work insurance." Although we have to be collected every month, we have no other choice. And they probably calculated that, so they left this hotel for me and my sister. Let's both feed ourselves and help them pay back by the way. Let that group of creditors not trouble them. ”

"I've seen debt collectors before. Aren't they all going to be paid all at once? Why do you allow you to repay in installments?"

"It's better for them to get a little a month than not to get a penny at all. And their group of loan sharks didn't dare to call the police, so they couldn't forcibly take the hotel and sell it to pay off the debt... Thankfully, if the hostel was sold, my sister and I really wouldn't know what to do. ”

Jun Lin nodded his head after hearing this, this topic is a bit heavy, Jun Lin feels that it is better to change the topic: "This topic will end here." Then again, you make 5,000 and 3,000 each, so you only actually earn 2,000 a month, and then you spend 20,000 a year on schooling. So much ... Don't talk about paying me a salary, you basically don't have money to live on. ”

The little girl smiled when she heard this: "Do you care about your salary or how do we maintain our daily expenses?"

"I care. Jun Lin replied very sincerely.

The little girl immediately reported the salary paid to Jun Lin: "It's all about food and shelter, two hundred a month." ”

After hearing this, Jun Lin groaned: "Two hundred... ”

I earned two hundred after four hours of work at the tavern yesterday, and I also stayed for free and ate two meals for one night.

But considering that the package is eaten and sheltered, and it is also long-term. Two hundred is two hundred, Jun Lin doesn't care. Anyway, it was supposed to be accommodation and food, and it is estimated that there will not be much left over from the work in a month, and it may not even be enough. Now not only do I no longer have to worry about accommodation and food, but I also have 200 yuan a month, which is not bad.

"If you don't agree, you can go. That being said, the little girl looked at Junlin with anticipation.

"Okay, two hundred is two hundred. Junlin's answer was as she wished.

Seeing that Jun Lin agreed, the little girl finally showed a happy smile: "Deal." ”

Seeing that the little girl finally smiled happily, Jun Lin also laughed: "Deal." Now let's talk about how you make ends meet, I'm also eager to learn. ”

The little girl didn't sell it, and replied directly: "I do odd jobs, but I don't take money, I just exchange labor for ingredients." My sister and I take turns going to the market every morning to help out with the ingredients we eat for the day. Anyway, my sister and I don't have any other expenses except for food. It's just that now there is an extra mouth to eat. ”

Jun Lin nodded his head after hearing this, and said with a smile: "I can help over there in the vegetable market to see if I can change more ingredients." ”

October 3, 5000