"Hmm"

The first time I noticed that something was wrong was not long after Ji Yuehua came back from grocery shopping.

The remaining amount does not match the amount that should have been left in the budget, and the difference is about half.

Please ask Ji Yuehua to buy some very ordinary ingredients, basically the supply is as usual all year round, so there is rarely a sudden price increase or price reduction.

This year is neither a bumper harvest nor a bad harvest, but simply a smooth and stable year.

In principle, the prices in the vegetable market should not change, at least not at this time. In order to calculate the most accurate household budget, I even go to the market every two days to see if the prices of different things have changed.

It's theoretically impossible to go wrong with your own budget.

However, if there is no problem with your budget, then the problem is here.

Where did the disappeared money go?

Looking up at the ceiling of the wooden house, Ruoxi exhaled heavily.

The person who has been exposed to this money, if there is no accident, it is only Ji Yuehua.

If it was robbed, then presumably Ji Yuehua would have run back crying and crying, so this worst possibility could have been ruled out from the beginning.

But, on the other hand, if it wasn't robbed, there was only one plausible explanation.

Ji Yuehua used the extra money to buy something without permission, and he didn't tell her.

Speaking of which, because Ji Yuehua was cleaning in the bedroom when he first came back, he didn't see what he was carrying when he came back

Would you like to ask in the bedroom?

Although Ji Yuehua has always been so well-behaved, she would never ask the two of her to buy something for him, but only when the two of them took the initiative to send him something, she would happily accept it, but after all, she was a child.

It's inevitable that children walking alone on the street will occasionally be aroused by some gadgets and cause their eyes to shine, right?

No matter how well-behaved you are, curiosity will still be there.

It's not that I haven't experienced such a thing, but now is a difficult time for my family after all!

The cottage was rented rather than bought, and the monthly rent alone was already a considerable expense.

In addition to the rent, the water, electricity, gas, and food expenses for the three of them, in addition to some miscellaneous expenses that will be used in daily life, as well as emergency savings in case of emergency, to put it bluntly, in fact, Yakumo Zi's meager income as a clerk in a pastry shop alone is simply beyond his means.

One of the big reasons why he can barely maintain his daily life now is because Ruoxiwan has implemented strict control over expenditures.

What seems to be a fairly rich dinner every night is actually a menu that has been carefully chosen.

Perhaps, Yakumo Azusa, who has only been living a civilian life for less than two years, can't see it, but Ruoxi Wan, who was born in a civilian home from the beginning, is different from her.

How to eat a delicious meal at the lowest price is a life skill she has learned from her parents since she was a child, and now she is putting this essential survival skill into full play.

It's just that, no matter how much you throttle, there is a limit to it after all, in short, you can't afford to spend indiscriminately.

Forget it this time.

After all, the two of them haven't bought anything for Ji Yuehua, and even the mask he gave him last time was bought with a purpose, and as a sister who takes care of her younger brother, it is also a bit disqualified.

But

"Can't you let Satsuki get into the habit of spending?"

I have to be reminded

Even if Yakumo Azusa and the inheritance she inherited are still more than she can do, she can't always develop the habit of not being able to make ends meet, and then rely on the subsidy of this money every month to live.

It won't run out so quickly, in other words, it will run out one day

"Huh? Sister Ruoxi, what's wrong?"

Maybe it's because I already have the intention of forgiving the other party, so I don't dwell on it too much.

By the time Ruoxiwan walked into the bedroom to find Ji Yuehua, it was nearly half an hour later, and it was also the next thing after taking care of all the household affairs.

"Naa, Satsuki"

Ruo Xiwan still had a loving smile on her face, it was a familiar and accustomed face, however, with a child's keen intuition, Ji Yuehua instinctively felt that the second sister's smile seemed to be mixed with some impurities.

Without waiting for Ji Yuehua to speak, Ruoxi Wan had already asked with a smile, "What did you buy back today?" Can I let my sister take a look?"

At first glance, Ruo Xiwan's question is just an ordinary question. In reality, however, there is a psychological trap in the question itself.

First of all, if you directly ask the other party "did you buy something back", this kind of question with only two answers, even the stupid person knows how to say no. However, Ruoxiwan's question is different.

The premise of the question of what was bought back today was that it had been confirmed that Ji Yuehua had bought something and came back to ask.

Regardless of the effectiveness of adults, children can easily be induced to fight.

If it was true that he didn't buy anything, he didn't hesitate, or after being stunned for a moment, he shook his head and said that he didn't buy anything.

However, if Ruoxi Wan really guessed it, and Ji Yuehua took the money to buy something unknown without permission, then the sentence "what did you buy back" would give him a "type" premise, so that he would unconsciously think about how to respond with the premise of "type", and ignore that in fact, this question can also be changed back to a simple question of whether or not to question.

When chasing others, they will try to induce children to answer "I don't know" and "I won't tell you" to determine whether the person has passed here, and in principle, it is also similar to this.

"No, can't say"

It's just that what I didn't expect was Ji Yuehua's honesty, which would be even more powerful than I imagined.

I don't even know how to lie a little or use language art to cover it up, as a sister, should I be happy or sigh? Thinking of this, Ruoxi Wan couldn't help but rub her forehead with a faint pain.

All in all, now that you've admitted it, let's get straight to the point, right?