"Don't say another word!" Tang Yaxuan cut her off abruptly. Her heart was pounding. She glanced around nervously and said, "I'll give you fifteen yuan, and not a cent more!"
"Fine, fine! Fifteen yuan it is! Xuanxuan, what day of the month does that mother of yours send money?"
"She mails it on the fifteenth. It takes a few days to arrive, so come get it from the school on the twentieth."
"Yes, good! What a good girl!" Liu Fengying grinned so wide her eyes disappeared. "My amazing daughter is so capable, bringing home fifteen yuan a month. It's just like earning a worker's salary... If it were just a few yuan more, that would be even better. We could pay off our debt and send a little to your father. It would make his time in jail a little easier!"
"Maybe later. Once I'm back in the city, I'll send you money."
Liu Fengying grew even more delighted. But Tang Yaxuan changed the subject. "I have a condition for giving you this money."
"Oh? What condition?"
