Lu Ziqun's eyes bulged in fright, and he stammered, "Tens of thousands a month for facial care? Is that in RMB or Japanese Yen?"
"Of course it's RMB. I'm not exaggerating. If you don't believe me, ask Siyue. She spent more than me." Ye Qingqing glared at him.
Dong Siyue nodded with a smile, "I haven't calculated it carefully, but the amount I spend on skincare products every month is definitely no less than 100,000 yuan. There's no such thing as good quality and cheap when it comes to skincare products. The more expensive, the better the effect. When I was young, I had collagen to support me, so I could use cheap skincare products. Now that I'm thirty, I can only use expensive skincare products, otherwise my face really won't look good."
Lu Ziqun felt a little ashamed. She only used Yu Meijing cream, which she had used since she was a child. She felt it was good, economical, and her skin wouldn't peel in winter. But after hearing what Ye Qingqing and the others said, she felt a little uncomfortable.
What she thought was valuable was worthless in the eyes of the rich.
The world of the rich is something she can't even imagine.
"I don't have that much money to buy skincare products." Lu Ziqun smiled helplessly, she couldn't even bear to spend a few hundred yuan.
"You can make your own face mask using pearl powder and egg whites. It won't cost much and the effect is quite good, but you need to stick to it for a long time. You can also buy some skincare products, the kind that cost a few hundred yuan a set and can last for half a year. With your current financial situation, that's no problem at all. Buy some cosmetics and make yourself look beautiful. You'll feel great when you look in the mirror. It doesn't actually cost much. Why not spend a thousand yuan a year to make yourself beautiful!"
Ye Qingqing tried her best to persuade Lü Ziqun, saying that this girl was too stingy with herself, unwilling to eat, wear, or dress up, living like an ascetic, which was too unfair to herself.
“I have to be careful with even a hundred yuan, how could I possibly come up with a thousand yuan?” Lu Ziqun hurriedly shook his head.
Ye Qingqing frowned. "How much do you earn now?"
"The total cost over the year is probably around 70,000 to 80,000 yuan. Fortunately, I don't have to take care of household expenses. Yu Shaoning gives me 500 yuan a month for living expenses, and I basically don't eat at home."
"Your salary isn't small, how come you can't even come up with a thousand yuan?" Ye Qingqing asked in confusion.
Lu Ziqun explained to her, “I send my parents 500 yuan a month for living expenses, which is 6,000 yuan a year. I also have to cover my own food and drink, social obligations, water, electricity and property management fees for Xinyi’s family, bus fare, and other unexpected expenses. I spend at least 10,000 yuan a year. My savings target is 50,000 yuan a year. I try to stretch every penny into three pieces. I really can’t spare a thousand yuan.”
"Don't your parents have retirement pensions? Why do you still need to send them living expenses?" Ye Qingqing didn't understand.
“They raised me with great difficulty, so I should do my part to show my filial piety,” Lü Ziqun explained.
Ye Qingqing frowned and advised, "Your parents are still able to move around and have retirement pensions. It's okay if you're having a hard time sending money for now. Your parents will definitely understand. Filial piety doesn't have to be fulfilled in one go. Just tell your parents that you want to buy a house, and they definitely won't ask you to send money anymore."
“My parents always told me not to send it, so I sent it myself,” Lü Ziqun explained.
Her parents did call repeatedly to tell her not to send money, but she didn't listen. She thought that since she was far away from her parents, she would send money to show her filial piety.
"Then you should get through this difficult time first. After you buy a house, bring your parents to live with you and take care of them. That's more filial than sending money," Ye Qingqing said.
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