"What did you do with the money?" Sun Chengbin demanded, gripping Li Xianghe's collar, his face twisted with accusation.
"We, we don't have any money," Li Xianghe said, terrified by the ferocious look she saw on her husband's face for the first time.
"No money? Then what about my salary from the past several months?" Sun Chengbin said. After Li Xianghe joined him at the military base, he wanted to show his second uncle, so he gave Li Xianghe control of the family finances, and now when he needed money and asked her for it, she claimed they had none, not a single penny.
"Your, your salary is so little each month, after we feed the family, there's just a little left for Niuniu's medicine, and then it's gone," Li Xianghe said in an almost inaudible whisper, feeling guilty.
Although she'd initially taken Niuniu to see a doctor, and the doctor had prescribed medicine, Li Xianghe deemed it a waste, so after the child finished what they had, she never bought more.