Chapter 30: Why Bother with Books, Just Find a Good Family to Marry Into and Call It a Day_3

Tang Huai had a face full of shyness and difficulty in refusing, as she looked at Su Linfang somewhat restrainedly, "Second Aunt, Tang Li and I rely on that money to pay our tuition fees, if I lend it to you, I'll have no money to pay for school."

In those days, unlike later modern times, there was no such thing as nine years of free compulsory education, and children didn't have to pay tuition fees from first grade through junior high.

In those days, tuition fees were quite expensive, with tuition for the first year of junior high about three hundred, and Tang Li's tuition about one hundred and twenty.

If she lent Su Linfang a few hundred yuan to pay a bride price and paid hers and Tang Li's tuition fees, there wouldn't be a cent left for living expenses at home.

Plus, before the start of the school term, there was the public grain tax—

Besides, the money lent to Su Linfang, would she be able to get it back?

Tang Huai, living this life again, wouldn't be that foolish.