Zhenzhen replied, "But Auntie, I need to work during the summer break to earn my tuition for next semester. Normally, my part-time jobs only cover my living expenses. If I don't work in the summer, I won't have the money for next semester's tuition—so what should I do? Or are you saying, Auntie, that if I come take care of you, you'll give me my tuition?"
What Zhenzhen said wasn't unreasonable. She earned her tuition herself and didn't rely on anyone else. Now you're suddenly interrupting her way of paying her tuition to make her look after you. If she asks for tuition, or treats it as pay for that period of work, that shouldn't be too much to ask, right?
But when she heard this, Jiang Xiumei lost her temper. "Hey, what's gotten into you, kid? All you think about is money? You want to get paid for taking care of your aunt?"
