Maybe Pei Yining looked too serious, so Xu Nian'an realized that what he'd just done was a bit inappropriate.
"Yining, don't be mad. My second brother just meant, doesn't developing photos need that, uh, developer fluid and stuff? He was thinking—maybe the material costs, he and I could pay for them."
Xu Nianhua earnestly explained for Xu Nian'an: "Film's already not cheap, and if you also cover the developing materials, my brother and I would feel guilty, you know?"
"The materials aren't that expensive," Pei Yining smiled again after hearing Xu Nianhua's explanation.
Xu Nianhua blinked — her eyes seemed to say: I'm not a three-year-old, don't try to fool me.
Nowadays, cameras are really valuable things, costing at least four or five hundred, some even over a thousand. That kind of price—regular folks wouldn't even dare to dream of it.
And photos need film, developing costs money too; it's not something most families can afford.
