The educated youths lived, worked, and ate in the village without spending money. But each month, their families would give them two or three yuan for living expenses to buy things like soap, matches, and salt.,If you want two dollars and fifty cents for monthly living expenses, you have to work as a laborer at your aunt's place.,Later on, I found out that after they started dating, my aunt's two sons - her eldest cousin - were transferred to work at the commune.。