The male educated youth felt as though he had been humiliated. He stiffened his neck, glared at Liu Li, and roared, "It's just a box of peach blossom pastries! What makes you think I can't afford it?"
In truth, a box of peach blossom pastries only weighed about four catties and cost four or five yuan—he could certainly afford that much.
However, the educated youth didn't have much money to spare; what little they had wasn't even enough to trade for grain!
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