Yuan Shanchuan and Lu Sixing didn't have much money on hand. When they split up, the two elders of the Yuan family only gave them eighty coins (monetary) and a few acres of land. They didn't have anything else.
Fortunately, Yuan Shanchuan had secretly saved up some money in the early years. In addition, the husband and wife had been working diligently these days. All the money was about three taels of silver.
Three taels (monetary) was far from twelve taels.
Of these three taels (monetary), they still needed to leave one tael of silver for themselves. Otherwise, after the house they were living in was returned to the Yuan family, they would not even have a place to live.
Moreover, Yuan Shanchuan was still injured. The doctor said that he needed to recuperate well. She could not let him go hungry again.
