Chapter 109 This money was to be used for living expenses. The rest that mother makes was to be stored away somewhere safe where none of their neighbors could find it. Margaret was (in a sense) still pure-minded however. Thinking, “I’ve given Mother so much pocket money, so it will surely be built up until I am an adult,” she was still an innocent child who did not yet understand the way society worked. While tasting some plum juice her mother had brought out to celebrate her [big catch], Margaret asked something that had been bothering her since before. “Hey Mama. Everyone always says, ‘Because Mama is beautiful, she earns more money,’ so why don’t you take more customers?” It was here that Margaret’s proud mother pulled out a little liquor for herself as a thin crease formed on her

