By the year '08, before the 5/12 earthquake, the restaurant's income was almost twenty thousand yuan a month, which had basically stabilized. At most, it wouldn't exceed thirty thousand, and at least it wouldn't fall below twenty thousand, so on average, it was twenty thousand yuan. With these twenty thousand, plus the annual rent of 114,000 yuan, and a few thousand yuan in song royalties, it was indeed not easy, but somehow they managed to save up one hundred thousand yuan.
When the earthquake called for donations, she donated two hundred thousand yuan within half a year, because she needed to ensure all income was turning over. Therefore, the money was donated over six months. If Meng Xiuying hadn't given her around one hundred thousand, she probably wouldn't have managed to make it work!
