Fifty Cents | 五十美分

English Original

After many months of struggling to make ends meet, a couple decided that the only way to earn extra cash was for the wife to start working as a prostitute.

Early the next morning, the wife returned home looking exhausted and haggard. The husband, feeling guilty, asked how she had done. She replied that she had earned two hundred dollars and fifty cents.

"That's great!" the husband exclaimed. "But who gave you the fifty cents?"

"Everybody," the wife replied.


中文翻译

在数月努力维持生计后,一对夫妇决定,赚取额外收入的唯一办法就是让妻子开始从事卖淫。

第二天一大早,妻子回到家,看起来疲惫不堪、面容憔悴。丈夫心怀愧疚地问她情况如何。她回答说,她赚了二百美元和五十美分。

"太棒了!"丈夫惊呼道。"但是谁给了你那五十美分?"

"每个人,"妻子回答。

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