Man Lu

On the second day, Mrs. Gu got up to make breakfast and found something unusual in the kitchen, but she didn't think about it and continued to cook rice porridge.

At seven o'clock, except for Man Lu, all the Gu family sat at the dining table.Jiemin was about to go upstairs to call her eldest sister, but was stopped by Mrs. Gu, who only said that Manlu didn't sleep well last night, and now she is trying to catch up on sleep.As soon as Mrs. Gu's words came out, everyone else was surprised to think that Man Lu was ill, and even stood up.Everyone was stopped by her old man again.She had gone upstairs to see it, she didn't have a fever and a cold, and her complexion was normal, so she just went downstairs.

Mrs. Gu didn't reveal what happened last night.Among the crowd, only Manzhen is the most careful.She clearly noticed that Mrs. Gu's feelings for Man Lu were different, and she felt that she really doted on Man Lu.As soon as the old lady said Manlu, her face was full of tenderness, which couldn't be stopped no matter what.This is an extremely inconsistent picture!

Mrs. Gu has resigned from work for a week, Weimin and Jiemin are also on vacation from today, and the Chinese New Year is only a week away.Once everyone heard that Man Lu was fine, they cheered up again.

After breakfast, Manzhen Weimin and Jiemin went upstairs to learn English.Since there is a plan to send the two of them to missionary schools, they must study English intensively.This year Weimin is 14 years old and Jiemin is [-] years old. One is in the second grade of middle school and the other is in the third grade of elementary school.He planned to send Weimin to a church middle school as soon as he graduated from junior high school.One is arranged in high school and the other in junior high school, just right.

Weimin and Jiemin didn't know anything about the arrangement of the two sisters. The reason they worked so hard to learn was because if they sold the newspapers in their hands to foreigners in English, they would almost buy one.Pedestrians passing by, because of their English part, also bought it.They are now selling more newspapers a week than they did in a month.

Now the monthly newspapers are selling better and better. Last month, the income was nearly 12 yuan.Of course, earning so much is mostly due to the rewards from foreigners. When they buy newspapers, most of them get [-] cents. Newspapers get [-] cents, sometimes [-] cents, [-] cents, and even [-] cent. Most of them don’t want change from Weimin and Jiemin.Mrs. Gu asked them to stop working temporarily and not sell newspapers and continue after the next year, but they refused.Originally, they planned to sell newspapers every day after the holiday, but Manlu stopped them. They still made the same arrangement as before. They only went to sell newspapers on Sundays, and they usually focused on their studies.Manlu asked Manzhen to get a set of textbooks from elementary school to high school, and after Weimin and Jiemin had reviewed their homework, they taught them the content of the church.This is all preparation for the year ahead.

Because of Manzhen's tutoring this semester, Weimin and Jiemin are even top in the class in grades.They have good grades, and teachers value them more. Students from poor families like them no longer dare to bully them.All of the above, Weimin and Jiemin have nothing but admiration for the Gu family sisters.They will obey what they say.

The three siblings are studying, and Mrs. Gu is pasting her cardboard boxes inside.She didn't consider giving up the receipt of the pasted box.If she doesn't paste the box, she has nothing to do, so she might as well do some work.When the grandchildren are tired of studying their homework, they will sit down and play with her, which feels good.There is hope for such a day, and the wrinkles on her and Mrs. Gu's foreheads have become lighter.

Old Madam Gu checked that it was getting late, and there was no movement from Manlu, so she got up to clean her hands.Slowly walked to Manlu's room, opened the door and checked.Man Lu turned her face sideways, sleeping soundly.The old lady Gu warmed her hands on her body, and then reached out to stroke her forehead. There was nothing unusual, and she closed the door gently and went out.

Manzhen put down her book and looked up at Mrs. Gu, frowning, "Sister, are you okay?" Weimin and Jiemin also looked at Mrs. Gu solemnly.

The old lady Gu waved her hand: "Okay, maybe it's because I didn't have a good rest before, and I went to bed late last night, so I'm still sleepy."

Man Lu was so sleepy that she didn't even wake up to eat lunch.Old Mrs. Gu saw that she was fast asleep, and Mrs. Gu tried to force Manlu to wake up, but she stopped her.

Fortunately, Mrs. Gu stopped her, otherwise something might happen.Man Lu is trapped by space.The space upgrade drained her mental power and made her unconscious, but it didn't hurt her body, but improved her physique.Man Lu had some perception of Mrs. Gu's multiple visits, but she couldn't respond.

After lunch, Mrs. Gu stopped pasting her cardboard boxes in the study, but went to Manlu's room to take care of her.She thought it was normal and abnormal for Manlu to be like this, but there was always a voice saying, let her sleep, she was exhausted.She is safe and wakes up naturally after a good sleep.Manzhen was really worried, and went into the room with Mrs. Gu.Seeing that Man Lu was really asleep, she thought it was incredible, but she didn't think too much about it. Seeing that Mrs. Gu was looking after her, she went back to her room to write in peace.

Man Lu didn't wake up until around five o'clock in the afternoon. When she opened her eyes, the old lady Gu said anxiously: "Man Lu, Man Lu." With a confused face on her face, Man Lu murmured in a hoarse voice: "Milk." Then, With the help of Mrs. Gu, she sat up and looked around, and said, "Grandma, what's wrong with me?" Seeing that she was sitting firmly, Mrs. Gu immediately picked up the cotton coat she had prepared and put it on her.While putting on his clothes, he smiled and said, "You, you are really sleepy today, and you slept until dinner time."

"what."

"Hurry up and get dressed, you haven't eaten all day, are you starving?"

Man Lu pretended to rub her stomach, and said, "I'm hungry, but I slept so comfortably, I haven't slept so well in a long time."

"That's right, grandma didn't call you because she thought you were sleeping well."

"Hehe" Man Lu wrapped her hands around the old lady's waist, lowered her head in a shy gesture.

The grandparents and grandchildren chattered downstairs and went to the dining table.

On the dining table was a plate of steamed sea bass, a plate of sliced ​​meat and potatoes, a plate of water tofu, and a plate of pumpkin.Originally, if there was meat on the table, there would be no fish, but the old lady asked Mrs. Gu to add more dishes.Mrs. Gu had asked Mrs. Gu to break an egg into the porridge made by Man Lu.The perch is not big, it should not be a catty, almost eight taels.

"Sister, are you better?" Jiemin asked as soon as he saw Manlu.Although grandma said that the eldest sister was not sick, he still thought she was sick, but the disease was relatively mild.Otherwise, why didn't his grandma let him into the room to see the eldest sister.The rest of the Gu family didn't show any abnormality when Mrs. Gu added eggs to Manlu.

"I'm fine." After finishing speaking, she lowered her head shyly.

"Your eldest sister is just tired, eat quickly, the food is getting cold." The old lady got up first, and the others immediately followed.Everyone started eating again without speaking.During the meal, Bi Manzhen and Mrs. Gu went into the kitchen to wash the dishes.Man Lu helped Mrs. Gu upstairs, Wei Min and Jie Min had already stepped forward to turn on the light.The old lady told Man Lu not to copy the book tonight, but to talk about it tomorrow.Man Lu felt that her physical fitness had improved again, her body was brisk, and she didn't want to go to bed early, she still wanted to copy books.

At nearly nine o'clock, Man Lu put away her pen and sat down beside Mrs. Gu, holding her arm, and asked, "Mama, Mom, the Chinese New Year is only a few days away. What new year's goods have we prepared at home?" Weimin, Jiemin As soon as I heard about the new year's goods, I immediately lost the motivation to study, and turned to care about the new year's goods.Immediately, everyone stopped their homework and sat around Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Gu.

New Year's goods must include food, clothing, New Year's pictures and couplets.Pork, mutton, chicken, duck, fish melon seeds, sugar, rice cakes, and rice dumplings will be prepared if possible.Man Lu couldn't find some New Year's goods in Gu's house, so she couldn't help asking.

Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Gu put down the cardboard boxes in their hands at the same time.Mrs. Gu didn't speak. She looked at Mrs. Gu and her four children, but she didn't answer.Their Gu family had the worst life last year, and they dare not recall it.How to live this year listen to the old lady.Now she gets her daily food money from the old lady.

Mrs. Gu looked at her grandson and daughter-in-law in front of her, and said in a deep voice, "It's the beginning of the new year, and Manlu Manzhen has to go to school. It's not a small expense. Everyone doesn't buy new clothes this year. Buy twenty catties of pork, two Chicken, two catties of pork ribs, four pieces of fish, another twenty catties of rice dumplings, and two catties of sugar." This is the arrangement of meat and vegetables from now to fifteen, and it will cost about 15 yuan.Ask Man Lu to write the couplets, cut some window grilles, and the paper money for incense sticks before telling her daughter-in-law.

Everyone knows that there will be no more new clothes this year, and now they are 25. If they didn't buy clothes before, they shouldn't buy new clothes in the next few days.Weimin and Jiemin laughed when they heard that there were pork, ribs, chicken, fish, rice dumplings, and candy.In the current school of the two of them, the surrounding classmates are all from poor families. Listening to their words, and comparing them to their own families, they will be one by one.They don't buy meat on weekdays, and only add half a catty to a catty of pork during festivals.

"Grandma, do you want to buy it tomorrow?" Jiemin asked anxiously.

"Well, I will buy it tomorrow, Weimin Jiemin, you will help your mother carry things tomorrow."

"Okay" twice.

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