Man Lu

Early the next morning, the Gu family siblings got up early.The Gu family sisters were doing gymnastics and boxing in the hall.Brothers Gu did the same thing in the backyard.Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Gu are busy with breakfast.

Everyone had breakfast, Weimin and Jiemin were studying in the study, Manzhen was writing, Mrs. Gu was knitting, and Mrs. Gu Man was knitting woolen trousers with her finger.After breakfast, Mrs. Gu went to the market to buy vegetables and prepare guests.Last night, she heard from Mrs. Gu that Zhang Yujin came to visit this morning, and she was very excited.She also wanted to match him with Manlu.When Mrs. Gu went to bed, she thought about it again, and the expression of Manlu reading the letter appeared in her mind.Finally let go of matching him and Manlu.The Gu family themselves are living well, and so is Man Lu, there is no reason that they must be with Zhang Yujin to be happy.Her weird girl can have better ones too.Most importantly, it is best for Manlu to like her.

Zhang Yujin arrived at Gu's house around 11:30, and was able to look in through the courtyard gate, and it was quiet inside.Press the doorbell of the house, and the door will open automatically after a while.Two boys in black woolen tunic suits came out of the building, the younger one rushed towards him with a smile and shouted, "Brother Jin, brother Jin."

"Jiemin? You must be Jiemin. You've grown so tall? I'm so glad you still remember Brother Jin." Zhang Yujin hugged him and looked at him closely. He was solid, strong and energetic.

"Brother Jin." Weimin walked up to him and called.

"Weimin? Have you grown taller?"

"That's right, we've all grown up. Brother Jin, get over the house, grandma and mother have been waiting for you for a long time." Wei Min replied with a smile.The two brothers of the Gu family then hugged Zhang Yujin and walked away.

Walk more than ten or twenty meters to the left and step on the cornerstone. Mrs. Gu is wearing a dark green plush cheongsam and a foreign wool shawl of the same color.Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Wai, who were wearing the same dark blue plush cheongsam, came out of the hall slowly.

"Yujin?" Mrs. Gu said.

"Grandma, auntie, I'm Yujin." After Zhang Yujin handed over the gift bag to Weimin, she hugged Old Madam Gu and entered the room together.On the way, the old lady told Jiemin to go upstairs and called Manlu and Manzhen.That's what the old lady said: "Jiemin hurry up and tell your elder sister and second sister to meet Zhang's elder brother."

"Yujin, is your mother alright?" Zhang Yujin helped the old lady Gu to sit down on the sofa, and then she sat down. As soon as she sat firmly, the old lady asked.Mrs. Gu went into the kitchen to prepare the last few dishes.One person and one small group asked questions and answered, while Weimin made tea.

Within a few minutes, there was a sound of quick steps coming from the stairs. It was Jie Min walking down the stairs quickly, and Man Lu and Man Zhen came slowly from upstairs two meters away.When Zhang Yujin heard footsteps, she turned her head to see that Man Lu and Man Zhen were dressed in a foreign style.Man Lu wore a white shirt, a silver-gray cardigan, silver-gray trousers on her lower body, and a pair of small white high-heeled leather shoes on her feet.Manzhen is dressed in the same style, but the color is changed to silver and white, and the leather shoes are also the same style.These two clothes look and come from the same store.The two wore the same clothes, the same shoes, and the same hairstyle. They wore headdresses of the same color on top of their black, straight, ear-length short hair.At first glance, they look like twin sisters. It turns out that the facial features of the two sisters are not very similar. One looks like Gu's father and the other looks like her mother.But now the two are a combination of Gu's father and Gu's mother, except that Manlu is more resolute and Manzhen is more submissive, but their temperaments are very similar.

It turned out that the faces of the two were evenly round and square, and both of them had become standard goose eggs. The original evenly fair faces may have been darkened by the summer sun exposure, and they seemed to have added some vitality and were not so calm.Now others will know that they are sisters at the first sight. They have similar facial features and temperament. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are twin sisters.

The clothes of the two of them were all made by Man Lu. They were all of the same style, and many of them were of the same style and color.Since the clothes are the same, the shoes don't have to be the same, but every time Manlu chooses the shoes, Manzhen likes them, or if Manzhen chooses them, Manlu also likes them, and the result is like this.The Gu family sisters wear the same style of clothes and shoes, and the Gu family brothers also wear the same style of clothes and shoes.

Zhang Yujin froze for a few seconds when the Gu family sisters entered the door.He had thought about many possibilities before coming here, but he never thought it would be like this.It wasn't until her younger brother Weimin set tea for him in front of him that he woke up, lowered his head and collected his expression.

"Manlu and Manzhen meet your Zhang family brother soon, Yujin" the old lady Gu put down her teacup and said with a smile.Then she turned her head slowly and called softly: "Yujin, this is Manlu and Manzhen. You haven't seen each other for many years. If you were outside, you might not recognize them." The matter of the marriage contract that the family once had and then broke up was disclosed, and it will not be mentioned again.

In the book of Manlu Space, I read that Zhang Yujin, who had divorced Gu Manlu after retiring from marriage, many years later, when this man became the director of a hospital in Lu'an, when he came to Gu's house again, he had a crush on Gu Manlu who had "become a passing dancer". On the contrary, he was very cold, and he didn't find any love for Man Lu, so he acted coldly.Instead, she gets close to her younger sister Manzhen intentionally or unintentionally.

Zhang Yujin was similar to what was described in the book, a gentle, fair and handsome southern man.Although it is said in the book that he got close to Manzhen because he saw that Manzhen was like the Manlu who fell in love with him when he was a girl, but this only shows that Zhang Yujin, like all men in the world, only loves young and beautiful girls. It's just that, this man never really loved the original owner. If he had, it would not be her fault that his lover fell into prostitution because of raising a family. But many years later, he completely denied the relationship with the original owner. The original owner is worthless and distressed.She knew that the Zhang family was not a wealthy family, and was even a little poor. The Zhang family was just him and his mother, orphans and widows.In the past, it can be said that it was because he was young and did not have the conditions and ability to support the Gu family.After he established his career, he had never seen him sponsoring the Gu family. Even if he had lost his engagement with the original owner, his Zhang family and the Gu family were old friends, and they didn't show anything at all...

The more she thought of the love letter Zhang Yujin wrote to the original owner in the former residence, the colder Man Lu felt.Her heart was cold, but there was a slight smile on her face, she looked at Zhang Yujin who was on the sofa, and said softly, "Yujin."

"Brother Yujin." Manzhen came out from behind Manlu and stood on Manlu's left.

"Manlu, Manzhen."

Accompanied by Zhang Yujin's words, Mrs. Gu's voice calling Manzhen came from the kitchen, and Manzhen immediately went to the kitchen.Man Lu went to the right side of Mrs. Gu and sat down.He took the hot tea that Weimin handed over, and drank it in small sips while holding the teacup.After serving tea to everyone, Weimin sat down beside Manlu.While drinking, he listened to the conversation between Mrs. Gu, Jiemin and Zhang Yujin.Listening to them talking slowly, it was said that this time he came to explore the way first, and next time he would bring Zhang's mother over to see Mrs. Gu and so on.

In less than half a quarter of an hour, Mrs. Gu and Manzhen were serving the dishes, Weimin and Manlu got up and set the bowls quickly.Behind him were Zhang Yujin and Jiemin who were supporting Mrs. Gu.

On the dining table, there is a bowl of lotus root soup, a plate of roast duck, a plate of fried chicken with mushrooms, a plate of steamed sea bass, a plate of sweet and sour pork ribs, a plate of barbecued pork, a plate of fried tofu with minced meat, and a plate of fried cabbage.

At the dining table, only the old lady Gu and Mrs. Gu were talking to Zhang Yujin. Siyun, the siblings of the Gu family, were listening with smiles on their faces and eating in silence.

After the meal, it was Mrs. Gu who cleaned up the dishes quickly, and the five members of the Gu family sat back on the sofa and chatted with Zhang Yujin.This time the old lady no longer takes the lead, and let the five juniors reminisce about the old days.

Zhang Yujin first asked Weimin and Jiemin about their homework, and then introduced her learning skills.The three had a good chat, and after more than half an hour, the old lady Gu appeared tired, so Manlu helped her into the room for a lunch break.As soon as Mrs. Gu left, Weimin chatted with Jiemin and Zhang Yujin more freely. They no longer focused on their homework, but talked about national chaos, war, and the Northeast.Manzhen sat quietly and watched the three of them express their opinions and propositions around state affairs.

Man Lu helped Old Madam Gu into the room, and she felt better.The old lady tugged at Man Lu and asked her if she still had thoughts about Zhang Yujin.Man Lu immediately told her frankly that she had no idea.She is focusing on her studies now, and she will not talk about marriage for the time being.After listening to Man Lu's words, Mrs. Gu completely let go of her marriage with Zhang Yujin.The grandparents and grandchildren chattered about various matters in the family.After nearly an hour, Mrs. Gu was really tired, so Man Lu came out of her room.

In the living room, Mrs. Gu had already taken up the topic and asked about Zhang's mother again.Weimin and Jiemin listened to it again impatiently, told Zhang Yujin to leave and went upstairs to review the book.Manzhen was left to accompany Mrs. Gu. When Mrs. Gu heard the sound of the door and saw Man Lu retreating from Mrs. Gu's room, she hurriedly waved for Man Lu to pass.As soon as Mrs. Gu passed by, Mrs. Gu said she was tired, so she rested first and asked the Gu family sisters to accompany Zhang Yujin.It turned out that when Mrs. Gu heard that Zhang Yujin was still alone, and she didn't talk to her friends, she became even more passionate about matching him with Manlu.

A few minutes after Mrs. Gu left, Manzhen also left, intentionally leaving Manlu and Zhang Yujin alone.There were only two people left in the living room, and it seemed empty for a moment, and it felt like there was an echo of what was said, so Man Lu signaled Zhang Yujin to go out and go for a walk in the garden.

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