Man Lu

Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Zhang talked about Mrs. Chen and the Chen brothers while picking vegetables.The more Zhang's mother heard, the more she envied her. There are such good neighbors, and the Gu family brothers have made such good friends.Yujin seemed to have always been a loner, and thinking of the kind of Yujin in the hospital, her heart ached.

Mrs. Gu only talked about it, but didn't go into details. She is no longer the Mrs. Gu who was more than two years ago. She has worked as a servant for others, so she knows what to say and what not to say.When she saw Manlu crying a month and a half ago, she was even more conspicuous.

The two chattered for about half an hour. Mrs. Gu saw that Zhang's mother was a little tired, so she helped Zhang's mother into her bedroom and let her rest for a while, and she went to cook first.Upstairs, Manzhen was writing a book, Weimin and Jiemin were reviewing books, and the old lady Gu was still chatting with her.Downstairs, Manlu was rushing to make new clothes for the four boys.Zhang's mother was lying on the bed, she thought she couldn't fall asleep, but who knows, she fell asleep within a while.When she woke up, she was quiet for a while, looked out of the window and estimated that there was still a glimmer of sunshine outside, and it was not yet five o'clock.I just squinted for nearly an hour.

Mother Zhang didn't turn on the light immediately, but looked at Mrs. Gu's bedroom with the glimmer of light.The furniture and furniture are even Western goods.The whole bedroom furniture wardrobe bookcase, dressing table, bed, bedside table, small table, chairs are all complete sets with milky white as the base, and blue unknown small flowers and plants are evenly dotted at the corners.This wardrobe is so big that it occupies an entire wall on the opposite side.The milk-yellow quilt on her body is very soft and warm, it should not be a cotton quilt.It was what they said, that Yoko's quilt was not made of cotton, but duck feathers. When she heard it for the first time, she found it incredible.Today she put on this duck feather quilt for the first time, it is so light and warm, so comfortable.Just as she was getting dressed, there was a knock on the door followed by Manzhen's voice.She hurriedly answered, followed by the sound of turning the door lock.

Manzhen saw that Zhang's mother was already dressed, and Mrs. Dao Gu had just prepared the meal. Everyone went to the restaurant to eat, and she and the elder sister were the only ones left.While talking, he stepped forward to support Zhang's mother and put him on the dining table.During the meal, Mrs. Gu had already taken the main seat, Wei Min was setting the bowls, and Mrs. Gu was serving the soup.As soon as Zhang's mother appeared, Mrs. Gu smiled and nodded to her, and said to sit down soon. Manzhen helped her to sit on the left side of Mrs. Gu.Mother Zhang kept thanking her.Just as Zhang's mother sat down, Jie Min and Man Lu walked in from the door.They greeted Zhang's mother at the same time. Man Lu sat on the right side of Mrs. Gu, and Jie Min sat next to her.Then Weimin beat Jiemin, Manzhen fought Jiemin, and Mrs. Gu finally sat between Manzhen and Zhang's mother.

A pot of peanut and lotus root bone soup, a plate of white-cut chicken, a plate of steamed sea bass, a plate of chicken offal fried with garlic, a plate of scrambled eggs with leeks, and a plate of shredded Chinese cabbage.

During the meal, Mrs. Gu and Zhang's mother were talking about the old days, and Mrs. Gu would interject a sentence or two in the middle. The four younger generations of the Gu family did not say a word the whole time, and ate in silence.Mother Zhang didn't pay attention to anything else, but she noticed that Mrs. Gu had picked up food for Man Lu on the right hand side six times.This didn't happen last time.What Mrs. Gu thought was that she would invite Zhang's mother and son to celebrate the New Year. After the Chinese New Year, Zhang's mother's health would not recover so quickly.She's hurt her bones, she won't be able to walk freely in two or three months, if she lives here all this time, then there's no need to hide her love for Manlu.

After dinner, Mrs. Gu cleaned up, Jiemin and Manlu went to the study; Manzhen helped Mrs. Zhang to sit on the sofa, and sat on the sofa with the old lady; Weimin poured tea aside.Then Manzhen sorted out some snacks and put them away for the convenience of Mrs. Gu and Zhang's mother, and went upstairs with Weimin to study.

Mother Zhang was still chatting with Mrs. Gu about the new and old situation in Lu'an, and it took about half an hour before Mrs. Gu came out of the kitchen.As soon as Mrs. Gu came out, the old lady Gu said, let the sisters talk, and she will supervise the grandchildren's reading.After hearing the words, Mrs. Gu walked up to her, stretched out her hand, helped Mrs. Gu up, and then sat down next to Mrs. Zhang.The two chattered about their respective children, and they both had a tacit understanding not to talk about the marriage contract between Zhang Yujin and Man Lu, and they only treated each other as old friends in their hometown.

Upstairs in the study room, Manzhen and Weimin Jiemin had an English conversation, the old lady Gu was making a call, and Man Lu was making a call with her next to her.Man Lu's finger fluttered, she hit ten times, the old lady hadn't finished one, but the old lady was not in a hurry, she played the net in an unsteady and steady rhythm.This network business is seasonal. Business is light in summer, spring and autumn, and the most prosperous in winter. In the three light seasons, there are also 30 yuan per month. In winter, starting from November, it increases to four per month. Five hundred yuan came in.As far as Luozi's business is concerned, in the past six months, [-] yuan has been earned.Because the network is so good, many stores have followed suit, but the network they make is the most suitable for customers.The Mrs. Gao who cooperated with them was very surprised.She checked carefully, and found that the ones made by other houses and the ones made by the Gu family had the same style and materials, but the ones made by the Gu family wanted to stand out and win the hearts of customers.

Others don't know, but Man Lu knows some things about herself.She changed her physique due to space, and at the same time added some mysterious and blessed things like luck and luck.The people around her more or less followed Zhan Ran.If the network she played with Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Gu were of the same style, and the three were suddenly mixed together, they would not be able to tell who made it.But when different styles are printed, the problem arises. Manlu sells the best when printed, and then Mrs. Gu, and Mrs. Gu is the last.Whoever said recently, she has been getting tired of being with Mrs. Gu, and Mrs. Gu is the most lucky for her.But when she went to school, Manzhen was the most lucky.

Weimin and Jiemin feel that they achieve the best results when they study with their two older sisters.They thought it was because of the supervision of the two sisters.Because of their presence, their learning efficiency is high, and they will follow their steps closely.The Chen family brothers also felt the same way. It would be easier and easier to study with the Gu family. It would be more comfortable if the two sisters were there.Chen's father and Chen's mother love to study even more when they see the two brothers getting along with the poor children of the Gu family.The grades soared, and the two of them strengthened the relationship between the two.

At the beginning of December, one of the five stores that previously sold Gu's jewelry called Gu's and asked her to try using velvet to make another batch of headgear suitable for winter.The store provides the materials, so it only makes headbands and headbands. The store will pay the Gu family at 1000 cents for a headband and 150 yuan for a headband.The condition is that if the store's quarterly quota exceeds 150 yuan, the Gu family can no longer make goods for other stores.This is a no-cost transaction, Man Lurang set the contract period at one piece and asked Weimin to sign it.Less than a week after the delivery, the store called again to increase the production volume, ordering [-] headbands and [-] headbands.For this batch of headgear, the Gu family received [-] yuan in December.Naturally, this money was handed over to Mrs. Gu, and Mrs. Gu handed over [-] yuan of gold to Mrs. Gu, and she kept the remaining [-] yuan.

Years ago, the headgear store wanted to directly hire Gu Jia to be their headgear maker, and the conditions were very generous. Weimin was very tempted, but Manlu disagreed, so he had to give up.The contract was not finalized, Wei Min thought the shopkeeper would be a little angry, but the result was unexpected, the shopkeeper was more polite to him, and even sent someone to send a New Year's gift to Gu's family on the 29th of the Chinese New Year.The New Year gifts are two suckling pigs, two boxes of candies, biscuits and melon seeds, two boxes of apples, and two boxes of oranges.Mrs. Gao's staff also came to give New Year's gifts. Their New Year's gifts are two roast ducks, two boxes of candies, biscuits and melon seeds, two boxes of apples, two boxes of oranges, and two boxes of pears.

The gift giving was at 10:30 in the morning. At that time, the two brothers of the Chen family were trying on new clothes in Weimin's room, Mrs. Chen was chatting with Mrs. Gu in the living room, and Zhang's mother was listening, and would interject a few sentences in between.

The doorbell rang, and it was Ah Ying, who was beside Mrs. Chen, who went to welcome the door first.Mrs. Gu got up, and before she got off the abutment, Ah Ying was followed by four young men in Chinese tunic suits, holding the New Year gift with both hands.Mrs. Gu ordered the four people to place the annual ceremony in the hall in an orderly manner, and two of them took out the gift list from their pockets and handed it to Mrs. Gu before leaving.

Seeing this, Mrs. Chen took Ah Ying home without waiting for her son upstairs who was trying on clothes.On the way, Ah Ying told her that the New Year gift givers all came by car, two black cars.Mrs. Chen went back and told Father Chen roughly what she saw and heard at Gu's house, but Father Chen didn't comment.

Half an hour later, the two boys were carrying a cloth bag, followed by the three members of the Gu family.It turned out that Manlu made two sets of clothes for each of them.Man Lu made six sets of that batch of fabrics, and gave two sets to each of the Chen brothers and one set to each of the Gu brothers.Mrs. Chen looked at the four sets of clothes, as well as a suckling pig, a box of candies, biscuits and melon seeds, a box of apples, a box of oranges, and a box of pears that Mrs. Gu and Weimin Jiemin had sent over.Mrs. Chen felt that the Gu family was worthy of close friendship.

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