Man Lu

On the second day, Mother Zhang got up half an hour earlier than usual.After stepping out of the door and entering the hall, I heard the movement of the kitchen, stepped up my steps, and went in to see that it was Mrs. Gu who was cooking rice porridge.Zhang's mother had to open her mouth and yelled "ah", and then realized that she was rude, so she hurriedly greeted Mrs. Gu.After the two chatted, Zhang's mother knew that it was Manlu again that Mrs. Gu came to the kitchen to cook that early in the morning.

After the rice porridge was cooked, put it aside, while Mrs. Gu was cooking sweet potato rice porridge in a small pot on the stove.Mrs. Zhang watched the old lady Gu keep stirring with a spoon, looking lovingly at the rice flour in the pot, her eyes twitched.She couldn't take over the work in Mrs. Gu's hands, so she steamed steamed buns and fried side dishes.

One serving of fried pork belly with dried radish, one serving of shredded pork with cabbage, and one serving of scrambled eggs with tomatoes.Because the noodles were delivered last night, Mother Zhang moved very neatly, and when Mrs. Gu got up, breakfast was ready.Mrs. Gu was also very surprised. When she saw the bowl of sweet potato and rice porridge, she knew what was going on.In the Gu family, Manlu likes sweet potato rice noodles, and she likes to eat rice noodles with various grains and sweet soup.In the past, Manlu always ate whatever was prepared at home.Later, Mrs. Gu knew that she loved food somehow, so she would let Mrs. Gu or Zhang’s mother prepare it from time to time, and she would cook some herself when she got up early.

After six o'clock in the morning, the Gu family finished their breakfast.Man Lu was exhausted, so she went for a walk in the courtyard.Jiemin also walked along with Manlu.After walking around, Jiemin was very conflicted, Manlu didn't take the initiative to talk to him at all, the two just walked silently.Seeing that Manlu was going back, Jiemin opened his mouth.

"Big sister." Jiemin called out, rubbing the hair on the top of his head with one hand, and clenched his fist behind the other hand.

Man Lu glanced at him, and said uninterestedly: "Yes." She didn't look at him after she finished speaking, but looked at the branches and leaves beside her.

Jiemin took his hands off his head and clasped them behind his back: "Sister, I want to ride to school by myself." Jiemin took a sneak peek at Manlu's expression, and saw that her expression hadn't changed, she was still calm.Seeing that she was neither angry nor opposed, he went on to say, "I asked my second sister for her bike, but she refused. Eldest sister, can I ride your bike? I'll ride it for a few days." He is He wants to ride by himself in the future, but he knows that he can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and everything should be done step by step.Today he only asks to ride for a few days, next time he asks to ride for a few months, and then he can ride to school by himself every day.

"You disassembled my bike, including the chain, until it can no longer be disassembled. After disassembly, it can be assembled within half an hour and can be ridden away. You can ride it for two days."

"Ah!" said again, "Isn't Eldest Sister? Then how can it be done."

"Then you don't want to ride." Man Lu's tone remained unchanged, she glanced at him again, and said calmly.After she finished speaking, she left, leaving Jiemin frowning and stomping on the spot.

After Man Lu finished making the accessories last time, she felt very bored.She has no energy to do anything these days, she doesn't plan to stay at home today, she wants to go out for a walk.There was nothing to do in the morning, and she didn't go out until three o'clock in the afternoon.She went out not to find new business, but simply to relax.

Now that the Gu family is on track, next year they will go to Hong Kong to escape the national chaos.Before, she and Manzhen planned to immigrate the Gu family to the United States. Recently, the two of them talked to the old lady. The old lady was not willing to leave their homeland. Seeing this, they gave up the idea of ​​going abroad to escape the national crisis.But it is too dangerous to stay, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, the two of them choose Hong Kong.They plan to leave Shanghai next September for Hong Kong.

Mrs. Chen, the neighbor next door, told Manlu this month that the whole family was planning to leave Shanghai for Hong Kong next month, that is, in mid-November.Mr. Chen works in a newspaper office, and his father is a high-ranking government official, so he is very well informed.They are no longer optimistic about the domestic situation. As a bastard, Mr. Chen first went to Hong Kong to explore the way for the family.

If she and Manzhen didn't know the domestic situation, they would definitely go to Hong Kong with Mrs. Chen.Now their priority is to save gold bars and go to Hong Kong. All income has to be reorganized. The place is not familiar to them, so the two sisters decided to go to Hong Kong one year later.Man Lu has reached a consensus with Mrs. Chen, and if conditions permit, they will still be neighbors.Man Lu paid [-] gold bars to Mrs. Chen the day before yesterday as rent for the house.

Now only Mrs. Gu knows about the relocation, and the others don't know anything.Man Lu didn't know how to deal with Zhang's mother and son.In the past two years, the two families have gotten along fairly well, but they have not yet become a family.

Zhang Yujin has been busy with her career. Seeing what he is doing now, Man Lu finally understands what is said in the book. He was less than 30 years old and became the director of a hospital in Lu'an at a young age.Now he is the youngest attending surgeon in Shanghai Hospital.When she and Yu Jin met normally, except for greeting each other in etiquette, they never once deepened their relationship.Because he came and went in such a hurry, Manlu couldn't see his real thoughts clearly.When Zhang Yujin came to the Gu family, Zhang's mother always guarded against her intentionally or unintentionally.In this regard, she only thought it was ridiculous and didn't take it seriously.On the contrary, the Gu family was a little dissatisfied with this, which is why the two families were not particularly close.

Today, she only talked to Mrs. Gu, and then walked alone in the streets of the French Concession.

The aisles were filled with hurrying people.

too many people.

too much noise.

Man Lu felt even more bored, she turned around and prepared to go back.The moment she turned around and went back, she saw a woodcarving stall out of the corner of her eye. It wasn't the things in the stall that attracted her, and the woodcarving peddler flashed in front of her eyes.

She stopped, turned her head slightly, and walked towards the small vendor.

When she turned around, Xiao Hei had noticed her.He was sitting on the ground before. When he saw her and recognized her, he put his left hand on the ground, his right foot propped up his body, and stood up straight.She glared at Man Lu with disbelief in joy.

Man Lu took two steps, only to find the mud-yellow crutch on Xiao Hei's left. When he stood up, she could see clearly that the sole of his left ankle was on the ground.This scene hurt her eyes, and her heart was twitching.

"Is that you? Sister Gu?" Xiao Hei murmured excitedly.

"It's me, Xiao Hei." As soon as the two recognized each other, it attracted the attention of many people, especially the peddlers around.Seeing this, Man Lu knew that this was not a good place to talk, so she squatted down and packed the wood carving in front of Xiao Hei with a spread on the ground.Holding it in her hand, Man Lu signaled Xiao Hei to move forward.After exiting this street market, we stopped at a deviating angle.

Xiao Hei simply and quickly said that four years ago, he rescued a newspaper boy from a four-wheeled cart, and he hurt his foot, so he stopped soliciting customers.Now I'm doing car wash at the owner's house.As for this woodcarving, I have learned how to carve from my uncle for two years, and I am trying to sell it myself.

Man Lu just listened quietly, her eyes fixed on Xiao Hei's left foot.After hearing this, she briefly introduced their living conditions after being separated for nearly four years, and then gave Xiao Hei 30 yuan, telling him to quit his current job immediately and go to Gu's family to find her, and she had other work arrangements for him.Xiao Hei couldn't believe his ears, asked three times, and then happily agreed to go back to the employer's house and resign, but Xiao Hei refused to accept the 30 yuan.

Man Lu went home with the bag of gadgets.When Mrs. Gu opened the door, she was surprised when she came back with a dusty and patched cloth bag, but she didn't ask any further questions.

There are two workers' rooms behind the Gu's Mansion, one of which is used as a sewing room and the other as a storage room.After Manlu went back, she immediately reorganized the two rooms and left one room for Xiao Hei to live in.At first, the Gu family didn't even know that she was tidying up the room. When she was almost done tidying up, Mrs. Gu and Zhang's mother on the first floor found out and went to ask for help, but Manlu refused.At the same time, he told Mrs. Gu to make an extra meal for three people. Mrs. Gu and Zhang's mother heard the news and immediately prepared the meals.

After finishing the integration, she took out black and gray cloth and cut out six sets of new clothes for Xiao Hei, all of which were made into Chinese tunic suits.Although Xiao Hei lives in a worker's room, Man Lu does not intend to treat Xiao Hei as a human being.The Gu family has no vacant rooms, and Xiao Hei is already an adult man, so it is inconvenient for her to live in the main building with her and two unmarried women.Man Lu brought Xiao Hei back without consulting the Gu family first, and she didn't take the Gu family's opinion to heart.If they strongly object, then she plans to find another place to live, and she will leave the Gu family directly.Anyway, now that the Gu family is on the right track, having more of her and one less of her will not affect their quality of life.Of course, the matter of going to Hong Kong will not change, but if the Gu family does not accept it, then she will no longer live with them in the future.

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