Man Lu

In this way, the Gu family spent the hot summer peacefully until the depth of winter in January.It has been four months since Manzhen and Manlu returned home.

The love story of the Republic of China expanded from more than 20 words to more than 600 words after repeated revisions and polishes by Manzhen and Manlu.It took the two of them a month to finish the work.Manzhen obeyed Manlu's advice and gave the [-] words of the novel to the newspaper first, that is, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper that received their Xiaoxiao Xiaoji.When the editor-in-chief received this article, he burst into laughter.The novel does not need to be revised at all, it is directly serialized in the social newspaper.It was serialized weekly, with a version of about [-] words, and the novel did not enter everyone's field of vision until the third month after it was published.After that, it caused quite a stir.This novel has increased from one word for five points to one word for three points to buy out the manuscript.The manuscript fee for the whole novel was more than [-] yuan.

In four months, Joke Xiaoji earned 520 yuan, Manlu Manzhen copied 200 yuan, and Datou novel manuscript fee was 400 yuan.With this income, Manzhen obeys Manlu's command.Save 300, give [-] to Mrs. Gu, and share more than [-] between them.Man Lu copied the book and made two people's handwriting.The novel is famous, and the name of the two is written.With the success of the last novel, Manlu Manzhen is ready to start writing again.

In her room, with trembling hands, Mrs. Gu took the [-] yuan remitted by the newspaper office from Manzhen.At first, her old man didn't take it seriously.As soon as she opened the envelope and saw the denomination of the money order inside, her hands trembled.She pastes paper boxes every month and earns more than two yuan at most, most of which are one yuan and one dime.There were [-] yuan in it, and she was pleasantly surprised and a little panicked.Mrs. Gu's domestic help has increased to eight yuan a month. Weimin and Jiemin sell newspapers, and they only get [-]% for a newspaper.

Every month before, Manzhen gave the old lady 30 yuan for writing.She saw Man Lu copying in the study, the more she looked at Man Lu, the more she liked her.At the same time, I am ashamed of my past behavior.From time to time, she would ask Manlu to exercise in the courtyard.

"Is this money really you and Manlu?"

Manzhen smiled and replied, "It's my sister, most of them are writing it." I was afraid that Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Gu would spend money like water again, and said: "This book was written by my sister for four years, and I only got it now. Published." The reason why Man Lu was able to give it to Mrs. Gu at one time was because they gave Mrs. Gu 30 yuan a month, but the food and drink at home had improved, but it was not too much, and every meal was not necessarily a meal. See meat.It turned out that the four of them didn't quit their jobs. Seeing the weather getting colder and colder, Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Gu's hands were frostbitten, but they were still working.All of the above, and now that they have received such a large amount of manuscript fees, they let them rest.

The old lady Gu put down her things, covered her face with her hands and began to cry.

"Grandma, our family will get better and better. My sister and I want Mom to come back, and you don't paste paper boxes, she loves you. Weimin and Jiemin's newspaper sales are about to celebrate the Chinese New Year, so let's stop. Stop it, and sell it after a year. The world is so chaotic now, boys still have to suffer. What do you think, baby?" Manzhen threw out the words to pull old lady Gu out of her grief.

"Well, that's fine, I'll let your mother come back. We discussed it before, and we won't do it for another year. In short, we will do as you said. You and Man Lu shouldn't fight so hard, and you should take care of yourself. Especially Man Lu, she won't listen to what you say..." The old lady went on and on about Man Lu.Manzhen was also taken aback by Manlu, she had to go out every day before.It really has never happened before that one can sit still like this now.However, she only thinks that Man Lu is at home, if she goes out, grandma will definitely not like it.In the past four months, she has almost warmed up her books. She went to college in her previous life, and now she has no difficulties.

But her sister, she was really convinced.She also studied well, and so did Man Lu.She is even good at foreign languages, she can't do without admiration.

The old lady Gu finished chatting with Manlu, collected the money and was about to go out, then suddenly grabbed Manzhen again, and said cautiously: "Just the three of us know about the money, don't shout. Your mother can't do it either!" Among the few of them, none of the men is the backbone of the house, so they can't reveal their wealth.

Manzhen also put away her smile, then became more cautious and said in a deep voice: "Okay, just listen to grandma!"

In the evening, after everyone had dinner, Mrs. Gu went into the kitchen to talk to Mrs. Gu about resigning from work.When Mrs. Gu heard this, she was overjoyed, but after thinking about it, she said, "Mom, I earn ten yuan a month now, starting from this month, as Mrs. Zhang said today. This job is not bad. Man Lu and Man Lu I will go to school in the next year of Zhen, which is not a small expense, I think I should do it first, otherwise it will be really difficult to find such a good home with a good monthly income in the future."

The old lady calculated in her heart that it would be one hundred and twelve a year, which is really not a small income.Thinking about Manzhen's words again, he still made up his mind and said: "It's okay, I'll listen to the child on this matter. When you go to work tomorrow, tell the master clearly."

After Mrs. Gu finished talking to Mrs. Gu, she slowly went upstairs to paste her cardboard boxes.She looked up at Man Lu from time to time, the more she looked at her, the more she felt distressed, this is her eldest granddaughter, if she and her daughter-in-law could support the family when her son left, then it wouldn't be... "

Weimin and Jiemin can't stop talking to Manzhen in foreign language.Now she can speak a lot of foreign languages.It's like eating, that's called Yite.Water, that's my special.West ah, called Wai Te.That foreigner likes to go specially.The old lady doesn't want to hear that apple's foreign language, which is called alas.As soon as the word came out, a bloody scene appeared in front of her eyes.What the old lady doesn't understand the most is bad, bad foreign language, which is called white.

Now Weimin, Jiemin and Manzhen often have conversations in English, all of which are simple greetings and common expressions.There is no English class in their school.The two of them learned the basics, but they learned very quickly. Just like them, they can catch up with modern junior high school students.Man Lu thinks that firstly, it should be because the Gu family members have good brains, and secondly, here in the Republic of China, there is no daily entertainment, and all the time is spent on studying.

During these four months, Manlu rarely joined them.In the previous four years, they hated Manlu, hating her for embarrassing herself in front of her classmates and friends.Now it is, I can't tell, the way is unknown.Man Lu has always been quiet and rarely speaks.Eating quietly on the same table, quietly writing in the same room.Knowing that she is earning money to support the family again, she knows that a plate of meat dishes appears at home almost every other day.It was good for them to eat once a week before, that's why she came back.They can't do anything else now, they can only study harder and sell newspapers on Sundays.

When winter came, the Gu family stopped taking a bath every day.Mrs. Gu, Mrs. Gu, Wei Min and others wash once a week and on Sundays.Manlu and Manzhen twice a week, on Wednesday and Sunday.On other days, as soon as ten o'clock came, Weimin would go downstairs to carry a bucket of hot water, and Jiemin would take six basins, one for each of them, to bathe and soak their feet before going to sleep.At first Manlu couldn't stand it, but she still held back.Manzhen has experienced the chaos of war, and the current conditions are better than those of the war, she is not unaccustomed to it.

That night Manlu's head was itching badly, she wanted to fight it back, but in the end she couldn't help it, so she got up, went to the kitchen to boil water and wash her hair.It was a good thought, but the coal in the coal stove burned out, and it was pitch black inside.She could only bite the bullet and toss about it for a while, but instead of getting angry, she made old lady Gu agitated.

When Mrs. Gu heard the sound, she was startled and frightened.Put on your clothes, take a stick, and open the door.What she saw was the light from the kitchen, and she thought it was Weimin or Jiemin who came out looking for something to eat in the middle of the night.Shocked, she walked to the door and saw Man Lu kneeling on the floor with her head stretched towards the furnace.When Man Lu raised her head to face her, she saw a big painted face and almost burst out laughing.Mrs. Gu still thought that she was hungry, so she hurriedly asked, who knew that she had an itchy head and needed to wash her hair.This is a strange girl, Old Madam Gu thought.

Then it was Mrs. Gu who boiled water and washed her hair in the middle of the night.That night, Mrs. Gu patiently boiled water for her strange girl. She boiled a big pot of water and asked her strange girl to wash her body and then her hair.There's no way, her big monster is covered in dust, she can't see it.

When the strange girl in her family was washing her hair, she picked up the light gray overcoat and rubbed it up.On weekdays, the Gu family members wear overcoats at home. It is convenient to wash the housework clothes if they are dirty.Unlike before, once the coat is washed, it is several catties of cotton clothes.The overcoat was still Manlu's idea, and Mrs. Gu sorted it out.After unpacking her clothes, she came over to wipe the hair of her strange girl.It was cold at night, and her family blamed the girl for washing her hair, so she set up the brazier.The two of them wiped their hair by the brazier.

That night, her family's strange girl hugged her and cried and asked, "Grandma, will you always be nice to me? Will you always be nice to me? Grandma, if you want to like me, I don't want to be unloved, no one wants me." My child..." Mrs. Gu didn't answer, but hugged her tightly and cried with her.

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