Chapter 2 Chapter two

Manzhen recovered from illness, and on the first day back to the office, Shuhui happened to be invited to dinner that day. A colleague lost a bet with him on the host and invited him to eat Western food.It was the first time that Manzhen and Shijun went out to eat alone.At first, I felt very uncomfortable. Shuhui seemed to be the soul of their small group. Without him, it immediately became quiet, and only the sound of bowls and lanterns could be heard. The business in this small restaurant is also very deserted today, the accountant woman is sitting on the counter with nothing to do, she can't stop shooting towards them.Maybe this is just Shijun's psychological effect, it seems that people pay special attention to them today.The woman was probably the proprietress here, with permed hair and a few thin bangs on her forehead.I always see her knitting wool there, knitting a big red sweater.The weather was warmer today, so she changed into a short-sleeved two-blue bamboo cloth cheongsam, revealing a large section of fat and white arms, pressing on the big red wool, which was bright and eye-catching.There is also an emerald green burnt bracelet on his arm.Shijun smiled and said to Manzhen: It's really warm today.Manzhen said: It's really hot.While speaking, he took off his coat.

Shijun said: I saw your brother that day.Manzhen smiled and said: That is my youngest brother.Shijun said: How many sisters do you have?Manzhen smiled and said: There are six in total.Shijun smiled and said: Are you the tallest?Manzhen said: No, I am the second.Shijun said: I thought you were the biggest.Manzhen smiled and said: Why?Shijun said, "Because you seem to be used to being a sister since you were young, and you always take care of others.Manzhen smiled.There were traces of hot teacups circled on the table, and she drew circles along the white traces with her fingers, and said while drawing: I guess you must have an only son.Shijun smiled and said: Oh?Because you think I'm spoiled and spoiled, don't you?Manzhen didn't answer his question, but only said: Even if you have sisters, there are only sisters, no brothers or brothers.Shijun smiled and said: I just guessed wrong, I have an older brother, but he has passed away.Apart from his father and mother, there is only one sister-in-law and one nephew. His family has always lived in Nanjing, but he is not from Nanjing.He asked where she was from, and she said she was from Lu'an Prefecture.Shijun said, "That's the place where the tea leaves are produced. Have you ever been there?"Manzhen said: I went there once when my father was buried.Shijun said: Oh, your father is gone.Manzhen said: He died when I was fourteen years old.

Having said that, she has reached the edge of her secret.Shijun didn't believe that she had anything to hide from others at all, but at this moment there was an air of silence that forced him to admit the existence of this secret.But if she didn't tell him, he would never ask.And to be honest, he kind of didn't want to know.Could it be that what Shu Hui guessed was possible? This situation seems to be worse than what Shu Hui thought.And she is such a simple and lovely person on the surface, it is unimaginable. He pretended to be leisurely, and took a chopstick to eat the vegetables, but the vegetables tasted like wood and skin, and there was no taste at all.He picked up a bottle of ketchup and wanted to pour some, but things like ketchup have always been like this, they can be poured for a long time without being able to pour it out, and there is a big pile when it comes out.When he saw it, it was too much, and it was so red that it covered a bowl of rice.The proprietress at the counter cast another sharp look at the table next to them; this time, it was not out of kind concern.

Manzhen didn't notice this.She seemed determined to tell him about her family situation.After being silent for a while, she said again with a smile: My father used to work in a bookstore. There are so many people in the family, including my grandmother, and they lived on his little salary.When my father died, it was a disaster for the family.At that time we were all naive, only my sister was older.Since then, our family has relied on my sister alone.When Shijun heard this, he also understood a little bit. Manzhen continued to talk, saying: My sister hadn't graduated from middle school at that time, and she wanted to go out to work. What can she do?Even if she could find a job, the money wouldn't be much, and it wouldn't be enough for her to support her family.Only to be a dancing girl.Shijun said: That's okay, dancers have all kinds of things, they all care about themselves.Manzhen paused for a moment, then said with a smile: "Of course there are good dancers, but as they are, they can't support a large family!"Shi Jun had nothing to say.Manzhen said again: Anyway, once you start this road, it will always be a downhill road, unless the person is particularly cunning. My sister is not that kind of person, she is actually very loyal.Speaking of this, Shijun heard that her voice was already choked, and he couldn't think of anything to comfort her for a while, so he just smiled and said, don't be sad.Manzhen picked up the rice with his chopsticks, lowered his head to look for the weeds in the rice, and picked them out one by one.After a while, he suddenly said: Don't tell Shuhui.Shi Jun responded.He hadn't planned to tell Shu Hui.Not because of anything else, but because he couldn't explain how Manzhen told him all these things.She knew Shuhui before she met him, but she didn't tell Shuhui.At this time, Manzhen also thought of this level, and felt that what she said just now was very inappropriate, so she blushed again.Yindao: Actually, I always wanted to tell him, but for some reason I never said it.Shijun nodded and said: I think it's okay for you to tell Shuhui, he will definitely understand.Your sister sacrificed for the family, there is no other way.

Manzhen has always been most afraid of mentioning these things in her family.This day she made an exception and said so many things to Shijun, when she went home that day, she felt very gloomy.The house where her family lives now was built by someone when her sister lived with him.Later, I separated from that person and did not come out to do it again.She has transformed into a second-way courtesan, which is more affordable, but her worth is not as good as before.She was always happy to be mistaken for a dancer at times. Manzhen walked into the alley. Her youngest brother, Jiemin, was kicking shuttlecock in the alley. When he saw her, he called out, "Second Sister, Mom is back!"Their mother went to her hometown to visit the grave before Ching Ming Festival.Manzhen was very happy to hear that he was back.She walked in through the back door, and her brother kicked the shuttlecock all the way in and followed.The little eldest sister, Bao, is opening beer in the kitchen, and there are two large glasses on the table.Manzhen frowned and said to her younger brother: Oh, be careful, don't smash things!To kick or to kick outside.

Po is there to open a beer, and there are always guests here.At the same time, she heard a radio singing very loudly, so she knew that her sister's door was open.She stood at the kitchen door and looked in, but didn't go in directly.A Bao then said: "There is no one, Mr. Wang did not come, only his friend named Zhu, who has been here for a while."Jiemin added next to him: Well, that's the one who looks like a cat when he smiles, but like a mouse when he doesn't.Manzhen couldn't help laughing, and said: Nonsense!How can a person be like a cat and a mouse at the same time.As she spoke, she walked in from the kitchen, passed her sister Manlu's room, and quickly walked up the stairs.

Man Lu was not in the room, but she was on the phone at the stairs.Her voice was as piercing, delicate, and roof-shattering as the singing voice on the radio.She said loudly: Are you coming or not?If you don't come, be careful!She stood there with a phone book hanging under the phone. She held onto the heavy phone book and shook it again and again, her body twisted and twisted a couple of times following the momentum.She was wearing a long cheongsam of apple green soft satin, which was probably new, but there was a faint black handprint on the waist, which was made by the sweat of someone's hand when dancing.Such a light black handprint suddenly appeared on the clothes, but it looked a little scary.Her hair was disheveled and hadn't been combed yet, but her face was covered in all stage makeup, bright red, jet black, and blue ointment around her eyes. Although she looked beautiful from a distance, she felt hideous when viewed up close.Manzhen passed her by on the stairs, feeling a little dazed, and could no longer believe that this was her sister.Man Lu was talking on the phone: Lao Zhu came early, I have been waiting for you for a long time!fart!I want him to accompany me!Thank you, no one wanted me in my previous life, and I don't need you to be my matchmaker!She laughed.She had only recently adopted this kind of laughter, laughing loudly, as if someone was threatening her there.Strangely, however, the laughter was not so provocative; on the contrary, there was something old about it.Manzhen was really afraid of hearing that voice.

Manzhen hurried upstairs.Upstairs is a whole other world.Her mother sat in the room, surrounded by baskets, bundles, and bedrolls.While her mother was arranging things, she was talking to her grandmother about the situation after the farewell.Manzhen went up to call her mother.Her mother responded with a grin, and looked directly at her face with her eyes, as if she had something to say, but she didn't say it.Manzhen felt a little strange.Her grandmother said next to her: Manzhen had a cold and fever two days ago, and she slept for two days.Her mother said: No wonder she lost weight.Said, and looked at her with a smile.Manzhen asked about the situation on the grave, and her mother told her with a sigh that she hadn't been back for several years, and the trees had been cut down, and the grave watchers didn't care.After talking about it for a while, I suddenly remembered to say to Manzhen's grandmother: Didn't Mom always want to eat something from my hometown?This time, in addition to tea, I brought some baked cakes, sesame cakes, and fried rice noodles.As he spoke, he rustled around in the basket, and said to Manzhen, "Didn't you like to eat fried rice noodles when you were young?"

Manzhen's grandmother said she wanted to find an airtight biscuit tin to hold the cakes in the next room. As soon as she left, Manzhen's mother went to the desk, cleaned up the things on the table, and said : I'm not at home, you're sick again, and a few kids ruined the place.There are a few small photos under the glass of this desk, which were taken by Manzhen last time in the suburbs. One of them is standing side by side with Shuhui, and there is one of Shijun with Shuhui alone. She put it away separately. Yes, it was not placed outside.Manzhen's mother bent down to have a look, then asked casually: "Where did you take this photo?"Pointing to Shuhui again, he asked: Who is this?Although he made that casual tone, after asking this sentence, he immediately looked at her with piercing eyes and looked at her with great attention to see if there was any change in the expression on her face.It was only then that Manzhen understood why her mother always looked at her with a smile like that just now.Probably my mother saw these two photos as soon as she came back. Although they were very ordinary photos, she pinned her infinite hopes on them.It's ridiculous and pitiful for parents to plan for their children.

Manzhen only smiled at that time, and replied: This is a colleague.The surname is Xu, Xu Shuhui.Her mother looked at the expression on her face, but she couldn't see why, so she didn't ask any more questions at that time.Manzhen said: Sister, does she know that Mom is back?Her mother nodded and said: She came up just now, but she went down when a guest came.But the one surnamed Wang is here?Manzhen said: Then Mr. Wang didn't come, did he?But this man was also one of them.Her mother sighed, and said: The group of people she is chasing now are becoming more and more unseemly, downright obscene.Probably people are getting worse and worse now!Her mother only felt that the character of Manlu's guests was deteriorating, but she didn't think that it was because of Manlu's deteriorating condition.Thinking of this, Manzhen became even more silent.

Her mother mixed some bowls of fried rice noodles with boiling water, gave a bowl to her grandmother, and said, "Where's Jiemin?"Just now I was clamoring for a snack.Manzhen said: He is playing shuttlecock downstairs.She went down to call him, and when she reached the stairs, she saw that he was standing on the lower floor of the stairs, hanging on to the railing, looking into Manlu's room.Manzhen became anxious and shouted in a low voice: Ai!What are you doing?Jiemin said: I kicked a shuttlecock into it.Manzhen said: You won't tell Ah Bao that when you ask her to go in, she will bring it out for you. The two were talking softly, and suddenly the guest in Man Lu's room appeared, it was the one surnamed Zhu, named Zhu Hongcai.He was slender, with thin shoulders and a narrow neck, and he wore a medium-sized overcoat.He stood at the door with his hips akimbo, and when he saw Manzhen, he nodded and called out to Second Miss with a smile.Probably he has been paying attention to her all the time, so he knows that she is Manlu's younger sister.It's not that Manzhen has never seen this person before, but when he saw him today, he couldn't help but think of what Jiemin said about him, saying that he looks like a cat when he laughs, and like a mouse when he doesn't laugh.He has a serious face now, with small eyes and a pointed mouth, and he really looks like a mouse.She almost laughed out loud, tried her best to hold back, but still smiled and nodded to him.Zhu Hongcai didn't know why she expressed her affection for him like this today.When she smiled, of course he smiled too; when she smiled, she immediately turned into a cat face.Manzhen couldn't stand it any longer at this moment, so she immediately turned back and ran upstairs.In Zhu Hongcai's eyes, it was regarded as a kind of coquettish shyness. He stood at the foot of the stairs, feeling a little fascinated. He went back to Man Lu's room and said, "Does your second lady have a boyfriend?"Man Lu said: Why are you asking about this?Hongcai smiled and said: Don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else, if she doesn't have a boyfriend, can I introduce her?Man Lu snorted and said: Are there any good people among your friends?None of them are good things!Hongcai laughed and said, "Ah, ah, why are you so angry today?"I think you are still angry with Lao Wang there, right?Man Lu suddenly said: Tell me honestly, is Lao Wang getting involved with Fei Na again?Hongcai said, "How do I know?"You didn't hand over Lao Wang to me to watch. Manlu ignored him, stifled a cigarette she was smoking, and muttered to herself: I have a really good appetite, just like Feina, with pouty lips, swollen eyes, two legs like a Japanese, and no The neck is said to cover all ugliness with nothing, but I think it's still young to cover up all ugliness!She resentfully walked to the dressing table, picked up a mirror and took a picture of herself.The result of looking in the mirror is to put on makeup again.The makeup on her face needs to be repaired at any time. She is quite indifferent to Hongcai, but he always stays there and doesn't leave.There was a photo album on the table, and he dragged it over and flipped through it.There is a four-inch half-length photo of a girl with a round face, wearing two short braids.Hongcai laughed and said, "When did your sister take this picture?"Still have braids!Man Lu glanced at the photo album, and said annoyedly: This is my sister.Hongcai said, "Then who is it?"Man Lu paused for a while, then sneered and said: You don't know anything?I can't believe that I will become so powerful!When she said the last two words, her voice changed, a little hoarse.Hongcai suddenly came to his senses, and said with a smile: Oh, it's you?He looked at her carefully, then at the photos, horizontally and vertically, and said: Hey!To put it bluntly, it seems a bit like it. What he said was very casual, but it was also irritating to her.Man Lu didn't make a sound, she still applied her lipstick in the mirror, but she did so very slowly.The lips are opened, and the air of breathing is sprayed on the mirror. After a long time, a layer of fog forms on the mirror.She wiped it impatiently with a row of fingers, then resumed her lipstick. Hongcai was still studying that photo, and suddenly said: Is your sister still studying there?Man Lu only snorted vaguely, and didn't bother to answer him.Hongcai said again: Actually, according to her appearance, if she goes out to do it, she will definitely do it.Man Lu slapped the mirror on the table and said loudly: Don't talk nonsense, I have eaten this bowl of rice, is it true that my family is destined to eat this bowl of rice?This is what you call looking at people through the cracks of doors, you look down on people!Hongcai laughed and said, "What happened today?"If you touch it, you will lose your temper.It's also my bad luck, just when you are unhappy. Man Lu gave him a sideways look, and picked up the mirror again.Hongcai salivated and leaned behind her, and said with a low laugh: You are so beautifully dressed, do you want to go out?Man Lu didn't evade, she turned her head and smiled at him, saying: "Where are you going?"your treat?At this time, Hongcai, like Manzhen just now, saw Manlu's stage makeup at a very close distance, her face was colorful, with two bright red cheeks, and two black eye circles.However, instead of feeling terrified, Hongcai felt a little ecstasy, which shows how different people's viewpoints are. That day she went out to eat with her, came back together, fooled around until midnight and left, Man Lu had the habit of eating late at night, A Bao warmed up some fried steamed buns and brought them in.While Manlu was eating, she suddenly heard footsteps upstairs. She guessed that her mother must be still awake. She and her mother rarely had a chance to talk. She was holding a plate of fried steamed buns and wearing a A black satin bathrobe embroidered with yellow dragons came upstairs.Sure enough, her mother sat alone under the lamp and unwrapped the bed.Man Lu said: Mom, you really are going to do this again at this time!Aren't you tired after a day's train ride?Her mother said: I took this quilt with me when I went out, so I have to take it down and wash it, taking advantage of the fine weather these two days.Manlu let her mother eat raw fried steamed buns, she took a bite of a steamed bun, and suddenly looked left and right under the lamp suspiciously, the meat filling was red.She said: Damn it!The meat is still raw!Look again, even the white face was dyed red, and I just realized it was the lipstick on her mouth. Her mother and Manzhen shared a room.Man Lu looked at Manzhen's bed, and said softly: "Is she asleep?"Her mother said: I fell asleep a long time ago.She gets up early in the morning.Man Lu said: "Second sister is also this old now; it is said that she is a girl's family, it is really not good to live with me, people have to say."I hope she finds someone suitable, and it would be better if she gets married sooner.Her mother sighed and said: Who said no?Her mother wanted to tell her about the beautiful young man in the photo at this time, but even her mother felt that Manzhen and her were people from two different worlds, and it was better not to let her know about it for the time being.In another day, ask Manzhen himself carefully. After all, Manzhen's marital problems were relatively easy to solve.Her mother said: She is still young, so it doesn't matter if she waits another two years, but you, I am anxious when I think about your affairs.Man Lu's face sank, and she said: "Don't worry about my affairs!"Her mother said: I can't control you, I just said so!You are so old, there is no way to do this job, can you still do it for the rest of your life?I have to have a plan too!Man Lu said: I don't just live day by day.If I look forward, I will not live!Her mother said: Oh, what are you talking about?As he said that, he also felt guilty in his heart, and took out a large handkerchief under his ribs to wipe away his tears, and said: "I also hurt you."If it wasn't for me, and your brothers and sisters, you wouldn't be in this situation.Let me think about it for you, the younger siblings are all grown up, and in the future they will each do their own thing Man Lu cut off her words impatiently, saying: They are all grown up and don't need me anymore, they think I'm ashamed is not it?So you want me to marry again!At this time, ask me to marry someone, who should I marry?Her mother was so angry that she had no words to answer after being bullied by her, she said after a long while: "Look at you child, I kindly persuade you, you don't know what's good and what's wrong!" Both fell silent, except for the snorting of the sleeping person in the next room and the snoring of the grandmother.Most older people snore. Her mother suddenly said quietly: This time when I went back to the countryside, I heard that Zhang Yujin is doing well now and has become the director of the hospital in the county.When she mentioned the word Zhang Yujin, she felt a little timid in her heart, because this name hadn't been mentioned between their mother and daughter for many years.Manlu had been engaged before.When she was seventeen, two relatives from their hometown took refuge in Shanghai because of the unrest in the area, and stayed at their home.It's a relative of her grandmother, surnamed Zhang, a lady with a boy.When Mrs. Zhang saw Manlu, she liked her very much, and wanted her to be her daughter-in-law.Mrs. Zhang's son is named Yujin.Although Man Lu and Yu Jin didn't express anything about this marriage, it seemed that they were very willing.So engaged.Later, Mrs. Zhang went back to the countryside, and Yujin still stayed in Shanghai to study and lived in the dormitory. Manlu and him kept writing letters and seeing each other often.Until her father died later, she went out to be a dancer, and then they broke up the engagement, which was proposed by her side. Now when her mother suddenly mentioned him, she didn't say a word as if she didn't hear her.Her mother looked at her, as if she didn't want to say anything, but she couldn't help but say, "I heard that he hasn't married yet."Man Lu suddenly laughed and said: "So what if he's not married, would he still want me now?"Mom, you are so confused, why are you still thinking about him?She said such a long list in one breath, stood up, pushed the chair with a push, and went downstairs with her slippers on.Pata pata, the sound of footsteps was very heavy.As a result, her grandmother stopped snoring and asked Manlu's mother: What's the matter?Her mother replied: Nothing.Her grandmother said, "Why are you still awake?"Her mother said, "I'll be asleep right away."Then he tidied up his work and prepared to go to bed. Before going to bed, she rustled again, searching and searching, but couldn't find anything.Manzhen couldn't help but said on the bed: "Mom, your slippers are on the box behind the door. I put them there. I'm afraid they will sweep the floor with some dust."Her mother said: Hey, you haven't fallen asleep yet?Manzhen said: I have been awake for a long time.Her mother said: I woke you up by talking to my sister, right?Manzhen said: No, it's because I slept a lot when I was sick two days ago, and I'm not sleepy at all today. Her mother brought the slippers and put them in front of the bed, turned off the light and went to bed. When she heard the grandmother snoring again and again in the room over there, the mother sighed again in the dark, and said to Manzhen: What you heard just now, I Advising her to choose someone to marry is serious!After persuading her, she lost her temper like this.Manzhen remained silent for a while, and then said: Mom, don't say these things to your sister in the future.It is also difficult for my sister to marry now. However, things in the world are often unexpected.Less than two weeks after this, news spread that Man Lu was going to get married.It was A Bao, the young lady who served her, who said it.The upper and lower floors of their house have always been separated, and almost all her mother knows about her is from A Bao.This time when I heard that she was going to marry Zhu Hongcai, Ah Bao said that this person lived on the exchange like Mr. Wang, but he had been with Mr. Wang all the time, and he had no money himself. Her mother originally planned to take an indifferent attitude, because she had lost her temper when she showed concern for her last time, so don't make trouble this time.But one day when Manzhen came home, her mother told her quietly: I went to ask her today.Manzhen smiled and said: Hey, didn't you say you didn't intend to ask questions?Her mother said: "Oh, I just said that to her last time. I was afraid that she would randomly find someone to marry just out of anger."It's not that I'm still going to be picky at this time, it's just because she's been with someone before, twice, and it never ends. I always hope that she won't be fooled by others this time.This Zhu, since she said she has no money, why is she greedy for him?Is there any woman in his family?People in their 30s and 40s haven't married a wife yet?When she said this, she paused, and lowered her head to brush off the clothes on her body, and carefully removed the two thread ends sticking to the sleeves one by one. Manzhen said: What did she say?Her mother said slowly: She said he had a wife in the country, but he never went back.He has been alone in Shanghai, and his friends persuaded him to buy another home.Now if his relationship with Manlu is successful, he will never treat her as his concubine.She felt that he was reliable, at least she could hold him.He doesn't have much money, and the expenses of a family like ours can always afford it. Manzhen heard this silently, and couldn't help interjecting: "Mom, no matter what happens in the future, I will pay for the expenses of the family."Why did my sister help me to study in the past, and I still can't replace her?Her mother said, "That's true. Your salary is not enough. It doesn't matter if we save a little. The younger ones still have to go to school. How much should the tuition be?"Manzhen said: Mom, don't worry, there will always be a solution when the time comes.I can find something else to do. If my sister leaves, I don’t need a servant, and the house at home doesn’t need so much. It can also be rented out. It doesn’t matter if we squeeze a little.Her mother nodded and said: "It's good like this, it's just a little bitter, and I feel better in my heart."To be honest, I really don't like using your sister's money.I can't think about it, it hurts when I think about it.Speaking of this, my throat choked up.Manzhen forced a smile and said: Mom, you are really good!Isn't my sister better now? Her mother said: She can marry someone well now, of course there is nothing better, of course she should make do with it, but I mean, it doesn't matter if you have money or not. Stubborn temper, where can I get along well?Now the surname is Zhu, that is, I don't agree with it.Manzhen said: Don't tell her!Her mother said: I won't talk about it, I will still think that I dislike the poor and love the rich later. The two people downstairs were already discussing the marriage procedures.What Man Lu meant was that she must get married formally, which made Zhu Hongcai feel very embarrassed.Man Lu became angry. The two of them were sitting on the same chair, so she stood up and said: You have to understand, I didn't marry you for your money, you don't give me any face!She plopped down on a sofa. She had such a habit of pulling her feet up and curling up on the sofa.Wearing a pair of purple velvet slippers trimmed with white rabbit fur on her feet, she lowered her head and twisted her body, stroking the rabbit fur with her hands, like stroking a cat.Touching his shoes, he made a resentful expression on his face. Hongcai didn't dare to look at her, but just scratched his head and said: I don't know what you treat me with, but we don't care if we're good.Man Lu said: You don't care, I do!You plan to invite two tables of wine and let it go?Hongcai said: Of course, we have to keep a memorial.okay?We went to take two wedding photos. Man Lu said: Whoever wants to take that kind of crappy photo will cost ten yuan. There are ready-made wedding dresses in the photo studio for you to wear. The total is ten yuan, and there are wedding balls .Your calculations are too good!Hongcai said: I'm not doing it to save money, I think it's too ostentatious to get married in such an open manner.Man Lu became more and more angry, and said: Why do you call it too ostentatious?Unless you feel embarrassed, officially marry a dirty woman like me, and make fun of your friends.Is not it, I guess that's what you think!He was telling her exactly what was on his mind, but he still had to defend himself, saying: Don't be suspicious, I'm not afraid of anything else, you should know that this is a crime of bigamy!Man Lu turned her head and said: Bigamy, as long as that woman in your country doesn't speak, you'll be fine. Didn't you say she can't control you?Hongcai said: She absolutely dare not do anything, I am afraid that someone from her natal family will speak out.Man Lu sneered and said, "Since you are so afraid, why don't you calm down a little earlier."Even if we didn't say those things before, why don't you come here! After seeing her like this, Hongcai softened. He paced up and down the room with his hands behind his back, saying: "Okay, okay, okay, it's up to you."There are no other conditions, right?If nothing else, we'll knock!Man Lu chuckled and said: This is not about business.When she smiled, the two of them were beaming again.Although both parties felt aggrieved and felt that they were condescending, they were beaming anyway. The next day, Manzhen came home, and as soon as she entered, Ah Bao invited her to the eldest lady's room.She found that the whole family gathered in her sister's room, and Zhu Hongcai was there too, busily chasing her mother to call her mom.As soon as he saw Manzhen, he said, "Second Miss, I'm going to call you Second Sister now."He changed into a suit today.Although it was his first time to wear a suit, he was quite skilled in his posture. He kept his two thumbs in the trouser pockets on both sides, and opened the front of his clothes, revealing a gold watch chain hanging on his chest.His name was Manzhen Second Sister, she just smiled and nodded as a greeting, she didn't call him brother-in-law.Although Hongcai yearns for her very much, he feels very restrained when he meets her, and has nothing to say to her. Manlu's room was the most exquisitely furnished room in the whole house. After she walked to a wardrobe, knocked on the wood, she said with a smile to her mother: "The furniture in her room is not bad."Today I went out with her to look at several classes of wooden wares, but she didn't like it. In fact, there are all these goods outside now. If it is the same as the one in this room, the price is not right now!When Manlu heard this, she felt very unhappy, and was about to speak, her mother feared that she would vomit with uncle again because of this, so she hurriedly said: Actually, you don't need to buy the furniture in your bedroom, just take the general furniture in this room. Just use it.I don't have any other escorts at all, so I'm ashamed.Hongcai laughed and said: "Where is it, what are you talking about, mom!"Man Lu only said lightly: Let's talk.The furniture is not busy anyway, and the house has not been found yet.Her mother said: "When you leave, I plan to rent out the room downstairs. There is nowhere to put all these furniture, so you should take them with you."Man Lu was taken aback for a moment, and said: "The house here doesn't need it at all. Let's find a bigger place to live together."Her mother said: No, we won't follow.There are so many children in our family, they are all noisy; you young couple should live on your own, wouldn't it be quiet? Because Manlu had a bit of resentment in her heart, she thought that her mother might be thinking about her brother's future and wanted to distance herself from her, so she didn't want to live with her, so she didn't insist on it at that time.Hongcai didn't know what to do, she had made an agreement with him first, and he would take care of her family for three generations, so he still had to persuade her three times: it's better to live together, and there is also a care.I don't think Man Lu can be a housekeeper. With her mother there, the house can be handed over to her.Her mother laughed and said: From now on, she will stay at home all day and have nothing to do, and these things of living at home must be learned.No, just learn it.Her grandmother interjected and said to Hongcai: Don't look at Man Lu as if she doesn't know how to live. When she was a child, her mother told her fortune, saying that she was good luck for her husband!Even if you marry a beggar, you can become the president, not to mention that if Mr. Zhu is a rich man, you must be very rich.Hongcai was very excited when he heard this, he shook his head triumphantly, walked up to Manlu, bent down, smiled face to face with her, and said: Is there such a thing?Then if I don’t get rich, I’ll find you, ah!Man Lu pushed him, frowned and said: "Look at you, what do you look like!" Hongcai walked away with a grin, and said to her mother: "Your young lady has seen everything in the world, but the bride has never done it. This time I must have a good time, so I am going to have a lot of fun, please." The second lady will be the best man, please ask your little sister to pull the yarn, and each will give you a set of clothes.Manzhen felt that what he said was really annoying, the whole speech of this man was tasteless, and his appearance was disgusting.She couldn't help but glanced at her sister, who also had a look of shame on her face, as if she was afraid that her family would laugh at her for picking such a husband.Manzhen felt sad when she saw the ashamed expression on her sister's face.