The twin-tub washing machine has to be spun dry over there after washing on one side, so when the machine stops, someone has to go over and operate it manually. But even so, Xu Jianguo and Chen Ming are very happy to use it. After all, it is high-tech for this era.
It was nine o'clock in the evening, the usual time to go to bed. Chen Ming and Xu Jianguo, who had just taken a shower, sat in the living room of the main house in their pajamas. They sat on the sofa, staring at the TV without any sleepiness. Xu Manman thought to herself, it was a good thing that Jin Zichu had moved the TV here.
"I'm going to bed first. Don't stay up too late. You have to report tomorrow."
"Okay, sister, go to bed if you're tired."
"Well, Manman, you go to bed first. We'll go to bed after we finish watching this."
Although they both responded, neither of them even glanced at her. Xu Manman shook her head, thinking that there was too little entertainment life nowadays.
Xu Manman closed the door to the east wing and came into the room. Jin Zichu was already waiting at the door of the cloakroom. Knowing that Chen Ming and Xu Jianguo were still awake, he lowered his voice and asked, "Brother Ming and Jianguo are still watching TV?"
"It's a strange first day. I don't know when I can sleep today."
Jin Zichu smiled and said, "It will be soon. Radio and television are not broadcasting 24 hours a day now. There will be no more programs later. I am relieved for those who can't stay up late."
Xu Manman just said it casually. Registration was tomorrow anyway, and Xu Jianguo was applying for day school. After completing the formalities, there wouldn't be much trouble. He didn't have to get up so early, and it wouldn't matter even if he stayed up late today.
The two big boys have TV to watch, and Xu Manman is not idle in the space. In addition to studying and organizing manuscripts, she has now developed a new hobby - seal carving.
It was also during the summer vacation that Caleb Jin got a bunch of raw stones from somewhere. After cutting them open, he found that they were full of jade.
There are jade veins in the mountain in her space, and all kinds of gems are sunken in the stream. Nourished by the energy of the space, any one of them is priceless. To her, the quality of those cut stones is just average.
Xu Manman is pretty good at doing things with her hands, but if she wants to make a large piece of jade into an ornament or jewelry, it needs to be cut and polished. Xiao Jin is afraid of hurting the host, so he doesn't dare let her do it herself. He just lets her choose the pattern and he does it for her.
What Xiao Jin is going to make for the host is naturally the part with the best water head, so there will be a lot of scraps left.
Although it was just a worthless scrap to them, it was actually worth a lot. Xu Manman felt it was a pity to throw it away, so she took it and played with it.
However, when she carved the seal, Xiao Jin would cut and polish the stone in advance, making it into regular square strips. After she finished carving, Xiao Jin would handle the pattern on the upper part.
Naturally, Xu Manman couldn't make complicated characters and patterns when she first started. The first time she made it, it was just a Q-version smiley face with a very simple craftsmanship. Even so, Xiao Jin changed into Doctor Jin's skin and stared at her hand holding the carving knife intently.
Fortunately, Xu Manman now has strength, flexibility, and a good IQ, so she got the hang of it quickly and has never been injured, but Xiao Jin has never let his guard down.
Early in the morning, Xu Manman pushed open the door of the east wing and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. She saw that the doors of the two rooms in the west wing were opened one after another.
The two people who came out were still yawning.
"Did you guys not sleep well? What time did you watch last night?"
Chen Ming felt a little embarrassed. As an older brother, he stayed up late watching TV just like his younger brother. Now that Xu Manman asked him this, he felt like he was caught doing something bad.
"Well, it's not that late. I'll go to bed after watching it."
Xu Jianguo nodded and told his sister that his cousin was telling the truth.
Xu Manman didn't ask any further questions. She turned and went into the kitchen to continue boiling water and cooking noodles.
Who hasn't stayed up late to watch TV? Even she stays up late on her social media page from time to time to watch videos and read novels. It's understandable that she's a little excited since it's her first time seeing a color TV. There's no need to hold on to it. She's that old and she's not without sense of propriety.
While waiting for the noodles to cook, Chen Ming went out and bought some fried dough sticks, which everyone likes to eat.
Xu Manman made scallion oil noodles and a bowl of tomato and egg soup, and cut up the pickles that Chen Ming brought back yesterday (given by Zhang Wenjun), and breakfast was ready.
After breakfast, Xu Manman cleaned up the kitchen for the two boys and went back to the east wing to organize the materials she needed to bring today.
The place where new students report is in the auditorium. Three people and two bicycles can go directly there.
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