Xu Lei said indifferently, "Isn't it natural for a brother to be nice to his sister?" This is how the boys in the family have always been educated.
Xu Manman didn't refute. She thought of something and took out a few wine tickets from her bag. "Oh, uncle, I exchanged these wine tickets with a friend. I was planning to go out and buy a few bottles of Moutai and Erguotou for you tomorrow, but now I'm running out of time. So you can take them back and buy them yourself. It would be a waste for me to keep them."
Xu Lei likes to drink. He has two grown boys at home, and he can't keep his own wine collection at all, so the wine tickets at home are really tight. But he looked at this with a frown.
Xu Manman knew what her uncle was going to say, and quickly said, "Publishing houses sometimes give out some tickets. I exchanged my unused tickets with them and didn't spend any money." It's true that the publishing house gave me the tickets, and it's also true that I didn't spend any money on them.
After hearing this, Xu Lei's brows relaxed a little, "You can keep the money you earn yourself. Uncle doesn't need you to buy anything."
"Okay, okay, just this once, I won't do it again."
"I've cleaned up the yard these past few days. You can stay there on weekends when you don't have classes." He then pulled out an envelope from his trouser pocket and handed it over. "Take these and use them. If you don't have enough, call uncle."
Xu Manman saw that the envelope was obviously filled with money. Judging from the thickness, it must have at least a hundred yuan. She felt a little helpless and said, "Uncle, I have money. You really don't need to give me more."
"Gives from elders cannot be refused. Uncle will accept the things you bought for us, and you should not refuse the things Uncle gives you, otherwise Uncle will remit the money to you as you did before."
Thinking about the time when she asked her aunt to help buy dried seafood, Xu Manman felt a little guilty, "That was... a bit much."
"Oh, these aren't cheap, and you're still young, but you're clear with us. You know how sad your aunt is when she receives the money."
"Uncle, I was wrong."
"If you know you're wrong, take this and don't do it again."
Now that things had come to this, Xu Manman had no choice but to accept the money obediently.
Xu Lei drove Xu Manman back to the teaching building.
"You should write more often and talk more about school."
"Okay, uncle."
"Just stay in Hai City for a few days during the summer vacation, and then go back to the military area to stay for a while. When the time comes, ask your uncle to buy you a sleeper ticket, and your uncle will pick you up at the train station."
"Okay, uncle."
"Keep your distance from male classmates at school. If you have any problems, go to Chen Ming. If you can't solve it, go to your Uncle Wang and the others. Uncle has already informed them."
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Xu Lei didn't let anyone go until the bell rang.
Xu Manman breathed a sigh of relief after getting out of the car. She used to think that her aunt was a bit nagging, but how come her uncle is so talkative now? Is this the legendary couple look?
When she returned to the classroom, she still sat with the third and fifth children.
"Youngest, your uncle is gone?"
"Well, he'll be back tonight."
Because of what happened before, Wang Zhen didn't come over at this time, but he was also listening attentively with his ear tilted.
"You're leaving so early? Didn't you say the meeting would last a week?"
"Something happened over there, so I went back early."
Yang Yang wanted to ask a few more questions, but just then the bell rang and the professor came in, so she had to shut up.
After class, without waiting for Yang Yang to ask any more questions, Xu Manman packed up her schoolbag and left.
After returning to the dormitory, I communicated with Wang Zhen normally, but not as warmly as before, and was more polite.
No matter what Wang Zhen felt, she would keep her distance from him. She was now more determined to move out next semester.
She has always been impatient to deal with these interpersonal relationships. It was fine when she was at the educated youth camp before. Most of the people lived alone. Except for a few who were quite extreme, everyone actually had a sense of propriety compared to each other. This made her feel very comfortable getting along with others.
Now in the dormitory, many conflicts will be magnified, perhaps because the living space is small and overlapping.
In her previous life, she lived in a boarding school for more than ten years, from sixth grade to college graduation. Logically, she should have been able to adapt well to it, but she just couldn't adapt now.
She thought about it and realized that it was difficult to go from luxury to frugality. In the final analysis, it was just because she had a golden finger in this life and her life was too good.
When I returned to my space in the evening, since my period was over, the belated celebration had to be put on the agenda.
Xu Manman waved her hand, brought up the menu and started ordering. It was rare for her to have friends for dinner, so she had to eat hotpot today.
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