Chapter 24: This is manliness
Shen Meng gave most of the dinner Zhou Jiaojiao brought to her to the children. She gave each child half an egg, without favoring anyone because of age. She drank half a bowl of corn noodle soup. Her actions made
Lu Mingkai and Lu Mingfang feel very distressed. Lu Mingfang directly put the egg that was meant for her in front of Shen Meng.
"Mom, you eat, I'm not hungry!"
"Give me some too, Xiao Kai isn't hungry either."
"Xiao Kai is so good, Ming Fang, you guys eat, Mom drank mung bean soup this afternoon, I'm not hungry at all now, your fourth uncle has boiled some hot water, use the bathtub to wash at night, I'll ask a carpenter to make a bigger basin just for Ming Fang."
Little girls should pay attention to hygiene from a young age, it's ok if they didn't develop the habit before, but now that she's here, they have to take better care of the little girl, if they don't take good care of her when she's young, she'll suffer when she grows up.
"Mom, I won't wash, you don't understand, this is the manliness, it's gone after washing." Seeing that she was in a good mood and spoke to her brothers and sisters in a friendly manner, Lu Mingliang also bravely fought for it himself, he really didn't want to take a bath.
"No, it's so hot, how can you sleep without taking a shower? Smell yourself carefully, is that the smell of manliness? That's the smell of sweat."
"Hehe, second brother stinks."
Lu Mingliang glared at Lu Mingkai, obviously unconvinced. He heard from the people working downstairs that this was the smell of manliness, and he didn't think it smelled at all.
Shen Meng saw that he was unconvinced and stopped talking, and turned his eyes to Lu Mingyang who had been silent.
"Mingyang will wash himself later, Mingkai and Mingfang I will wash them, as for this little manly man, you decide whether you want to wash it or not."
Lu Mingliang just wanted to say that he didn't need to, but his foot was stepped on heavily. Lu Mingyang turned around and glared at him. It was really a day of relaxation, but he got too proud of himself. The monkey didn't remember anything.
"Mingliang, wash it, he's talking nonsense."
After being told by his brother, Lu Mingliang didn't dare to say anything. Lu Mingyang thought in his heart that no matter what Shen Meng wanted to do, he had to agree to her now. He had to see what the bad woman wanted to do. If she really wanted to sell his younger brothers and sisters, he would think of a
way in advance. Lu Jiaxuan boiled the hot water and left without saying goodbye. Shen Meng didn't care. She gave the hot water to Lu Mingyang and Lu Mingliang, and also took a new towel and soap, asking them to rub well.
After he left for a while, the two children took a quick bath, helped Shen Meng change the water, and ran to the west room to stay. It was impossible to rub them, and it was good enough to go down and kiss the water.
Shen Meng didn't care. The two children were grown up. Even if she wanted to give them a bath, they would be embarrassed.
Lu Mingfang and Lu Kai were different. They cried out as Shen Meng rubbed them. The kerosene lamp couldn't illuminate them clearly, but Shen Meng knew that the basin of the bathtub was probably full of noodles.
"Brother, listen, Mingkai and Mingfang must have been beaten badly. They never cried like this even when they were beaten. Brother, what do you think we should do?" Lu Mingyang was panicked. He shouldn't have thought that a bad woman would become a good person just because of her little goodness.
Lu Mingyang didn't expect that the person who was smiling just now would turn around and start torturing his younger brother and sister, and then think it was normal in an instant. This is the true face of a bad woman. How could she suddenly become a good person!
The two brothers were frightened and ran quickly to the kitchen. When they opened the door, they saw Lu Mingfang wearing a pair of adult cloth shoes, a patched jacket with small flowers, and a towel on his wet hair. Lu Mingkai was sitting in the bathtub, holding the edge of the tub with his hands, his eyes looked aggrieved, with tears hanging on his eyelashes.
"Brother, second brother, wuwuwu, it hurts so much when Mommy scrubs his body. Xiaokai is covered in mud and is so dirty."
Lu Mingyang and Lu Mingliang were stunned for a moment, not quite understanding the situation. Shen Meng glanced at them and said softly, "Close the door quickly. The wind is making your body feel cold. You will catch a cold."
"Mom, are you giving Xiaokai and Mingfang a bath?" Lu Mingyang said stiffly.
"Yes, I told you two to wash properly, but you didn't want to. Mingfang and Xiaokai are young, so I washed them. You came at the right time. Pour out the water. There is still some water in the pot. Add it and wash again and it will be clean."
The two little guys exclaimed, and then hurriedly helped to lift the basin and pour water. The moon was big today. When Lu Mingliang looked at the dirty water poured out of the bathtub and some mud stuck to the basin, he almost vomited his dinner.
"Is this all the mud rubbed off Mingkai and Mingfang? Oh, my dear, it's too dirty. I'm going to rub it off tomorrow night."
"Don't you want to be manly?"
"No, no, I said my body is so itchy every day, all mud, it's disgusting."
Shen Meng gave the two children a bath, then carried them into her room, carefully wiped the water off the two children, and took out a bottle of children's floral water from the kang cabinet and wiped them carefully.
"This is what my mother bought before, but I haven't been willing to use it. You two have a nice and white bath today, and you will sleep well at night after applying the floral water."
Lu Mingfang was reluctant to let go, so Shen Meng pulled her to his side.
"Don't be reluctant. It's such a big bottle. Mom will wipe it for you. You can wipe your hair by yourself. You can sleep only when your hair is dry. Wet hair will give you a headache. Just wait for you four aunts to wash the clothes. Don't worry about it."
Lu Mingfang wiped her hair gently, her heart moved slightly. The hands wandering on her body were so gentle that her eyes became wet.
"Mom, you are so good now."
"Silly child." Shen Meng didn't say much. It's only been one day, and she felt that she was better. Little girl, your heart is still soft!
After coaxing the child, she went to the kitchen again. After closing the door, she went to the space by herself and simply rinsed before coming out. When Shen Meng was taking a shower, Lu Mingyang and Lu Mingliang came to the east room to call people to go back to sleep.
As a result, both the younger brother and sister were unwilling to go back, and complained that they did not take a good shower. This dealt another blow to Lu Mingliang, who wanted to retain his masculinity.
The next morning, when Zhou Jiaojiao and Lu Jiaxuan came to deliver breakfast, they took the dirty clothes of several children and Shen Meng to Lao Lu's house. However, this time they left the door open when they entered the yard, and people going back and forth to work naturally saw this scene.
Just when he wanted to ask Shen Meng a few words, he saw her staggering out of the main room. She looked weak, and the person who wanted to speak shut his mouth instantly. He thought Shen Meng had gotten better before, but he still looked like he was dying.
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