Chapter 24 This is manliness

Shen Meng gave most of the dinner that Zhou Jiaojiao brought to the children. She gave each child half an egg, without favoring any one child over the other based on age. She herself drank half a bowl of corn noodle dumpling soup.

Her actions made Lu Mingkai and Lu Mingfang very distressed. Lu Mingfang directly put the eggs that were allocated to her in front of Shen Meng.

"Mom, please eat. I'm not hungry!"

"Give some of mine to mom too. Xiaokai isn't hungry either."

"Xiao Kai is so good. Mingfang, you guys eat. I drank green bean soup this afternoon, so I'm not hungry at all now. Your fourth uncle has boiled some hot water. You can use the bathtub to wash in the evening. I'll find a carpenter to make a bigger basin for Mingfang later."

Young girls should pay attention to hygiene from an early age. It doesn't matter if she hasn't developed the habit before, but now that she is here, you have to take better care of her. If you don't take good care of her when she is young, she will suffer when she grows up.

"Mom, I don't want to take a shower. You don't understand. This is the smell of manliness. It will be gone after washing." Seeing that she was in a good mood and spoke kindly to her brothers and sisters, Lu Mingliang also mustered up the courage to fight for it himself. He really didn't want to take a shower.

"No, it's so hot, how can you sleep without taking a shower? Smell yourself carefully, is that a man's smell? That's sweat."

"Hey, second brother is stinky."

Lu Mingliang glared at Lu Mingkai, obviously unconvinced. He heard from the people working downstairs that this was the smell of masculinity, and he didn't think it smelled bad at all.

Seeing that he was unconvinced, Shen Meng stopped talking and turned her gaze to Lu Mingyang, who had been silent.

"Mingyang will wash himself later, and I will wash Mingkai and Mingfang for them. As for this manly little man, you can decide for yourself whether you want to wash it or not."

Just as Lu Mingliang was about to say loudly that he didn't need it, his foot was stepped on heavily. Lu Mingyang turned around and glared at him. He had just had a relaxing day and he got too proud of himself. What a naughty boy. He didn't remember anything.

"Mingliang, he's talking nonsense."

After hearing what his brother said, Lu Mingliang didn't dare to say anything. Lu Mingyang thought to himself 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 out his younger brothers and sisters, he had to think of a way in advance.

Lu Jiaxuan boiled the water and left without even saying goodbye. Shen Meng didn't care. She poured hot water for Lu Mingyang and Lu Mingliang, and also took out a new towel and soap, asking them to rub their bodies thoroughly.

After he left for a while, the two children quickly took a bath, helped Shen Meng change the water, and ran to the west room. It was impossible to rub them, so it was good enough for them to go down and kiss the water.

Shen Meng didn't care. The two children were grown up, and they would be embarrassed even if she wanted to give them a bath.

Lu Mingfang and Lu Kai were different. They both cried out in pain because of Shen Meng's rubbing. The kerosene lamp couldn't illuminate it clearly, but Shen Meng knew that the bathtub was probably filled with noodles.

"Brother, listen, Mingkai and Mingfang must have been beaten badly. They never cried like this even when they were beaten in the past. Brother, what do you think we should do?" Lu Mingliang was panicked. He shouldn't have thought that this bad woman would become a good person just because of a little favor from her.

Lu Mingyang didn't expect that the person who was smiling just now would turn around and start torturing his younger brothers and sisters, and then he felt it was normal. This was the true face of a bad woman. How could she suddenly become good!

The two brothers were scared and ran to the kitchen. They pushed open the door and saw Lu Mingfang wearing a pair of adult cloth shoes, a patched floral jacket, and a towel on her wet hair. Lu Mingkai was sitting in the bathtub, holding the edge of the tub with both hands, with a pair of aggrieved eyes and tears hanging on his eyelashes. "Big brother, second brother, wuwuwu, it hurts so much for mom to scrub my bath. 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 blowing coldly and 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 just in time. Pour out the water. There's still some water in the pot. Add it and wash again and it will be clean."

The two little guys cried out "Ah", and then hurriedly helped to lift the basin and pour water. The moon was big today, and 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 from Mingkai and Mingfang? Oh my god, it's too dirty. I want to rub it tomorrow night too."

"You don't want to be manly anymore?"

"No, no, I feel itchy all over my body every day. It's all mud. It's disgusting."

After Shen Meng gave the two children a bath, she carried them into her room, carefully wiped the water off their bodies, and took out a bottle of children's floral water from the kang cabinet and wiped them carefully.

"This was bought by my mother a while ago, but I never had the heart to use it. You two should have a nice and clean face today after washing yourself. If you apply some floral water, you will definitely have a good sleep tonight."

Lu Mingfang was reluctant to leave, so Shen Meng pulled her to her side.

"Don't be reluctant. It's such a big bottle. Mom will wipe it for you. You can wipe your hair yourself. You can go to bed only after your hair is dry. Wet hair will give you a headache. Just wait for your fourth aunt to wash the clothes. We don't have to 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 moist.

"Mom, you are so good now."

"Silly child." Shen Meng didn't say much. It's only been one day, but she felt that he had become a better person. Little girl, you are still soft-hearted!

After coaxing the child, she went to the kitchen again. After closing the door, she went to her own space and took a simple shower before coming out. While Shen Meng was taking a shower, Lu Mingyang and Lu Mingliang came to the east room and called people to go back to bed.

As a result, both the younger brother and sister were unwilling to go back, and they complained that they did not take a good shower. This was another blow to Lu Mingliang, who was determined to retain his masculinity.

The next morning, when Zhou Jiaojiao and Lu Jiaxuan came to deliver breakfast, they took the children's and Shen Meng's dirty clothes to old Lu's house. However, this time they left the gate open when they entered the yard, and people going back and forth to work naturally saw this scene.

Just when he wanted to say something to Shen Meng, he saw her staggering out of the main room. She looked so weak that he instantly shut his mouth. He had thought Shen Meng was feeling better, but she still looked like she was dying.

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