Lu Xuan drove the car, the two brothers sat in the front, Shen Wu and Xu Yin sat in the quilt. The weather was really cold, and Manman was dressed like a little bear. She didn't seem to feel cold. She was curious about everything she saw and struggled to get out of the quilt.

Shen Wu stuffed her into the quilt, and she was unhappy and wanted to make a fuss.

Lu Ye listened to her voice, turned his head and said, "Lu Xiaoniao, come and let your uncle hold you."

Hearing Lu Ye's voice, the little guy immediately waved at him excitedly and twisted his body towards him.

Shen Wu couldn't persuade her.

She simply straightened up her little rabbit fur hat and gave it to Lu Ye.

Xu Yin frowned when she saw this: "Be careful not to give her a cold."

"Don't worry, don't worry." Lu Ye is now good at taking care of children.

I was so happy just to jump out of the bed and into Lu Ye's arms.

Without the child to disturb her, Shen Wu simply leaned on Xu Yin: "Little Yin Yin!"

Xu Yin listened to his voice that sounded like sugar, shuddered, and said with a complicated look, "Be normal."

She even suspected that Shen Wu was using the same coquettish tactics she usually used on Lu Xuan on her.

……

When the carriage arrived at the county town, the first thing Shen Wu did was to buy food. The items in the grocery store were richer than usual, but the prices were also higher.

When Shen Wu came today, there was someone selling mutton.

In winter, it is suitable to eat mutton in clear soup and dip it in sauce, but there is a limit on the amount each person can buy, and each person can only buy one kilogram. The four of them lined up and bought four kilograms of mutton in total.

She went to buy some peach cakes. Shen Wu didn’t like peach cakes very much, but these days, they were the most common pastry.

When Shen Wu and a few others were shopping in the grocery store, they ran into Wang Hua and Panpan.

When she saw them, Panpan wanted to run towards Shen Wu, but she turned around and said to her mother, "Mom, I saw Aunt Three, Aunt Four, and Aunt Manman. I want to go find her?"

Wang Hua also saw Shen Wu, Xu Yin and their group, and nodded slightly.

Panpan squeezed into the crowd and Wang Hua followed behind.

"Full!"

"Yeah!"

When the little girl heard someone calling her name, she was very excited and reached out to pull off the small mask on her face.

Shen Wu tidied it up for her: "Don't remove it, or you'll get sick."

"Drink bitter medicine."

At the beginning of winter, the little one caught a cold. There were many people in the grocery store, so Shen Wu prepared a small cotton mask for her when she went out. Although it cannot completely prevent her from being infected, it is better.

Now she knows how to read people's expressions.

Seeing Shen Wu's tough attitude, although reluctantly, she still put down her hand and greeted Panpan excitedly.

Panpan looked at Manman and said, "Aunt San, I want to hug Manman."

One of them dared to hug, and the other dared to let himself be hugged. Lu Xuan next to him watched cautiously.

Wang Hua pulled Shen Wu and Xu Yin aside and said, "You two will come home with me for a while."

Shen Wu smiled and said, "Are you going to settle the score with me again?"

Wang Hua smiled with her lips pursed.

It was obvious that life was getting better now, and she looked relaxed, a kind of relaxation that only occurs when the economy improves.

"It just so happens that I wanted to come to you. When I went to the provincial capital this year, Lu Xuan bought a piece of cloth. I drew a pattern and wanted you to make a vest for Xu Yin and me, and a set of clothes for Manman to wear for the New Year."

After shopping at the grocery store, I went to Wang Hua's house.

Shen Wu first explained to her the ideas behind the blueprint she had drawn, and then Wang Hua took a ruler and measured the two people's sizes again.

Looking at Xu Yin's size, he said, "Why have you grown taller? You've also become thinner."

"It's getting close to the year, and the team is busy."

Normally, it is not noticeable when she is wearing thick clothes. But when Wang Hua said that, Shen Wu looked at Xu Yin and said, "It seems that you have lost weight. I will not be busy during the holiday. I will make you some delicious food to replenish your body."

The corners of Xu Yin's mouth curled up slightly.

Wang Hua was measuring their sizes in the inner room.

The two brothers sitting in the main room outside ignored each other. Lu Ye pricked up his ears to listen to his wife's voice.

Lu Xuan was staring at Manman and Panpan playing.

After measuring the size, Wang Hua took out some money and a notebook: "Here's the money."

When Shen Wu saw the money, she was surprised for a moment. There was more than sixty yuan.

"Why are there so many?"

In the past, having a few dollars a month was already very good.

"A few months ago, someone from the provincial capital wrote to me and sent me some fabric, describing what the clothes they wanted me to make would look like, as well as your red envelope. As soon as I heard it, I knew it was the contact information you gave me."

"After I sent her the clothes, a girl came to me within a week."

Wang Hua lowered her voice and said, "She asked me to do a lot of things for her, especially the red envelopes for you. She made quite a few of them. But she stopped asking me for help recently because things got cold."

"I guess it's because the weather is cold and clothes are not selling well. As for the bag, I'll understand it after I take it apart and study it more. Maybe I found a way to get it in the provincial capital. If it's not one of these situations, then it's probably speculation that's gone wrong."

When Shen Wu was shopping, many people wanted to buy the clothes she wore. At that time, she was thinking that it would be better if she was in the provincial capital. Unexpectedly, the girl who asked Wang Hua to make the clothes was also very smart.

"She made a lot of money, and neither did I. This is for you."

Shen Wu was content with the 60 yuan she had earned in the past six months. She took the money and gave 30 yuan to Xu Yin: "Xiao Yin Yin, this is a reward for you!"

Xu Yin took it and cooperated very well: "Thank you, Madam."

Wang Hua was a little surprised to see the two of them like this, but she was more surprised by Xu Yin's attitude. Xu Yin was not like this in front of outsiders.

I sighed sincerely: "You two have a really good relationship."

"of course."

Shen Wu wanted to pay Wang Hua for her labor, but Wang Hua refused: "During the Chinese New Year, wear new clothes and take Manmanduo to the county town for a stroll. Who knows, someone might come to me by then. Your labor fee is just a small amount of money."

Shen Wu smiled and said, "Okay, I'll be your model. The weather is getting cold again. Has Lao Er written to you again during this period?"

Wang Hua shook her head: "I guess he knew he couldn't get any money from me, so he hasn't written to me in the past two months. I've had some peace and quiet."

As he spoke, he suddenly thought of something and said, "By the way, a few days ago, Panpan caught a cold at school, so I took her to the hospital and met Lu Qing."

"She doesn't look very well. Have you seen her recently?"

Shen Wu frowned and shook her head slightly. They were busy harvesting crops some time ago. When they were not busy, it was winter and they had to look for firewood, chop wood and take care of the children. Indeed, no one went to see Lu Qing.

She and Xu Yin looked at each other.

They both knew that the child was not born.

When leaving, Shen Wu told Lu Xuan what Wang Hua said. Lu Xuan frowned and said, "I'll take you home. Later, Lu Ye and I will ride our bikes to visit my eldest sister's house."

Shen Wu looked at the sky and said, "Why not just go there today? We have nothing to do today anyway."

She and Xu Yin knew what happened to their eldest sister, so it would be more reassuring to take a look at her——

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