Chapter 22 This is a big deal
"My home is in the family building on the next street."

He took the towel from Wen Minghua's hand, wiped his hands carefully, wiped his nose with the towel, and then handed the towel back to Wen Minghua,

"I came here by myself in the morning. My mother told me that your home is here, and I can find it by myself."

He looked very proud and looked at Manni:
"Let me tell you, my home is in the second family building. Go up the stairs and turn left on the second floor. It's the outermost home. Next weekend, can you come to my house as a guest?"

His mother said that children can visit each other's friends' homes. He seemed to remember something at this time. He dug into his trouser pocket and took out a one-yuan bill and a pound of food stamps and handed them to Wen Minghua:
"Auntie, my mother said that since I am a child, I don't bring anything with me. This is my ration. You can buy Manni something she likes."

"..."

Wen Minghua took it with a smile and didn't say she didn't want it. She was not surprised by his home address, but she was unfamiliar with his parents' names.

After dinner, seeing that he was still a little reluctant to leave, Wen Minghua was not in a hurry to let him go. She only let him take a nap with Manni first. When she got up, she gave him this homework book:
"What is the homework assigned by your teacher? Do it first if you know how to do it. If you don't know how to do it, you can ask your third brother."

"..."

Wei Zeyun, who didn't want to do his homework, looked at Manni who had spread out her homework:

"Auntie, it's time for me to go back."

It was impossible to do the homework, and he couldn't remember what the teacher assigned as homework.

Before he finished speaking, the man had already slid off the table and was about to run to the door. Wen Minghua quickly grabbed him:

"wait."

Then he took out a bag from the shoe cabinet at the door and handed it to him:
"It's not much. It's a thank you gift from my aunt for welcoming you to my home."

She sincerely thanked the child. After a long time, Manni not only had a smile on her face, but she could also play with them on her own?

Perhaps seeing Wen Minghua's seriousness, the child only hesitated for a moment before taking the bag from Wen Minghua's hand:

"Aunt, then next weekend, if you ask Manni to come to my house as a guest, I will also give her a thank you gift then."

He has a lot of delicious food at home. I originally wanted to bring some over today, but unfortunately he wouldn't let me.

Wen Minghua pinched his face. This kid was really cute when he didn't have runny nose:
"I'll ask Manni then."

Manni's situation has only improved, but it doesn't mean that Manni would want to go to a place she is unfamiliar with.

He raised his head to look at Manni again, but found that Manni didn't even look at him. He had no choice but to lower his head in disappointment, and then sighed:

"Well, if Manni doesn't come then, I will come over again."

He said goodbye to Wen Minghua like a little adult, and said "You don't want to send her off", and then walked out of the yard with three steps.

Wen Minghua saw it funny, slapped Yang Manchun, who laughed loudly, and shouted to Yang Jianping:
"Jianping, go and see him off. Come back after he enters the family building."

"Mom, whose family does this child belong to?"

Yang Manchun had wanted to ask for a long time, but the child was still there, so she kept holding it in. When she saw Yang Jianping following him out of the yard, she asked.

Wen Minghua recalled all the people she knew in the factory and those who lived in family buildings, but she still couldn't remember who the child's parents were.

She shook her head:
"how could I know."

The factory is so big, she can't know everyone.

It just depends on whether Yang Jianping knows enough to ask around. After all, he can really trust his children to come to their home by themselves without adults bringing them as gifts. He must be very familiar with their home.

In the middle of the afternoon, Wen Minghua packed up a pile of dirty clothes and called Yang Manchun to wash them by the well. Li Changchun entered the yard with a net bag filled with three or four apples.Wen Minghua looked at Yang Manchun and saw her rolling her eyes at Li Changchun:

"What are you doing here? You have the nerve to bring over a few old apples?"

"..."

Li Changchun just opened his mouth to call Wen Minghua, but he choked back on her words.

With an embarrassed look on his face, he smiled at Sanjie Liu who was also at the well, and then looked at Yang Manchun with a little doting in his eyes:
"Didn't I think that you haven't been home for several days? Come here to see if there is anything going on at home?"

Yang Manchun poured water from the enamel basin at his feet:
"I do have something going on at home, and you're here just in time. Please help me."

She pointed to the roof of her house:

"You go get some tiles for our house and renovate the roof."

Normally, her father and two brothers in the family would renovate the roof every year. This year, her father was away, so Li Changchun took advantage of the fact that the rainy season was not over yet, so he let Li Changchun do it.

"..."

Li Changchun ducked back, but still couldn't avoid it. Some water was inevitably splashed on his trouser legs. He raised his head and was about to say something, but Yang Manchun beat him to it:

"You're stupid, you didn't know there was a sewer, why don't you get out of the way!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he filled his hand with half a basin of water.

Wen Minghua frowned:
"Yang Manchun."

She raised her hand and patted the wrist holding the basin.
"Can't you just take a few more steps?"

Third Sister Liu couldn't help laughing. She had known that Wen Minghua didn't want to see the person her daughter was dating, but she didn't know that Yang Manchun also had the intention of going back on his word. It was natural to notice at this time:
"Your name is Li Changchun. You are such a kid. Why don't you know how to look at your feet?"

She didn't splash the water directly like Man Chun did. Instead, she took a few more steps like Wen Minghua said, but the force of the splash was obviously a bit stronger.

Li Changchun endured his anger and took a few steps back, then walked towards Yang Manchun with an expression that said he was very knowledgeable:
"Chun, don't worry, there shouldn't be any rain this year, so there's no rush to renovate."

He placed the net bag on the table beside the well and wanted to reach out and take the quilt cover that Wen Minghua was twisting:

"Auntie, let me help you."

Wen Minghua handed him the quilt without politeness:
"Okay. It just so happens that Manchun and I don't have much energy."

The small clothes have been washed, and there are only two quilt covers. Since he wants to please them, let him do it.

"..."

Third Sister Liu lowered her head and rubbed the white shirt in her hands vigorously, fearing that she might accidentally laugh out loud.

Li Changchun was also stunned. He obviously did not expect that Wen Minghua would thrust the wet quilt cover into his hand so unceremoniously. The quilt cover fell to the ground before he could catch it.

This was so serious. Wen Minghua only frowned and before she could say anything, Yang Manchun screamed:

"Li Changchun, what do you mean? If you have any objections to my mother, just say it directly. Is it necessary to pretend to help with work like this and not do it well?"

She threw the quilt cover she had just rinsed into the bucket, stepped forward and pushed him:
"Get out of here, get out of here, I don't need you to help me with the work!"

(End of this chapter)

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