I Became a Vicious Supporting Role in the '70s-Chapter 24: This is the Scent of a Man

Shen Meng gave most of the dinner sent by Zhou Jiaojiao to the children, half an egg per child, without favoring anyone because of their age. She herself drank half a bowl of cornmeal lumps soup.

The act touched Lu Mingkai and Lu Mingfang immensely. Lu Mingfang directly placed her portion of the egg in front of Shen Meng.

"Mom, you eat it. I'm not hungry!"

"Mine for mom too, Xiao Kai is also not hungry."

"Xiao Kai is such a good boy, Mingfang you eat. Mom had mung bean soup in the afternoon, I'm not hungry at all. Your Fourth Uncle has boiled some water, tonight use the washbasin to all wash up, later I'll find a carpenter to make a bigger basin specifically for Mingfang."

A young girl needs to pay attention to hygiene from a young age. It was alright not to have formed this habit before, but since she has come, she has to take better care of the girl. If not cared for well when young, she will suffer when she grows up.

"Mom, I won't wash. You don't understand, this is the smell of a man, it will be gone if I wash." Lu Mingliang, seeing her in a good mood and speaking kindly to his siblings, also boldly spoke up for himself, truly not wanting to bathe.

"No way, it's so hot, how can you sleep without bathing? Properly smell yourself, is that the smell of a man? That's the smell of sweat."

"Hehe, second brother stinky."

Lu Mingliang glared at Lu Mingkai, clearly unconvinced. He had heard the workers say that this was the smell of a man, he didn't find it smelly at all.

Seeing his obstinance, Shen Meng said no more and turned her attention to Lu Mingyang who had been silent all this while.

"Mingyang will wash himself, I will wash for Ming Kai and Ming Fang. As for this little man who thinks he has the scent of a man, it's up to you whether you want to wash or not."

Just as Lu Mingliang wanted to loudly claim he didn't need to, his foot was heavily stepped on. Lu Mingyang glared back at him angrily, having just enjoyed a relaxed day, he had already become arrogant, an utterly memoryless monkey.

"Ming Liang will wash; he's talking nonsense."

After being reprimanded by his brother, Lu Mingliang didn't dare say another word. Lu Mingyang thought to himself that no matter what Shen Meng wanted to do, they would just agree with her for now. He needed to see what this bad woman was up to, and if she really planned to sell his siblings, he had to think of something in advance.

Lu Jiaxuan had already left after boiling the water, without saying a word of farewell, but Shen Meng didn't mind. She mixed the hot water for Lu Mingyang and Lu Mingliang and gave them a new towel and soap to scrub well.

After he left, the two boys quickly bathed, changed the water for Shen Meng, and then stayed in the west room. Scrubbing was out of the question; it was already good enough that they had kissed the water.

Shen Meng didn't mind; the two boys were grown, even if she wanted to bathe them, they would feel embarrassed.

But it was different with Lu Mingfang and Ming Kai, the two were scrubbed by Shen Meng until they howled. The kerosene lamp didn't light the room well, but Shen Meng knew well, the bottom of the washbasin must have been like noodles.

"Brother, listen, Ming Kai and Ming Fang must be being beaten harshly, they've never cried like this before even when beaten, brother, what should we do?" Lu Mingliang was panicked; he shouldn't have thought that the woman had improved just because of a small kindness.

Lu Mingyang didn't expect that the previously jolly person would turn around and start tormenting his siblings, and then felt it was normal again. This was the true face of the bad woman, how could she suddenly change for the better!

The two brothers were scared and hurried towards the kitchen. Pushing open the door, they saw Lu Mingfang standing in adult-sized cloth shoes, wearing a patched floral robe, her wet hair topped with a towel, while Lu Mingkai sat in the bathtub, his hands clinging to the rim, his eyes filled with tears.

"Big brother, second brother, wuwuwu, Mom is scrubbing too harshly, Xiao Kai's body is all muddy, it's too dirty."

Lu Mingyang and Lu Mingliang were startled and confused about the situation. Shen Meng glanced at them and softly said, "Hurry, close the door. The wind is cold, you'll catch a cold."

"Mom, are you bathing Xiao Kai and Ming Fang?" Lu Mingyang asked stiffly.

"Yes, I wanted you two to wash properly, but you didn't want to. Ming Fang and Xiao Kai are young, so I bathed them. You came just in time to dump out the water. There's still some water in the pot. Mix it and wash your hands again to clean it."

The two kids exclaimed "Ah" and then hurriedly scrambled to help lift the tub to pour out the water. The moon was bright, and when Lu Mingliang saw the dirty water pouring from the tub and the mud sticking to the bottom, he almost vomited his dinner.

"Is this, this all the mud scrubbed off from Ming Kai and Ming Fang's bodies? Oh dear mom, it's so dirty. Brother, I want to scrub too tomorrow night."

"Aren't you going to keep the manly scent anymore?"

"No more, no more. I was wondering why I was itching every day, it's all this mud, really gross."

After bathing the two children, Shen Meng carried them into her room, gently dried their bodies, and took out a bottle of children's cologne from the closet and carefully applied it.

"This is something mom bought before, I haven't had the heart to use it. You two washed up so fragrant and clean, now after applying the cologne, you'll surely sleep well tonight."

Lu Mingfang hesitated, but Shen Meng pulled her to her side.

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"Don't be reluctant, it's a big bottle. Mom will apply it for you, and you dry your own hair. It's going to hurt if it's wet, you can leave the clothes for Fourth Aunt to wash, we don't need to worry about it."

Lu Mingfang gently dried her hair, touched by the wandering hands on her body, which were incredibly gentle, and her eyes moistened.

"Mom, you're really nice now."

"Silly child." Shen Meng didn't say much, but in just one day, she felt better. The little girl, her heart is still tender!

After comforting the children, she went back to the kitchen, closed the door behind her, took a quick rinse in the space before coming out. While Shen Meng was bathing, Lu Mingyang and Lu Mingliang called everyone to go back to sleep.

However, the younger siblings didn't want to go back, and they even complained that they had not washed well. This was another blow to Lu Mingliang who was intent on keeping his masculine scent.

The next morning, Zhou Jiaojiao and Lu Jiaxuan came to deliver breakfast and incidentally took a few children's and Shen Meng's dirty clothes to the old Lu Family. However, this time they left the main gate open, so people going to work naturally saw the scene.

Just as Shen Meng was about to be questioned, she staggered out from the main hall, looking frail, which instantly made those who wanted to speak shut their mouths. They thought Shen Meng had gotten a bit better, but it turned out she still looked very ill.