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Monday During dinner tonight, Mom said we needed to have a family meeting. And family meetings are never much FUN. Mom told us Aunt Reba had lived a really humble life in a small apartment, but that she had been careful with her money and made some really smart investments. Well, I had NO idea why Mom was telling us all this. But then came the big news. Mom said that Aunt Reba had left all her money to her FAMILY. And it took me a second to realize that included US. Apparently, when you find out this sort of news you're not supposed to act HAPPY about it, because I guess that's disrespectful to the person who passed away. But nobody told us KIDS that.

周一 今晚吃晚饭的时候，妈妈说我们需要开个家庭会议。 家庭会议从来都没什么意思。 妈妈告诉我们，丽芭阿姨一直住在小公寓里，生活十分俭朴，但她很会理财，做了不少明智的投资。 唔，我完全搞不懂妈妈为什么要跟我们说这些。 但接下来就轮到重磅消息了。 妈妈说丽芭阿姨把所有钱都留给了家人。 我过了好一会儿才反应过来，我们也包括在内哦。 按理说，听到这种消息不该表现得很高兴，因为我猜这样对去世的人不尊重。 可没人跟我们小孩子说过这个规矩呀。

After Mom got us to settle down, she said we needed to have a serious discussion about what to do with our INHERITANCE. I already knew EXACTLY how I was gonna spend MY share.

等妈妈让我们安静下来之后，她说我们得认真讨论该怎么处理这笔遗产。 我心里早就清清楚楚想好我的那份要怎么花了。

Rodrick said he wanted to use HIS share to buy a tour bus for his band, and Dad wanted to buy some really expensive figurines for his Civil War diorama. Manny wanted to use HIS money to fill his bedroom with chocolate pudding for some reason. But Mom shot down everyone's ideas. She said we were making this decision as a FAMILY, and whatever we did with the money was gonna have to benefit EVERYBODY. Then she told us HER idea, which was to use the money for HOME IMPROVEMENTS.

罗德里克说他想用自己那份给乐队买一辆巡演巴士，爸爸想买一些很贵的人偶装饰他的内战立体模型。 不知道曼尼为啥想把他的钱用来把卧室填满巧克力布丁。 可妈妈否决了所有人的想法。 她说这得我们全家一起做决定，不管钱怎么花，都得让每个人受益。 然后她说了她的想法，就是把这笔钱用来做房屋翻新改造。

Everyone else thought that was a really BORING idea, but not ME. I ran upstairs to get the blueprints for my dream house, and I went through them, floor by floor. But Mom said the money Aunt Reba left us wouldn't even pay for the ice-skating rink I designed for the second level. So I tried out some of my LESS expensive ideas, like the couch with a built-in toilet.

其他人都觉得这个主意太无聊了，可我不这么觉得。 我跑上楼拿出我梦想小屋的设计图，一层一层地看了一遍。 可妈妈说丽芭阿姨留下的钱，连我设计的二楼溜冰场都修不起。 所以我想了几个更便宜的点子，比如自带马桶的沙发。

Mom wasn't crazy about THOSE ideas, either. She said she was thinking about using the money for an EXTENSION. Well, that sounded like a GREAT idea to ME. I figured if we added two more storeys to the top of our house, then everyone in the family could have their own FLOOR.

妈妈对这些点子也不感兴趣。 她说她想把这笔钱用来加盖房屋。 哦，这对我来说可是个绝妙的好主意。 我想，如果我们在原来的房子顶上再加两层，那家里每个人都能拥有自己单独的一层了。

Rodrick wanted to make the extension into a recording studio, and Dad wanted to make it all glass so he could show off his Civil War diorama to the neighbours. Manny had his OWN idea for what to put in the extension, but I think it was mostly just the chocolate-pudding thing again. Of course Mom didn't like any of OUR ideas, and she said she had a totally DIFFERENT plan for what the extension should be.

罗德里克想把加盖的部分改成录音室，爸爸想全做成玻璃的，这样就能向邻居炫耀他的内战立体模型了。 曼尼对加盖部分也有自己的想法，但我觉得基本上还是那个巧克力布丁的事儿。 当然啦，妈妈一点都不喜欢我们这些想法，她说她对加盖部分有完全不同的计划。