She says “I put a tent up in the garden, and the children turns to camp outside. We turned it into a game. The children were terribly hurt by losing both their parents. But now, despite our lack of space and money, we have become one happy family.”

The table in the kitchen was so small that Julie had to cook Christmas dinner in two sittings. Her eldest son has left for university and his bedroom is used by the younger boys.

Julie had to work 50 hours a week and ran the home on her salary.

“The children aren’t quiet anymore. The house is filled with screams and shouts and laughter.” she says. “They say ‘Julie, you make us so happy,’ but the truth is that they’re the ones who make me happy.

I’m just an ordinary mum and do what I should."

在这一句but the truth is that they’re the ones who make me happy - 我知道the ones 替代的是人，但是我有2个疑问：

1）后面出现了the ones 是复数替代，那么前面为什么没有出现people或person(s)呢? 也就是说，前面没有出现people或person(s), 后面也可以直接用the onese 替换吗？似乎不能理解。

2）这里的the ones - ones 究竟是people，还是 persons呢？

谢谢老师！盼复！