"Feng Feng, why did you go home so early today?" Li Wanmin saw the schoolbag on the sofa and knew that his son had returned, so he asked towards his son's room.

Li Feng walked out of the room and saw his father Li Wanmin, who was in his forties and had slightly thin black hair.

In order to prepare for the first wave of layoffs, the factory has begun to encourage workers to use their spare time to engage in some side jobs, so that once they are laid off, they will not have no source of livelihood at all.

Therefore, usually at three o'clock in the afternoon, the workers can go home one after another.

The kid hit his head, and the head teacher told him to go home early and rest. Zhang Guilan took the stubble.

Li Wanmin approached and looked at his son's head, and it didn't seem to be a big problem, so he said, "Guilan, I'm going to play chess with Lao Chen." ”

"Oh, Feng Feng came back early today, and I'll eat at five o'clock in a while. Zhang Guilan nodded and said.

This conversation sounded normal to Li Feng when he was a child.

But now he feels that there is a big problem, a worker who is about to be laid off, and goes out to find someone to play chess after leaving work at three o'clock, which is simply the attitude of life to prepare for retirement.

And the mother actually has a calm attitude, there is no meaning of broken thoughts at all, there must be something greasy in this!

"Dad, where are you going to play chess, I want to see it too. Li Feng immediately leaned in and asked.

"What's there to see, since you're fine, hurry up and do your homework. Li Wanmin's face was blank, and he looked a little impatient.

"Oh, got it. Li Feng secretly thought in his heart, and it seemed that his father's abnormal reaction was definitely not going out to play chess.

Li Wanmin washed his face slightly, changed out of his work clothes, and went out.

"Mom, why did you say that Dad has been obsessed with playing chess lately?" Li Feng asked deliberately.

Zhang Guilan's expression was a little hesitant: "How do I know, he can't help at home anyway, just let him go out to play chess." ”

Mother's attitude strengthened Li Feng's speculation, and he didn't know what his father was going out to do.

In my memory, in the two years of my sophomore and junior years of high school, my father was often not at home, and I didn't think much about it at all.

Otherwise, during Li Feng's college years, the old couple would not have to drink white porridge often to get by.

Li Feng's eyes rolled, and he wanted to go out with him to have a look. In the living room, he opened his schoolbag, pretended to flip through his homework book, and suddenly pretended to be surprised: "Hey, why is my physics workbook gone? Maybe it was dropped on the road, Mom, I'll go out and look for it immediately." ”

"Okay, stay safe, forget if you can't find it. Zhang Guilan didn't think much about it.

Quietly went out, Li Feng walked the cat step quietly behind his father, only to see his father put a big black burden on the bicycle, this burden is enough to stuff two large quilts, Li Dad tied it with a rope, and slapped it twice with his hand, absolutely no problem, and rode forward.

"What kind of is this?" Li Feng muttered with a frown.

Because there is a big burden on the back frame of the car, Li Wanmin is not fast on the bike.

In 2001, the urbanization process was just beginning, high-rise buildings were rare, and the entire urban framework was more than half smaller than 16 years later.

So even by bike, it only takes half an hour to cross the city.

Li Feng followed his father while looking at the old landscapes along the way, and couldn't help but marvel in his heart, he had never felt anything before, but now he realized that Xianhu City had changed so much in the past sixteen years.

Passing through a narrow and crowded old street, this is the old market center of the old town of Xianhu, which has been in decline since the 90s and has been completely demolished after 2005.

After about ten minutes, my father parked the car under a big tree outside the gate of the Children's Palace and removed the huge burden on the frame.

Li Feng raised his eyes and looked forward, and in front of him was the former Children's Palace.

Built in the early 80s, this children's palace resembles a medieval castle in Europe, with a colorful and beautiful appearance, making it a major feature of Xianhu City.

Even so, more than twenty years later, it still did not escape the fate of being demolished.

The memories of his childhood have been recalled, the Children's Palace is his childhood paradise, this area, along with the old street, was completely demolished in 2005, and then built into a tall office building.

Outside the Children's Palace, there is a large open space with a radius of 100 meters, where every major festival will carry out some special performances, and in normal times, this open space is not used by the Children's Palace, and the result has gradually evolved into a small street market.

Due to the high flow of people in this area, there are many business opportunities for mobile vendors. The Children's Palace is a favorite place for children, so there are candy gourds, popsicles, and toys.

When Li Feng was a child, he liked to pester his parents to go to the Children's Palace to play, because there were a lot of delicious and fun things at the door, and every time he went, he could always buy a few good things.

Hiding near the phone booth on the side of the road, Li Feng looked sideways.

I saw my father find a shade of a tree, and his big thick hands spread out the burden. In the baggage, there are all kinds of colorful plush toys, and there is also a billboard with crooked writing: plush toys from three yuan.

Li Wanmin immediately took out a small folding bench and sat on the edge of the stall, took out a paper fan and fanned it gently. The weather in the afternoon was still very hot and dry, and although it was under the shade of the trees, Li Wanmin still tanned a lot.

This scene moved Li Feng quite a lot, and his eyes began to moisten.

It turned out that when I was a sophomore in high school, my father had already quietly come out to set up a stall, and playing chess was just a pretense.

No wonder my father had suddenly become dark and thin from that time on, apparently due to overexertion.

When there is nothing to do at home, Zhang Guilan will also come out to set up a stall with Li Wanmin. But the two of them didn't even mention half a word to Li Feng about this, just hoping that he could study with peace of mind, be admitted to a good university, and fight for them.

Li Feng, who was stupid back then, was indeed deceived by his parents and didn't know anything about it, but in the end, he was admitted to a university, which was a fight.

When the time reached nearly four o'clock, the flow of people outside the Children's Palace began to gradually increase, and it entered a period of vigorous business.

In 2001, the schoolwork burden of primary school students was not heavy, and there were no interest classes to toss these unlucky children, so they had a lot of extracurricular time.

Many primary school students will choose to come to the Children's Palace to play after school, and the accompanying parents make a large number of people gather near the Children's Palace.

But Li Feng observed carefully, his father's stall didn't seem to be doing well, there were few customers who patronized, and occasionally a few little girls came to take a look, but after some picking, they basically went back empty-handed.

As for those who sell sugar gourds and popsicles, business is booming, with an average of one customer every minute or two.

Li Feng observed for about thirty minutes, and his father only closed two orders of business and sold three plush toys, which was a little pitiful.

Assuming that each plush toy can earn one yuan, then Dad can only make a profit of three yuan in half an hour, and he can earn ten yuan for two hours.

Of course, ten yuan in 2001 was enough for a family of three to eat, so Li Wanmin was still happy and did not think about his shortcomings compared with other vendors in the surrounding area.