It's been after dinner in the blink of an eye.

Li Jing quietly stopped thinking superfluously. He rummaged through the low closet, and soon found the supplies he needed—half a cheap bottle of shampoo, only a thin slice of brown soap, and two dry towels, one large and one small.

Putting the sundries into the basin, he led Xiao Nan out the door.

At this time, the dark clouds have driven away the sunset, the night sky has begun to twinkle with stars, and the gentle breeze is blowing, it is a refreshing night.

The dim moonlight blends with the dim light in the room, and the vision is not too dark. Li Jing touched the darkness and soon came to the public restroom. lit the small lamp hanging in the air with wire, and began to help Xiao Nan take off his little short sleeves and take a bath.

It's normal to help your child take a bath. Li Jingjing is not impossible, after all, bathing the obedient Xiao Nan is much easier than washing the scurrying puppy at home! He just has a sense of awkwardness, even if Xiao Nan is still young, how can a father bathe his daughter every day?

Isn't that mom's business...

Of course, what makes Li Jing feel inconvenient is far more than this. Lenovo is more comprehensive, for others, whether it is some girls' common sense, or some basic life, clothing, companionship, communication, etc., he knows nothing.

Strange to say, while thinking about these things, a thought came to Li Jingjing's mind - if Xiao Nan's mother was here, how good would it be? Even if he could only take care of Xiao Nan, as long as he subsidized the family's income a little, he could also work with confidence.

But no...

He is the only one who can take care of Xiao Nan and earn money to work... All on his own....

Suddenly, a wisp of wind swept through the small bathroom, and the small lamp hanging in the air swayed.

The shaking of the small lamp made the shadows of the two large and small ones printed on the wall in the simple bathroom made of red bricks and tiles quickly distorted, looking at the elongated and flickering shadows, listening to the quiet environment with only the sound of water on the sprinkler, sitting in this small bathroom that seemed to be the only world left between him and Xiao Nan.

He felt strangely alone.

.....

This night, Li Jing had another dream. He dreamed that he had found a good job, sitting in a bright office in a suit and leather shoes, working on file after paper. Vaguely he listened to a small jasper, a gentle and mature woman was smiling and telling him all kinds of Xiao Nan....

When I woke up, it was early in the morning.

Breaking away from the dream, Li Jing sat on the bed and was stunned for a while, his eyes fell on Xiao Nan, who was curled up and sleeping soundly in the corner of the quilt, he gently pinched the face that was a little baby fat, and got up cautiously, intending not to make noise to Xiao Nan.

But that damn iron bed didn't give him face. With a slight shake, a crunching noise came out, which made Xiao Nan quarrel. She sat up in a daze, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and muttered, "Dad, are you awake?"

"Ah, Daddy made a noise to you?.I'm sorry. ”

Li Jinglian leaned over and touched her head apologetically, "Good, you sleep for a while, Dad will buy you some breakfast and put it on the table, you wait to eat it yourself." Seeing that Xiao Nan answered, Li Jingjing continued to say gently, "Also, Dad will have to go out to find a job later, and he won't be able to come back until noon." You don't want to open the door for others when you're alone at home, if you're bored, go to Uncle Lu's to play, you can't run around, you know?"

Xiao Nan still sat obediently and nodded.

Just as Li Jing was about to turn around, change her clothes and shoes, and was about to go out, she suddenly asked Li Jing who was stunned: "Dad, will it be tiring to look for a job?"

Tired from work?

Where did she learn about this?

After a long time, Li Jingjing smiled with relief, couldn't help but kiss Xiao Nan's face hard, and said, "I'm not tired, how can I be tired? Everyone has to work." When Dad makes money, it's too late to be happy. When the time comes, we can send you to study like those big brothers and sisters, and we can change to a better place to live, and there will be a big fan at night. ”

Li Jing saw it, and Xiao Nan's clear eyes when he heard the word reading became even brighter.

....

Tired from work?

Ask yourself a hundred times, and Li Jing will answer 101 times tired. More than once the right should be emphasized.

He didn't get enough sleep at all, it was like setting an instinctive alarm clock that woke him up early. He didn't dare to squint anymore, and it was noon when he was lazy as usual, when the sun was hot and poisoned. Besides, what if I can't find it in the afternoon? I can only add early morning time.

His feet were heavy and sore as if he had been tied to a few kilograms of iron. It was because I walked too much yesterday, and my body was too lacking in exercise, so I almost stumbled when I went to buy breakfast on the side of the road. Fortunately, the cheap breakfast made his body feel a lot less uncomfortable.

One piece of five bought two cups of soy milk and two large fritters. The fritters are for Xiao Nan. He was uncomfortable because the steamed buns at home were too hard to chew, so he had to add a cup of soy milk to eat with him. I survived the morning, but in this way, plus last night's meal money, my pocket is only seven yuan and five, and the limit can only survive today.

Therefore, Li Jing said to himself before leaving: No matter what, you must find a job today.

.....

The summer of '04 came a little earlier than usual. The wall clock in the street shop showed that it was less than 9 o'clock, and the sun sprayed the heat wave mercilessly, and the No. 11 bus roared past with a cloud of gray-brown dust flying in the sky, and even the station and the street were hazy.

I slept too suddenly last night, and Li Jingjing left the time for work on the road. The experience of yesterday's failure made Li Jing give up the idea of working in that prosperous and magnificent building, the recruitment requirements are low, and the possibility of salary advance is the greatest, he thinks about it, there is only one way - to enter the factory.

Li Jingjing knows what it means to enter the factory.

Bitter.

Tired.

Low wages.

Long working hours.

That's all he had when he entered the factory.

Li Jingjing is self-aware. He knows that he is not good at words, has no skills, and does not know how to make money and invest, and the most important thing is that he does not even have a graduation certificate, even if he spends a whole day running to the farther street, most of the results are still a nose and tired legs and feet are weak, and finally go home in disgrace, worrying about tomorrow's livelihood in silence.

Even if it's possible to find an easier job, it's a bit of a fluke.

Now he needs money so much, even if it is only a small two or three hundred yuan, it is enough to solve his current embarrassment and maintain his life for a while.

....

Factories are not hard to find. Whether it is a big city or a small city, it is indispensable.

Li Jingjing met two or three when he was looking for a job yesterday, but they were all far away from the busy streets. One of the larger ones is closer, about 20 minutes away, and the two smaller ones are a little farther away, in more remote locations. Fortunately, it is conspicuous and can remember the location.

What Li Jing cares about is whether they are hiring.

After 20 minutes of travel, Li Jing gritted his teeth and survived, and now, he is standing at the top of the high-rise building with a magnificent golden font marked with the door of the 'Hongda Carton Factory' factory.

After looking around, Li Jingjing walked to the security booth at the gate, he wiped the dense beads of sweat from his forehead, knocked on the window, and said to the young security guard who was looking out into the distance, "Hello?

The sudden knock on the window scared the security guard who was distracted, and reacted, how could he give Li in front of him a good face, and said coldly with anger, "Go through the small door and go in, the first floor of the building on the left is personnel, go and ask yourself." ”

Li Jingjing could only smile embarrassedly, and hurriedly rushed in through the small opening on the side of the closed iron bar. However, at the moment of entering the gate, I was greeted by a hot air with a thick smell of sweat and paper, as if it was still wrapped in bitterness, hard work, busyness, and many mixed breaths...

This made his heart beat faster, and he began to be nervous and apprehensive.

If you recruit people, can you get by?

If so, will you be able to do a good job?

If it's hard, do you persevere?

If you don't do it well, you will be clumsy, will you be scolded?

There are many thoughts.

Li Jingjing soon came to the six- or seven-story building. He stood at the door of the iron sign on the first floor with the "Personnel Department" hanging on it, tightened the ID card in his pocket, took a deep breath, and tried to calm the worry of being frustrated like yesterday. ”