It was an unchanging summer night, but Li was in a quiet mood that was different from the previous one. The fan on the low wardrobe in front of the bed is on a moderate second gear, carrying the breeze outside the window, this slight coolness seems to be just on a late spring day.

Xiao Nan sat obediently on one side, staring curiously at Li Jingjing's non-stop hand - holding the red line, he took out small plastic beads from the bucket one by one and inserted them, carefully counted the number of 18, and then tied a small knot, and then carefully placed it in a plastic bag, repeatedly.

From time to time, he grabbed the big steamed bun on the paper on his side, took a few bites, tore off a small piece of the other half and fed it to Xiao Nan, sent it back to the paper, and continued to work.

This scene has been going on for more than half an hour.

Li Jing was clumsy, and he knew that he was not careful enough, so every time he completed a string, he spent a lot of time carefully reviewing it several times, for fear that there would be mistakes, so that in more than half an hour, he only completed about 20 strings.

"It's finally 5 cents..."Li Jing sighed, reviewed the necklace in hand, and put it in a plastic bag, which was the 25th string.

Li Jingjing has calculated his salary for working in the factory in the past two days. He starts work at 7 a.m. and starts work at 6 p.m., subtracting a one-hour lunch break for 10 hours a day. The internship period is 700 yuan a month, 23 yuan a day, and the hourly salary is two yuan and three cents. Well, that's not counting the production commissions he still doesn't know. After all, the off-duty time is not fixed, and it mostly lasts until dark to complete the production. Maybe it could be a decent income.

If it lasts for an hour like this, you probably won't be able to earn 1 dollar. However, compared to the hard work of the factory, this is a leisurely job, and it is understandable that the wages are less. Even with some emotion, he was satisfied.

Li Jing is not greedy.

That's what he thought - he would be home at about 7 p.m., busy with laundry and bathing, and the time would not be until 8 o'clock. If he sleeps until 10 o'clock all night, he can not only pass the leisurely time, but also earn two more yuan, an income of 60 yuan a month, and if he is careful in his calculations, his food money will not come out? How good it is! He can also stay up until next month's salary!

"Dad, is it fun to do this?" Xiao Nan, who had been sitting and watching for a long time, spoke.

Hearing this, Li Jing was slightly distracted, forgot the number of beads that had been strung just now, smiled bitterly, and counted them from the beginning 1, 2, 3, and 4 one by one, and after confirming that it was 18, he returned to Xiaonan, "It's not fun, my hands are sore." Well, go to bed early. ”

"Oh..."

Li Jingjing's words made her bow her head in frustration.

Seeing this, Li Jing was a little helpless, how could he not understand Xiao Nan's thoughts? He thought for a while, and suddenly smiled and said, "Do you want to play?"

"Yes!" she nodded vigorously.

"Come, Daddy will teach you. Like Dad, take these little ropes on the bed and string them in, 18 pieces of string on a rope, and then show them to Dad, if we can finish this bucket of beads, Dad will buy you toys like Aunt Zhang's teddy bear. ”

"Okay! I've seen it~"

The child answered very simply, and the loss instantly turned to excitement.

Of course, Li Jingjing didn't expect Xiao Nan to help anything, such a young girl, what do you know? Play with beads for her, don't lose it. He just didn't want Xiao Nan to develop the habit of getting something for nothing. Otherwise, like his character, he is spoiled, always stretching out his hand to eat and opening his mouth, waiting to be taken care of, and he will have it in the future?

However, after that, Li Jing was dumbfounded. After half an hour of observation, Xiao Nan unexpectedly learned a rough idea, she strung the beads one by one decently, counted them carefully to 18, and then handed them over to Li Jing to tie the knot....

He was distracted for a while, and his face was at a loss—is this kid so smart? If he hasn't studied well, he can count to 18 at this age? I remember that when I was 5 years old, I couldn't even count, and the teacher forgot it completely in the blink of an eye, and he was very stupid!

The part-time job continued. With a little helper, Li Jingjing finally got a little faster. Although Xiao Nan also miscalculates from time to time and is slow, this is not in the way. At least not a distraction. However, this scene did not last long, and as the night deepened, Xiao Nan began to get confused.

"Daddy...."

"Huh, are you going to sleep?" Li Jingjing put away the half-strung beads in her hand and put them back in the keg, ready to lull her to sleep.

"Daddy, my head is a little uncomfortable," she whispered.

“....”

Li Jingjing's face suddenly became ugly, he leaned over and put his face on Xiao Nan's forehead...

'It's a little hot. ’

Li Jingjing frowned, did he have a fever? Did he catch a cold because he kept blowing the fan tonight, and there was some cool breeze? Or was the weather too hot for the past two days, and he kept running blindly, and he couldn't get heat stroke? No, the latter should be unlikely, and he has been staying at Sister Zhang and Brother Lu's place to have fun, and he will take care of it.

"Is it the fan blowing cold at night?" Li Jingjing finally made such a judgment, and the fault was attributed to his lack of carefulness - these days he was too busy, desperately turning on the fan, and he didn't consider that the child was frail, easy to get sick, and didn't take care of it well.

In some guilt and mentality, Li Jingjing still breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, the temperature of Xiao Nan's forehead is not high, and it should only be a small burn. Take some medicine, lie down for a day, drink more hot water, you should almost be cured, there will be no major problems, try to pay attention to it in the future.

Immediately stop the beads in hand, lift them up with the plastic bag containing the dozens of beads, put them back in the bucket, and place them in the corner. Immediately turned off the fan, got up and rummaged in the drawer of the small closet. It's a pity that after a few minutes of searching, the family did not find the fever medicine that Li Jingjing needed.

"At this time, most of the health centers are closed, and the pharmacies are probably not closed, but there are on the lively street, and you have to walk a long way back and forth. ”

Thinking of this, Li Jing got up, tried not to shake the rusty iron bed, carefully closed the door, and came to the entrance of the hotel surnamed Lu.

"Brother Lin, are you here?" The man surnamed Lu thought that Li Jing was going to eat, and said with a smile, "Sit, what are you eating?"

"I'm not Brother Lu for eating. Li Jing shook his head, a little anxious, "Do you have any fever reducers here?" Xiao Nan blew too much on the fan, and he had a little fever. ”

"Xiao Nan has a fever?" The woman surnamed Zhang, who was sitting in the back and sorting out the dishes, put down the kitchen utensils when she heard this, and replied, "I have the medicine here, I'll get it for you." ”

"Aren't you okay to go back today?" The man surnamed Lu was very surprised, and immediately guessed that he had caught a cold just after going back, and immediately became dissatisfied, "Children are already prone to fever and cold, you have to pay more attention... It's good to turn on the fan hot, why are you driving it so big?

The man surnamed Lu muttered dissatisfiedly, and his voice behind him was a little rough, and he also had some dialect tone, which made Li Jing listen a little unclear, so he could only be embarrassed and silent.

"Alright, alright. The woman surnamed Zhang came out with the medicine at this time, "Don't chatter, other people's daughters, is he still uncomfortable? What are you muttering? Just take some medicine..." ”

"I see. Thank you, Brother Lu, Sister Zhang. ”

....

I quickly picked up two bottles of medicine and went home, boiling hot water. After the water boiled, Li Jingjing mixed some cold water to keep the water temperature at a palatable degree, and then gently hugged Xiao Nan and shouted in a low voice, "Xiao Nan, come, take the medicine, and your head won't hurt." ”

"Uhhhhhh

She had just slept soundly for a while, and she was called out to whimper and complain a few times, and then in order to return to her dream, she swallowed the medicine and a few mouthfuls of warm water with her eyes closed, and tried to lie back to the pillow. Soon the breathing slowly evened out, and then she fell into a dream - it was useless to get her up and drink more hot water.

Now Li Jingjing did not go to bed, he sat on the small stool in front of the bed, thinking silently. He just remembered that a few days ago, Xiao Nan also muttered a headache when he started to fall asleep... This made him very concerned.

"Forget it, take Xiao Nan to see a doctor tomorrow, maybe I'm thinking too much. Li quietly lit mosquito coils, turned off the small lamp, and climbed into bed.