What time is it?

I'm going to see a doctor at 8 o'clock.

The two of them said that they would get off work late, but how could it be so late? Today, the machine is running smoothly, and the output is enough...

Li Jingjing grabbed one box after another full of paper, lifted it vigorously, packed it, and then stacked it on the wooden board with great difficulty. Wipe the sweat from your forehead from time to time, wipe off the wet water stains on your neck, and then continue to hurry. For a long time after nightfall, he couldn't settle down.

"People are going to starve to death, don't you want to get off work?" Suddenly, Feng Qiong suddenly opened his mouth coldly, breaking the alternative dead silence of the workshop.

"The director said, leave work at 8 o'clock. The group leader replied.

"Why doesn't he die? He is now going to sleep after eating, taking a shower, why do we have to work overtime until this time? Hungry for two or three hours more, not even five dollars. Tell me, why?"

Compared with herself, Li Jingjing's impression of this girl who is a few years younger than herself is mostly 'enthusiastic', 'smiling' and 'friendly'. But it was this sudden spicy noodle that set a new outline for the image in his heart, and he was stunned, looked at Feng Qiong in amazement, and only relieved himself for a long time - this accent, is it a Sichuan girl?

Of course, Li Jingjing knows that it is not small that she is 'upset' for herself. Looking at the past, Feng Qiong is not a young girl who cares about off-duty time. He thought that maybe he had made an appointment with the doctor to talk to her at noon about 8 o'clock, and she was thinking about it.

She's a good-hearted girl.

Listening to Feng Qiong's stabbing indifferent words, the group leader coldly swept away the young man who was also unhappy, and disagreed, such as deliberately warning everyone, "If you want to leave early, talk to the director." Otherwise, absenteeism will be recorded and 50 will be deducted. ”

"You...."

"Forget it, forget it. Li Jing was afraid that it would be really noisy, so she even went over to appease Feng Qiong, and said with a forced smile, "It's okay, it's probably soon." ”

When Feng Qiong heard this, she glanced at Li Jingjing, and didn't squeak after saying the word 'you...' to the group leader. In the end, he sighed angrily and helplessly. Hawkers, I don't know if I'm angry at Li Jing's overly docile character, or I'm helpless that there is no possibility of leaving work early at the moment...

The workshop continued to get busy.

Fortunately, the time did not drag on for too long, about ten or twenty minutes, and finally it was 8 o'clock at night. As soon as the time to get off work came, Li Jing immediately pulled out, grabbed a shirt and put it on the wet half of his body in the locker room, put on his pants, and took advantage of the pale lights in the factory to find out of the factory.

The sky was darker than Li Jing expected. Although it was a cool night without rain, the moonlight was obscured by dense dark clouds, and the rain seemed to fall at any time. The remote and dim alleys are even quieter, looking for the path back and forth, turning left and right, and finally coming to the health center with dim lights and half a door open.

knocked on the door, and the middle-aged man said, "Come in." After that, Li Jingjing walked in. And the middle-aged doctor, who hadn't said all the words "Your child is here...", fell on Li Jing's empty back, and frowned: "What about your child?"

Li Jing looked ashamed. He knew that it would be superfluous to prepare an explanation—how long had they been waiting? The clock on the wall showed that it was 8:30. Talking about working overtime in the factory, what's the matter with managing people? People are waiting, it's not their own fault!

"Doctor... I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I want to ask for leave today, but the factory won't give me approval..."He thought about some wording on the road, and suddenly forgot to clean it for a while, and said in a panic, "I don't dare to be absent from work, I have to earn money, live, and can only wait to get off work.... I'm really sorry to keep you waiting for so long. ”

Zhang Zhiwei looked at the man in front of him.

27 years old, wearing some years of old clothes and pants, sneakers with open threads.

He did seem to have walked in a hurry, and had been busy all day. Half of the messy hair was soaked with sweat, the thin summer clothes and pants were sticky with sweat, and the sneakers with open threads were all brown and black mud, and the soles were covered with dry mud, which had not been washed for a long time. Judging from his medical experience, this dull yellow face is a symptom of malnutrition, the numb eyes tortured by life are full of hunger and exhaustion, and in this slightly cool room, there are still dense beads of sweat on his forehead - his work is very hard, right? I remember he said that he was alone with children....

For some reason, Zhang Zhiwei was a little bitter. The voice was hoarse and said, "It's not in the way, just wait a little longer." Go back, I'll be waiting for you for an hour if you come. ”

"I can't do it. How can I make you wait another hour...."Li quietly shook his head violently.

He's an honest man.

Zhang Zhiwei smiled, "Then tomorrow, I will get off work tomorrow... Well, pick up your kids after work. Speaking of this, he seemed to be worried that Li Jing had something to do, and added a superfluous sentence, "Don't go beyond 10 o'clock." ”

....

Li Jing was grateful, and thanked him many times, and then touched the night and walked home.

When Li Jing hurriedly arrived at the entrance of Lao Zhangji Hotel, he found that the hotel had closed early as yesterday. But compared to yesterday, today is completely closed the door, and there is no light in the door, which makes Li stay on the ground quietly....

What about Brother Lu and Sister Zhang? Didn't you just buy a stove, why did you close the store? Is it new and broken? Or is it not easy to use, and you just happened to buy a new one?

After being puzzled, Li Jing's mind fell on Xiao Nan.

"Xiao Nan sent it home, right? ”

Li Jingjing immediately pulled out his feet and trotted towards home. As soon as he arrived at the door, the dim little lamp and Xiao Nan's laughter made Li Jing breathe a sigh of relief, opened the door with a smile, and shouted, "Why are you so happy?

"Dad!" Xiao Nan saw Li Jingjing and was about to pounce. Li Jingjing was so sticky, how dare she let her get close, and even stopped her, "It's all sweat, how can you come over?" ”

"She's missing you, how can you do it when you're so busy with work? Go out early and return late, talk and play with the children a day, and in less than two hours, you won't be seen when you open your eyes, and if this continues, your girl will have my surname. The woman surnamed Zhang quipped.

Li Jing smiled awkwardly and asked, "Sister Zhang, why did you close the door so early tonight? What happened to Brother Lu?"

"My father-in-law is sick, and he was notified by his sister in the afternoon. The woman surnamed Zhang listened to the question, her mood was obviously low, she sighed, and slowly spoke, "Now that the old man lives in the hospital, he went to accompany him... Alas, you said that the old man who was usually very healthy was suddenly diagnosed with terminal cancer, which..."The woman surnamed Zhang looked bitter, frowned, paused, and then frowned helplessly, "His sister's family has no financial ability, so it has to rely on us." I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money. Actually, it doesn't matter if you have money, if you don't have it, can you earn it? It's just this disease, I'm afraid it won't be cured..."

At this point, the woman surnamed Zhang seemed to think that she was saying something that should not be said, she got up and forced a smile, "It's not good for me to talk to you about this, why talk about this." She glanced at Xiao Nan, touched Xiao Nan's little face, and then said, "When you come back, I'll go and see my father-in-law." Maybe I won't be able to come back for the next two days, and I can't help you take care of Xiao Nan."

Can Li Jing understand that she stayed until now to help watch Xiao Nan?

His face was hot for a while, and he said, "Thank you so much, it's too troublesome for you, Sister Zhang." He didn't know how to comfort him, or say something appropriate, so he was stunned for a moment, so he could only say, "Then you go to see it first, the old man may not be lucky and the stars are shining, wait a minute, check the wrong mile? ”

The woman surnamed Zhang smiled, said goodbye to Xiao Nan, and turned to leave.

Leaving Li quiet and ignorant, Xiao Nan sat on the bed and listened to the stunned. After a long time, Li Jing exhaled heavily, as if he wanted to get rid of something, and then said to Xiao Nan, "You haven't taken a bath, have you?" Come, Dad will take you to take a bath and go to bed early. Dad has a lot to do in a while, and he can't play with you. ”