In addition to the dazzling array of goods from clothes to shoes, toys to decorations, there are countless small restaurants of various styles, and there are countless large and small shops with dazzling signs.

After purchasing clothes, pants, shoes and socks for Li Xiaoqiao, Li Qiao found a fast food restaurant, ordered a children's set meal, looked at the only little banknote left in his pocket, hesitated, and finally drank more than half of the white rice porridge for three yuan as long as he took three bites.

Compared with Li Qiao's white rice porridge with only a few salty menus, the children's package that came into being for children is quite eye-catching, the millet porridge is painted with a cartoon image, the golden egg roll is decorated with bright tomato sauce, and even the cucumber tomatoes that implement a balanced diet are red and green, and they are directly spent on Li Qiao's thirty-five oceans, and I can't help but drip blood in my heart!

However, Li Xiaoqiao, who hadn't eaten anything good for a day and a half with Li Qiao's cheap father, looked at it with a smile, his little hands couldn't help but pat the table, and his mouth kept babbling and shouting: "Baba, eat, poop, eat." Many customers who came to eat were surprised.

Li Qiao smiled bitterly, picked up a small spoon that was even a pocket version of the shape, scooped up the rice porridge and blew it slightly cold before he dared to feed it to Li Xiaoqiao, this meal was not long after eating, maybe because Li Xiaoqiao was really hungry, a mouthful of millet porridge and then a soft egg roll, did not stop at all.

Li Qiao, who hopes that this little girl can leave a little less for herself, is quite frustrated, who said that the child's food is small, this is a bottomless pit in front of him, looking at her satisfied appearance, there is no intention to leave a little bit.

As the rice was gradually eaten, the night outside the window also slowly fell, the pedestrians outside the floor-to-ceiling window or snuggled up to each other, or held hands, a day ago, Li Qiao was still a single person who was absent from work and drinking, eating and waiting for death, and only one short day, from the discovery of the child in the garbage heap at the door, to the earth-shattering thunderbolt of the civil affairs department, and then to the purchase of clothes and now eating, quietly, he turned into a father with a fifteen-month-old girl.

This can't help but make Li Qiao, who is looking at the people coming and going outside the window, feel like a world away!

"Let's go, let's go home!" Li Qiao smiled bitterly and came back to his senses, but he saw Li Xiaoqiao next to the chair with his head down, and his body was about to fall down, like a tumbler.

The fifteen-month-old child himself is weaker than ordinary people, and Li Xiaoqiao, who has seen so many novelties after running around this morning, has been excited for a long time, and is already tired, and at this moment, he is full of food and drink and falls asleep directly with his head tilted.

Li Qiao carefully picked up Li Xiaoqiao, fortunately Li Xiaoqiao at the moment is not heavy to him, but it is still a little troublesome to ride on the small electric donkey, it seems that she has to buy a small stool for her, let her sit underneath, Li Qiaopan while thinking, while driving the electric donkey to the old-fashioned community.

At night, Xinghai City also seems to have changed into a person, the street lamps on both sides emit bright light, shining on the river surface sparkling, the sidewalk near the river is paved with wooden planks, on which the uncles and aunts who are used to going out for a walk at night are walking along the sidewalk while chatting about family life.

And Li Qiao is like an office worker passing by on the electric car lane, submerged in the traffic composed of groups of battery cars and bicycles, and the sound of the horn from time to time could not wake up Li Xiaoqiao who was sleeping soundly.

When he returned to the old apartment, Li Qiao looked at his watch, it was already eight o'clock in the evening, and the bumps on the stairs along the way were more like a cradle, which made Li Xiaoqiao sleep more deeply, and the faint exhalation sound came from her delicate nose, and a pair of delicate eyelashes kept fluttering under her eyelids.

Li Qiao put the child on the bed, the moonlight fell on the child's body through the window glass, reflecting her already white skin even fairer, the little mouth smashed it from time to time, and I don't know what kind of sweet dream she was having, seeing the child sleeping like a lovely porcelain doll, Li Qiao couldn't bear to wake her up, in this case, those clothes will be worn tomorrow!

Back in the living room, Li Qiao took out a can of beer from the refrigerator, lit a cigarette, and sat on the sofa with his butt.

But Li Qiao had to accept this reality, after all, the content on the information of the civil affairs department could not be faked, Li Qiao squinted his eyes and looked out of the window that sank into the water, and the news on the TV was like the background.

In the past, he was alone, and he could be a bachelor who was drunk today, and he didn't need any savings at all, but now it's different, with children, whether it's eating, drinking, sleeping, or sleeping, he needs money, and this day of running around makes him deeply aware of the importance of this.

"Let's go to Brother Biao tomorrow to admit my mistake!" Li Qiao took a deep breath, threw the cigarette butt to the ground, stepped on it, stretched his waist, and caught a glimpse of the parenting aerobics that he had placed on the sofa before going out, and his mind couldn't help but move.

Anyway, it's still early, and the effect of this aerobics is quite obvious, Li Qiao learned the posture in the book and practiced, with the amazement of the morning, at this moment Li Qiao sat up handy, the first action was maintained for seven minutes, two minutes more than the first time.

However, Li Qiao was not happy for long, and the second action was not even maintained for one-third of the time of the first action, if it was converted like this, the subsequent movements would be more and more difficult, but the effect of doing the action made him easily hold the child, but it made Li Qiao more motivated to practice.

After practicing until he couldn't hold on, Li Qiao took a deep breath, this time he didn't have diarrhea, but a sticky sweat, and then took a good shower to ensure that his whole body was comfortable, and then he slept on the sofa.

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The morning light of the next morning soon came, through the window glass, shattered on the floor, shining on Li Qiao's body warm, Li Qiao stretched his waist, this sleep was unexpectedly good, Li Qiao opened his eyes only to feel full of energy, and then looked at himself in the mirror, the decadent appearance of the past has long disappeared, replaced by the appearance of a young man full of vitality.

This kind of sleep has never been done before, most of the time it is either a headache or a sore body, such a change is quite surprising to Li Qiao.

Li Qiao washed up, and found that Li Xiaoqiao in the bedroom was still asleep, and her little face like Angel remained peaceful at the moment, Li Qiao gently pinched her little face, and then went downstairs to buy a millet porridge and soy milk, put it beside her, and then changed her clothes and walked out of the door directly.

After so many days of work, it's time to work, otherwise not to mention the public salary, the job will be lost, no wonder a penny is stumped heroes is an eternal truth, anyway, I have already bought food for the child, this little girl woke up, if she is hungry, she should be able to eat by herself!

"Make money, make money!" Li Qiao drove the small electric donkey towards the Huaijiang Hotel, along the way the morning breeze blew him refreshed, ten minutes, a decoration looks quite luxurious seven-story hotel is far away in front of him.

Jianghuai Hotel is located in a prime location, the flow of customers is huge, the same its reputation in Xinghai City is also quite loud, I heard that the owner of this hotel is still a strong woman, which makes the reputation and strength of Jianghuai Hotel give people a sense of mystery.

Li Qiao walked in from the back of the kitchen with ease, changed his clothes, and went directly to the kitchen, at this time the guests had not yet come, but the chefs came early to prepare the ingredients, only to see that the spacious cold storage room was full of people, one by one, I don't know what to say, all kinds of flavors of Mandarin are available.

"Hey, take twenty crispy ducks, hurry up, someone has booked twenty tables for the wedding banquet today, and there is only one hour left. A middle-aged man smoking with his back against the door shouted loudly.

Another young point, looking at the young man who looked like an apprentice, tried hard to drill into it, and said with a bitter face: "Master, you can't get in." ”

"Damn, it's useless, I'll come!" The middle-aged man threw his cigarette butt on the ground, rolled up his sleeves and was about to go in, when suddenly a familiar voice sounded in his ears: "Lao Xu, what are you doing in such a hurry?"

"Ohashi, why are you here? Smoking. The man who was about to step forward stopped his movements and handed him a cigarette with a smile: "There are twenty tables of wedding banquet today, and the damn is still in the daytime." ”

Li Qiao obviously had a good relationship with the people in the kitchen and service room, took the cigarette and said with a smile: "Crispy duck is fried, and everything is very simple, it is better than twenty single tables, there are all kinds of strange dishes!"

"That's what I said!" Lao Xu grabbed Li Qiao's shoulders and whispered: "Go find Brother Biao, I've been busy to death in the past two days, and if you don't answer the phone, he's almost angry, maybe he will get it and cut you yesterday, and now he's in the office, you go and apologize to him." ”

"Okay, just say this to you, I'll help you with your dishes later!" Li Qiao grinned, then turned around and walked upstairs, on the way he met a few waiters who were holding wine in the warehouse, all of them took the initiative to greet Li Qiao with a smile, and then nodded in the direction of the chef's office, Li Qiao smiled at them.

There was a knock on the door of the office, and Brother Biao, who was sitting in the room, was looking at the menu: "How many tables have you booked today?"

"I haven't seen it yet. A familiar voice rang out.

"Okay, stinky boy, I'm willing to come over now, see if Lao Tzu doesn't kill you. Seeing the comer, Brother Biao stood up like a hill, although he was scolding, but he threw a cigarette in his hand: "The money is spent?"

Li Qiao took the cigarette and smiled bitterly: "The flowers are over." ”

"I know what you're going to do, kid?" Brother Biao lit a cigarette for himself and swallowed the clouds.

"Today I have a stove by myself!" Li Qiao didn't say a word: "Hei Liqun, give me another cigarette to taste."

"you!" Brother Biao scolded with a smile: "Get out!"

Li Qiao grinned, took a cigarette and staggered downstairs again.