When I got home, my father didn't even eat, so he sat at the table, holding his pen and thinking about how to draw, as if he didn't know where to put his pen.

"Shallow, my father's painting is about timing and detail, how can I draw now? I can't just scribble, ......."

I stared at my father quietly, I didn't want to paint, I wouldn't paint, why do I have to force myself so much? Why do you even spend all the time eating with me painting?

"That's it, now that the matter is now, what principles are needed?" Daddy shook his head and nodded, undecided.

"Shallow, please don't learn from Daddy, Daddy is doing this for this family. Come, I'll take you to bed first, you go to bed early"

Daddy put down the pen, walked over, carried me to the bed, and when I was ready, he carefully covered me with the quilt.

"Shallow, you go to sleep first, Daddy will finish the painting, good, go to sleep"

I closed my eyes, and although I didn't understand why my father was pushing myself, I seemed to understand that those paintings were important to my father. When I heard my dad get up, I opened my eyes again.

My father was afraid that I would wake up in the middle of the night, so I had to stay in the house to paint, and he was worried that it would affect my sleep, so the candle flame was very dim. I just stared intently, listening to the occasional sound of Daddy throwing away waste paper and sighing......

When I woke up, my father was still drawing, and his expression became helpless and sad. I got up and sat on the bed, quietly waiting for my father to call me, as if this was the only way I could see home and see my father from the directionless road.

"That's it, come, shallow, let's pack up and go to the store" Seeing that I woke up, my father stretched his waist, rolled up the picture scroll, and came over to pick me up and freshen up.

After some tossing, after feeding me, my father led me to the painting shop quickly, what is wrong with my father, I don't sleep, I don't eat, aren't you hungry or sleepy?

"Agui, you're finally here, what about the painting I asked you to paint? Give it to me" As soon as the shopkeeper saw my father leading me into the store, he hurried over.

"Here, take it. I've only painted two paintings, and the rest needs to be done today," Daddy handed the two paintings he had rolled up in his hand and handed them to the shopkeeper, but the shopkeeper's smiling face suddenly became angry.

"What are you telling me? I made it clear to you yesterday, how dare you delay with me, Agui, you really don't want to do it? The shopkeeper took the two paintings, his face full of displeasure.

"Boss, since you are a painting shop, you should know what a real painting is, I can paint two, it has been a lot of effort, and the remaining one will definitely be given to you today" Daddy quickly explained, holding my hand tightly.

"Alas, Agui, you are a scholar, I can give you this job, you should cherish it, and you dare to teach me such a lesson. Forget it, don't say more, you hurry up and go in and paint the rest of the painting for me. I'll leave you here, if you can draw it in an hour, you can continue to work here, or else, get out" The shopkeeper flicked his sleeves and left angrily with the two paintings.

Daddy shook his head helplessly, so he had to lead me to the back room, at this time, Daddy was very happy, he seemed to like this job very much, but now, he frowned. Daddy, what's going on? Why did the shopkeeper talk to my dad so fiercely?

"Shallow, will Daddy lose his original intention by doing this? Alas...... "Hold me, I'll sit on a chair in the back room."

Daddy thought about it, walked to the table, and decided to pick up the pen and start drawing, but he couldn't do anything he wanted, and from time to time he made impatient noises.

At that moment, there was a voice in my heart urging me, urging me to help my father solve this matter. So, I walked over to my father's desk and took the ink.

Daddy, who was engrossed in painting, didn't seem to notice. I hurriedly took the ink, went to the art shop, and poured them on the paintings painted by my father, all of which made my father unhappy, and it was the owner of the shop who made my father not sleep all night, and these things should be punished and punished. Daddy, don't worry, Qianqian will definitely not let them go......

"Agui, Agui, what is your daughter doing? Oh, my paintings, my paintings" The shopkeeper was so frightened that he ran over, snatched the ink plate from my hand, and pushed me to the ground.

I stared at the shopkeeper like this when I fell to the ground, and I didn't feel any pain at all, because he was punished, who told him to bully my father like this. Daddy, you'll be happy now.

"What's wrong, what's wrong, shallow, hurry up"

"Ah...... Boss, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, my daughter is sick, please forgive her for being ignorant" Daddy ran over to watch all this, quickly picked me up on the ground, and kept apologizing to the shopkeeper.

"Excuse me? Do you know how hard these paintings are? I said I wouldn't let her come, you have to bring it, oh, these paintings of mine" The shopkeeper hated me, walked up to those pictures, and wailed in distress.

"Look, most of the paintings with ink are painted by me, you can do well, for the sake of my daughter's illness, for the sake of my hard work, adults don't care about villains, my family is poor, there is no way to compensate, I don't want this month's salary, I won't do it" Dad quickly hugged me and knelt in front of the shopkeeper.

I was struggling in my father's arms, how could my father kneel? This shopkeeper is a bad guy, a bad guy.

"With your little salary, do you think you can compensate me for these paintings? This painting alone will cost you two months' wages," the shopkeeper said, pointing to one of the paintings that was not his father's and had been heavily splashed with ink.

"From the first day I came to the shop, I painted with all my heart, regardless of any fame or fame, and never asked about the bid for each painting. Let me go."

"You ......" The shopkeeper was dumbfounded by his father's words, and then agreed to let his father leave, on the condition that his father finish the last painting.

When I got home, my father still seemed to be sad, and he sat alone in the yard and was silent for a long time, as if he had returned to the dark time before. I walked over and stood quietly beside him, why is Daddy like this? Didn't you help him get revenge? Why haven't you been happy yet?

"Shallow, it's not good for my father, it's useless, and I'm pretentious to draw a picture, and now, if I lose this job, what money should I take to treat you...... Shallow, daddy is sorry for you, sorry for you"

In this way, my father stayed for two days without eating or drinking, and every day he would hold himself and cry and say sorry until the eldest lady next door came over.

"Agui, if you lose it, you lose it, and you won't be able to make a few dollars anyway. I have a job here, would you like to do it? "My mother hugged me from my father's arms.

"What job? Can I do it as a scholar? Daddy wiped his tears and suddenly looked at the eldest lady in good spirits.

"The shopkeeper is the shopkeeper at the largest inn in the town. I have some friendship with the boss, and he also promised you to go, you see, to go or not to go? ”

"Shopkeeper, okay, go, I'll go. As long as I have a job, I can't drag on like this" Daddy looked at me in my mother's arms and said in a heavy tone.

"That's right, but the work of the shopkeeper is hard, no better than your dancing and writing. Among the grievances and hardships, you have to be prepared," the eldest mother told her father.

What is the second shop? Why does the eldest mother feel so painful, and why is the father so happy?

"It's okay, it's okay. Since I decided to go out to find a job, I have forgotten my identity as a scholar, I am now a shallow father, no matter how hard and tired I am, I will do it" Daddy got up and looked at the eldest mother seriously, and finally there was no sadness in his eyes.

"Alright then, you can go tomorrow. By the way, the boss knows the situation at home and allows you to take Qianqian with you, but Qianqian has to stay in the back kitchen" The aunt looked at me in her arms, her eyes were full of distress.

"That's better, thank you, Aunt Zhang, thank you," Daddy said and knelt down.

"They are all villagers, and they are neighbors, it is not easy for you to take care of this girl alone, get up quickly" The aunt quickly put me down and went to support my father.

"En" Daddy nodded, and finally had a smile on his face, it seems that the eldest lady is really a very good person.

The next day, my father got up early, called me up, and freshened me. He took me and hurried to the inn that the eldest lady said. This inn is very tall and beautiful, but people come and go, and it's really noisy.

"Hello boss, I was introduced by Aunt Zhang," my father pulled me and said with a smile to an uncle who was fiddling with an abacus in front of the counter.

"You're Agui? Is this your daughter? Uncle stopped what he was doing, looked at my father and then at me.

"Yes, I am Agui, this is my daughter Qianqian. Boss, I will definitely work hard, please give me a chance. My daughter needs too much money when she is sick, so I swear that I will do a good job as a shopkeeper."

"I heard that you used to be a scholar, and you can bear the hardships of the shopkeeper?" Uncle asked Daddy solemnly.

"Don't worry, the scholar is just in the past, I'm not afraid of hardship, and I will continue to work hard no matter how tired I am." Daddy looked at me and made a solemn promise.

"Okay, go to the back room, there are clothes prepared for you, you change it, start working today, if you don't understand, you can ask Ah Biao, he will teach you." By the way, your daughter can only stay in the back kitchen and wait for you, and you must not come out to make trouble, you know? Uncle pointed in the direction and continued to make his calculations.

"Okay, I'll go over now, thank you," Daddy said, leading me towards the so-called back kitchen.

"Shallow, this is the place where Daddy will work in the future, don't worry, this time, Daddy will definitely get paid, hire a doctor for you, and buy you delicious food." You also promised Daddy, don't run around, and wait quietly for Daddy, okay? "Daddy led me as he walked and admonished.

Actually, I don't like this place at all, there are so many people here, it's really noisy. But Daddy is here, and I have to be there. Recently, I have found myself more and more unable to hear anything, and I can't see anything, Daddy, I want to tell you, I want you to take me out, but I can't open my mouth, Daddy, shallow, I'm really scared......