Volume 6: The City of the Heart (11)

Fallen leaves flutter all over the sky.

It is still vigorous and scorching summer, but it gives people a sign of decay.

In this oppressive and violent wind, the world is like a small wooden boat sailing on the sea, beaten by the waves like a crumbling one...

There was a strong wind during the night.

The window was slammed into the 'bang' and 'bang', and the door that was quite solid also made a loud shaking sound, and the whistling wind horn was even more terrifying, and the sudden cold snap woke Chen Zhao up...

It was all so sudden, it was 2:50 a.m.

Glancing at his mobile phone, Chen Zhao also lost his sleepiness, for fear of waking up his daughter and wife, he carefully got up from the bed, quickly walked to the window and locked the glass window, suppressing the noisy sound of 'bang' and 'bang'.

also felt a little extra cold, looking at his daughter curled up in Xia Qing's arms, he was a little worried that his daughter would catch a cold, so he covered the quilt for the two of them, and then turned off the air conditioner, and then went into the bathroom to wash.

Chen Zhao remembered that Xia Qing was going to work in the morning today, and he might get up at 5 o'clock to cook some porridge for his daughter. Remembering that she hasn't slept very well recently, I'm afraid that she will be tired, so I felt the dark, washed the rice and put it in the rice cooker, plugged in the electricity to set the cooking time, and then secretly set her mobile phone alarm clock late for 1 hour, so I was relieved.

At this time, it was already 3:30 in the middle of the night, and Chen Zhao didn't dare to delay it any longer, so he changed into a pair of sneakers with broken corners, and was ready to deliver milk.

Opening the door, the stinging cold on his face made Chen Zhao shiver, and at the same time knocked out his sleepiness. If it weren't for the July 9 label on his phone, he would have suspected that it was winter.

Go downstairs to unlock it, ride the old bicycle that always makes a creaking rusty and shaking sound, with the hidden tiredness, driving at the alley that has replaced half of the street lights, with the wind in the dusk and brightness, the lonely back, gradually drifting away...

....

The cold wind made Chen Zhao shiver a little, and when he came to the store, he looked at his mobile phone, and he found out from the text message that there would be a typhoon in the next few days, and the current cold snap was just an early warning.

Due to the work in the early morning, the future typhoon made Chen Zhao a little annoyed, and under the muttering of the thin old man, he picked up the big basket of milk, rode his bicycle into the large community with great difficulty, and began to distribute it.

Chen Zhao is very envious of this kind of large community.

The houses here are big and the environment is good. There are small rivers, ponds, sports venues, pavilions, all kinds of beautiful flowers and plants transplanted in... He thought that if he could buy a house in this kind of place in the future, it would be good for the family to live a good life....

Due to a month's proficiency, this is a job that would have taken two or three hours to complete, but for Chen Zhao now, it can be completed in less than two hours. It was a large frame that was heavy and breathless, but it was also adapted to the increase in arm strength.

"No, here's your milk today."

The thin old man threw a small half more than usual to Chen Zhao.

"Uh... Is there so much left today? ”

"Pretty much." The old man rolled his eyes and pulled out a stack of money from his pocket, "2300." One thing is a bonus for your hard work. Will you do it next month? ”

"I'm sure I'll do it again."

Chen Zhao was overjoyed, took the money and counted it before carefully putting it in his pocket.

"Don't you usually have a job other than delivering milk?" The old man suddenly asked.

Since the old man usually had an impatient black face, although Chen Zhao knew that others were good, he didn't dare to anger him more, and this was the first time he asked his own question.

"How could it not be, sending milk is just a matter of sleeping less." Chen Zhao smiled: "Otherwise, how can you support your family?" 2,000 yuan, the rent was paid, and the living expenses were not enough. ”

"Is it...."The old man seemed to be about to say something, but after hearing that Chen Zhao had a job, he also closed his mouth and looked at Chen Zhao for a long time before sighing, "Okay, you can go home." I will send it tomorrow, but there is a typhoon the day after tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, so I don't need to send it. ”

Is this a holiday?

Thinking about it, Chen Zhao also understood.

My home is quite far from here, so I guess there may be an accident, after all, this typhoon is a bit big. Coupled with the rainstorm that came at the same time, it doesn't mean that you can easily send it if you want to...

This time, Chen Zhao likes typhoons...

It was 6:15 a.m. when I got home, and Xia Qing and her daughter were sitting on the table eating porridge. On the table were just her simple stir-fried leftovers from last night and a poached egg for her daughter.

"You're really good, you set the alarm clock to 6 o'clock, and it almost scared me to death." Xia Qing was annoyed, and asked instead, "I'll decorate some porridge for you?" ”

"No."

Chen Zhao nodded.

He calculated the 2,300 he sent out today from his pocket, plus the remaining 1,600 (more than 100 spent on ordinary life) after giving Yang Xiaoru 3,000 at the beginning of the month in his drawer, a total of more than 3,900.

At the beginning of the month, Xia Qing was reported a salary of 3,000 yuan, but Chen Zhao understood that Xia Qing must have known that he had done extra work, but he didn't ask why. The reason for this is not a bad thing, it is just to pay off the debt, so he has no intention of saying it.

Left 200, he gave 3600 to Xia Qing "This is last month's salary." ”

"You don't have to give it to me anymore. My salary will be used for living expenses. She didn't want to take it, "You save your monthly salary." ”

"Forget it, your salary is by bank card, and I will cash it, which is more convenient." Chen Zhao shook his head.

Breakfast ended simply.

Since Xia Qing had to go to work early, he hurried to the company after eating, and his daughter was left with Chen Zhao.

After all, it's summer vacation, and my daughter doesn't go to school. But it's impossible to stay at home, right? So the result of the discussion with Xia Qing was that Chen Zhao would take it to the store when he was not busy, and then take it to Zhang Mei when he was busy.

It was still early to go to work, Chen Zhao had a whim, and rectified his daughter's hairstyle, replacing her usually well-behaved lady's head with a double ponytail, and putting on a newly bought pink anime suit, so he nodded with satisfaction.

"Cute." He smiled.

In fact, it is far inferior to Xia Qinglong's hairstyle. The somewhat asymmetrical ponytail looked a little funny, and a little untied hair was messily scattered around, completely exposing Chen Zhao's carelessness.

Hearing the exaggeration, Xiaole was eating and laughing.

...

At 9:30, Chen Zhao rode a bicycle and brought Xiaole to the store.

Since she hadn't gone out to play much, in the face of this novel scene, the little girl looked around with curious eyes and touched these goods.

The store is not very big, and the goods are not dangerous, Chen Zhao took care of himself and cleaned up, and let his daughter shop.

"Dad, Xiaole will help you sweep the floor."

Watching his daughter, who had disappeared for a while, take out a big broom from the corner, Chen Zhao was stunned, and rubbed her head with a wry smile, "You go to watch TV, Dad is alone." ”

He was glad that there was a TV in the store, and Hu Guiyu also installed an air conditioner because he complained about it too hot last time, so he didn't worry about his daughter's boredom or heat.

At 10 o'clock, the proprietress Hu Guiyu came on time.

When she caught a glimpse of Xiao Le sitting on the big chair, she was stunned, and turned to look at Chen Zhao, who was still sorting out her belongings, and said strangely, "Who is this?" ”

"Ah, Sister Hu, this is my daughter... Because it's a holiday, it's not good to keep at home, so I brought it over... It's okay, right? Chen Zhao replied to the words he had thought out in advance.

"Oh... Your daughter? ”

Hu Guiyu eased up, nodded, and as Chen Zhao thought, he did not refuse. Of course, it is impossible to refuse, and this does not delay work, let alone a shopping mall with a serious system.

"It's cute." She added.

"Hello grandma." Xiaole shouted.

"Hmm... Good. Hu Guiyu showed a rare smile and said to Chen Zhao, "She can take whatever she eats, it's not worth anything, so you're welcome." ”

“.... Thank you, Sister Hu. ”

Hu Guiyu went to check the materials of another store, leaving Chen Zhao and his daughter with a wry smile.

Take?

It doesn't work, and even though he says that, he can't do it. Even if you want to eat, you still have to pay.

"Daddy."

Xiaole's sudden shout made Chen Zhao dumbfounded, could it be that his daughter really wanted to eat?

"I miss my grandparents."

One sentence made Chen Zhao's smile stiffen.