In the morning, my colleague left an hour earlier on Chinese New Year's Eve, so this morning he came to change shifts an hour earlier than usual.

Ning Xin was just about to leave after handing over to her, and Huang Mao and Red Mao came out to settle the network fee.

Ning Xin stood at the counter, slowly packing up her things.

As soon as Huang Mao and Red Mao walked out of the Internet café, Ning Xin quickly put on her schoolbag and followed out.

It snowed last night, and the road was sprinkled with snow melting agent, and it was wet at the moment.

The cold air scraped into people's faces like knives, and Ning Xin pulled the scarf.

She followed behind Yellow and Red Fur.

She thought, at most, she would follow the bus stop, and she wouldn't follow.

Thinking like this, she saw He Dongfan walking out of another Internet café on the side of the road, he shrunk his neck because of the sudden cold air, and then pulled the zipper of his down jacket to his head and waved to the yellow haired people.

Ning Xin immediately ran up, and the footsteps were obvious.

He Dongfan looked at the direction of the person running towards him very clearly, and felt strange, and only when she ran closer did he recognize Ning Xin through those eyes.

Who told her to cover most of her face with a scarf?

By the time He Dongfan reacted, Ning Xin had already grabbed the fabric of his down jacket sleeve.

He Dongfan closed his eyes helplessly, raised his head, and exhaled a cloud of white mist: "What do you want to do?" ”

Ning Xin pulled down her scarf and showed her face: "Let's talk." ”

"I don't want to talk to you." He bluntly refused.

Ning Xin opened her mouth, and the cold air instantly drilled into her mouth, freezing her tongue numb.

She licked her lips: "He Dongfan, I had a bad attitude yesterday, and I apologize to you." ”

As if he didn't expect Ning Xin to say this, He Dongfan lowered his eyes and looked over.

Two seconds later, Ning Xin spoke: "Let's go, I'll treat you to breakfast." ”

He Dongfan was silent for a few seconds, and looked sideways at Huang Mao and Red Mao: "You guys go back to the barber shop first, I'll go over when I'm done." ”

Yellow and Red didn't say anything, turned and walked forward.

Ning Xin asked He Dongfan what he wanted to eat, and He Dongfan said bean juice.

There is a rich breakfast shop nearby, Ning Xin and Sheng Yu went to it once, and there is bean juice there.

She tugged at his sleeve and smiled, "Let's go, there's one in front." ”

He Dongfan didn't move, his eyes fixed on his forearm, where he grabbed a hand.

Ning Xin received a reminder from her eyes, let go of her hand and lifted the scarf up to cover the lower half of her face, revealing only a pair of eyes like just now.

Her voice was muffled in her scarf: "Let's go." ”

She walked in front, with her hands in her pockets and a white-washed canvas satchel on her back.

She walked a few steps and turned her head to look at him, as if she was wary, afraid that he had run away.

A few more steps, and so on.

He Dongfan felt that she was a little funny today, which was different from his original impression.

In fact, it was not the first time he had felt this way.

He felt the same way last time he saw her snuggling up to her boyfriend's shoulder.

It's a feeling that can't be described clearly, like an inherent thought being flipped.

Later, He Dongfan figured it out.

Because he always thought that she was a teacher, just like the other teachers in the school, but suddenly found that she was different from those teachers.

She's not very old, she's in love, her behavior isn't so sophisticated and mature, and she's also very confused about some things.

The breakfast bar is steaming hot, and diners are burying their heads and 'sucking' to enjoy the delicious food.

Ning Xin and He Dongfan stood at the window, and she leaned half to the side: "What do you want to eat?" ”

He Dongfan tilted his head slightly to look at the menu posted on the window, and began to order: "A bowl of bean juice, three burnt rings, and a plate of pickles." ”

While He Dongfan was ordering, Ning Xin's eyes turned flexibly on the menu, calculating the price.

After calculating the price, Ning Xin planned to order two or two buns by herself, but her mouth just opened, and before she could make a sound, He Dongfan spoke again.

He Dongfan: "Another bowl of fried liver, two taels of meat buns." ”

Ning Xin's mouth was not closed, her head swayed left and right with her gaze, and she continued to calculate the price.

Well, she doesn't eat it.

He Dongfan: "Let's have another baked cake." ”

Ning Xin turned her head sideways and took the initiative to ask, "Do you want anything else?" ”

If she had done more, she would not have been able to pay it, she had not brought that much money.

She just came out for the night shift and didn't think there was anything to spend, so she didn't bring that much money.

So, if he wanted something, she could only confess that she didn't have enough money.

"That's all I want." He Dongfan said, "You order yours." ”

Ning Xin breathed a sigh of relief imperceptibly: "You go find a place to sit down first." ”

He Dongfan found an empty table and sat down, and roughly wiped the table with a paper towel.

Ning Xin came over and sat opposite He Dongfan.

The table is a simple folding square table, the area is very small, and the food ordered by He Dongfan will come up one after another within two minutes.

A table was quite full, but it was all He Dongfan's.

He ate with relish.

Ning Xin sat opposite, her hands still in her pockets, her shoulders hung down, her head hung down, her legs and knees collided boringly under the table, and she swallowed a mouthful of saliva from time to time.

It's so fragrant here.

He Dongfan drank the bean juice and glanced at Ning Xin.

He thought there was something strange about her, and he couldn't tell.

He asked, "Are you really not hungry?" ”

Ning Xin looked up and lowered her head again: "I'm not hungry." ”

After being silent for a while, Ning Xin took the initiative to divert the topic: "That yellow hair, oh no, your two friends are from the barbershop?" ”

She remembered that He Dongfan said just now that they should go back to the barbershop first.

He Dongfan swallowed the food in his mouth before he spoke: "Yes, they didn't study well before, and they couldn't learn anything, and then their family simply let them go to the barber shop as apprentices, and now they are also considered masters, and the barber shop owner goes back to his hometown for the New Year, and they can also take charge of themselves, planning to open their own shop in two years, open a chain in five years, and go public in ten years." ”

Hearing this, Ning Xin laughed softly.

He Dongfan smacked his lips: "What?" ”

Ning Xin instantly restrained her smile and was extremely serious: "It's good to have a direction and ideals." ”

He Dongfan snorted lightly, this voice was meaningful to Ning Xin's ears.

She took the initiative to apologize: "I'm sorry, I misunderstood your friend." ”

"Your Excellency will apologize." His playful tone.

Ning Xin reflected: "Adults are not necessarily all right, and sometimes they can be wrong. ”

Suddenly, He Dongfan hissed.

Ning Xin looked over, and it turned out that He Dongfan frowned and 'hissed' because when he opened his mouth to bite the meat bun, the corners of his mouth hurt so much.

That slap is really heavy, Ning Xin thought.

After breakfast, the two walked out of the breakfast shop.

Ning Xin is going to take the bus, and He Dongfan is going to the barbershop, not in the same direction.

Ning Xin stopped He Dongfan: "Wait a minute." ”

She put down the strap on one side of her bag, unzipped it, and pulled out a flat ointment and a bag of cotton swabs.

She rolled the flattened ointment up from the tail, painstakingly squeezed out a little cyan solid, and dipped it in a cotton swab.

She raised her eyes: "Can you wipe it yourself?" ”

He Dongfan raised his eyelids, not understanding.

Ning Xin understood his performance at the moment as 'can't', after all, he couldn't see it.

She kindly held up the cotton swab: "Then you bow your head slightly." ”

He Dongfan was stunned for two seconds and lowered his head.

In the winter of the northern capital, the field of vision is basically occupied by bare trees, and there are not many vivid colors, which adds a bit of coolness.

Probably the warmest thing is people.

Ning Xin stretched out his hand, and the cotton swab rolled twice around the corner of He Dongfan's mouth.

She was not gentle at all, and the pain made him come back to his senses, and he 'hissed' and inhaled a breath of cold air.

But he didn't hide.

Ning Xin comforted: "This ointment is like this, it will be a little painful, but the effect is very good." ”

After taking the medicine, Ning Xin lowered her head and put the things back in her bag.

At the same time, she said a little suggestion: "He Dongfan, if you don't want to go back to your father's house, go back to your grandmother's house, you don't have no home, right?" ”

Ning Xin zipped up her schoolbag, passed her arm through the strap, and pulled the strap on her back.

didn't hear him answer, she looked up and met He Dongfan's slightly drooping gaze.

She lifted her eyelids and asked, "Is that right?" ”

He Dongfan blinked, looked away at the street, and said a little uncomfortably.

That's all Ning Xin can say, she waves goodbye to him.

Ning Xin waited at the bus stop for a while before the bus came.

In the car, she received a call from the hospital.

The hospital said that a bed would be vacated on the tenth day of the first month, and if Ning's mother decided to be admitted, she needed to prepare a fee of 12,000 when she was admitted.

Ning Xin knew that her mother's situation could not be delayed any longer.

Moreover, if you don't take this opportunity to be hospitalized, I don't know when the next time there will be a bed.

But the cost of 12,000, Ning Xin doesn't have that much money, so he doesn't have any calculations.

Ning Xin hoped that the hospital would give her three days to raise money before replying.

The hospital was also very difficult, according to the severity of the condition, they contacted Ning Xin as soon as possible, but in the back, there were also people who wanted to be admitted to the hospital for treatment.

In the end, the hospital said that at most, there was no news from Ning Xin's side in the fourth year of junior high school, so they could not guarantee that they could leave a bed for her.

Ning Xin began to raise money, and her current total money was only more than 6,000 yuan.

There are still more than 5,000 yuan left, and she doesn't know where to find it.

If the number is small, you can still find Sheng Yu, but more than 5,000 is not a small number.

She didn't want to, Sheng Yu's parents knew about it.

In the afternoon, Ning Xin went to work at the Freedom Boxing Club.

Here, every Tuesday and Friday at 8 p.m., a free boxing match is held.

Today is Tuesday, so Ning Xin's workload is a little more than usual.

At the end of the evening, some people rejoiced, and some people cursed.

Those who rejoice win money, and those who scold lose money.

The boss here is surnamed Qian, and everyone calls him Lao Qian or Boss Qian.

After the personnel left, Ning Xin and the other employees cleaned up together, and she paid attention to Boss Qian.

Boss Qian bit a cigarette, laughed with his friend, and chatted for a while when his friend left, and he also planned to leave.

Ning Xin put down her things and ran over: "Boss Qian, can I discuss something with you?" ”

Boss Qian has a good impression of Ning Xin, this little girl doesn't shirk anything she wants, and she moves neatly, much better than those older old fritters.

So, he bit the cigarette butt and raised his chin angrily: "What's the matter?" ”

Ning Xin's fingers of both hands were stirred together: "My family is in urgent need of money, can I advance my salary?" ”

Boss Qian didn't say anything immediately.

Ning Xin naturally didn't feel that Boss Qian was obliged to advance his salary, so he said: "I can mortgage my student ID and ID card here, and I can still ......"

Boss Qian laughed, and took the cigarette butt between his fingers: "It's okay, don't you just advance your salary?" No matter how big it is, there is no need for collateral. ”

Ning Xin didn't expect Boss Qian to be so happy, bent down deeply, and thanked him: "Thank you, boss." ”

"You also stayed in my club for two winter vacations, one summer vacation, they are all acquaintances, it's okay, you're welcome."

Ning Xin said again: "Thank you." ”

Boss Qian paused and put forward an idea: "Ning Xin, if you lack money, do you consider going to the ring?" ”

“……”

He held the cigarette butt between his fingers, the smoke rolled up, pointed to the direction of the ring, and analyzed: "I know your strength, and even if you lose, it will be a thousand yuan a game, and if you win, you will arrange for you, if you are short of money, I will arrange it for you?" ”

Ning Xin shook her head very quickly: "No, this, our school does not allow it." ”

Boss Qian was a little disappointed, but he didn't say much, he called in front of Ning Xin and told the person in charge of paying wages to give Ning Xin an advance salary tomorrow.

Ning Xin's salary in the club is not paid monthly, but for the entire winter vacation, a total of 45 days, and the salary for the entire winter vacation is 4,000 yuan, which is given in a lump sum on the day of the end.

Therefore, with these 4,000 yuan, she only needs to make up another 1,500 yuan, and her salary in the Internet café is 1,500 yuan a month.

Although it will be made up, it can finally be made up, and Ning Xin's heart is a little relaxed.

Returning home from the club, Ning Xin prepared dinner for her mother, and then went to clean up her things by herself.

She packed up her things and saw her mother sitting at the table, her spasmodic hand clutching the spoon, and eating with great difficulty.

Ning's mother has been incontinent, and she is confused and emotionally out of control most of the time.

Ning Xin walked over and sat down, and brought the spoon over to feed her mother.

She said to herself, "Mom, we'll go to the hospital in a few days, you'll be fine, right?" ”

Mother Ning didn't make any sound, and mechanically chewed the food in her mouth.

Ning Xin saw that she was almost swallowing, and fed another spoonful.

She replied, "Yes, you'll be fine." ”