It was late at night, and the moon hung in the night sky, faintly illuminating the little red horse, casting a silvery glow like water.
The evening wind blew in the grove, and the leaves rustled.
On Lao Li's small coffee table, a red clay teapot was bubbling, and a scent of flowers spread.
He poured himself a cup, which was steaming hot, and sat leisurely in the rocking chair. The radio was turned off, and he listened to the chirping of various insects in the night.
The little bugs were babbling, just like the children in Little Red Mali not long ago, who were also babbling and noisy, but full of joy.
Ding Jiamin walked up to the entrance of the hospital. She was wearing a black police uniform. She came directly to the Little Red Horse after her shift and did not have time to change clothes.
"Xiaomi is busy." Lao Li said.
"What are you busy with?" Ding Jiamin asked.
"She and Xiaobai are taking care of the children today. She should be coaxing the children to sleep in the bedroom on the second floor at the moment."
Ding Jiamin chatted with Lao Li for a while, then went upstairs to take a look. There was only one light on in the classroom on the first floor, and there was no one there.
The children either went home or went to sleep on the second floor.
She walked up the stairs to the second floor and saw Teacher Xiaoliu at the door.
"Jiamin~" Teacher Xiaoliu said, "Are you here to pick up Xiaomi? She is still inside."
Ding Jiamin poked her head into the bedroom. Several night lights were on, the lights were dim and there was a kind of warmth.
She didn't see Xiaomi and couldn't see clearly.
Teacher Xiaoliu said: "Xiaomi is coaxing the children to sleep. She only recognizes her and not anyone else."
She smiled bitterly, a little helpless.
Children's tempers are changeable and sometimes difficult to predict.
This child tonight only recognizes Xiaomi. His little hands are holding on to the corner of Xiaomi's clothes so that no one else can come.
Xiaomi patiently comforted the children, telling stories, singing songs, and whispering.
Teacher Xiaoliu tried to replace Xiaomi several times, but failed in the end.
Xiaobai also tried several times and failed.
"I'm going to call Xiaomi out." Teacher Xiaoliu stood up.
Ding Jiamin stopped her and said, "Forget it, it's okay, let Xiaomi finish it, I'll wait here."
"This -" Teacher Xiaoliu said hesitantly, "This may take some time, it's enough to wait."
"It's okay, let Xiaomi finish it, otherwise she will definitely be worried."
Ding Jiamin already knows Xiaomi's character very well.
Seeing how determined Ding Jiamin was, Teacher Xiaoliu said, "Okay, wait a while. If Xiaomi hasn't come out yet, I'll call her again."
"Well." Ding Jiamin asked again, "Where is Xiaobai? Have you gone to bed?"
Teacher Xiaoliu smiled and pointed to the room on the other side of the corridor on the second floor, and said with a smile: "No, she went to the principal's office. Xiaobai and Xiaomi were very serious today and have been helping us. They have been a big help."
Ding Jiamin smiled and said, "Really? What did they do?"
"A lot has been done..."
Teacher Xiaoliu introduced Xiaobai and Xiaomi to Ding Jiamin about what happened tonight, and the two chatted quietly.
The night was quiet. After a while, footsteps came from the corridor upstairs and the sensor light came on.
Ding Jiamin and Teacher Xiaoliu, who were chatting quietly, both looked up and saw that they were coming down from the third floor. Zhang Tan came to see Xiaobai.
Teacher Xiaoliu told him that Xiaobai was in the principal's office.
Zhang Tan nodded and asked Ding Jiamin: "Is Xiaomi still in there?"
Ding Jiamin hummed, "There is a child who can't sleep, and Xiaomi is comforting him."
At the end of the corridor, Aunt Huang's office was not closed, and the lights were reflected in the dimly lit corridor. Zhang Tan walked over and took a look, only to see Xiaobai and Aunt Huang sitting at the desk, facing each other, one was correcting documents, and the other was working on it.
Browse the archives.
"Old man, why are you still awake?" Xiaobai asked first.
Zhang Tan: "You haven't come home yet, how can I sleep peacefully? What are you looking at?"
Xiaobai: "Hoo ho ho, these are the information for the children."
Aunt Huang said with a smile: "Xiao Bai is interested in this, and there is a successor to the little red horse."
Zhang Tan also joked: "Then Xiaobai should learn more from Aunt Huang."
"I know, I will definitely study hard." Xiaobai said crisply, with a faint expression of excitement, "Old man, will you give me the little red horse in the future?"
Aunt Huang laughed, and Zhang Tan also laughed and said: "It's yours, and everything mine will be yours in the future."
"I don't want it, I just want the little red horse." Xiaobai said longingly, "I must manage the little red horse well in the future so that there will be more and more children in the little red horse."
Immediately, she thought of something and changed her words: "No, we can't let the little red horse have more and more children, it's better to have fewer~ Oh~"
I was very excited just now, but soon I was worried.
Zhang Tan looked at Xiaobai's little adult appearance and suddenly realized again that Xiaobai had grown again.
She has been able to realize the significance of the existence of the little red horse. It is fun to have more children, but it also means that there are more children who are having a bad life.
Rather than making it fun for myself, I hope there will be fewer children coming to Little Red Horse. I hope all children can be happy with their parents.
Zhang Tan led Xiaobai out of Aunt Huang's office. Aunt Huang was about to go home from get off work. It was almost twelve o'clock.
While Ding Jiamin was still waiting, Teacher Xiaoliu had already entered the dormitory and went to call Xiaomi out.
After a while, she finally led Xiaomi out and handed it to Ding Jiamin.
Zhang Tan and Xiaobai said good night to them and went upstairs to go home.
The second floor also became quiet, and the voice-activated lights in the corridor gradually went out, falling into the darkness of the night.
Teacher Xiaoliu walked into the dormitory softly and saw the little fox sitting up on the small bed, stretching his neck and looking out the window.
She looked out the window and could just see Xiaomi and Ding Jiamin leaving.
I saw them walking through the yard and saying hello to Lao Li. The gate of the yard slowly opened a little, and they walked out and disappeared into the night.
"Xiaomi also wants to go home." Teacher Xiaoliu whispered.
Little Fox is a little girl less than three years old, a little red pony who came here just a week ago.
The little fox hummed softly, like a little kitten.
She lay down and curled up.
Teacher Xiaoliu said: "Does the little fox like Xiaomi very much?"
The little fox's eyes were bright and he nodded.
Teacher Xiaoliu covered her with an air-conditioned quilt, helped her relax and straighten her little body, and said softly: "Xiaomi thought you fell asleep, why did you wake up again?"
The little fox whispered: "I pretended to be asleep and asked Sister Xiaomi to go home."
Teacher Xiaoliu touched her little head and asked: "Well, you and Xiaomi have been whispering a lot. Do you want to talk to Teacher Xiaoliu too?"
The little fox thought for a while, hummed, and nodded his little head.
Xiaomi followed Ding Jiamin back to the car, and the car drove home.
It's late at night, and the Pujiang River in the city that never sleeps is much quieter. There are significantly fewer vehicles on the road, making driving smooth.
Ding Jiamin raised her head and looked in the rearview mirror while driving. She saw Xiaomi sitting in the back seat looking sideways out of the car window. The lights on the roadside flashed past quickly, making her little face sometimes appear and sometimes fall into shadow.
The little girl has grown up and has begun to have her own little things.
The car was very quiet. Ding Jiamin broke the silence and said, "Have all the friends come back today? Have you seen them all?"
Xiaomi looked away from the car window, nodded and said, "Well, everyone is back."
The car fell silent again.
Xiaomi also noticed something, so he added: "Liuliu and Xi'er had a martial arts competition. Xi'er said that she was practicing martial arts, but she almost fell to the ground after being beaten by Luoliu. Then Xiaobai chased after Liliu and beat her...
"
Xiaomi told Ding Jiamin some happy things about the evening. As he talked, a smile finally appeared on his face.
Ding Jiamin: "What's the name of the kid you're putting to bed tonight? Do I know him?"
"Her name is Hu Lili, we all call her Little Fox. She is too young. She misses her mother and is scared to sleep alone... Sister Xiao Min, have you been waiting for a long time? If I had known I would have come out."
"It's okay, I didn't wait long, I just happened to be chatting with Xiao Liu." Ding Jiamin said, and continued to change the topic to the little fox, asking: "Little fox? What a cute name, she must like you very much.
"
"Hehe, right? She has encountered difficulties, and I have to work hard to help her."
"Yes, you did nothing wrong."
"I don't know if the little fox is asleep now. She must miss her mother so much that she doesn't want to sleep anymore."
"Then do you want to call Xiaobai and ask?"
"Is that okay? Will Xiaobai go to sleep?"
"Probably not. Didn't we just separate from her not long ago?"
"Then I really got hit?"
"Fight."
Xiaomi used her smart phone watch to dial Xiaobai's number. Xiaobai quickly answered the call. She was indeed not sleeping yet and was asking her old man to tell him a story. She would not go back to sleep unless he told a story.
The two children chatted for a while, and the car arrived home.
Ding Jiamin and Xiaomi got off the car and walked into the elevator.
The elevator slowly closes the door and starts to rise.
Xiaomi said: "The little fox hasn't slept yet. Xiaobai said that Teacher Xiaoliu is coaxing her."
After finishing speaking, she asked Ding Jiamin for advice on how to coax the little fox so that it would fall asleep.
This really confused Ding Jiamin. She had never had such an experience. Over the years she had taken care of Xiaomi, Xiaomi had always been very sensible and didn't need her to worry about. She didn't seem to have any experience of being coaxed when she couldn't sleep.
She suddenly realized that, in fact, it wasn't that Xiaomi didn't need coaxing, but that Xiaomi didn't want her to know so that she could worry.
