Although Zhang Zian and the others did not look like bad people, they were in a completely unfamiliar environment. Cai Meiwen wanted to take Little Celery home immediately, because the word "home" always made people feel at ease and warm. However, the storm outside was getting stronger and stronger. Even if she wanted to go home, she could not. She could overcome all the difficulties to find her daughter, but she could not bear to take her daughter into the storm. She knew how dangerous it was, as she had just experienced it herself.
After she treated the wound with iodophor, Little Celery helped her throw the used cotton swab into the trash can.
"Little Celery, why didn't you go home directly after school? Why did you come here? Didn't the teacher tell you to go home directly? "
She held Little Celery's arm and asked seriously.
Cai Meiwen's workplace was far away from her home. It was a private company, and it was located in the opposite direction of Zhonghua Road Primary School. Therefore, it was difficult for her to take Little Celery to and from school every day, which would take up a lot of time.
In fact, when Little Celery first went to school, she did take her to and from school every day.
Little Celery was very sensible. She saw how hard her mother was working. She was busy with work and housework until late at night, and the next morning, she had to get up early to prepare breakfast, take her to school, and then go back to work. It was very hard, and her mother was visibly haggard.
Going to school was easy, but after school was the most troublesome. Primary school ended early, and Cai Meiwen got off work late. She could only beg her boss to let her pick up her child and come back to work. She had to work overtime to make up for the time lost. Not only did her boss look bad, but she also had to endure the supercilious looks from her colleagues. Because a lot of work was done by a team, she would waste everyone's time if she left halfway.
One day, not long after school started, Little Celery said she could go to school alone without her mother.
Cai Meiwen's first reaction was to worry and worry, but Little Celery stubbornly insisted on going to and from school by herself. She even drew the route from home to school in a childish manner, which showed that she did not make the request on impulse. Instead, she made careful observations after coming up with the idea, kept it firmly in her mind, and finally put it into practice on paper and pen.
The route map was filled with the playfulness of a child of her age. Since she could barely read at the beginning, she could only use pinyin and graphics to depict the landmarks. Especially when she needed to make a turn or cross the road, there were also warnings such as "One stop, two look, three go".
Cai Meiwen remembered that in the road map that Little Celery had drawn, there seemed to be this pet shop. It was a simple outline of a house, and then a cartoon cat head was drawn inside the house. When Cai Meiwen took Little Celery to school, she didn't notice the existence of this pet shop. Maybe she was in a hurry to send Little Celery to school and then go to work. She was afraid that her boss would scold her and deduct her salary if she was late, so she wasn't in the mood to look at the shops on both sides of the road.
When she saw the road map that Little Celery had drawn, she was very surprised and happy. In addition to being surprised and happy, Little Celery's careful observation was especially commendable for Little Celery's care and consideration for her mother. When other children of the same age were still wantonly wasting their parents' unconditional love, Little Celery already knew how to repay them … Being able to feel Little Celery's care, no matter how hard and tiring it was, it was worth it.
She didn't rush to agree. When she sent Little Celery to school the next day, she compared the route map and found that the route map was very accurate. Even a newcomer to Binhai City could easily follow the route map from her home to Zhonghua Road Primary School.
So, the next night, she agreed to let Little Celery go to and from school by herself.
Little Celery was so happy that she jumped up and down on the bed, as if she was not nervous or afraid at all.
Cai Meiwen smiled, but she wasn't that generous. On the morning of the third day, she left home first and pretended to go to work, but in fact, she quietly waited downstairs. She saw Little Celery walking out of the residential building during school hours, and carefully followed the route map to school.
She followed Little Celery from afar, feeling very worried, especially when she walked to an intersection, or when a stranger approached Little Celery.
Little Celery also seemed to be a little nervous. Every time she walked to an intersection, she would repeatedly compare the route map to confirm the landmark buildings, then observe the traffic lights and vehicles, and finally step forward.
It wasn't until the gate of Zhonghua Road Primary School appeared in front of them that the mother and daughter both breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. After watching Little Celery walk into the school, Cai Meiwen happily went to work.
That night, Little Celery excitedly talked about her experience of going to school alone for the first time. She described the process very easily, and Cai Meiwen happily sang along with her daughter while cooking.
Cai Meiwen's test for her daughter was not over yet. In fact, during the day at work, she asked a female colleague that she usually got along well with to do her a favor.
On the fourth day, Little Celery still went to school alone. On the way, she met a stranger and talked to her. This stranger was Cai Meiwen's female colleague, whom Little Celery had never seen before. She took Little Celery's favorite snacks and tried to entice Little Celery to go with her. But Little Celery immediately ran away without looking back, ignoring her flirting.
Cai Meiwen saw this scene from afar and finally smiled with relief. It seemed that her usual advice had not been in vain.
In the following days, Cai Meiwen could finally devote more energy to work, get more time to rest, and ease the discord with her colleagues. All of this was because Little Celery could go to and from school alone.
Later, she would secretly follow Little Celery from time to time. As Little Celery became more and more familiar with the route, she became more and more assured. The frequency of following became lower and lower, and finally, she completely stopped following her.
Perhaps it was due to the relatively good security environment of Binhai City and the relatively simple folk customs, there were not too many foreign migrants. Little Celery never had any problems going to and from school. Slowly, Cai Meiwen could finally look at this matter with a normal heart. Occasionally, she would hear some rumors, such as the news that a few unemployed people with dyed hair had smashed and robbed on Little Celery's way to school, and then were subdued. Only then would her heart tremble. But even this kind of security incident happened at night, when the primary school students had already gone home from school.
Until today, she, who had been buried in work all morning, only learned about the typhoon at noon. Private enterprises were always very cautious about such news, and only decided to take a holiday if there was no other way. After all, the loss of the boss because of the holiday would not be compensated by the government.
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