Chapter 904: Lice on the Head (Page 1/2)

When Huo Qingci and Lin Man came back in the evening, Huo Li told them about this.

"Qingci, Xiaoman, your dad called this morning to talk about Qingyan borrowing money and asked if you agreed."

Huo Qingci was puzzled, "Grandpa, why does Qingyan want to borrow money?"

"Didn't Xiao Song want to open his own shop because he saw yours was doing so well?

It costs a lot of money to open a shop and buy goods. She went back to her parents' home to borrow 1,000 yuan, and then asked your father to borrow 2,000 yuan. Your father called to ask if he should borrow the money.

Lin Man thought, when her father-in-law called, he should have agreed to lend money to Huo Qingyan and his wife, right?

The reason why her father-in-law called this morning was because he was afraid that this matter would be exposed and she and Huo Qingci would care.

Lin Man felt a little uncomfortable because her parents-in-law favored Huo Qingyan's family, but after all, the money belonged to her parents-in-law, and she couldn't possibly interfere with the money in their pockets.

Let them lend to whoever they want! If Song Jingjing and the others borrow money and don't pay it back, she doesn't need to remind her, the brothers Huo Qingci and Huo Qinghuan will definitely have opinions.

Although their family is rich now and they don't care too much about the two thousand yuan from their parents-in-law, if the father-in-law really doesn't want them to pay back the money, this kind of differential treatment will definitely cause everyone's dissatisfaction, and there will be no harmony between the brothers.

Lin Man had some opinions in her heart, but she didn't say anything. Huo Qingci said, "Grandpa, we don't care about Dad's money. He doesn't need to tell us specifically who he wants to lend it to.

But if my brother loses all of Dad’s pension money, they must pay it back.”

"Your father asked them to write an IOU and pay back the money within five years. I don't know if they can pay off all the debts within five years." Huo Li sighed.

"Grandpa, as long as business is good, we can pay off all the debts in less than a year."

Just like their clothing store, business is booming and the daily turnover is easily several thousand.

Moreover, the clothing industry has the highest profits. After deducting various expenses, their clothing store can make at least 60% profit.

The reason why Lin Man wants to open a store is to make money now. If she is not too busy to handle it alone, she would like to rent a few more shops, one to sell fruits, one to sell children's clothing, and another to sell skin care products.

Apart from food, the easiest money to make is from women and children.

Seeing his eldest grandson and his wife looking exhausted, Huo Li said, "Well, you've worked hard all day, take a shower and rest early."

"Okay, Grandpa, you should rest early too."

After the two came out of the hall, Huo Qingci went to prepare hot water for bathing, while Lin Man went to check on the children to see if they had bathed and slept, and how their studies were going.

Now they go out early and come back late, and except for eating breakfast together, they don’t eat lunch or dinner with the children.

Lin Man came to her daughter's room and saw her lying on the bed reading a picture book after taking a bath.

So she walked over and sat down beside the bed. When Huo Yixin saw her mother coming back, she quickly stuffed the picture book under her pillow.

Lin Man asked her, "Why did you suddenly want to read comic books?"

Huo Yixin explained, "Mom, my deskmate recommended it to me. I thought the story was pretty good, so I took it out and flipped through it." After saying that, she scratched her head hard a few times.

Lin Man frowned and said, "Xinxin, why do you always pull your hair?"

"My scalp is a little itchy."

Lin Man's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that her daughter had lice? She used to study in the military compound, and she would help her daughter tie her hair every day, and sometimes even wash and trim her hair.

During this period, she had been very careful and repeatedly reminded her daughter to wash her hair frequently. She was always grateful that her daughter had never gotten lice. In the past few months, she was very busy taking care of the children.

If her daughter got lice on her head during this special period, it would be a real problem.

Lin Man got up and went back to the room to get a headlamp and a comb. She asked her daughter to sit on the bed and then untied the rubber band on her head.

She put a headlamp on her head, used her fingers to pick up her daughter's hair, asked her where it itched, and then used a comb to comb it there.

What's more, she actually combed out a few black, round lice with a comb.

Looking at her daughter's scratched scalp, Lin Man felt distressed, "Xinxin, why do you have lice on your head?"

When Huo Yixin heard this, she burst into tears, "Mom, do I really have lice on my head? Do I need to cut my hair short? I don't want to cut my hair short."

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"If you don't want to cut it, then don't cut it. I'll be back tomorrow at noon and I'll take the time to help you kill these head lice."

Huo Yixin felt so embarrassed. She didn't have lice on her head when she was a child, so why did she start to have lice when she grew up?

Lin Man also felt a little guilty. Since moving to the city, she had little time to take care of her children. In the past, she would help her daughter wash and comb her hair when she had time, but now she only thinks about how to make money all day long.

Thinking that it was too late and would affect her child's schooling the next day, she wanted to just take some lice-killing medicine and deal with the lice on her daughter's head first.

Lin Man combed her hair a few times, picking off several lice. She asked her daughter, "Xinxin, is your head still itchy?"

"Mom, my head doesn't itch as much anymore."

"Then come back early tomorrow at noon. Mom will help you deal with the lice on your head and won't cut your hair."

"Really?"

"Really? But from now on, when you play with your classmates, you can't put your heads together, okay?"

Huo Yixin nodded and said, "Well, I won't bump into my classmates anymore."

As soon as Lin Man returned to her room, she went into the space and took out two bottles of lice killer and a hair drying cap.

Tomorrow at noon, after my daughter finishes her meal, I will spray some lice killer directly on her head, then wrap her hair with a dry hair cap and leave it there for half an hour. All the lice and lice eggs on her head will be killed.

As soon as Huo Qingci entered the room, he saw Lin Man sitting on the bed and sighing. He walked over and asked with concern, "What's wrong with you?"

"Xinxin has lice on her head. I don't know which classmate gave it to her. I'll come back tomorrow at noon to help her deal with it!"

"Then I'll be back tomorrow at noon!"

"The hot pot restaurant does the best business at noon, so you should stay and help out! Don't worry about Xinxin's affairs, I'll take care of it."

"I'm also planning to get some tea leaves to help my daughter get rid of head lice."

Lin Man waved her hand, picked up two bottles of lice-killing agent and said, "Here's a ready-made lice-killing spray, and it has no toxic side effects."

Huo Qingci picked up a bottle of spray and looked at the ingredients. "It turns out that it contains Baibu, Cnidium monnieri, Sophora flavescens, and Xanthium sibiricum... This does have the effect of killing lice.

I've seen parents in the compound killing their children's head lice by grinding mothballs into powder and using that to wash their hair. That does kill lice, but it's probably not as safe as this medicine.

Lin Man frowned and said, "I've seen that kind of pungent-smelling lice killer before, but it's not good for children. This lice killer is different. It's very mild, has no toxic side effects, and is very safe to use."

A trace of self-blame appeared on her face, and she continued, "Qingci, do you think we are incompetent parents?

Xinxin has had lice on her head for so long, and I never even noticed it.

I was so busy making money that I completely neglected my children’s health.”

Huo Qingci quickly comforted her, "Manman, this isn't your fault. Head lice are easily contagious. If any of Xinxin's close friends has lice, she could be infected.

Next time, ask Xinxin to be more careful and not put her head too close to her classmates."

Lin Man nodded, feeling that what Huo Qingci said made sense. She thought for a moment and then said:

"I think we should ask Xinxin to talk to her classmates and have those with head lice go home and ask their parents to help deal with it.

This will not only help Xinxin solve the problem, but also prevent other students from being infected."

Huo Qingci agreed and said, "You're right. Remember to remind Xinxin tomorrow." However, children are very concerned about their reputation and have strong self-esteem.

If I were to tell her about this, she might feel embarrassed. So I'd better pretend I don't know and stay in the store to take care of business until tomorrow at noon."

"Okay, I get it. It's getting late. Let's get some rest. Take the splint off your leg now!"

"Manman, I plan to go to the hospital for a follow-up checkup in two days, so I won't wear the splint anymore."

"Then I'll take some time to go with you for the checkup."

Thinking of accompanying Huo Qingci to the hospital to check his leg injury, Lin Man suddenly remembered that she seemed to have not entered the foggy space for a long time to feed the black unicorn. She would send some spiritual fruits to it at noon tomorrow.