Just as dawn was breaking, Lin Li was woken up by the rooster crowing at her neighbor's house.

As I get older, even the slightest noise can wake me up.

I listened carefully, but there was still no sound outside.

She slowly got up and started packing the things she needed to bring that day.

Household registration booklet, the children's old vaccination records, certificates obtained yesterday from the school and police station, and the school admission notice from Hong Kong...

She put these things into the file folder one by one.

Only after hearing the noise outside did he put the file folder into his canvas bag and go out.

"Okay, you're up?"

Lin Laosan was practicing martial arts with a large rock, while Lin Hu also performed a set of punches with his bare hands.

Both of them had rosy cheeks and were covered in sweat.

"Yes, I'm up!"

"Milk!"

Lin Yao stood in front of the bedroom door, looked at Lin Li, rubbed his eyes, and called out softly.

"Yaoyao is up too?"

Lin Yao nodded and smiled sheepishly.

He slept in today, getting up quite a while later than Tiger and Third Uncle.

He took the milk from Lin Li and drank it down in big gulps.

She raised her milk-covered face and smiled slightly.

"I'm going to practice my internal energy."

Go!

Lin Yao obediently sat down in his meditation spot and began to regulate his breathing.

Lin Li watched the two little ones practicing martial arts diligently and tugged at Lin Laosan, who was resting.

“I made an appointment with Aunt Wang to go to the epidemic prevention station together today. It’s time now, so I’ll go first. You take them to school.”

Lin Laosan nodded.

I walked quickly to the place I had arranged to meet with Aunt Wang. The sky was already beginning to lighten with the first hint of dawn.

Grandma Wang was carrying a bamboo basket containing money and cloth coupons for Xiaowei's cold medicine.

Good morning, Dr. Lin.

Aunt Wang greeted us with a smile, "This epidemic prevention station is not easy to get to; if you go late, you can wait in line until noon."

Lin Li nodded and tightened her grip on the file folder in her hand.

"That's right, I was thinking of coming early yesterday so as not to delay things."

The two walked and talked, and soon arrived at the entrance of the epidemic prevention station.

The epidemic prevention station is a gray, two-story building with some peeling paint on the walls, revealing the red bricks underneath.

A long queue had already formed at the entrance, mostly adults holding children, and some like Aunt Wang who came to buy commonly used medicines.

A large poster was pasted on the wall next to the line.

The painting depicts several doctors in white coats administering vaccines to children.

Next to it, a sign in red paint reads, "Preventing disease starts with vaccines."

Lin Li and Aunt Wang quickly joined the end of the line.

The procession moved very slowly, and arguing could be heard from the front from time to time.

It turns out that a parent forgot to bring their household registration booklet, and the doctor wouldn't process it for them, so they were making a scene.

Lin Li's heart tightened, and she quickly touched the household registration book in the cloth bag to make sure it was lying safely inside before she breathed a sigh of relief.

"You know, this epidemic prevention station has so many rules."

Aunt Wang muttered to herself, "Last time I came to buy fever reducers for Xiaowei, I had to get a certificate from my workplace."

Lin Li smiled and said, "There are many rules, but they are for our own good. Look at what's written on the wall: getting vaccinated can prevent diseases."

She pointed to the poster on the wall, "Tiger and Yaoyao have been vaccinated and are very healthy."

Just as Lin Li was getting close to the front of the line, she heard the doctor in front of her say that they had run out of vaccination cards for today and she would have to wait until the afternoon to get a new one.

A chorus of complaints immediately erupted in the group.

"What should we do?" Lin Li immediately became anxious. "I'm waiting to get my vaccination record updated so I can go to Tsinghua University this afternoon."

Aunt Wang patted her on the shoulder: "Don't worry, there might be a way."

As they were talking, a doctor wearing a white coat and a mask walked over, carrying a stack of vaccine records.

"Everyone, stop arguing. We just found some stock in the warehouse, enough for us."

The doctor's voice came through the mask and was somewhat muffled.

The line immediately fell silent, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

When it was Lin Li's turn, she handed the doctor the contents of her canvas bag one by one.

The doctor was a woman in her thirties with her hair neatly combed and wearing black-rimmed glasses.

She took the old vaccination record book from Lin Li, flipped through it, and frowned.

"Big sister, your vaccination record is incomplete. Yaoyao is still missing one dose of the DPT vaccine."

Lin Li's heart skipped a beat: "That's impossible, I remember I already did it."

The doctor pointed to the record in the vaccination record book: "Look, it only records two doses here, there's no record of the third dose."

Lin Li looked closer and saw that it was indeed as the doctor had said.

She was sweating profusely with anxiety: "What should I do? Doctor, please check again, are you sure you didn't forget something?"

The doctor shook his head: "Our records are all kept here, there's no mistake. If you're worried, you can check the archives."

Lin Li quickly nodded: "I'll check, I'll check."

The doctor pointed to the room at the end of the corridor: "The archives are there. Go ahead, and remember to bring your household registration book."

Lin Li thanked the doctor and ran to the archives with her household registration booklet.

The archives room was filled with filing cabinets, and the smell of mothballs was overwhelming.

An elderly archivist with gray hair was organizing documents when he saw Lin Li enter. He looked up and asked.

Comrade, who are you looking for?

Lin Li explained her purpose, and the old archivist pointed to the chair next to her.

"Sit down and wait a moment, I'll check it for you."

The veteran archivist spent a long time rummaging through the filing cabinets before finally finding the vaccination record from six months ago.

"Found it,"

The old archivist pointed to a line of text in the record.

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