The dragon boat water came earlier than usual, and it rained so hard before June that it felt like the sky was about to fall. The threshold of the house was already high, but to avoid water coming in, several layers of sandbags were piled up.
Lou Shuitian was afraid that Uncle Chen wouldn't be able to walk forward because of his inconvenient legs and feet. As soon as he entered the door and put down his burden, he hurriedly turned around to help him.
Uncle Chen waved his hands and gasped, "Don't worry about me. Check to see if those things are wet. Take them out to dry to prevent them from getting moldy."
Lou Shuitian responded in a low voice, but still helped Uncle Chen cross the threshold before going to look at the burden. Lou Shuitian started doing business with Uncle Chen five years ago.
She was living on the streets, pretending to be a boy, and working as a coolie in the county town, coming and going in the wind and rain all day long. That day I happened to receive Uncle Chen's job on the dock. Uncle Chen saw at a glance that she was a woman and felt that it was pitiful for a woman to do such heavy lifting work, so he called her over to work as a maid. After a while, he discovered that Lou Shuitian Not only was she efficient at work, she was also smart, literate, and knew a little bit about boxing and kicking, so Uncle Chen slowly made her his apprentice.
When we first met, Uncle Chen was still high-spirited and able to travel all over the country. But Uncle Chen broke his leg a year ago and found the root of the disease, so he couldn't do anything about it. Fortunately, I had some savings, so I bought a house and land in Luzhou and stayed there.
Luzhou was not as rich as other places and could not do much business, so Uncle Chen rested on his laurels, growing some food and picking up the weaving skills he had learned at home when he was a child. Weave some daily necessities and sell them in the market. Lou Shuitian had nowhere to go, so he lived with Uncle Chen and learned some weaving skills. Now he can also weave decent bamboo baskets.
Just after noon today, it rained heavily. Lou Shuitian put on a bamboo hat and went to pick up Uncle Chen. The two of them cleaned up and hurried back while the rain was light.
Lou Shuitian picked out the gadgets made by Uncle Chen one by one from the burden and wiped off the water. She clicked on them one by one, and suddenly asked in surprise: "Uncle Chen, have you sold your basket?"
Lou Shuitian remembered those small baskets, not because they were valuable, but because Uncle Chen put some ingenuity into making them. These small baskets were very delicate.
"You can sell whatever you want, no one wants it."
"Why can't I find it?"
Uncle Chen also came over to take a look, suddenly slapped his thigh, and shouted: "Oh, I saw it raining at noon, so I collected some and put them under the eaves of someone else's house. I was in a hurry and didn't put them inside. No, I have to go back and get them." "
Lou Shuitian stopped him: "Okay, you can rest, I'll get it back." After that, Lou Shuitian put on his bamboo hat and went out again.
Because of the rain, the sky was getting darker and there were no people on the street. Lou Shuitian thought of going back quickly, so he walked quickly. When we arrived at the place where Uncle Chen set up his stall, we saw a few small bamboo baskets piled under the eaves.
Lou Shuitian copied it and left.
When he turned around, he suddenly saw a black figure falling down on the road ahead.
It's a person.
He lay motionless on the ground, soaked in rainwater, and his surroundings gradually turned red.
Lou Shuitian stood there and hesitated for a moment, until the wind and rain brought a burst of sandalwood, and his heart skipped a beat.
She squeezed her palms before stepping forward to check.
She knelt down in front of the shadow and turned the person over.
It's a man, wearing a black suit.
The man's consciousness was already unclear, but when Lou Shuitian encountered him, he still defended himself keenly. He pushed himself up and stared at the person in front of him, his dark eyes unfathomable, like a wounded leopard that was still on high alert.
Lou Shuitian also looked back at him, so close that he could clearly see his appearance and the changes in his eyes.
It's Jiang Yusheng. Lou Shuitian recognized him first.
