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Withdrawing his gaze and continuing to walk towards the front, Lian Ge said softly.
"...Squeak, squeak."
The little white mouse squatting on the shoulder turned around and barked twice.
Hearing the sound, Lian Ge smiled slightly, said nothing, and continued walking along the road.
……
As one person and one mouse kept moving forward, all kinds of people and cars passed by from time to time.
Pedestrians in a hurry, couples snuggling together, old people supporting each other,
Crowded buses, cars on the road,
While walking, Lian Ge also looked at the bustling city and all kinds of beings in the bustling city.
Time also slowly passed.
From afternoon to evening, Lian Ge, who did not deliberately walk outside the capital city, did not step out of the city.
evening,
Before the sunset had completely set, it was once again covered by thick dark clouds.
Walking to an old street that was neither deserted nor bustling, Lian Ge raised his head slightly, paused for a moment, then walked towards an old shop beside the street.
Under the eaves, Lian Ge stopped his pace again and did not step into the store.
"...The heavy rain is coming, I will take shelter from the rain with precious land, and I hope the shopkeeper will make it easier for me."
Hearing the sound, the shopkeeper who was packing up his things in the shop looked at Lian Ge, and after a pause, stepped out of the shop.
"Sir, if you're not too unlucky, you can come in and have a seat until the rain stops before leaving." The shopkeeper raised his head to look at the dense dark clouds above his head, turned his gaze to look at Lian Ge, and said aloud.
Hearing this, Lian Ge glanced at the shopkeeper, smiled and shook his head slightly, glanced at the dark clouds in the sky,
"...It's not too bad luck, but this rain won't last long, just borrow your eaves from the owner to shelter from the rain."
Hearing this, the shopkeeper nodded and walked back into the shop without further words.
Chapter 178
Outside the eaves, on the street.
While Lian Ge was talking to the shopkeeper, the wind picked up.
The wind with a trace of water vapor was blowing the skirts of passers-by on the road and disturbing the open doors of the shops along the street.
Sensing the change in the weather, the pace of pedestrians on the road gradually increased,
"...Sir, sit down."
The shopkeeper who entered the shop stepped out again, placed a chair beside Lian Ge,
"Everyone who comes is a customer, so I naturally can't neglect the old man." The owner said to Lian Ge with a smile.
Hearing this, Lian Ge turned his gaze, glanced at the owner, and smiled,
"Thank you, shop owner." After thanking him, Lian Ge sat down on the seat.
"You're welcome, sir."
The shopkeeper waved his hand, "No one comes to my shop on weekdays. People passing by all walk around, and everyone who enters the shop has a sad face... Sir, just don't think it's bad luck."
While talking, the shopkeeper did not step into the shop again, but stood outside the threshold,
"This rain, it really comes when you say it."
Looking up, the shopkeeper looked at the dark clouds above his head and said something.
Hearing this, Lian Ge smiled slightly, turned his gaze, and looked outside the eaves.
on the street,
Pedestrians walked more hurriedly, and the breeze was blowing, as if they were clearing the streets.
The number of pedestrians on the street decreased accordingly, and it became a little empty.
While talking,
Sparse raindrops fell on the ground, and before the rain soaked into the ground, the raindrops became dense and urgent.
A torrential rain came, washing the streets, the shops, the city.
"...Clatter..."
As the wind blows and the rain beats on the eaves,
Outside the eaves, on the street, the pedestrians changed from hurrying to running in all directions.
A beggar who was begging on the side of the street looked around and limped, holding a branch with his only remaining hand. He limped towards Lian Ge and the others.
Walking in front of Lian Ge, the beggar was already drenched, the rain mixed with the dirt on his body and the oil stains on his ragged clothes turned into black water, dripping from the edge of his trouser legs, and flowing down the rainwater on the street , into the street sewer together.
After looking cautiously and timidly at Lian Ge and the shopkeeper, the beggar walked into the eaves with a peeling branch, and then walked along the eaves to the other side of the eaves, separated by Lian Ge and others. It was farther away before it stopped again, standing tremblingly.
Lian Ge turned his gaze, glanced at the beggar on the other side of the eaves, and paused.
The shopkeeper walked into the shop again after looking at the beggar.
The beggar looked at Lian Ge, then at the shopkeeper who turned around and walked into the shop. He shrank, holding a stick, and looked at the torrential rain in front of him, as if hesitating whether to go into the rain again.
"Boom..."
The wind blew the door of the shop, making a small crashing sound, but the beggar seemed to be frightened, his body trembled again, and his steps started to move towards the rain again.
At this time, the shopkeeper who turned and stepped into the shop came out again, holding a thick piece of clothing in his hand.
"...I bought this dress last year, old man. If you don't mind, you can wear it."
The shopkeeper took a few steps towards the beggar, stopped his feet again, and threw the thick clothes directly to the beggar.
Hearing the sound, the beggar stamped his feet, caught the thrown clothes,
"...Thank...Thank you."
Holding the sleeves of his clothes, the beggar looked at the shopkeeper and said with some difficulty.
"Take it and wear it." The shopkeeper shook his head, then turned his head to look at the torrential rain outside the eaves, "It's autumn..."
While talking, the shopkeeper walked back to Lian Ge's side and sat down on the threshold of the shop door.
But the beggar didn't speak any more, trembling, after barely putting on his clothes, he leaned on the stick and stared blankly at the eaves.
……
And at this moment, in the rain, a deliveryman riding a battery car passed by the street,
He hadn't worn a raincoat before, and facing the torrential rain, the rainwater had already soaked his clothes, but he still didn't want to stop.
"...Boom!"
The battery car suddenly lost its balance, and the delivery man and the car fell into the muddy water flowing on the street, half of his clothes were stained with muddy water,
Stepping on his feet, the delivery man stood up again, hissing his teeth, and rubbing his legs, the delivery man stepped on his feet and helped the battery car up again.
Without paying attention to the wound on his leg, the delivery man carefully unzipped the box at the back of the car and took a look at the food in the box.
Seemingly relieved, the delivery man got back into the car and was about to leave.
"Dong dong..."
After twisting the handle a few times, the battery car still did not move at all, and the delivery man patted the battery car angrily.
After getting out of the car again, the delivery man turned his head and looked around. He seemed to see someone sheltering from the rain under the eaves where Lian Ge and the others were staying. After hesitating, he also pushed the car and walked towards the eaves.
"Boom...boom."
Like the beggar, on the other side of the eaves, the delivery man pushed the battery cart up the steps under the eaves.
"Young man, it's raining so hard and you still deliver food." The owner sitting on the threshold asked.
Hearing this, the delivery man turned his head to look at the owner, smiled, and didn't answer.
Lowering his head again, the delivery man took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and turned on the mobile phone with his hand still wet from the rain.
The delivery man's cell phone vibrated, and the delivery man was holding the phone and typing, looking a little anxious.
Perhaps it was because of the water on his hands that it became difficult to touch the phone screen. The delivery man subconsciously wiped it with his sleeve, but his clothes were also wet.
"...Hey, I'll be right over here, I'm here..."
Picking up the phone, the delivery man anxiously made a call.
But without saying a few words, the delivery man's voice stopped abruptly, as if he was interrupted by the person on the other end of the phone.
"I……"
The delivery guy seemed to want to explain a few more words, but the other party's phone had obviously hung up, so the delivery guy could only silently put down his hand holding the phone, lowered his head, and fell into silence.
……
The shopkeeper sitting on the threshold watched this scene, stood up again, and stepped into the shop again.
Not long after, the shopkeeper came out again, with an extra woolen handkerchief in his hand, and walked towards the delivery boy.
"...Young man, wipe off the rain on your body, don't catch a cold."
While talking, the owner handed the wool handkerchief to the delivery boy,
Hearing the sound, the delivery man slowly raised his head and looked at the owner.
"……thanks, thanks……"
The delivery man stretched out his hand to take the wool handkerchief, and wiped the rainwater off his body while talking.
Wiping and wiping, the delivery man clenched the handkerchief tighter and tighter, lowered his head, tears flowed from his red eyes.
Slowly squatting down, holding his head,
"thanks, thanks……"
Grabbing his hair, the delivery man choked up,
"...Young man, life is not easy, and it is inevitable that you will encounter difficulties, but there is no obstacle that you cannot pass, just get over it."
The shopkeeper said with a smile, turned around again, walked back to Lian Ge's side, sat down on the threshold,
"...the rain is really heavy." The owner looked out of the eaves and said aloud,
"However, we feel that the rain is unsatisfactory. Maybe it is a much-needed rain elsewhere, don't you think so, sir?"
Hearing this, Lian Ge glanced at the owner, smiled slightly,
Turning his gaze, he looked at the street in the rain.
On the street, the rainwater continued to slap, and the rainwater accumulated along the eaves continued to flow down the eaves, and continued to flow forward along the side of the street.
Under the eaves, Lian Ge and the owner quietly watched the street outside the eaves.
The beggar held a wooden stick, staring blankly at the shower,
The delivery boy, squatting, holding his head, scratching his hair, choked up.
Chapter 179 The rain stopped
The torrential rain poured down, and the rapid and dense raindrops kept beating on the roof, and the gathered rainwater kept flowing down from the eaves.
The sound of rain continued, but it didn't seem noisy. With the breeze blowing by, it added a bit of tranquility,
"... Shopkeeper, have you been running this shop here?"
Under the eaves, looking at the rain outside the eaves, and the street in the rain, Lian Ge and the shopkeeper were talking casually.
"...Yes, it has been in business for decades." The owner sat on the threshold and responded with a smile. While speaking, he reached out his hand, groped around the wall behind the door, and took out a cigarette stick.
"Dong dong..."
Holding the cigarette stick, I tapped it lightly on the threshold to shake off the ash in it,