Torrential rain poured, and the rapid and dense raindrops kept lapping on the roof, and the rain that gathered kept flowing down from the eaves.

The sound of the rain continued, but it did not seem noisy, and as the breeze blew, it became a little quieter.

“...... Owner, you've been running this shop here?"

Under the eaves, looking at the rain outside the eaves and the streets in the rain, Lian Ge and the shopkeeper talked casually.

“...... yes, it's been in business for decades. The shopkeeper sat on the threshold, smiled in response, and as he spoke, he reached out, groped against the wall behind the door, and took out a cigarette stick.

"Knock Knock ......"

Holding the cigarette stick, he tapped it on the threshold and shook off the soot in it,

“...... Others, they all think it's unfortunate to open this shop, and deal with dead people all day long, but I don't feel anything, old man. When I was a child, I grew up in this shop, and when others played with toys, I followed my father to paste paper and make paper money......"

As he spoke, the shopkeeper groped around the wall behind the door, took out the rolled cigarette, and got on the cigarette stick.

“...... These things, just like this house, have always been in front of them, familiar with them, how can there be any bad luck or not. ”

Holding a good cigarette stick, the shopkeeper didn't smoke it.

"Besides, this life, old age, sickness and death are all the norm, someone does the things of life, and someone naturally has to do the things of death, sir, right?" The shopkeeper turned his head, looked at Lian Ge and said with a smile,

Hearing this, Lian Ge glanced at the shopkeeper, smiled slightly and nodded,

Moving his gaze, he glanced at the picture of the store behind the owner,

In the store, there are some paper money and wax, shroud paper people, which is a funeral supplies store.

However, compared with the clutter in other similar stores, the store seems to be orderly, except for the counter next to the door, there are several containers within the line of sight, and all kinds of funeral supplies on the shelves are clearly divided into categories, neatly and meticulously placed.

“...... This autumn rain continues, I don't know how long it will take. The shopkeeper took the cigarette stick and watched the rain water flowing down the eaves.

"It's almost stopping. Lian Ge retracted his gaze, looked up slightly at the rain that kept falling outside the eaves, and said softly.

......

As he spoke, Lian Ge turned his gaze and looked at the two people standing on both sides of the eaves.

The beggar was wrapped in the thick clothes given by the shopkeeper, his body trembled slightly, and he looked at the rain falling in front of him, stunned.

He didn't take off the soaked clothes inside, and the clothes wrapped on the outside were gradually soaked, but the beggar didn't seem to be aware of it.

...... On the other side, the choked delivery man stood up again, his eyes were still red, one hand was tightly holding the hair handkerchief, and the other hand was holding the mobile phone, looking at the mobile phone from time to time, and the rain curtain in front of him, looking a little anxious.

......

In the rain, under the eaves, with the sound of the rain, Lian Ge and the shopkeeper were talking, and the slow sound did not break the tranquility in the rain, but became more and more calm.

The breeze in the rain disturbed the rain line, but it seemed to stop abruptly in front of the eaves, and the showers did not intrude under the eaves, only the fresh breeze with water vapor blew from time to time.

Long

The rain falling from the dark clouds gradually slowed down, and the thick dark clouds gradually dissipated.

The rainwater that pooled and flowed from the eaves of the house also trickled from gurgling to dripping from time to time, dripping on the side of the street, and I don't know how long it was on the ground where the potholes were left.

finally

The showers stopped completely, and with the clear breeze after the rain, the sunset, which was already close to the horizon, once again passed through the clouds and headed towards the water-damp streets and rooftops.

Looking at the surging water on the street in front of him, and the swaying sunshine, Lian Ge smiled slightly,

"The rain stopped. ”

"yes, the rain has stopped. The shopkeeper nodded, looked at the washed streets, and replied.

......

On the side, by the eaves, the delivery man looked at the rain that had stopped, seemed to be relieved, grabbed the wool handkerchief in his hand, he turned around and walked towards the shopkeeper sitting on the threshold,

"Thank you......" The delivery man looked at the shopkeeper and handed the hairpa back to the shopkeeper.

When the shopkeeper heard this, he looked at the delivery man and smiled,

"Take it. ”

Hearing this, the delivery man looked at the hairkerchief in his hand, and then looked at the shopkeeper,

"Thank you. Retracting his hand, the delivery man put the wrung out handkerchief directly into the wet pocket.

“...... Go back and change your clothes, drink some hot water, and don't catch a cold. Young man, life is not easy, but it will pass after all. The shopkeeper smiled and said to the delivery person.

Hearing this, the delivery man nodded emphatically, turned around, and walked back to the battery car by the eaves.

After a pause, he looked at the box in the back seat of the car, and then at the beggar on the other side of the eaves, and the delivery man hesitated, but still unzipped the box.

Taking the takeaway from the box, the delivery man walked towards the beggar with the takeaway.

The beggar was still stunned and stared at the street outside the eaves, unaware of the approach of the delivery man.

“...... This takeaway customer doesn't want it anymore, you can take it and eat it. ”

The delivery man paused again in front of the beggar, carried the takeaway in his hand and handed it to the beggar, and said aloud at the same time.

Hearing a sudden sound beside him, the beggar shrank to the side as if frightened.

Seeing that the delivery man seemed to have no malicious intent, the beggar cowered, looked at the delivery person, and then looked at the delivery person handed over to him, but did not move,

The delivery man looked at the beggar, did not withdraw his hand, and still handed the takeaway in his hand.

The beggar looked at the delivery man again, put down the stick in his hand, stretched out his only hand, and snatched the delivery from the delivery man as if he were snatching.

After taking the takeaway in his hand, the beggar immediately turned around, quickly turned his back to the delivery man, and squatted down.

Putting the take-out box on the ground, the beggar quickly tore open the plastic bag on the take-out box, lifted the lid of the take-out box, and didn't even take the chopsticks, so he grabbed a handful of the dishes contained in the take-out box, devoured them, and hurriedly ate them.

The delivery man looked at this scene, smiled, turned around, and walked back to the other side of the eaves.

And the beggar, who had his back to the delivery man, gradually slowed down his gobbling movements, and the hand holding the food paused his movements,

"Thank you......"

"No thanks. ”

The delivery man waved his hand and returned to the battery car.

Pushing the battery car, the delivery man stepped out of the eaves, stepped on the waterlogged, wet street, and walked slowly towards the street.

The beggar squatting by the eaves watched the figure of the delivery man fade away, until the delivery man completely disappeared into the street, then lowered his head again and devoured it again.

......

Under the eaves, Lian Ge glanced at the delivery man who disappeared at the entrance of the street, and then at the beggar who was gobbling up, smiled slightly, withdrew his gaze, and looked at the street beyond the eaves again.

Sitting on the threshold beside Lian Ge, the shopkeeper with a cigarette stick also looked at the empty street after the rain, and seemed to be a little distracted.

And by the eaves, the beggar who was gobbling up the food in his mouth was chewing the food in his mouth, and his eyes gradually reddened.

After pausing again, the beggar looked at the chopsticks next to the lunch box and was stunned for a moment.

Reaching out his only hand, he picked it up with some difficulty.

Pinching the chopsticks, the beggar's movements are rusty and stiff, and the food falls from between the chopsticks from time to time, but the beggar keeps repeating the clamping.

Finally, when the first chopsticks dish was put into his mouth and chewed, cloudy tears finally welled up in the beggar's reddened eyes.

A muffled choking sound came from his throat, and the beggar's body trembled.

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