Chapter 448: The Shoe Store Draws Flowers
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Lu Bang felt very innocent when he saw the change in his sister-in-law's expression. He looked at her awkwardly, his lips moving, but he didn't speak.
The sister-in-law also felt that her reaction just now was too much, which made Lu Bang very embarrassed. So she hurriedly said: "It's okay, big brother, painting the face of a dead person is also a handicraft, and ordinary people can't do it if they want to!" ”
Lu Bang was confused by these words, but he understood that his sister-in-law did not know what he was doing, so he patiently explained: "I am a painter, and I am a painter." ”
"Drawing flowers?" The sister-in-law laughed when she heard this: "Look at what this says, I thought you were doing that white happy thing, that is, painting makeup for the dead." ”
Speaking of this, the sister-in-law patted him on the shoulder and said, "It doesn't look like looking at you, looking at your thinness and a bamboo pole, a gust of wind can blow you away." The people who do these jobs are extremely angry, and all of them have to have big shoulders and round waists, and their faces are full of red light to be calm. You can't do this job! But didn't you say you painted flowers? Do you draw shoes? ”
Lu Bang was stunned for a moment, and immediately nodded and said, "Yes...... Yes. ”
"Isn't that enough?" The sister-in-law slapped her thigh heartily: "Who hasn't had a few years of bad luck, as long as they have a craft, they can't starve to death anywhere, right?" It just so happened that my brother owned an embroidered shoe shop, which was also on this street. He didn't have to say anything about the work of his shoes and needlework, but he didn't have many tricks and didn't sell well. ”
"I see that you are well-read, and you are also weak, not like robbers and bandits, and you can draw flowers, just go to him to help, he can take care of your food and accommodation, if the shoes sell well, you can also share a few dollars at the end of the month, are you willing?"
Lu Bang didn't expect that the lowest point of his life would usher in a peak and turn so soon, and he couldn't react for a while and stayed there.
When the sister-in-law saw that he didn't speak, she thought she was unwilling, so she didn't ask. She was ready to leave with a disappointed look on her face: "It's okay, if you have a better place to go, we can't stop you, big brother, take care......"
How could Lu Bang let his sister-in-law leave, he immediately walked quickly to his sister-in-law, and said with a deep salute: "Lu Bang is desperate and has no way to live here, and his sister-in-law will not give up to save me from fire and water, Lu Mou is toothless and unforgettable......"
The sister-in-law was stunned by Lu Bang's move: "This guy, just a few baked cakes, why is he still endless?" Don't fix that vain, whether you want to or not, give a happy word! ”
"Yes, yes, of course I do!" Lupin said quietly.
"That'll do." The sister-in-law said, "But what do I want to ask you?" The first thing, looking at you like this, the downfall is certain, but we also know that this downfall can be said or not. Now I'm going to ask you a sure word - did you kill someone, steal something, and get chased by the officials before you escaped? ”
"No, no, of course not, I've always been law-abiding!" Lupin waved his hand quickly and vehemently denied it.
The sister-in-law looked him up and down and said, "I don't think you're panicking, this matter is over." The second thing is that you are living here and not going home, but because you are a relative of a criminal who has been raided? ”
"That's not right at all, my parents were farming. Over the years, I have been painting in Luoyang, and I have rarely returned home. After the death of his parents, his home was gone. This time, I was kicked out by the family that hired me before, so I ended up on the streets. Lupin said earnestly.
The sister-in-law heard his sincerity, so she took it and said, "Okay, don't say anything, I believe it." Come with me, and I'll take you to my brother's shoe store. ”
Thus, from today onwards, Lupin will not have to live on the streets, because he has found a place to stay.
He also hoped to settle down and not have to live a life of exile. The owner of the shoe store is not bad, at first glance he is an honest craftsman, and he is also polite and thoughtful to Lubang. As soon as Lu Bang arrived at the store, he showed his hand in front of the boss with a pen, and drew more than a dozen patterns in one go. There are begonias, hydrangeas, cockscombs; peony, rose, hibiscus flowers; pomegranate, lily, oleander; Peony, apricot blossom, jade plantain...... Thousands of postures, charming and colorful.
When the sister-in-law and her younger brother looked at each other, their eyes straightened, and they said in their hearts: "This is a down-and-out scholar picked up from the street, this is simply a God of Wealth falling from the sky!" ”
The sister-in-law hurriedly poured a bowl of water for Lu Bang, and then ran home to get a few more baked cakes, put them in front of Lu Bang, and said cautiously: "Big brother, we agreed before, let's take you in, you have to be here with peace of mind, you can't climb the high branches in the twilight?" ”
Lu Bang stood up and bowed deeply again: "Sister-in-law, rest assured, although Lu Bang is only a shallow learner, he also knows the truth that 'the grace of a drop of water should be reciprocated by a spring'. If it hadn't been for my sister-in-law's bodhisattva heart to save me this morning, I really don't know where I would have gotten after that. You are my savior, I will stay here in peace, and I will not face Qin Duchu. ”
The sister-in-law was overjoyed after hearing this: "I just said that I have always been wrong, and the eldest brother is loyal when he sees it, so I am relieved." Don't say anything, I'll bring you a new bedding, and you can live here in peace. ”
Since then, even if Lu Bang has officially had a place to live, although every time after nightfall, he covered his body with several layers of quilts, he still felt a trace of cold air seeping in.
It turned out that in ordinary people's homes like sister-in-law, there was no money to buy cotton in winter, so they could only use reed flowers instead. This reed flower looks thick and thick when filled into the quilt, but the warmth performance is not half a star compared to cotton. This is really difficult for Lu Bang, who is used to eating and drinking in the princess's mansion.
Many times, he lay in the cold quilt, stared blankly at the moon outside the window, and asked himself softly: "Do I have to spend the rest of my life in such a market alley?" I, who was once admired by the princess, will have to live by painting shoes for women. ”
"Am I never going to be able to come out again?"
Faintly, he felt that there was a lot of unwillingness surging in the bottom of his heart.
Unexpectedly, another twist of fate soon appeared.
On this day, Lu Bang was holding a pen in the shoe store and drawing the pattern of bangs and golden toads on a piece of white kudzu cloth that is popular in the market at the moment. He painted so carefully that he didn't even notice that someone was standing next to him for almost a pillar of incense.
Finally, the man couldn't hold his breath anymore and opened his mouth to ask, "Sir, but your surname is Lu?" ”
Lu Bang was shocked, and when he looked up, he saw a man in his twenties with a white face dressed as a retainer standing in front of him, and he didn't know this person at all.