In recent days, it was probably the Huangmei season, it was always raining, and it was finally sunny in the morning, but at noon, the sky suddenly became gloomy, and there were a few muffled thunders and overwhelming crackling raindrops falling.

This teahouse is on the border of Chuzhou, and the travelers who come and go see the rain and are afraid that it will not be good for a while, so they simply hide in this teahouse.

After a while, the already small teahouse was full of people who came and went to hide from the rain, and for a while, the teahouse was full of people.

At this time, the door of the teahouse opened again, and everyone listened to the footsteps, and looked up one by one.

Because it was backed by light, at first I could only vaguely see the silhouette of the man, probably an adult man, dressed in a dark shirt, and carrying a huge box on his back, on which there were some small things like bells, which jingled all the time.

When the man had completely walked into the teahouse, the people in the teahouse had almost adapted to the light in the room, and finally saw the man clearly.

The man is dressed in a vermilion shirt, his skin is a rare white color among men, and the eyebrows and eyes are also very rare, a pair of black eyebrows that fly obliquely into the sideburns, a pair of red phoenix eyes, the most eye-catching thing is the man's mouth, which is bright red, as if it is redder than the vermilion on his body, and after a little bit, the lips are as if they have just drunk blood.

Behind it is a square back basket, I don't know what is in it; There were some red, red, green and green sachets and bells tied to the back basket, and the sound just now thought it was from these little things.

Seeing people coming in, Xiao Er hurriedly rushed forward: "This Lang Jun, what do you want to drink?" ”

The man lightly lifted his red lips: "It's just raining a little, let's have a pot of Pu'er tea to drive away the cold." The man's voice was not as feminine as it appeared.

"Okay! Then sit down, your pu'er will come soon! Xiao Er replied with a smile on his face, and then turned his head to the back kitchen and shouted: "A pot of good Pu'er tea!" ”

The man dusted off the rain, untied his basket, and sat down.

Originally, it was rare for a man to look as good as a woman, not to mention the back basket that the man had just untied, I don't know what material it was made of, it was dark and dull, and I always felt that there was something in it that attracted the people present.

At this time, there are always people who can't help it: "This little brother, but he is in business?" A man in a blue shirt sitting at another table stood up and walked over to the man's table.

"I'm just a traveler, not a businessman." The man pursed his lips and smiled.

The man in the blue shirt was staring at other people's lips at that time, and it didn't look like he had applied his daughter's fat powder. Then he opened his mouth and asked, "Then what are you ......?" as he spoke, he gestured with his eyes to the dark and heavy back basket.

The man smiled again: "Zai Bucai, he is a puppet craftsman, and this basket is full of puppets made under it." ”

"Oh! Is it! Our daughter's favorite thing is the puppet, can you let me take a look at it? ”

"Okay." The man in red answered, and opened the back basket with the key in his sleeve.

The back basket is not only square on the outside, but also square on the inside, one by one is finely separated, about fifteen or sixteen squares, and there is a delicate doll in each small grid, and a shrunken person is lying quietly inside.

These dolls are much better than the ones they bought for their daughter at the market before, I don't know how much better, the man in the blue shirt thought. I don't know if it was because he was hallucinating after staring for too long, the man in the blue shirt felt that the first figure was also wearing a scarlet shirt, and the round apricot eyes blinked for a moment.

"Ahh The man in the blue shirt was so frightened that he took a step back, but attracted the people around him who were watching the excitement and asked what was wrong.

The man in the blue shirt looked at the puppet again, she, no, it should be it, it was still lying there quietly, he must have seen it wrong just now.

At this time, the ears of the two were the exclamations of the people around them: "This doll is so beautiful!" ”

"What are those eyes made of, just like the real thing!"

"This Lang Jun's hand is really skillful."

"This doll is just like a real person who has become smaller!"

The man in red was smiling and accepting all the compliments, and suddenly, he saw the little girl in the crowd who had crowded around the Blue Mountain man, about eleven or twelve years old, who had taken refuge in the rain, her shoes covered with mud.

The little girl timidly tugged at the sleeve of the man in the blue shirt and said, "Daddy......"

The man in the blue shirt is surnamed Chen, his name is Luohe, and the little girl next to him is his daughter who likes dolls, Chen Mingming.

Nine times out of ten, my daughter fell in love with these dolls.

"Little girl, come here." The man in red beckoned to the little girl, but Chen Luohe found that his daughter did not look at him as before and ask for his opinion, but walked straight to the side of the man in red.

I probably like it too much, Chen Luohe thought so.

Shi Yan looked at this little girl with a pale face who was probably drenched in the rain, and said, "Little girl, which one do you like, my brother will give it to you." ”

Chen Mingming looked at Shi Yan who was smiling and squinting in front of her, and suddenly remembered the fox that her mother used to tell her, which was also a pair of narrow eyes, and even her pupils were covered when she laughed, and she was suddenly a little scared.

But the doll in the scarlet dress is really good-looking. She whispered, "That red doll, can ...... Can you give it to me? ”

"Yes, but there is one condition."

Chen Mingming tilted her head and asked, "What conditions?" ”

"Call me brother, and I'll give it to you." Shi Yan smiled and took out the red doll from the lattice.

Chen Mingming called out obediently: "Brother! ”

made the onlookers around him laugh, saying that this little girl was well-behaved.

The people on the periphery heard the people on the inside laughing so happily, and they also poked their heads out.

Two of them just wanted to echo the smile, but suddenly saw Chen Mingming in the crowd with half of her face exposed, the smile on her face suddenly collapsed, and the expression on her face turned from surprise to doubt, and from doubt to panic.

Shi Yan handed the doll to Chen Mingming, and said: "Speaking of this puppet, I also made it after listening to a story, I don't know if you have this leisure to listen to a story." ”

Someone in the crowd immediately chimed in: "Okay! ”

"Anyway, it's boring to drink tea here just because of the rain."

"It's better to listen to Childe tell a story."