Lingnan Gang

Chapter 14

This heavy rain has been falling continuously for three days, but it still has no tendency to slow down. The air is filled with thick water vapor, and even the bed and bedding are extremely damp.It was raining heavily outside the house, while inside the house the doors and windows were wide open. Su Beiqin was leaning against the window frame, his clothes were already wet from the rain from the strong wind. He still had his eyes closed, as if he didn't notice it at all.

When Si'er entered the room, he saw his distraught appearance, and hurried to close the window, with a hint of blame in his tone: "Mr. knows that he is not in good health, but why don't you take more care of him?"

Su Beiqin smiled slightly and said, "I was thinking about something just now, but I didn't notice it."

When Si'er saw his smile, his heart softened immediately. He went to the closet to find a set of clean clothes for Su Beiqin to change into. He held it in his hands to keep warm, Subei Qin was weak, and his hands and feet hadn't been warmed since the beginning of autumn. Old Wu tried a lot of prescriptions but they didn't work, so he had to resort to this most basic method of keeping warm. .

According to Si'er's request, Su Beiqin sat down on the couch holding a hand stove. He looked at the window, only to find that the window had been closed by Si'er. He sighed and said melancholy: "I don't know when this rain will come." stop."

"Mr. has only stayed here for a short time, so it's normal that he didn't experience it. If it rains in Lingnan for a month, it's not surprising. It's the same in winter. When it doesn't rain, the wind is sunny, and when it rains, it will freeze to the bone," Si Er said: "But it's the first time I've seen such a heavy rain. If it lasts for a month, I'm afraid the river will burst its embankment."

Si'er didn't notice the change in Su Beiqin's face, because there was a knock on the door outside, which sounded a little faint in the heavy rain. He got up to open the door, and saw two people in coir raincoats and bamboo hats walking quickly When they came in, the two took off the hats on their heads and shook off the rain.

Su Bei Qin Shicai saw their faces, it was Jiang Tianhe and Ji Baichuan, he ordered Si'er to watch tea, and said: "Please sit down quickly, I don't know what you are talking about coming here in the rain?"

Jiang Tianhe threw the bamboo hat in his hand on the chair, and said with a bad face, "If it wasn't for the boss's order, I wouldn't mind coming here."

Ji Baichuan bowed his hands politely, and said with a smile: "Please don't blame me for disturbing Master's rest, it's really raining too much, and our village is built in the mountains, the boss is afraid of something dangerous, so he asked me to wait around and check around. Master, is it alright here?"

Su Beiqin didn't care about Jiang Tianhe's faux pas, he kept his usual gentle smile on his face, and said, "Thank you for your concern, my two brothers, everything is fine here."

Ji Baichuan picked up Jiang Tianhe's littering bamboo hat and handed it to him, saying, "If it's convenient, we both want to check around, so as not to be careless and cause negligence."

Su Beiqin made a gesture of asking for permission, and said, "You two can do whatever you want."

"I'm tired, let's rest for a while." Jiang Tianhe took off his coir raincoat, sat down on a chair carelessly, and said, "Go by yourself."

Ji Baichuan looked at Jiang Tianhe's pale face from the cold, then at the gentle and elegant Su Beiqin, his heart broke, and he went out alone.

"Sier, exchange a cup of hot tea for Brother Jiang." Su Beiqin ordered.

"No need," Jiang Tianhe waved his hands, his dark eyes rolled, and if he glanced at the hand stove in Su Beiqin's hand meaningfully, he took a sip of warm tea slowly and said, "I might as well Master is so delicate, but it's only late autumn, and there are charcoal basins and hand stoves to serve, so what should we do in winter? Don't get me wrong, Tianhe is really only worried about your body."

Even the simple-minded Si'er could hear the irony in these words, and immediately dissatisfied: "Mister is not in good health and cannot catch cold. This is also the order of the boss. Even the hand stove was also sent by the boss."

Jiang Tianhe shook the hand holding the lid of the cup lightly, then blew on the tea leaves floating on the water as if nothing had happened, and said: "Before the master speaks, the dog has already barked."

Si'er was so angry at his words, but he didn't dare to answer, because Jiang Tianhe squinted his eyes and glanced at him as if nothing, just a glance, but it was full of hostility, which made Si'er unconsciously He hid behind Su Beiqin.

Su Beiqin sat back on the couch again, his extremely black eyes were as cold as ice, "When I first entered the stockade, Wu Weiyang always said that literati like to talk in twists and turns, now it seems that martial arts practitioners are also like this, Jiang Brother, if you are dissatisfied with me, it is for me, why bother to verbally make things difficult for a half-grown child."

Jiang Tianhe said with a sneer: "I only met the master twice, why don't you feel dissatisfied with talking about it, the master is too worried."

Su Bei smiled softly and said, "I'm afraid that in the eyes of some people, even my fear of the cold may offend them. Don't worry too much, I'm not talking about Brother Jiang." He straightened up Sitting with his back on his back, he spoke neither too fast nor too slow, neither humble nor overbearing. Although he was smiling on his face, the smile didn't reach his eyes.

Those were not the eyes a weak scholar should have. Even Jiang Tianhe was stunned by the pair of dark and cold eyes under his long eyelashes, until Ji Baichuan pushed the door open and walked in.Ji Baichuan was keenly aware of the subtle changes in the atmosphere in the room. He froze for a moment, looked at Su Beiqin who was still maintaining a warm smile, and then looked at the slightly whitish fingers holding the lid of the tea. After seeing Jiang Tianhe, he roughly knew what was going on.

Ji Baichuan handed the coir raincoat and bamboo hat to Jiang Tianhe, and said to Su Beiqin, "Everything is normal in the courtyard, we are going to inspect other places, and the master will leave."

"Be careful on the road." Su Beiqin said with a smile.

Jiang Tianhe glanced at Ji Baichuan with dissatisfaction, took the coir raincoat and bamboo hat and put it on, and without saying hello to Su Beiqin, he turned around and got into the rain. Ji Baichuan had no choice but to smile at Su Beiqin, and followed Walked behind Jiang Tianhe.

Seeing him leaving, Si'er breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Jiang Tianhe and Ji Baichuan are the right-hand men of the boss. Although Jiang Tianhe is reticent to his subordinates, he is still a good person. When I served the boss before, I often talked with them. Contact, Jiang Tianhe treats me politely, I don't know what happened today."

Perhaps Si'er was implicated because of himself, Su Beiqin thought, but it was true as Jiang Tianhe said, they only met twice from the beginning to the end, he really couldn't think of where he offended Jiang Tianhe. Si'er's words, Jiang Tianhe should not be narrow-minded, just because he doesn't like it, it makes him loathe him.

"What kind of person is Ji Baichuan?" Su Beiqin asked.

Si'er thought for a while, and said: "Ji Baichuan is an easy-going person. His temperament is somewhat similar to that of Mr. He is modest and polite. He and Jiang Tianhe are very good brothers. They have always been inseparable. If Jiang Tianhe offends someone, he will He was the one who made the peace."

In this way, the two should not be difficult people to get along with, Su Beiqin was thinking, when he heard the door being kicked open with a bang, and the strong wind and heavy rain poured in, Si'er hurried to open the door door closed.

Wu Weiyang entered the room, patted the rainwater that was constantly flowing down his body, Su Beiqin frowned and took a towel and threw it on him, Wu Weiyang wiped it carelessly, and sat on Su Beiqin's couch in wet clothes , took the tea that Su Beiqin had drunk, and drank it, then handed the empty cup to Si'er and said, "Go and pour me a cup of hot tea."

He was covered with cold air, and his hair was still damp on his neck. Su Beiqin sat a little further away and asked, "You went on inspection too?"

Wu Weiyang wiped the water droplets on his body with a towel again, nodded and said, "How are you doing here?"

"Brother Ji came to check just now, and said everything is normal." Su Beiqin handed the stove to Wu Weiyang, and asked, "Is the rest of the village safe?"

The room was warm enough, so Wu Weiyang simply took off his wet coat and let Si'er take it to dry. He sat cross-legged on Su Beiqin's couch, his broken hair made his neck itchy, he scratched casually and said: " The sheds in the quarry were washed away by the rain."

"Is anyone injured?" Su Beiqin asked with concern.

"The crushed people have been moved to a safe place." Wu Weiyang said indifferently, digging his ears.

Su Beiqin frowned at his attitude, and said, "How about the warehouse at the foot of the mountain?"

Ever since Wu Weiyang entered the house, there has been no rest. With only one sentence, he jumped to the front of the stove again, let go of his wet long hair, and said while wiping: "Aren't Yin Yin leading people to strengthen the house, and the perishable food is moved to Storehouses on the mountain."

Su Beiqin just felt relieved, he looked at the water stains on the couch, sighed, got up and sat on the recliner, but Pian Wu Weiyang just refused to let him live in peace, so he jumped over a few steps and sat side by side with him.

Su Beiqin couldn't help frowning, and said, "Are you a monkey?"

Wu Weiyang grinned, revealing a sharp canine tooth. He tilted his head, suppressed his mouth and pretended to be sad, and said, "But I have some bad news to tell sir."

Su Beiqin felt his eyelids twitch, and when Wu Weiyang finished speaking, he immediately asked, "What news?"

Wu Weiyang sighed softly. Although he had a sad look on his face, his subordinates grabbed a piece of pastry from the tea table and stuffed it into his mouth, saying: "The dam in the town was destroyed by the flood, and the flood has already flooded into the city. It’s coming, and most of the people in Lingnan live along the river, so it’s a disaster.”

Seeing that Su Beiqin's face had changed, he couldn't help but smile, and seeing Su Beiqin glaring at him coldly, he coughed lightly and said, "But I still have a piece of good news to tell sir."

Su Beiqin didn't want to answer his words anymore, so he leaned back on the bench, not knowing what to think.

Wu Weiyang leaned over, patted Su Beiqin on the cheek, and said, "Don't worry, sir, I have decided to lead my brothers from Unmanned Village to assist Zhizhou to dredge the river and rebuild the dam."

These words successfully shifted Su Beiqin's gaze to Wu Weiyang's face, Su Beiqin raised his eyebrows, his dark eyes were slightly haloed in the dark room, "Is this true?" Su Beiqin road.

Wu Weiyang happily stuffed another piece of pastry into his mouth, nodded and said, "Of course it's true.