Chapter 24 twenty two.the plumber and his love

What I want to talk about next is the matter between a plumber and Duan Xiaomu.If this person was written in the story, no matter what, he should be the number two hero. But in Duan Xiaomulin's memories, what she kept telling God was that she had only one lover in her life, and that was Xiaojiezi.So according to Duan Xiaomu's thoughts, the plumber can only be regarded as a supporting actor.But the plumber has always been a very kind and humble person, and he is willing to play a supporting role. The plumber just hopes that his drama will be longer, and he can span a certain length in Duan Xiaomu's life.

After graduating from high school, the plumber has been in charge of plumbing repairs on Xigendao Street and the surrounding two streets, including the church.It has been four years now.Some of the same pipelines have broken more than ten times in four years. Fortunately, the plumber is a very patient person. The labor he put in for a pipeline, even those cold and brittle pipelines, should be touched up. This winter, because of the heavy snow, the snow water flowed everywhere against the branches and leaves. Many pipes were stuffed with these things, and they were blocked.So plumbers are especially busy this winter.When he came to the church that day to clear the drainage channel behind the church, he only had 30 minutes to prepare.It was the Lunar New Year's day, his mother was going to make dumplings at night, and he planned to finish work early and go home to eat the hot dumplings just out of the pan.

The sewer was actually easier to repair than he expected. The blocked section happened to be not far from the end of the drainpipe, and it didn't take him long to find that location.And the thing that is blocked is not a hard stone or the like, but a piece of ice.He scalded it with hot water for a while, and the ice cubes melted into water and flowed out.This took only 10 minutes of the plumber's time.When he was done, he stood there watching, watching the people in the church praying.Although it was not the first time for him to come to church, it was still fresh to see prayers.At this moment, he saw Duan Xiaomu who had returned to church from school.When the plumber was studying, his Chinese performance was very poor. The only famous novel he read was that his colleague insisted on introducing him to it. It is said that there are some "good-looking" things in it.However, after Duan Xiaomu left him, he sat in the lobby of the church dignifiedly and wrote something like a memoir.And that book was written very long by him in the end.Regarding the first time he met Duan Xiaomu, he wrote:

"She walks with a cane. She is a very thin girl. Her face is very white, her lips are a little purple, and her hair is long. She is not tied up, and she just wears it. She walks up and down. Up and down, people watching want to run over to help her walk. She is not very good-looking, but she looks very cute." There is no such word in the plumber's dictionary, but the meaning he wants to express is roughly "I feel sorry for you". Duan Xiaomu walked past the plumber on that ordinary winter afternoon.The plumber also admitted that he went up to strike up a conversation more or less because he liked Duan Xiaomu's cute appearance, but he definitely had no bad intentions.The first thing he said to her when he went up to her was:

"Are you here to pray?" He knew little about Christianity at that time, and he was a little curious, so he decided to ask this lovely female believer for information.If he is "in charge", he will also come to pay homage to this fairy.Duan Xiaomu looked at him and smiled slightly: "Yes, no, my home is here." In fact, Duan Xiaomu laughing is a very common thing, she will smile when she sees people, and she looks very amiable.But the smile looked unusual to the plumber.He thought her smile proved that she had a good first impression of him.This makes the plumber very excited.However, Duan Xiaomu's answer surprised him.He was already a little obsessed with her, and now her words have turned into an extremely mysterious answer following his obsession:

"What? You live here? You, are you a fairy?" He opened his eyes and said hesitantly.In fact, the plumber is a very romantic person at heart. Although he has not heard many stories, his trust in the stories is unmatched.For example, at this time, he naturally thought of the story of the fairy descending to earth.Duan Xiaomu laughed again when he heard this funny question: "No, I'm just temporarily staying in the bungalow behind the church. I'm not a fairy." The plumber suddenly realized.He guessed that Duan Xiaomu was probably a nun.However, he had never seen such a young nun. The Christian church in Licheng was not strong, and most of the nuns were very old, old women with little feet.They are the only ones who love this place the most.

What happened next made the plumber feel that he was as light as climbing a cloud, and he felt that he was about to ascend to heaven like a fairy—because Duan Xiaomu suddenly looked down and saw that his hands were covered with chilblains, and she was very distressed look.So she took him to her house, she just put some hand cream on him, she thought the plumber was always busy, she thought he would have to work non-stop, but she didn't know In fact, he was going home soon.She said softly: "Just a few minutes, I can wrap it up for you right away." She applied the hand cream on his hands, slowly smudged it out, and then patted it gently with the balls of her fingers.During this short period of healing, the plumber learned that Duan Xiaomu was actually an orphan living in the church. She had no relatives and a cripple, but she still showed her gratitude for life in her words.These moved the plumber very much.She was also a good Christian and a wonderful little tailor.

Finally, when the plumber was about to leave, he held Duan Xiaomu's hand tightly with his hands full of frostbite. He was very excited, but he didn't know what to say to her.At last he spoke at last: "Today is Xiaonian, have you eaten dumplings?" This question is obviously asked knowingly, the stove in Duan Xiaomu's small room is cold, and the pot above it contains only the leftover noodles from the morning, which has now become a thick ball .So he blushed when he finished asking. "I didn't eat, I forgot that today is Xiaonian." Duan Xiaomu smiled peacefully.Since Granny Li passed away, except for the anniversary of Granny Li's death, she almost skipped all the festivals.

The plumber nodded in understanding.Then he walked out of Duan Xiaomu's small room. Around nine o'clock in the evening, someone knocked on Duan Xiaomu's door.The person who came was a new friend Duan Xiaomu met today, a plumber.As soon as the plumber entered the door, he rushed to the dining table facing the door and put down the white plastic lunch box he was carrying.He pulled her over to see.She saw that the lunch box was crowded and full of dumplings.The thin-skinned dumplings are shiny and transparent under the lamp, revealing the fresh light green color of the vegetables inside.This is the food that Duan Xiaomu hasn't eaten since Granny Li's death.At this moment, they are slowly exuding a smell of human fireworks that Duan Xiaomu has not seen for a long time.

How grateful she is for her new friend. "But how did you come in?" Duan Xiaomu asked strangely, the door of the church was closed on time at eight o'clock every night. "Climb the wall! Hehe." The plumber said, he has long hands and feet, and it is easy for him to climb the wall. "This is not good. If you want to come in in the future, just knock on the door. If I can hear you, I will open the door for you." He looks at her face, and he can't help thinking of her as a fairy again. Since then, the plumber and Duan Xiaomu have become very good friends.No matter how busy the plumber was, he would wait for Duan Xiaomu at the door of the church every evening when Xiaomu came home from her self-study class.He gradually followed her into the church to pray.He never dared to say his prayers, he was afraid that outsiders would hear him, especially Duan Xiaomu.Because he always said the same simple prayer:

"God, you made Xiao Mu fall in love with me, so that we can live together in the future!" Every day he finished this prayer with great comfort.He sat in Duan Xiaomu's room for a while, and every time he tried his best to bring her something new.Sometimes it is eaten, such as a bunch of bananas, such as a few bright red tangerines, and his mother's boiled peanuts and stewed chicken.Sometimes it was something she used. He bought her a better hand cream and a pair of rabbit fur-edged gloves.One day he asked her if she usually tied her hair up, and she said that she tied her hair up when she was in class.The next day, he immediately bought her a headband with lavender ruffles and tied it on her hair for a particularly eye-catching look.He even bought an electric blanket and spread it on her bed to keep her out of the cold. Even so, the plumber didn't feel that he had given Duan Xiaomu anything, on the contrary, he thought Duan Xiaomu had given him more precious things.He gradually understood Christianity and began to read the Bible.To be honest, the Bible is the most difficult book he has ever read. Fortunately, Duan Xiaomu always told them into short stories one after another, so he could understand and slowly realized the greatness permeated in it. reason.He also believed in God more and more——Duan Xiaomu is the best witness of the existence of God, otherwise how could an orphan with a handicapped body have such a strong heart and such a charming and elegant temperament? He believed that a kind girl like Duan Xiaomu must be gilded with the light of God, and when his relationship with Duan Xiaomu became closer and closer, he finally believed that his prayers before God were effective.