The trio hadn't even reached the East Market when the rain started to fall.
In the Eucalyptus Forest, the vendors and commune members selling vegetables scrambled to pack their goods into their baskets and boxes, then hurried for home.
"Damn this weather!" Yang Liying cursed. "It was perfectly fine when we set up, and now it's raining again?" She quickly pulled out an oilcloth to cover her tofu and bean curd, keeping the rain out of the buckets.
Lin Lan had a pushcart, so she wasn't worried about the rain ruining her pastries. She just had to put the delicate bamboo baskets of pastries away in the cart's compartment.
Little Douzi put down his toy and stood on his tiptoes to help pack the spiced fava beans from the display into a basket. "Mama, I'll help you."
"Stay under the awning so you don't get wet," Lin Lan said, pulling him beneath it.
