On the rainy morning of March 11, Chen Zhou crouched inside the house and spent several hours sewing leather raincoats.
Working long hours with his head down, his neck became somewhat stiff, and he even felt like the muscles in his left arm shortened, frequently curling and stretching his palm made his entire left arm feel particularly uncomfortable.
He gave himself a massage with a hot towel, rubbed some alcohol on his arm, soothing the muscles, and took a nap at noon.
When he woke up in the afternoon, Chen Zhou's arm had eased quite a bit, but the muscles in his neck were still tense, and even massage didn't help.
He estimated that his symptoms could only be relieved through rest, so he twisted his neck from side to side, rubbed his shoulders, temporarily easing the tense muscles.
Chen Zhou donned a wide-brimmed hat, put on the top half of a leather raincoat, tucked a box of salt into his chest, grabbed a wooden bucket, took his Hand Axe, and left the kiln.
