Goldberg Variations

The gentle sound of the piano flows in the quiet bedroom.

Pei Wen stared at Gu Kai without blinking.

At this moment, it seems that all the pain, anxiety, and depression are far away from me.

His mood was unspeakably calm and peaceful, and he even suddenly raised expectations for the future.

He began to imagine the days and nights of living here with Gu Kai, the flowers they planted blooming, the vegetables they planted mature...

Pei Wen closed his eyes unknowingly.

After a long period of high tension, once you relax, fatigue will quickly fill your brain.

He is sleepy and wants to sleep.

Under the warm yellow light, Gu Kai finished playing the "Gothenburg Variations" by himself.

At the end of the song, Gu Kai sat there for two seconds before turning his head to look at Pei Wen.

The young man on the bed closed his eyes, breathing evenly and calmly, as if he was asleep.

Gu Kai couldn't help but curled up the corners of his lips, and then stepped forward lightly, tucking the corners of the quilt for Pei Wen.

After turning off the bedside lamp, Gu Kai lowered his head and kissed Pei Wen's forehead.

"Good night," he said softly.

However, just as he turned to leave, Pei Wen suddenly grabbed his wrist.

Gu Kai lowered his head, Pei Wen didn't open his eyes, but said softly:

"Just sleep here."

Although Gu Kai thought, without Pei Wen's permission, Gu Kai would not share the bed with him while he was asleep.

However, since this is Pei Wen's wish, of course Gu Kai will not refuse.

He held Pei Wen's hand and put it under the quilt, and said softly:

"Okay, I'm right here."

Pei Wen moved in silently to make room for Gu Kai.

Gu Kai lifted the quilt and lay beside him, and smelled the fragrance of shower gel on Pei Wen's body as soon as he lay down.

They live together and naturally use the same shower gel, which has the elegant and soft fragrance of roses.

While Gu Kai was sniffing the fragrance, Pei Wen turned around and moved closer to him.

They were so close that they would breathe in each other's faces.

Pei Wen curled up slightly, next to Gu Kai in a very insecure posture, and fell asleep.

Gu Kai raised his hand to touch Pei Wen's temples, feeling extremely peaceful in his heart.

A night without dreams.

The next day, Gu Kai woke up early.

Now they have nothing to do, go to bed early at night, and naturally wake up early in the morning.

When Gu Kai opened his eyes, the sun had just risen, and a few rays of golden sunlight shone through the gaps in the curtains.

Gu Kai narrowed his eyes and lowered his eyes to look at the person in his arms.

Pei Wen slept very peacefully and didn't move much almost all night, so it was very comfortable to hold her.

Of course, it would be better if there is more meat, it will be soft to the touch.

Gu Kai thought about how he could make Pei Wen fatter.

Thinking of this, he stood up cautiously, intending to take Pei Wen for a run.

Exercise can promote the secretion of dopamine, which makes people feel better, while at the same time consumes more, and can also increase appetite.

As soon as Gu Kai moved, Pei Wen woke up.

He opened his eyes and looked at Gu Kai in a daze, with a hoarse and lazy voice:

"……what time is it?"

"It's still early." Gu Kai said, "Will you continue to sleep, or go out with me?"

"Running, or," Gu Kai paused, and teased, "Go to play Tai Chi with the old man in the park?"

"..." Pei Wen became more conscious, stared at Gu Kai a little, and said firmly, "Sleep."

Gu Kai was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and pinched Pei Wen's cheek: "Little slob, then you can continue to sleep, I'll go out for a walk."

After so long of his efforts, Pei Wen was finally willing to express his thoughts directly to him.

Pei Wen frowned and turned his head to bury his face in the pillow, not to be pinched by him, like a child.

Gu Kai laughed, put on his clothes and went out.

As soon as she went out, she saw the aunt next door was weeding the field in front of her door.

There were already some seedlings growing on that field, but Gu Kai couldn't tell what kind of seedlings they were, so he leaned over to have a look and asked her:

"Auntie, what is this?"

Gu Kai looks good and clean, and the aunt liked it when she saw it, and said with a smile: "This is cowpea, you can eat it after a while."

"Come to weed so early in the morning," Gu Kai said nicely, "No wonder your cowpea grows so well."

The aunt immediately smiled and narrowed her eyes: "That's right, this kind of vegetables, you just have to work hard, otherwise, if the grass grows, how can the vegetables grow well?"

Gu Kai complimented her a few words, then asked: "Auntie, if I want to grow vegetables now, what should I grow?"

"You?" The auntie glanced at Gu Kai, "You are the new family who moved here recently to accompany your younger brother to recuperate from his illness. You live next to him?"

In such a small place, news spreads quickly, and if a family knows it, it is equivalent to the whole town knowing it.

"Yes." Gu Kai pointed to his own house, "That's my house, there is a piece of land behind the house, I want to grow some vegetables for my own use."

"Isn't it summer now?" the aunt said, "There are also many vegetables that can be grown in summer, such as cucumbers, eggplants, edamame, water spinach, etc. There are many."

"You go out and turn right, and when you see an intersection, turn left, and walk a few steps forward, there is a seed shop, where you can buy vegetable seeds."

"The temperature is high in summer, so water more and sprinkle more fertilizer. Now that the sun is shining, it will grow quickly."

Gu Kai's house faces south, so when you go out, go to the right to go west.

The aunt said caringly again: "There is a hardware store next to the seed store, which sells hoes. I don't think your house has any. You can buy them there. The fertilizer is also nearby. You can find it if you look for it."

After chatting with the aunt, Gu Kai gained a lot, and immediately followed her instructions to buy seeds, farm tools, and fertilizer.

After buying them, Gu Kai carried the pile of things home and put them in his yard.

There are few flower growers in the countryside, and there are no flower seeds in the seed shop. Gu Kai plans to buy some flower seeds online, and plant them in the open spaces on the left and right sides of the cement floor in front of the door.

There are two steps at the gate of Gu Kai's house, and the balcony on the second floor is not sealed. The flowers brought from Jiangzhou are basically placed on the steps on the left and right sides of the gate, or on the balcony on the second floor.

Viola, canna, and jasmine are all blooming just right.

Gu Kai plans to plant some yellow wood incense on the edge of the yard. Yellow wood incense is a climbing shrub that grows and climbs along the walls or fences. It blooms yellow double-petaled flowers all over the yard, exuding a faint fragrance, which is very beautiful.

Huang Muxiang is usually planted by cuttings, grafting, etc. If it is well maintained, Gu Kai will be able to see its flowers in the second year.

In addition, you can also plant some fast-blooming flowers such as roses, so that his yard will be full of flowers in two months.

However, now, he can go to the back vegetable field to weed and loosen the soil.

Gu Kai hadn't been busy in the vegetable field for long, when he saw Pei Wen lying on the window on the second floor looking down, and called him:

"Gu Kai, it's time to eat, eat the food first and then dig the ground."

Before he knew it, he had already made breakfast.

Gu Kai checked the time, it was just after eight o'clock.

From waking up to now, I have been busy for an hour or two, and Gu Kai was also hungry, so he raised his hand to block the sun, and said with a smile:

"it is good."

He threw down the hoe, went into the house to wash his hands and eat.

Pei Wen had already put breakfast on the table, boiled porridge with preserved egg and lean meat, a cup of hot soy milk for each person, and fried a few fluffy and soft fried dough sticks.

The noodles for fried dough sticks must be kneaded the night before, wake up, and can be used directly the next morning.If you knead the dough in the morning, it will be too late.

"What are you doing there?" Pei Wen asked him after taking a sip of soy milk.

"Fill up the soil and weed, prepare to grow vegetables," Gu Kai said, "What would we eat if we don't grow vegetables?"

Pei Wen laughed out loud.

Gu Kai said: "After dinner, can you help me? Let's plant it quickly before the sun is so bright, and we can eat the vegetables we grow in a few days."

Pei Wen: "I won't."

Gu Kai: "Me neither."

"Grow blindly."

Pei Wen: "..."

"If it doesn't grow, what shall we eat?" Pei Wen laughed at Gu Kai's words just now.

"..." Gu Kai: "I will try my best to grow it."

"If it can't grow, it must not be my problem."

"What's the problem?"

"Either the soil is bad, or the seeds are wrong, or the fertilizer is wrong."

"At that time, I have no choice but to buy vegetables and eat," Gu Kai said with a smile, "I can't let my daughter-in-law go hungry, can I?"

Always being teased by Gu Kai as "little daughter-in-law", Pei Wen has adapted well to this, but was amused by him, and said with a smile:

"Okay, I'll go and help you."

So after breakfast, Pei Wen changed his shoes, and the two of them walked into the vegetable field together. After loosening the soil, they discussed what vegetables to grow.

The planting method is written on the small packaging bag of the vegetables. Some vegetables need to be planted first before they can be planted.

After discussing, the two first decided to plant corn.

Planting corn is very simple, just dig a hole, bury the corn seeds, sprinkle some fertilizer, and cover with soil.With sufficient sunshine and precipitation, corn will grow and mature on its own.

Before planting, Gu Kai also asked the aunt next door for precautions.

Dig the soil into ridges and ridges, dig holes at a certain distance on the ridges, sprinkle a few corn seeds, and then sprinkle a small amount of fertilizer. The fertilizer cannot touch the corn kernels, and then cover with soil.

Gu Kai undertook the more physically demanding task of digging holes, while Pei Wen sowed and fertilized.

It was only a small piece of land, and the two of them quickly finished planting, and Gu Kai planned to give the remaining seeds to the aunt next door to thank her for her guidance.

After finishing their work, the two squatted beside the corn field, looking at the field, the joy of a good harvest already welling up in their hearts in advance.

"The corn will mature in about three months," Gu Kai counted the days with his fingers, "we will be able to eat corn around September."

"Then what shall we plant next?" Pei Wen asked.

Gu Kai took out a bunch of seeds: "Cucumber?"

Some vegetables, such as peppers and cucumbers, need to be urged to sow. Seeing that it was almost lunch time, Pei Wen went to cook, while Gu Kai started to urge the seeds.

He took out some chili rice from the chili peppers that Pei Wen cooked at noon, and selected plump and round ones to use as seeds.

Cucumber and eggplant seeds are soaked in water and can only be planted in the soil when the time is ripe.

In the afternoon, Gu Kai dug up the open space in front of the door again, and Pei Wen sat on the steps in front of the door and watched him.

At dusk, Gu Kai finished his work and walked towards Pei Wen with a hoe on his shoulder.

His face was covered with sweat, and his slender figure cast a long slanting shadow under the setting sun.

"Tell me, the way we are now, don't we look like the ancient peasants who work at sunrise and rest at sunset, facing the loess and back to the sky?"

Pei Wen rolled his eyes at him: "Digging this bit of land makes me feel like I'm a farmer?"

Gu Kai laughed, put down the hoe in front of Pei Wen, lowered his head to rub Pei Wen's hair, but he avoided it.

"Your hands are sweaty, don't touch them randomly."

Gu Kai was injured and said: "I sweat all this for this family, and you actually despise me."

Pei Wen couldn't stop laughing, and took out a tissue to wipe Gu Kai's sweat.

"Don't dislike it."

"I like you the most."

The author has something to say: This article has become a farming article... Poof.

In addition, you can read all the content after they moved as extras, so that you can get tens of thousands of words of extras! (dog head) I'm such a clever little ghost!