The spring sunshine in March was bright, and two little black and white swallows were holding soil in the soft mud by Taihu Lake. They fluttered their wings and flew together to a Chinese-style villa in the Golf Villa.

The industrious little swallows were building nests out of mud. Below the swallows flying by, a beautiful girl wearing shorts and a T-shirt saw them. Her eyes followed the little swallows to the window eaves of her room.

"Mom, look! Swallows have built a nest in my window!"

"It's really true..."

"Where do they go to get the soil they bring back?"

"Maybe it's Taihu Lake next door."

Bai Yan looked at Xiao Yanzi, then her eyes fell back on her daughter in front of her. She also squatted down and asked, "Gardenia, do you want my help?"

"No, I can do it."

Xu Nanzhi was sitting on a small bench by the flower bed in the yard, digging soil in the flower bed with a small shovel in her right hand. Next to her was a small white paper bag containing watermelon seeds.

In order to allow Yuanjia to eat the watermelons she grew in the summer, Xu Nanzhi worked very hard.

Today's challenge was successfully completed. When Gardenia thought about planting watermelons in the flower bed, she closed her eyes and rushed forward.

After her mood gradually stabilized, she hurriedly started digging in the soil.

When Bai Yan heard that her daughter wanted to plant flowers, Bai Yan asked the gardener to clear out a small area of ​​the small flower bed. The area was not large, just over two square meters, but she did not expect that Gardenia wanted to plant watermelons.

The soil in the flower bed was very fertile, the kind of black fertile soil. Xu Nanzhi took a small shovel and turned up the soil bit by bit. The first step in planting watermelons was to loosen the soil.

The afternoon sun was a bit strong, and a few naughty beads of sweat appeared on Gardenia's forehead.

It's just that she worked seriously and didn't wipe away the sweat. The sweat slid down her face to her chin, and then dripped into the soil below.

After finally plowing the soil, Gardenia didn't feel tired, but actually liked the land even more.

She sat on the small bench, carefully raised her head and looked around. The breeze blew, and she felt cool and comfortable.

"Mom, how should I use this fertilizer? Should I plant it with the watermelon seeds?"

"Well, just spread it on the soil. If it's too fertile, it will burn the seedlings."

Xu Nanzhi took apart the fertilizer and found that it was blue-white fertilizer. She was afraid that it would not be spread evenly, so she twisted out the fertilizer particles bit by bit and placed them neatly on the two square meters of soil.

"Should we bury it in it?"

"No need, it will melt."

Gardenia began to plant watermelons.

Xu Nanzhi has never done farm work, nor has she seen anyone else doing farm work. She grows watermelons very seriously.

She roughly looked at the size of the land. If she wanted to plant ten seeds, she would plant them in two rows, with five seeds in each row, about thirty centimeters apart...

Gardenia dug a small hole with a small shovel, then put the watermelon seeds in, carefully arranged the seeds, and finally covered it lightly with soil.

One, two, three...

Finally, the planting was completed with a sense of ritual. She wanted to water the seeds, but the shower pot was on the other side, outside her territory.

Gardenia hesitated for a moment, then went over cautiously, picked up the shower pot and ran back quickly, filled it with water, slowly tilted the pot body, and poured some water on the watermelon seeds.

After finally finishing this matter, Xu Nanzhi felt that today was particularly fulfilling. She did not go back to the house immediately. Instead, she sat on the small bench and stared at the watermelon field in a daze for a while.

Her fair hands were also dirty, but Gardenia didn't mind. She washed her hands and took out her phone to take a photo of her watermelon patch.

She has checked out a lot of information about growing watermelons. If everything goes well, watermelon seedlings will grow in about five or six days. Moreover, watermelons are not delicate and can grow very well by watering them regularly to catch insects.

Plant now and you'll probably have a harvest by July.

Xu Nanzhi was looking forward to it, imagining Yuan Jia holding a big watermelon and gnawing it, and then praised her for growing it well and the watermelon was so sweet.

The girl will blush...

She really wanted to chat with Yuanjia right now and share her feelings with him, but Yuanjia was still at work. She was afraid of disturbing him, so she kept it to herself and waited until he got off work.

After returning to the room, Xu Nanzhi took out the drawing board and started drawing.

On the paper, you can vaguely see a boy and a girl, in a small wooden house, there are cicadas chirping on the trees outside the window, the boy's hand is on the girl's waist, there is a kind of tenderness and sweetness...

This is the dream Gardenia had last night, a particularly beautiful dream.

Yuan Jia asked her what she dreamed about in the morning, and how could she have the nerve to tell him.

Two little swallows rested on the windowsill and looked curiously at the girl painting in the room. She looked up and saw them too.

So the two little swallows rubbed each other's necks, spread their wings and chased each other in the sky, showing off their affection to her.

"snort."

Gardenia ignored the bad neighbors and continued to paint her own painting.

This painting lasted three hours. It was not until Yuan Jia sent her a message that Xu Nanzhi happily sent him the photo of the watermelon field.

Gardenia: “Look!”

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Yuanjia opened the photo sent by Gardenia and recorded her watermelon planting process in detail.

With a smile on his face, he looked at each photo carefully. Although there was no her or watermelon in the photo, it could be seen from the neatly arranged fertilizer particles on the soil that Gardenia was doing this with special care.

One thing.

Yuanjia: "Your fertilizer is spread so neatly."

Gardenia: "Isn't it enough?"

Yuan Jia: "That's enough. How many watermelons have you planted?"

Gardenia: "Ten!"

The two chatted, and Yuan Jia packed up her things and prepared to go home.

Gardenia told him about growing watermelons in detail. She also saw the swallows coming back with soil in their mouths to build nests. They were no longer afraid of her and actually showed affection on the windowsill...

Yuanjia responded to her words seriously. He knew that in the eyes of others, these things might be just trivial things, but for Gardenia, these were the hopes of her new life.

Gardenia: "Yuanjia, do you think I can really grow watermelons..."

Xu Nanzhi was actually a little unconfident. In the afternoon, she ran to the window from time to time to look at the watermelon field in the yard. She knew clearly that the watermelon seedlings would not grow so quickly, but she couldn't help but go and take a look.

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She especially wanted Yuanjia to eat the sweet watermelon she grew.

Yuan Jia: "Of course, I already felt the sweetness before I even ate it."

Gardenia: "I must let you eat it."

Yuanjia had already left the office and was walking home. The sunset was beautiful at dusk. Gardenia had been away from the city for a long time, so Yuanjia took a photo to show her.

In the photo, the sunset is slightly slanted, and the soft light is intertwined with the city, elongating the shadows of tall buildings, trees, cars and people.

Under the setting sun, a large fire cloud hangs in the sky, the golden world is real and clear, and the interlacing of light and shadow is the tranquility before nightfall.

Gardenia also ran to the balcony and took a photo of the sunset for Yuan Jia. Although they were in the same city, the scenery in the photo was different.

In the photos of Gardenia, Yuan Jia saw the distant mountains under the setting sun and the sparkling golden Taihu Lake.

Gardenia: "Yuanjia, your world is so beautiful."

Yuanjia: "Your world is also beautiful."

As if he knew what Xu Nanzhi was thinking, Yuan Jia continued: "Everyone sees the world differently, just like when the sea breeze blows on the face, some people feel very comfortable, while others feel that the skin becomes sticky and annoying."

Gardenia likes Yuan Jia's words very much. She often feels depressed and sentimental because her life has no hope.

Gardenia: "Then what kind of person do you want to be?"

Yuan Jia: "I hope that I can be gentler today than yesterday. That's probably my wish."

Gardenia: "That's great..."

Yuanjia: "People who have experienced a lot of pain decide to prevent others from being as sad as themselves. This kind of consideration is called gentleness. So, Gardenia, you can definitely be gentler than anyone else."

Xu Nanzhi looked at this sentence. This was probably the greatest recognition that others had for her in her life.

Just for a moment, she felt a warmth embracing her whole body...

Like the sunset, the world is dyed with beautiful colors
Chapter completed!