我和花儿谢谢你 （外一篇《配偶》）

她将进一步绿化居住环境的打算戏谑为“沾花惹草”计划，并且郑重地对他和朋友们广而告之。除了从养花种草中心购买的植物，一位朋友的父母送给她的吊兰以及另一位朋友送给她的两株兰花也为她的新计划添加了色彩。

从陶渊明的“幽兰生前庭”得启发，她将兰花种在了健身房明亮的大窗前。就在她为兰花之地选择自鸣得意以及憧憬着健身见幽兰、悦目又赏心的美景时，她很快发现了这个选择的致命弱点：那是自动浇水系统的一个死角，而兰花的生长喜湿润、忌干燥。重新将兰花连根拔起，她心有不舍；并且她依然有着健身见幽兰的梦想。幽兰生前窗：有条件时要种在窗前；没有条件时创造条件也要种在窗前。她就象十几年前没有装自动浇水系统时那样，提着小水桶给兰花提供水的滋润。

大约二周前，他对她说：“那样给兰花浇水太原始了。让我想办法看能否从现有的自动浇水系统接一个管道和喷水龙头浇兰花，消灭那个自动浇水死角。”她将信将疑地看着他，问：“能行吗？十多年前我们是专门请了好几个工人，工作了两天多才完成前后院的自动浇水系统。”他回答：“试试看吧”。她又担心地问：“如果不成功，会不会破坏现有的自动浇水系统？我们还是请工人们来做吧。”他回答：“不会影响现有的自动浇水系统。理论上来说，加接一个管道和喷水龙头不难，我应该能做。”

上个周末，他从Lowe’s买回来一根白色管道，一个挺好看的黑色喷水龙头，以及相关工具。原准备上个周末就开土动工、挖坑埋管，但因为他陪她去参观博物馆和连续看两场电影，就将工程延迟到这个星期。手脚利落的他三下五除二，没有用太多时间就完成了开土挖坑、接管埋管、和安装喷水龙头的工程。正在书房看书的她只听到后院一个兴奋的声音：“老婆，快来看，成功啦！”她放下书，飞快地跑到后院。只见一个新的水龙头正对着兰花及其周围的小草“唦唦地”喷着细细的水丝，后院其它自动浇水的水龙头也同时发出欢快的响声，草坪上泛起了一层薄薄的水雾。

她激动地给了他一个拥吻，佩服赞叹地说：“Darling，你真能干！”。他谦虚地说：“哪里，哪里，小意思。”她的眼睛滴溜溜地转了两下；紧接着，她问：“如果这么容易，当初我们为什么要花那么多钱请工人们安装自动浇水系统？”他说：“老婆，你真将你老公当劳工呀？！”：）））。。。





音乐《Thank You》


外一篇：《配偶》

《A Match》
(By Algernon Charles Swinburne)

If love were what the rose is,
And I were like the leaf,
Our lives would grow together
In sad or singing weather,
Blown fields or flowerful closes
Green pleasure or grey grief ;
If love were what the rose is,
And I were like the leaf.

If I were what the words are,
And love were like the tune,
With double sound and single
Delight our lips would mingle,
With kisses glad as birds are
That get sweet rain at noon ;
If I were what the words are,
And love were like the tune.

If you were life, my darling,
And I your love were death,
We 'd shine and snow together
Ere March made sweet the weather
With daffodil and starling
And hours of fruitful breath ;
If you were life, my darling,
And I your love were death.

If you were thrall to sorrow,
And I were page to joy,
We 'd play for lives and seasons
With loving looks and treasons
And tears of night and morrow
And laughs of maid and boy ;
If you were thrall to sorrow,
And I were page to joy.
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