pleasing to the eye

"Pei Zhenyi, I'm going out, I'm going to buy some fresh vegetables and come back—"

The sky was bright in the morning, and Shen Kou went out.

Pei Zhenyi had just finished painting all night, so she was still very hazy at this moment, vaguely half asleep and half awake.

In this way, until the door was gently closed, she sniffed and responded: "Okay——"

After the sound, everything returned to silence. Outside the window was the misty early summer, and the town was quiet.

After closing the door, Shen Kou twirled the small money pouch hanging on her fingertips, hooked the tie and started to walk out.

In the morning, even though the area in front of you is considered quiet, if you go to the alley and enter the vegetable market, it will be the busiest time.

Shen Kou picked and picked some seasonal vegetables that both Pei Zhenyi and herself liked, and ordered three or two beautiful live fish to be packed into containers by the shopkeeper, and then leisurely began to return to the temporary residence.

"Huh?" Shen Kou was about to leave when he saw a small red carp in the small bucket of the fish shop, spitting bubbles in the small wooden bucket alone.

Shen Kou looked into the small wooden barrel, and as soon as he met the eyes of the little carp, he felt a burst of natural intimacy.

"Shopkeeper, how do you sell this little fish?" She said, reaching out to order some fish in the wooden barrel.

"This? I picked it up by accident, and I don't know what to do with it. Since you want it, I'll give it to you." The shopkeeper said without looking too much, and only signaled Shen Kou to take care of himself.

Shen Kou was silent for a moment, stretched out his fingertips to tease the small fish at the bottom, left a few coins, and brought the small wooden bucket back.

"Put you in the water tank first, and find time in the afternoon or tomorrow, and put you back in the river with your sincerity." Shen Kou raised the wooden barrel to the side of the water tank, and then put the little carp poured into the water.

The red carp entered the water tank, swam around freely for a while, and then floated to the surface, wagging its tail lightly.

Shen Kou smiled and stretched out her finger to tease it, enjoying it in silence for a moment.

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It wasn't until the sun was high and the shadow of the sun climbed over the window sill and onto the bedside that Pei Zhenyi faintly woke up.

She propped up half of her body with her forehead, and blinked to adapt to the bright light in front of her eyes.

"Shen Kou." She first called softly, but found that the surroundings were empty and quiet.

Pei Zhenyi had already forgotten that Shen Kou had gone out, she got out of bed in a moment of confusion, and walked around while sipping a cup of tea.

After this circle, she found that there was no one in the room, no one in the hall, and no one in the courtyard.

Pei Zhenyi felt extremely strange, put down the cup in her hand, and shouted again with a bit of anxiety in her tone: "——Shen Kou?"

Still no answer.

Pei Zhenyi held her breath and put her hands on the table, her eyes gradually returned from sleepy to clear.

Only then did she remember that Shen Kou had told her in the morning that she was going out to do the shopping, but at least an hour had already passed by now, and if it was usual, Shen Kou should have returned earlier.

Thinking of this, Pei Zhenyi also walked to the back kitchen, and saw the fresh seasonal vegetables and a piece of thinly sliced ​​fish on the back kitchen stove at a glance.

——This should be because Shen Kou came back.Pei Zhenyi thought about it, and frowned slightly, feeling puzzled and anxious at the same time.

She no longer had the heart to shout, but directly pulled up the robe that was hanging in the room, and walked out the door while wearing it.

There was silence in the courtyard outside the door, only the faint sound of water coming from the pottery tank next to the water intake.

The sound of the water was a bit noisy, as if something was jumping in the water tank.Pei Zhenyi suspiciously walked towards the water tank, until he got closer, only to notice that there was an extra red carp in the tank that only had clear water yesterday.

The color of this red carp is very familiar, with fine scales and brown color. It is about to drip, and its tail fin flutters like a veil about to burn. It sinks quietly in the water, like red jade.

Even though the scene in front of him was different from his memory, it still reminded Pei Zhenyi of the scenery in the deep stream of Boshan Mountain in late spring.

So, what is this?

Pei Zhenyi was a little flustered, and she couldn't tell what she was thinking, so she just stood by the pot and couldn't move anymore.

"..."

Pei Zhenyi was flustered, she stretched out a hand and lightly tapped the water surface, it happened that the fish in the tank jumped out of the water as if it had some spirituality, and its cold body slid gently over her fingertips.

In the silence, Pei Zhenyi remembered that when she was very young, she had heard many stories from Lin Chuixian, among which there were classics and ghosts, and among the ghosts, the one that impressed Pei Zhenyi the most at this moment was The story of a fox demonizing people, bewitching all beings, and then turning back into a fox and leaving quietly.

Once this kind of idea sprouted, Pei Zhenyi felt a panic at the moment.

How to do it?At this moment, Pei Zhenyi only felt that she was weak and helpless, totally helpless.So she leaned against the pottery jar in silence for a full moment, then gritted her teeth and stretched her hand into the water.

"I'll take you away." She said softly, hooking the body of the fish under the water with her fingertips.

The fish still circled her fingertips in a very human way, and its soft and cold body rubbed lightly on her skin from time to time.Pei Zhenyi looked down at the reflected skylight falling from the treetops on the water surface, and remained silent for a long time.

At this point, even though Pei Zhenyi still didn't know what to do, she had already taken action.After she changed her clothes, she planned to go to the town market to buy a tank that was more suitable for transportation, so that she could leave with the fish.

She wants to take the fish back to the original place, to return to Boshan where the aura is abundant and everything is flourishing, there may be a way to do everything.

Thinking of this, Pei Zhenyi couldn't help but shift her gaze to the small fan left by Shen Kou in the room.

The small fan was carried in Shen Kou's arms every day, so it was unavoidable that it was already tainted with the faint scent of water on Shen Kou's body.Pei Zhenyi gently twisted the fan handle, and suddenly felt an unbearable absurdity.

This sense of absurdity made her feel that everything in the world was terribly illusory, as if nothing could be called real anymore.

Except for the crimson carp in the tank at the moment.

Thinking of this, Pei Zhenyi unconsciously walked to the side of the water tank in a daze, and looked down at the fish in the sparkling water again.

"Hey," Pei Zhenyi called softly standing aside, and couldn't help biting her lips, "Shen Kou."

Naturally, the fish would not respond to her, but just swam around in the water.

Everything seemed deserted, only the sound of water dripping on the stone bricks remained in the courtyard.

Maybe it was from sadness, or maybe it was driven by impulse, Pei Zhenyi stared at the fish in the water for a moment, then suddenly stretched out his hand, half of his sleeve fell into the water, and reached out to touch the fish.

It may be that Pei Zhenyi's movements were too big and too sudden, the fish suddenly seemed to be frightened at this moment, and began to avoid Pei Zhenyi's touch, and began to swim around the wall of the pottery tank in circles.

In this situation, Pei Zhenyi only felt that Shen Kou didn't recognize her anymore, and couldn't help but feel even more impermanent in the world, and gritted her teeth tremblingly.

Just as he was reaching out to fish without hesitation, Pei Zhenyi suddenly heard the sound of very light but audible footsteps coming from outside the wooden door behind him, followed by a soft creaking sound.

"Pei Zhenyi, what are you doing!?"

Shen Kou, who stepped into the door, was looking at the scene in the yard in front of him almost incomprehensibly, with a bagful of candy in his hand that he brought back from his neighbor's visit just now.

Pei Zhenyi turned her head and saw Shen Kou herself, and was quite surprised at the moment.

She pursed her lips, sucked the tip of her nose again, and was unable to speak for a long time, so that in the end, the fish she held in her hands fell into the water with a "plop", and she was still in a state of surprise, without seeing it for a long time. Word.

"You shouldn't..." Shen Kou looked at the fish in the water, and then at Pei Zhenyi's face. After a long while, he seemed to have tasted something, and suddenly a smile rushed to his heart: "Should you not?" will be--"

"I didn't!" Seeing that Shen Kou was about to laugh, Pei Zhenyi couldn't help but blushed immediately, even the tips of her ears were red, she took two steps back and raised her sleeves to wipe her face, trying to cover it up: "I didn't. "

"Then I just came in, why do you have such a surprised look?" Shen Kou took a step closer and asked, smiling slyly.

"Why was I surprised? It's just that this fish looks beautiful..." Pei Zhenyi raised her eyes and stared at Shen Kou, and responded confidently.

"Oh? Is it just beautiful? Why did I seem to hear someone calling my name to the water tank before I entered the door?"

"no!"

"is it?"

"no!"

"Really?"

"Say no!"

"..."

"..."

In early summer, there are three poles, and the courtyard here is very lively.