Follow the sound and follow the way

BGM of this chapter: Yo-Yo Ma and Claude Bolling's jazz album (Claude Bolling'sSuiteforCello&JazzPianoTrio)

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Lin Yan was not optimistic about Mu Kang's ability to grow flowers at first, because Mu Kang's tone was too loud, saying that he did not pursue to grow flowers alive, but to raise them well.

"If you just plant them neatly, then it's meaningless." Mu Kang said methodically, "You have to plant them freely, beautifully and delicately, to be a skill, understand?"

Lin Yan stood behind Mu Huajiang, who was wearing gloves and muddy in one hand, and said neatly like a good student: "I don't understand."

Mu Kang said confidently: "You will understand later."

Lin Yan asked curiously: "Do you also plant a lot of flowers at home? Who will take care of them these few months?"

Mu Kang: "There are no flowers at home, I learned them all from my mother."

Lin Yan: "..."

Mu Kang: "Huh?"

Lin Yan hesitated: "So you... haven't practiced it?"

Mu Kang: "It's been practiced. I arrange half of the flowers at my parents' place, and the queen mother is only responsible for watering."

Lin Yan, an idiot, has no independent stand, and whatever his sweetheart says, he immediately flattered him and said: "This is called the blue is better than the blue."

Mu Kang proudly said: "Hmm."

The garden was handed over to Mu Kang without approval.From this day on, when Lin Yan came back from rehearsal every afternoon, in addition to smelling the aroma of food in the kitchen, he could also see Mu Kang shoveling weeds and digging the ground in the garden from time to time.

One afternoon in June, Mu Kang rushed to the deadline to finish the soundtrack work for a romantic literary film, and finally showed his kindness, allowing the impatient Manager Wang to escape from the client's urging spell.

After calling Wang Junfeng, Mu Kang felt refreshed and planned to go out to see his beloved alpine edelweiss and dark blue gentian.

He thought that there were only azaleas and roses in Lin Yan's garden, but when weeding, he found several plants that Lin Yan could not name.Lin Sansui said innocently: "It was all given by the neighbors."

Mu Kang has been here for almost two months, and he has been friends with this "neighbor" for a long time, but it is a pity that he has never met.

And the arrangement of the God of Fate is today.

The altitude of his home is not high, and Mu Kang is not sure about the habits of alpine edelweiss. He is worried that the protected species will be abolished. He is squatting in front of the little flower and thinking about the humidity of the soil, when a male voice suddenly sounds behind him: "Sorry..."

Mu Kang followed the sound and turned his head, and there were two men standing outside the yard.

The person who spoke was a handsome guy with red hair and brown eyes and a shy expression.Another tall man with brown hair and gray eyes was very gentlemanly, smiling politely at Mu Kang.

Mu Kang immediately stood up: "Hello."

The handsome red-haired guy said, "Hi, we're here to find Evan."

Mu Kang: "He went to work."

"I know." The handsome red-haired guy was a little at a loss, "Actually, I just want to see the flowers..."

Mu Kang didn't respond: "What?"

The brown-haired gentleman introduced himself: "We are Evan's neighbors..."

"Ah!" Mu Kang grasped the situation within half a second, and walked out quickly, "Is it the neighbor who always gives him flowers?"

The handsome red-haired guy and the brown-haired gentleman glanced at each other and said uncertainly, "It should be... right?"

Mu Kang: "Did you send the alpine edelweiss?"

The brown-haired gentleman glanced behind Mu Kang: "Yes."

The legendary neighbor finally appeared, and it couldn't have come at a better time!

Mukang said enthusiastically: "Hello, I've heard Evan say it many times. It's nice to meet you. I'm Kang."

Shy handsome red-haired guy: "..."

The tall brown-haired gentleman nodded: "Hello, Kang, my name is Tim, and he's Eugen. Are you Evan's friend?"

"Yes, I'm temporarily living here now." Mu Kang said impatiently, "It's great that you are here. I'm worrying about what to do with this alpine edelweiss."

After hearing the words, Eugen immediately passed Mu Kang into the yard, squatted in front of the edelweiss and looked at it for a long time, and praised: "You take good care of it, Kang."

Mu Kang also squatted over: "Is this kind of soil okay? I'm afraid the formula is not good."

"Ordinary leaf mold is fine, and alpine edelweiss is not difficult to grow." Tim stood behind the two and looked at Mu Kang's new flower stand. "Kang, did you arrange these roses? The stand is so beautiful!"

In June, the Swiss plateau gets darker and later.When Lin Yan arrived home with the bright sunshine, he found that the door was open, and there were two more uninvited guests at home.

Maybe it can't be regarded as an uninvited guest, after all, it seems that Mu Kang invited people in.

Yo-Yo Ma and Claude Bolling's jazz albums were playing on the stereo, and two unfinished cups of coffee were placed on the table. Tim and Eugen were yelling in the kitchen and watching Mu Kang cook.

Eugene: "Oh my god, that's unbelievable, how can you peel off the skin with a knife?"

Mu Kang: "Just practice a lot."

Tim: "So onions can be used like this, Kang, you're a genius."

Mu Kang: "There are other usages, such as this..."

Lin Yan: "..."

How did Mu Kang take in two apprentices during the few hours he was away?

Hearing Lin Yan's footsteps, the three turned their heads at the same time.Mu Kang immediately and firmly left the two new brain-dead fans behind, took out the fruit tea that had been brewed since the morning from the refrigerator, poured a cup for Lin Yan, and looked at him expectantly: "New taste."

Lin Yan took a big sip and tasted it carefully: "It's delicious, it seems that there is an additional fragrance that I didn't have before?"

Mu Kang, who didn't see his external skills pointing to an explosion, directly took the cup in Lin Yan's hand, drank the remaining fruit tea in one gulp, and commented: "It's not bad, there is room for improvement."

Tim protested: "Excuse me, can you not speak Chinese?"

Lin Yan took off his coat and greeted Eugen and Tim: "You are back."

Tim, who looks very gentlemanly but is actually the albino version of the lord, crossed his arms and said sarcastically: "Well, fortunately, you are healthy, and the flowers in the garden are not dead."

Lin Yan has long been used to Tim's virtue: "I wouldn't die in the first place."

Tim snorted from his nose, and Eugen looked at Lin Yan apologetically: "Long time no see, Evan, I apologize to you for Tim."

Lin Yan said gently that it was okay, and asked the two guests to be free for the time being, and turned to wash their hands in the bathroom.

Eugen observed the pot of fruit tea curiously: "What is this?"

Mu Kang: "Original fruit tea, do you want to drink it?"

Eugene: "Yes."

Mukang poured two glasses and shared them with Tim and Eugen. The two took a sip, and both showed surprised expressions.

Eugen was full of praise: "It's so delicious! Kang, you shouldn't have made us coffee just now."

Mu Kang said lightly: "I'm sorry, this tea needs to be brewed for a long time before it tastes good. I specially prepared it according to the time when Evan comes home."

Tim: "Can you show me how to do it?"

Mu Kang: "Of course, wait until I finish cooking."

Lin Yan came back after washing his hands, and politely invited Tim and Eugene to sit on the sofa.Eugen glanced at Mu Kang with fruit tea in his hand, and quietly asked Lin Yan: "Is your partner?"

Lin Yan shook his head, covered his chest with a sighing expression.

Tim was surprised: "Straight?"

Lin Yan nodded.

Eugen and Tim exchanged a puzzled look, both of them thinking to themselves: Really?Making tea, planting flowers, and cooking, don't they look like ordinary friends?

For Lin Chihan, the way of hospitality is not one ten thousandth as important as the sweetheart.He half-heartedly chatted with Eugen and Tim for a while, and when he saw Tim got up and said that he wanted to look at the rose flower stand outside, he immediately drove the guests out cooperatively.

Lin Yan was always thinking about Mu Kang's setting that "he doesn't like to cook". Fearing that the chef would be unhappy, he went to the kitchen and asked in a low voice, "Are you cooking for four people today?"

"Yeah." Mu Kang said lightly, "They helped me make a garden for a long time this afternoon, so it's a gift in return."

Lin Yan sighed: "Thank you for your hard work."

"It's not hard." Mu Kang put the marinated beef on the cutting board and asked casually, "Are they your friends?"

Lin Yan: "Yes."

"That's my friend too," Mukang said. "It's all right, just a meal. How is Bruckner doing?"

Bruckner's symphony has a grand structure and complex harmonic counterpoints. Unlike Richard Strauss's music, there are no traces to follow, and the performance rate is not high. It is also the first time for Lin Yan to rehearse.

Although he has listened to many versions of the recordings and memorized the scores, he still doesn't know the bottom line. He and Mu Kang discussed back and forth for more than a month.Since Mu Dacai named the WeChat group "Schoenberg Saigao" ten years ago, expressing his admiration for Schoenberg without hesitation, he is naturally very good at responding to some non-commentary and sounding nonsense Harmony offers incisive and profound insights.

Mu Kang, a master of harmony and president of the Schoenberg Fan Association, said: "Atonality is not terrible. In fact, the disintegration of tonality is discontinuous atonality. Don't be obsessed with solving harmony. I prefer to find a good direction. "

Lin Yan: "The direction of the music?"

"That's right." Mu Kang raised his head and waved his hands proudly as if clearing the way for the gods, "The moment the music hits the soul directly, that's the direction you should go down."

Mu Kang's contemptuous expression when he said this appeared in Lin Yan's mind. Such a dazzling man was cutting beef wholeheartedly with his head bowed in front of the sunlight at the moment.

Lin Yan looked at Mu Kang fascinatedly, in a trance, and intuitively felt that his sweetheart was as perfect as the chosen one.

Mu Kang didn't hear Lin Yan's answer, so he asked worriedly: "What's wrong? Is the row not good?"

Lin Yan came back to his senses, and said with a smile: "It's on the right track, thanks to you."

Mu Kang breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, get ready, we'll be eating soon."

Mu Kang is definitely not a friendly person.

His eyes are high above the top, he has a big temper, and he has no patience. Most of the time, let alone a smile, he doesn't even give a glance to people he doesn't know well.If Mu Kang's smiles were divided into quotas throughout his life, most of the quotas were given to Lin Yan, and there were very few who could be distributed to others.

Tim and Eugen, as genuine "bystanders", are no exception.Mu Kang had a deeper reason for keeping the two of them down for dinner.

He has lived here for almost two months, and he has long discovered that Lin Yan seems to have no social activities. Apart from work, his life revolves around himself, including but not limited to walking with him, watching him cook, composing music with him, Do yourself a room.

Mu Kang was a little strange, but also felt a pity, thinking that A Yan is such a good person, he should have many friends, right?

It wasn't until Tim and Eugene appeared outside the garden uninvited that Mu Kang suddenly realized: So the "friend" had gone on vacation and hadn't returned yet!

He smoothly opened the copy of the mission called "Building Friendship with Lin Yan's Friends", determined to take down the target in this round in one fell swoop.In case they are not around, these two people can not only take care of flowers, but also take care of the three-year-old child by the way.

As for insights such as "Lin Yan is such an old man, he doesn't need others to take care of him", "Lin Yan's friends are not your turn to be a favor", "I will go back to the garden in a while and do your shit" and so on. , Mu scum never thought about it, it was so stupid that it made people laugh and cry.

After a period of practice, Mu Kang has mastered the method of using the oven.East meets West in this meal, which ranges from garlic pork ribs and fish-flavored eggplant to red wine braised beef and basil lemongrass grilled chicken.

If the first two Chinese dishes are just early adopters for the guests, the traditional Italian-style beef stew in red wine is a hard dish.The beef was divided into four plates and served on the table. The aroma was mixed with the smell of wine, which made Eugen blush as soon as he smelled it: "It smells so good!"

Tim couldn't wait to take a bite first, and was too shocked to speak for a long time.

The beef is stewed just right, retaining the basic shape to lock in the gravy, and tender enough to melt in your mouth.The mouths of the two guests were full of the wonderful taste of beef and red wine, and they really couldn't say no to such a delicious red wine beef stew.

Tim: "Why is it so fragrant?"

Mukang: "It's very simple."

Eugene: "Tell me!"

Mu Kang explained the mystery in one sentence: "Use a good bottle of wine."

Tim asked in disbelief, "That's it?"

"That's it." Chef Mu pointed out the key point in a few words, "Cooking wine is used to fool people. The wine used for cooking must be the wine you usually drink. The better the wine, the better the food."

The last thing on the table was Spaghetti, just two grilled prawns on a single serving plate, and the noodles were wrapped in green spice leaves with distinct roots.

Eugene: "Where's Mozzarella?"

Chef Mu not only manages the cooking, but also manages the guests' meals, and ruthlessly dismissed Eugen's request: "No Mozzarella."

Eugen: "..."

He looked at Lin Yan for help, with the words "Pasta without Mozzarella is not pasta" clearly written on his face.

Lin Yan smiled, expressing that he was helpless.

Tim took a sip with the thought of taking the lead, chewed critically for a while, and once again showed the look of his three views being subverted.

Lin Yan: "How is it?"

Lin Yan is clear in his heart, knowing that Chef Mu's products have never tasted bad.He asked very selfishly, just wanting to hear others praise Mu Kang.

As the name suggests, Lin Sansui is naive and protects his weaknesses. If his sweetheart is affirmed by others, he will be much happier than if he is affirmed by himself.

"It's delicious." Tim looked at Mu Kang who was sitting next to Lin Yan with admiration, "Kang, are you really a composer and not a chef?"

His teammates turned against each other, Eugen had nowhere to ask for help, and was forced by the pressure of the world, so he reluctantly stuffed a mouthful of noodles without Mozzarella.The dry-looking thin noodles burst out with a strong aroma of the sea and plants as soon as they enter the mouth, and the olive oil with fried garlic and thyme is used as the base. The taste is rich and layered, and it is not monotonous at all.

Eugen was so surprised that he quickly changed his position: "It's delicious, and there is really no need to add cheese."

Mukang explained: "If there are enough spices, there is no need to add cheese. The taste of cheese and the aroma of ingredients are often contradictory."

Tim and Eugene benefited a lot from Mukang's teaching. The culinary knowledge learned in a day is much more practical than the nonsense on the recipe.Before they left, they kept shouting "Kang's cooking skills are amazing", "We are really eye-opening", "Come again tomorrow".

Lin Yan smiled happily when he heard it, except for the last sentence "Come back tomorrow".

Standing in the afterglow of the setting sun, he released his commanding aura and said to the guests: "Come on, you can tidy up the garden for a week in exchange for a meal."

Eugen said dissatisfied: "Kang has already tidied it up very well, we don't need it!"

"That would be a pity." Lin Yan said hypocritically.

Eugen: "..."

Tim narrowed his eyes and looked at Lin Yan with contempt: "You're so stingy."

Lin Yan looked at Tim without giving an inch: "Please go home and do it yourself, Kang is usually very busy."

His heart was warmed by Mu Kang's words "It's still just me and you", so he naturally didn't want Tim and Eugen to pester Mu Kang to cook.

Behind Lin Yan, Mu Kang shrugged towards Tim and Eugene, pointed at Lin Yan, and mouthed "I'll listen to him".

Tim's eyes wandered thoughtfully between Lin Yan and Mu Kang for a while, and he showed an intriguing smile: "Okay, good night, see you next time."

The "albino version of lord" sneered in his heart: Straight man?Huh, stupid Evan.

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The BGM of this chapter is Yo-Yo Ma and Claude Bolling's jazz album (Claude Bolling's Suite for Cello & JazzPiano Trio), which has been added to the playlist, welcome to eat.

Bruckner Five: Bruckner B flat major Fifth Symphony (AntonBruckner-TheSymphonyNo.5inB-flatmajor), Anton Bruckner wrote in 1875-1876.

Schoenberg: Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer, music educator, music theorist, master of atonal harmony.