'卜蘭子'公眾號
心靈的港灣
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你全然把我當作你的來世吧 我也已經把你當成了我的前世
誰讓今生如此鏡花水月
胡愛萍打開手機看到這幾行字，心中的怒氣一下子堵到了嗓子眼兒，狠！算你狠！她側過頭，看了一眼車窗外，努力地止住就要湧出眼眶的半滴眼淚。好一個前世和來世！你已經把我當成了你的前世，還指望我把你當成來世的期盼，做夢去吧！你連我的前世都算不上，你隻不過是我在寂寞途中偶然經過的一棵開花的樹而已。
胡愛萍的腦海裏閃過夢中那條蛇，她狠狠地自言自語道，你是蛇，是誘惑，是人間的罪惡！她一邊想著，一邊踩動了油門。一定要集中精力開車，千萬不能因為一個不值得愛的人分神出事。
陳思誨一邊上班，一邊想著昨天晚上的事，心裏有幾分不安。他有點後悔不該那樣對待愛萍，畢竟是他戀過的人。他想繼續交往是不可能了，他不想再讓心套上枷鎖。那麽也許應該找她深談一次，也許應該道個歉。他決定下班後路過胡愛萍家親自和她談談利害關係，相信她會理解和支持不繼續交往的決定。他想手機和她約個時間，又怕她萬一生氣罵他。幹脆親自去一趟，反正路過。
胡愛萍早早地下班後直接去了一家賣花園材料的商店。因著春天的到來，院子裏的雜草開始滋生。她需要買Bark Dust木屑，鋪到自家院子周圍。這種事本來應該男人幹的，可是有什麽辦法呢？胡愛萍歎了口氣。本想請公司來噴，可是院子又不大，不值得勞師動眾。她找到Bark Dusk木屑後才發現是好大的一個袋子，自己搬都搬不動。正當胡愛萍轉身將要離開時，迎麵撞到Ken，她以前公司的同事。
Hi，how are you？Long time no see！Ken驚喜地和胡愛萍打著招呼。
Oh，it's you。I am here for bark dust, but it is too heavy! Are you still with the same company?
Yes, I am still there. But I am not with the same ....
Ken停頓了一下說，Let me help you！ Is this one Ok?
Actually, I could have asked the store staff for help. But the problem is when I get home, I still would not be able to move it out of my car.
Ken微笑了一下說，Do you mind if I help you ? I mean I don't mind passing by your house.
胡愛萍說聲OK。她看到Ken輕輕地同時搬起兩袋跟著她走到車旁邊。You will follow me, will you? Just in case you get lost, this is my address. 胡愛萍草草地寫下她的地址遞給了Ken。
胡愛萍開車停進了車庫。Ken的車停在了車庫前。
Ken看了一眼時間說，It is only 4:30 now. It is too early for me to go to dinner. Maybe I can even help you spread the bark dust. It would not be long, I bet, half an hour to one hour would do.
也許平常胡愛萍不會答應這樣的幫忙，她寧願自己做事，也不願虧欠別人太多。早晨收到陳思誨前世來世的短信後，她的心還在隱隱作痛。現在有人陪伴也好，何況Ken看上去如此decent。
That would be a great help and you are very nice. 胡愛萍說著臉上露出了笑容。
夕陽西下，金燦燦的陽光灑在Ken的身上。胡愛萍想起陽光男孩這個詞。她平時不喜歡白人男子，覺得他們就像上帝烤製陶瓷時缺了火侯一樣，皮膚太白。今天她看到他金燦燦的頭發，白裏透紅的膚色，健美的胸肌和大膀，深邃的眼睛，長長的睫毛，她突然覺得上帝把美貌賜給白人，把智慧賜給中國人，也許說得沒錯。Ken看上去和自己年紀差不多，也許小幾歲也不一定。胡愛萍看了一眼他的手，咦，怎麽沒戴戒指？不會是剛剛幹活時臨時摘下來了？應該不會。她見過美國人幹活也戴著戒指。
Bark dust （木屑）不一會兒就被Ken均勻地鋪在院子裏。深棕色的木屑把草坪都映襯得格外翠綠。All done！Ken燦爛地微笑著。胡愛萍此時的心情明朗起來。她說，
You just did a big favor to me. By our culture, I should invite you to have dinner with me.
Really? That would be wonderful. I love Chinese food!
說著，Ken跟著胡愛萍走進了屋裏。
此時，陳思誨的車正開在一個block遠處，他看到車庫門口停了一輛車。不是胡愛萍的。胡愛萍的車他認識。他減慢了車速，緩緩地停在路邊。
小說純屬虛構，請勿對號入座
誰讓今生如此鏡花水月
胡愛萍打開手機看到這幾行字，心中的怒氣一下子堵到了嗓子眼兒，狠！算你狠！她側過頭，看了一眼車窗外，努力地止住就要湧出眼眶的半滴眼淚。好一個前世和來世！你已經把我當成了你的前世，還指望我把你當成來世的期盼，做夢去吧！你連我的前世都算不上，你隻不過是我在寂寞途中偶然經過的一棵開花的樹而已。
胡愛萍的腦海裏閃過夢中那條蛇，她狠狠地自言自語道，你是蛇，是誘惑，是人間的罪惡！她一邊想著，一邊踩動了油門。一定要集中精力開車，千萬不能因為一個不值得愛的人分神出事。
陳思誨一邊上班，一邊想著昨天晚上的事，心裏有幾分不安。他有點後悔不該那樣對待愛萍，畢竟是他戀過的人。他想繼續交往是不可能了，他不想再讓心套上枷鎖。那麽也許應該找她深談一次，也許應該道個歉。他決定下班後路過胡愛萍家親自和她談談利害關係，相信她會理解和支持不繼續交往的決定。他想手機和她約個時間，又怕她萬一生氣罵他。幹脆親自去一趟，反正路過。
胡愛萍早早地下班後直接去了一家賣花園材料的商店。因著春天的到來，院子裏的雜草開始滋生。她需要買Bark Dust木屑，鋪到自家院子周圍。這種事本來應該男人幹的，可是有什麽辦法呢？胡愛萍歎了口氣。本想請公司來噴，可是院子又不大，不值得勞師動眾。她找到Bark Dusk木屑後才發現是好大的一個袋子，自己搬都搬不動。正當胡愛萍轉身將要離開時，迎麵撞到Ken，她以前公司的同事。
Hi，how are you？Long time no see！Ken驚喜地和胡愛萍打著招呼。
Oh，it's you。I am here for bark dust, but it is too heavy! Are you still with the same company?
Yes, I am still there. But I am not with the same ....
Ken停頓了一下說，Let me help you！ Is this one Ok?
Actually, I could have asked the store staff for help. But the problem is when I get home, I still would not be able to move it out of my car.
Ken微笑了一下說，Do you mind if I help you ? I mean I don't mind passing by your house.
胡愛萍說聲OK。她看到Ken輕輕地同時搬起兩袋跟著她走到車旁邊。You will follow me, will you? Just in case you get lost, this is my address. 胡愛萍草草地寫下她的地址遞給了Ken。
胡愛萍開車停進了車庫。Ken的車停在了車庫前。
Ken看了一眼時間說，It is only 4:30 now. It is too early for me to go to dinner. Maybe I can even help you spread the bark dust. It would not be long, I bet, half an hour to one hour would do.
也許平常胡愛萍不會答應這樣的幫忙，她寧願自己做事，也不願虧欠別人太多。早晨收到陳思誨前世來世的短信後，她的心還在隱隱作痛。現在有人陪伴也好，何況Ken看上去如此decent。
That would be a great help and you are very nice. 胡愛萍說著臉上露出了笑容。
夕陽西下，金燦燦的陽光灑在Ken的身上。胡愛萍想起陽光男孩這個詞。她平時不喜歡白人男子，覺得他們就像上帝烤製陶瓷時缺了火侯一樣，皮膚太白。今天她看到他金燦燦的頭發，白裏透紅的膚色，健美的胸肌和大膀，深邃的眼睛，長長的睫毛，她突然覺得上帝把美貌賜給白人，把智慧賜給中國人，也許說得沒錯。Ken看上去和自己年紀差不多，也許小幾歲也不一定。胡愛萍看了一眼他的手，咦，怎麽沒戴戒指？不會是剛剛幹活時臨時摘下來了？應該不會。她見過美國人幹活也戴著戒指。
Bark dust （木屑）不一會兒就被Ken均勻地鋪在院子裏。深棕色的木屑把草坪都映襯得格外翠綠。All done！Ken燦爛地微笑著。胡愛萍此時的心情明朗起來。她說，
You just did a big favor to me. By our culture, I should invite you to have dinner with me.
Really? That would be wonderful. I love Chinese food!
說著，Ken跟著胡愛萍走進了屋裏。
此時，陳思誨的車正開在一個block遠處，他看到車庫門口停了一輛車。不是胡愛萍的。胡愛萍的車他認識。他減慢了車速，緩緩地停在路邊。
小說純屬虛構，請勿對號入座
Thanks a lot for your help of proofreading my English. I am improving my English with your help.
If you can, please take a look at chapter 42 with the title including deadlock. There is a lot more English there that needs to be corrected. Thanks again.
Lanzi
Maybe TributeTea could learn a little Mandarin so that he could post his comments by himself in the future.
婚戀deadlock那一節更需要英文校稿幫助。多謝！
Oh，it's you. I am here for bark dust, which is too heavy for me to carry! Are you still working for the same company?
Yes, I am still there. But I am not with the same ....
Ken停頓了一下說，Let me help you！ Is this one Ok?
Actually, I could have asked the store staff for help. But the problem is when I get home, I still would not be able to lift it out of my car.
Ken微笑了一下說，Do you mind if I help you? I am passing by your house.
Ken看了一眼時間說，It is only 4:30 now; it is too early for me to go to dinner. I have some spare time, would you like me to give you a hand to spread the bark dust? It would not take more than half an hour to one hour.
I really appreciate your help; it was so nice of you to make the offer. 胡愛萍說著臉上露出了笑容。
All done！Ken燦爛地微笑著。胡愛萍此時的心情明朗起來。她說，
Since you are such a helpful person can I oblige you to have dinner with me? As you know it is customary in our culture.
Really? That would be wonderful. I love Chinese food!
So I asked my pen pal TributeTea to proof reading your novel. TributeTea’s mother tongue is English hopefully he could introduce a novel way (to express the same idea) for us to refer.
TributeTea does not understand Mandarin and unfortunately I have no time to tell him even the storyline of your novel. I just sent the link to him and he did the job based on the English parts only.
Thanks TributeTea for his hard working.
嗬嗬，有烏龜時不時催促一下，蝸牛也不敢打太多盹兒的。
祝度假愉快！
才女勤快得很啦，兔子般的速度在更新。俺是吭哧吭哧，蝸牛般的速度，見諒了。