Manor Romance

Chapter 1 Cloud Li
"In the article, the words 'the land is flat and the houses are like, and there is a genus of mulberry and bamboo in Liangtian Meike'". What kind of living conditions do the people in Taohuayuan reflect?" Explain the test questions.

Maybe it's because the summer vacation is approaching, although the students are sitting quietly, their minds have already disappeared.

"There is no standard answer to this question. In the eyes of a thousand people, there are a thousand Hamlets, and in the hearts of a thousand people, there are also a thousand peach blossoms. So, what will the peach blossoms in your hearts look like?"

As soon as the young teacher changed the topic, he immediately attracted the students' minds back. Their immature faces were full of longing and longing.

"Is it a paradise with colorful fallen flowers, an oasis in the vast desert, a luxuriously decorated villa in a modern city, or, as long as you have a holiday, can any place become your paradise?"

"Hehe...hehe" the young teacher's ridicule caused a burst of laughter in the classroom. The students who were told what was on their minds no longer suppressed the restless heart. They turned their heads and turned sideways in twos and threes, chatting softly. summer vacation.

The young teacher didn't care about the little commotion in the classroom, and only continued after the students calmed down a bit:
"That's all for the answers to the final exam papers. Although this is the last class of this semester, your homeroom teacher, Mr. Li, has something to explain later, so you all sit down obediently. As for the summer homework for the Chinese class...?"

Speaking of which, the originally noisy class was suddenly so quiet that a needle could be heard. The students did not dare to show their anger, and they looked like ducks being held by their necks.

The young teacher smiled slyly, picked up the textbooks on the podium, arranged them on the table a few times, made a "bang, bang" sound, then turned and left with the textbooks in his hand, without words, leaving only a wave of hands away to the students back view.

The silence was short-lived. After the students reacted, the classroom became a sea of ​​celebration.

The young teacher's name is Yunli, and he is a supporting teacher in this simple middle school. He is currently studying in a well-known university on the eastern coast. He is only a third-year student, and he will be a senior after the summer vacation.

The middle school that Yunli supports is called Luzhen Middle School, which is located in the southwestern border of the motherland, not far from the border.

Linshan County, where Luzhen is located, belongs to the mid-mountain area, the economic environment is far inferior to that of coastal provinces and cities, and the teaching conditions are also very simple.There is only this middle school in the whole Lu Town, and there is only the junior high school. Students in Lu Town can only go to the school in Linshan County if they want to go to high school.

Yunli's supporting teaching agreement is only valid for one semester, that is to say, the class just now can be regarded as the last class of his teaching career in Lu Town, and perhaps also his last class as a teacher.

Now Yunli wants to pursue the ideal peach blossom garden in his heart.

After returning to the dormitory, he sorted out a small package and tied it to the back seat of his old-fashioned bicycle. Yunli then rode on the bicycle and ran towards the countryside.

In Luzhen in mid-July, it is midsummer, and the roads in the village are still paved with limestone, so there are naturally many small potholes.The path is built along the river, with bamboo, fruit trees, pines and cypresses on both sides. Even when the sun is shining at noon, people on the road will not feel sultry.

Shanglu Village is one of the four villages under the jurisdiction of Luzhen. The cottages are built along the lime road in a long strip. There is a flat cultivated land in the northwest. The terraced fields reclaimed from the mountains are a unique scenery in the Southwest.

Now all kinds of crops in the terraced fields are mature. Looking from the cottage, the whole area looks like an oil painting made of colored ribbons, which is exquisite.

The terrain of Shanglu Village resembles an "L" letter. There is a mountain forest at the corner, which is composed of three hills of different sizes arranged in the character "pin". The highest one is called Banlu Mountain. Originally, there was no name, but for the convenience of remembering, the villagers called the larger one Dalushan and the smaller one Xiaolushan.The destination of Yunli's trip is Xiaolu Mountain.

At the end of Lime Road, it is just at the entrance of Xiaolu Mountain. Walk up a short stone step road, and you can have a panoramic view of Xiaolu Mountain.

Strictly speaking, Xiaolu Mountain cannot be regarded as a mountain. It is more suitable to be classified as a hill or a hill. The mountain is east-west, with many gentle slopes. From a distance, it looks like waves in the sea.

At the end of the stone steps, near the side of Shihui Road, there is a simple two-story building. The ground floor is a red brick house, and the second floor is a canvas roof built with steel brackets. It is similar to a yurt and looks very different. .

There is a big banyan tree planted in front of the small building, which grows obliquely to the west, and the slope is very steep. It seems that there is a risk of collapsing at any time, but the roots of the banyan tree are extremely developed, so there is no need to worry about this.

Putting the package in the small building, putting on a pair of agricultural rubber shoes, and wearing a newly bought round bamboo hat, Yunli couldn't wait to run to the south of Xiaolu Mountain.

Half a year ago, Yunli came to Lu Town as a branch teacher. The teaching task was not heavy for him, so whenever he had free time, he would go wandering around the surrounding villages. The favorite place to go was Xiaolu Mountain.

This area also belongs to agricultural forest land. Shanglu Village usually contracts out this land, but due to various reasons, this land has been abandoned for nearly two years.When he learned that this piece of land was under lease, without much consideration, Yunli resolutely contracted this piece of woodland and became the new owner of Xiaolu Mountain.

Three months ago, this was a wasteland where weeds could not grow into patches, but now, the land in the south is a lush green scene, and nearly five acres of land are full of potatoes.

The five acres of potatoes are the result of Yunli's hard work in the past three months.Strolling in the green fields, with the wind blowing from the setting mountain, what you feel is the joy of the upcoming harvest, the courage to face the challenge, and the heartbeat aroused by touching the dream.

Here, Xiaolu Mountain is the peach blossom garden that Yunli longs for.

From childhood to adulthood, in all kinds of literary novels, you can read all kinds of manors in ancient and modern China and abroad.For example, the Russian-style Tolstoy Manor and Pushkin Manor, Mansfield Manor and Downton Abbey in British classics, as well as the well-known Qiao Family Courtyard and Shen Garden.

Each manor not only bears the ideal of the owner of the manor, but also records the local cultural landscape and changes over time. Every manor is a personal history, a geographical map, and an endless series.

Yunli's ideal is to build a manor here that carries his dreams and has his own characteristics.Before coming to Luzhen, he had a vague concept in his mind, but after coming here, the outline was drawn out naturally.

The entire Xiaolu Mountain has more than 100 mu of usable arable land. Measured by the size of a standard football field, it is as large as ten football fields. Now, only less than one tenth of the land is used.

After fulfilling the task of teaching support, Yunli can devote himself to the construction of the manor, and other vacant wasteland will be gradually utilized.According to Yunli's idea, in the initial stage, the planting industry should be put on track first, and a certain amount of capital should be accumulated before expanding to other fields.

Since it is operating in the form of a manor, the planting method is different from that of ordinary farmers. Yunli plans to purchase a batch of modern agricultural equipment when the funds are sufficient, and use a highly mechanized model to realize the operation of the manor.

In fact, some developed areas abroad have already entered the era of mechanization in agriculture. It is often seen in the news that with the help of modern agricultural equipment, one person can manage a farmland of hundreds or even thousands of acres.

However, in this ancient country with thousands of years of smallholder farming tradition, people accustomed to intensive farming still have a long way to go to promote fully mechanized farming.

In addition to mechanization, Yunli will also adopt organic planting and adhere to the green ecological cycle, which means that the crops here will not use chemical fertilizers or pesticides.

Take these potatoes as an example. In the whole process from sowing to harvesting, in addition to regular watering, some pastures were planted as fertilizer. No chemical fertilizers or pesticides were used. It is a genuine green food.

The five acres of potatoes can be harvested tomorrow, so Yunli spent the whole afternoon working in the field, preparing for tomorrow's harvest.

When Yun Li returned to the small building, it was already dark. Although he had worked hard all afternoon under the scorching sun, he didn't feel too tired.

Although the small building is quite far from the village, it still has water and electricity, but the water pipes are seriously corroded because they have not been used for a long time. For safety reasons, Yunli still uses well water.

After washing up and having a simple dinner, Yunli called the village director of Shanglu Village.

"Hello, is this Director Xu?"

"Yes, it's Mr. Yun. The matter you asked to come down has been arranged. We will come tomorrow morning. Have you discussed everything with the supplier?" A straightforward middle-aged man came from the other end of the phone. the sound of.

"It's already been discussed. They will pull the cart over tomorrow, so I'll trouble you for tomorrow's affairs. Is there anything else to prepare?" Yun Li asked.

"As long as there is no problem with the supplier, we villagers don't have so many twists and turns." Director Xu said with a smile.

"That's good, see you tomorrow."

"Okay!"

After hanging up the phone, Yun Li cleaned up the room on the second floor, picked up a book, and lay down on the bamboo bed to read it.

The life of the villagers is very simple. In addition to daily work, the biggest entertainment is watching TV, or drinking and playing cards with friends. Even surfing the Internet is very difficult.Yunli's small building does not have these conditions for the time being.

But Yunli is a very tolerant person, and this is not the first time he has lived in a small building.In Xiaolu Mountain in summer night, the sweltering heat will gradually recede, replaced by the cool mountain breeze, the air is fragrant and the starry night is bright and clean.

If there is a fly in the ointment, it is the continuous sound of insects.In this season, the sky is basically still dark, and the little creatures hiding in every corner will announce their existence in this way. It is a bit annoying, but it also shows the vitality of this land.

In fact, people are the same. Everyone wants to make their own voices to prove their position in the group.But shouting blindly will only be regarded as ignorance, and only those voices that have experienced precipitation and passed through doubts will be recognized by others.

(End of this chapter)