Happy Farm Ranch

Chapter 81 The Forest of Fireflies

"Brother Su Mu, I feel so happy!" Xia Jin admired the wonderful scene she had never seen before, and involuntarily leaned her head on Su Mu's shoulder, and then gently touched his right hand with her slender hand.Seeing that Su Mu didn't object, he put his little hand in his broad palm meekly.

Su Mu suddenly felt like an electric current was flowing through his body!
The shoulder she leaned on seemed to feel a little numb, and this sudden touch made him a little overwhelmed.

After a while, Su Mu turned his head slightly and whispered to her: "Do you like this place? If you really like it, you can come here every winter and summer vacation, and you can live here all year round after graduation."

"But I don't want to leave now, I like being with you." Xia Jin's face was blushing, her voice was low and inaudible.

"Not yet, you have to take the college entrance examination and go to university. If you really like Huatanao, don't be in a hurry to stay at this time, maybe there will be places you like in the big cities outside." Su Mu was not serious He just wanted to let her finish her studies smoothly.

As the saying goes, what you can't escape is not what you can't force.If she really has fate with the little girl, she will return to her sooner or later, if not, let everything take its course.

"Do you think I'm too young? Do you think I'm too childish to think about things?" Xia Jin pouted a little dissatisfied, and then whispered to him: "Then you must wait for me, I will Come back!"

"Okay." Su Mu nodded with a smile, and then held her hand tightly.

There are little lights from fireflies everywhere in the forest, and the surrounding areas illuminated are no longer so dark.Some fireflies even gradually flew near them, Xia Jin quietly opened her hand and tried to catch one, but ended in failure.On the contrary, Su Mu's "Great Teleportation of the Universe" didn't make any mistakes, and whichever one his consciousness locked on would be immediately transferred into the space.

Quite a few species have been brought into the space in the past few days. Fortunately, it will take another day to return to Huatanao tomorrow, otherwise Su Mu really has no time to arrange the animals and plants in the space.

"Toot, toot..." Liang Dayong picked a leaf casually, folded the small oval leaf in half, put it in his mouth, and began to play the leaf flute leisurely.

The crisp and melodious sound of the leaf flute floats in the dreamlike forest, which immediately makes people feel peaceful.

It seems that listening to the simplest music in such a beautiful night is the most beautiful time!Xia Jin secretly took a look at Su Mu who was in a daze, against the background of the flickering bonfire, his side face seemed to add a bit of charm.Mom was immersed in the filming by the lake, and while everyone was not paying attention, she suddenly stood on tiptoe and gave Su Mu a light kiss!
Without any psychological preparation, Su Mu was also taken aback. He turned his head only to find that the little girl had successfully "sneaked up", covered her mouth and giggled and ran away.

"Uncle Dayong, tell us a story. I heard from others that there are the most stories in the mountains, such as monsters, ghosts, snake spirits and fox fairies. Tell us some interesting ones!" Little girl Fearing that his mother would see something, he sneaked a kiss to Su Mu in a swift manner, and hurried to talk to Liang Dayong, who was playing the leaf flute, under the big tree.

The sound of the flute leaves stopped abruptly, Liang Dayong added some firewood to the bonfire, pondered for a moment and said: "I don't know how to talk about those ghosts and gods. However, it is a good idea to tell you an old saying in this forest." No problem, it’s all about Peach Blossom Mountain.”

After being kissed, Su Mu felt elated, but looked at Xia Jin's mother who was not far away, and just touched the cheek that was kissed just now with his hand, and then followed to the bonfire.

"You'll talk about ancient music later, first teach me how to blow this out?" He realized that what Liang Dayong was pinching was actually a leaf, and he became interested in the sound of the music just now.

Liang Dayong picked another leaf to demonstrate to him. Putting a small ordinary leaf between his lips, various cheerful or low notes could flow out in an instant.

Xia Jin also joined in the fun, only to realize that what others were blowing was music, but what she was blowing out was a "puff" sound like blowing up a balloon.He amused himself before blowing it a few times, so he finally had to give up learning this skill and watched Su Mu study hard with a smile.

After 5 minutes, Su Mu wasted more than a dozen leaves, and finally he was able to make a sound.

"Okay, I'll be in charge of the soundtrack. Uncle Dayong, let's start telling the story." Although he just learned how to whistle, it was still a bit choppy, but with years of experience in whistling, Su Mu quickly mastered Ye Di's vocalizations. Skills, and then start doing whatever you want.

Although not as good as Liang Dayong, Su Mu tried his best to minimize his mistakes, so the melodious sound of the leaf flute soon resounded in the dreamlike forest.

"A long, long time ago, Taohua Mountain didn't have a big mountain at all, but a large swamp with a group of ghosts and ghosts living in a gloomy forest..." Liang Dayong looked at the fireflies in the distance, his eyes were a little blurred , began to tell the story of Huatanao that has been handed down for several generations.

Just like every small village has its own unique legends, the stories he tells are naturally ghost stories made up by the old people based on the shape and name of Peach Blossom Mountain.The plot and process are very simple, and of course it is also a typical happy ending in which good people are rewarded for good and evil people are rewarded for evil. People like Su Mu and Xia Jin who have experienced various novels and the baptism of the Internet will naturally not be entangled in the various stories in the story. unreasonable.

Liang Dayong was afraid that they would not believe him, so he finally added a sentence, "I am not making up what I said. If I have time, I will take you to see the swamps that still exist. There are thousands of acres of land at least. How could it not be left behind at that time?"

"We still have a swamp here?" Su Mu directly shifted his focus.

I have never heard of Huatanao and the swamp before, not even the village chief.A few days ago, I thought it was a pity that only wheat and corn could be grown here. People in the village could barely eat a meal of rice a year. Although they all worked in farms and pastures and got a fixed salary, the rice they bought outside was natural. It's not as delicious as growing it yourself.

If the swampland can be reclaimed to grow rice, and the water from the invincible space can be added, then the villagers in Huatanao will be able to eat top-quality rice!

If the planting area is large enough, in addition to eating the rice and selling it outside, the rest of the rice can be made into rice wine. It is very exciting to think about it!

"Then why not? It's just that people in the village hardly go there. Since we were young, we have heard stories from the elders in our family that there are ogres in the swamp. Although we grow up and know that it is a lie, we still don't want to go there. No one really likes which way to go. In fact, the swamp is not far from the village. If you go west from the orchard in the back mountain, you will get a horse farm; if you go east for a few miles, you will see the swamp. If you want to Look, I'll take you there in a few days."

Liang Dayong drew a simple map on the ground with a poker, "It's just the same thing, the swamp is nothing to see; there is no ready-made road there, so just don't call yourself a fool."

"That's absolutely impossible. At that time, I will have to investigate carefully. If it is suitable, I will contract it and manage it properly. The swamp can also grow money! How about it, Uncle Dayong, do you want to work with me? Let's go down." Fifty-five cents of the capital, and fifty-five cents of the money when the time comes."

He helped throw some pebbles into the bonfire, preparing to make a bed for himself later, Su Mu looked at him with a smile and asked.

"Come on, I'm content with doing a ready-made job and earning some wages. Farmers don't have so many weird ideas. You don't see that the people in our village follow you and work happily. The main reason is that there are troubles." Those who think about it have long since stopped living here, and those left behind are all self-sufficient, and no one is willing to mess around;

Besides, even if you want to contract, you have to think clearly. The swamp is muddy except for water, and it is enough to raise fish. What can it be used for?Don't throw money into it anymore, let's wait until the farm and ranch can pay back. "

Liang Dayong pulled out the hot small stones and added some firewood to the campfire.

"Swamp?" Xia Jin tilted her head for a while and asked, "Is it the kind that is often shown on TV, whether people or animals fall into it and die? Then brother Su Mu, you'd better be safe, it sounds scary Yes, the swamp is too dangerous."

Su Mu patted her head and smiled, "Silly girl, there are so many types of swamps. Most of the swamps are cornucopias rich in resources. I heard from Uncle Dayong that the terrain there is flat, so they should be able to be transformed and used to grow crops. If it is possible, rice and vegetables can be grown on the reclaimed fertile land. If it is used properly, it can be cultivated in places with abundant water sources in the future.”

"Wow, I suddenly want to make time go faster! According to your plan, Huatanao will become the most beautiful resort in less than five years! There are farms, pastures, horse farms, orchards, and Peach Blossom Mountain Such a beautiful tourism resource, if the swampland is reclaimed, it may become a practical and fun project.”

Xia Jin is now looking at him with eyes full of admiration.

If someone had told her a year ago that the small mountain village with no internet and still living in adobe houses was very beautiful and fun, she would never have believed it.

But after playing around with Su Mu now, Huatanao, which is under development, has been full of surprises. After careful planning and design in the future, it will definitely attract people's attention!

At least not to mention other things, the small tree house, colorful stone valley, green tunnel, black forest and the firefly forest where you stay overnight during the several-day tour of Peach Blossom Mountain are guaranteed to make everyone who comes to travel want to stop.Xia Jin has already made plans. After her college entrance examination is over next summer, she must bring her best friends over to play. Of course, what she is most looking forward to now is the winter vacation trip. I don’t know what Su Mu will give herself at that time. What a surprise.

(End of this chapter)