2 Coast
Although the gate of the forest farm is in the small town of Mastach, the town of Mastach is part of the county of Middle Glamorgan. But Lin Yilong's house is in West Glamorgan, and every time he needs building materials, the delivery truck will always take the abandoned highway entrance, instead of the main entrance of the forest farm in Mastach, which Lin Yilong intends to keep.
Eventually, the entrance to the road was sealed off with a concrete wall, and Lin Yilong and the Yeang sisters had to make a detour through the Afan Forest on the west side of the farm, passing through Port Talbot and the River Ness to Swansea.
Lin Yilong has lived in the city for 6 years, and he is more familiar with this place than many locals because he has watched the meridian tower in the port area grow from scratch, from the foundation stone to the top.
Dust to dust, dust to dust. After a short period of struggle in London, he returned to his first place in Britain.
This is also the first time that the Yeon sisters have come to Wales, as if they have come to a country where different languages are spoken, all the road signs are bilingual road signs in English + Welsh, and the spelling rules of place names are completely mastered and cannot be read.
"Yilong, can you speak a few words of Welsh?" asked Nadia after parking the car in the parking lot, and after a year of familiarity, the Yeon sisters finally became familiar with the pronunciation of the word "Yilong".
"Of course not, I can only read it a little. Lin Yilong explained, "You don't see the place where the two G's are placed, which is a bit similar to the pronunciation method of the small tongue, don't look at me if I can speak a little Russian, but the small tongue is very receptive." ”
"So ......"
So, I could only read it out in English transcription, not Welsh. Lin Yilong smiled slyly, "You will also be familiar with it, and when you receive university emails in the future, you will send you bilingual emails in English and Chinese, so you will slowly get used to it." ”
Lin Yilong led the sisters directly into the Meridian Tower and went to the restaurant on the top floor, from where they could overlook the entire harbor.
After dinner, Lin Yilong took the Yeang sisters for a walk along the beach in Minato Ward.
The meridian tower of Minato Ward is bathed in the setting sun, and the distant glow of the sun dyes the sea water in golden colors.
"It's so beautiful here. Vera exclaimed heartily, "No wonder you don't want to go back to London." ”
"Yes, the mountain we live in is more beautiful, but the scenery is very different from the seaside, and it feels different. Lin Yilong led the way in front and said, "Although this place is good, but that's it, the Swansea Bay area is the most monotonous place in West Glamorgan, and when you have a holiday, we will go to Gowall, which is more beautiful." ”
"Yilong, I'd like to hear the truth, would you like to share it with us?" asked Vera.
"I try. Lin Yilong replied.
"What is it that drove you back to Wales?" asked Vera her question, "It's a nice place, but it's nowhere near as lively as London, and it's not as much of a country as it is, and I think you're a person who likes to talk to people and talk to people, and I don't think you like anything about the countryside at all, why did you choose to live in a woodfarm and be fascinated by it?"
"Do you really want to know?" Lin Yilong asked rhetorically, "If Vera really wants to know, do you remember those quick quiz games I played with you back then?"
"Yes. Vera nodded, "What does that have to do with this?" ”
"It's very relevant!" said Lin Yilong, "As I said, the City of London is a place where people want to enter, and they have to concentrate 120% of their energy on their work at all times, and when I go home, I often feel hollowed out, just a scarecrow supported by a wooden frame, and although the income there is good, and the promotion prospects are great, and it is indeed the kind of life I want, but to be honest, with my knowledge of myself and there, my hard work and career have come to an end."
"I have struggled without regrets in my life, and even if I am promoted, I can only become a professional partner of a law firm, and I can only do the work assigned by the managing partner, but I cannot take on the cases I want to do. If I go out and go it alone, I'm likely to lose all my bottoms, so it won't be my guarantee and stability option.
"So, when I thought I had a choice, I wanted to find a place to live quietly, and it just so happened that there was a forest farm that I wanted to sell as a resort, so I bought it.
"As Vera said, I wouldn't light a fire without modern tools, I wouldn't store food without a refrigerator, I wouldn't be able to discern what I could eat and what I couldn't eat without the internet, and finally, I hated doing heavy farm work.
"Rather than being a forest farm, Bracken Farm is more of a place where I choose to live at a distance from society but not too far away – the saffron planted in the flower fields, the cows running in the meadows, the berries in the forest and the branches picked up for the fire are just a by-product of a compromise with society, perhaps expensive, but still a by-product that can be discarded.
Lin Yilong continued to express his feelings in response to Vera's question, and held the hands of the two sisters tightly, "So, I have to thank fate for sending you to me, allowing me to maintain a balance between 'movement' and 'stillness', so that I will not lose interest, so as to find the so-called 'permanent freedom'." ”
"In that case, Yilong, how are you going to arrange for us?" Nadia trembled at Lin Yilong's "confession", "We can't always be students and interns, if you need to, Vera and I will give up everything we have and stay at home with you with peace of mind." ”
"No, that's fine. Lin Yilong shook his head, "I have deprived you of the freedom of family ideals, but I am not selfish enough to deprive you of the right to realize your career and life ideals, if you really want to do this, I will not stop you, I will let you have a lot of children to compensate." If you have any other ideas, please let me know and I'll do my best to help. ”
Lin Yilong's emotion made the Yeang sisters a little shy - especially the sentence "give birth to a lot of children".
However, Lin Yilong's statement basically ended the possibility of the Yeon sisters breaking off their relationship with Lin Yilong like Katie, and their future lives will always be firmly intertwined with Lin Yilong, and there is no way to resist Lin Yilong's arrangement of them, in exchange for a relatively stable future life.
"Alright, I'm telling the truth, and I should be enough to answer Vera's question. Lin Yilong regained his vitality, "Let's go home, go back and drink some champagne to celebrate." ”