The Lantern Festival has just passed, and in the mountains and forests around Liang Village, great changes have taken place, and even the most sluggish people can feel that the footsteps of spring are gradually approaching.

The burgeoning dandelions, the blooming spring flowers, the torch-like kapok trees, the migratory birds hovering over the reeds, the bees toiling among the flowers, and even the inconspicuous weeds have all become symbols of spring.

Compared with the climate in the north, spring in the south comes much faster, and it is not the same thing as the solar terms on the calendar. The origin of the 24 solar terms is mainly based on the climate change in the Central Plains, but in Liangcun on the Tropic of Cancer, these solar terms change much faster than in the calendar.

In February, the Central Plains is still a cold season with freezing weather and heavy snowfall, but in Liangcun, it is already the time for the spring breeze to be steep and the grass to grow and the warbler to fly.

It seemed that overnight, the weeds all over the mountains seemed to receive the same signal and sprouted their heads in unison. Suddenly, looking at it, what greeted me was a green and light green, which made people feel better.

Although the winter in the south is not as depressed as in the north, there are still some signs of decline, and now we see new life emerging from the withered yellow grass, which represents the arrival of a new season.

After a drizzling spring rain, the leaves that had been dark green and lifeless were replaced with new clothes, and they were full of life from the inside out. Although all the landscapes have not changed dramatically, they have a completely different feeling.

Liu Rui and Ji Xiaojun walked in the warm sun, enjoying the scenery of the Liu family compound and the surrounding area.

Walking around the valley in the back mountain, seeing that the workers from Ma'an County had almost cleared the wasteland in the valley, waiting for the wasteland to be cleared and planted, Liu Rui and Ji Xiaojun turned around and walked out with great satisfaction.

Different from the smooth and slippery situation in the valley, the backyard of the Liu family is now full of life.

As the so-called spring rain is as expensive as oil, the misty spring rain came at the right time a few days ago, and the orchard in Liu Rui's backyard radiated its own fresh vitality in a short period of time. After a while, dozens of acres of orchards will bloom and bear fruit, and the spectacular harvest scene is estimated to be shocked by everyone who sees it, right?

"Rui, you bought these saplings from my nursery?" Looking at the lush appearance in front of him, Ji Xiaojun was a little surprised.

According to Ji Xiaojun's experience in cultivating fruit seedlings over the years, he knows that the growth of fruit seedlings after transplanting will be very average in the first spring, and it will not be in the best condition until the second year. But in the Liu family's orchard, Ji Xiaojun saw a startling scene.

In the dozens of acres of orchards in the backyard of Liu's family, fruit saplings are neatly arranged like soldiers participating in moon cakes, and the branches are lush with green leaves. Even, Ji Xiaojun saw that some peach trees had already bloomed with small pink flowers.

The plum trees dotting the orchard are the first to hear the call of spring, and the pale white buds are already popping up on the withered black branches, as if to greet people. Moistened by the spatial springs, the fruit trees planted in the middle of the orchard look so lush that it is hard to believe that they have been transplanted for less than a year.

The more numerous peach trees bloom slightly later than the plum trees because of the variety, and the flowers are still dotted with closed flower bones on the black branches, and the color of the flowers is not visible. In a few days, you will be able to see all kinds of peach blossoms in full bloom, and I believe that by that time, the scenery of the orchard will be even more beautiful!

According to convention, the transplanted fruit tree seedlings cannot bloom in the first spring anyway, but in the Liu family's orchard, Ji Xiaojun saw an abnormal side.

"Hehe, this may be our water and soil here!" Liu Rui snorted and diverted the topic.

Since the beginning of spring, many people have asked Liu Rui similar questions. Liu Rui really can't talk about it, do you want to tell them: "Your body can give up a spring water, which can promote the growth and development of plants?" ”

"If that's the case, I'll be more confident in the future seedling base!" Hearing Liu Rui's reply, Ji Xiaojun didn't think much about it and nodded.

No matter how rich Ji Xiaojun's imagination was, it was impossible to think that Liu Rui had such a cheating weapon as Space Spring Water in his hands.

"That's for sure!" Speaking of the prospect of the seedling base, Liu Rui is also full of confidence.

It will be an important means for Liu Rui to transform Liangcun, improve the popularity of Liangcun, and then expand the influence of Liujia Distillery.

In Liu Rui's plan, it will take three to five years to build Liangcun into a well-known 'Jingtong Village' and create a tourist resort. At the same time, we will slowly accumulate funds to build a modern distillery, go hand in hand, and finally achieve the common development of individuals and collectives.

Speaking of which, in the eyes of others, Liu Rui's plans are probably all castles in the air, flowers in the mirror. According to normal logic, Liu Rui has worked hard all his life, and without the help of foreign investors, it is simply an impossible task to realize these plans!

Fortunately, Liu Rui owns Shennong space and has space springs, which provides the most solid foundation for Liu Rui's plan.

As the only living fossil plant left in prehistory, because of the strict requirements for the environment, climate, soil and precipitation, the natural breeding ability of the dove tree is very small. Therefore, the number and area of dove trees surviving in nature are also gradually decreasing.

Over the years, although a lot of dove forests have been found in some places, some units and individuals have begun to engage in research and experiments on the cultivation of dove tree seedlings. However, due to the limitations of various conditions, the artificial large-scale cultivation of common seedlings is still a difficult technical problem to overcome.

Even if a lot of planting is obtained from the wild dove forest, how to germinate the seeds and cultivate them successfully is still a problem for many people.

But here in Liu Rui, everything will not be a problem!

With the space spring water, Liu Rui can easily cultivate the seedlings of the dove tree and plant them in a large area in Liangcun. As long as the seedlings are successfully cultivated, Liu Rui's plan can be carried out smoothly.

"In the future, if the Dove Tong base is developed, you have to help Uncle Ji do a good job in the seedling base under the mountain, Uncle Ji has invested all his family resources this time!" Seeing Liu Rui's confident appearance, Ji Xiaojun was also infected.

Perhaps because of Shennong Space, Liu Rui has been confident in recent months, and he speaks with strong confidence. After spending a long time with Liu Rui, all people will be infected by Liu Rui unconsciously.

"Uncle Ji, you can rest assured!" Liu Rui smiled and said: "After a while, you will definitely be glad that you invested early, and this place will become a hot land for investment!" ”

Before the Spring Festival, Ji Xiaojun signed a lease agreement with the Liangcun Village Committee at a relatively low price, and will build a large seedling base on the wasteland near Liangcun. Since the construction of the seedling base was not within the scope of the project restricted by the county government, the plan was quickly approved and construction began soon.

The reason why Liu Rui said this is because after the Spring Festival, many merchants have come to Liangcun to investigate, preparing to lease the hill to plant orchards or carry out seedling cultivation and flower planting.

As the time for the establishment of Xiaoqingshan National Nature Reserve is getting closer and closer, more and more investors are already optimistic about the future of Liangcun.

Of course, industrial projects are not yet undertaken by Liangcun, but industries related to tourism, modern agriculture and so on have considerable development prospects.

Although Liangcun is still poor and white, far-sighted investors have already made plans to grab land.

Ji Xiaojun was able to start so quickly, which was enough to make Liu Rui feel impressed.

In these years, it is not easy to find a good partner, but fortunately, Liu Rui has met all the collaborators he is satisfied with.

Ji Xiaojun has considerable management experience in the seedling cultivation industry, and his market awareness is also very keen, which can complement Liu Rui. The more he contacted Ji Xiaojun, Liu Rui also felt satisfied, but he would not be stingy to help him accordingly.

In the future, it will be no problem to occasionally pour some space spring water into Ji Xiaojun's seedling base to help him.

"I hope so! Lend you auspicious words! Ji Xiaojun nodded.

Sometimes, Ji Xiaojun really doesn't know where Liu Rui's confidence comes from, and it can also infect the people around him.

Wandering in Liu Rui's orchard, smelling the faint fragrance of plants and flowers in the air, Ji Xiaojun felt a calm emotion emerge from his heart.

In the past, although the nursery on the outskirts of the county was also full of green trees, Ji Xiaojun couldn't feel this ethereal and natural atmosphere.

Ji Xiaojun thought that if the seedling base was built in the future, he would be able to live in this environment every day, and he would probably be able to live a little longer.

and Liu Rui checked the progress of the project in the Houshan Valley, which made Ji Xiaojun feel more confident in the future.

Walking to the front yard, Ji Xiaojun felt the breath of spring becoming more and more intense.

After the rain, the grapes in the front yard have begun to sprout green buds, which stand out on the withered yellow vines. The arrival of spring rain symbolizes the approaching of spring, and these plants that have lost their leaves in autumn and winter are most looking forward to the arrival of spring.

Even when there is still a bit of spring cold, they can't wait to come out and accept the baptism of spring rain. It won't be long before the vines, which look like dry wood, are covered with green leaves, bringing the front yard to life.

The two tall osmanthus trees have been nourished by the space spring for half a year, but it is a bit of the smell of old trees sprouting. Looking at the young yellow shoots on the branches, no one thinks that this is unlikely to be an old tree that is hundreds of years old.

Liu's hen is running around the yard with chirping chicks, and from time to time one or two small insects are gouged out from the base of the wall and thrown to the chickens to scramble. The hairball-like chick runs on the terrazzo bricks, a perfect blend of cold and vitality, but it doesn't feel abrupt.

A yellow-throated marten and a flower cat paced slowly in the yard, they were the owners of this yard, elegant and impressive, just like the people and things of the Liu family.

After coming to the Liu family compound a few times, Ji Xiaojun felt that the Liu family compound had a completely different charm from other farm yards. Perhaps, it is also full of vitality in other courtyards, but it will always be less agile than the Liu family compound.

From top to bottom, from the inside to the outside, the Liu family, whether it is the furnishings of utensils or the reception of people, all reveal a sense of difference.

Different from the somewhat dirty and messy situation of the ordinary farmhouse yard, the Liu family is well organized, all of which should be attributed to the fact that the Liu family has a competent hostess. Of course, this is also because the Liu family is not engaged in agricultural production, and there are not so many production tools and materials at home.

The core industry of the Liu family is the winery, and now it has begun to stop farming, and the Liu family, which is basically separated from grain production, is naturally more neat than ordinary farmers.

Although Ji Xiaojun knew that the real reason why the Liu family's compound was different from other people's homes was definitely not as simple as it seemed, he did not ask Liu Rui to break the sand pot to the end.

For Ji Xiaojun, it is enough to be able to know Liu Rui and form a good cooperative relationship with Liu Rui. As for the secrets contained in the Liu family's compound, they are not what Ji Xiaojun cares about.

As the weather warms up, the spring breath of the mountains and forests and wilderness around Liangcun is getting stronger and stronger, and the migratory birds that are still wandering on the edge of Xiaojing Lake are finally leaving Liangcun.

For migratory birds, the two long-distance migrations a year have become an imprint of their lives and become a genetic instinct. The lakes and swamps in the north are where migratory birds breed, but in the south they are where migratory birds rest.

Migratory birds are like this, when the seasons change, they travel back and forth between the north and the south of Xinjiang, composing the music of life in the long journey.

Now, spring is getting closer and closer, and although the migratory birds are reluctant to give up, it is finally time to leave. Although strong winds, torrential rains, predators, and various man-made dangers awaited these migratory birds, they still began their journey without hesitation.

The migratory birds kept wandering in the sky above Xiaojing Lake, looking at the mountains and rivers where they had lived for several months, and finally with a trace of nostalgia, they flew away in the sound of Qingyue.

When those graceful figures finally disappeared into the blue sky of Liangcun, leaving only the gentle white clouds drifting, there were some melancholy emotions spreading in the hearts of the people of Liangcun.

For the villagers of Liang Village, it has been commonplace and accustomed to watching migratory birds come and go year after year for decades. However, today, these migratory birds have brought a different feeling to the villagers of Liang Village.

Because of the stationing of scientific researchers from the research institute, most of the villagers in Liang Village realized that the migratory birds that lived on the edge of Xiaojing Lake had a very large background. It not only has dozens and thousands of national second-class protected animals, but also has white swans, red-crowned cranes and other national first-class rare protected animals.

Not only that, after the information of migratory birds was disclosed to the outside world, many tourists also came to Liangcun for bird watching, which created a lot of income for the villagers.

In the past, migratory birds were just neighbors of the villagers of Liang Village, but now, these migratory birds have become a cash cow for the villagers. For the cash cow, the attitude of the villagers will also change to a certain extent, more enthusiastic, and the heart of care will be more obvious.

When spring really arrived, these lovely creatures finally left the south and went to the northern habitat to thrive.

Although the villagers of Liang Village are reluctant, they also understand that this is the survival rule of nature, and all people have no choice but to go with the flow.

At this time, almost all the people of Liangcun are looking forward to more migratory birds coming to Xiaojing Lake for the winter in autumn.

Of course, every year there are still some birds that stay, and they become resident birds in Xiaojing Lake.

Wild ducks, accustomed to staying in Liang Village, with their freshly hatched ducklings, jumped into the warm water of the lake with a puff, making ripples on the calm surface of the lake.

The quack of ducks comes from the surface of the lake, and although it is not as beautiful as the call of migratory birds, it still has a taste that is closer to life. Compared with those migratory birds that are tall above, wild ducks are more live-like, and the villagers of Liang Village are more familiar with them.

The greedy villagers go to the lake every now and then to catch a wild duck to improve their lives, or they go to the depths of the reeds to pick up some duck eggs and come back to make salted duck eggs and make tooth sacrifices. Liu Rui also did such a thing when he was a child, and often took his younger brothers and sisters to pick up duck eggs and bird eggs in the reeds in his spare time.

Now that I think about it, the joy of childhood is something he can no longer experience when he grows up.

The departure of migratory birds did not make Liangcun fall into silence, and the departure of migratory birds also meant the arrival of spring ploughing, and the originally lonely field began to become noisy.

The walk-behind tractor began to gallop across the field with black smoke, and the sudden sound sounded the prelude to spring ploughing. On the field, the rushing water also rushed out of the sluice gate and entered the field, as if overnight, countless mirrors of different sizes and shapes appeared around Liang Village.

After spending a happy Spring Festival at home, the farmers began to go out again, carrying all kinds of tools and working in the fields. Just like the life of migratory birds migrating back and forth every year, hard work is also an indelible imprint on the life of farmers, which can never be forgotten.

For farmers, the season of spring is the season of labor, and the hope of the year will also be sown at this time, slowly conceived, and finally turned into the joy of a good harvest.

In spring, people always feel the beautiful breath wafting!

(To be continued)