The elves that haunt the reeds are none other than migratory birds that come to Xiaojing Lake every winter to spend the winter. The arrival of migratory birds made the originally quiet reeds suddenly become much more lively, and the birdsong of Qingyue resounded throughout the space, announcing their arrival to people.

Different from the crisp sound of small resident birds, these large migratory birds have experienced the mountains and climates of the north, and their voices have become much rougher, and they are a bit straight through the sky.

Since the beginning of autumn, migratory birds have rushed to the reeds of Xiaojing Lake to spend the winter, but Liu Zhi and Tongtong have not paid attention to it before. As time passed, the number of migratory birds in the reeds became more and more numerous, and they began to feed in flocks among the shallows and trees around Xiaojing Lake, and began to break into the daily life of the villagers.

If it were somewhere else, so many rare birds would appear near humans, I am afraid that it would be difficult to escape the tragic fate of being hunted and killed. But in Liang Village, humans and nature have been able to live in harmony for hundreds of years. The secret lies in the fact that Liang Village has a fine tradition of bird protection.

Perhaps the older generation of Liangcun people did not have much knowledge, nor did they know the urgency of environmental protection and saving endangered species, but their simple minds allowed them to protect these migratory birds from afar.

Most of the migratory birds come to Xiaojing Lake with their children and daughters, and the old people of Liang Village, who are well versed in the laws of living and reproduction in nature, naturally do not let the young people harm these migratory birds, but often treat some injured and hungry migratory birds. Over time, the protection of migratory birds has become an unwritten rule in Liang Village.

Over the past 100 years, Liangcun has become a well-known habitat for migratory birds, but because Liangcun is located in a remote mountainous area, it has no reputation outside of Qingyun.

100 years of traditional habits have made most of the villagers in Liangcun have a simple concept of environment and ecological protection in their hearts, and the area near Liangcun is also the area where the mountain closure and afforestation work has been carried out in the most effective way in recent years.

Don't look at the villagers around Liang Village some time ago, they had a strong covetousness for wild meat, but with the bombing of the village elders and the popularization of the law by the Forestry Bureau, the little Jiujiu in the hearts of the masses disappeared all of a sudden. Everyone was only blinded by money for a while, and after someone reminded them, they quickly regained their clarity.

Although the restaurants in the city still buy a large number of ingredients in Liang Village during this time, the villagers can already treat it rationally. Nowadays, people only sell their vegetables, poultry and fish to restaurants, and occasionally pick up some mountain treasures in the mountains, and there is no more poaching harvest.

Now that migratory birds have come to Xiaojing Lake again, the villagers are able to look at these spirits moving freely in the reeds with their usual normal minds. As for the previous scene of every game turning into golden light, it has already drifted away with the wind.

Regarding the traditional origin of the protection of migratory birds in Liangcun, Liu Rui also asked Zhang Huaizhong in particular, and got an answer that was closer to the truth.

In the tradition of Liang Village, the more animals are willing to thrive in the vicinity of the village, the better the feng shui of the village and the more suitable it is for people's lives.

In the past, some villages were killed by wild animals near the village and cut down the woods, and after a long time, it became a forbidden area for life, and many animals were reluctant to approach, and gradually the village declined.

In view of this, the old people of Liang Village naturally do not dare to be too presumptuous with nature, and always try their best to protect the surrounding vegetation and create a good living environment for wild animals as much as possible. Of course, these old people don't know the principle of ecological balance, and they just use a simple feng shui theory to explain the situation, which is a bit against their will, but it is also effective.

Gradually, the villagers of Liang Village have developed the habit of not attacking migratory birds, who also regard Xiaojing Lake as their home and spend the winter here in peace.

Liu Zhi, who was riding a car, looked at the migratory birds soaring among the reeds flying in the sky, and involuntarily stopped the car and stood on the side of the road with his legs crossed.

In front of Liu Zhi and Tongtong's eyes, there were geese, white-fronted geese, herons, and giant swans, which sometimes spread their wings and flew in the sky, and sometimes jumped into the calm lake, causing ripples.

From the depressed north to the warm south, these migratory birds have gone through thousands of mountains and rivers, hardships and dangers, but after arriving at their destination, a comfortable life still makes them feel that all these efforts are worth it. They can feed in wetlands, nest in verdant woods, and swim in the warm waters of lakes. This kind of life soon allowed them to drive away the fatigue of the journey and begin to enjoy the leisurely life of the south, as their Qingyue cry is very indicated.

In the past, Liu Zhi was still young, and whenever migratory birds came, he always wanted to catch a few small migratory birds and raise them at home, but he was always reprimanded by adults and did not succeed. As I get older, my playfulness gradually fades, and I can take care of these migratory birds.

Especially this year, after so many changes in the family, Liu Zhi has grown up a lot all of a sudden, and the things in his mind are no longer so childish. Now that he sees the migratory birds flying, his mind is already thinking of the nature reserve that has been talked about in the village recently.

Recently, with the opening of the highway, the division of Xiaoqingshan and Xiaojing Lake into nature reserves has been put on the agenda. According to Wang Huatai, the application has been submitted to the State Environmental Protection Administration and the Ministry of Forestry, and a preliminary response will probably be available after the Spring Festival.

If it is replaced by the application submitted by the local political axe, I am afraid that it is unlikely to have a response until the year of the monkey, but this time the application is not only the local political axe, but also the participation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. That's often the case with a lot of things in China, it's hard to do from the bottom up, but it's easy to do from the top down.

With the participation of academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the progress of Xiaoqingshan's application for a national nature reserve this time is quite fast, and it has only been three months before and after. After all, Yang Zheng and others have enough influence at the top to make many things relatively simple.

At the beginning, the villagers of Liang Village were still a little overwhelmed by Xiaoqingshan's application for a nature reserve, and they didn't know what kind of impact it would have on their production and life after applying for the reserve. Will everyone have to move to another place after the establishment of the reserve, or will their own fields not be able to grow in the future, and how will livelihoods change in the future?

All kinds of doubts were bothering the villagers of Liang Village, and for a while, the originally peaceful small mountain village seemed a little panicked.

In this world, the unknown often causes panic, and this time in Liangcun is no exception.

Worried that the establishment of the nature reserve would not have an impact on their own income, many villagers began to go to the town and county to report the situation, and there was an uproar for a while. For this reason, Wang Huaguo and Zhang Zhenguang, the two branch secretaries of Liang Village, were reprimanded by the higher-level leaders and brought back the petitioning villagers in a gloomy manner.

In order to prevent the villagers from petitioning again and causing adverse effects, the village officials of Liang Village have almost tried their best to publicize to the villagers about the situation in the reserve during this time, and try to eliminate the panic of the villagers.

With the deepening of the publicity work, the villagers finally understood the national policy and knew what to do about the establishment of the reserve. In this way, the villagers who knew the bottom of their hearts gradually accepted such a fact.

When the matter was laid out and could no longer be changed, the peasant cunning of the villagers soon took over, and they began to figure out how to take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune.

It is also in this context that Liu Zhi was inevitably influenced by other villagers and began to think about how to use the surrounding environment to create greater economic benefits. Of course, because he is still young, Liu Zhi doesn't have much knowledge, at most he just thinks about it in his heart.

Taking the migratory birds in front of him as an example, Liu Zhi can at most think of using these resources to attract tourists to come and watch and increase the income of the villagers.

As for how to publicize, what way to attract tourists, how to build supporting infrastructure and how to operate, Liu Zhi is not very clear. For Liu Zhi, such a topic is really a bit too profound, and he will not reach this level for a while.

Liu Zhi is now just inspired by other villagers, and slowly has more thoughts about the world, no longer limited to the knowledge in books.

If it was Liu Zhi from a year ago, he would not be willing to scatter his mind on other things, and if he had time, he would rather do a few more Olympiad questions. However, the changes in the family made him start to try to think about how to get the family out of the predicament as soon as possible.

There is an old saying: "The children of poor families are in charge of the house early!" ”

Although the economic situation of the Liu family has undergone earth-shaking changes under Liu Rui's support, the shadow of the family at the beginning still made Liu Zhi a little palpitating and did not dare to relax too much. Now when he sees migratory birds, his heart is no longer the idea of playing with before, but how to use these resources to create economic value.

Of course, Liu Zhi's thoughts in his heart are still a bit simple, and compared with Liu Rui, he still seems a little immature.

"What's the fuss?" Seeing Liu Zhi staring at the migratory birds by the lake, Tongtong suddenly patted him on the back and said, "Hurry home, I'm hungry!" ”

"Let's go!" Looking back at his sister's coquettish appearance, Liu Zhi hurriedly nodded in response.

"Drive! Drive! The little girl patted Liu Zhi's back with both hands, shouting urging slogans in her mouth, looking excited.

It's no wonder that after eating bran vegetables at school for a week, I finally returned home to replenish oil and water, how not to make the little girl look forward to it?

Liu Zhi pedaled the car to his home, and behind them, the shadows of countless migratory birds flew over, and the sunset stretched their shadows very long, very long!

(To be continued)