After lunch, everyone decided to go around first, Selwyn and Besta traveled in a group of interesting people, and I and Su Fei became "lonely". A few steps out of the hotel is the big river we saw in the air, walking leisurely along the riverside avenue, from time to time you can see a forest path leading to the riverbank, we picked one in. After a few steps, it was a staircase about 1 meter wide, only large enough for two people to walk in parallel, and it zigzagged slightly downward.

About walked more than 30 meters, down four or five meters, there is a small pool that leads the river water over, the pool is three or four meters long, about half a meter deep, it is built with bluestone, there is a step in the pool. After the step, there were seven or eight steps, and a small wooden platform was set up by the river, with a wooden chair on it. The two happily sat on their chairs and rested, and the other side of the river was lined with trees, birds singing and flowers. Look at the riverbank again, the riverbank is built with regular stones, the stones are protruding by one or twenty centimeters at six or seven horizontal intervals in each horizontal direction, and the upper and lower are separated by four or five rows, which are mixed and orderly, not reduced neatly, and add more elegance.

"What does this stone protrude for, you know?" I asked with a soft hug on the beauty.

"This should be built according to the ancient method, part of the stone deliberately protruded in ancient times mainly to reduce the impact of the river on the riverbank, according to the current process does not need to do this, the builder should be from the aesthetic considerations, don't you think this is better?"

"Yes, according to you, it's better to look better than all neat and unprotruding."

"Let's go, let's go around." I stood up, and the two of us held hands and went up the steps again. I didn't walk a few steps, but I saw a rockery across the roadside, saying that it was a rockery, because it was obviously made of artificial masonry, but the stones were different from the lake stones recorded in ancient documents, all of which were usually rocky, but the form was indeed peculiar. There are small solitary peaks and strange rocks, as well as single rocks several meters high and ordinary mountain rocks piled up into peaks, and the best thing is that there is a small tree on a large cone-shaped rock, and the roots of the small tree are mostly exposed, and only a few roots are left in the rock gaps. I don't know if this tree is a later plant or a natural one, which is amazing.

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The two of them entered the rockery and carefully observed this strange scene that could not be found in Celta. The rockery stretched all the way to the depths of the forest, and we wanted to see it but were blocked by the tall trees nearby. Then look carefully at the rockery, and find that there is a hole in it, and it feels slightly cool to walk in the hole. The hole is more than ten meters long, not completely closed, every few meters there are doorways, the two of them are curious to walk along the hole for dozens of meters and finally come out of the hole.

A hole, actually see a small garden, this small garden has about 2,000 square meters, the southeast corner of the garden is just entered the rockery, the rockery to the north is a green bamboo forest, the bamboo forest swaying in the wind, seems to welcome our arrival. There is an antique house directly north of the garden, which seems to have gone to someone else's house. Looking at the layout of the garden, I can't help but sigh for the homeowner's idea everywhere. The west side of the garden is a brick wall, the brick should be a small green brick made by the ancient method, the wall is not painted, it is in the style of clear water, and it is more quaint. There are windows on the wall, and the windows are made of green tiles in various styles, with fan-shaped and round. There is also a door in the wall, and the path under the door is paved with pebbles. More than 10 meters in the north section of the wall, there are vines and plants, which are lush and cover the entire section of the wall. In the middle of the garden to the north is a pool of 50 square meters, there is a stone bridge on the pool, the stone bridge is connected to the platform in front of the house in the north, and the small pavilion in front of the rockery is connected to the southwest. On the west side of the pavilion is a fruit tree, which is full of red and yellow fruits, and a few small birds are attracted by this sumptuous delicacy. In the middle of the woods stood a teenage black-haired boy, looking up at the birds foraging. It's a chic and elegant courtyard, and it compares the ancient pavilion in Celta.

"Hello kid, is this your home?" Looking at the cute child, Su Fei smiled and said hello

Call. When the little boy heard someone call him, he turned around, and it was a very delicate boy, with round black eyes, and a little was not covered by his hair.

"Hey, are you Space Marines, where are you from?" The little boy asked.

"How do you know we're Space Marines?" She walked forward, crouched down and asked. ”

"I see that the clothes of the Space Marines on the vision are similar to the ones you wear now."

The two of us looked at each other and smiled, because of the time, we haven't considered what clothes to look better in, or wear the close-fitting spacesuit when flying in the spaceship, it seems that it is more natural to change into the common clothes of the home planet.

"Kid, who built this garden? It's pretty good. "She's clearly interested in the garden.

The little guy blinked: "You haven't answered my question yet?" ”

"We came to Earth from the distant planet Celta, can you answer my question now?" ”

"It was built by my father, who is a master of ancient gardens and is very famous here."

"Did the rockery stones come from nearby? It's pretty good. ”

"No, my dad spent a long time picking them up from many mountains."

"Why do you pick from so many mountains? These stones are basically ordinary, huh? "I found this little boy funny and took over the topic.

The little boy tilted his head and thought for a while: "Dad said that the whole mountain cannot be destroyed, and only scattered single rocks can be selected, or it is a very short and inconspicuous mountain to open the mountain and take stones, and the higher ones cannot be touched, and they must be kept in a natural state." If it weren't for the fact that my dad was a big expert, I wouldn't have been able to touch even the slightly more beautiful stones. ”

"Xiaowei, who are you talking to?" A man came out of the house, he had a classic ancient oriental face, a Chinese face, thick eyebrows, a slightly wide nose, a strong physique, a grass hat on his head, a green shirt and pants, metal buttons on his clothes and trousers, a very special dress.

She introduced us first and asked, "I don't know what to call it, but your garden is so beautiful, we love it." Does every house on earth have such a garden? ”

"My name is Ouyang Jian, and I'm a gardener! Each house has a large yard, but each has its own characteristics. Some people have planted large fruit trees, some people raise flowers and grasses, some people raise fish and shrimp, and of course some people deliberately retain the original vegetation, basically not changing the original landform, just building a road or something, the kind of yard is relatively large, generally more than 100,000 square meters. ”

"More than 100,000 square meters!" We both exclaimed.

Seeing our surprised look, Ouyang Jian smiled and said, "Actually, those can't be considered courtyards strictly speaking, they are basically on the edge of the city or next to forest parks, which can basically be regarded as a part of nature. ”

"Yes, uncle and aunt, the last time I went to Uncle Elg's house, I suddenly ran in with a two-headed carcoon, and its meat was delicious." Xiao Wei said.

"Delicious?" We were a little puzzled.

Xiaowei looked at us and said seriously: "Yes, it's delicious, I haven't eaten it for a long time." ”

Ouyang Jian smiled when he saw our suspicious looks, and received: "That's the case, you can't hunt wild animals at will on the earth, let alone eat them, even in the wild, you can only avoid them." But there is one exception, if it comes to your house, it is a different matter. Those who are good at food generally choose the fringes of the city to build houses, like we eat

The animals are all free-range, and no matter how good the free-range is, it can't compare to game. ”

"That's it!" The two of us looked at each other and smiled, and couldn't help but sigh that the fate of the animals on the earth is much better than that of the Erta, and the people of the earth must find a suitable reason to eat wild meat.

"Come in and sit down, it's fate to meet each other, welcome to Earth!" Ouyang Jian greeted him enthusiastically, and shouted loudly to the roof: "Qinghe, a visitor, prepare something." ”

Sitting in the living room on the first floor, drinking unknown green tea, we chatted with Ouyang Jian while drinking. There are 5 people in Ouyang's family, and his wife Zhao Qinghe is a botanist, 230 years old, 12 years older than Ouyang. They have three children, the eldest daughter Ouyang Changqing is 86 years old and works in other places, the second son Ouyang Chenghua works locally, and the youngest son Ouyang Wei is 15 years old and is still in the 9th grade of general education.

The living room is large, almost 100 square meters. I heard Ouyang introduce that this living room is sometimes used as a fitness place when the tables and chairs are removed, so it is so big. The living room is facing the door, and a small rockery is arranged to slightly block the view. There is a room on the left side of the living room, a room on the north and a south side of the living room, a studio on the south side of the right, and a kitchen on the north side. The residents here generally go to the citizen's house to eat, and the kitchen is basically not used, and most of the food at home is directly ordered and sent by the "little beetle". The "Little Beetle" is a semi-circular robot designed to transport small objects around the city. The second floor is the living room of the Ouyang family, which should be their personal privacy, and there is no intention for us to visit.

Mrs. Zhao Qinghe walked over, and Yiwang's clear big eyes made people very comfortable. "Ouyang, eat at home or go to the citizen's house?"

"Call a few dishes, I'll cook a few more, call Henry, say there is an alien visitor, let him bring some fruit."

Qinghe answered, put down a few plates of snacks, and went to busy her.

"Ouyang, you said that there are only more than 10,000 people here, and most of them are engaged in natural ecological protection and research, so are all your food and food transported from outside?" The conversation is very strong and the questions are wide-ranging.

"Food in every city on the planet is produced locally or nearby. The agricultural products here are planted in the suburbs, with more than 30,000 acres, more than 200 people engaged in agricultural production, and of course there are many various types of production robots. ”

"Is there a standard for acreage?" I understand from the data that the earth has regulations on the planting area, and it cannot be arbitrarily diverse.

"The weather here is colder, the standard is three acres per resident, and the standard is two acres per person in the warmer weather in the south, and on average, we plant about 150 acres per person here."

"Why not a variety of points, isn't there a lot of land?" I asked, a little puzzled.

"As long as there is enough food to eat, just leave some leeway, and it is a waste to plant too much and eat it all. Besides, many people's yards are used to grow vegetables and fruits, and three acres per person is enough. ”

Summons thought of an interesting question, blinked, and asked with a smile: "Can the animals that run to the farmland be eaten?" ”

Ouyang smiled: "Generally, they can't run in, big wild animals have special equipment to drive them away from a distance, if it is some small animals, as long as it is not too dangerous to agricultural products, they are allowed to move in the field." We believe that the earth is home to all living things, and it will not affect their lives as much as possible. ”

As he was talking, there was a burst of hearty laughter outside: "Ouyang, which planet is a visitor, and I don't know whether to eat or not." ”