Read You Thousands of Times and Never Get Tired of Chapter 46
46. Shamaozhou Park
Qi Zhi: Girls, take a look, how is this place?
Lan Xin: No matter what, it’s better than walking on the street.
Nadia: Needless to say, there are a lot of vehicles on the road, so you can’t walk as you please. You can run as you like here without worrying about being hit by a car. In addition, there is a lot of exhaust gas on the road. If you breathe too much, you will inevitably get into trouble, or will you?
The air here is better.
Lan Xin: Where is this?
Nadia: I don’t know either.
Qi Zhi: If you don’t understand, just ask. There is always someone who knows. Ask the kite man and see if he can have the answer.
Lan Xin: Hello, grandpa! What is the name of the park?
Grandpa: Shamaozhou Park. This is your first time here. The park has begun to take shape, with a lot of grassland and two ponds. You can watch boats on the river. It is still being perfected and will be completed soon.
Lan Xin: Are you from around here?
Grandpa: My family lives over there from the pagoda.
Nadia: Are you running all this far just to fly a kite?
Grandpa: There are fewer people here, it’s quieter, and the air is fresher. There are fewer people flying kites, so it’s relatively safer.
Lan Xin: Grandpa is a quiet person. There is really no one else flying kites here.
Grandpa: All this is only temporary. When all the surrounding roads are built, more people will come here in the future.
Lan Xin: Thank you, Grandpa, don’t bother me. Let’s go around.
Nadia: There seems to be a willow forest over there, and there are people picking wild vegetables in it.
Lan Xin: It feels different from the willow trees elsewhere.
Nadia: It’s a little different, maybe the varieties are different.
Lan Xin: Hey, why are there still some trees leaning at about 45 degrees?
Nadia: Of these dozen trees, only branches are left, with no signs of life. They may be exhausted.
Zhizhi: They have made contributions.
Lan Xin: How do you say this?
Qi Zhi: They guard the riverside day and night without slacking off at all and have contributed to flood control.
Lan Xin: That’s why it’s euphemistically called “protective forest”, which forms a beautiful landscape of its own.
Nadia: These dozen or so trees have gray-white branches and look like tree sculptures against the backdrop of green grass.
Lan Xin: They didn’t want to fall down. They held on until death and continued to guard the river embankment. It’s really awe-inspiring.
Nadia: If it can be preserved for a long time, it is also a kind of spiritual inheritance.
Qi Zhi: But you can’t climb. If it breaks and hurts your body, it won’t be fun.
Lan Xin: Dad’s warning makes sense. Children should be especially careful when they come here.
Nadia: The wind is strong today, and the river water laps against the river bank, which feels quite rhythmic.
Qi Zhi: When standing by the river and looking at the south bank of the river, will the girls think of that, "The dawn wind and the waning moon on the bank of willows"?
Lan Xin: It is somewhat appropriate to use it on these "tree sculptures".
Nadia: When night falls and the moon rises above the willow trees, the scenery here is even more poetic.
Qi Zhi: After the project is completed, we can come here to enjoy the night view.