Would you like to read a story of mud walls and timber beams, firewood, rice, oil, and salt?
No palace intrigue, no household drama, no princes or generals.
Just two ordinary people on an unnamed barren mountain during the Tianxi era.
She is a hired servant who has run away; he is a carpenter who rarely speaks. When they first meet, he leads her out of a ravine and makes her splints from scraps of wood. She has no dowry, but he does not mind; he has no family wealth, but she does not leave him.
Together they save copper coins and go to the county office to register their land deed, buying the barren mountain. He plows the earth while she gathers stones to build terraces. He makes furniture to sell while she weaves cloth and sells vegetables. They pick tea leaves in spring and gather tung seeds in autumn. At night, they sit facing each other, stringing coins together one by one and hiding them in an earthen jar beneath the bed.
Later they have children, tea trees, and a few thatched cottages with mud walls.
Over the decades, she turns a barren mountain into their home.
In the end, they die of old age on the mountain and are buried together at its summit, where they can see the whole mountain. Their children and grandchildren say that the old couple never argued in all their lives, lived on that mountain all their lives, and were, all their lives…
Very ordinary, and very extraordinary.
If you enjoy stories about “building a steady life together,” give this book a try. The Mountain Has Trees, and You Know is the story of two ordinary people who stay by each other through thick and thin until old age.
In fact, these stories were originally written for myself. The babies should have noticed that the perspective in the article always revolves around the protagonist, because I completely put myself into it. All her looks are the most real looks I hide deep in my heart, so the protagonist is not perfect, and sometimes even her IQ is a bit unreliable. Writing stories, for me, means creating a gentle dream for myself, living like what I most want to be, and having the world I most yearn for. Thank you for being willing to walk into my dream, Thank you also for making those thoughts that only belong to me become our common memories.
Shuangjie, so there is no need to write a time-travel article. Her thoughts, from young to old, feel like a native. If she were a time-travelling person, even if the golden finger was small, she would not be able to help but use it. Ordinary people like us lived in the countryside when we were young, and our families were very poor. Ding Dang, there is still a lot of work to do, but I feel that if I were in her situation, I would definitely be lazy and want to rely on space to do something. If I know or know some modern knowledge, it will leak out unconsciously, and I may be stupid and can't help it.
Lin Sanniang is enviable. She is lucky to have Shen Da love her in her heart. Everyone hopes to be a husband and wife who will love each other for a lifetime and stay together until old age. I have a former colleague who was in her forties at the time. She heard her say several times in gossip with her colleagues: Her husband is very good, and they have never blushed in all these years of marriage, so she feels very happy and hopes to be together in the next life and the next life. I'm touched every time I hear it. I hope that all lovers in the world can be in love till old age in all their lives.
The author's writing is very touching. Two people went from having nothing to slowly accumulating a little bit of family fortune. The love between the male protagonist and the female protagonist is more silent than vocal. The family has a very good relationship, and the story from getting married as a teenager to passing away in his later years is very detailed! Like one
Highly recommended. It doesn't have the kind of bad drama. The life of two ordinary and extraordinary people. From two people to a big family, from scratch, with almost no golden fingers. He talks little but keeps everything in his heart. The very reassuring Shen Da and the strong, gentle and contented Lin Man. When Uncle Wu left, I couldn't hold back my tears. Lin Man's account book really touched me.
There are no ups and downs and no twists and turns. In fact, I also like this kind of plainness and warmth. There are not too many troubled days in the world. I hope you write well. I have read more than ten chapters now and I will continue to follow the article [top post]
I really like to see this kind of ordinary life that flows smoothly. There is not so much sloppiness, not so many top-quality things, and the life is poor, but it is more sweet. The beautiful life created by two people working together, supporting each other, and helping each other.
If you have the patience to read it, you will find that this is a very good book. Ordinary life, days of hard work, and wishing well for future generations. It makes me feel a little sad when I read it. At the beginning, I will bring in a couple from the anime I watch. They are ordinary but stay together for a lifetime. They stay with each other for a lifetime. Very ordinary but also very gentle.
It feels like the heroine in this setting is not a time traveler. It would be better if there was no space 🤭
The only book I saw on Tomato that was very clean and only told the story of two people. The slow flow of water and growing old together are vividly described. No matter how reluctant you are to let go of the relationship, there will be a final moment of separation. The extra episode made me cry a lot.