Pastoral Daily Life

he morning light they seemed like pure jade. Similarly to the large-leaved golden pothos and money trees, all the foliage plants in the plant nursery were lush and flourishing. At the other end of the plant nursery, flowers of all colours were competing with each other in blooming, fragrant in the light breeze. Even a few clivias that had obviously passed the flowering period showed new flower buds, swaying gently in the wind. The most exaggerated were the five small willow saplings planted at the edge of the plant nursery. Although they still looked the same thick as before, they had flourishing branches and leaves, quite like described in the poem: “A tree made of jasper is tall, and ten thousand green silk ribbons are hanging down”(1).

Lu Lingxi looked at the changes in front of him with some anxiety, wondering how he would explain in case Yan Yue asked him about it. He didnt worry about Uncle Li. Uncle Li had never seen the courtyard before and only came to the plant nursery once in a while, so even if there were any changes, he wouldnt think much of them. But Yan Yue was different. The changes in the courtyard were too similar to the changes around his house, so he wondered if Yan Yue would make the connection. When he thought of Yan Yue, Lu Lingxi remembered what Yan Yue had done in the morning. He didnt understand why Yan Yue liked to kiss him so much and he felt like he was out of breath every time. After he realised what he was thinking about, the tips of Lu Lingxis ears reddened slightly.

Pushing Yan Yue out of his mind, Lu Lingxi concentrated and clicked on the white panel. The entire purified land was displayed on it. He found that it seemed that the purified land was free from the three metre limit of mental scan and could be displayed as he wished. This was the first time Lu Lingxi had seriously looked at the land since the purification last night, and it was much larger than the small courtyard. From the village head to the plant nursery, even the courtyard of Uncle Lis house was included in it.