Live Your Best Lives
This trip just wants to find a warm place, bask in the sun, be in a daze, and completely empty yourself. There is no urging under time pressure, no attractions that must be checked in, no food that must be found, everything is free, casual, and fate, so that you are in the most comfortable state. Feilong Island in Xishuangbanna provided me with such a space, and in four days I owned almost the entire island, without feeling boring, but with the passage of time, I gained a lot of new knowledge and understanding.
In the life that Xishuangbanna yearns for, there are many beautiful elements, and each element has a bit that touches me from the bottom of my heart. So, in this travel diary, I want to change the structure of the previous timeline (Day1-Day4) and tell you about the feelings of this trip around some beautiful elements.
With her strong work ability, in a professional team of more than 5,000 people, she has been through the thorns all the way, and the promotion channels have been open to her. However, the age of thirty became a turning point in her life. She said: "After the age of thirty, I will live for myself!" So she took all her work savings and came to Xishuangbanna alone to plant fruits on Feilong Island, and at the same time built a tin house to carry the longing for life little by little
. Agriculture is an industry that relies on the sky to eat, with high risks and a long return on investment, and it is necessary to have the spirit of craftsmen, calm down and cultivate step by step, and patiently wait for the feedback from God. This time the wait was three years, the fruit trees in the orchard slowly bore fruit, the 3,000-square-meter lawn began to take root, and the tin house also stood between the orchard and the lawn.
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Xishuangbanna After a long wait, it seems that the dawn is about to come, but a new crown epidemic has drifted in, bringing everything back to silence, and liquidity has also withstood a severe test. In order to protect the fresh bits and pieces hatched for three years, Wanwan's hands began to return to their old business after years of farm work, taking time every day to do financial agency work to create some liquidity, and insisting on day after day. Wanwan said: "These little beauties on the island are all preparing with anticipation, only owing the east wind, I hope that I can hold on before the east wind blows." Even if it fell before the wind came, the growth of the past few years has made me rich in my heart, and everything is worth it. The winding east wind is the arrival of people who love this kind of life as much as she does. Perhaps, my arrival was a light breeze, although there were no waves, but I was still full of joy, and I knew in my heart that I had swept away far more than I brought.
Xishuangbanna Before coming to Feilong Island, my impression of Wanquan was still stuck in 2012, when she would exude a sense of justice, the black and white boundaries were very clear, and she was always decisive in killing the problems that brought risks to process operations, and she would never bow her head without mercy. The lack of reasonable control of grayscale, life also beat her again and again, allowing her to slowly learn reasonable compromise and balance between black and white. Wanquan sighed: "In some ways, sometimes I feel like I have become the person I once hated......" Perhaps, this is the price of growing up, and the story of the dragon slayer boy becoming an evil dragon is always staged in life.
Life beats her, and she still loves life. She always tries her best to give her best to her friends.When I stepped into the winding Flying Dragon Island, she couldn't wait to go to the fruit orchard to pick two papayas and the last dragon fruit left for me on the fruit tree this season, and then cut them all and put them in front of me on a large white plate, saying, "You will never eat such fresh fruit in the city, this plate is all for you!" Hearing this, my heart was surging, at home I had to share an apple with Teacher Liu for a day, these two whole papayas and a whole dragon fruit, are they going to challenge the limits of my life? But the watery anticipation and smile in Wan's eyes made me succeed in the challenge ...... On her friend's birthday in Banna, she will bring the freshest fruit she grows, she said: " Maybe not everyone can understand, this is the best thing I can give to my friends at the moment." So, when I returned to my home in Changsha and opened my suitcase and saw the fruits picked that day in half of the suitcase that Wanquan had packed for me, I knew that she was trying her best to make me feel her full enthusiasm.
Xishuangbanna These are three little ones, who have two dogs and a cat. With the three little ones, life on the island has more pictures, and the feeling of being needed by them is also extra warm.
Xishuangbanna It's called Sherlock , and after a few days of getting along, I call it "Xia Hanhan". Xia Hanhan grew up next to Wanwan since she was a child, inheriting Wanwan's upright and cheerful personality, and has a very healing smile. Xia Hanhan was also trained by Wanwen, very obedient, when you told it that it was not for it when feeding, it would obediently wag its excited little tail next to it, looking at you affectionately with pitiful and expectant eyes, waiting for the arrival of food. Xia Hanhan is never picky about food, except for sour food, it does not refuse to come, and always maintains a passion for food, like a goldfish that never gets tired of eating. Because of this naïveness, Sherlock is very good-looking, and his hair is shiny, which seems to correspond to the old saying "fools (dogs) are blessed with fools". Xia Hanhan is extremely sensitive to what she eats, as long as there is the sound of plastic paper rubbing or chewing her mouth within a radius of a few hundred meters, it will definitely move to your side and lie on your stomach, looking at you with a pitiful and expectant look, occasionally a trace of thoughts will float through my head, if my business sensitivity can catch up with 1/10 of Sherlock's , now it should be wealth and freedom.
Xishuangbanna It's called Jasmine, Charlotte's girlfriend. Wan-wan said that she loved Detective Charlock too much, so the names of the two little ones beside her were decided. Spend a few days with Jasmine and you will find that it will read your thoughts and then please you. In conflicts, Jasmine is the one who provokes trouble, but it is always Xia Hanhan who fights, so I would call it "Scheming Li". The formation of Jasmine's character is inseparable from the influence of her original family. Jasmine is an abandoned dog who has lacked love since she was a child, and after Wanwan picked it up, she was always cautious, hoping to please her owner and not want to be abandoned again. After Wanwan told me, I understood Jasmine's carefulness and felt sorry for it. However, Scheming Li has a very bad habit - picky eaters, if you have something tastier in your hands, it will definitely give up something less delicious and wait for you to give it something better. Of course, this also shows that Scheming Li has a more discerning eye than Xia Hanhan. Because of the high tasting rank, Scheming Li does not accept everything she eats, so she looks very thin and hairy.
Xishuangbanna It's called durian, Putting on Wanwan's expectations for Musang King durian hanging fruit, there are so many fruits on the island, only durian is used to give to the cat.Cats are mavericks, and you should never expect to tame a cat, at least its DNA does not allow it to be tamed. And durian is the most clingy cat I have ever seen and knows how to communicate with people. Perhaps this is also related to growing up next to Wanwan. Durian went out for a walk, and if he called it a few times, it would walk back slowly and carelessly, while Xia Hanhan and Scheming Li would quickly and enthusiastically run over. We can't be too demanding of durian's reaction, after all, durian is a cat. When the durian is hungry, it will stand up and stretch its front paws to tease you, while meowing to ask you for food. By night, durian will definitely bala sleep in bent arms.
Xishuangbanna Feilong Island is full of fruit trees, which is both eye-opening and appetizing. There are many varieties of fruits, many of which I have never seen before, such as mystery fruit, four-season Jiabao fruit, golden fruit, egg yolk fruit, and bird's nest fruit...... There are also fruits that are often eaten but do not know how they grow, just like pineapples grow from the ground, and dragon fruit grows on long leaves like cactus...... Walking around the island is an immersive fruit science class. The fruits on the island are all allowed to ripen naturally, so the birds in the sky and the mice in the fields will miss Feilong Island very much, and they will come to steal pollution-free fruits every night. Of course, the taste of fruits that grow freely and happily is also particularly sweet.
In the season when Changsha is still snowy, I came to Xishuangbanna , which is the off-season for fruits here, and even so, I still tasted more than 10 kinds of fruits. Therefore, the peak fruit season from April to August is even more worth looking forward to, what a dazzling sense of déjà vu. List some fruits you have eaten.
1. Papaya: The papaya just picked from the tree still retains the warmth of the sun, at this time the papaya at the entrance will make people feel the smell of the sun when drying the quilt in winter, the sweetness of the papaya will be occupied by the taste of the sun, and when the temperature drops, the sweetness of the papaya will be very obvious. Wanwan is very proud to say that the papaya on Feilong Island is the most delicious papaya in the world, and some friends can eat 5 at a time! The papaya was brought back to Teacher Liu, his little niece and his cousin to evaluate, and the freshness and sweetness were first-class!
Xishuangbanna 2. Dragon fruit: The freshly picked red heart dragon fruit is much fresher than the one in the fruit shop. There may be some flavors that you can't take away, you can only feel them there.
Xishuangbanna 3. Pineapple: The entire periphery of the island is full of pineapples, and the ripe pineapples are yellow and lovely, and if you don't pull out the pineapples in time, they will soon be eaten by the surrounding small animals. The sour taste of pineapple in winter will be more prominent, and Wanwan likes to dry the pineapple slices in this season naturally, forcing out the pineapple cover to form a thin layer of icing on the surface. When you chew the dried pineapple, the sourness will burst out from the caramel layer, accompanied by a faint fruity pineapple aroma, which will come on top. The sweetness of pineapple in summer is very high, so save some thoughts for tasting it next time.
Xishuangbanna 4. Mysterious fruit: This is definitely the most interesting and amazing fruit in popular science, and the red bean-like particles contain magical power. The mystery fruit itself tastes a little slightly sweet, and its mystery is that it can change your sense of taste, so that the uninto-eat sour lemon tastes very sweet, the stronger the sourness, the more obvious the sweetness is, and there is a sense of more frustration and courage.
Xishuangbanna 5. Four Seasons Garbo: Like black grapes stuck to the trunk, it takes more than 5 years to bear fruit, and the amount of fruit of a tree is very limited, so it is rare and expensive, and its price is also expensive. The fruit is chewy like a big cherry, but the flesh is smoother and touches the pit with a peculiar spice flavor.
Xishuangbanna 6. Golden Fruit: Fruit pudding in nature, the taste is as smooth and tender as the pudding, The sweetness is comparable to that of papaya. Bring back Changsha and the fruit with the most praise evaluated by his family.
Xishuangbanna 7. Egg yolk fruit: As the name suggests, it is a sweet boiled egg yolk, amazing in the mouth, my favorite!
8. Starfruit: It is the last star fruit on the island, the skin of the star fruit is slightly sour and numb, and the flesh tastes good after peeling.
9. Passion fruit: Its aroma is very good, everyone is familiar with it, the passion fruit eaten here is juicy and fresh.
10. Malligan: It is a complex of cantaloupe and fragrant pear around a rich passion fruit flavor, with diverse layers of flavor.
There are still many fruits for you to explore slowly, live in the bend, the ripe fruits in the fruit garden can be picked and eaten casually, and you can take as many ripe fruits as you can when you leave, so that you can realize the dream of "can't eat and walk around"!
Xishuangbanna The most indispensable thing is sunshine, there is plenty of sunshine all year round, and the bright sun here is not heavy snow, but the four seasons are like spring at your fingertips. In December, on the winding Flying Dragon Island, the sun does not clear the thick white fog in the morning until 10-11 o'clock, covering the blue-gray roof of the tin house through the large lawn of 3,000 square meters. After lunch, I spread a soft air cushion under the parasol, covered with a pastoral cotton and linen mat, and lay on it occasionally staring at the sky in a daze or lowering my head to read quietly, sometimes the breeze brushed over the lawn and brushed my face, which was the taste of happiness and freedom. Staying in such an environment all afternoon is stress-free. Curling up on the air cushion and sleeping all afternoon is also a favorite of durian, so there is no need to worry about it running around, so how can a place where freedom-loving cats can stay with peace of mind?
Xishuangbanna The sun is dedicated to the warmth of the lawn, and the starry sky is dedicated to the tranquility of the lawn. Sitting on the lawn at night, looking up at the starry sky, as if he was surrounded by the bend of the arms of the universe, the sound of insects was heard intermittently in his ears, and the world was completely quiet at this moment. The stars kept blinking their eyes there, like the look back of distant relatives, distant and warm. Surrounded by the starry sky, you will feel how small you are, and the smallness seems to have returned to the moment when you first came to the world, and there is a subtle feeling of knowing where you came from. The starry sky seen by the eyes is difficult to be truly frozen by the camera, and it cannot explain the mysterious beauty of that moment. If there is still a chance in the future, I really hope to sit there and find all the constellations.
Thealso full of fireworks in the curved and yearning life, and an open kitchen is built on the first floor of the tin house, which can face the landscape and stir-fry, what kind of life experience it is, I believe it cannot be experienced in the urban kitchen with all the electrical appliances. The fireworks rising from the stir-fry embellish the background of the landscape, making the landscape also lively. In such a kitchen, the design and seasoning of the dishes are also a little more inspired, and the taste is a little more amazing than usual. I seem to enjoy the process of washing, chopping, and stir-frying vegetables, with my head completely empty, and I can feel another kind of tranquility.
Xishuangbanna There are also a variety of vegetables planted in the winding vegetable garden, which are as natural as fruits, I picked some cabbage leaves, and simply stir-fried them with garlic cloves, and I can produce a high-quality seasonal vegetable. The taste of cabbage is not as bland as vegetables bought in the supermarket, and you can feel the fragrance of vegetables until the end of chewing. It's really seven points dependent on ingredients, and three points on craftsmanship!
Xishuangbanna Next to the kitchen is the exclusive baking room of Wanwan, which is not open to the public, including the three little ones, the three little ones also seem to understand this rule, and they will only wander outside the door without being summoned. When I asked her why she didn't make cream cakes or anything like that, she said, "The simplest things are the purest, that's my original intention." The chiffon cake made by Wanwan is also the favorite of the three little ones, soft, like clouds, plus the rich aroma of baked eggs, it's simply amazing!
Through the glass of the roasting room, you can see a large wooden tea table, and Wanwan will take out her collection of good tea to entertain her friends here on the tea table. Sitting by the tea table, you can sit for an afternoon as soon as you make tea, looking at the blue sky and hills behind the tea table from time to time, and the wind blowing in front of you still has a little taste of freedom. Here, people will naturally be opened, talk to Wanwan about her entrepreneurial story, talk about the ups and downs of her life, and then the heart will slowly become transparent.
When drinking tea at the tea table, Wanwan said a few words that touched me:
"Everyone's life is not easy, and no one's efforts are taken for granted.
"When you decide to give, don't expect so there are no disappointments and occasional surprises.
"Others are not obligated to know what you think, if you want the other person to know what you want, tell him directly.
"Doing something, as long as it can make you grow, is worth my all. "
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Xishuangbanna The four days in the curved tin house on Feilong Island passed quickly, and there was still a faint aftertaste when I returned to Changsha . I will also plan to go to Xishuangbanna next year, because of the sunshine, starry sky, fruits...... And because there are bends there.
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