Yunding Ranch

Chapter 485 The Next Door Neighbor
Lu Li stood up. He originally planned to put his luggage on the second floor first, but after standing up, he looked around and couldn't find his luggage at all. Only then did he realize that his luggage was still on the car. , didn't have time to move down at all, and then came in with Cole.

Spreading his hands, Lu Li shrugged, "Come lightly. Let's go!" Greeting Cole, the two left the main house. Cole untied the noose, and the two walked towards the stable together.

After looking around, Lu Li couldn't find the other friends at the ranch.However, this is not unusual, now is the busiest time in the afternoon, everyone has their own work, even if they are lazy, they will not be near the main house, but on horseback, by the sheep, in the grape trellis Down.

In the distance, through the beech forest, you can see the busy scene on the other side of the creek. The organic farm is facing south and then in the open space, the horses are galloping, the dust is flying, Brandon, Adam and Scarlett are three Individual figures are mixed in it, looking extremely small, as if they may be swallowed and submerged at any time, but they seem to control the overall situation in the waves.

Lu Li is now used to the existence of this beech forest. It seems that the whole world is located behind them, divided and intertwined, quiet and distant.Being in it, it seems that even the wind passing through it has become different.

All the way to the stables, Lu Li greeted his old friend Li Zi, and then rode Li Zi, one after the other, headed south with Cole.

Relatively speaking, Lu Li's main area of ​​activity is in the north, because the area in the south is mainly used for raising horses, which is a large endless open space. This is the area under Brandon's control, and Lu Li can only go for a ride on horseback. time will pass.

After leaving the stables, continue on for about three or four kilometers. You can faintly feel the ups and downs of the horizon, which is gentle and soft. The border fence divides this large plain. This is the Yunding Ranch, and the other is the Black Pine Ranch.However, Lu Li never really took a good look at it.

Pulling the rein slightly, Lizi slowed down.Cole got off his horse, walked forward, and pushed aside the movable fence on the border; Lu Li stopped Li Zi on the spot, and from a distance, there was only an open space, a large open space, and there was no open space at the boundary.This is completely different from Yunding Ranch.

Even in the former beech pasture, the entire horizon is undulating. Corn fields, vineyards, beech forests, lavender fields... The vegetation of the entire pasture stretches continuously, dividing the line of sight into tofu blocks of different sizes, decorated with different colors. , become complex and colorful.

But the black pine forest pasture is flat, and you can see that different fences divide the pasture into different areas, but overall, this is a plain, and you can't even see the ups and downs of the land, it's just flat land , you can't see the horizon, but you can see the mountains at the edge of the sky. The dark-colored distant mountains follow the arc of the sky lightly and gracefully, extending all the way to the direction of Yunding Ranch, continuous and boundless.

Because the distance is too far away, there are only large black shadows on that mountain, and it is not clear what it looks like.What does that burnt black pine forest look like now? It's just a blur of black shadows.

"Fourteen." Cole pushed open the fence, greeted and shouted, and then took the lead in riding forward.

Lu Li stayed where he was, raised his chin high, trying to see the end, but failed in the end, so he lightly tugged on the reins, driving Li Zi forward, and followed Cole into the range of the Black Pine Forest Ranch. "Cole? Are you sure this is legal? Aren't we trespassing on private property now?"

"Yes." The wind brought Cole's affirmative answer.Lu Li was stunned. Since the answer was yes, what are they doing now?This sense of absurdity made Lu Li laugh directly, "But think about it carefully, you've been here for so long, have you ever seen anyone here?"

Cole slowed down, and gradually stood side by side with Lu Li, "If someone visits Yunding Ranch without permission, then you can pick up a rifle and drive them out. The same is true for Black Pine Forest Ranch. But the problem is, there is no People know about our visits. It's no man's land."

Lu Li nodded to show his understanding, "So we're back to the western era in the movie, where lawlessness prevails and the strong are respected. So, are we robbers? Or bounty hunters?"

"Huh, why can't it be Indiana Jones?" Cole's rhetorical question made Lu Li laugh again.Americans have a special affection for Indiana Jones. It seems that he is the first thing that comes to mind when mentioning adventure stories.But in fact, in the setting of "Raiders of the Lost Ark", Indiana Jones is a professor.

"If you're handsome enough." Lu Li replied solemnly, Cole couldn't help being stunned, and then both of them burst into laughter.

The Black Pine Forest Ranch is indeed vast. Its width is almost the same as that of Yunding Ranch, but its length is fully twice that of Yunding Ranch. The two of them rode for a long time, and they could see the black building in the front left. The cabin, but the distance never gets closer. No matter how you move forward or get closer, you still can't reach the destination. This makes Lu Li can't help but tease, "a mirage", which makes Cole laugh happily.

The Black Pine Forest Ranch is really boring, just a barren plain.Walking to the side of the fence, the horse's calf was covered by the uneven weeds. It didn't look like a pasture at all, it was more like coming to the wilderness; the scenery in sight was monotonous and boring, and there was no change at all. Even the grass is not as rich and varied as the forest, but it is impossible to gallop a horse, because there are many fences between the weeds, and if you sprint recklessly, the result will be disastrous.

Not only is it lacking maintenance, but it's completely dilapidated.However, Lu Li was thinking that if he had to do it again, it would take a lot of time, manpower and material resources just to tidy up the land; what's worse, it was impossible to determine the condition of the soil under the weeds and whether it was nutritious or not. ?Is it fat enough?If cattle and sheep are raised, is there enough grassland?
Now Lu Li has gradually gotten used to the size of the Yunding Ranch. The [-]-acre rectangle seems to be very familiar to every inch of the land; but when he came to the Black Pine Forest Ranch, the sense of space suddenly became blurred, and it was only doubled in size. That's all, but there is an illusion of not being able to go out.

However, the illusion is an illusion after all, and the wooden house far away in the sky has finally arrived.

Lizi’s pace slowed down. Looking at the wooden house in front of him, it seemed that it was not much different from the main house in Yunding Ranch purely from the outside. There were countless such small wooden houses in Texas, and it even made people wonder if they were standard designs. I don't have any intentions at all; but when I get closer, I can see the decadent and deserted appearance, with cobwebs entwined, dust piled up, and even straw piles such as bird's nests and dog kennels. It seems that even the appearance of the wood is gradually changing. turned dark brown...

"The haunted house in the movie looks like this." Before he could get close, the musty smell in the air made his nose itchy, and he couldn't help the urge to sneeze, "Isn't Jonathan's nephew a businessman? Doesn't he know that, Do you have to take good care of it if you want to sell it for a good price?"

"He wanted to take care of it, but he didn't have enough funds. After the financial crisis, everything became more difficult, and he didn't have the energy to invest more here." Cole said simply, pulling the rein and mobilizing the horse's head , Walking around the house, there is a large row of sheep pens and cattle pens behind the main house, the whole building is huge and magnificent, making Yunding Ranch look like a play house.

Lu Li walked towards the distant mountains.

Standing here, close enough, you can see the pitch-black hillside, the rotting mountain ash and fallen leaves have been integrated with the soil, layer by layer, all life is buried underneath; Some dilapidated tree stumps can be seen, but they are all rotten. It seems that in the past few years, they have grown and then rotted again.

From a long distance, Lu Li could feel the awe-inspiring atmosphere of destruction.

Lu Li tried to describe the majestic scene of the black pine forest, the busy scene of the pasture, and the hard work Jonathan put into this land, but he failed.The ubiquitous strange sights made my mind go blank, and I couldn't even imagine the exuberant vitality.

This is his neighbor, the quiet and strange, fearful and distant neighbor, the neighbor who has never been understood or even never existed. It seems that all vitality has been completely extinguished and turned into a land of nothingness.That's about the end of the world—for Jonathan, and for Black Pine Ranch, it's the aftermath of the end of the world.

Letting out a breath, Lu Li rode a chestnut and slowly paced among the grass, trying to picture the scene where the weeds had all been cleared up, trying to picture thousands of sheep and thousands of cows taking a leisurely walk, trying to It depicts a scene of the dead foothills returning to life.This time, he succeeded.

Just like when he first took over Beech Ranch.

At that time, the beech pasture was not barren, and under Cole's care, it was in good order; but it was indeed in a deep sleep, as if the whole pasture was covered with a layer of gray, waiting for the sunshine to fade away the grayness The mist, once again glows with new life.

The same is true for the black pine forest pasture in front of you. The appearance of a waste of nothing hides death and destruction, but it is gestating life.

This is the most amazing thing about nature, death and new life are always interdependent.The black pine forest pasture has been silent for too long, it seems that even nature has forgotten its existence, but hidden under this dead silence and destruction is a powerful vitality waiting to sprout, grow and grow.

All this land needs is a chance.

(End of this chapter)