Yunding Ranch

Chapter 92 The Meaning of Travel
The wind outside the window was whistling, and the desolate scene painted a blurred stream of light on both sides of the speeding car, leaving only large areas of color blended together, green, red, blue, black, gold... that one The colorful bands of light float freely under the sun, and the wide field of vision looks far away, as if you can see the end of the world.

It's very different from New York.

"Fourteen, tell me, what are the ends of the earth like?" Sitting in the passenger seat, Fred couldn't help stretching out his right hand, spreading his fingers, feeling the gust of wind slipping through his fingertips like a river, The silky touch made all the pores of his arms open. At this moment, he seemed to be able to touch freedom.

Lu Li rubbed his eyes, and after driving for more than four hours, he gradually became a little tired, "If you want to know, you can find out for yourself. Cape Roca in Portugal, Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, Tierra del Fuego in South America, and Canada Ucluelet."

Fred laughed dumbfounded, "You know that's not what I meant."

Lu Li shrugged his shoulders and cast Fred a look, "But that's what I mean. The world is so big that it's boundless, and we are so small, like dust; but in fact the world is so small that as long as we step After taking the first step, you can go around every corner. At the end of the world, there is no answer, and some are still infinite scenery. This is precisely the true meaning of life. Slow down, enjoy every moment of the present, and truly Give your life meaning.”

Fred fell silent.After talking with Lu Li that day, he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. After careful consideration, he decided to follow Lu Li to the ranch for a while to clear his mind. So after asking for leave from Olive Garden, he got into Lu Li's car and left New York.

The quiet and peaceful scenery under the sun seems to have no sound at all. There are no people or even life in the huge world. There is only one car running wildly on the road, which is in harmony with the congestion of New York. The extreme contrast really made Fred a little uncomfortable.

Lu Li's words went round and round in his mind, as if he understood something, but he didn't seem to understand anything.

"Fred, everyone's answer is different. The ranch doesn't have the answer you want, but at this moment, deep down in your heart, you have the answer you want. What you need to do is to temporarily give up all thinking and truly Enjoy the ride and the answer will come at the right time. Be honest, how long has it been since you took a road trip? How long has it been since you left the city?"

Lu Li's voice came again, and Fred thought about it seriously, "Actually, I went to Miami with my classmates last spring break, and went to Toronto for Christmas. But I never really enjoyed the holidays, you know Yes, the party of American college students..."

"Beer, drugs, **** and big/small/poo/incontinence." Vivienne's nonchalant voice came from behind, because of sleep, her voice was a little lazy and hoarse, but the words were clear. Sharp but undiminished.

Lu Li and Fred thought about it seriously, and then they both burst out laughing. Although the words were vulgar, they were true.

Vivienne stretched her waist, looked out the window at the barrenness and vastness, "How far is it to the destination? Do you need to change the driver?"

"Look ahead." Lu Li lifted his chin, and with a single sentence, both Fred and Vivienne looked forward. Vivian even knelt on the seat, looking from between the front and passenger seats. He leaned over and looked ahead, "It's here? Is it here?"

It is indeed a pasture in front of me. From a distance, I can see a wooden house that looks like a bean. The endless green grassland extends all the way to the side of the road. Bundles of haystacks are neatly stacked, and a few cows are scattered in every corner of the grassland. I lowered my head to eat grass leisurely; the smell of moist grass and dry cow dung floated in the air, and the strong natural atmosphere entered the countryside from the city in an instant.

The excitement couldn't help rising, "This is your ranch? Why doesn't it look like there's nothing?" Fred was obviously very excited, with excitement all over his body, but he still complained coldly, Wei Wei next to him Wei An also had an agreeing expression, "That's right, it looks too barren, like it's been abandoned, are you taking care of it?"

Lu Li suppressed his smile and said solemnly, "I didn't say this is my ranch." The excitement in Fred and Vivian's blood froze immediately, and both of them froze, "I just said, enter the ranch. The boundaries of New Braunfels. Not far from my ranch."

Now, if the two of them didn't understand that they were being tricked by Lu Li, they were idiots.

"Fourteen!" Fred yelled angrily, and Vivian was also gearing up to give Lu Li a good lesson.

Lu Li hastily surrendered, "I'm driving, guys, I'm driving!"

Fred and Vivienne exchanged glances, the two rubbed their fists together, and smiled sinisterly with a "hehe", making Lu Li hairy from laughing.However, Lu Li did not show any weakness. He took a look out of the corner of his eye, and then made a sharp turn. Fred and Vivienne both fell to the other side at the same time, and their heads hit the hard drive. things, howling at the same time.

"Haha!" Lu Li raised his head and laughed heartily. Vivian's depressed voice resounded through the sky, "Fourteen! I'm going to kill you!"

Fred rubbed his head and muttered, "My head is lumpy, really, there might be blood in it, I'm going to die, you're done for."

Vivienne had already sat in the back, rubbed her elbows, and kicked the back of the passenger seat, "It's not that exaggerated, just like a girl."

Fred turned his head depressed, "Vivienne, we are in the same group, remember?"

"Oh, oh." Vivian nodded repeatedly.

Without warning, Lu Li parked the car on the side of the road. Although it wasn't a sudden brake, the two of them were still taken aback, especially after the "accident" just now, the two of them became more sensitive, "Fourteen! Don't Do it again!" Fred complained, and Vivienne frantically started to find the seat belt.

Lu Li turned around with a smile, and said to Fred and Vivian, "We have arrived at our destination, welcome to Yundian Ranch."

Fred was stunned, Vivian was stunned, Lu Li raised his hand and waved in front of the two of them, "Hey, I'm back to my senses, I've arrived at my destination."

"Damn you..." Fred jumped up, grabbed Lu Li and started beating him violently. Vivian also moved over, punching Lu Li's arm one after another.Lu Li, who was cornered, hurriedly opened the car door, scrambled and fled, stood beside him panting, and turned around to see Bucky's figure on the railing.

Those contemptuous eyes cast aside Lu Li, then Fred and Vivienne who were chasing hard in the carriage, then let out a "meow", turned their heads proudly, and climbed down again, basking in the sun, lazily fell into dreamland.

"Fourteen, was he despising me just now?" Vivienne said incredulously, her eyes widening.

"Yes, that is." Fred also echoed, "His eyes are obviously disdainful, what does this mean? Fourteen, tell me, why does that cat despise us?"

Lu Li looked at his stretched and deformed T-shirt, and then at his short hair that looked like a chicken coop. Even if he didn't look in the mirror, he could still imagine the red marks on his cheeks, as if he had been severely trampled. After tidying up her hair, she turned her head and looked at the two people who were not much better, "What do you think?"

The two of them saw Lu Li arranging his hair and clothes, so they realized that they sat down again and began to take care of themselves. Then they opened the car door and got out, looking at the pasture in front of them.

A two-story wooden house is obliquely in front, and beside it is a large area of ​​beech forest. The rich green flows down in the early summer sunshine, like a surging spring, and the air suddenly becomes cooler; through the forest, the distant In the distance, you can see the mountains outlined by Qing Mo stretching at the end of the green grassland, and a goshawk spreads its wings and slides across the blue sky, empty and far away.

All the noises suddenly disappeared, and the tranquility mixed with chirping birds, rustling leaves, and gurgling streams echoed gently in the surroundings. There was an illusion for a moment, entering a fantasy world, and time was like this stopped.

"Wow!" Before the brain responded, Vivienne exclaimed, and an astonishing light burst out from her pupils—not the imaginary backcountry, but an unexpected paradise.

Fred leaned against the door of the passenger seat, turned his head suddenly, and the endless grassland spread out in sight, rustic wooden houses, quiet woods, leisurely herds of cattle, swaying reeds... Empty moments in all directions The surge came, and the insignificance of the individual was magnified to the extreme at this moment. The kind of carefreeness, the kind of comfort, words are simply indescribable, he just felt that the corners of his mouth wanted to rise involuntarily.

Fred didn't know what would happen in the next few days, but he suddenly understood Lu Li's words.Most of the time, the answer is not in the ends of the earth, nor in Yundian Ranch, but deep in everyone's heart, what they need is just to slow down, get away from the busy and tense pace of life, and give themselves some time to think, With a little breathing room, the answer will come naturally.

This is what travel is all about.

"There's a lake there! God!" Vivienne screamed, and Fred couldn't help but follow Vivienne's line of sight. The lake was like emerald, quietly It is flowing, and the tranquility of the oak forest next to it makes people want to wonder whether it is possible to find the birthplace of Grimm's fairy tales at the end of the forest.

Fred himself didn't realize that his hands were spread out like wings, feeling the wind flowing through his fingertips, and the soft touch was like the whisper of nature.

"Wow woof, woof woof!" A burst of excited shouts broke the silence, and in an instant, all life spewed out continuously, Fred opened his eyes, and then saw a huge monster rushing towards him, he didn't even Before he could yell out, the animal threw itself on Lu Li, and then - started licking wildly.

(End of this chapter)