Grasp the farming script in the famous book

"Miss Josephine March:

We also did not expect that after your 'story' was published, it would cause such a 'strange' response, which is beyond our expectation.

The editorial department has received many letters, some of which we hope to deliver to you directly, and we will forward these to you directly by post.

The editorial department itself has received many inquiries about this 'story'.We are at a loss for these questions and don't know how to answer them.In desperation, this part of the letter is also forwarded to you, and I hope you can give this part of the readers a reply.

In addition, the feedback your article has received so far is 'very inspiring' and 'something new'.They all come from audiences we never thought of before.This also surprised us very much.

your faithful editor

yours truly--"

Roland finished reading the editor's letter, and quickly opened another letter addressed to "Roland". After scanning quickly, he saw that the letter read:

"Dear Ms. Rowland:

Seeing your words are delicate and true, I will assume that you are a lady.Please accept my sincere apologies if you guessed wrong.

I read your signed article in this issue, and I think your story is very realistic, it seems to be completely your own experience.

Like the characters in your story, I own a piece of land by the sea. For a long time, I have suffered from not knowing what to do with it.

It is a piece of land, but the soil is too salty for growing crops.So I would like to ask, in your story, diverting flood irrigation to reduce salinity, and interplanting special crops to improve the soil, is this... really effective?Have you tried it?

If you actually tried, can you give me some advice? ..."

Roland pressed the letters on the table and couldn't help laughing out loud.

It turned out to be like this, it turned out to be like this!

This is the charm of the "farming" story - what she published in the magazine is just a short story about "farming by the sea".However, while this story moved readers, it obviously made many readers realize that these experiences are likely to be true, and the new agricultural technology mentioned in the story has never been heard of by them.

the marches and lau

Together, they are helping Roland to unpack these letters one by one and sort them into categories.If it is simply an expression of interest or appreciation, the March couple can reply on their behalf in the future, and polite greetings are enough.

But if it is a letter asking specific questions about agricultural technology, all of them will be left to Roland, and she will answer them herself.

Mr. March looked at his daughter with some uncertainty, and asked tremblingly, "Joe, are you sure...you can deal with these problems?"

He thought to himself, if his daughter is only writing fictional stories, that's okay, but if she gives opinions for others, she needs to be cautious.

Unexpectedly, Roland smiled and said that she was fine.

"Dad, have you forgotten that I have been helping Aunt March with the orchard."

Mr. March: ...

Taking care of an orchard is different from farming, isn't it?

"Besides, I have read several agricultural books in the big library at Aunt March's house!"

"What agricultural book?" asked Mr. March curiously.

Roland was taken aback for a moment, but quickly regained his composure, and replied calmly: "Practice of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Horticulture."

In desperation, she used the book that she published with her sisters in the "Arrogant Plane" to prevaricate.

Unexpectedly, Mr. March was in awe: "So it is that book. It is said that the author of that book is three of the five sisters in a family."

Roland:!

The books she published in another plane even affected this plane.

Mr. March looked at Roland, then at Beth, and said very seriously: "My children, I firmly believe in your talents, and I also believe that you will be as outstanding as the sisters who wrote that book in the future. "

Laurie applauded immediately, and Roland and Beth looked at each other, blushing for a moment.Roland was embarrassed because his father said that she would be as outstanding as herself; while Beth was because her body could no longer support her excitement.

Everyone saw Beth's situation, so they hurriedly ended the conversation after dinner and sent Beth to bed first.

Laurie stayed—the room that Roland had reserved for Amy came into play now.

Before going home to rest, Laurie

Staring deeply at Roland, he said, "Joe, if you go on a trip in the future, tell me too, okay?"

Roland nodded in agreement, and Laurie left, leaving her alone under the lamp, continuing to sort out the letters from everywhere.

Roland looked at a lot of very basic questions, and thought to himself: Why are there no agricultural books popularized in this plane, and there is not even a special journal for exchanging agricultural planting experience?

Soon, she gave the answer herself: this is closely related to factors such as changes in the local industrial structure and people's education level.

It was not until this era in the northern United States that education was gradually popularized and the literacy rate increased.At the same time, the process of industrialization accelerated, and agriculture gradually gave way to the secondary industry.Therefore, the word "farming" seems to be far away from everyone.

But they all said it was the "silent majority". Roland tried to publish a story with this theme, and a lot of "diving parties" exploded. This is enough proof, just like what was said in a rejection letter Well, as long as such a story is written movingly, there will still be a market.

Roland read all the letters, and it was already late at night.

She shared a room with Beth, and instead of lighting a lamp, she slipped noiselessly into the room and undressed for bed.

The light from the corridor shone through the curtains on Beth's pale little face.Even in her sleep, Beth frowned deeply, as if unable to escape the torment of her illness.

Roland sat on the edge of Beth's bed and gazed at the face for a while.

She said in her heart: Thank you, Beth.

Tomorrow I will relieve your pain.

Laurie had two days of vacation, and he spent one of them rushing to join the March family, and the other day was split in two by him, half spending a rare morning with the March sisters, and the other half in a hurry. rush back.

The temperature at the seaside is very pleasant, but the sea water is already too cold and it is no longer suitable for swimming.

Roland still had a few letters from "readers" to answer, so he sat in the living room of the hotel.The innkeeper fully opened the floor-to-ceiling windows of the living room, allowing Roland to see the scene on the beach while writing letters.

Laurie was very conscientious in amusing Beth.

Beth was half lying on a beach chair with a book in her hand.She was not reading the book, but was staring at Laurie beside her.

A sandcastle piled up on the side - a chic little castle with a tall tower standing in the middle, for some reason, it reminded Roland of Sweetwater Town.

The Marches were walking by the sea in the distance.

Laurie and Beth were left alone.

Roland could hear Beth's crisp laughter.

She could not help thinking that it would indeed be a good idea to take Beth out for a walk.It was the first time she had heard Beth laugh so happily since Beth's illness.

By the way, it should be said that it is good news to take Beth and Laurie out for the holiday together.

Laurie was able to take care of Beth very tenderly and make her happy.

Perhaps it would be a good choice to make Laurie and Beth a couple.

Thinking of this, Roland couldn't help but bow his head and want to laugh.

Now that she has this idea, it shows that there is pure friendship and no love between her and Laurie.She felt that she was more like Laurie's eldest sister, who occasionally worried about his emotional problems.

She bowed her head, no longer looking in Laurie's direction, but continued to write the letter herself.

Seeing Laurie pile up the sandcastle higher and higher, he suddenly stopped and reached out to shake Beth.

Then Laurie, with a look of terror on his face, took Beth into his arms.Not caring that the sandcastle he had built for a long time was slowly crumbling, Laurie supported Beth's thin body with both arms, and strode towards Roland.

Roland also noticed something strange, and quickly put aside the letter and stood up. Seeing Beth's appearance, she said calmly, "The doctor told me that this will happen. I'll go get the potion and the smelling salt bottle."

Hearing this, Laurie finally stopped appearing alarmed, but put Beth down carefully, and wiped the sweat from his brow with his hand.

Roland's heart was tugging: she really didn't want to make Beth suffer any more.

She turned around and took out the potion and smelling salts, dripped the potion on Beth's lips, and brought the bottle of smelling salts to Beth's nose.

Beth awoke at once, still pale, but clear-eyed—she seemed all right.But the doctor also said that these attacks would become more and more frequent, and Beth would become weaker and weaker from them.Her young life will gradually disappear in such struggles with the serious illness.

The March couple also rushed back at this time.

After examining Beth, Mr. March said: "The doctor does

We saw that this could happen, and luckily we were prepared for it. "

The father put his hand on Laurie's shoulder and thanked him solemnly: "But Laurie, no amount of preparation in advance can be worth the care you took for Beth just now. We really appreciate you."

Soon it was time for Laurie to leave. He had to take a carriage to the station, otherwise he would miss the train back to school.

Laurie reluctantly left and waved goodbye to the whole family before leaving.

His bright black eyes looked at Beth worriedly for a while, and looked at Roland longingly for a while.

Roland sighed inwardly, as if he saw more than one single arrow in front of him.

But she had to act, and this was a good time to act.

So Roland asked his parents and Hannah to take care of Beth, while he hid in the bathroom.

There was a mirror in the bathroom. Roland carefully looked at "self" in the mirror, and saw that the girl who looked exactly like him had a worried face and slightly swollen eyelids.

Roland looked at her, and she nodded hastily.

So Roland lowered his eyes, and according to the agreement with Luna in advance, stretched out his hands, held the frame of the mirror, and called in a low voice: "Luna, Luna..."

She felt a little like conjuring a magic mirror.

——Mirror Mirror, please give me the universal card!

—I'm going to save my sister Beth.

This was indeed the case. Half a minute later, the mirror was lifted like a curtain, and a kitten with black and white patterns jumped out of the mirror with a "poof" and jumped into Roland's arms.

"Lan Lan—"

When Luna saw Roland, she knew she had made up her mind.

But the agent cat still has some routine questions to ask, such as:

——Lan Lan, are you sure you want to use this universal card?

——You only have one chance to use it. If you use it on Beth, will you regret it in the future?

Roland: ...how could I regret it?

Luna sighed suddenly, and said, "Lan Lan, actually, the producer has always assumed that you will use this 'universal card' as a 'regret medicine'."

Roland: "Regret the medicine?"

Luna nodded Mao Mao's head.

"Yes, Joe will refuse Law

, and then regret it. "

Roland shook his head immediately: "No, how could I regret it?"

Luna let out a "meow" and stretched out her paws to wash her face.

Roland suddenly understood that Luna was referring to Jo March, not her.

She suddenly raised her head and looked at "herself" in the mirror, only to see that Joe in the mirror had a sad expression and her eyes were still swollen.

"Although the producer has blocked some details of the original work from you, I think you still have some impressions in your heart."

"Joe in the original work rejected her 'bamboo horse' Laurie. Later, she recalled the rejection at that time. She once said that if Laurie asked her again, she might agree to Laurie."

Roland frowned: "It may be that Joe is weak for a while, longing for friendship and companionship, but it doesn't mean she regrets it."

"However," Maomao avoided answering this question, "including the producer and many viewers, they all think that you should use this universal card to change your emotional experience. Because..."

Maomao looked at Roland, paused, and then put a pair of paws on Roland's shoulders. It said, "I'm going to fight it out. Even if I'm kicked out of the plane immediately, I'll tell you."

"Lan Lan, this is not the original plane where "Little Women" was later written. It is more biased towards the 'original plane' experienced by the author himself."

"Original plane?"

Roland was confused.

"The author of this book, Louisa, when she wrote the original story, substituted most of her life experience on Joe. However, due to the pressure from the publisher, she added more words to Joe in the revised manuscript. A 'falling from the sky'."

"Joe had an affair with 'Heaven Falling' in the book," Maomao said faster and more urgently, "but the original author himself was never married."

"Lan Lan, do you understand?"

"This 'falling from heaven' does not exist! So if you miss Laurie, you will be alone in this plane for life, just like the original author."

Roland was very surprised, it was the first time she had heard of this.She immediately looked at "Joe" in the mirror, and she instantly felt that there were fine lines around the eyes of the person in the mirror, and the corners of the lips were slightly downward, showing sadness.

——It turned out to be like this.

It turned out that it was the publisher's request. The author wrote his own life experience into Qiao's life, but at the end, no one let her die alone, even though the author himself did experience such a lonely life.

"So the meaning of this 'universal card' is whether you use it to save your sister or to save your own life and emotions."

If Roland keeps this universal card for herself, then she will have the opportunity to choose for herself, whether it is "Bamboo Horse" or "Heavenly Descend".

"Lan Lan, there is only one universal card, choose one of the two, you have both if you have no chance!"

Luna raised her face and looked at Roland.The kitty's eyes are shining -- Roland certainly understands: How much Luna hopes that she can have a perfect and happy "retirement" plane!

So Roland tentatively said, "Maybe, I can use this universal card to save Beth, and then I promise Laurie to be with him from the beginning?"

Mao Mao shook her head resolutely: "No, you won't."

Roland sighed in his heart: Yes, Luna knows her too well.It is absolutely impossible for her to go against her own heart and promise a boy she doesn't love.

Here comes the problem: if Beth is saved, she will die alone.

She couldn't save Beth if she wanted to have a love life.

Even though she was an adult, she couldn't have it all.

Roland: But...is there still a need to choose?