Life is made of money,

Once there is no money,

We just fell to the ground.

——Comic "Absolute Child"



Hawthorn Courtyard

In addition to having dreams in life, people also need money.

If you don't have money, you can't achieve anything you like, even if you live in a small house in the village. So work hard to earn money, play hard, and learn how to play, know your preferences, and choose the right place.

I have lived in a bungalow for 18 years. The building is always like an industrial product mass-produced by a factory.

Yanqing is not far from the city, and it is not close. It is a waste of time to drive for only one night at a time, so we ate lunch at noon the next day and moved to another homestay in the secluded village, "Shanzha Courtyard". It is only 15 minutes away from Mr.'s yard by car.

The road to and from the small courtyard is super beautiful. There are many trees on both sides, and flowers will bloom in spring. The sun is shining. On the road, only one car passes through the tree hole.

Hawthorn Courtyard is the first B&B brand under Seclusion Township, and the No. 1 courtyard we live in is also the first yard of Hawthorn Courtyard. It is a milestone worth commemorating. The village where the small courtyard is located is called Xiahuming Village. Many of the villages are dirt roads, with a strong rural atmosphere. Compared with Xiaoguantou Village, it is more primitive and more like the village in the concept.

The housekeeper aunt came out to greet us and took us to the place we had dreamed of for many years. I still remember an award-winning designer friend who told me that if you like homestays, go to the Hawthorn Courtyard, which is very meticulous and not rough.

No difference can be seen outside the door. Pushing open the red iron gate, using my unreliable length concept, the yard is at least 300 square meters, because it is larger than my original 300 square meter yard.

The yard is full of grass, and there are various plants that were common in the village when I was a child, such as mirabilis, hydrangea, old pumpkin... Mirabilis is also called mine flower, and the flowers are pulled off from the bottom together, and then the bottom is broken. Doudou, you can use the stamens as ear wires to hang on your ears. When you were young, you used this flower to make earrings. The peas at the bottom will turn from green to black and hard when the flowers fall, like a small mine, that is its seed.

In rural areas, giving children more things to play with is naturally a natural toy.

A 50-year-old hawthorn tree still casts a rare shade for the yard, which is where the name of the small courtyard comes from.

What are the details? The details are that I didn’t forget to put a decorative bunny among the flowers and plants, and I didn’t forget to leave a plug on the side of the wooden table under the tree, so that people who enjoy herbal tea here can recharge their batteries!

The west wing room was transformed into a kitchen, where the housekeeper prepares three meals a day for the residents. Of course, you can also show off your skills by yourself and let auntie help.

There is a kennel with cotton pads under the eaves for guests with pets.

After a while, a few cats came, and my aunt said that they all became Internet celebrities. It seems to be a regular visitor in the yard.

They are not afraid of people, but they will not get too close to them. They have sharp claws, so be careful not to provoke them.

They chased and played wantonly in the yard, lying wherever they wanted to lie, the white ones were basking in the sun, and the black ones were afraid to bask in the sun because they absorbed heat.

The black cat called the white cat in some way, and the white cat, which was lying down, immediately stood up and walked with it, rubbing against its body, like a couple with a very good relationship.


living room + room

There is a big bed room on the east and west sides of the north room, with independent toilet and bathroom respectively. Just like Mr.’s yard, it uses pure solid color and rustic bedding, made of pure cotton and linen, with an ultra-wide width of 1.8 meters, and the toiletries are Australian Sukin and wooden curtains.

The large floor-to-ceiling windows allow for excellent lighting in the house, and you can have a panoramic view of the whole courtyard even while lying on the bed.

Although there are many homestay brands under Yinju Township, each brand has N courtyards, a total of more than 50, but each courtyard is different. You have lived in it before and have not, even if you have lived in each brand once, the next It's a new hotel for one visit, and it's always new.

The wall of the living room is a bare cement wall, on which are written "Longing for the small courtyard" and "Silent small courtyard" in beautiful chalk characters, and there are still hawthorn sticks and jujubes in the sealed jars for guests to eat.

Thinking of the phrase "I don't know how many landscapes have been ruined by tourism, and how many idiots have been cultivated by TV sets." In the past few days in the village, we have never turned on the TV once, nor entered a scenic spot, but what we got was better than "tourism" "A more precious travel and a yearning and rare life.


Farm afternoon tea

The farm afternoon tea in Shanzha Courtyard is like other homestays in the secluded village. They also have super soft and sweet steamed pumpkins, large watermelons with sandy flesh, I ate most of them by myself, and steamed old corn in the village.

Drinking it is different. The hawthorn juice squeezed from the hawthorn produced by the Hawthorn Small Hospital is sweet and sour. It is thinner and more delicious than the Huaqi fruit tea and Daheng fruit tea when I was a child.

My aunt said that cats like to eat pumpkins, so I waited for the pumpkins to come to the table. I took one piece after another and went out to feed the cats. The black cat and the white cat competed with each other, and the white cat won.


old corn

After afternoon tea, the uncle in the village came to ask us to pick.

The children stepped onto the vegetable baskets in each yard and set off. Along the way, there were vegetable fields and corn fields planted by villagers on both sides.

Facing the direction of the sun, the sun is looming, blocked by large clouds. The dark clouds couldn't cover the sun, and the rays of light paced out, radiating rays of light, and the radiating shape of the lines could be seen with the naked eye.

The sun shines on the world through the leaves, which is extremely beautiful. If you live here every day, the sky is always so beautiful, you can't help but look up, I don't think anyone will get cervical spondylosis.

The electric wire becomes the four-line staff of the blue sky, and the wind can't blow the piano sound. Its rhyme plays in the heart of everyone who can appreciate this simple and mysterious beauty.

Maybe many days are so beautiful, but you and I are locked in the building facing the square inch of the screen. Whenever I realize this, I feel like sitting on pins and needles.

There are sunflowers in the cornfields. The village when I was a child called them Zhuanlian. As the name suggests, they look like lotus flowers and follow the sun. At that time, before Zhuanlian really matured, the melon seeds inside were soft and white. After dinner, I went out for a walk with my parents with my head in my arms, eating while walking.

The smell in the village is really nice, the fragrance of all kinds of wild vegetables, and I haven't forgotten any of my childhood playmates I haven't seen for many years.

Do you still know peppercorns, a strange and terrible caterpillar, good-looking, with green hairs, it hurts and itches when rubbed on the skin, and it is red; remember my brother melon, like bitter melon, hollow and hanging On the vine; do you know Lala Yang, the scientific name is Humulus, the five-finger-shaped leaves are covered with barbs, and it will scratch when touched; do you know Maguo, the scientific name is Abutilon, white seeds It can be eaten, and the big leaves can be placed in the fisted hands to make a loud sound...

Like these two little girls, I used to follow adults to break old corn, the difference is that the kind I used when I was a child was actually stealing. Next to my grandma's house is a corn field, which belongs to the public.

Grandma’s birthday is in August. Whenever the family gets together at this time, the adults will take us a few juniors to the field to break off sweet sticks. Sweet sticks are the bottom of dried corn, similar to sugar cane, and taste very sweet . However, I have been stupid since I was a child, and I have no strength in my hands. I watched my elder brother and adults pick one by one. There are several, but I don't have any.


village

I returned with a full load of corn baskets in my arms, and walked in the village to see the mud walls, brick houses, and beautiful dovetail ridges. The villagers live a leisurely life, some are chatting at the door, some are playing cards, and I met an aunt with a kind and happy face. She was shy and didn’t want to take pictures because she was afraid that she would not look good. Photo.


Big Kang Bar

The Shanzha Courtyard has several more public spaces than Mr.’s, the most beautiful of which is the Big Kang Bar.

In summer, you can enjoy the coolness, drink beer and talk about the mountains. The setting sun in spring, autumn and winter shines on the big kang with warmth, and it is even more charming at night.

The bar removes all kinds of craft beer, and of course there is delicious hawthorn juice. The knowledge of beer fermentation and the dissection of wheat are painted on the wall.


Parent-child workshop

Adults have some fun, what do children do, of course, the very popular parent-child handicraft workshop is indispensable. When I came here, several parents were painting, doing handicrafts with their children, beating something hard, as if they were doing grass dyeing.

Next to the handicraft workshop is a small souvenir shop, all of which are millet, hawthorn and other crops produced in the village, as well as some daily pottery.

It is said that in the country kitchen, you can also follow the housekeeper to make flower buns, corn cakes, make corn juice, make pine cones, paste grain paintings, etc. This activity requires an appointment on weekdays, and it is open on weekend afternoons.


dinner

Back in the small courtyard, the night lights have been turned on, and three cats are each sitting on the foot of a chair. This scene is really rare.

Auntie cooked the meal and served it to the restaurant one after another, exuding a sense of home.

Mushroom and potato stew and tomato and egg stew with a sweet taste, everyone can't bear to try both. I love tomato and egg marinade the most. In the end, I can't eat noodles and just drink marinade.

A few simple farm dishes, most of which are grown in the vegetable fields in the village, and the meat for the stir-fry is 35 yuan a catty of black pork. Drinking hawthorn juice, the old corn picked just now, my aunt also steamed it, which is more fragrant than the corn in afternoon tea.

In winter, the meal will become a hot brazier pot, and I seem to see breath and window grilles.

After eating, no one is reluctant to leave the dining table, sleep, or the quiet night in the country. They chatted consciously or unconsciously. Their respective hardships and lives mixed with tears still stagger to this day, with tears in their smiles. Tears and smiles.

We've probably talked all this month. When I have no work, I don’t even leave the house, I don’t talk, I eat at most two meals a day, and I don’t feel hungry.

Weekends are my sharing sessions. Free but busy life often has to stay up late to write manuscripts and prepare lessons. During the two nights of living in the country, I actually went to bed at one or two o’clock every day. The computer on the desk still had the Israel PPT I was working on. Freelancing is not just freedom, it is still a profession with heavy responsibilities.

Chatting and chatting, it's raining, and it's raining just like that, the sound of rain falling on the ground at night is so touching. When I lived in a bungalow, there were dozens of pots of flowers in the yard of my house, many with big leaves such as rubber trees, banana leaves, dry lotus leaves... I was always the first to know when it was raining, and I could smell the ticking and pattering sounds. The smell of mud and water blending.

After a while the rain stopped and the moon came out, but the stars were still clear. Looking up at the sky, maybe what we see are those stars that also shone on us when we were children.

The photographer took pictures of the starry sky, and I watched from the side. I don't know when I will be able to have that kind of skill.


morning + breakfast

The simple and simple breakfast in the morning wakes us up, sticky millet porridge, firewood eggs, tofu with sauce, small pickles, steamed buns made by my aunt...

During the three-day and two-night outing in Beijing, we encountered cloudy skies, sunsets, blue skies, thunderstorms, and starry skies... Aunt Zhou who had done a good job and asked us to comment, as well as animals and plants when we were young.

But the happy time is always short, and there is always a parting. Saying goodbye to the three leisurely cats, the simple villagers, and the punctual butler, we have had a meal these days... I feel like I am an animal raised by myself.

This may be the most memorable and difficult to replicate experience in the past few years. We are all looking forward to the next time, together again...

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★ Tips

1. No matter how hot it is, wear socks, long sleeves, trousers or a long skirt. The temperature in the mountains is 6 degrees lower than that in the urban areas.

2. Toiletries, adult and children's shoes are available, and children's toothbrush needs to be brought by themselves

3. Check in after 14 o'clock, but it is recommended to come as early as possible. It is better to come in the morning. Take the time to play around, come at noon and start enjoying the precious time in the yard

4. Pets other than musical instruments, speakers and giant dogs are allowed

5. Remember to take your parents with you, and when you are playing by yourself, take them to experience the life you like

6. It is hard to find a house. It is recommended to plan in advance and carefully check the yard situation to choose the style and area you like the most.

7. It is suitable for parent-child, group building, gatherings of relatives and friends, and birthdays, because dinner is hand-made noodles


★ Peripheral playable

1. Raspberry picking base in Guanxigou Village: the largest raspberry planting and picking base in North China. It is planted in terraced fields halfway up the mountain. You can learn to brew raspberry wine. It matures in mid-August

2. Baili Landscape Gallery, Yanshan Tianchi, Four Seasons Flower Sea, Pearl Spring, Petrified Wood National Geological Park, Longqing Gorge, Yongning Ancient City, etc.


★ The blogger has something to say

It is not recommended to leave the B&B to go to the surrounding attractions by car. You can take a walk around the corner. One is that the money is spent, and the other is that the yard is so good. Besides, if you live here and still run around, it is no different from not living here. Some people say that there are not so many recreational items in the yard, so if you want to play and stay with home, how about you get a mahjong table and go to a KTV instead of spending more than a thousand to come to the village? This is what you enjoy here The scenery and quiet time, as well as the leisure of doing nothing.


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Beijing girl, independent photographer, freelance writer, with confusing names, records and creates her own aesthetics of life. Ended his 9-year media career, escaped from prison, and staged "The Shawshank Redemption" in real life.

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