My yard ~ a practitioner of mountain life earlier than Li

The author of My Yard is Xiangzi, whose name is often preceded by three words: Zhong Nanshan. She is a photographer and writer, and is called "Xiangzi of Zhong Nanshan" or "Xiangzi Girl" by readers. She practiced mountain life earlier than Li. Xiangzi had been playing like a duck to water until Li became popular and her mountain life was sought after by people. This book was written during her stay in Zhong Nanshan. It shows her deep feelings for mountains and plants, records a person's poetic daily life, and of course truthfully presents the inconvenience of living in the mountains and her problem-solving skills. The illustrations in the book are her photographic works, including green plants in the mountains, her kittens and puppies, her favorite bowls, mountains and rivers, ice cones under the eaves, and her own food ... The style of the photos is beautiful, which makes people feel more yearning for nature at first sight.

She loves nature and everything in Nanshan, and takes photos when flowers bloom. On snowy days, she deliberately appreciates the scenery and takes photos of the snow, and also thinks that withered plants are beautiful in bleak autumn and winter.

Her daily life is full of interest. She eats from her favorite bowl, grows vegetables by herself, digs wild vegetables, and sits on a stone by the stream to eat hot pot alone. She keeps cats and dogs and negotiates with them. She uses her own vegetables to make simple and delicious meals to satisfy her taste buds. She cleaned up a lot of useless things, which reduced her materialistic desire and made her mind clearer.

She also faces various tests of life in the mountains. Every day, she takes the mountain road, carries the water needed for daily life and builds toilets. There were no fresh vegetables in the long cold winter, and even thieves targeted her, and everything in the room was looted.

I like this book, because the author's life is what I yearn for, far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, with plants and mountains as neighbors, and the beauty of nature is everywhere; I don't have the courage to realize this either. Life in the mountains is inconvenient. I have to walk a long way to carry water by myself. I don't need to cook by myself. I have no shopping center where I can shop at any time. I have no company. I need a strong will to endure the loneliness and boredom of living alone ... so I can only envy. I like Xiangzi's poetic life and admire Xiangzi's courage.

If you occasionally want to get away from the hustle and bustle of big cities, you also have a heart that yearns for living in the mountains but never put it into action, and you also have a dream of living in the mountains, then you might as well read this book, follow Xiangzi to her yard, experience the life you yearn for in this book, and complete your dream of living in the mountains with words.