【双语】我追求的乡居生活

      曾经读到过一篇文章，说的是一位画家花了4000元租下一座位于终南山下的农家小院并买下了20年的使用权，经过简单改造后搬进院子内的农舍，过上了悠闲的生活。

      读完这篇文章我不禁怦然心动，这不就是我想要的生活吗？远离城市的喧嚣，走进大自然，“采菊东蓠下，悠然见南山”，既有诗意，又很闲适，岂不妙哉。

      有一家公司摸准了像我这样的人的心思，推出了一个项目：花10万元钱，在郊区买一块地，再花5万元钱，在这块地上盖一幢小房子，住在这幢小房子里，就可以实现自己的山居梦想了——吃着自己种的粮食和蔬菜，晚上躺在床上透过窗户看月亮，去数天上的星星，别提有多浪漫了。 

      但事实上，这也仅仅只是一个梦想，是不可能实现的。因为我的家人根本就不会同意我去实施这样的计划。我现在退休了，身体状况也不太好，如果住在农村将会遇到许多生存上的困难。我可能没有能力像一个老农民那样让这块地上长出自己想要的作物，也不可能适应没有电话、电视和网络的生活。如果生病了，又怎样去医院看医生呢？如果女儿回来了，她愿意同我一起去住这样的农家小院吗？所以，梦想毕竟只是梦想，而现实往往是很真实的，不会让这些几乎是荒唐的计划得到实施。

      其实，满足退休老人对宁静的生活要求不一定非得要去追求地理环境条件，我们生活在城市中也可以获得这些生活条件。所以我们所说的“平和、宁静”更多地是指老年人自己的心态。如果你始终保持着内心的平静，即使是住在城市的中心，也可以过上闲适宁静的生活。

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Dream and the Reality

I have read an article that said a painter rented a courtyard in the countryside at the foot of the mountain and cost 4000 yuan to buy 20 years of usage. After simple renovation he moved into the cottage that is inside the yard and lived a happy and leisurely life.

It gave me a leap in my heart after reading the article. Is this the life that I want?  Stay away from the noise of the city and go into nature, and have the life of "Picking chrysanthemum under the bamboo fence，Looking to the Southern Mountain leisurely."

A company in my hometown guesses the thinking like mine. They launched a project to satisfy people who want the life in the countryside. Costing 100 thousand yuan to buy a plot of land and cost 50 thousand yuan to build a cottage on the plot. Then moving in the cottage, you will realize your idea soon - planting on the plot and eating the grains and vegetables yourself. We can lay on the bed, look up to the moon through the window and count the numbers of stars in the sky. It is a very romantic scene, isn't it?  

In fact, this is merely a dream. It may seem impossible to come true. Because my families won't agree with me to carry out the absurd plan at all. I am a retired man now and my healthy situation is not very well. I will encounter all kinds of difficulties in my existence if I live in the countryside. I probably have no ability to plant the plot myself and harvest grains from the field, like an old farmer. I can't adapt to the living environment that has no telephone, TV set, and Network. How can I go to hospital to see the doctor if I am ill?  If my daughter comes back to see me, would she live with me in the countryside? So the dream is only a dream, but the life is truth. Life wouldn't let the absurd plan to be a reality.

It is not necessarily to satisfy these conditions on geography environments to fit retired people’s requires such as peaceful and quiet. They also have access to get these life conditions in the city. So we mentioned the peace and quiet is more refers to the old people's own mentality. If you keep the calm in your heart, you will have a leisurely life, even if you live in the center of city. 

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