He is teacher Zhou Jiuyao from Degui Village, Shuikou Town, Jianghua County, Hunan Province.
Old, retired. He doesn't feel like some people take everything off as soon as they retire, and he feels very idle and helpless. After struggling all his life, he dare not neglect his life. He wants to rebuild a paradise that belongs to himself and others. He felt as if his life had just begun.
When he retired in his later years, he was not negative, let alone depressed, but worked hard. Similar to Tao Yuanming's interest in seclusion, he has not been less edified, and he wants to build an idyllic paradise. Soon, he built the "Dehong Building" by himself, taking the word "Germany" in the village name and expressing lofty meaning with the word "macro". It is really "an old horse crouching tiger, aiming at a thousand miles."
Farming, farming, planting flowers, raising chickens, ducks and fish, and having fun. When colleagues and old friends come to visit, he will break fat sweet potatoes and long and big corn cobs from the ground and show off his hard work happily. Finally, he will ask his wife to kill chickens and ducks and invite guests to watch him catch fish in the fish pond. When delicious farm dishes are served, you can't help but be impressed by his optimism and open-mindedness, admire his elegant life interest, and yearn for his extraordinary life realm.
His living room is full of copybooks depicting the great men of the ancients, showing the spirit of scholarly writing.
When talking about how he spent his old age peacefully, he broke his fingers and talked about his "six pleasures and five pleasures", one of which was "Pastoral Music", which laughed at himself: changing literature to teaching and returning to agriculture, and the scenery in the four seasons was different. Breeding is often diligent and the harvest is happy. Corn balls are like gold bars, and cassava rolls are like cylinders. There are fat pigs in the stable and flocks of poultry are noisy. The fat fish in the small pond retreat from each other, but you stay away from the old man. The courtyard is full of flowers, fragrant as honey and thick as wine. The vegetables in the garden are pollution-free, delicious and nutritious. Looking at tea picking in Dongli Mountain, you can enjoy yourself more than Tao Gong.
The second piece is Reading Music. Self-mockery: Recite elegant sages' books and chew exquisite products with full charm. I hate pipa for a long time, and I know it well. Studying medicine can protect health, and geomantic omen can promote literature and customs. Everything must be ready, and the technology now is often seen. Life is full of inspiration, pen and paper are full of poetry. Regular script is practiced in the hands of official script, and calligraphy has a strong character over time. Gorgeous life is accompanied by books, but no books in old age.
Sanle is "TV music". Self-mockery: today's scholars do not go out, and the world's major events are heard. Things change, and Gan Kun can't be bright and gloomy. Upside down, generous, Kyushu is a well-off city. Happiness drinks a thousand glasses of wine, and the motherland is proud of its spring breeze. Opera and film are pleasing to the eye, and tourism is as beautiful. The sound of DVD, such as Yue Xian, is elegant and pleasing to the ear. Color screens also have fun in life, and time goes by without knowing the years.
Four pleasures are "family happiness". Self-mockery: My wife and good grandson get along well and live a happy life. Good grandson is naive, but smart and naughty, and wants to supervise the school. My wife went to collect firewood, and the maple leaves decorated Shan Ye with ripe fruits. Old people's poetry books are also cultivated, and they have their own chrysanthemum wine at home.
Five pleasures are "healthy pleasures". Self-mockery: an open mind is wealth, and work and exercise are beneficial. Although he is old, he is diligent, healthy and energetic. Suddenly watching the evening scene, the sunset is like a flower in the valley.
Six music is "root music". Self-mockery: we have been teaching for forty years, and the leaves have fallen to the roots. The newly-built thatched cottage is surrounded by green trees, which is warm in winter and cool in summer. All kinds of farmhouses are raised, and there are chickens, ducks and fish ponds. The vegetables in the hedge are all-weather, and the flowers and fruits in front of the hall are fragrant all year round. Drinking with good friends is a teenager.
Five enjoyment, one is garden-style residence, enjoying a comfortable and pleasant environment; Second, the home is on the Yaoshan River, enjoying the beautiful scenery; Third, grow your own flowers and enjoy the pleasure of enjoying the flowers and fruits; Fourth, often watch TV and listen to DVD and enjoy beautiful music; Fifth, I love books and the works of famous sages.