This paper introduces an old farmer from Shan Ye, who miraculously created an oasis in northwest Shanxi during 15 years, and created infinite value with limited life. The meaning of life has been infinitely expanded in the vast green hills. It will be immortal with the green hills and will not grow old with age. This ordinary old man made us realize that the green hills are not old!

Sentence interpretation

1, we sat cross-legged on the heatable adobe sleeping platform, just like sitting in a boat, surrounded by green waves. When the wind blows, the treetops roll with waves, and the leaves shine with the sparkling waves.

The willow trees outside the window are thick and luxuriant, and they fluctuate like waves on the sea under the wind. The author uses metaphor to describe the picture of "The City is Full of Green", where there are pines in the forest and green waves in the leaves, which shows the great contribution of the old man to the transformation of the ravine.

He thinks that planting trees is the choice of fate, and the green hills behind the house are the destination of life.

Faced with the choice of enjoying happiness and enduring suffering, the old farmer did not hesitate to endure suffering, and chose the hard road of opening a ravine and transforming the forest, because he knew that he still had a lot of things to finish, and this ravine still needed him to plant trees constantly, so he was willing to dedicate his life to this ravine and this green hill.