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乐民之乐者，民亦乐其乐；忧民之忧者，民亦忧其忧。——《孟子》

withouttoomuchtrouble.

Notthathehashaditeasy.Thatfirsthardwinterhefacedmusthavelefthimwith

thetemptationtogiveupandgobacktothecity.Buthemanagedtogetthroughit

withoutlosingheart.He’spickedupalotofskillssincethenandmadesomereal

improvementstohisfarm,thoughwithoutmuchlaborsavingmachineryasidefrom

thatoldrotarycultivator.Isuspecthedoesn’tmakeallthatmuch,thoughhedoes

havehiswritingtosupplementwhatlittleprofithemakesfromthefarm.Iguesshe

doesitprimarilyforthequalityoflife.Certainly,theyseemahappyfamilyandyou

canoftenseethemoutworkingtogether,onedaysprayingappletrees,thenext

stackingfirewood.

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Ahomesteader()isapersonwholivesaself-reliantlifestylewithmajor

emphasisonhomeproduction.whiletheIndustrialAgeisbeingreplacedby

informationandelectronics,somepeopletrytoseekanescapefromthesocial,

environmental,andeconomicmadnessofthemodernageandbegintoconsider

returningtothecountry.Asthislifestyleissoenjoyable,satisfyingandrewarding,

moreandmorepeoplearepreparedtoquittheirjobinthecityandstartanewand

moremeaningfullifeontheirvariousfarms.Forsomeithasbecomenotonlyaway

oflife,butawayoflookingattheworld.

Ofcourse,lifeinthecountrycanbeprettytough.Whileitisanenjoymenttobeso

closetoNature,youmayhavetoreduceyourdependenceon