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On this day, the Li family led the folk here. Around a young tree they raised a village, and beside their humble homes they sowed the first grain. Thus began Xiaohe Manor and its history.

The Qian family brought water by channel to the fields. The tree grew, the grain thrived. Heaven was kind, the people diligent. Thus was this deed recorded.

In summer came the pests. The Sun family spread lime on the great tree's trunk; the Zhou family cast nets. All labored as one, and the pests were driven off. The great tree endured.

Fences turned aside the lesser beasts, but not the fiercer ones. Blessed was the village with its great tree. The Fang family's nimble son climbed to its crown and warned of danger from afar.

Xiaohe Manor prospered. Homes were raised, waterwheels turned, and grain ripened. The great tree marked the village for all passing merchants.