The next sentence of "Plums are golden and apricots are fat" is: Wheat flowers, snow and white cauliflower are sparse.
This is the twenty-fifth verse in "Sixty Pastoral Miscellaneous Poems of the Four Seasons" written by Fan Chengda, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty.
The twenty-five complete poems of "Sixty Pastoral Miscellanies in Four Seasons" are as follows: The plums are golden and the apricots are fat, the wheat flowers are snowy and the cauliflowers are sparse. No one passes through the fence during the long day, only dragonflies and butterflies fly.
Full poem translation: In early summer, golden plums hang on the branches, apricots become bright and plump, wheat ears are blooming with white flowers in the fields, and rapeseed flowers are almost gone and are forming seeds. The days are getting longer, everyone is busy in the fields, no one passes by the fence, only dragonflies and butterflies fly around the fence.
Appreciation of the whole poem:
This poem describes the pastoral scenery of Jiangnan in early summer. The poem uses yellow plums, fat apricots, white wheat flowers, and sparse cauliflowers to describe the characteristics of the southern rural scenery in summer, including flowers and fruits, color and form.
The first two sentences describe plums, yellow, apricots and fat, wheat and cabbage sparse, bright colors. The third sentence of the poem describes the working situation of farmers from the side: Farming is busy in early summer, and farmers go out early and return late, so they rarely see pedestrians during the day. The last sentence uses "only dragonflies and butterflies fly" to set off the silence in the village. There is movement in the silence, which makes it seem even quieter. The last two sentences describe the long days and few people, with flies and butterflies dancing, using movement to contrast the stillness.
The poet uses a fresh style of writing to give a more detailed description of the tense labor atmosphere in the countryside in early summer, which is very interesting to read.