I love this land

Today back to my hometown, passing by a vegetable field under the mountain, I saw the vegetable farmers turning deep into the rake when winter came, and a row of land that was sleeping like a baby in the sun was so flat, delicate, and soft, I seemed to hear their breathing, and suddenly, my eyes were moist.

What a great and ordinary land, silently growing grain, fruits and vegetables for us year after year, for thousands of years to nurture our generations of people, only need a little fertilizer, water, let the seeds always root in, absorb nutrients and grow up. What a miraculous substance!

I really have the urge to run barefoot on it and roll over this fragrant soft ground!

The land breathes, needs to recuperate, and needs to rest after a busy year. Absorb the sunshine and rain dew, let the cold winter freeze the bacteria and viruses deposited in the production process of the year, freeze and sterilize, and then cover it with a thick snow quilt, like a qigong master breathing in the breath, thick accumulation, the next spring, the ice and snow melt, the land is rejuvenated, at this time what crops you plant, fruits and vegetables, are the best seasons of the year.

Chicken manure pulled by old family members is piled up on the side of the road, most of which are spread out to dry, sterilize and disinfect, and fertilize vegetables and fruit trees in the coming year. Some also apply soybean cake as a base fertilizer, for the survival of the land and the quality of vegetables and fruits, we almost do not use chemical fertilizers, which is a real organic vegetable.

This is an important reason why the grain, fruits and vegetables in my hometown are delicious.

Greenhouses grow vegetables, all year round is not idle, the land can not be rested, can not breathe, become very tired and exhausted, for greater benefits, producers desperately apply more fertilizers, pesticides, hormones, taste and nutrients are very different from the vegetables in the field of their hometown.

There are also vegetables cultivated by soilless nutrient solutions, which can only be called an industrial product. With the advancement of science and technology, the further application of production technology, growing vegetables will also enter the era of artificial intelligence, and it may become a dream to eat native-grown original vegetables.

I don't know whether to rejoice or grieve for this progress.

The last croppers in the hometown, from the land, understand the land, cherish this little bit of land that has not been eroded by urbanization, and the land gives us the most abundant gifts and the last good memories!

This is the intangible cultural heritage of vegetable cultivation.

• Keep the nostalgia for the children, keep this last land, let future generations know how we have cherished this land for thousands of years, and how we have carefully cared for the cultivation.