Plant new hopes and embroider a good life

July is the season when the plums ripen, and the heavy plums hang from the branches. "This garden can earn more than 10,000 yuan a year." In the shade of the tree, a sweaty Hu Manliang told reporters.

Hu Manliang was once a poor household. He is 72 years old this year, is a farmer in the left wing of Horqin, Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia, Zaru Decang Gacha farmer, because his son and daughter-in-law are ill, the old two are unable to work, and the originally comfortable days are suddenly in trouble.

In 2016, the local government took advantage of the characteristics of the residents' courtyard to develop the courtyard economy, and Hu Manliang ushered in a new life: in the past, the family's large yard only grew its own vegetables, and with the help of Gacha cadres, plums, lantern fruits, oil sunflowers, Chinese herbs, etc. were planted. If the market price is higher than 3 yuan per kilogram at the time of harvest, the farmers can sell them themselves; if it is less than 3 yuan, the support cadres will pay for it at a price of 3 yuan per kilogram.

"Sons and daughters-in-law see doctors, granddaughters go to school, there are support policies at the bottom, and the money earned in this courtyard can basically be saved." Hu Manliang said movingly. At present, the courtyard economy developed by the left wing of the Horqin Central Banner has completed 11,999 households, achieved full coverage of poor households in Lika, planted more than 3,700 mu of vegetable gardens, more than 7,700 mu of pastoral gardens, planted 66,000 fruit trees, and increased the average household income by 800 yuan.

In recent years, in view of the characteristics of different poor households, Inner Mongolia has implemented a total of 19,000 poverty alleviation projects in the agricultural and animal husbandry industry according to local conditions and villages, and has accurately allocated various poverty alleviation resources to farmers.

Located at the northern end of the Horqin Sandy Land, the Horqin Right Wing Banner does not grow grass on the ground, cattle and sheep do not have enough to eat, and there are many saline and alkali land and hillside land, which is not suitable for the development of courtyard economy, what to do? The embroidery of almost everyone in the local women has become the "golden key" to get rid of poverty and become well-off.

Slender embroidery needles weave through the web, and two brightly colored peonies are about to emerge. Liu Menglan, a farmer in HatubuQi Gacha, is rushing to make a 2-meter-long embroidery work, "This embroidery is customized by customers for 5,000 yuan, about 20 days of embroidery, this is not a small amount of money, tired is also worth it." ”

Liu Menglan was once a poor household in Lika, and in 2017, her husband used 75,000 yuan to subsidize cattle breeding with poverty alleviation industry, and the whole family successfully got rid of poverty at the end of 2018. In order to improve the quality of life, Liu Menglan, who liked embroidery when he was young, responded to the call and participated in the embroidery training class held locally, and now he has become an embroidery master, and his products are not worried about sales. "Now my family's annual income is 60,000 or 70,000 yuan, and embroidery alone can earn more than 10,000 yuan." Liu Menglan laughed and said that my family's well-off life is "embroidered".

Up to now, 173 Gachas in the right wing of Horqin have held more than 100 embroidery training courses, trained 14,700 embroiderers, and more than 20,000 farmers and herdsmen and residents engaged in embroidery in the whole flag.

To get rid of poverty and become well-off, we must also rely on industry. If you choose the right industry, the chance of success is greater. In Ulanqab, the potato industry offers hope for local people to get rich.

"I started growing corn, then I did odd jobs, and the couple worked for several years, barely surviving." In Lama Ban Village, Shangdu County, Yang Hongjuan, a poor household, tried many ways to get rid of poverty. In 2019, the county built a potato breeding base, which moved Yang Hongjuan's heart.

With the help of the township, Yang Hongjuan applied for a poverty alleviation loan, contracted 2 greenhouses, planted high-quality original potatoes, and had a corporate order, and did not have to worry about sales.

With modesty, carefulness and diligence, in 2019, Yang Hongjuan's family earned 120,000 yuan. After a year of paying off the loan, he also opened a commissary and a snack bar in his own yard, and was selected as the star of poverty alleviation in Shangdu County. This year, the village has built a new potato original breeding base, 240 of the 328 greenhouses have been contracted to farmers, and Yang Hongjuan's family has contracted 2 more.

In order to make the people's pockets bulge, it is also necessary to adapt to local conditions and make full use of their advantages. In recent years, relying on tradition, Wulanchabu City has made efforts in the development, planting and deep processing of potato varieties, and intensively cultivated the potato industry. Yang Hongjuan said: "Our conditions here are most suitable for growing potatoes, so we are firmly confident to do a good job in this article and run out of a good life." ”

People's Daily ( 2020-08-07 01 edition)