Now in the countryside, there is such a phenomenon, a large area of land is deserted. There is no way out of growing crops, and this is a general consensus.
Presumably, everyone knows that the lifeblood of the country is the people's livelihood and the necessity of war preparedness. It is the foundation of social stability and political stability.
As a major agricultural province on the mainland, Henan has made great sacrifices in the stability of grain on the mainland.
According to reports, in 2020, Henan Province's grain production has achieved another bumper harvest, with total output and yield reaching a record high, with a grain sown area of 10.7388 million hm2 and a total output of 68.258 million tons, accounting for 10.19% of the national grain output, contributing 23.07% to the increase in national grain production, making an important contribution to ensuring national food security.
But for so many years, food prices have stagnated. At the other consumption levels of the whole society, per capita wages are greatly improved. This will undoubtedly aggravate the quality of life of Henan people.
Therefore, everyone often says that Henan is poor, that is because it is poor and the whole country is rich.
Speaking of my hometown, Xuzhou in northern Jiangsu, the fuji apple that was very famous in the 1980s. At that time, who did not know the sand river red Fuji. I remember when I was a kid, the price of apples was 2-3 yuan a pound. Now it's a piece of more than a pound.
In such a context, who is still willing to farm, would rather go out to work, how is it better than farming! Farming is bitter and tired, and you have to watch the sky to eat. I remember that in the first two years, apples could not be sold, and the sending price was only 2 cents a catty. My third grandfather squatted on the pear tree, while hanging tears, while holding a stick and constantly beating fruit, and finally dug a pit to sell, this is all blood and sweat.
It is because of such background factors that more and more young people, rather than give up farming, but also to go out to work, left behind the elderly, getting older, can only open a vacant land, grow some vegetables, enough to feed themselves. But such a development is deformed, wasteful, and unstable.
Moreover, now that prices are rising head-on during the holidays, children's education, rural bride price, and money is needed everywhere, and it is big money, and rural people are going out more and more, and those experts who are still singing that the countryside is treasure and the land is gold can only shout slogans.