In late April, Gu Yu was busy farming. In the Guangcai Family Farm in Muzheng Village, Zhenxing Street, Yanliang District, patches of pine cauliflower are lush, fresh and tender, and the smell of celery and earth exudes a burst of aroma......
"This year's vegetable harvest is bumper, and the harvest of 300 acres of land is good. Wang Xiaofeng bent down to pick a round and plump pine cauliflower, and his dark face was filled with the joy of a bumper harvest. Seventeen years ago, he was determined to defend his family and the country, and put on "olive green"; after retiring, he changed into "agricultural clothes" and became a "new farmer", studied planting techniques, and led the villagers to build a "pastoral dream" together.
Remove the armor and replace it with "agricultural clothing"
Wang Xiaofeng is a native of Qishan County. In 2007, like many aspiring young people, at the age of 16, he devoted himself to serving the country from Rong with enthusiasm and started a five-year military career. High-intensity training and strict management have allowed him to grow up rapidly. In the army, he was twice awarded the title of "Outstanding Soldier".
Wang Xiaofeng is inspecting vegetables Photo by Wang Tiantian, an all-media reporter from Xi'an Newspaper
After being discharged from the army in 2012, Wang Xiaofeng chose to return to his hometown to engage in agricultural production. After the two got married, Wang Xiaofeng learned that Muzheng Village is rich in land resources, and his father-in-law Zhang Guangcai is a veritable "vegetable king" in Shili Eight Villages, and has rich experience in planting agricultural products. As a result, Wang Xiaofeng came up with the idea of transferring land to develop vegetable planting, and secretly determined to break into a new world.
In this way, Wang Xiaofeng gets up early every day, takes the field as his home, fights the scorching heat in summer and the severe cold in winter, leveling the land, building greenhouses, and cultivating vegetable seedlings...... In order to do a good job in the vegetable greenhouse, he went out many times to study vegetable planting technology. He boldly researched new technologies, introduced new varieties, and actively explored efficient models for vegetable planting.
After several years of development, Wang Xiaofeng's vegetable planting scale has expanded from dozens of acres to more than 300 acres today, with a total annual output value of more than 100 yuan and a net profit of more than 30 yuan. The "Guangcai Family Farm" jointly operated by him and his father-in-law has also been rated as "Xi'an Model Family Farm" and "Shaanxi Province Model Family Farm".
The "taste of soldiers" does not change, and the responsibility remains unchanged
As a child from the countryside, Wang Xiaofeng has been influenced by his parents since he was a child, and takes the way of life of "suffering is a blessing" as his life creed, which is deeply rooted in his heart, and his 5-year military experience has also cultivated his feelings of dedication.
One night during the 2023 summer harvest season......, a sharp knock on the door woke Wang Xiaofeng, who had worked hard all day, from his sleep. He quickly got up to check and found that the person standing outside the door was a middle-aged man in his forties, who had to ask for help because of the unfamiliar road conditions, and the vehicle was stuck in the mud on the way home.
After listening to the appeal of strangers, Wang Xiaofeng didn't say a word, picked up the tow rope and drove to the scene of the accident. After nearly half an hour of hard work, the wrecked vehicle was finally rescued. Afterwards, passers-by offered to thank him many times, but he politely refused. "Everyone has a time when they encounter difficulties, as a local who is familiar with the road conditions, it is right to lend a hand!" said the honest Wang Xiaofeng indifferently.
"Whatever you want to eat, pick it in my field" is what Wang Xiaofeng said the most to the villagers. Not only that, during the harvest season, he will also pedal a tricycle to transport the fresh vegetables just picked from the field to the square, school gate and other places with large traffic, and provide them to passers-by for free. Roughly calculated, in the past few years, he has given away tens of thousands of catties of fresh vegetables for free to the villagers and the masses.
"It's nothing to suffer this loss, who told us to be soldiers. In the face of the villagers' gratitude, Wang Xiaofeng said.
Lead the villagers to build a "pastoral dream"
"Xiaofeng, this year's vegetables are planted well, not only do they grow well and the quality is high, but the economic benefits are also very good! Do you see if your uncle can grow them? Seeing that the farm is booming, many villagers have come to "learn from experience", and Zhou Feng from the same village is one of them.
After learning of Zhou Feng's idea, Wang Xiaofeng was very supportive, he taught him the planting experience he had explored over the years, and provided Zhou Feng with technical services, financial support and sales channel expansion free of charge.
Wang Xiaofeng, who has a way out, does not forget the villagers, and at the same time of his own development, he is always thinking about how to drive more people to increase their income and get rich, and everyone will live a better life together.
He invited the villagers to visit the family farm many times, explained the vegetable planting technology on the spot, analyzed the economic benefits, and improved the enthusiasm of the villagers to develop the vegetable planting industry. Under his leadership, more than 10 new vegetable growers have been added to the surrounding area, and the annual income of Zhou Feng's family has increased from 20,000 yuan to about 100,000 yuan, and the family's life is getting better and better year by year.
Not only that, Wang Xiaofeng's farm has also driven more than 100 villagers to work nearby. There are many kinds of vegetables on the farm, whether it is land preparation, seedling raising, fertilization, weeding, irrigation, or harvesting in the later stage, a lot of labor is required every day. At present, the farm has 15 permanent employees, and more than 100 people are at the busiest time during the harvest season.
"Guarding the door of the house without delaying housework, I still have the energy to plant two acres of land in the rest of the time. Xiaofeng has done a good thing for us!" villager Liu Xueling said happily.
"Since I have this ability now, I should contribute my own strength to rural revitalization and drive the villagers to get rich together. Wang Xiaofeng said. (Text/Xi'an Newspaper All-Media Reporter Wang Tiantian Photo/In addition to the signature, provided by the interviewee)
Source: Xi'an News Network