Recently, the happiest thing for Lei Saifei is to check his greenhouse and find that the dendrobium in the shed has pulled out new shoots. Half a year ago, she was a yoga instructor and didn't know anything about things in the field.
From body management to crop care, why did she choose to switch tracks and become a new farmer?
Before the age of 30, she decided to change her career to become a farmer
Born in 1994, Resaifi will be 30 years old, and just before entering the 30-year-old mark, she made a decision to change her career to become a farmer.
After graduating from university in 2016, Lei Saifei worked a lot of jobs, such as an online company employee, a fitness personal trainer, and a yoga instructor. For crossovers, she doesn't have too many psychological barriers. "As long as it's something I'm interested in, I'm willing to try it. Lei Saifei said that she paid great attention to physical health management, so she became a fitness personal trainer and further transformed into a yoga instructor. And this is five years.
(Resaifi doing yoga.) Courtesy of the interviewee)
"The work is handy, and there are some regular customers. But in such a comfortable environment, Lei Saifei felt that there was less novelty. "At that time, the sense of fulfillment at work mainly came from customer feedback, and after all, it was a service industry, and there was some pressure. ”
In the second half of 2023, her mother-in-law, who runs a family farm of more than 20 acres, proposed to let Lei Saifei take some videos of her own Dendrobium officinale after work for publicity. Unexpectedly, this was the beginning of her relationship with the land.
"I started weeding the dendrobium so that I could have a better video. Lei Saifei didn't expect that this work would not stop as soon as he started. "It's tiring, but it's also happy. In Resaifei's memory, although her face was flushed with tiredness that day, she had a full sense of steadiness in her heart.
(Dendrobium.) Provided by the interviewee)
"I found that Dendrobium officinale not only has the effect of nourishing yin and nourishing the stomach, clearing heat and brightening the eyes, but also strengthens immunity. Resaifei, who had always been very concerned about the health field, became interested in this Chinese herbal medicine, and the idea of "returning to the land" naturally arose.
Starting from scratch, the new farmers have practiced it this way
In October 2023, Lei Saifei quit her job as a yoga instructor and officially became a new farmer, and the four dendrobium greenhouses that were once managed by her mother-in-law were also handed over to her.
(Dendrobium greenhouse.) Provided by the interviewee)
When he actually came into contact with the land, he realized that everything was not as easy as he imagined. Although her parents were farmers, she had no experience in farming except for helping to harvest wheat when she was busy farming.
"My dad is in his sixties, and I'm slower than he is. Lei Saifei's father came to help his daughter, but he didn't expect it to frustrate the fitness expert who used to masturbate iron. Not only can the physical strength not keep up, but the big and small things in the greenhouse Lei Saifei also have to learn slowly. Once, there was a problem with the sprinkler irrigation system in the greenhouse, but she couldn't find the cause of the failure, and finally consulted her mother-in-law to find out what the problem was.
But the setbacks at the beginning did not intimidate this post-90s generation. "I think that since I have chosen this direction, I must keep doing it. "Just like the yoga poses that challenged the most difficult ones, this time Resaifi had the same belief – to try harder. And her husband, who was originally a barber in Yiwu, also returned to Suichang to help her do it.
(Resaifi doing farm work.) Provided by the interviewee)
The land has lived up to the people who give. The dendrobium, which is somewhat shriveled in winter, is gradually filling up and sprouting new shoots when spring arrives, much to the delight of Resefi. "In the eyes of my parents' generation, every inch of land was their wealth, and now it is for me. The new farmer sighed as he looked at the land that came to life in spring.
Spring is on, and there is more work in the fields, but Resaifei is not panicking. She and her husband plan the next day's work on the first night, and this year they have used all the land outside the greenhouse. The seeds of vegetables and fruits have been planted, just waiting for them to sprout, blossom and bear fruit.
In May and June, the dendrobium in the greenhouse will bloom. "I haven't seen dendrobium bloom yet. For the results of taking care of half a year, Resaifei is also full of expectations.
The friends around her are envious of Lei Saifei's freedom now, but for her, the meaning of becoming a new farmer is more to harvest power from the land, "The land does not deceive people, and the land will return as much as I give." ”
Source: Chao News reporter Liang Liang correspondent Zhang Hongyu