Recently, a short video of "5 armless men planting 100 vegetable greenhouses and lifting 3 tons of fertilizer with their teeth as 'hands'" was popularized, and many netizens lamented that it was not easy for them, but also raised questions. On April 23, when a Jimu News reporter visited Jinping Village, Banqiao Town, Heshui County, Qingyang, Gansu Province, he saw these five armless men. They responded that they had contracted hundreds of acres of land, and there were dozens of greenhouses on them, "and it was called 100 greenhouses to the outside world, which was converted according to the standard of 8 meters wide and 40 meters long." In addition, using teeth as "hands" to move fertilizer is because on the day of the incident, in the greenhouse rotation, need to sprinkle fertilizer, workers are in short supply, and in an emergency, the five of them use their own way to transport fertilizer.
Five armless men planted vegetables in greenhouses
The video shows two armless men biting fertilizer bags with their teeth, throwing them on a tricycle to transport them to a vegetable greenhouse, and then using their teeth as "hands" to move the fertilizer off the tricycle. A man interviewed by the media explained that because he had no arms, he could not carry the fertilizer into the car, so he could only bite the bag with his mouth and throw it into the car, "pulled 10 times, there were 3 tons." The man also mentioned that none of the five of them had arms, and encouraged each other to help friends manage more than 100 greenhouses to increase their family's income. ”
Carrying fertilizer with teeth (video screenshot)
In the past few days, the video has gone viral on social media. The reporter noticed that many netizens praised and cheered for the armless man in the video comment area, lamenting that their life was not easy. Some netizens questioned "5 armless men planting 100 vegetable greenhouses", thinking that using their teeth as "hands" to move 3 tons of fertilizer is a show.
Part of the greenhouses in Jinping Village (photo by Jimu News reporter Shu Longhuan)
On April 23, Jimu News reporters saw the five armless men in Jinping Village, Banqiao Town, Heshui County, Qingyang, Gansu Province.
Tian Ningbo, the man interviewed in the video, told reporters that all five of them were from Shaanxi Province and that their arms were amputated because they were injured by high-voltage electric shock when they were children. Among them, Tian Ningbo, Zhang Lu, and Xue Mingming are post-80s, and Yu Lei and Hao Weixin are post-90s, "Because of the same fate, our five brothers with different surnames who lost their arms came together." ”
Tian Ningbo said that Yu Lei, who was born in the 90s, came to Jinping Village, Banqiao Town, Heshui County a few years ago and contracted with others to grow white cucumbers, tomatoes, melons, etc. in greenhouses. At the end of 2023, Tian Ningbo, Xue Mingming, and Hao Weixin met Yu Lei through Zhang Lu. At the beginning of this year, five people gathered here.
During the visit, this reporter learned that Tian Ningbo once planted more than a dozen acres of kiwifruit in his hometown in Meixian County, Shaanxi Province, and sold his own kiwifruit live; Xue Mingming had worked in a disabled people's association for many years; Hao Weixin had won awards at domestic sports events for the disabled; and Zhang Lu had a unique "calligraphy calligraphy" that had performed at a performance organization for the disabled, and was well-known on the Internet.
5 armless men (photo by Jimu News reporter Shu Longhuan)
According to Tian Ningbo, all 5 of them have accounts, and the number of fans on each platform has exceeded one million, and the video of the armless man planting greenhouse vegetables and using his teeth as "hands" to move 3 tons of fertilizer was initially posted on his account, but he did not expect it to attract the attention of the media and netizens. When the video was released, it was not introduced in place, which caused a certain misunderstanding.
The reason for using teeth to carry fertilizer was due to the shortage of workers at that time
On the 23rd, Yu Lei responded to the above questions. He told reporters that before planting greenhouse vegetables, melons, fruits and vegetables were mainly sold offline to local supermarkets, greenhouses lost money in 2021, made money in 2022, and generally did not make money in 2023, but the market changed rapidly, and I want to expand online sales this year. At the beginning of this year, Yu Lei invited four other people to Jinping Village to start a live broadcast to bring goods and promote fruits and vegetables in the greenhouse.
Regarding the statement that "5 armless men planted 100 greenhouses", Yu Lei explained that they contracted hundreds of acres of land, and there were dozens of greenhouses on them, "It is called 100 greenhouses to the outside world, which is converted according to the standard of 8 meters wide and 40 meters long." ”
According to Yu Lei, these greenhouses are not only planted by five people, but also hired workers to plant and manage. There are more than 10 permanent workers in normal times, and there are up to dozens of workers when the farm is busy. ”
Responding to questions (photo by Jimu News reporter Shu Longhuan)
The village cadres of Jinping Village and the staff of the Heshui County Agriculture and Rural Bureau confirmed to reporters that Yu Lei and his partners have contracted the greenhouses in the village to grow melons, fruits and vegetables for almost 4 years, and the annual rent is paid, which has also led to the employment of local villagers.
For the statement of "using teeth as 'hands' to move 3 tons of fertilizer", Yu Lei explained that on the day of the incident, because of the need to rotate the ground for the greenhouse, the mechanical equipment such as the rotary machine was already in place, and the organic fertilizer should be sprinkled into the greenhouse when the ground was rotated, but there were not enough workers. ”
The reporter saw in the greenhouse that the fertilizer in the video weighed 40 kilograms per bag. On that day, all five of them participated in the fertilizer transport. Xue Mingming said that it was just an emergency that day, and thanked netizens and the media for their attention and concern, "Usually we often work in pairs, carrying tomatoes on our shoulders." ”
Practice live broadcast with goods (photo by Jimu News reporter Shu Longhuan)
"It's good to get attention. But Xue Mingming said frankly that the five of them don't want to use the made-up drama to win sympathy and help, "Every day, Yu Lei is busy managing workers to grow greenhouse vegetables, and the other 4 people are studying how to shoot and broadcast live. ”
According to local media reports, white cucumbers have a long history of cultivation in Banqiao Town, Heshui County, and have been certified by the National Agricultural Products Geographical Indication. In recent years, Jinping Village, Banqiao Town, has vigorously developed the vegetable industry based on white cucumbers to help rural revitalization.
Source: Jimu News