Good rain knows the season, when spring happens. After the valley rain, a spring rain came as scheduled, moistening the land of Qiuchi, and Xihe County ushered in the best time for alpine bean planting. In the Gutangliang Agricultural Industry Base in Luoyu Town, a young man with tanned skin is guiding the villagers to plant alpine beans, he is Zhao Dong, a villager of Gutang Village, a young man who has returned to his hometown with the dream of driving everyone to get rich through agriculture.
Like many young people who grew up in the mountains, Zhao Dong has always wanted to cross the mountains to see the outside world, so he followed his friends to the provincial capital of Lanzhou and started the project. "In the first few years, I was okay, I saved some money, and opened a restaurant and supermarket with my wife. In 2020, due to the impact of the general environment, business is sluggish, and children are also facing school, so they have the idea of going home. Zhao Dong said with emotion.
After returning home, Zhao Dong attracted everyone's attention because he had wandered outside, relatives, friends and neighbors came to him to "learn from the experience", and it was in the conversation with everyone that Zhao Dong learned that many left-behind women and elderly people in his hometown have nothing to do at home in addition to planting crops throughout the year, and the family's source of income is only the hard-earned money obtained from going out to work, which makes Zhao Dong feel inexplicably uncomfortable. "I remember it was a brilliant sunset, and I took my children to the mountains to watch the sunset. When I went up the mountain, I found that a lot of crops had been abandoned, and I wondered if it would be a good thing to get those who couldn't go out to work to restore the wasteland. Zhao Dong said with a smile.
Once a person has an idea, there is a booster for action, and Zhao Dong's "love toss" makes him act non-stop. "At first, I wasn't sure what to plant, so I went to Minxian County, Dingxi City and Wushan County, Tianshui City, to see the construction of their industrial bases, learn about their crop planting experience and market sales, and finally I set my eyes on the alpine beans, and I also heard the news that made me overjoyed - the government has a policy to help the remediation of abandoned land. Zhao Dong said.
With the target field and the crops to be planted, all that's left is how to turn it into reality. Seeing the business opportunity, Zhao Dong immediately began to transfer land and reclaim wasteland. "After we received the materials that Zhao Dong wanted to transfer the abandoned land for planting, we immediately learned about the specific situation from him, and with the joint efforts of the town government and relevant departments, combined with the abandoned land remediation policy to provide convenience for him, the establishment of Xihe County Hongshengming planting family farm, to encourage him to do it boldly. Ning Gang, chairman of the Luoyu Town People's Congress, said.
In the second half of 2021, Zhao Dong's family farm was established as scheduled, and in 2022, he tried to plant alpine beans and got a good income. "I roughly calculated, the income per mu of land can reach 5,000 yuan, excluding the wages and other costs of more than 3,000 yuan for migrant workers, I can earn 2,000 yuan myself. Zhao Dong said with a smile, "In the future, I will continue to expand the cultivation of alpine beans, and I also want to plant Chinese medicinal materials such as Codonopsis, black medicine, and Banxia, so as to attract more elderly women to work with me to earn money, so that everyone can increase their income together."
(Reported by Zhang Xuhui)