In the village of Yanba in Guihua Township, Jinsha County, there is a lush kiwifruit base. "The kiwifruit planted by Xiang Fuqiang is the best and the most productive fruit for us here." Sister Li, a villager of Banba Village, enthusiastically introduced it to reporters.
Kiwifruit is the main industry of Yanba Village, and more than 900 acres of kiwifruit are planted in the village. As a large planter in the village, Xiang Fuqiang has planted more than 300 acres of kiwifruit, and the output value will reach more than 700,000 yuan in 2023. "There are still almost two months to go, and our 'golden fruit' kiwifruit will be ready for sale." Xiang Fuqiang looked at the kiwi on the hillside and said happily.
Looking at the huge kiwifruit fruit hanging on the branches, Xiang Fuqiang recalled the hardships of planting kiwifruit along the way: "I used to open a factory in Wenzhou, when the village adjusted the industrial structure to plant kiwifruit, and after I came back, I saw that the kiwifruit was developing well, so I stayed in the village and planted kiwifruit with everyone." In order to plant kiwifruit well, Xiang Fuqiang took the initiative to go out to various places to learn how to select seeds and how to plant. Start by circulating the land, buying saplings, purchasing fertilizer, plowing the land, and building scaffolding...... He was busy in the fields all day long, and planted 300 acres of kiwifruit that year.
"This year is the sixth year that I have planted kiwifruit, I started planting in 2018, in 2020 the kiwifruit just started to bear fruit but all died of canker disease, in 2021 I started grafting new varieties again, and kiwifruit planting is slowly on the right track." When it comes to the hardships and dedication of the past, Xiang Fuqiang brought it over in just one sentence, looking at the kiwi fruit that was about to ripen in the mountains, he only felt that the light boat had passed over the ten thousand mountains.
"This year's harvest is about more than 200,000 catties, which are basically sent to Shanghai, Guangzhou, Zhejiang and other coastal areas. Xiang Fuqiang said.
In the next two months, the kiwifruit base will also need to be weeded and fertilized. Xiang Fuqiang chose the base of kiwifruit in the mountains, with high altitude and large temperature difference, and the same variety will be a little later ripening than other places, but the fruit is also more delicious.
When the kiwifruit is ripe, there will be many tourists around the kiwi base to pick their own, in order to facilitate the travel of tourists, Xiang Fuqiang will pay for the widening of the path to the base, and will also invite them to eat and rest together after the tourists pick and play, and will send their own pumpkins when leaving, Xiang Fuqiang smiled and said "all are friends", his enthusiasm and enthusiasm are far more than these.
With the development of the kiwifruit industry, Xiang Fuqiang also actively drove the employment of the surrounding people, and there are villagers working in his kiwifruit base all year round. Sometimes, there are dozens of workers in the base working at the same time, and more than 200,000 yuan is paid to Xiang Fuqiang every year just for the labor expenses of the masses.
Under the leadership of Xiang Fuqiang, the kiwifruit base in Banba Village not only provides high-quality kiwifruit products for the market, but also injects new vitality into the revitalization of the rural economy. In this land full of hope, Xiang Fuqiang watered the sweet fruit with his wisdom and sweat, and now, the kiwifruit that is carefully managed is growing just right, and the fruit is abundant, looking forward to the arrival of another bumper harvest year for kiwifruit.