Reporters Cheng Changchun and Liu Huiyang
Intern Liu Mengdi
"Today edamame sold 26,000, and reed seedlings sold 12,000. Some time ago, selling tomatoes and beans earned more than 90,000 yuan, of which the villagers paid nearly 40,000 yuan. On the afternoon of July 23, in the field of Zhangxing Village in Nangang Town, Guanyun County, Zhang Mingzhong, a 74-year-old veteran party member, told reporters with a smile. Lao Zhang, who used to be a village accountant and is now a member of the supervisory board of Zhang Xing Village, these figures are clear to him and blurted out. "Thanks to Secretary Ding's construction of vegetable greenhouses, the village collective and the operating households each have half of the income. The village and the operating household each have an account, which is refreshing and refreshing. ”
Secretary Ding in Zhang Mingzhong's mouth is ding xianfeng, the current first secretary of Zhang Xingcun. In March last year, Ding Xianfeng, who had just been transferred from the army to the Bureau of Veteran Cadres of the Provincial Party Committee, did not have time to get acquainted with his colleagues in the new unit, so he responded to the call of the provincial party committee and the provincial government and went to Zhang Xingcun to serve as the "first secretary".
"In the past, the party organization in Zhangxing Village was scattered, and it was a well-known petitioning village, and its development has not been able to be carried out." Shen Xuesong, deputy mayor of Nangang Town, said that after Ding Xianfeng arrived in the village, he first spent nearly half a month visiting the village to investigate.
How to achieve a "zero breakthrough" in the village collective economy is a major problem that Ding Xianfeng must first solve after taking office. Zhangxing Village is located in the upper reaches of the Dingdang River, the source of Guanyun drinking water, and can neither develop large industries nor aquaculture, and has been growing corn and wheat all year round, and even rice fields are relatively small. Xuxiang Village next door is a well-known vegetable village, but Zhangxing Village has lacked a leader to get rich for many years, young people have gone out to work, and the bottleneck of rural revitalization is difficult to break through.
"Then I'll show it to the villagers myself!" Ding Xianfeng decided to build a vegetable greenhouse and plant watermelons first. No one has led the transfer of land for many years, can this village secretary with a foreign accent do it? The villagers are watching. Zhang Mingzhong said: "Secretary Ding himself has 80,000 yuan in his home, we have some money here, and the villagers sign it!" At the beginning of April 2020, Ding Xianfeng raised 80,000 yuan of start-up funds, transferred 37.5 mu of land, bought materials for building greenhouses, established a "demonstration field for party members", and led the cadres of the village "two committees" and old party members to work first. Zhang Mingzhong, Sun Lizhong, Wen Shengnian... Several old party members with an average age of about 70 years old followed the "first secretary" from the provincial city to work for 3 months, and finally the watermelon was sold for 417,000 yuan, and Ding Xianfeng was also crowned with the title of "watermelon secretary".
Watermelon sold the "first bucket of gold", which is of great benefit to the fight for poverty alleviation funds. At present, the high-standard collective solar greenhouses in Zhangxing Village have developed to 16, covering an area of about 80 acres, and there are relatively simple bow sheds. Reeds, tomatoes, edamame, watermelon, planting and picking all require labor, villagers can go into the greenhouse to work to obtain income, the village collective, the villagers together to benefit.
In less than two years, a successful poverty alleviation sample has emerged, but the "watermelon secretary" is not satisfied. "I am the 'First Secretary,' not simply a big planter, I have to bring up the organization of this village, and I am a competent secretary." Ding Xianfeng said. Watermelons grow in greenhouses, and the face of the village is quietly changing. In just those 3 months, the street lights were put up, the ditches were cleared, and the cement roads were paved. "You do things first, and then you speak before the masses believe!" The tanned Ding Xianfeng, in addition to a Lujiang accent in Anhui, even his appearance is completely "mixed" with the villagers and village cadres.
The poverty alleviation vegetable greenhouses have established his prestige, and Ding Xianfeng has begun to explore the governance of grass-roots organizations and cultivate the democratic consciousness of village cadres and the ability of villagers to self-govern. "How to install street lamps, how to plant flowers and plants, how to develop the village in the future, we hold villagers' meetings one group after another to listen to suggestions." Everyone's mood has been smoothed, and the village branch has slowly gained strength in the hearts of the people. ”
How to avoid "people going to the empty building" and achieve long-term operation of the vegetable greenhouses gradually built by the village collective? Ding Xianfeng also introduced Sha Weiguo, a large planter, to engage in corporatized operations. "Last year, I went to XuXiang Village to see the watermelon, and I took a fancy to this young man, so I asked him if he would like to cooperate. It's also a win-win for him – the greenhouses are readily available, he manages and operates them, and he earns half the money. A year later, Xiao Sha, a post-90s farmer from Xuxiang Village, was unanimously recognized by the old party members of Zhangxing Village: "He knows what to plant and when to sell." We are now a corporatized operation, with planting costs and revenues, with xiaosha and village collectives each accounting for half. In the future, the scale of the greenhouse will be larger, and the villagers can also be contracted, Xiaosha as the general manager! ”
Ding Xianfeng considered the longer term: "Rural revitalization cannot be separated from young party members, and Xiaosha must be cultivated!" As the secretary of poverty alleviation, I hope to bring not only dozens of vegetable greenhouses to the village, but also hope to make a good start, so that in the future, Zhangxing Village will rely on local cadres and masses to embark on the road of rural revitalization. ”