A man who goes back to his hometown to cultivate sweet potatoes! Su Jiabin

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The sky will not be bright, but the air is not as cool and clear as autumn. In a fog, we are speeding along the road, following the small locomotives through the fields. "if it's foggy early in the morning, it means the weather will be fine and you can do a good job!" The owner of the voice: Su Jiabin, because he is the second in the family, we all call him "second Brother". Dressed in handsome and smart, he turns down from the motorcycle and leads us to his vibrant sweet potato field.

The second brother who specializes in harvesting water forest sweet potatoes (photo courtesy of / traveler's food communication)

After finishing junior high school, the second elder brother found that he was lack of interest in further studies, so his mother encouraged him to go north with his brother to learn skills from his uncle, who was the head chef of a restaurant in Taipei. "at that time, when the sun went down every day, he would cry and be homesick." It was dangerous to stay with relatives, he said. At least someone familiar with him would accompany him and take care of him every day, otherwise he would not be able to stay. Compared with the simplicity and serenity of the water forest, the colorful colors of Taipei are hot for the second elder brother, like crops planted in an environment with different properties, and it is not easy to spend a period of time, but also, let him start to find the focus of life, and fell in love with yoga.

Talking about the opportunity to return to his hometown for farming, the second elder brother said that a few years ago, because his father became the director of the community to sympathize with the farmers and serve the countryside, Father Su summoned his sons and daughters to go back to their hometown to solve this problem together. Due to the work of the head chef in the hotel, he often came into contact with the food logistics and production and marketing business, and the second elder brother discussed with his family the idea of setting up a processing plant to purchase and produce sweet potatoes for processing and marketing, hoping to make water forest synonymous with sweet potatoes and let more local young people return to their hometown for further cultivation.

As a young man returning home with no experience in farming, the second elder brother also encountered many challenges at the initial stage of growing sweet potatoes. He suggested that young people returning to their hometown for farming should first have the thinking of "relying on heaven for a living." Farming is not like in the city, where most people will bear fruit by following the established work flow; therefore, they need to go through unstable income periods, such as natural disasters, insect pests, and poor harvests caused by lack of experience. At this time, you might as well consult more elders. Standing on the shoulders of giants, you can take a lot less wrong road. Just like the second elder brother, the aunt, who has more than 30 years of sweet potato planting experience behind her, teaches the eyebrows and corners. In addition to practical experience, she also provides valuable insights from people in different situations.

The spirit of farming in the unity of heaven and earth, learn to take care of yourself and be kind to all things

In addition, he believes that in rural communities with outflow of population or slow development, it is necessary for government agencies or relevant units to provide youth farmers' dormitories to stabilize the demand for accommodation, otherwise most of the old rural areas are dilapidated or idle abandoned houses. it's hard for young people to choose to stay. "We know that if we want to treat crops as human beings and take good care of them, the farmers should also be treated well." It can be seen that the second brother contains a gentle guardian heart for the people and things on the farmland. He said with a smile that although his decision to return to his hometown for farming has been ridiculed and persuaded by many relatives and friends, he still wants to go back to his hometown to accompany his mother in farming and want to do something for his hometown.

The so-called yoga spirit is "the unity of heaven and earth". Between breathing and stretching the muscles and collaterals, the second elder brother gradually realizes peace of mind. Speaking of his days working in a hotel, he often feels bored and empty. every day from 9: 00 a.m. to 9: 00 p.m., only the rest time from 2: 00 p.m. to 5: 00 p.m., he can relax, relieve pressure and find himself. He closed his mouth and blinked and said, "Don't you think yoga is very similar to farming?" We should learn to be approachable. " Practicing yoga made him more comfortable with heavy farming and developed a set of philosophy from self-reflection. I thought it was for entertainment when I looked at the picture of him standing on his head in the field, but it was only then that I realized how seriously he was practicing his yoga spirit: learning to bend down and be close to his relatives.

Travel companion handletter | Zheng Yiting; this article is authorized by the Travel Food Communications

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