College students in Yilong County, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province go back to their hometown to start their own business and grow grapes.

Citizens picking grapes in vineyards

Zhang Xiaolin is picking grapes in the vineyard

While more and more college students are looking at big cities, a college student in Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, in Yilong County, is looking at the vast countryside. Recently, the reporter came to Zhang Xiaolin's vineyard in Anxi Chao Village, New Deal Town. Looking around, rows of grape racks, strings of ripe grapes make people drool.

Several citizens are picking grapes in the vineyard. Citizen Ms. Cai told reporters: "Their grapes are full of water, taste good, I have to drive with friends to pick these years, family members also especially like to eat."

When the reporter first saw this thin and delicate boy wearing glasses, he didn't feel like a grape grower. His name is Zhang Xiaolin, 27 years old, from Anxichao Village, Yilong County. After graduating from Southwest Petroleum University in 2011, he worked in Chengdu for a period of time, and then resolutely chose to return to his hometown and plant vineyards with his parents.

Their vineyard, called "Sanyuan Tongxin Vineyard", is located at the bridgehead of the Fourth Community of Anxi Chao Village, about 12 kilometers from Yilong New County.

Zhang Xiaolin told reporters: "I studied finance at school. After graduating and working in Chengdu for a period of time, I felt that this was not the life I wanted, so I decided to return to my hometown to engage in farming." At first, my idea met with strong opposition from my parents, who wanted me to have a stable and decent job. Grape planting costs a lot, takes a long time, takes a slow time, and there's a serious shortage of venture capital. These are the things parents worry about most."

Saying goodbye to the city and returning to the countryside puzzled many villagers. Zhang Xiaolin works for his parents every day, and his parents decide to support him with the whole family. Inquire online, buy materials to learn, finally decided to invest 100,000 yuan for three-dimensional grape planting, from 2014 to now, watering, fertilizing, pruning... Zhang Xiaolin and his family almost every day around the vineyard, there is always something to do.

In 2014, the vineyard ushered in the first harvest. The grape yield per mu reached about 3000 jin. Zhang Xiaolin was satisfied with the income of 160,000 yuan. Revenue in 2015 was $170,000. Good income gives Zhang Xiaolin and his family great hope.

Zhang Xiaolin told reporters, The year before last year and last year's grape sales are particularly good, Langzhong, Peng'an, Yingshan, South and other nearby counties and cities many people drive to our vineyard to buy grapes, Many people buy a lot of boxes to Guangzhou, Chongqing and other places relatives and friends. This year's grapes bear the most fruits and produce the highest yield, but the income is not the best. Because the hot weather in July and August this year makes the grapes growing well begin to crack fruit, and there is no effective method for a while, many grapes dry on the vine, the appearance is not good, and the corresponding income is reduced. The grapes planted this year are mainly picked by citizens, so they cannot be exported. Looking at this our family is very anxious. I am anxious in the heart, every day to find information on the Internet, looking for solutions, but my mother cried several times in the vineyard.

"For this vineyard, the child also spent a lot of effort, people tanned, weight dropped from the original 120 pounds to 100 pounds, the family invested more than 300,000 yuan in three years. This year, we watched the grapes bear fruit very well. Our whole family was full of joy. Who knew that the grapes began to crack in July. My heart aches when I look at the child, and my heart also hurts when I look at the grapes with cracked fruits!" Zhang Xiaolin's mother told reporters.

Zhang Xiaolin comforted her mother: "This is our mismanagement, next year I will find a way to solve this problem, this problem is solved." Next year, I want to plant rose grapes instead. I want to learn management skills and consult experts in this field. I believe that next year's harvest will be even better."

Now, in addition to growing grapes, they make their own wine. Zhang Xiaolin said: "Since you choose to stay away from the hustle and bustle of the city, you can rest assured that you can run your own business well in the countryside." He wanted to make the vineyard bigger and stronger and make it an industry. Now it was the initial stage. In addition to planting grapes, he planned to raise chickens and vegetables in the vineyard. In this way, chickens can eat some insects and grass in the process of grape growth, and they can also get extra income. If conditions permit, he wants to get some loans to expand the vineyard and improve the surrounding environment.

Today, Zhang Xiaolin has become a well-known college farmer in the village. After three years of development, the vineyard has expanded from more than 30 mu to more than 50 mu. The villagers who didn't understand him at the beginning also gave him a thumbs up.

Back home to start a business, Zhang Xiaolin can not only accompany his parents, but also have stable income. He is full of hope for his future life.