A post-80s man in Henan built an orchard to lead local farmers to become rich.

Yang Yang is checking watermelon growth

Seed selection, seedling raising, cultivation... These seem to be very professional agricultural technology activities, after 80 Yang Yang is easy to catch. From the founding of Luoyang Yangfeng Fruit Industry Co., Ltd. in 2009 to today, Yang Yang has become an expert in agricultural technology from a layman planting melons and fruits. However, over the years, the development has not only enabled Yang Yang's ecological park to continue to grow and gain rich profits, but also enabled the villagers to embark on a new life of getting rid of poverty and becoming rich under Yang Yang's leadership.

" We have strawberries from January to May, cherries from May to June, peaches from June to July, watermelons from mid-April to August. Even if it snows in December, we still have grapes of the 'Ice Beauty' variety that can be picked." Yang Yang spoke of the orchard, his face hung with a proud smile,"At the beginning of the business did not go smoothly, but now the development has been and I ideal appearance almost."

In 2009, with the restructuring of phosphate fertilizer plant, Yang Yang lost his post after working for many years. Seeing that life has become a problem, Yang Yang took out all his savings and contracted 98 mu of land with 6 workers to jointly set up Luoyang Yangfeng Fruit Industry Co., Ltd.

Orchard management is getting better year by year, Yang Yang began to consider how to drive villagers to become rich together. Yang Yang said that he was originally a laid-off worker and could experience the difficulty of life. If he could pull the villagers to become rich together, it would also be beneficial to the development of characteristic agriculture. Orchard since its establishment from the surrounding recruitment of laid-off workers and landless farmers reached more than 90 people, busy farming season seasonal workers reached more than 200 people.

The orchard is growing day by day. In 2013, Yang Yang and his friends jointly established Mengjin Shuofeng Professional Cooperative to realize the four-in-one development mode of "company + base + agricultural cooperative + farmer household" and further protect the rights and interests of farmers. Zhang Xiaohong is one of the income farmers. Zhang Xiaohong is in her 40s this year. Her husband is ill and bedridden all the year round. There are two children at school at home. Life is difficult. Yang Yang learned about Zhang Xiaohong's family, the first time out of funds for Zhang Xiaohong's family to build two greenhouses, and for Zhang Xiaohong to teach planting technology. With hard-working hands, Zhang Xiaohong's greenhouse now has a net profit of 40,000 yuan per year.

In 2015, Yang Yang set up a field school in the orchard to provide agricultural technical knowledge and regular lectures for villagers in the surrounding 8 administrative villages free of charge. Now, looking at the students who come to learn and communicate every day, Yang Yang's heart is full of hope.