Shan Junjie, Shenqiu County, Henan Province: the little lotus root holds up the dream of getting rich

People come early in spring, and people in spring come more often. Just after the Spring Festival, Nanguozhuang Village, Bian Lukou Township, Shenqiu County, was busy. In the lotus root planting base of villager Shan Junjie, more than a dozen labourers are busy bowing in the lotus root pond, and the newly dug lotus roots have been piled into "hills" on the shore.

"there is still a small peak of lotus root after the new year, and some customers place orders in advance. At present, the lotus root market is not good, but my lotus root has a group of regular customers "cover", do not worry about selling. " On February 14, Shan Junjie told the reporter with a smile while packing the car.

The price of lotus root went down last year, and some growers lost money, but Shan Junjie's total profit rose against the market, achieving sales of 1.56 million yuan. He laughs that he has two "magic weapons": one is to cooperate with large enterprises for deep processing, and the other is to provide villagers with technology to sell lotus root seeds. It is said that the "magic weapon" is actually his good products and accumulated good reputation. By planting lotus root, this "post-80s" boy not only made himself rich but also led the villagers out of poverty.

Before 2012, Shan Junjie went out to run insurance, set up stalls, and sold medical equipment. After tossing about for several years without making any money, he returned to the village. "the villagers are used to the rotation of wheat and corn, and when the year is good, the income per mu is about 1000 yuan. When it comes to a disaster year, it takes pains and loses money. Everyone in my family likes to eat lotus root, and there are supportive policies in the county, so I just want to plant some. " Shan Junjie said.

A lotus root pool one-time investment of more than 8000 yuan, what if the loss can be done? In the first year, Shan Junjie only took out his own two-mu land to "practice his hands." from digging pools and laying film to introduction and cultivation, Shan Junjie worked while learning, taking every step carefully.

At that time, nine ponds were dug and more than 9000 jin of lotus root were produced, all of which were white and fat and tasted crisp and refreshing. Coincidentally, there was a good market, and the market price was 4 yuan per jin, with a net profit of more than 26000 yuan after deducting the cost. This benefit makes the villagers who grow ordinary crops jealous, some people began to follow Shan Junjie to dig lotus root pond, learn technology, Nanguozhuang lotus root planting area expanded to 50 mu.

In 2014, Shan Junjie took the lead in setting up a professional cooperative for planting lotus roots in Junmin, leading villagers to expand the cultivation of lotus roots and successively introduced varieties such as snow lotus, Elian No. 5 and Mopanlian.

"in lotus root ponds, Loach and Monopterus Albus are raised, Loach is loosened, Monopterus Albus eels eat plankton in the pond, and the feces of Loach and Monopterus Albus become fertilizer, and at the same time promote the balance of the ecological environment of the pond water." After Shan Junjie went out to study and came back, he proposed a three-dimensional breeding model to the villagers and taught the main technical points to the villagers. In that year, the average comprehensive income of lotus root pond reached 25000 yuan per mu. Under the coordination of the village committee, the transferred land has been expanded to 200 mu.

At the end of 2016, Nanguozhuang successfully declared that the village collective economy was a pilot village, and the village collectively used part of the support funds to invest in the cooperative. At the same time, with the help of the township government, Shan Junjie applied for a 500000 yuan discount loan to help the poor. The injection of these two funds opened up the production mode of "collective economy + cooperatives + characteristic planting and breeding industry" for Nanguozhuang, with further expansion of economic scale and further increase in employment, with 130 workers a day at its peak and a daily wage of more than 5000 yuan. drive 28 poor households to find employment at their doorstep.

The market is changeable and one leg can't walk steadily. This year, on the one hand, the cooperative continues to expand the scale of interplanting lotus root, rice field eel and Loach, on the other hand, it expands the interplanting scale of cash crops such as black-skinned wax gourd, garlic, onion and watermelon, and constantly improves this "mash-up" model. lead more villagers to get rich. In the next step, it is planned to combine lotus root picking, field fishing and farm music naturally and organically to attract surrounding tourists to pick and play, so as to develop Nanguozhuang into a real green economic and ecological village. " When it comes to the future, Shan Junjie is complacent.