Plant "Golden Fruit" to turn Mud Bay into "Nanniwan"

In Group 3 of Zixing Village, Longdong Town, Baoxing County, there is a place where the small place name is Lanniwan. According to the old man in the village, the name comes from a mud field that has been soaked in water all the year round, and this group of villagers can only grow traditional crops with low economic value, such as corn and beans.

Dong Zhiqing lives in this group. As early as 2012, unwilling to live a poor life, he began to work with some villagers to develop an anti-poverty industry-growing walnuts.

But the reality is not as smooth as imagined. From being full of confidence at first, to falling to a low ebb midway, and then to regaining strength in the fight against poverty, Dong Zhiqing not only set an example of party members, but also led more poor people to embark on a new road out of poverty.

On June 20, Dong Zhiqing looked at the growth of walnuts in Zixing Village, Longdong Town, Baoxing County.

Stumble and never give up hope

Dong Zhiqing chose to plant walnuts because he was inspired by the hickory tree in front of his home, which is more than ten meters tall and whose trunk is thicker than the waist of the average adult.

"every June, the walnut tree that grew up with me is always covered with walnuts wrapped in turquoise shells." Dong Zhiqing said that after these native walnuts are ripe, although they taste crispy, they are slightly smaller and do not look good.

In early 2012, Dong Zhiqing learned from the villagers who returned to the village to visit relatives that in recent years, more and more people pay attention to health, and walnut is one of the important health foods. Generally walnuts can be sold for 30 yuan per kilogram, and high-quality walnuts can even be sold for 40 to 60 yuan per kilogram in the supermarket.

Greatly encouraged, Dong Zhiqing immediately invited several like-minded farmers in the same village to set up a professional cooperative for planting walnuts in Xianrenping, Baoxing County, and planted 50 mu of walnuts in advance, ready to do a big job.

But the development of things took everyone by surprise. Although the walnut tree grew well, it did not bear fruit all the time. Disappointed, the villagers who lost their capital chose to go out to work, pinning their hopes for the development of the walnut industry on Dong Zhiqing, who was unwilling to give up.

The turnaround occurred in 2015, when Dong Zhiqing met a person when he was eating "Nine Bowls" in Tuanjie Village, Wulong Township, Baoxing County.

This man is Yan Weigang, a boy from Qionglai. In 2010, he rented 200 mu of sloping land for local villagers in Tuanjie Village, developed walnuts that local villagers thought could not be planted successfully, and achieved their first bumper harvest in 2013.

On that day, the two had a common language on the topic of walnut industry. Dong Zhiqing pointed out his confusion about the development of the walnut industry, while Yan Weigang analyzed the reason-walnut varieties are not suitable for the local climate and soil quality, and it is necessary to choose varieties suitable for local cultivation in order to reverse the situation.

In the same year, with the help of Yan Weigang, Dong Zhiqing grafted 25 mu of walnuts. Since then, with the beginning of the campaign to get rid of poverty, with the help and coordination of the village and town, Dong Zhiqing and Yan Weigang established a formal cooperative relationship, and Yan Weigang provided Dong Zhiqing with walnut planting technical support.

Successful hanging of fruit drives villagers to become rich.

"the grafted walnut not only grew to more than 1 meter high in that year, but also achieved hanging fruit again in June this year." On the afternoon of the 20th, looking at the growing walnut, Dong Zhiqing's face was full of smiles.

The success of walnut grafting gave Dong Zhiqing the strength. He issued an invitation to all the villagers at the villagers' Congress held in the village at the beginning of this year.

In April this year, more villagers from Zixing Village joined in the development of walnut planting industry, planting a total of more than 160 mu of walnuts. Among them, Dong Zhiqing's Zixing Village 3 groups, 14 villagers all participated, and planted more than 40 mu of walnuts. In the whole village, the total number of farmers involved in planting walnuts has also reached 80.

At almost the same time, Yan Weigang, with technicians and grafted seedlings adapted to the growth of local walnuts, grafted 25 mu of walnuts previously planted by Dong Zhiqing, and demonstrated them to farmers who planted walnuts for the first time. Explain the corresponding technical management experience.

At the demonstration site, there are not only ordinary villagers, but also poor households who set up archives and set up cards. Ren Shikang, who lives in Zixing Village Group 1, has planted a total of 2 mu of walnuts, which is one of the poor households with a large area of walnuts planted in the village.

"there are poverty alleviation industries and technical services, all thanks to the thoughtfulness of the village and Lao Dong." As Ren Shikang said, since the seedlings were bought back and planted, Dong Zhiqing has treated every poor household in the walnut industry equally. Whoever has difficulties in planting, as long as he has a phone call, he will take the time to check it out as soon as possible.

It is precisely because of these thoughtful and meticulous services that Dong Zhiqing was selected as a model household for party members in the "double demonstration Project of Party Building and Poverty Alleviation" launched by Baoxing in March this year.

Today, with the implementation of the model households of party members, there is still part of the poverty alleviation funds. At present, the fund has reached 40,000 yuan, all in the town's special account, mainly for newly planted walnut grafting and follow-up industrial development.

The development of walnut industry has improved, and Dong Zhiqing, who is striving for long-term development and the goal of getting rid of poverty and becoming rich, also has more new ideas. He believes that, in the final analysis, walnuts from Tuanjie Village in Wulong Township, Zixing Village and Xinghuo Village in Longdong Town are all walnuts in Baoxing. "in the case of ensuring the same quality, supplemented by the corresponding packaging design, Baoxing organic walnuts will soon become competitive in the market." Dong Zhiqing said.