The little walnut holds up the villagers' dream of becoming rich.

Although it is already winter, walking on the road of Zuoshan Group in Erjiao Village, Yushe Town, you can feel a kind of closeness with nature. Staggered villages, clean roads, walnut trees, cherry trees although leaves only branches, but still full of vitality, the sky floated a trace of rain, from time to time can hear a crisp birdsong. It's really a good place to relax.

"there are many mountain corners in our village. We used to grow cereals and wheat and so on. We worked hard for a year without much income, and the lives of ordinary people have been unable to go up, and the conditions are very difficult." Song Yigui, director of the Russian foot village, said that in order to change this situation, the village began to promote the planting of walnuts on a trial basis in 2008. although it has achieved certain benefits, the minds of the common people have not been opened up all the time. The villagers always think that the land is used to grow grain, and whether it is crazy to plant walnuts.

In fact, Russian foot village has a long history of growing walnuts. There is a walnut tree in the village that is hundreds of years old. Everyone does not know how old this walnut tree is. Only people in their eighties and nineties said that when they were young, the walnut tree was already so big that it was estimated to have lived for five or six hundred years.

Although there is a tradition of growing walnuts, it is not so easy to get the villagers to change their minds, not to plant cereal potatoes, but to grow walnuts. "later, with the increase in the price of walnuts, all the walnut growers in the village made money, and the villagers began to feel that growing walnuts was more profitable than planting corn." Song Yigui said: gradually, driven by the two committees of the village branch, the planting area of walnuts in the village has expanded, the popularity of walnuts in the mountains has become higher and higher, and more and more villagers have benefited from growing walnuts. In addition to growing walnuts, the village also planted cherries and built a walnut village, which not only developed a walnut-based economic fruit industry, but also engaged in rural tourism, walnut picking, cherry picking, farm music, so that tourists come to Russia to enjoy hand-picking and being close to nature.

At present, Ojiao Village has planted more than 7000 mu of walnuts, with an annual output of more than 250t and an output value of 5 million yuan; planted more than 2000 mu of cherries and more than 200mu of cherries; built a walnut picking sightseeing garden and set up Shuicheng County Zhuanshan Tourism Development Co., Ltd., 2 planting and breeding professional cooperatives and 5 farm music.

"We hope that by taking the road of integration of agriculture and tourism, all the villagers can make money and lead a good life. Now we are promoting the 'three changes' reform in the village, which not only increases our confidence in growing walnuts, but also injects new vitality into the development of our village. " Song Yigui said: since the implementation of the "three changes," the planting area of walnuts in the village has expanded, and more people have come to Russia for tourism and leisure. They usually receive more than 200 tourists a day, with an average income of more than 1500 yuan per farmhouse. Villagers who sell walnuts alone can earn more than 12000 yuan a day, and even more on weekends and holidays, almost twice as much as usual.

Luo Yuanzhao is a villager of Russian foot village. now his family has planted walnuts on more than 20 mu of land. although there are not many walnut trees hanging fruit, this year his family has produced about 1800 jin of walnuts and sold nearly 20, 000 yuan. he also opened a snack bar in the village. when there are many tourists, the snack bar alone has an income of about 2000 yuan a month. "the income from growing walnuts is at least 20 times higher than before, and walnuts only need to be cultivated in those years, but there will be no need to manage them in the future. I wish I could have more land to grow walnuts." Luo Yuanzhao said.

"although the 'three changes' is still a new thing, it does play an important role in the development of rural areas.It is not long before the 'three changes' in our village began, but we all have great confidence in carrying out the 'three changes'. In the future, we will not only grow walnuts, but also set up walnut processing plants, walnut trading markets, processing walnut milk, walnut oil, and so on, so as to maximize the economic value of walnuts. " Song Yigui said: in the next step, Mijiao Village will continue to carry out the work of "three changes" in the village, centering on the train of thought of "three changes" reform and development, actively developing and strengthening walnut and other economic and fruit industries with the walnut industry as the carrier, and taking the road of integration of agriculture and tourism, constantly optimize the industrial structure, drive the people of the whole village to increase their income and become rich, and achieve the goal of "fighting a decisive battle for three years and getting rid of poverty" at an early date.