"getting Rich Brother" Xu Xuecheng has been digging gold barren mountains for 15 years.

Xu Xuecheng's bumper harvest of tangerines and navel oranges

"Honey oranges and navel oranges have produced a lot this year, and the price is also good. The first batch of tangerines on the market alone sold for more than 40,000 yuan." Recently, three groups of fruit growers Xu Xuecheng in Lishi Village, Quba Town had a bumper harvest of tangerines and navel oranges, and the couple grabbed fine weather to pick navel oranges for sale. According to Xu Xuecheng, he has contracted the village collective economic forest orchard for fruit cultivation since 1999. This year, the income of 40 mu of orchard is 100000 yuan. A good harvest comes from good varieties. Over the past 15 years, through soil fertility cultivation and variety improvement, he has made the barren mountains of the past bear "golden fruit", and Xu Xuecheng is also known by the locals as "getting rich."

Retire from the army and return home to learn fruit skills and eat "technical meals" in all directions.

Xu Xuecheng is 62 years old. In 1980, Xu Xuecheng retired from the army and returned to Lishi Village, Quba Town, his hometown. At that time, Xu Xuecheng did not choose to go out to work, but wanted to learn a skill, because he learned from his parents that a skill in hand would benefit him for the rest of his life.

At that time, our district was making great efforts to develop economic forests, and the agricultural department promoted fruits such as grapefruit, loquat, sweet orange and mandarin in various towns, and the 100-mu collective barren mountain of the original village near Xu Xuecheng's home was also reclaimed into an orchard.

"Xiao Xu, do you want to learn fruit tree cultivation techniques?" At that time, Li Yunxi, a fruit technology expert from the District Agriculture Bureau, was squatting in the village to guide the development of orchards in the village. When Li Yunxi saw that Xu Xuecheng was smart and diligent, he accepted him as an apprentice and taught the techniques of fruit tree cultivation and management. In the past two years, Li Yunxi took Xu Xuecheng to visit the large and small orchards in various villages and towns in our district, while promoting fruit techniques while teaching Xu Xuecheng fruit cultivation and management skills. As Xu Xuecheng was diligent and studious, he soon mastered more than 10 kinds of fruit cultivation and management techniques and became well-known in the local area. Since then, Xu Xuecheng, relying on his superb skills, not only helped the planting owners to provide technical guidance in our district and around the city, but also went to Yunnan, Guizhou and Chongqing to engage in orchard management and ate a technical meal. "at that time, the salary for working as a part-time worker was only two yuan a day, while helping others to graft fruit could earn five or six yuan a day, and it was very popular." Xu Xuecheng said that although helping people to manage orchards can make money, it is not his own industry after all. At that time, he often wanted to build an orchard himself, but the opportunity was not mature. "

Contract orchard hard-working couple dig gold barren mountain

"Liu Zhishu, I heard that the orchard in the village is going to be contracted out. Can you contract it to me?" In the spring of 1999, Xu Xuecheng was helping others manage the orchard in Chongqing. when he learned that the collective orchard in the village had to be contracted out because of poor management, he immediately quit his job and went home to Liu Muhua, the party branch of the village. "OK, you know the technology, the orchard will be managed by you, and the masses can rest assured."

After discussing with several villagers, Xu Xuecheng contracted the more than 100 mu orchard in the village, of which Xu Xuecheng contracted the 40 mu mixed citrus orchard in front of his house for a period of 20 years at an annual contract fee of 3200 yuan.

"at that time, the orchard was full of blood oranges and mixed oranges. Because the fruit was small and the price was not high, the market did not have a strong demand for blood oranges. In the first year, there was no money." Xu Xuecheng said that seeing that he had worked hard for a year and could not make any money, his wife Tang Daiyun advised him to give up. The following year, Xu Xuecheng carefully observed and thought, and found that the low yield of the orchard was caused by the previous extensive collective management, steep orchard slope, insufficient fertility, and inadequate pruning and thinning, and decided to immediately begin to transform the orchard fertility. With his excellent management skills, Xu Xuecheng strictly managed the aspects of orchard fertilization, pruning and fruit thinning, and the orchard took on a new look. In the second year, Xu Xuecheng's fruit output increased by 30%. He earned more than 20,000 yuan that year, and his income was considerable, much better than a part-time job.

In the next few years, although the output of Xu Xuecheng's orchard increased steadily, the economic growth was not obvious, and sometimes it was difficult to sell. In view of this situation, Xu Xuecheng carefully investigated the surrounding fruit wholesale market and inquired about the market situation from the fruit technology stations and wholesalers in the district, and found that the market had a strong demand for navel oranges, tangerines, unknown oranges, and other famous and quality fruits, and their prices were also relatively high. the market for blood oranges and mixed oranges in their orchards is in the doldrums, so the price does not go up. Xu Xuecheng also began to improve the varieties of his own fruit trees, introducing navel oranges and tangerines with large fruit and pure flavor.

In just two years, Xu Xuecheng replanted more than 500 navel oranges and more than 200 honey oranges, and the new varieties also brought good benefits to him. "this navel orange forest is my baby's pimple. A tree produces about 50 jin of navel oranges. The total output of this forest can reach more than 20,000 jin, with a net income of 30,000 to 40,000 yuan." Xu Xuecheng said: "navel oranges are the 'king of oranges'. They are seedless, moderate in sweetness and sour, and of excellent quality. They are very popular with the public. Sales are very hot. 6 yuan per kilogram is very popular."

As a result of the proper management, the improved orchard economy of Xu Xuecheng and his wife grew exponentially. In the next few years, a considerable income of 60,000 to 80,000 yuan will be generated for them each year. "Managing orchards when farming is idle, and farming when farmers are busy, there is no mistake, there is no risk, and it is more cost-effective than working." His wife, Tang Daiyun, introduced happily.

Impart technology and set up a special club to strengthen the fruit industry

When the villagers saw that the original barren mountain had turned into a lush orchard and could earn tens of thousands of yuan a year, many people could not help but be moved and began to reclaim their own barren mountains to develop characteristic fruits.

It is not rich to be rich, but it is really rich to let the villagers get rich. To this end, Xu Xuecheng became a technical adviser in the village, unreservedly teaching growers the scientific planting techniques he had accumulated over the years, such as tree pruning, pest control, and so on. When the survival rate of grafting is high, and when the effect of controlling insects is good, Xu Xuecheng not only runs a lecture hall in his own orchard, but also often goes to the attached home near the grower's home for free technical guidance.

In 2013, under the leadership of the local government, Xu Xuecheng and more than 100 growers set up a professional cooperative of wind-moving stone fruits and registered their trademarks. At present, the fruit planting area of Lishi Village is nearly 1000 mu, and the average income of growers is more than 30, 000 yuan. At present, after the trees hang fruit every year, some villagers will hand over their fruit to professional cooperatives for sale. Today, in Lishi Village, Quba Town, Xu Xuecheng is the "brother getting rich" in everyone's eyes. Villagers scramble to ask him for advice, and Xu Xuecheng will unreservedly impart experience to everyone.

"although the contract period is only four years, I will continue to manage my orchard and lead cooperative members to introduce new technologies and varieties and expand sales channels." Xu Xuecheng is over 60 years old, and he hopes that young and knowledgeable growers will take over, expand sales channels through active cooperation with e-commerce, carry out services such as processing, transportation, storage and packaging of agricultural products, and attract more farmers to join cooperatives. Drive more people to get rich. When talking about future development prospects, Xu Xuecheng said: as long as I can walk, I will be happy to be a technical adviser to growers.