The Dream of Wealth of Wang Huizhen, the King of Potato

He, born and raised in rural areas, relied on more than 30 years of unremitting efforts to realize his dream of getting rich with potatoes; his culture is not high, but with the spirit of hard work, he has gone from an ordinary farmer who grows and sells potatoes to a famous "potato king" in Lanxian County and a leader in rural wealth. With his drive and help, the people of Shiqiao Village, Wangshi Township, Lanxian County continue to enhance their entrepreneurial awareness and expand the space to become rich. He is Wang Huizhen, director of the village committee of Shiqiao Village, Wangshi Township, Lanxian County.

To set up a cooperative, small potatoes become "golden eggs"

In 2008, as a major potato grower, Wang Huizhen took the lead in setting up a virus-free potato breeding cooperative in Shiqiao Village, Lanxian County. Now more than 150 farmers in this village have joined them and registered the "Wang Lion" trademark, which has enhanced their market competitiveness. Shiqiao Village has also become a local famous professional potato breeding village. Every spring, Wang Huizhen provides the villagers with seed potatoes and chemical fertilizer, and teaches the technology to the villagers. In autumn, he buys seed potatoes at a price that is 0.2 yuan higher than the market price per kilogram, stores them together, and sells them uniformly in the coming year. Over the years, Wang Huizhen has turned small potatoes into a big industry by virtue of her diligence and integrity. Nowadays, cooperatives cooperate with county seed companies and Gujiao seed companies all the year round. In addition to local use, seed potatoes are also sold to Taiyuan, Jinzhong, Xinzhou and other places.

Recently, when the author came to Shiqiao Village, Wangshi Township, Lanxian County, I saw Wang Huizhen helping the villagers to ship the potatoes that had just been dug up. When he saw the author coming over, he held up a large, glossy potato weighing more than a kilo and said happily, "look how well this potato grows. This one alone can sell for more than one yuan. In the future, we farmers will rely on it to get rich." On the road next to the land, cars full of potatoes drive by from time to time, and these potatoes will be taken to the city to be sold. The faces of the farmers working in the fields were brimming with the joy of harvest. "my family has planted five mu of summer potatoes this year, and it is estimated that the yield per mu can reach about 4000 jin. According to the current wholesale price of 0.70 yuan per jin, one mu of land can be sold for more than 2800 yuan. Excluding the input of fertilizers, plastic film and seed potatoes, the net income of one mu of land is 2000 yuan. " Liu Huailin, a villager of Shiqiao Village, said to the author happily.

More than 30 years of love with potatoes

For more than 30 years, Wang Huizhen has had an inexplicable relationship with Tudou, ranging from growing and selling potatoes to setting up a "Huizhen Cooperative." Speaking of the "bond" with potatoes, Wang Huizhen said that it was Lanxian's unique climate and fertile land that made potatoes and themselves. In 1985, Wang Huizhen, who graduated from junior high school, returned to the village to work as a farmer, but her one-year income was very low. In order to enable his family to live a good life, he chose to go out to work and became a part-time worker in a construction company. Once, the company needed to buy thousands of jin of potatoes, so he took the initiative to lead the company staff back to several villages in Lanxian County to buy.

With the experience of this procurement, let him understand that farming should also grasp the market situation, but also on the scale, produce high-quality goods, and find a market.

The next year, he gave up his part-time job and went back to his hometown to grow all his 10 mu of land into potatoes. In order to learn the experience of planting, whenever he is free, he goes to the county to listen to scientists and technicians teach the experience of potato seed selection, cultivation, fertilization and pest control, and also buys books to teach himself the knowledge of planting.

At that time, the potatoes he planted were sold out. After tasting the sweetness, he contracted another 20 mu of land for growing potatoes the following year. As the potato industry became bigger and bigger, the name "potato king" spread like wildfire. Led by him, the villagers have expanded the scale of potato planting, bulging their pockets with potatoes.

Be a good leader in rural areas to realize the dream of becoming rich for all.

In the eyes of the people of Shiqiao Village, Wang Huizhen is not only an expert in growing and selling potatoes, but also a warm-hearted person who cares about getting rich in her hometown. No matter who encountered difficulties in agricultural production technology to ask for advice, Wang Huizhen unreservedly imparted experience; no matter which peasant household asked him for on-site guidance, he immediately laid down his work and enthusiastically helped each other to impart technical experience. Popular, he was elected village director in 2014.

Shiqiao Village is an ordinary administrative village in Lanxian County, with more than 1400 people and nearly 6000 mu of land. After taking office, Wang Huizhen led the people to plant out-of-season vegetables, which has become one of the main ways for local farmers to increase their income and become rich. This year, the planting area of summer potatoes in the village has reached more than 1000 mu, which alone can increase the per capita income by more than 1000 yuan.

Last year, Wang Huizhen was selected as a "super model worker in Luliang City." recently, she is being selected and inspected by "excellent talents in Luliang City." In the face of honor, Wang Huizhen feels more responsible. Now that I am a village director, I feel that the burden is even heavier. Big and small meetings will be held, but farmers can't lose their jobs. Growing potatoes and growing good potatoes is my main task, and it is my biggest dream to make the villagers' pockets bulge. " Wang Huizhen swore.