Li Jiasheng, a tea grower

"growing tea is better than working, and picking tea is better than growing tea." Li Jiasheng, a six-group tea grower in Yaoping Village, Huangjindong Township, Xianfeng County, Hubei Province, just over 60 years old.

There are four people in Lao Li's family, and his wife is very sick. although their son and daughter have grown up, they have all gone out to work for many years, and the only labor force at home is Lao Li.

"the main purpose of growing tea is to keep an eye on the season and scientific management. it should be 'mixed in spring' and must not be half-hearted. Planting Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz this year and radish next year will catch up with the 'trend' year after year, and will often be abandoned by the 'trend'." When it comes to the experience of growing tea for more than 20 years, Lao Li talks about one thing after another.

Lao Li began to grow tea in 1990, when only one mu of tea was planted on a trial basis, and his income reached more than 3000 yuan, which enhanced his confidence in the development of tea, and the planting scale expanded year by year. This year, there are 12 mu of tea garden, not including the 5 mu tea garden that others take care of.

The fertilizer input of tea management is the key. Lao Li said that farm manure and organic fertilizer should be applied in an appropriate amount, and tea trees will be "propped up" if they are used too much. Then it is necessary to highlight the word "early". Early pruning, early topdressing, tea production will be early, but also to catch up with the good market. In the past, it was manufacturers who opened the scales and other tea farmers to sell tea, while Lao Li opened the scales after the tea was picked.

"this year only 'rice tea' (? The tea sold for more than 3600 yuan. " While talking, Lao Li also took out his notebook and calculated the account for the reporter. "how can you manage a dozen acres of tea garden by yourself?" The reporter was very confused, but Lao Li had a set of self-created management methods. Lao Li said that he can manage it by himself, and he must hire someone during the tea picking period. There are three people picking tea for a long time in his tea garden, and eight or nine people at the peak of picking. Tea pickers buy their own tea, and their income is 50 / 50 with Lao Li's.

"at present, there are more than 1000 mu of tea in the village, but there is still a lack of a tea acquisition and processing factory in the village. it is inconvenient and time-consuming for ordinary people to go to Jindong Temple more than ten miles away to sell tea." Li Jiasheng has an idea: his son goes out to work with a monthly salary of about 2000 yuan. He is going to send his son to Zhejiang to study tea processing technology for a year and go back to Yaoping Village to set up a tea refinery.