Xinhua Kashgar, Xinjiang, July 15th (Zhu Jingchao, Hu Jiachen, Zhang Huan) At 8:30 Beijing time, Xu Chao, the Xinjiang Police Entry and Exit Frontier Inspection General Station police station Sun Chao, as usual, came to the chicken coop , Start rinsing, feeding, and picking up eggs. "I am very happy that I can harvest more than 240 eggs every day."
At the foot of Karakoram Mountains, "Sun Chao Planting and Breeding Area" has grown more than 30 kinds of vegetables in 8 vegetable greenhouses. Pigeons, ducks, geese, guinea fowl and other poultry can be seen in the breeding area.
Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County (hereinafter referred to as Taxian County) is located on the Pamirs Plateau, with an average altitude of 4000 meters. The frost-free period of the year is less than 60 days. The air oxygen content is less than half of the plain. 20 years ago, the land was mostly covered by gravel, and the plains were everywhere It is not easy to create a "green miracle" in a "green life" in a vegetable greenhouse.
Sun Chao and his comrades studied vegetable cultivation together. Photo by Yang Tao
Overcome key planting technologies to help herders build 100 greenhouses
In 1996, Sun Chao joined the army from Hebei and came to the Pamirs to do logistical support. At that time, vegetables and other daily necessities were transported from Kashgar, nearly 300 kilometers away, to the mountains, which was not only expensive but also difficult to keep fresh. Seeing that his comrades could not eat fresh vegetables, lacked vitamins, and had chapped lips, he resolved to solve the problem of difficulty in eating vegetables.
The first plastic greenhouse was built in the station in 1998. "At that time, I went to work during the day, I turned on the lights with my comrades at night, and dug away the stones in the yard one by one. I dug 60 cm underground and pulled the soil from dozens of kilometers away. Filled into the ground, hands often rub and bleed."
Poor natural environment and no planting experience, Sun Chao and his comrades failed to grow fresh vegetables for a long time. In order to find the right temperature for growing vegetables, they sleep in a greenhouse, set up a stove every day, monitor the temperature, measure the ground temperature, and measure the acid and alkali. As long as he heard of any vegetable cultivation experts, Sun Chao would write to ask for advice, and also use the annual family visit leave to learn cultivation techniques in the interior.
In 2003, Sun Chao concluded the "Nutrition Bowl Seedling Transplanting Method", using waste newspapers to raise seedlings, greatly improving the survival rate of seedlings, and using heated hot water boilers to build underfloor heating greenhouses, even if the outdoor temperature reaches minus 35 degrees Celsius. The temperature in the shed can also be maintained at 15 ℃, which solves the key technology of growing vegetables in cold regions. Since then, he turned his attention to breeding, and now the breeding area is already in groups of chickens and ducks. The food on the comrades' table is getting richer and healthier.
Since the establishment of the first greenhouse in the remote township of Dabudar in the county in 2003 to help herders develop plateau vegetable cultivation, Sun Chao has built more than 100 to date, helping herders get rid of poverty and increase their income.
Every morning, Sun Chao rinses, feeds, and picks up eggs in the hen house. Photo by Yang Tao
"For many years I have not seen my wife put on a summer skirt"
When the reporter recently interviewed in Taxian County, it was Sun Chao’s father’s birthday. At 21 o’clock that day, his wife, Zhang Yonghui, had a video call with him. Sun Chao expressed his blessings to his father: “Happy father’s birthday, I’m fine here, please rest assured ."
"For so many years, the annual family visit is winter. I have never seen my wife wear a summer skirt. I used to see beautiful skirts in Kashi and bought them back. She took a photo and sent it. Now she can often video. See your family." He is very grateful for his wife's understanding and support.
Pamir used his hand to give up huge retirement fees
In 2018, the former public security frontier troops collectively transferred to the National Immigration Administration. As the longest veteran of the plateau, Sun Chao can take a considerable demobilization fee back to his hometown in Hebei. With his skills, he can still find a good job, but He chose to stay, and he said, "This is my place of use."
"The environment here is tough, and the body is paying a lot of money." He said, "I came to the border checkpoint at the age of 17 when I was still a blank sheet of paper. Now the blank sheet of paper is full of growth footprints. I can't give up here."
"One day you will leave Pamir, what will you do?", to the reporter's question, he said: "I will be reluctant, but I can also do some filial piety for the old man."
"Guardian of the Frontier" to be an all-round talent
At 23 o'clock every day, logistics expert Sun Chao reads books and learns to prepare for business transformation. At present, he has mastered the business process of border inspection and is able to carry out business operations.
Wang Xianlei, the head of the border checkpoint at Khunjerab, said that the border checkpoint at Khunjerab has a glorious tradition. Every policeman follows Sun Chao as an example, sticks to the plateau, dedicates youth, and serves the country. Complete the task of border entry and exit inspection.
On June 17, 2020, Sun Chao was awarded the title of "Guardian of the Border" by the Political and Legal Committee of the Party Committee of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Finish)