Xinhua News Agency, Hefei, August 10th: Lead the villagers to variety and grow good grains
Open column: Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has conducted extensive and in-depth exchanges with cadres and the masses on all fronts.
The general secretary's warm greetings, warm encouragement, and earnest entrustment have injected strong spiritual power into everyone's new journey and contribution to the new era.
From now on, Xinhua News Agency has opened the column "Remember the Entrustment to Build New Merit", launched a series of reports, interviewed people from all walks of life, and listened to their stories about the struggle in the new era of keeping in mind the general secretary's entrustment and working hard to build new merits.
Xinhua News Agency reporters Chen Nuo, Jiang Gang, Liu Xiaoyu
In April 2011, Xi Jinping, then a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, secretary of the Central Secretariat, and Vice President of the State, came to Zhanghuai Village, Taihe County during his inspection tour in Anhui. He learned about wheat planting conditions from grain grower Xu Congxiang and encouraged him to continue tackling key problems. The key technologies for high wheat yield make more contributions to national grain production.
This summer, Xu Congxiang's wheat yield reached a new high. He wrote a letter to General Secretary Xi Jinping to report the good news of the harvest.
On June 27, General Secretary Xi Jinping replied to Xu Congxiang: "I am very happy to learn that your family has had a good harvest of wheat, and that your children and grandchildren have followed you in farming." Give full play to the advantages of large-scale operation, actively apply modern agricultural technology, drive the majority of small farmers to diversify and grow good grains, and contribute to national food security together.”
The moon was still hanging in the sky, the sky was not yet clear, and the morning breeze swept across the fields, bringing a cool breeze.
The bright lights are from far to near: At 5 in the morning, Xu Congxiang rode his electric car to the ground.
"This period of time is very dry, and the crops need water and fertilizer the most. I don't go to the ground for a day to take a look. My heart is full." Lao Xu said.
Although the good harvest of wheat this year has guaranteed a good life for Lao Xu's family, the old man's concern for the new crop has not diminished in the slightest.
As he spoke, Lao Xu walked into the cornfield along the narrow ridge.
Corn is heading for ear.
Old Xu buried most of his body in the corn bushes, held the leaves in his palms, and put his head to the bottom of the corn stalk to examine it carefully.
From time to time he took out a small notebook from his pocket to make records.
Sweat came out from Lao Xu Banbai's temples and dripped down the "gully" on his face.
He let out a long sigh: "It looks good!"
The horizon gradually turned white, perhaps because of the white shirt, Lao Xu's skin looked dark and swarthy.
The summer grain has long been returned to the warehouse, and the new crop is the "baby" in Lao Xu's heart.
"This summer, I have planted 16 new varieties of corn in the experimental field, and I have 100 mu of land in the experimental field for interplanting soybeans and corn."
Following the direction of Lao Xu's finger, he saw that heading corn and flowering soybeans were staggered in the distance.
"Good seeds and good methods can lead to good harvests. Soybeans can fix nitrogen and support the land, making the land more vigorous and using less chemical fertilizers. If corn yields are not reduced, if you harvest an extra crop of beans, the income will definitely not be wrong." Lao Xu said.
The sun rose.
Lao Xu came out of the ground, his feet were covered with mud, and his shirt was soaked.
He wiped the sweat with his hands, took out a plastic water cup from the basket of the car, took a few sips of strong tea, took out vegetable cakes from the plastic bag, and ate the garlic cloves while sitting on the car seat. .
Talking about General Secretary Xi Jinping's reply, Lao Xu said cheerfully: "General Secretary is busy with national affairs, so he is so busy to reply to me, I feel in my heart that being a farmer and growing food is very honorable and promising. I read the letter of General Secretary. I read it over and over again, and my heart is warm every time. No matter how tired I am on weekdays, when I think of the general secretary's entrustment, my whole body is full of energy!"
Xu Congxiang inspects wheat samples at the Congxiang Modern Agricultural Planting Professional Cooperative in Taihe County, Anhui Province (photo taken on June 28, 2022).
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhou Mu
More than 50 years ago, Xu Congxiang, who graduated from high school, packed up his bed and returned to the village.
He pondered in his heart: he can't let crops grow in the ground and harvest in the sky like the older generation. He has read a lot of books by himself.
Since then, Xu Congxiang has often held agricultural science and technology books in his hands, and has also learned from agricultural experts everywhere.
As long as he finds new varieties in the fields, he will plant them in his own fields like a treasure.
In this way, Xu Congxiang just turned from a "layman" to the head of the township agricultural technology station, and was promoted to a senior agronomist by exception, becoming a well-known local grain grower.
"To put it into words, these years have caught up with the good time to grow grain, and the villagers have become more motivated." Lao Xu said, "The good policies have been implemented one by one, and the land transfer to me has reached more than 1,200 acres. Mu. Subsidies for growing grains are higher, minimum purchase prices are also raised, and there are subsidies for agricultural materials.”
It was noon, and Xu Congxiang was surrounded by people. They were the students of the agricultural radio and television school in the county and the villagers.
"Lao Xu, take a look, why is my corn leaf so dry?"
"Mr. Xu, how long is the row spacing to produce soybeans?"
Xu Congxiang pulled out two soybean plants from the field and told everyone about it.
"There are a lot of people who come to learn technology. Bringing the villagers to a variety of crops and planting good crops, not to mention the sense of accomplishment." Lao Xu said.
Now, Xu Congxiang is actively participating in the preparation of the Fuyang City Grain Growers Association, building online and offline platforms to spread agricultural technology more widely.
In Xu Congxiang's agricultural laboratory, the seeds of "Fuhangmai No. 1" were placed in the most conspicuous position.
Lao Xu's face was full of pride: "This is a good seed for living on the Shenzhou 10 spacecraft."
With good seeds, Lao Xu "planted" himself in the farmland. Every day, he was either watching and tending the crops in the farmland, or running around on the road.
"Relying on good seeds, this summer harvested more than 1,600 catties of grain per mu, setting a new record."
"In my experimental field, there have been more than 20 new varieties of wheat like 'Fuhangmai No. 1'." Lao Xu said while gesturing, "It's not bragging, I just grab a handful of wheat and I can roughly know what variety it is. Go around the wheat field and you can estimate the yield."
Xu Congxiang (right), son Xu Jian (left) and grandson Xu Xudong inspect the emergence of new varieties of soybeans in the high-yield demonstration field of the Congxiang Modern Agricultural Planting Professional Cooperative in Taihe County, Anhui Province (photo taken on June 28, 2022).
Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhou Mu
As he was talking, the mobile phone on Xu Congxiang's waist rang, and his grandson Xu Xudong called from the laboratory.
"Hurry me to bring the samples back for testing!" Xu Congxiang said, his son Xu Jian planted demonstration fields with him, and his grandson worked as a technology assistant for him after graduating from university.
"The three of you are relaying good food, and we have someone to follow!"