The southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

It was once a famous land of fish and rice, and Lop Nur in the desert once nurtured countless creatures.

But later, as the water of the Tarim River flowing into Lop Nur decreased, coupled with the huge amount of evaporation, this huge lake gradually dried up.

The Luobu people, who used to fish in the lakes for a living, had to gradually change their living habits, from fishermen to farmers, and learned to grow crops.

However, the scarce precipitation and huge evaporation make the crops here very low. In some places, it is suitable to make a fortune by planting red dates, while in some places it is not suitable for planting this kind of cash crop, and it is not uncommon for people to live below the poverty line.

When many Uyghur teenagers were young, they followed their families barefoot to work in the fields. Although the administrative authorities here will find many ways to help the villagers get out of poverty, or export labor, or introduce new crops, or set up cooperatives, there are fewer and fewer villagers in the village, and more young people want to live and work in the big cities. Like many rural villages in the interior, there are more elderly people and children here.

"Uncle Tuersun, this crop doesn't need to be irrigated." Tian Minjie said to an old Uyghur man who was holding a trowel for chopping soil: "They don't need much water, and they can automatically reduce the amount of evaporation, so they can live normally in this land." ”

The old man is in his 60s, and his grandparents lived on this land, and they used to live a self-sufficient life by fishing. When Tursun was a child, Lop Nur dried up and they began a new way of life.

Although many people have moved away, for those who have lived here for generations, it is difficult to leave their homeland, and many more have stayed.

Some time ago, Tian Minjie came here to inspect and began to distribute new seeds to the villagers, and advertised that this is a good grain that can double the yield without watering.

But the people in the village did not agree with this. It cannot be said that they are ignorant, but that they do not easily believe the words of others until they have seen the facts. What's more, now is an era of information explosion, and many advertisements are blown out of the sky, but the actual effect is poor enough.

The promotion of new crops and the promotion of new products are difficult. Although the current wheat yield is low, at least it is enough to eat. If you change to a new crop, once the yield does not come out, and the things are not good, wouldn't it be a loss?

Defeat before victory, this is the wisdom of the ancestors.

Tian Minjie's promotion did not go well, but he was not discouraged and did not leave, but was ready to rent a piece of land and grow it himself for everyone to see.

At this time, Uncle Tuersun in the village stood up and asked for Tian Minjie's seeds and planted them in his family's ration field.

Tian Minjie was very curious at the time, why Uncle Tuersun believed in himself.

Tuersun's words surprised Tian Minjie: "My grandson is going to college in Haishi!" I heard from the cadres in the township that you are from the Changying Group. I've heard my grandson say that the people in the Changying Group are all good; The things of the Changying Group are all Yakexi (good), and I'm sure my grandson won't lie to me, so let's plant it and give it a try! ”

As a result, the village has two more plots of land to grow new crops.

Although Tian Minjie is an agricultural technician, his skills are really far behind Uncle Tuersun when farming here.

However, in the eyes of Uncle Tuersun, Tian Minjie is just a chatter, farming, he has been doing this kind of thing all his life, what has he not experienced? I've seen it in dry weather, but I've never seen anything that can live without watering!

Even if it is upland rice that has been promoted a few years ago, the watered ones are better than the ones that have not been watered!

Because it is a ration field, and because the old man of Tursun is old, the land was divided two years ago, and the ration field was directly distributed next to the old man's yard -- there are dozens of families in the village, and there is no planning, and the Tursun family is on the edge of the village, just against the ground.

The seeds given by Tian Minjie germinate quickly and grow well, obviously looking taller than other wheat planted at the same time, and they also look beautiful. The old man was very happy, and simply made use of the pressure well in the yard, and directly opened a small ditch, passed through the courtyard wall, and led the water to the ration field. He believed that with watering, the seedlings would grow better.

Tian Minjie watched the old man of Tuersun skillfully dig a few small ditches in the ground with a few trowels, and put water into the roots of the crops, and secretly sighed, what a master is in the people!

This kind of big hoe similar to the Central Plains, but the whole iron head is round, the size of a round ball, very sharp, and very practical, here it is used as an iron shovel and as a hoe, this thing looks bulky, but in the hands of the old man of Tursun, it is extremely dexterous, and the effect is quite powerful.

"Water, a little water, a little is a little." The old man of Tuersun opened a ditch and taught Tian Minjie a lesson: "Xiaotian, this land, you still have to plant it diligently, just like the old saying you Han people say, people are not lazy with diligence, and they will only gain if they pay!" ”

"Our seeds are new varieties that are being studied for this arid place." Tian Minjie came here not only to help the local people increase food production, but also to collect experimental data, if the field is watered, then the data will definitely be discounted, the effect is different, "Think about it, if you plant without watering, is it faster than those wheat?" Also, look at my piece of land, it hasn't been watered at all, and it's not bad at all! ”

"It's weird!" The old man scratched his head, "This thing you studied is really good!" I just don't know how much grain I can get when I wait until autumn...... Well, I believe you, you're a technician, listen to you! ”

Turning off the motor connected to the well, Tuersun poured tea for Tian Minjie, and then pulled up the parents: "Xiao Tian, how much grain can be harvested from one acre of land for this seed you are studying?" Can it grow in drier places? There is too much dry land around us, and further afield, there is the desert, which used to be hundreds of kilometers away from us, but now it is more than ten kilometers, and I think that if your crops can grow in those places, then the desert will not continue to come, otherwise, in a few years, this village will be eaten by sand! ”

Tian Minjie looked at the direction of the desert, nodded slightly, and said: "Now our crops can only grow in such a place, but don't worry, uncle, it won't be long before the new varieties we have researched will be able to grow in the desert!" Although the new variety is not food, it can take root in the desert and will never let your village be eaten by the desert! ”

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