Qilian Village is located on the edge of the Qilian Mountains.

It is said that in the past, there were lush vegetation and rivers and ravines, and people grazed cattle and sheep here, planted and farmed, and were happy and worry-free. But now I don't know what's going on, there are no trees on the mountain, only some half-dead weeds grow sparsely, and in front of the village, it has become an endless desert.

Because of the lack of water, the land is desertified and cannot be cultivated, so the people of Qilian Village have gone outside to beg for a living.

A few years ago, the government introduced a tributary of the Yellow River more than a dozen kilometers away and mobilized people from the village, and many people moved out of the village.

Now there are only a few families left in the village who are nostalgic for their homeland, including Cai Hongming's family. However, their family also bought a house in the town, and they usually live there, and they only come once every few days. As soon as their family left, there were only a few lonely old people left in the village. Every wind season, the yellow sand blows all over the sky, lining the lonely village and a few old people inside, which makes people have an indescribable desolate feeling.

When Cai Hongming returned to the village, he saw Hachiko, who showed people feng shui, killing a fat rabbit by the well.

After the desertification of the land, the village well no longer produces water, and even if there is, it is still yellow turbid salty alkaline water that is difficult to swallow. The water in this well is actually spring water flowing from the Qilian Mountains, which is only available in spring and summer when there is abundant rain, and will dry up in autumn and winter when there is a drought. A few years ago, he dug a canal to divert spring water to the village's dry well, and the well had water again.

He grew up in southern Fujian when he was a child, and only transferred to study here when he was in junior high school.

After graduating from junior high school, because of poor grades and dislike of studying, I went to work outside, and then I got tired of working for others, so I ran back and set up a stall in the town to sell barbecue.

I remember that when he came to Gulang and saw the environment here, his first feeling was desolation. Later, when I came to Qilian Village, I thought to myself about how there were people living in this place where birds don't poop.

In southern Fujian, no matter how barren the land is, countless weeds will grow after being moistened by rain, but Qilian Village didn't talk about grass at that time, and there was not even a single tree. Later, he really couldn't stand it, so he bought saplings and came back to plant them, and after a few years, he planted trees around the village. Now the saplings have grown into big trees, lush and green, barely able to block some of the wind and sand blowing outside, which makes Cai Hongming feel a sense of accomplishment.

"Hachiko, the food is good today!" Cai Hongming parked the car and teased Hachiko, who was killing the rabbit.

"Needless to say, I'll come to the house to eat later, and we'll have two drinks." Hachiko laughed happily. The old man is like a child, if you praise him a few words, he will be happy.

"Okay."

Now there is only one eighth prince in the village who shows people feng shui, a fifth master who farms, a third master who herds sheep, and a fool Uncle Fu. Among these people, the eight princes are the most chic, and as soon as they have time, they buy delicious food and come back to improve their food, unlike the third master who herds sheep, who puts it away as soon as he has money, hides it tightly, and picks the door to death.

The two were talking, when a big man walked out of the next room, and saw Cai Hongming turn around and go back to the house. After a while, he took a big red apple out of the house and stuffed it into his arms.

"Your Uncle Fu is the best for you, the apple I brought back from the last time I went out was stunned to be kept for you to eat, and I didn't listen to anything."

"Thank you, Uncle Fu." Cai Hongming took the apple and took a big bite, sweet.

Uncle Fu has a problem with his brain, stupid, but fortunately, he can take care of himself in life, and he is very good to him, and he will leave him with something delicious every time.

After eating the apples, Cai Hongming went to the car to bring the things he brought back to his homes. It takes half a day to drive from the town to this side, and it is inconvenient to buy things, so the old people usually let him bring anything to buy. After sending things and seeing that there was nothing wrong, Cai Hongming changed into old clothes and walked out, but was stopped by Hachiko.

"It's time to eat, where are you going?"

"I'll go up to the hill and have a look."

"When can't you watch it? I'm running around when I'm about to eat, and I'll go back after eating. ”

Hearing him say this, Cai Hongming had no choice but to give up.

Lunch is made by the foolish Uncle Fu, speaking of which Uncle Fu is a good person, he can work and cook, but he is stupid, his intelligence is below the average level of children, and he has to teach everything by hand, so no one wants to marry him until now. What woman would want to marry a fool, let alone in such a place.

After eating, Cai Hongming took a break and walked outside the village.

He walked around the village and saw that all the saplings planted this year were alive, so he nodded with satisfaction and walked to the hill behind the village.

In the past few years, he has bought saplings and planted them on the edge of the village, just to make the saplings grow up and turn them into a circle of shelterbelts to protect the village in the middle and resist the increasingly violent wind and sand invasion outside, but now it seems that the effect is not very good. Because as long as the wind blows, the wind and sand will fly all over the sky, covering the sky and the sun, and his small windproof ring is not enough to see. But it finally brought a little greenery to this desolate place, unlike before, and as far as the eye could see, except for a depressed yellow, it was still yellow.

The innermost tree in the windbreak, near the village, was planted a few years ago and is now a good man.

This is the poplar in the desert that is known as "a thousand years of life without dying, a thousand years of death without falling, a thousand years of immortality, three thousand years of Populus euphratica, and 100 million years of history". I don't know if it was because of the planting of trees, but the well in the village, which stores spring water, has not been dry in the past two years, even during the drought season.

There is water to water the tree, and the tree blocks the wind, forming a cycle, endless, just like the inheritance of heaven and earth.

Cai Hongming plants trees every year and has now planted two shelterbelts made of trees around the village. The first shelterbelt has 20 meters and five rows of trees, the second windbreak ring is 30 meters and 10 rows of trees, and a large area of land is vacated in the middle of the two shelterbelts to plant things. The land in the village is actually very fertile, but it is covered with a layer of sand by the wind blowing in it, and because of the lack of water, it becomes impossible to cultivate. Now that the wind and sand are blocked, you can plant things only by shoveling away the fine sand above.

At the beginning of spring this year, he spent his blood to plant a third 40-meter-wide shelterbelt, and if he grows up in the next year, the village should no longer have to worry about wind and sand invasion.

Qilian Village is located on the edge of the remaining veins of the Qilian Mountains, and behind the village is the winding and undulating mountains. In the past, the trees were lush and vigorous, but later the trees were cut down, coupled with the drought and lack of water, and the desertification was strict.

Cai Hongming climbed to the mountain behind the village, stood on it, and looked into the distance.

In the distance, a long stretch of yellow sand comes into view, and in the distance is the rolling hills, all of which are made up of the same color of yellow sand, here is the world of yellow sand, the ocean of yellow sand, the continuous yellow sand and the sky, I can't imagine where is the end!

After looking at it for a while, he walked to the back.

After walking for about half an hour, the yellow slopes that were originally only growing withered yellow weeds gradually appeared green, and then went forward, I saw a bush, and looked into the distance, tall trees appeared in the eyes, where the main vein of Qilian Mountain was located, where the trees were lush and lush, the grass and trees were vigorous, exuding vitality, and the dead desert formed a strong contrast.