The countryside is an ancient form of settlement.

Surrounded by mountains and rivers, I know that I am from my hometown. The most beautiful scenery in the world is the hometown. For the wandering wanderer, every road is a way home, and every scene has the shadow of his hometown. The grass and trees in our hometown once gave birth to our growth, and now they have turned into the wind in our hearts.

Shangguan Zhenping returned to his hometown this time, it only took a total of 6 hours, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: I remember that when I was admitted to the university, it was the first time he and his sister went out when the new students registered, and it took several days just to go on the road! Now with high-speed rail, no matter how far the journey is, you can arrive at once. High-speed rail is like a dragon on the land of China, and its footprints have even extended to Southeast Asia and Europe, bringing convenience and wealth to people all over the world!

"Jin Ge Iron Horse for decades, take off the uniform and climb again". In the past, Zhenping was the Great Wall of Steel of the motherland, dedicating its youth to the cause of national defense; Today, he left the fiery barracks where he had fought and went to the place to continue his dedication.

Zhenping is well aware that modern warfare is no longer a war of numbers, and the traditional thinking of the Chinese army is to sacrifice for victory, and in the past, the gap between weapons and equipment and command could be made up through the number of people, but now the over-the-horizon war and the decapitation war can easily break through the superiority in numbers. The point of maintaining a huge army is gone!

Zhenping used to temper his physical fitness and mental character in the barracks, and now he obeys the discharge arrangement, which is also a support and blessing to the motherland!

In front of me, there is a familiar green landscape again. The breeze soothes through the leaves, and the spring flows through the rocks. The farmland is long, the ditches are vertical and horizontal, and occasionally there are the ruins of the old waterwheel rice reef and cane cart sugar mill hidden in the meantime. However, several small hydropower stations are hidden deep in the mountains and valleys, bringing light and power to the village.

A wisp of cooking smoke wafted between the mountains and rivers, Zhenping walked halfway through the village, and saw a little girl sitting on the threshold of the old house, so he stepped forward to chat with her: "Little girl, what do you yearn for the most?"

The little girl replied, "I yearn most for the pecans when they are ripe." ”

"Then you like pecans, don't you?" Zhenping asked.

But the little girl said, "I don't like to eat them at all, but when the pecans are ripe, my parents will come home from the city to pick them, and she can see them again." ”

Zhenping was deeply shaken, as there are 370 million migrant workers and 60 million left-behind children in China, which is not a small number. When he was in college, he once passed by the construction site and learned that many migrant workers and children were afraid to go home when they were sick, for fear of lost work and transportation expenses. Zhenping wants to help them, but doesn't know how.

Nowadays, there are basically no young and middle-aged people in the village, only the old people and children are left, guarding the one-third of an acre of land, working at sunrise and resting at sunset.

Urbanization has brought many benefits to urban people, but it has also brought a lot of pain to rural areas, with thousands of children becoming left-behind children and thousands of elderly people lonely and helpless.

Many people who have made a fortune in the city have long since abandoned their homeland and lived in high-rise buildings built of reinforced concrete in the city; And some other people who are still working hard in the construction site or factory, with the hard-earned money earned for a year, only set foot on the journey home during the Spring Festival.

The term "hollow village" may be the most suitable way to describe the current situation in the countryside. The synonym of poverty and backwardness has become a label that many rural people strive to erase, even if they squeeze their minds, they must survive in the city full of haze, filled with sewage, and filled with food additives, and be proud of being a "glamorous" urban person.

As we all know, the hallmark of developing countries is the massive migration of people from rural to urban areas; The hallmark of developed countries is the return of urban dwellers to the countryside. Britain is the most typical example. Zhenping believes that sooner or later, our country will also join the ranks of developed countries.

And now, with hundreds of thousands of transfer fees and savings, Zhenping suddenly came up with an idea: to sign a long-term lease of farmland with the people who own land in the village, and then hire farmers back, pay a fixed salary every month, and return a part of the agricultural products.

The biggest driving force behind Zhenping's idea is the recent frequent release of important documents in the agricultural field, and the Ministry of Finance ~ Government ~ issued the "Implementation Plan for Carrying out the Pilot Experiment of Comprehensive Rural Reform" (Cai Nong [2017] No. 53) and the "Notice on Carrying out the Pilot Work of Pastoral Complex Construction".

After returning to his hometown for a few days, Zhenping began to go door-to-door to discuss with the villagers about leasing land. When the big guys heard that someone was willing to rent their farmland and hire them to farm, they were as happy as if they had picked up money.

Most of the people who stayed in the village were no longer fit to work in the factory, so they had to stay in the village to take care of their children who had gone out to work. The old men like to bask in the sun at the entrance of the village, and when there are more people, they organize to play "Pai Gow". In addition to taking children, the old ladies go to recite Buddhist scriptures together.

Now, the villagers have one more place to make money, and they feel that their lives are more promising.

Time flies, and Zhenping looks at patches of swarthy soil every day, until a stubble of green spikes emerges in the field. Mai Miao scrambled to use all the strength of her body to jump up, fluffy and green, picking up crystal clear dew drops under the clear light.

The wheat sprouts gradually stretched out their young leaves, like a green carpet, and spread thickly on the field, so that there was no edge in sight. The wheat seedlings grew more and more fat and green, and the breeze blew, like a lake of green water, constantly rippling.

Time is slowly squeezed into the arms of dog days in people's expectations. The weather is getting hotter and hotter day by day, and the sun is like a fireball poured with oil, hanging in the air hot, exuding scorching heat, and even the only remaining shred of obscured clouds are also lost in the sun's transpiration. The heatstroke knew that he hid under the armpits of the big tree, and it was so hot that he was weak and noisy. The earth exposed his copper-colored chest, and the water vapor evaporated like his sweat.

When the crops needed water the most, they waited for a drought of nearly three months. The cracked earth is like the face of an old man after the wind and frost, and the wrinkles are so clear and profound, which makes people helpless and sad.

Zhenping drooped his face and looked at the wounds on the land, and there was an indescribable pain in his heart. Glory and destruction are only one step away. When you are about to succeed, you are at your most dangerous.

Rumors began to circulate in the village that Zhenping would no longer pay his wages, and at this juncture, they intensified.

In order to dispel the rumors, Zhenping gathered all the hired farmers.

"Please rest assured, folks! Drought is a natural disaster! I will pay your salary in the same way, and there is no reason for you to work in vain! I hope the fellows can get through this hurdle together! ”

Zhenping said so, the villagers thanked him for not giving up, and one of the young descendants gave Zhenping advice: 800 miles away there is an old man with crops through the village, this time the drought from the sky, the surrounding rice army was wiped out, only the rice of his old man Zhuang is still standing. It's better to go to him and learn from him.

As soon as Zhenping heard that it made sense, he immediately decided to visit. When he arrived at Zhuang Laohan's house, he found that the door was locked, and Zhenping inquired with his neighbors to find out that people stayed in the field during the day except for eating and sleeping!

Zhenping immediately went to the ridge to look for him, only to see a green field in the field, Zhuang Laohan was surrounded by the nearby farmers like stars and moons, and was carefully teaching the secrets of drought resistance to seedlings, "...... The deeper the roots, the more water can be absorbed......"

Zhenping stood next to him and listened patiently, and finally waited until the group of people who asked Zhuang Laohan were satisfied before he stepped forward to ask.

Unexpectedly, Zhuang Laohan said very simply, "I know you!" You are the soldier in the neighboring village who led the whole village to get rich! ”