Getting into the van bought for the old man, the uncle and nephew began to set off for their hometown town.

Nowadays, in their hometown, there are not many private cars, and there is generally no need to worry about any traffic jams.

The uncle and nephew chatted with each other, and when Huo Mingjie realized that he was about to arrive at his hometown, when he looked up at the car window again, he saw a patch of earthy yellow, showing barrenness and emptiness.

Looking far away, I could only vaguely see one or two places of green in the distance, stubbornly born in a desolation.

His hometown, Leiwan Town, is at the southernmost tip of the famous Mu Us Desert.

In fact, during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was also a grassland with abundant water and soil, cattle and sheep.

It was only because of the uncontrolled reclamation of successive dynasties that it gradually turned into a desert

The mountains are bald, and there are no trees on the beach. The yellow sand is rolling and flowing, and nine out of ten are not harvested, which describes the environment here.

Huo Mingjie still remembered that he encountered a sandstorm when he was a child, the old man looked at the dark sky and the dust rolling, and recited the sentence "The yellow sand curtain rises in the south, and the sun hides in the west", and then let out a sigh and pulled Huo Mingjie to hide in the house.

Yellow sand blows from the desert, and the sun hides in the west.

For some, it's just a poem. But for the people who live here, it is a hardship that they experience several times a year.

In the early years, families volunteered or were organized by the government to participate in labor almost every year, bulldozing sand dunes and creating windbreaks.

Therefore, Huo Mingjie is very understandable that the old man is not good at providing for the elderly and wants to toss some ecological forest.

The older generation always has a belief in them.

In the small town, the sound of car engines sounded.

When they noticed the brand-new van, everyone who saw it couldn't help but look twice.

Huo Chengyin slowed down and drove slowly through the town's street with only a few shops.

Whenever he saw an acquaintance, he would stop the car, open the window in the stunned look of the acquaintance, and talk casually.

"Ah, yes, just bought it."

"I don't open it, this is for the old man, didn't he contract a forest by himself, it's more convenient for him to use."

"Hahaha, it's not too expensive, it's less than 100,000. We are old and sandy here, and good cars are not used. Just buy a cheap one, and you won't feel distressed if it breaks down. ”

"The old man can't drive? It's not a big problem, just find someone to help you drive! ”

In their remote and poor town, a van of 100,000 yuan is enough to give the family a long face.

A "street" of only 100 meters long can only be swayed for a few minutes at most. But Huo Chengyin, who was driving the car, took more than 20 minutes to walk

The cheap nephew is actually not a person who will go around screaming, but there is nothing wrong with "returning home".

And when he went out to work hard, he only knew that he was "messing around", which can be regarded as a negative teaching material for educating children in the town.

has been pointed at behind for so many years, and even the old man has to be said that he can't teach, but now that he has some ability, he naturally wants to raise his eyebrows.

The old man, who was preparing the meal at home, heard the noise outside at this time, and hurriedly walked out, and saw the two uncles and nephews who got off the car, and immediately became happy, and said:

"I'm finally back, and I'm just thinking about whether to give you a call......

Then the old man turned his gaze to the brand-new van and asked:

"Well, this is your car?"

Although it is not clear how much money his two children and grandchildren make, it is obvious that he has made a lot of money from the fact that his uncle and nephew easily paid for the construction of the school.

Nowadays, it is normal to buy a car.

When Huo Mingjie heard this, he said with a smile:

"No, it's your car!"

Huo Chengyin, who was on the side, also stepped forward, took the old man's hand, and then put the car key on, and said with a hippie smile:

"This is for you, and it will be easier to go to the forest in the future, and it will be easier to transport some saplings and tools to kill."

The old man is open-minded by nature, and he is not a person who can spoil the interest of his children and grandchildren, so he will not complain about why he should buy such an expensive car.

At this time, looking at the car keys in his hand, the old man wrinkled his old face and said in embarrassment:

"I heard that I still have to take a test to learn to drive now, I'm so old, I'm afraid it's not easy......

"Find someone who can drive to help you!"

"Yes, when I went to visit the door next door the day before yesterday, I heard that Uncle Liu, who used to drive in the passenger transport company, is not retired, please come over and give full play to his spare heat!"

The two uncles and nephews are on the side, singing and authentic.

In these years, the supervision is not strict, and if you want to get a driver's license, there is actually a way not to take the test. But the old man is so old, and the uncle and nephew don't dare to let him drive!

Hearing this, the old man also narrowed his eyes and said with a smile:

"It just so happens that Xiaoyanagi is also idle, so it's better to let him come over to help me."

The old man happily shoved the car keys into his pocket, and then beckoned his uncle and nephew to go in for dinner.

After eating, the old man saw that Huo Mingjie was full of energy and did not look like a hard journey at all, so he pulled him with great interest and asked Huo Chengyin to drive them to the forest he had just contracted this year.

In fact, Huo Chengyin was wrong before, the place contracted by the old man is not that kind of desert land, but a low-yield forest that has been officially managed and has some vegetation.

The trees here are sparse and the ground is still sandy, but there is a foundation for it. It's just that there is no economic value, so there is a cost to maintaining this forest.

In recent years, the government has been guiding and encouraging private contracting, not only to develop the local economy, but also to reduce the cost of desert management, so as to explore an effective way to give positive feedback.

Huo Mingjie looked at the sparse forest in front of him and asked curiously:

"So what are you going to plant?"

There are so many things to consider when growing cash crops in the desert!

It is not a simple matter to pay attention to whether it is cold and drought tolerant, whether it will consume a lot of water resources, and finally consider the economic benefits.

The old man pointed to the few saplings that had just been planted over there and said:

"It's not decided yet, but grapes, date trees, and apricot trees have been planted under the guidance of experts. After two years, we will determine which variety will adapt to our environment before we start planting. ”

"The first two years were groping, and I couldn't see the output, so it wasn't easy. But it's hard at the beginning, take your time! ”

(End of chapter)