crazy growth

Baixia's home is in Shuguang Village. During the three or nine days, thousands of miles are frozen and the road is closed for ten miles. He has to transfer back and forth, and the bumpy journey can be regarded as home.

"Mom and Dad, I'm back, and I will celebrate the New Year with you this year." Bai Xia smiled brightly.

The family was very happy to see Baixia. His father was on crutches. After several years of recuperation, he was able to walk, and his spirit seemed to be very good. His mother had already prepared a large table of dishes, etc. It's on.

So Baixia spent a few days at home quietly, laying hands down and doing some farm work. The rest of the time was just staring at the goose-feather snow falling outside in a daze, which was as dazed as his heart.

"Did something happen to you?" His father was the first to notice that something was wrong with his son.

"Dad, I, I'm unemployed." So Baixia told his father the whole story.

"You did the right thing. We have to be principled when we are human. It's okay. I've been sick for several years. Now you don't have to spend money on me. Let's look for it later in the year. My son is the same. Graduated from a prestigious university, what are you afraid of?"

"Dad, I haven't been back for several years. Now the village feels a lot more depressed. The roads were full of children running around, but now they seem to be gone." Bai Xia looked at the empty street.

"There used to be more than 300 households in our village, but now there are only more than 130 households left. Now more elderly people die every year than children are born. In 20 years, our village may be gone." Papa Bai said with emotion.

Seeing that the place where he grew up has become so desolate, Baixia couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable.In the future, he will stay in the big city, and it seems that he really can't come back.Then when I get old, I may not even have a place when I look back.

Baixia recalled when he was a child, sitting in the courtyard in the summer evening to enjoy the shade, the big moon dimly illuminated the whole village, and there were bursts of frogs singing in the fields. Chatting next to the fire, the children ran around the fire.The old people in the village said that they could hear Chang'e crying on the night of the Qixi Festival, so they went to the bean stand to listen to it, but they must have never heard it in a year.In winter, they used paper to make a lantern, lit it with wax, and went exploring in the snow cave. The floor of that snow cave was covered with straw and it was dark inside.Playing on the high grain stacks in autumn, they climbed up like a castle, and then rolled back and forth on it, and when they rolled down, they were covered in dirt.In spring, go together to pick the newly sprouted wild vegetables, that is delicious.At that time, I was really poor, but I was also really happy.

"Dad, is farming now the same as before, no money, so everyone left?"

"It's actually good now. The state provides a lot of subsidies. It's true that it's not profitable to grow common crops, so it depends on the little subsidies given by the state. But it's actually much better now than in the past. You know our village, the state itself I plan to give 200 million yuan, but unfortunately our village has no project to submit, so we gave it to a neighboring village as a fungus base.”

Hearing these news, Baixia's heart surged, and countless thoughts came to him: Why do I have to go back to the big city? If the national policy is really good, I can stay in my hometown. People, in fact, even if you give money and don't have talents, you can't do it.Moreover, in our hometown, why can’t we create jobs by ourselves and attract high-quality talents back? After all, this is the real home. It was a mess, and finally the mountain was dug, and I patted my ass and left. Some conscientious ones built a concrete road for the village, and those who had no conscience cared about your future life and death.

"Dad, I'm not leaving. I'll stay to farm and raise livestock. Don't you feel ashamed?"

"Ah? Do you really want to come back?" Baixia's father seemed surprised by Baixia's decision.

"Dad, do you know how I feel about this journey? It's that the development here is too backward. When I was waiting for the bus in the county, I saw so many shopping malls and they looked so prosperous, so I went shopping in them, and the prices of things there were very low. It is very low. On the other hand, our county’s income cannot support consumption at all. There is not even a supporting industry, and farming does not make money. There is no way to gather people in this place. But as long as there is a factory, it can gather people and prosper. Although big cities There are many opportunities, but the housing price is so high, and the hard-earned money of two generations is collected for a dilapidated house. It may be better to do business, I want to try, if it is really successful, it will also benefit the folks in our hometown." The more Baixia said, the more excited he became.

"Okay, if you really want to do it, Dad will definitely support it with all your strength." Although Dad Bai didn't understand what was going on, he just felt that his son's decision must be right. This is probably a kind of unconditional trust.

"Dad, as long as you think I won't embarrass you, I'll stay."

Baixia's father got up and went to his own room, and when he came back, he handed a passbook to Baixia, "Son, the money you gave dad these years, dad has kept it, hey, how many times have I told you, don't Send it to me, don’t send it to me, you are too stubborn, you can use this. The password is your birthday.”

"Dad..." Bai Xia choked up for a moment.

"Take it, Dad can count on you for the rest of his life."

"Ah."

After eating that day, Baixia took a ride in the village to the Internet cafe in the town to check information, and then analyzed various possible livelihoods.Bai Xiazai carefully studied the pros and cons, and after a few days of research, he decided to build a farm and raise cattle.

First of all, the state supports cattle breeding, and there is a thousand yuan subsidy for each calf born, and there is no tax.

Secondly, the farm donated funds to help the villagers of Shuguang Village plant corn for free.After the corn is harvested, the villagers sell it for money, and the remaining corn stalks are used as natural feed for cattle.

Then, the cows manure the swamp pond to make biogas, which is used for heating, cooking and lighting, and the residue of the biogas is used as organic fertilizer, which is returned to the field to maintain soil fertility, organic vegetables are grown, and grass is planted to raise cattle.

Finally, if you buy a 500-jin calf, you can basically go to the market in less than a year, and you can also raise a few sheep along the way. The sheep raising cycle is short and the fodder is the same.

Baixia is a man of action, once he has made a decision, he will start to act immediately.

There is a small hill to the northeast of Shuguang Village. To the west of the hill is a reservoir, and to the east is a sunken rocky hill that can be used to build a cowshed.Baixia rented the sunken rocky mountain from the village, and then started looking for a construction team, buying materials, buying equipment, and at the same time scrambling to buy fodder, buy cattle, and even go to the county to do so.Baixia's parents are also busy. Their main job is to order corn stalks with other villagers in the village and sign the contract. The people in the village are naturally happy, because in fact these straws are useless in the end. If they are not given to them, they will probably be burned in the end. , and now it is still able to generate income, it is simply a matter of steel falling from the sky.Neighbors, seven aunts and eight aunts, soon the entire village's families were basically settled.

Baixia probably doesn't realize now that Shuguang Village is centered on him, spreading to all directions, and various connections are taking place, and with the development of Baixia's career, this connection will become deeper and deeper in the future.This is also the so-called local culture, and China's current human relationship society is the epitome of local culture.

With "self" as the center, it is thrown into the water like a stone, and the social relationship formed with others is not like the members of a group, where everyone stands on the same plane, but like the ripples of water, pushed out circle by circle , the farther you push, the thinner you push. ② And Baixia is about to become the center of this circle.

The relationship in this city is different. In the city, this relationship is being diluted, and it is more and more like a "point" relationship. Under the reinforced concrete, people use long address books to identify each other, but in the countryside, they only use dirt symbols. , a hundred old kings will not be confused.

This year's Spring Festival, Baixia no longer has to face the white concrete wall alone.He stayed with his parents, cooked New Year's Eve dinner, watched the gala, set off firecrackers, made dumplings, and celebrated a happy and prosperous Spring Festival.

In the winter after the Spring Festival, the outside is still covered with snow and ice, and the Bai family is indeed busy and bustling.

After two or three months of busy work, the signboard of "Shuguang Yellow Cattle Farm" was finally put up. Although the land certificate has not yet been issued, it should be soon. The fodder has been prepared, and the workers have also been recruited. The little scalpers were pulled in one after another, and finally started working.Baixia also specially invited two cattle breeding technicians to follow.On the day of the listing, the leaders of all sizes in the county even came to condolences and inspect the inspection work.So this start is also a booming one.

Later, in order to facilitate access to various materials, books and periodicals, and to communicate with the outside world, Baixia installed a network cable in his room, bought an office computer, and installed an all-in-one printer, and his room became half a small office.In the following days, I began to learn how to scientifically raise cattle, raise other livestock and poultry, and how to scientifically grow crops. I held all kinds of books all day long, learned from technicians during the day, and worked with workers. Use the computer to check the market, check books and periodicals, and communicate with you on various issues of poultry farming on the forum.The days are so busy and orderly.

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Note ② This point of view comes from the author of "Homeland China": Fei Xiaotong