On this day, an inspection team came to the village.
At that time, Qin Feng's family contracted two barren sand mountains, and Qin Feng signed a military order to manage the two mountains within ten years, fix the sand and grow grass to improve the soil, and plant trees, flowers, and medicinal herbs. The county magistrate also thought that the two barren sand mountains would be idle anyway, and the yellow sand on the mountains would only increase. Now someone came out to sign a military order to manage the barren sand mountains, so he approved Qin Feng without hesitation.
Now that a year has passed, the county has commissioned the county agricultural school to organize an inspection team to visit Beishawozi Village, Hongxing Commune to see the results of the one-year sand fixation and grass cultivation work.
Deputy Secretary Liu from the commune also came, as did the village heads from several villages in the commune. The commune wanted other village heads to come and learn from their experience.
Qin Feng took the inspection team to Xiaoqingshan first.
When we arrived at the foot of Xiaoqing Mountain, we saw a lush thorn forest growing at the foot of the mountain. Although it was late autumn, the thorns were growing very well, forming a thorn wall that surrounded Xiaoqing Mountain tightly, blocking the wind and sand, and also protecting the grass, trees and crops planted on the mountain. The inspection team highly praised this approach.
They said, "On mountains or plains with severe desertification, thorn forests can be planted to prevent wind and sand."
Everyone quickly recorded the good methods that were suitable for their own village and their own needs.
Each member of the inspection team has his or her own focus. Some of them would take out a small paper bag, grab a handful of soil, put it in, and write the time, soil location on the outside of the paper bag; others focused on observing the growth of all the plants, and recorded it in a notebook from time to time...
Qin Muze watched carefully and used a notebook to record the observation points, methods and means of the inspection team. Seeing her brother's seriousness, Ke'er walked over to him and nudged his arm with her elbow. "Brother, do you like these very much?"
Qin Muze nodded and said affirmatively, "Of course. I will continue to study hard and master more skills and knowledge."
Ke'er thought, "Do we all go to the capital after the exam, but my brother has to stay here forever? What should we do? Oh, right, I can let my brother apply to an agricultural college, and then become a teacher there, so he can stay in school. That's right."
Qin Feng led everyone to a potato field. Someone asked, "Qin Feng, is this the field where you planted the potato spirit?"
"No, this is a piece of land we just reclaimed. The soil here isn't very good, so let's try planting something here."
"It's not bad. It's not as good as the harvest from the potato field I used to grow, but it's not bad either."
Qin Feng said, "Yes, we just want to improve the soil. We want to plant as much as possible and not leave any land unused."
Everyone went into the potato field, dug up a potato, and picked it up. A bunch of round potato balls of different sizes came out. Everyone counted them and found that there were 5 potatoes, two of which were relatively large, and one was the size of a fist. Three were relatively small, and the smallest was only the size of a sheep dung ball.
The village chief laughed and walked forward to look at the potatoes. "Qin Feng, you are really good at growing potatoes. Such poor land can produce such good potatoes. OK, I am more confident about planting potatoes on the three barren sand hills in the village next spring. Hahahaha."
Everyone laughed and felt that Qin Feng was indeed a capable person. Not only was he brave, he was also good at farming.
As they walked, Qin Feng told the comrades of the inspection team about the planting process on Xiaoqing Mountain. When they heard about the hard work Qin Feng and his family put into the mountain, they all thought, "Yes, there are no such things as easy success. The plants and crops on Xiaoqing Mountain are growing well, which is the result of the hard work of Qin Feng and his family."
When we arrived at Daqingshan, we saw that the overall sand control results on Daqingshan were not as good as those on Xiaoqingshan.
On the western slope of Daqing Mountain, there are large areas of desertified land. There are also some fragrant grasses planted to fix the sand, and bitter beans are planted among the grid grass. Now, 70% of the bitter beans are dead and dry, and the effect of sand fixation and grass cultivation is very limited.
Qin Feng was also troubled when he saw the area where yellow sand filled the sky even when the wind blew. "This area is where our family will focus on improving the soil structure and quality within five years."
The comrades of the inspection team said, "Don't worry. These are all formed over many years. It is impossible to control the yellow sand in one or two years. The achievements you have made in one year are already remarkable."
After hearing what the inspection team said, Ke'er nodded and said, "Not bad. They are realistic and don't exaggerate or seek quick success. That's good. Our family can then proceed step by step according to the plan."
Turning a corner, the group was surprised by the growth of Achnatherum splendens and Red Willow. The Achnatherum splendens were clustered together, with branches as tall as an adult.
The whole place is a forest of Sedge Grass. The red willows are growing well, in clumps. The branches of the red willows are growing taller, and the thick branches are as thick as an adult's thumb.
The inspection team members were delighted and praised repeatedly, "Qin Feng, very good, very good, you can plant Achnatherum splendens and Tamarix tamarisk well, which will be of great help in preventing wind and sand from breaking and growing grass."
"Yeah, I didn't expect there would be such a large area of Achnatherum splendens and red willows planted here. These are fibrous roots and can regenerate. There will only be more and more of them."
Everyone hurriedly took notes, and those who had cut branches put them in paper bags to record them. Several village heads also talked to Qin Feng, asking if Achnatherum splendens and Red Willow were easy to plant and maintain, and whether they were troublesome to manage.
The comrades of the inspection team said, "Don't worry about asking Qin Feng. After our inspection today, we will write an inspection report and submit it to County Magistrate Tang. Then, we will hold an experience exchange meeting. Everyone should listen carefully. Hahaha."
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