Four years later, in order to take care of his father, what should Fudan postdoctoral students do when they return to their hometowns to farm?

"Rural education has always been my wish. I am a scholar who loves the land in his bones. " -Chen Runhua, postdoctoral fellow at Fudan University

Four years ago, Chen Runhua, a 45-year-old postdoctoral fellow at Fudan University, gave up his job as a researcher in Fudan Literature and went to the countryside of Guizhou to plant medicinal materials such as Pinellia ternata and aconite.

Many villagers don't understand his choice, saying that he has a good job in a big city and can take his father to Shanghai. Why did he go back to farming in the countryside? Can he get rich by farming?

It is understood that after several years of efforts, Chen Runhua's Jiuding Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. now has a professional management team of more than 30 people, and has invested more than 40 million yuan to transfer 6.5438+0.7 million mu of land, which has driven neighboring farmers to plant 6.5438+0.3 million mu of Chinese herbal medicines and solved the employment problem of hundreds of poor farmers.

First, from a rural boy to a postdoctoral fellow in Fudan.

Chen Runhua was born in xinying village, Yemachuan Town, Hezhang County, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, and is 49 years old. Because I always want to go out of the countryside, I study very hard.

1990 was admitted to the Earth Science Department of Sun Yat-sen University. After graduation, he entered the School of Law and Business of Shanghai Normal University 1997 to study for a master's degree, and obtained a master's degree in law in 2000. However, he still hasn't stopped studying. 200 1 continued his further study in the Chinese Department of Fudan University, and obtained a doctor of literature three years later.

In 2006, Chen Runhua worked as a postdoctoral mobile station in the School of International Relations and Public Affairs of Fudan University, and published many papers, comments and novels. At this time, he has had a double harvest of career and love, and lived an enviable rich life in Shanghai.

However, in 20 16 years, his father's accident changed his life direction.

Second, in order to take care of my father, I gave up my post-doctoral work in Fudan and returned to my hometown to farm.

In 20 16, Chen Runhua gave up his job in Shanghai and returned to his hometown with 87 boxes of nearly 3,000 books because his father needed someone to take care of him after surgery.

While taking care of his father, he is also thinking about what he can do in the countryside. By chance, he saw some pictures of Chinese herbal medicines sent by friends in a circle of friends, which suddenly gave him the idea that Chinese herbal medicines can also be planted in rural areas!

After a period of thinking and verification, Chen Runhua decided to plant Chinese herbal medicines. He used to be an academic researcher and knew nothing about planting. In order to master the planting method, he went to consult some big growers and farmers. To this end, he traveled all over the main producing areas of local Chinese herbal medicines and wrote down more than 20 notebooks with a record of 2 million words.

At the beginning of 20 18, after consulting with his wife who works in Beijing, Chen Runhua took out his savings for many years and established Guizhou Jiuding Agricultural Development Co., Ltd., and decided to plant medicinal materials such as Pinellia ternata and aconite.

But when he told the villagers this idea and mobilized them to work with him, he was met with cold silence.

The villagers said, "You are a postdoctoral fellow. You are good at reading and teaching, but we don't know if you can grow herbs. "

To this end, Chen Runhua had to go door to door to persuade the villagers, talk to the villagers about planting, medicine and prospects. That winter, in Gaoming Village, Shuangping Township, at an altitude of more than 2,000 meters, it was freezing, and he was still patiently persuading everyone to work with him.

With his efforts, villagers began to join his planting company with the idea of giving it a try.

Third, what now?

In this way, Chen Runhua used the planting technology provided by Fudan University as a support to develop and plant Chinese herbal medicines in Shuangping Township, Hezhang County; Expand the market with the network resources accumulated for many years, and complete the role change from postdoctoral to new farmer.

After more than two years of development, his company has a professional management team of more than 30 people, and has invested more than 40 million yuan to transfer land10.7 million mu, plant Chinese herbal medicines such as Pinellia ternata and aconite, and drive the surrounding villagers to plant Chinese herbal medicines10.3 million mu, thus solving the employment problem of hundreds of poor people. In 2065,438+09 alone, the employment salary cost 60,000 yuan.

Chen Runhua also pays attention to the construction of talent team, absorbing many post-80 s and post-90 s college students in Hezhang rural areas, so that they can make a difference at home.

Four. conclusion

Although Chen Runhua has achieved good results after two years of development, many people still don't understand his original choice.

If I have to find a perfect answer, I think as he said, "rural education is my long-cherished wish, and I am a scholar who loves the land in my bones."

To this end, after preparing to train the team more skillfully, Chen Runhua began to do rural education, give lessons to villagers, talk about traditional culture and talk about the future development of rural areas.

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