Approaching the pomegranate kingdom and exploring the pomegranate feelings of the "pomegranate king"

In the hot summer, it is steaming. It is imperative to develop rural characteristic industries in response to the call for the construction of the national Huaihe River ecological economic belt. To this end, the 14-year cold window team of Anhui Finance College went deep into Bairuquan Pomegranate Technology Co., Ltd. in Huaiyuan County, Bengbu, Anhui Province during the summer vacation, visited the surrounding residents and carried out social practice activities.

The east was pale and the morning light was dim. The players arrived at the practice site early with excitement and enthusiasm. When you get off the bus, what you see is not a landmark modern building, but a simple iron shed. This small iron shed is in sharp contrast with the 100-acre pomegranate garden. The person who lives here is the head of the company. I had a brief exchange with him and learned that the person in charge of Huaiyuan Bairuquan Pomegranate Technology Co., Ltd. was from Huaiyuan. Although he has already settled down in the city, he and his wife are still stationed in this shed for a long time, and they go deep into the orchard with the employees to complete their daily work together. His dark skin and deep wrinkles around his eyes are the traces of his hard work. Whenever he talks about this pomegranate garden, his eyes are full of light and his words are full of pride. In recent years, he won the title of "Pomegranate King" in the 2nd Pomegranate King Appraisal in Huaiyuan County, and won the silver prize in the 5th National Pomegranate Product Award. All the efforts are worthwhile. His sentence "Open the door and you will see all the pomegranate trees. These are all treasures! " Deeply imprinted in the hearts of the players, a feeling of admiration arises spontaneously.

The picture shows the person in charge holding the certificate and trophy. Photo by Zhang Siyu

The team members entered the orchard under the leadership of the person in charge. At this time, while the employees were doing their homework, the team members took the initiative to help, and under the careful guidance of the employees, they jointly completed the work of pruning, fertilization and handling. After a short rest, they said, "We are all local left-behind elderly people. Although we are 50 or 60 years old, we still have strength, but our education level is low and we don't have suitable jobs. In the past, we lived entirely by farming. Thanks to our boss, he taught us technology carefully, which made us earn a relatively good income every month. Although hard, my heart is sweet. "

The picture shows team members helping employees move pomegranate trees to carts. Photo by Zhang Siyu

In the pomegranate garden, a group of elves attracted everyone's attention. The person in charge introduced to the team members that this is a three-dimensional farming method adopted in the past two years. Weeds in pomegranate orchard are used as food for ducks and geese, which greatly saves the cost and time of manual weeding. The excrement of ducks and geese can be buried to ensure soil fertility and save some fertilizer costs. The person in charge also added that the project is still in the experimental stage, with a total of only 2,000 ducks and geese, and the mature duck and goose team will be more spectacular.

The picture shows ducks and geese playing in pomegranate garden from the perspective of three-dimensional agriculture. Man Fai Ng

Subsequently, the team members came to the homes of nearby residents and had intimate conversations with several elderly people, and learned about the relevant development information of pomegranate industry and the living conditions of residents. A very old man always has a happy smile on his face in conversation. He told the team members that thanks to the pomegranate industry, they contracted the land and solved the problem of a large number of local people. The development of industry has also promoted local employment and made indelible contributions to the development of township economy.

The picture shows that the team members and the elderly have a close exchange on the pomegranate industry and record what the elderly said. Photo by Zhang Siyu

Through this social practice, team members have benefited a lot. It is believed that with the promotion of national economic policies and the efforts of relevant responsible persons, Huaiyuan pomegranate industry will surely flourish and go up a storey still higher!