Immortal prose of barren hills without words

This should have happened four years ago, but I still often think that this is not only the only way for me to return to my hometown in Gongjing Forest Farm, but also a group of people who are working hard to create green mountains and rivers and make our sky bluer and the environment more beautiful.

When I walked into the workstation of Gongjing Forest Farm that day, Li Xuerong, then the director of Gongjing Forest Farm, was at his desk, counting with a bowl of Caragana seeds. This is the first time I have seen him. To tell the truth, in the face of this middle-aged man with dark skin, strong body and tired face, it is difficult for you to connect him with the director of Gongjing Forest Farm.

Li Changchang is very talkative. Less than a cup of tea, we already know the situation of Gongjing Forest Farm from his mouth. Gongjing Forest Farm in Yuzhong County was founded in June of 1959 and June of 10. Located in Gongjing Township, an arid mountain area in the north of Yuzhong County, 35 kilometers away from Yuzhong County. At that time, the total management area of the forest farm was 6.5438+0.286 million mu, all of which were artificial forests. In recent years, 74,878 mu of afforestation projects have been completed.

In fact, I am no stranger to Gongjing Forest Farm. I learned of its existence from the mouth of adults in the 1980s. Although I have never seen it with my own eyes, in my imagination, it must be a place with dense forests and beautiful scenery. Until the 1990s, I walked out of the mountains to take the exam, passed by Jiguanliang many times and saw Gongjing Forest Farm with my own eyes. The desolate scene completely shattered my countless beautiful dreams. What kind of forest farm is it? In addition to sporadic apricot and elm trees, it is the dead branches and low branches of Caragana that have been chewed by cattle and sheep many times. Looking around, you can see not only endless barren hills, but also barren hills!

The real change of Gongjing Forest Farm should have started in the last ten years. With the people around Jiguanliang moving out one after another, a large number of barren hills and hills have been planned in a unified way, and the pace of closing hillsides for afforestation has been accelerated year by year. The once desolate mountains are quietly changing under the sweat and painstaking efforts of forest farm workers. The green of the stars, in every ravine, spreads year after year, covering desolation and infiltrating people's hearts.

Under the leadership of Li Changchang, we came to a place called Fabingcha, where the forest farm recently finished planting trees. Several mountains gathered together to form a huge basin. Standing on the side of the road and looking around, at first glance, there are newly planted arborvitae everywhere. They are like rows of soldiers who line up the whole mountain neatly, watching each other, trying to show a little green for the arid and desolate mountain. On the flat ground at the bottom of the basin, the huge pattern of "Fu ☆ Lin" carefully planted with Platycladus orientalis is particularly eye-catching. When my eyes came into contact with the "blessed forest", an idea flashed through my mind. Director Li seems to have read my mind and told me with a smile that people's concept of "burying the ground" is still very strong now, and a large amount of cultivated land is occupied every year. This woodland carefully built by their forest farm will become a resting place for people in the next hundred years, making the barren hills not only green, but also greener. Hehe, at that moment, I suddenly found that I was in awe. Li Changchang and his team not only care about afforestation, but also care about people's long-term development.

No matter the size of the work, ordinary work is still touching as long as you work hard. At my suggestion, Director Li took us to the planting area. From a distance, we saw many figures swaying on the hillside. Li Changchang told us that those were workers in their forest farm and villagers hired nearby. They dug more than 1.4 million trees and planted more than 500,000 trees, which will be 65,438+. In order to achieve this goal, he and his forest farm workers have not rested for more than three months in a row. Afforestation is different from other work, there is a time limit, and missing the best time will have no effect. When I walked into the scene, I was surprised to find that most of the people who planted trees were aunts. During the conversation, I learned that most of them are nearby villagers, and there is no supervision and no shouting, but they are very careful and earnest. I squatted next to a middle-aged woman who was planting trees. She is putting the saplings into the dug columnar pit, carefully putting the wet soil into the gaps around and tamping it with a small stick. I praised her for doing it seriously, and the middle-aged woman smiled shyly and said, "Look, we all do it seriously, and afforestation is no better than others. This is a conscience project, and we should do it with our heart to ensure the survival rate of saplings. Besides, we are all villagers nearby, and we are happy with the good environment! Planting trees here is like doing it for ourselves. Can we not be serious? " I was speechless for a moment and was surprised that these simple farmers had such consciousness. Yes, any work is afraid of being serious. As long as everything is worth doing and you can concentrate on it, you will certainly achieve unexpected results. No wonder people passing by Jiguanliang are amazed at the changes of roadside vegetation. As Li Changchang told us, with the expansion of afforestation area in recent years, the regional microclimate of Gongjing Forest Farm has been formed, and the dream of making Beishan green is no longer far away.

Looking from the mountain ridge, the Gongjing Forest Farm in June is green, and the blooming Caragana flowers are like the same yellow belt, winding around every hillside. The surviving apricot trees, pine and cypress trees, Xanthoceras sorbifolia, elm trees and red willows are dotted among Caragana, yellow and green, like fairies dancing on beautiful brocade, swinging their arms in the roaring mountain wind and making unyielding cries to the sky. Under the guidance of the tree planter, I found that the edge of each new tree nest was planted with Caragana. Although they are only one inch long, the blooming green still shows people their desire for life. Only then did I know that I saw Chang Li counting Caragana seeds in the office. It turned out that in order to ensure the survival rate of Caragana, he was doing scientific experiments and planning for "interplanting" vegetation restoration in arid mountainous areas.

Say goodbye to Gongjing Forest Farm and return along Panshan Highway. Eye-catching fire prevention slogans flashed from time to time on the roadside. There is a saying that there are three points and seven points in charge. For a new forest belt, careful management is not only the responsibility of forest farm workers, but also the obligation of everyone in the whole society. At this time, it suddenly began to rain outside the window, and the fresh air floated into the car with the smell of flowers and trees, which made people feel refreshed. I once again remembered Li Changchang's half-serious and half-joking words when he left: "Our work must stand the wait. It is said that predecessors planted trees and later generations enjoyed the cool. Our dream is to make Gongjing Forest Farm truly become an artificial oasis with long grass and flowers. This is the vision of our forest farm workers and the vision of the people in Beishan, Yuzhong. " Yes, many people just wait and see or talk about some time-consuming and laborious work, but Li Changchang and his team are willing to persist silently and practice hard. They deserve respect! They are real gardeners!

Now, I drive past Gongjing Forest Farm several times a year. With the improvement of surrounding vegetation year by year, every time you pass by, you will feel different. I have described its scene in many works, even as the background of my long inspirational novel Soul of Shan Lang, which made many readers drive to find the birthplace of the story. If nothing else, I just want more people to know that there are a group of people worth remembering for our better environment tomorrow! Yes, everyone is a passer-by in life, but everyone should know how to be grateful. Life is like a lotus. When we appreciate the delicate lotus, we must not forget the achievements of the roots hidden under the water.

The barren hills are silent, and the feelings last forever. Gongjing Forest Farm-a place worthy of praise!