I build an oasis in the northwest

Chapter 1 Subsidies for individual tree planting

2010, April 6.

Qingzhou Province.

In the south of Landu County, there are several villages. Because of their remote location, it takes at least an hour's bus ride from here to the nearest town.

Therefore, most of the villagers’ daily necessities are purchased in an old store near the villagers’ planting areas.

This old store has an old appearance, still in the style of the 80s of the last century, and the words "Supply and Marketing Cooperative" can still be vaguely seen on the signboard.

The store has a complete range of oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, daily necessities, and seeds and farming tools.

Although it was approaching evening at this time, there were quite a few customers in the store.

Chen Mu stood behind the counter, taking money from customers and helping customers get things.

"Aunt Liu, it's still the old rule this time, two yuan of soy sauce?"

"Hey! The price of the soy sauce that I used to sell before has increased, and it has increased by [-] cents per catty, so I changed to another..."

"Uncle Zhang, it's still the same, take two boxes of loose tobacco leaves at twenty, right? By the way, the store has new tobacco rods, and they are not expensive. They cost three yuan each. Would you like to change the tobacco rods along the way?"

"Cheaper, okay. You are also an old customer. So, I will sell it to you at the purchase price, just give me two and a half yuan."

"Uncle Nuha, buy pencils and homework. Now the merchants are doing activities. Buy ten at a time and get an eraser for free. Buy ten homework books for the same subject and get one free. Anyway, Haohao can't do without these in school. Why don't you take advantage of this?" Opportunity to buy some more for preparation?"

"..."

After a busy meal, when the last customer in the store left, the sky was completely dark.

Chen Mu closed the door skillfully, and began to take inventory and settle accounts.

"The turnover is one hundred and ninety-nine... let's make a living!"

He counted the cents in his hand, mostly [-] cents, and felt that the store was quite tiring to open. It needed to have more items and styles, but the income was still like this. No wonder his mother never wanted to continue running the business.

This store was originally a supply and marketing cooperative.

In 01, after the state issued a policy to cancel the supply and marketing cooperatives, Chen's mother and father, who were forced to be laid off from their jobs in the supply and marketing cooperatives, decided to take down the supply and marketing cooperative and run it themselves.

In the next nine years, although I didn't earn much money, it was better than ordinary work.

Especially when the road in front of the store connecting Guzang Autonomous Region and Yusen Autonomous Region and running through Landu County was just completed, there were a lot of vehicles passing on the road, and two red cards could be harvested every day just by selling cigarettes and water. ticket.

Unfortunately, the good times are not long.

After the national transportation network is perfected, this highway will become a branch road from the main road.

Under this influence, there are fewer and fewer vehicles coming and going. Except for the tourist season in July and August, the hunting season in September and October, and the pasture purchase season before winter, there is not a car for a long time at other times.

In addition, in recent years, more and more young people have chosen to go out to work in order to make money. The only people left in the village are the elderly and children. Their living expenses depend entirely on the money sent back by the young people working outside.

Therefore, I usually save money when I can. Except for necessary expenses, I will never spend a penny more.

The running water in the store is naturally getting lower and lower.

There are few people, low consumption, and a remote location. Every day, you deal with gross receipts, and you see old faces. The goods you check are messy and miscellaneous.

Some time ago, my sister-in-law Xu Qing found out that she was pregnant with a second child. The eldest was only two years old. It was the time when she couldn’t live without her. Brother Chen Chen Sen was in real estate sales. After returning home, I didn't want to lift my tired legs.

So, Chen Maxin, who was tired of opening a store, happily left her youngest son who had just graduated and returned home, and went to Shanghai to help take care of the child with all the money.

The Yusen Autonomous Region next door was specially named because of the increasingly severe desertification. Father Chen, who is a sand control worker, was seconded there to help plant trees.

So the only one left in the family is Chen Mu, who has just graduated and returned home, and is still waiting for the desert control person to apply for it.

Chen Mu recalculated the money in his hand and left enough change for tomorrow. Chen Mu put the remaining business money into the box and took it with him to the bank when he went to town to replenish goods.

After locking the store door, he turned and entered the living area behind the sales area.

The supply and marketing cooperative is very large, consisting of two rooms at the front and back.

Before this supply and marketing cooperative was sold, the supply and marketing cooperative had always used the front as a sales area and the back as a warehouse.

After the sale, Dad Chen changed the warehouse into a collective accommodation in order to let Chen Ma have a rest place at noon, and there were five or six sandstorms a year in the northwest, and sometimes it was too late to go home. The kitchen, bathroom, and toilet are all available in the living area, which is convenient for Chen's mother to rest.

Walking into the kitchen, he steamed the rice casually, mixed a cucumber, fried a tomato and egg on top, made a bowl of egg soup, and ate it with gusto.

Turning on the TV, it happened to be the rerun of "Xinwen Lianbo".

"In order to further increase the enthusiasm of the whole society for afforestation and accelerate the pace of afforestation and greening in our country...it is decided to carry out the pilot project of afforestation subsidies in 2010..."

When he heard the words "afforestation subsidy", Chen Mu stopped changing the channel.

"The pilot program of afforestation subsidies is selected in the northwest...Qingzhou Province, Xia Province and other provinces..."

"Personal garden subsidy standards: 200 yuan per mu for arbor forests, and 120 yuan per mu for shrub forests..."

Is the subsidy intensity so high?
Chen Mu suddenly had an idea in his heart.

I remembered the desert control application that had been voted for for more than half a month, but there was no reply.

There is also a personal garden subsidy policy with very high subsidies.

Chen Mu decided to save the country through a curve and fulfill the agreement between himself and his grandfather in another way.

Thoughts were running fast in my mind, and I quickly analyzed the pros and cons.

Individuals contract to plant trees, and the state provides subsidies. This can be done!

Just do it!

Chen Mu took out his phone and called Dad Chen, ready to ask about the specific situation.

"Dad, it's said in the news that the state recently promulgated the "Garden Subsidy" policy, and the subsidy is 200 per mu?!"

Father Lin has worked in a forest farm for more than 20 years. He is very familiar with information related to tree planting, and he knows what the policy is when he hears it.

"The subsidy is not 200 per mu, there are preconditions."

Dad Chen poured cold water on it and said: "The subsidy is divided into different levels according to the number of acres contracted for planting. There is one level for less than 100 acres, one level for 100 to 500 acres, and another level for more than 500 acres."

"Moreover, this subsidy has requirements for the survival rate and area of ​​green planting. The planting area of ​​green plants in that year is more than 80%, and the survival rate is more than 85%. The subsidy will only be issued after passing the acceptance."

Hearing this, Chen Mu was stunned.

Located in the northwest of Qingzhou, the weather is arid, with little rain and a lot of wind and sand. There are at least five or six sandstorms a year.

Coupled with wind and sand erosion, desertification is becoming more and more serious.

If you want to plant trees, you must first build grass grids to prevent wind and sand, and increase soil moisture.

The making method of grass grid is loaded down with trivial details and trouble.

Before making, you need to take a handful of long wheat straw and beat it with the wind, and pat off the smaller and inferior wheat straw, leaving the high-quality long strips.

Then spread the long wheat straw to the ground evenly.

Finally, use the shovel to borrow the strength of the feet to insert the long wheatgrass vertically into the ground to ensure that the height of the wheatgrass exposed on the ground is one third of the height of the whole long wheatgrass.

After completing the above series of steps, saplings can finally be planted in the grass grid.

This is not the end, in order to ensure the survival rate of the saplings, only one sapling can be planted in a grass grid.

It can be said to be time-consuming, labor-intensive and labor-intensive.

Planting trees is hard, planting trees is tiring, planting trees is difficult, planting trees is difficult!
This is a true portrayal of tree planting in the Northwest.

(End of this chapter)