They were all so into the drama!

After getting into the van they bought for the old man, the uncle and nephew started to return to their hometown town.

Nowadays, in their hometown, there are really not many private cars, so there is usually no need to worry about traffic jams.

The two uncles and nephews chatted for a while. When Huo Mingjie realized that he was about to arrive at his hometown, he looked up and looked out the car window again. What he saw was an earthy yellow, completely desolate and empty.

Looking far into the distance, one can only vaguely see one or two spots of green in the distance, stubbornly living in the desolation.

His hometown, Leiwan Town, is at the southernmost tip of the famous Mu Us Desert.

In fact, during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, this place was once a grassland with abundant water and soil, and herds of cattle and sheep.

Just because of uncontrolled reclamation by successive dynasties, this place gradually turned into a desert.

The mountains are as high as the bald head, and there are no trees on the beach. The yellow sand is billowing, and nine out of ten plows fail to harvest, which describes the environment here.

Huo Mingjie still remembers that he encountered a sandstorm when he was a child. The old man looked at the dark sky and the dusty sky, and said in his mouth, "The yellow sand curtain rises in the south, and the day disappears in the west." Then he let out a sigh and pulled Huo Mingjie to hide in in the house.

The sky is full of yellow sand blowing in from the desert, and the brilliant sun disappears in the west.

To some people, this is just a poem. But for the people living here, it is a hardship they experience several times every year.

In the early years, every household either volunteered or was organized by the government to participate in labor almost every year, bulldozing sand dunes and building windbreaks.

Therefore, Huo Mingjie can understand that the old man does not take good care of himself at such an old age and still wants to mess with the ecological forest.

People of the older generation always have a sense of belief in them.

In the not-so-big town, the sound of car engines rang out.

When they noticed this brand new van, everyone who saw it couldn't help but take a second look.

Huo Chengyin reduced the speed of the car and drove slowly through the street in the town with only a few shops.

Whenever he saw an acquaintance, he would stop the car, open the car window and chat casually with the acquaintance's stunned expression.

"Ah, yes, I just bought it."

"I won't drive it. I bought it for the old man. He has contracted a forest for himself. It is more convenient for him to use it."

"Hahaha, it's not expensive, less than 100,000 yuan. There are always winds and sand here, and even a good car is useless. Just buy a cheap one, and you won't feel bad if you replace it if it breaks down."

"The old man can't drive? It's not a big problem, just find someone to help you drive!"

In their remote, isolated and poor town, a van worth RMB 100,000 was enough to bring honor to the family.

A "street" that is only 100 meters long, it can only be swayed slowly for a few minutes at most. But Huo Chengyin, who was driving, took more than 20 minutes to complete the journey.

The cheap nephew is actually not a person who goes around making noises, but there is nothing wrong with the matter of "returning home in rich clothes".

Moreover, when he first went out to work, he only knew how to "hang around", which can be regarded as a negative example for educating children in the town.

After being criticized from behind for so many years, even the old man was said to be unable to teach. Now that he has some skills, he naturally wants to feel proud.

The old man who was preparing meals at home heard the noise outside and walked out quickly. He saw the uncle and nephew coming out of the car. He suddenly became happy and said:

"I'm finally back. I was just thinking about giving you a call..."

Then the old man moved his eyes to this brand-new van and asked:

"Well, is this your car?"

Although it is not clear how much money his two children and grandchildren earned, judging from the fact that the uncle and nephew easily shouldered the cost of building the school, it is obvious that they made a lot of money.

Nowadays, it is normal to buy a car.

When Huo Mingjie heard this, he smiled and said:

"No, this is your car!"

Huo Chengyin on the side also stepped forward, took the old man's hand, put the car key on it, and said with a playful smile:

"I bought this for you. It will be more convenient to carry some saplings and tools for killing when we go to the forest later."

The old man is open-minded by nature and is not one to spoil the interests of his children and grandchildren, so he will not complain about why he bought such an expensive car.

Looking at the car keys in his hand, the old man frowned and said in embarrassment:

"I heard that you have to take a test to learn to drive. I'm so old, I'm afraid it won't be easy..."

"Find someone who can drive to help you!"

"Yes, I heard about it when I visited the next door the day before yesterday. Didn't Uncle Liu, who used to drive at the passenger transport company, retire? Please invite him to come over and use his spare energy!"

The uncle and nephew were standing by, singing in harmony.

Regulations are not strict these days, so if you want to get a driver's license, there is actually a way to get it without taking a test. But the old man is so old, and the uncle and nephew dare not let him drive!

Hearing this, the old man narrowed his eyes and said with a smile:

"It just so happens that Xiao Liu is restless, so I might as well ask him to come over and help me."

The old man happily stuffed the car keys into his pocket, and then invited his uncle and nephew to go in for dinner.

After dinner, the old man saw that Huo Mingjie was full of energy and did not look like he was having a hard journey at all, so he enthusiastically pulled him and asked Huo Chengyin to drive them to the forest he had just contracted this year.

In fact, what Huo Chengyin said before was wrong. The land that the old man contracted was not that kind of desert land, but a low-yield forest that had been managed by the government and had some vegetation.

The trees here are sparse and the ground is still sandy, but there is a foundation after all. It just has little economic value, so it costs money to maintain the forest.

In the past few years, the government has been guiding and encouraging private contracting, not only to develop the local economy, but also to reduce the cost of desert management, so as to find an effective path and continuously provide positive feedback.

Huo Mingjie looked at the sparse forest in front of him and asked curiously:

"So what are you going to plant?"

There are so many things to consider when growing cash crops in the desert!

We need to pay attention to whether it is cold and drought tolerant, whether it will consume a lot of water resources, and finally we have to consider the economic benefits. Taking all aspects together, it is really not a simple matter.

The old man pointed to a few saplings that had just been planted over there and said:

"It's not determined yet, but grapes, date trees, and apricot trees have been planted there under the guidance of experts. After two years, we will determine which varieties are suitable for our environment, and then we can start formal planting."

"The first two years were just a trial and error process with no visible results, so it was not easy. But everything is difficult at the beginning, so take your time!"