【Struggle for youth and no regrets. 】
Guangming Daily reporter chenchen Gaoping Guangming Net reporter Dong Dazheng
"This strawberry tomato is crisp, sweet and sour, which is the taste of my childhood!"
On September 23rd, China Farmers Harvest Festival, Qi Xiaojing, the "most beautiful grass-roots college graduate", was busy broadcasting live in the early morning. What she introduced is the main variety of the Zhanyi Planting Professional Cooperative in Keyou Qianqi, Inner Mongolia.
In the lens, the freshly picked strawberry and tomato are orange and attractive, and the navel of the fruit is surrounded by a unique green color. When you open it, the flesh is full and the juice is overflowing. At this end, the fruit has just filled a box; At that end, customers have placed orders.
Standing in the vegetable greenhouse, Qi Xiaojing’s wheat complexion face is full of joy of harvest. When the reporter asked about her 12-year experience in returning home, the Mongolian girl said affectionately:
"I just want to do something for the countryside!"
Qi Xiaojing (first from right) looks at the growth of strawberries in the greenhouse. Bright picture
From university student village official to cooperative founder
The first college student who passed the exam in the village has returned to the countryside!
In 2009, Qi Xiaojing, who graduated from Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, returned to his hometown of Keyou Qianqi and became a college student village official in Horqin Town.
This "return" fried the pot in the village. "I finally went to a big city and went back to the poor nest!" "The university is in vain, and it is promising to go back to the countryside!" The villagers don’t understand, and my father is even more angry.
"The fathers were afraid of poverty, but I am not afraid." Qi Xiaojing explained clearly, "I didn’t go out to escape from poor villages, but to come back and help the villagers get rid of poverty!"
The countryside is vast, and there are too many things to do! Where should we start? Qi Xiaojing made up his mind: "First, do a good job as a village official and see more, learn more and learn more."
At the end of 2012, Qi Xiaojing went to Liaoning with the team to inspect facility agriculture. At the age of 28, she walked into the vegetable greenhouse for the first time. "You can still pay in the field in winter!" Looking at the shed full of peppers, she kept saying, "If only this could be promoted in our place. Can’t just be a cat in winter! "
In 2013, when the four-year village official expired, Qi Xiaojing began to implement his own business plan — — Rent a greenhouse to grow vegetables. She knows that ordinary people are the most practical. "If you do a good job and earn money, people are naturally willing to work with you."
"It’s better to hold a group than to do it alone!" In May 2014, Qi Xiaojing started a cooperative with four former university student village officials. High-spirited young people got together and wanted to give the cooperative a bright name.
"Look, what is the wing word apart?" Through the chatter of discussion, JiXiaoJing slapped the table, "does it represent za ‘ Feather ’ College students with growing wings have ‘ Tian ’ Land, ‘ Total ’ Sweat together … … Call ‘ Spreading wings ’ How about it? "
"That’s great! We just want to soar in the vast rural areas! " Someone answered the phone right away.
They decided to plant strawberries and pick them, which was a precedent in the local area. Selecting seedlings, ridging, planting and fertilizing … … Little friends can’t wait to live in a shed.
After a long time, Qi Xiaojing’s one-year-old daughter was left unattended. "Then let the baby grow up with strawberries!" As a result, the little girl who just can walk is like a little tail every day. She staggers into the shed with the adults, grabs the clogs and can play for a day, and when she lies down in the ridge, she becomes a famous baby in the shed.
In December 2014, strawberries opened, but because they didn’t pay attention to publicity in the early stage, which customers came to the door at this time? Young people with lively minds thought, "What mode of transmission is fast and wide? Internet! " They rushed to record videos and advertised on WeChat and QQ.
The business hasn’t come yet, and the criticism has come first. Tucao’s "friends circle into advertising space" is there, and it is also directly blacked out. Qi Xiaojing encouraged his friends: "Selling agricultural products is the biggest problem, and we just want to find a way!"
Slowly, some friends began to help forward recommendations. In a strawberry season, customers saved a lot.
"Online sales are the right way!" Qi Xiaojing is preparing to make a big show, but the reality has made her "shudder" — — Some of the four friends want to get married, some children want to go to school, and one by one they leave.
"I’m a little disappointed, but I’m determined about my choice." Tidying up his mood, Qi Xiaojing transferred his friends’ greenhouses and continued to develop new members.
Over the past few years, the cooperative has 31 members, all its products have been sold online, and its annual income has exceeded 3 million yuan.
From "Giving Chicken Back to Egg" to "Ordering into the Courtyard"
With the cooperatives getting better and better, Qi Xiaojing put more energy into precision poverty alleviation.
"Poor households are mostly elderly and weak laborers, and they are not suitable for joining the society. How can poverty alleviation be effective?" Thinking hard, she suddenly remembered that many customers love to ask when they buy food: "Do we sell local chicken here?"
"Yes! Raising chickens does not consume physical strength, and it is not suitable for poor households! " Just do it, Qi Xiaojing boldly experimented with the model of "giving chickens back to eggs".
"What do you mean ‘ Give the chicken back to the egg ’ ？” The poor households who heard the news came to inquire.
"You bring hens from me for free, 20 in each group, and 25 eggs in each group, and then the chickens will be yours."
"Is there such a good thing?" The villagers whisper, some are tempted, and some have doubts. "Can you support those who don’t know much about technology?"
"Rest assured! Cooperatives provide free feeding and disease prevention technology. " Qi Xiaojing guarantees everyone.
"After each chicken has finished 25 eggs, do you still care about the regenerated eggs?" Asked the cautious fellow villager.
"Tube, bring it all, I will recycle it at the reserve price of one yuan!"
"So good? Anyway, don’t spend money, try to raise it. " I don’t know who shouted a voice in the crowd.
"Yes!" Spread out the contracts one by one, sign them, and lead the chickens!
Before long, the villagers came to return the eggs one after another! There is also an aunt who comes every few days just to talk to Qi Xiaojing about how much her chickens have grown up.
Qi Xiaojing then introduced two poverty alleviation models: "Give chickens back" — — Poor households receive 20 chicks in each group in spring, and return her two big chickens at the end of the year, and the rest are not less than those collected in 80 yuan; "Give pigs back to meat" — — Give fragrant pigs to poor households, and after 5 months, she will buy them back at a price of not less than 18 yuan per catty.
What warms Qi Xiaojing’s heart most is a particularly cold winter day. That day, she went out and returned to the cooperative. Uncle Wang Xilin, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, was flushed with cold.
"Uncle Wang chose ‘ Give the chicken back ’ Because of negligence, the chicken was sent to him, but I forgot to sign the contract. " Qi Xiaojing said, "As a result, Uncle Wang rode an electric car for more than 20 kilometers in cold weather to return the chicken, but he just didn’t want to give me more money."
The simplicity of the villagers made Qi Xiaojing more energetic, and she then launched the "order into the courtyard" poverty alleviation model. In recent years, she has driven 4 Sumu townships, 15 villages and 367 villagers in Keyouqianqi to get rich.
In February of this year, Qi Xiaojing won the title of "National Advanced Individual for Poverty Alleviation".
From taking the lead in starting a business to incubating talents
In Inner Mongolia in autumn, the sky is particularly blue, and white clouds are spread far away one after another. During the interview, Qi Xiaojing took the reporter to Aobao, which overlooks the whole town. "Isn’t the scenery in our new countryside beautiful?" She said.
At that time, Qi Xiaojing left his hometown with the tuition fees collected by the villagers. The tractor carrying her was leaving, and an aunt forced a small cloth bag into her arms. On the road, she bumped into the bag and opened it. A few badly rubbed bills came into view, and her tears flowed down at that time.
When she arrived at the university, with a poverty certificate, she applied for a national student loan, and with a scholarship, she was able to complete her four-year study.
When she first started her business, she needed money to rent a shed and buy seedlings. It was a college student entrepreneurship loan from the Banner Employment Bureau, which helped her solve the urgent need.
You need a guarantor to get a loan. A town cadre who is not too familiar not only guarantees her, but also lends her 20,000 yuan … …
Recalling these past events, Qi Xiaojing’s eyes flashed with tears: "I am grateful to this society and I have to repay this land."
In 2018, Qi Xiaojing had a new identity — — Director of Horqin Town Local Talent Incubation Center. From taking the lead in starting a business to incubating talents, this is exactly what she wants to do. The center has set up three training bases to bring together more than 50 young talents scattered in various villages to facilitate the sharing of resources and information. Every week, Qi Xiaojing will organize training and practice on different topics to familiarize young people with policies and agricultural technologies. Last year, eight people in the center joined the party and three people joined the village "two committees" team.
"Qi Jie has no reservations and is bent on bringing us out." The young people in the incubation center respect her.
"This prostitute is bright and smart, and she works with her, saving her heart and making more money." The fellow villagers praised her.
"She, a college student, changed the villagers’ original planting ideas, solved the problem of difficult selection and sales, and changed more than one village." The town cadres praised her.
"She is a Mongolian horse spirit who dares to fight and fight, and she lives a full and happy life." Friends envy her.
What about Qi Xiaojing himself? What she always thinks about is "doing something for the countryside".
"Rural revitalization requires more young people with knowledge and ability. I hope that more and more young people will make the same choice as me! " Qi Xiaojing, who was low-key and modest, was rude at the end of the interview.
Dedicate your youth to your hometown, which is worth it!
Guangming daily commentator
How did the first college student who flew out of the village fall back into the countryside? The opposition and incomprehension of others can’t stop Qi Xiaojing from feeding back his hometown. Who said that college students should stay in the city? There is much to be done in the countryside, and birds returning to the countryside can fly even higher.
Planting greenhouses with dolls, catching up with the wind, engaging in e-commerce, and "giving chickens and eggs back" to help get rid of poverty … … In the past 12 years, the initial intention of "I just want to do something for the countryside" has remained unchanged. Qi Xiaojing took root like a big tree and proved with numerous branches and leaves that this land will always give back when sweat is sprinkled in the vast countryside.
Qi Xiaojing found the meaning of flying and the value of pursuing, and also proved his choice: to dedicate his youth to his hometown, which is worth it!
With the support of policies, more and more college graduates, like Qi Xiaojing, chose to return home to start businesses. They use their knowledge, technology, vision and ideas to bring vitality and vigor to the countryside, and also harvest the infinite possibilities of youth and a hot life.
The horn of rural revitalization has sounded. Go to the grass roots, go to the countryside, the vast world and beautiful scenery are waiting for young people who are eager to "spread their wings" to soar!
