The southern edge of the Takramakan Desert.

This was once a famous fish and rice town. Lop Nur in the desert once raised countless creatures.

But later, as the water injected into Lop Nur decreased, coupled with the huge evaporation, this huge lake gradually dried up.

The Rob people who originally made a living by fishing in the lake had to gradually change their living habits, transformed from fishermen into farmers, and learned to grow crops.

However, the sparse precipitation and huge evaporation make the crop yield here very little. Some places are suitable for making their homes by planting red dates, while others are not suitable for planting this kind of cash crop. It is not uncommon for people living below the food and clothing line or even below the poverty line.

When many Uyghur teenagers are rare, they go to the fields to work barefoot with their families. Although the administrative agencies here will find many ways to help villagers get rid of poverty, or export labor, introduce new crops, or establish cooperatives, there are fewer and fewer villagers in the village, and more young people want to live and work in big cities. Like many rural areas in the mainland, there are more elderly people and children here.

"Mr. Tursun, this kind of crop does not need to be irrigated." Tian Minjie said to an old Uyghur man holding a chopping trowel in the field: "They have little demand for water, and they can automatically reduce the evaporation, so they can survive normally in this field."

The old man Tursun is in his sixties, and his grandfathers survive on this land. He used to make a living by fishing and lived a self-sufficient life. When Tursun was still young, Lop Nur dried up and they began a new way of life.

Although many people moved away, for those who have lived here for generations, their hometowns are hard to leave, and more people stayed.

Some time ago, Tian Minjie came here for inspection and then began to distribute new seeds to the villagers, and publicized that this is a good grain that can double its yield without watering.

However, the villagers do not agree with this. They cannot be said to be ignorant, but they will not easily believe others' words before seeing the facts. What's more, now is an era of information explosion, and many advertisements are hyped, but the actual effect is poor enough.

It is difficult to promote new crops and new products. Although the current wheat yield is low, it is at least enough to eat. If you change to a new crop, once the yield is not out and the things are not good, wouldn’t that be a loss?

It is the wisdom of our ancestors to decide to lose before we can win.

Tian Minjie's promotion was not smooth, but he was not discouraged and did not leave. Instead, he planned to rent a piece of land and plant it for everyone to see.

At this time, Mr. Tursun from the village stood up and asked Tian Minjie for the seeds and planted them in his own food field.

Tian Minjie was very curious at the time, why Mr. Tursun believed in him.

Tuerson's words surprised Tian Minjie: "My grandson is in college in Haishi! I heard from the township cadres that you are from Changying Group. I heard from my grandson that everyone in Changying Group is good; the things in Changying Group are also from Yaxi (good). I believe my grandson will not lie to me, so let's plant it and try it!"

As a result, two additional pieces of land for planting new crops were added to the village.

Although Tian Minjie is an agricultural technician, his skills are really far from that of Mr. Tursun.

However, in the eyes of Mr. Tursun, Tian Minjie is just a chattering chatter. He has worked in his life for farming, but he has never experienced anything. He has seen it even in the drought weather, but he has never seen anything that can live without watering!

Even the dry rice promoted in the past few years, the ones that have been watered will live better than those that have not been watered!

Because it was a food field, and the old man Tursun was older, he divided the food field into the village next to the old man's yard two years ago. There were only dozens of families in the village next to the old man's yard. He did not plan much. Tursun's family was next to the village and was just right on the ground.

The seeds given by Tian Minjie germinated quickly and grew well. They obviously looked a little taller than other wheats planted at the same time, and they looked beautiful. Old Turson was very happy and simply used the well in the yard, opened a small ditch directly, passed through the yard wall, and led the water to the ration field. He believed that after watering, these seedlings would grow better.

Tian Minjie saw that the old man Tursun skillfully used the chopping stones to dig out several small ditches in the ground and put the water into the roots of the crops. He secretly sighed, "It's really a master among the people!"

This kind of big hoe similar to the Central Plains region, but the whole iron head is round, the size of a ball, it is very sharp and practical. It is used as a shovel and a hoe. This thing looks bulky, but it is extremely agile in the hands of the old man Tursun and has a very powerful function.

"Water water, water a little bit." Old Turson opened a good ditch and taught Tian Minjie a lesson: "Xiaotian, for this land, you still have to plant it more diligently, just like the old sayings you Han people say, people are diligent and not lazy, only by doing their best can you gain something if you give!"

"Our seeds are new varieties, which are for research in this kind of arid places." Tian Minjie came here to help locals increase grain production, and at the same time collecting experimental data. If the land is watered, the data will definitely be discounted, and the effect is different. "Think about it, if it is not watered after planting, does it grow faster than those wheat? Also, look at my land, it has not been watered at all, and it is not bad now!"

"It's very strange!" Old Man Tursun scratched his head, "The thing you are studying is really good! I just don't know how much food you can get by autumn... Well, I believe you, you are a technician, listen to you!"

Turn off the motor connected to the well, Tursun poured tea for Tian Minjie, and then pulled up his parents: "Little Field, how much grain can acre of land be produced in a mu of land? Can it grow in a drier place? There are too many dry land around us, and further away, it is the desert. It turned out that this desert is several hundred kilometers away from us, but now it is more than ten kilometers. I think if your crops can grow in those places, the desert will not continue to come, otherwise, in a few years, the village will be eaten by sand!"

Tian Minjie looked at the direction of the desert and nodded slightly and said, "Now our crops can only grow in such places. But don't worry, the new varieties we have developed will grow in the desert in the future! Although the new varieties are not food, they can take root in the desert and will never let your village be eaten by the desert!"

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