At the age of 19,Yin Yuzhen was "forced" to marry into the desertLooking at the yellow sand in the sky, she felt that her life would be completely buried in this barren land.
Sitting in the "wedding room" made of yellow mud, Yin Yuzhen scolded the injustice of GodI cried for seven more days.
But she never thought that in just one year,She was cornered by the yellow sand, but she saw a trace of life hereand created an unexpected miracle here!
In 1985, Bai Wanxiang's father passed away, in addition to the Bai family immersed in grief, there is another person who is difficult to accept the facts, it is Yin Yuzhen's father Yin Fengjun.
He met Bai Wanxiang's father on the way to graze, because of the long distance he walked, every time Yin Fengjun was tired and out of breath.
But every time he passed by Lao Bai's loess house, the other party would wave and shout at Yin Fengjun to come into the house to drink saliva, so that the two became close friends.
But this friendship was ruthlessly "cut off" with Lao Bai's death, and Yin Fengjun wanted to fulfill the promise he had made with Lao Baigave his daughter Yin Yuzhen to his son Bai Wanxiang
After the white incident, the Bai family ushered in a red event, but Yin Yuzhen had no chance to refuseRed-eyed was given a mule by his father and walked towards the Mu Us Desert, a combing table and two sets of clothes are her dowry.
Along the way, Yin Yuzhen's tears kept dripping, and she didn't know whether she hated the fate she had been arranged, or if she was blinded by bursts of yellow sand.
The deeper you go into the desert, a half-buried clay kiln in the sand is constantly enlarged in Yin Yuzhen's eyesThis is her marriage room, and it is also the place where she will live in the rest of her life
Looking at this house, which was not even the height of her body, Yin Yuzhen clenched her fists, and tears welled up againShe didn't want to give up on it, and she was determined to flee
From the moment she lowered her body into this earthen kiln, her fate was closely linked to this desert.
Bai Wanxiang knew that Yin Yuzhen had wronged her by marrying into his own family, so he always spoke to her carefully, but no matter what Bai Wanxiang said, Yin Yuzhen was either silent or sobbing with her back.
Yin Yuzhen didn't close her eyes that night, and as soon as the morning dawned, she got up and pushed the door, only to find that the door seemed to be nailed and difficult to pushAt that moment, she feared that she had become a "cage" for others.
Later, Yin Yuzhen learned that it was one nightThe gate of the kiln was blocked by the sand and dust blown by the strong windIt takes a little bit of planing to push open this door.
In the seven days that I have been here,Yin Yuzhen fled 7 times, but every time Bai Wanxiang followed behind, not stopping her from leaving, nor telling her whether the path she was taking was right or wrong.
But standing in the loess desert, without any green plant signs, Yin Yuzhen lost her way and walked farther and farther away in the blink of an eyeIf Bai Wanxiang hadn't followed her, he might have been buried in this desert
Later, Yin Yuzhen's father came to visit and brought her a lame sheep, but Yin Yuzhen scolded her father for harming peopleSend her to this place where the yellow sand is all over the top and down
This accusation also became the last conversation between father and daughter, and Yin Fengjun was too guiltyWhen he returned home, he couldn't afford to get sick, and after lying down for a few months, he died of depression
The yellow sand in the sky crushed her courage and perseverance, and Yin Yuzhen sat on the sand and hugged her head and criedThis time she resigned herself to her fate, but she did not bow to the endless yellow sand
In the second month after coming to the Mu Us Desert, Yin Yuzhen saw a figure, she hurriedly rushed out to talk to someone, but found that the other party had already gone away.
She was "buried" in the desert**, except for Bai Wanxiang's endless speech in her ear on weekdays.
She didn't feel a trace of life power, and a huge sense of loneliness surrounded her
She was desperate but didn't want to live like this, and later when Yin Yuzhen saw the scattered green plants around her when she was fetching water, she instantly made a terrible decision in her heart.
"Planting trees in the desert, swallowing up the sand with green plants, would rather plant trees to die of exhaustion than let the sand bully to death."
As soon as Yin Yuzhen's idea came out, everyone laughed at her for being too naïve, the life of planting trees in the desert is a miracle, and it is common to plant not to liveStill want to plant trees all over the Mu Us Desert?
I don't mean thatYin Yuzhen exchanged her only dowry for a few saplingsOn that day, she carried a few saplings to plant in the sand under the strong wind and scorching sun.
Looking at the sapling standing firmly in the sand, Yin Yuzhen was even more determined to do so.
Bai Wanxiang watched Yin Yuzhen finally stop being depressed, and planted trees with her according to her wishesThe next day they exchanged the lame sheep for six hundred saplings
This kind of seedling needs to be planted on the same day, otherwise in the arid and hot weather of the desert, the seedling will easily die.
But when the two returned with the saplings, they found that the saplings they had planted yesterday had been blown down and broken by the wind.
Yin Yuzhen sighed and picked up the seedlings, and spread out the bundles of saplings one by one, in the huge desertTwo figures with their heads buried in trees appear strong and tough
After a few hours, the saplings stand on the yellow sand, and a touch of refreshing greenery makes this desert a little vibrant.
This 20-year-old woman stood in the desert ** facing the sand that was wantonly hitting her faceShe did not dodge, but used her actual actions to "declare war" on these endless yellow sands!
In order to make this family run normally, Bai Wanxiang went out to work part-time on weekdays, and earned a little money to fill his stomach, and the rest of the money was used to buy saplings.
After a month, Yin Yuzhen's ** was tanned, and many places were broken and grownAnd the same goes for the saplings she planted, one fell, and she planted ten
Yin Yuzhen said that the feeling of planting trees at that time was the same as her own **, breaking the skin and growing again.
As long as a tree survives, it proves that what she is doing is not meaninglessSo she will not bow to the yellow sand, even if her strength is very small, she will not give up
Fortunately, Yin Yuzhen's insistence and the support of her husband Bai Wanxiang made her walk on this road without so many hardships and isolation.
Later, Yin Yuzhen became pregnant, and Bai Wanxiang persuaded her to suspend the process of planting trees and raise her body at home, and Yin Yuzhen became angry as soon as this sentence came out.
In three years, the saplings have begun to slowly adapt, and if they stop at this time, the yellow sand will only swallow them all
Yin Yuzhen said that he would not stop like this, unless this place had become an oasis, Bai Wanxiang knew that his wife was stubborn, so he could only try his best to alleviate her fatigue.
looked at Yin Yuzhen, who went back and forth a few miles away every day to carry waterBai Wanxiang made up his mind to dig a well in front of his houseBut how difficult is it to dig a well in the middle of an arid desert?
Indeed, Bai Wanxiang tried to repair the aqueductUnder a wind and sand, it was wiped out overnight, half a month's hard work was all in vain.
But he didn't give up, and after many attempts, he succeeded in building one4000 metersA long aqueduct opens up the well water in front of the house.
The problem of water diversion and irrigation is solved, and the next thing to do is to keep digging and burying seedlings, as long as one out of ten survivesThen if she planted a hundred, there would be ten trees, and a thousand would be a hundred
It's just that if you want to plant trees, saplings are the most fundamental thing, but the saplings earned by Bai Wanxiang's part-time job are not enough for Yin Yuzhen to plant.
Fortunately, the emperor has lived up to his wishesAt that time, 50,000 saplings were prepared and distributed to the villagers for planting.
But there is no money to plant trees, and no one wants to do it, but after Yin Yuzhen knew this opportunity, her eyes lit up.
She discussed with the villagers that everyone would give her what they didn't want, so Yin Yuzhen borrowed a cow and pulled the saplings home with a big belly every day.
At that time, the cow carried about 400 catties on her back, and she carried 100 catties on her back, back and forth to the house, sometimes when the wind blows, she pulls the cow's tail and squints and follows the cow step by step.
Looking back on these days now, Yin Yuzhen said that it was too bitter, and when the sand hit her face, it was really painful.
The saplings on her back and forth dozens of times also caused blood marks to appear on her shoulders.
But Yin Yuzhen didn't dare to stop, the more the sand asked her to retreat, the more she had to move forward.
Because these saplings must be planted on the same day, every day when the husband comes back from work, the two of them dig the pit and plant the trees without sleep, and draw water for watering.
However, in the spring months, the wind and sand like to give this"Desert Woman".In the first few months of planting trees, thousands of saplings were blown away.
But Yin Yuzhen said,It only blows wind and sand for three or four months, while I can plant trees for ten monthsWhen my sapling grows, it will never be able to shake its life again.
Indeed, as more saplings survived, the power of the wind and sand could no longer break the power of these green seedlings to unite.
The saplings were growing day by day, and Yin Yuzhen, who was only in her twenties at the time, was covered with vicissitudes on her face.
Later, because of overwork, her two children were born prematurely, and every time she couldn't sit properly during her confinement, she couldn't help but run out to see the saplings.
Day after day, year after year, Yin Yuzhen's persistence has had a remarkable effect in the Mu Us DesertThe trees began to prevent wind and sand fixation, and the sand and soil were no longer lost
Looking at the land that is getting better day by day, Yin Yuzhen and Bai Wanxiang began to grow food.
With the expansion of the oasis, many villagers also helped to plant trees under the leadership of Yin YuzhenAnd the grain at their doorstep has also borne fruit for several years
In the decades of planting trees, Yin Yuzhen and Bai Wanxiang have not blindly planted trees for watering.
It's in the midst of failure after failureWe have found out the methods of shrubs blocking wind and sand fixation, storing water and protecting moistureLet these saplings stand on the sand forever.
In 1999, as they planted more and more trees, their story began to spread from the Mu Us Desert.
When everyone turned to pay attention to this warrior-like sand control man,She has planted nearly 30,000 acres of trees on her own
With the help of more and more people from the outside world, Yin Yuzhen's road of planting trees in the desert is no longer alone.
For 40 years, Yin Yuzhen has not stopped, and she and her husband have created a miracle of 70,000 acres of desert oasis in this desert.
Now her two sons will follow in their mother's footsteps and step into the road of sand control and tree planting.
When asked why she was staying in the desert with her son?
Yin Yuzhen is very firm that she has been planting trees for 40 years, and she has already regarded every tree in this desert as her own child.
But after all, she will also be old, and if she can't do it, she can't bear to abandon these "children", so she wants to give them all these green trees to her son.
In 2022, Yin Yuzhen's family's annual income will reach one millionThe money she brought from her 40 years of planting trees is now back in the desert oasis.
That year, she introduced a new variety of millet, which was once considered unsuitable for human habitation, but was turned into an oasis by Yin Yuzhen.
The ears of wheat are stout, the melons and fruits are fragrant, and the grain is harvested every year.
Later, Yin Yuzhen's feat in this desert also continued to gain the national sand prevention and control pacesetterA series of honorary titles such as China's Person of the Year.
Yin Yuzhen also said that she will continue to walk on the road of sand control until she can no longer carry saplings and dig sand pits.
Her biggest dream is to see all the desert and one day be covered in an oasisLet all the places where no grass grows be full of green trees and vitality!
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Jimu News: Face-to-face interview with Yin Yuzhen, a "sand control expert" who has planted 70,000 acres of oases in the desert in the past 40 years.
China News Network: "Inner Mongolia Practice" of China's Desertification Control