My hometown is located in the Guanzhong Plain, and this town is nestled in the arms of the Weihe River, whose water has nurtured generations of people.
In 1961, my grandfather was a railway worker, and his team majored in Sanmenxia Railway. At that time, my grandmother came to Sanmenxia alone to take refuge. The encounter between grandpa and grandma created the future plot.
Grandpa and Grandma returned to their poor and backward hometown. During this period, most of the rural areas implemented collectivization system, and agricultural communes were set up in each village, but the grain produced was far from enough for per capita distribution. In such a famine era, grandma gave birth to four children in succession-uncle, uncle, father and aunt. Grandpa made up his mind to change the face of poverty.
In 198, when my uncle was five years old, my grandfather was elected as the village head of our village. My grandfather was lucky enough to catch up with the household contract responsibility system. He led the whole village to divide the land, ensuring the basic goal that everyone has land in his hand. In the second year, the grain harvest was unprecedented. Because of the single grain, grandpa tried to buy a batch of corn seeds from other places. Grandpa took the lead in planting corn. Due to the lack of planting experience, in the second year, only two bags of corn were harvested on an acre of land, but it was still successful. This is a good thing to celebrate. Then, people imitated grandpa's planting method one after another. So, grandpa is busy again.
He led the whole village across the Weihe River to reclaim wasteland in the dry riverbed. Come in the wind and go in the rain. Whether it is hot or cold, he always wears a straw hat on his head, facing the loess and facing the sky. In less than half a year, the riverbeds around the Weihe River have been reclaimed. The whole village planted corn.
After several years, the problem of food and clothing for the whole village was basically solved. Grandpa is a careful man. Considering the problem of irrigating fields, he led the people to build canals.
With the improvement of the living conditions of the people in the village, Grandpa came up with a way to get rich. He bought three pigsty from the assembly and raised it in the woodshed. Due to poor breeding methods, only one piglet survived, but Grandpa insisted on raising it. A season has passed, and the original piglet has grown into a monster. Grandpa rushed it to the market and sold it at a good price. In this way, a new form of market circulation has emerged.
Now, after more than twenty years, grandpa's bronzed face is deeply engraved with wrinkles. The temples are already gray. Two big hands like small cattail fans are also covered with calluses. But the people in the village still respect grandpa like that. A villager said, "If it weren't for Zhang, how poor we might be here now."
Grandpa is only for his own dream, for the dream of getting rid of poverty. It is his dream to say that he is young, and it is the dream of all the people in China to say that he is old. Stepping into a beautiful and prosperous well-off society is the result of the concerted efforts of our Chinese sons and daughters.