Great Country Farmer

In 2015, Li Hao, a master's degree student from the Agricultural University, was rejected by a major factory for the reason: "We don't need nerds who understand soil, we need salespeople who know how to drink." Disheartened, he returned to his hometown in the devastated Qinling Mountains. Here, in order to increase production, the villagers abuse chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The land is as hard as stone, the river water is so smelly, and even the earthworms have disappeared. His father, Li Dazhuang, pointed to the wasteland that no one wanted and scolded him: "You are stupid for studying! Even grass doesn't grow on this land, and you still want to grow flowers?" Li Hao said nothing. He does not apply a grain of chemical fertilizer or a drop of pesticide. He picked up dead branches and leaves from the mountain and attracted earthworms to loosen the soil. He built a biogas digester and used biogas slurry to replace chemical fertilizers. He uses "rice-fish symbiosis" to eat pests and "plant ash" instead of fungicides. When the whole village was laughing at him for being "lazy in farming", a miracle happened—— The hardened land regained its breath, and the stagnant water became a living spring. The rice he grows is so fragrant that it attracts wild birds; even the Michelin chefs in the city line up to buy the native pigs he raises. Li Hao stood on the ridge of the field, looking at the mountains that had turned green again, and said to his father: "Dad, we don't compete with the land for food, we have to provide for the land."