There are always some ordinary people doing extraordinary things, selfless and fearless. Hu Yangshu is a hero tree in the desert. Grandpa Bandu, who guards Populus euphratica with his life, has also become Populus euphratica in the desert, guarding this land with his own years and sweat and never giving up.
Grandpa Bandu, 1937, from Ejina Banner, Inner Mongolia, is 83 years old. He grew up on the edge of Badain Jaran Desert, the third largest desert in China. Due to the harsh climate and perennial drought, the herdsmen living near here have moved away for many years, leaving only Grandpa Bandu's family on 40 kilometers of land in Fiona Fang.
The Ejina River near the old man's house in Bandu, also called Heihe River, can lead to Juyanhai. In the last century, Heihe River has been nourishing this desert Gobi with its weak trickle, making it an oasis and feeding herders who have lived here for generations.
However, since the 1980s, with the continuous decrease of upstream water, the rivers in Heihe River have dried up day by day, and the 50,000 mu of Populus euphratica forest contracted by the elderly in Gobi is also in danger of water shortage, which is also an important reason for grassland degradation and Populus euphratica withering.
Since then, the old man has been looking around this land for a place to drill wells. Over the past 40 years, his repeated explorations and attempts have become the experience accumulated by the elderly when they dig wells. In the desert, every drop of water is like a life-saving fountain. He doesn't know where there is water and where there is more water. He can only find it bit by bit. Grandpa Bandu traveled all over the desert and finally laid a 1655 for Populus euphratica here.
There are no more oases where plants grow, and no more environments suitable for animals. Looking at a different home, it has become a desolate area with a rare life.
In order to save Hu Yangshu who died one after another because of drought and water shortage, even though the local government had arranged for him to live in a house in the city, the old man Bandu still refused to leave the land where he grew up and gave birth to him, just to put it back in the old shade and let the 58,000-mu Populus euphratica forest he guarded bloom again in the Gobi.
Populus euphratica is a hero tree. It grows tenaciously in the most difficult place in life. In this desert of Ejina, Hu Yangshu, a wise life, and an old man as tenacious as Populus euphratica stayed here for a long time and died.
All greatness comes from a brave beginning. Even though we know that life is small, don't forget your courage to change on your own initiative. The unshakable mountains will be slowly shoveled away, and the grassland that has been desertified for a long time will grow back again and again after watering.
Since the old man on duty proposed to plant Populus euphratica on this land three years ago, the children have strongly opposed their father. Unrealistic ideas make them feel that their father's behavior is undoubtedly asking for trouble. Not only the cost of digging wells and building dams in the sand is extremely high, but also the hope of survival of planted seedlings is slim. With the opposition of the whole family, it seems more difficult for the elderly on duty to realize this dream.
"I am old, but the old place cannot be old, and Populus euphratica cannot be old. I want them to be the same as before. " My initial heart is the origin of everyone's struggle, and protecting Populus euphratica is the initial heart of Grandpa Bandu. "Born in this place, I will stay here all my life. Populus euphratica here needs me. "
Dig a deep well with life and save a dead tree with faith. Grandpa Bandu's persistence and belief touched his family and made the shade grow again here, which has become the persistence and hope of Bandu's hometown for more than two years.
1 1 Wells often have only three or four barrels of water a day or two, and grassland desertification is serious. On the dry land, the old man and his family watered a sapling he cared for with this small well and their own sweat.
The old man said that he could feel the mood of the trees. If he waters them, he will be happy. Without water, it will become listless. In order to prevent animals from accidentally stepping on them, the sand wind blew them down. The old man is still picking up the branches of Elaeagnus angustifolia around him and covering the new buds with protective barriers.
Let the withered branches spit out new leaves again, let the man-eating desert spit out life again, find the original grassland, find the long-lost green, and the most beautiful person guards the most beautiful tree-Bandu. This is a Hu Yangshu that has never given up.
Three years after grandpa Bandu's wife died, he built a dam to store water, dug wells for afforestation, watered them barrel by barrel, and watered them tree by tree. Populus euphratica, which has withered for many years, finally germinated and life reunited in the desert full of yellow sand.
This new bud is also like a wife who has never been away from home. Trees are dying and changing, life is changing. His wife's soul was reborn in another way. She was with Grandpa Bandu again, guarding him and protecting his beloved Populus euphratica.
Two years ago in July, china green foundation raised 654.38 million yuan to help him improve the river environment here after hearing about the deeds of the old man in Bandu.
In June+10/early October, 5438, the local government used the Heihe River diversion project to re-inject water into the river. These measures have greatly alleviated the bad situation of grassland water shortage. The newly built dam not only introduced the river into the 58,000-mu Populus euphratica forest guarded by the elderly, but also flowed into Grandpa Bandu's heart.
The withered Hu Yangshu is watered with water, and tiny leaves grow. Even if the tree has dried up, there may still be hope for survival. Grandpa Bandu's daughter later said that the old man has done this, and we will continue to do it, guarding the place where the old man was born and hidden in this arid land, and blooming the beautiful and hopeful green leaves under the watering of the 80-year-old man's life.
"I will definitely die, but it would be nice to have one more tree", 83 years old, 40 years old, 1 1 Well, in order to make new buds bloom and branches grow again, 58,000 mu of Populus euphratica forest will finally show the world their best appearance on this land.
Text/Hong Sheng