On the west side of the coal mine in Litianlou Town, Dan County, Heze City, Shandong Province, hundreds of acres of corn stalks have turned yellow. Yu Desheng and his wife were wearing black long rubber shoes, masks and glasses, looking for shriveled and tiny corn ears in the corn bushes. The ridge of the field was no longer visible under his feet. Every few steps Yu Desheng took, he would put down a corn stalk to prevent the rubber shoes from falling into the mud and unable to pull them out. His wife followed with a bucket and took the corn ears picked by Yu Desheng and poured them into the bucket. They dare not speak easily, and the flying insects surrounding them are ready to bite the human body at any time. On September 21, from 7:00 to 11:00 a.m., Yu Desheng and his wife collected a total of 326 kilograms of corn, which was already the harvest of half acre of their land.
htmlOn September 21, 1,000 acres of farmland were flooded in Litianlou Town, Dan County, Heze City, Shandong Province. Beijing News reporter Zhao Lixin filmed and produced,000 acres of farmland water
Tianmiao Village villager Yu Desheng, 15 acres of corn, was flooded 13 acres. The reporter drove to visit Tianmiao Village, Chenmanzhuang Village, Wumiaotai Village, Maliu Village and other villages in Litianlou Town and found that more than 1,000 acres of farmland were covered with water. Ma Ming, 64 years old this year, told reporters that 1,000 acres may be more than 1,000 acres. In some depressions, farmland and roads entering the field were flooded and vehicles could not pass.
Yu Desheng is busy harvesting corn in the flooded corn field. Photo by Zhao Lixin, reporter of Beijing News
The reporter found that in Tianmiao Village, many farmland roads are still dirt roads. A villagers told the reporter, "The Danzhuang Natural Village under Tianmiao Village has thousands of acres of farmland around it is dirt roads." The dirt roads are muddy, and you can see wheel marks that are dozens of meters long and nearly 10 cm deep, which are washed by mud and water, becoming ditches. "This road has been destroyed, and electric tricycles cannot be passed through. They can only be driven by large motorized tricycles. However, once that kind of car passes, there will be more mud ditches on the dirt road." A villager in Shanzhuang said that most farmers in the village still have electric tricycles.
The muddy and bumpy dirt roads are not easy to walk. Some villagers said that the electric vehicle has a light body and a small horsepower. It carries hundreds of kilograms of grain and more than 100 kilograms of people. Once the wheels are trapped in the mud pit, it will be difficult to get out no matter how the machine is started. Only the tires slip and the soil splashes, and the driver is not careful, a side slip accident will occur.
The cornfield on the asphalt road in Litianlou Town has accumulated water over the ankles. The nearby villagers told reporters that since July, it has been rainy and a lot of weather, and the water has flowed into the ground from the road. "There are also plastic bags and cinders on the road, which have also entered the fields. I wonder if the soil will be polluted." More than
villagers told reporters that the farmland has accumulated water for more than a month. " Heze is closer to Henan, and it is lowered there, and it is lowered here." The villagers said that at least 50 years have not seen such a large amount of water, "because I haven't passed for many years." In heavy rain, many drainage canals were filled. "
Bits of insects and mud soaks in mud
The corn fields filled with mud water, in addition to the smell of rotten animals and plants, there are also flying insects flying all over the sky. Even though they are "fully armed", Yu Desheng still bit more than a dozen packs of mosquitoes on his arm in the morning. "This buzzing thing is not only mosquitoes, but the water has accumulated for too long, and all kinds of insects have come out." Once Yu Desheng slipped his feet and almost fell into the mud pit. He looked down and found that there was a round and smooth toad under the soles of his feet.
Yu Desheng put all the picked corn in a sack. Photo by Zhao Lixin, reporter of Beijing News
Compared to being bitten by insects, Yu Desheng cares more about crop yield reduction. "It is not clear how much it can be harvested in 15 acres of corn. But now I have harvested two acres in total, only more than 1,000 kilograms." Yu Desheng told reporters that in previous years, one acre of corn could be harvested more than 1,100 kilograms, and when it is good, 1,200 kilograms can be harvested.
In the carriage of the Desheng electric tricycle, there are 326 kilograms of corn, but there are not many ears of corn that are more than 10 cm long. Many ears of corn in the farmland have been damaged by rot, and the top or middle of the ears are white, pink, blue-green, black-gray, dark brown or yellow-brown. "These colors are moldy layers," said Yu Desheng.
The skin swept through the corn leaves, causing slight pain and itching.Yu Desheng's wife is 66 years old. She is carrying about 30 kilograms of corn ears, which makes her arm feel sore. Her palm is red by the iron wire of the bucket. She inadvertently stretched out her palm. There are two or three large and small bubbles. "The water bubbles are smoothed, and it is a cocoon." Yu Desheng sighed and told his wife that the corn should not be dried anymore, and she should be sold directly at the purchase station. 6 cents are only 6 cents.
Yu Desheng's wife. Beijing News reporter Zhao Lixin Photo
The villagers said that growing corn was originally a waste of time. Under the "machine planting and machine harvesting" mode, the harvester could harvest 15 acres of corn fields in less than half a day. "But now it is bumpy and the harvester cannot be driven in. It can only rely on manual harvesting of corn, and wearing rubber shoes, which is very inconvenient. It would be good to harvest one acre of land a day."
For a bumper harvest, it needs to be changed.
Tianmiao Village has a village cadre who told reporters that the village committee has plans now. The idea of building roads is that "dirt roads are not convenient for villagers to transport crops. This time, such heavy rainfall will have a great impact on the road. Even if all the water on the road recedes, it will not be conducive to people's passage, and the road conditions may be worse."
According to public information, on July 27, Shanxian was affected by the "fireworks" of typhoon , and heavy rain occurred in some areas. From August 28 to September 2, danxian county saw heavy rainstorms, with the maximum hourly precipitation of 83.0 mm. "I didn't pay much attention to farmland drainage before. After this flood, it was time to dig up the drainage canal again. There is a common sense in farming, and we must prevent pests and diseases after water. But this flood, we have slowed down in responding to insect killing." Yu Desheng said.
Yu Desheng said that wheat yields are relatively high this year. "Although corn yields are reduced, it does not affect the problem of eating, it is still a pity. Farmland drainage facilities need to be rebuilt and improved. The old saying goes, 'Everyone's mistakes will lead to wisdom'." Many villagers told reporters that the profits of growing wheat and corn are relatively low, but more and more people are growing, because these two crops are more troublesome. Now, the main source of economics for most people in the village is to work.
Yu Desheng carried a sack of corn on his back and walked on the muddy path. Photo by Zhao Lixin, reporter of Beijing News
According to the local customs of Shan County, on traditional major festivals such as the Mid-Autumn Festival, people not only eat mooncakes, but also drink mutton soup. It is reported that " Shan County Lamb Soup " has been well-known since the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty. On the evening of September 21, the night sky of Litianlou Town was bright and the moon was bright. A scent of mutton came out of the yard of many villagers. The white milky, fresh and fragrant soup made people temporarily put down the worries of muddy farmlands and rotten crops.
(At the request of the interviewer, Yu Desheng and Ma Ming are pseudonyms)
Beijing News reporter Zhao Lixin
Editor Tang Zheng Proofreading Liu Baoqing
