Leader Li Kejing: Let more people eat watermelon in Xinjiang

Tianshan reporter Wang Xinhong

"The first time I planted the watermelon from Xinjiang to Yunnan was on July 10 this year, and the car melon was equipped with a total of 31.45 tons." On July 30, standing in the land full of watermelon, Li Kejing's face was full of full face full Smile.

On July 30, Li Kejing was in the center of his melon, embrace mature watermelon. Pomegranate cloud/Xinjiang Daily reporter Wang Xinhong Photo

Let more people outside Xinjiang eat watermelon in Xinjiang is the dream of Li Kejing's heart, and it is also the goal of her and her husband Chu Fuyi for more than 20 years.

Li Kejing, 40, is the head of Xinjiang Yumeng Guogu Planting Professional Cooperative and the head of Xinjiang Western Gourd Agricultural Technology Service Co., Ltd. It is also a well -known watermelon planting household and the leader of the rich.

"My husband and I planted watermelons for more than 20 years. In my eyes, watermelon is not just watermelon, it is also a baby who helps me get rich. Therefore, I never talked about my watermelon when I patted Douyin and vibrato. This is my baby melon. "When it comes to watermelon, Li Kejing's face is all light.

Because of the watermelon as a treasure in his heart, Li Kejing and her husband never thought about giving up and shrinking when they encountered difficulties or setbacks in planting melon.

In the spring of 2012, there was no wind blowing a strong gourd seedlings. "That's 200 acres of land!" Li Kejing said, "At that time, I sat in the ground and cried loudly. That year, we not only paid the money we earned before, but also owed more than 400,000 yuan. Foreign debt. "

Later, Li Kejing and her husband discovered that the watermelon has large watermelon, thin skin, very small fiber, high sugar content, sweet and juicy, and began to concentrate on the demonstration zone of the Changji National Agricultural High -tech Industry (hereinafter referred to as Changji Agricultural High Zone) Lao Longhe watermelon planting base.

A few years have passed, and Li Kejing and her husband have become better and better, and the melon technology has become higher and higher. In order to promote new watermelon varieties, technical personnel in Changji Agricultural High Zone found the Li Kejing couple, and reached the agreement with them to plant watermelon while cooperating with relevant scientific researchers to test the promotion of new watermelon products.

"In order to allow more consumers outside Xinjiang to eat watermelon in Xinjiang, my husband and I used the opportunity to drive back to his hometown in Henan to install watermelon and promote all the way. Gansu and Shaanxi ... Every place passing by, we will go to the wholesale market. Go to send melon and distribute business cards. We had only two and a half days old journey, and we walked for more than a week. "Li Kejing said.

After the efforts of the Li Kejing couple, the famous watermelon of Lao Longhe is getting better, and there are more merchants who find them to order watermelon. "The merchant you just saw was from Jiangsu. Now, more than 20 provinces and regions in China have watermelon in our old dragon river." Li Kejing's speech was proud.

"In the past two years, the watermelon varieties we mainly planted were Jincheng No. 5. This year, our cooperatives have grown a total of 12,000 mu of watermelon. It is expected to have a yield of about 7 tons per acre. The average net income of the acres is 4,000 yuan." Li Kejing said.

Now, there are more than 500 migrant workers in Li Kejing's cooperatives.

"I can drive everyone to get rich and let more people eat watermelon in Xinjiang. I am proud." Li Kejing said.

Li Kejing said that for more than 20 years in Xinjiang, they have deeply fell in love with this land. Their biggest wish is through the operation of cooperatives to allow Xinjiang's watermelon to sell further.

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