"Strong brother", amazing!

On June 15th, in the Xubao Society of Zhangchuan Village, Bangchuan Village, Tongwei County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province, Xu Zhigang (left) and Xu Zhiqiang discussed the planting varieties in the green forests of their green mountains. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ma Xiping

Two elderly people, 54 years old

They stick to their hometown

Persevere in Loess Po

Native

This is the rural vegetation appearance of Tongwei County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province, around 2010. (Photo Conferring in Dingxi City Photographers Association)

74 -year -old Xu Zhiqiang and Xu Zhigang

Is a pair of twins

Everyone calls them "strong brothers"

They live in Dingxi City, Gansu Province

Zhangchuan Village, Persei Town, Tongwei County

This is the rural vegetation appearance of Tongwei County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province, around 2015. (Photo Conferry at the Propaganda Department of the Tongwei County Party Committee)

Once, there was less drought here

Water and soil loss are more serious

Local mountain that year

Can be described as "no grass"

"Breeze can blow a layer of yellow sand with light breeze

Whenever it rains, ‘Yellow Mud Decoction’ s on the loess slope

Half of the village may be flooded by the mud "

"Strong Brother" recalls

At the end of the 1960s

The two of them are collectively screened in Murakami

Seeing that the southern vegetation is dense and the scenery is beautiful

The deserted mountains and slopes of their hometown

Think of them deeply

Brothers are in charge

"To grow trees to solid the soil!"

On June 15th, in the Xubao Society of Zhangchuan Village, Bangchuan Village, Tongwei County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province, Xu Zhigang (right) and Xu Zhiqiang from the "strong brother" and Xu Zhiqiang picked a flat burden to pick the water to pour the trees. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ma Xiping

The idea is beautiful, the reality is cruel

Many of the trees that are just started, many have not survived

But the two brothers are very "不过"

"No matter how hard you eat,

Never be abandoned halfway. "

That year

Pig in the "Strong Brother" home

Get 7 pork pins

Xu Zhiqiang sold the pig and sold it

Sold more than 100 yuan

Then enter the city

Buy 6 catties of saplings

On June 15th, Xu Zhigang (left) and Xu Zhiqiang went to visit the forest growth in Zhangchuan Village, Bangchuan Village, Tongwei County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ma Xiping

Another year

"Strong Brother" sold a mule

700 yuan

Family say

"Save the money and build the room"

But the "strong brother" insists on taking this money

I bought 600 saplings

Recall the time of these years:

They can't help feeling

"I can't bear to eat, I can't bear to wear it, I am willing to buy a tree"

Native

After planting a tree

"Strong Brother" very worried

Go and see if you are idle

Is the leaves yellow?

Grow up

every day

They all walked several kilometers mountain roads

Pine earth, watering, weeding, trimming branches

Worried about the trees in winter

Summer is even more

"Morning Xing is deserted, Dai Yuehe returns"

This is the volunteer planting forest (drone photo) of the "Strong Brother" (drone) shot by the "Strong Brother" in Zhangchuan Village, Tongwei County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ma Xiping

Day after day, year after year

On the loess slope

There are hundreds of thousands of trees

Vegetation recovery

Effectively drive the improvement of the ecosystem

Squirrel, pheasant, rabbit, weasel

These lively and cute little creatures

It appears in the forest

Native

These few years

Created in their own hands

Green "Little River South"

"Strong Brothers" and folks

Live a tasteful life

Leisure time

They paint Chinese paintings and do root carvings

On June 15th, Xu Zhigang placed his own root carving works at home in Zhangchuan Village, Bangchuan Village, Tongwei County, Gansu Province. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ma Xiping

I often like to look at

Zhangchuan Village Xubao Society today's scenery

The green in their hearts

Gradually become a reality

This is the landscape (drone) taken by Zhangchuan Village, Zhangchuan Village, Tongwei County, Dingwei County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ma Xiping

Life on the loess slope

Efforts to break the restraint of the natural conditions of rocks and droughts

Strong will, stubborn growth

This is a group photo taken by Xu Zhigang (left) and Xu Zhiqiang in Xu Bao, Zhangchuan Village, Barn Luo Town, Tongwei County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province on June 15. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ma Xiping

Love life, love life

Just like the clear eyes of the old people

As they are walking along the way

On June 15th, in the Xubao Society of Zhangchuan Village, Bangchuan Village, Tongwei County, Dingxi City, Xu Zhigang, Xu Zhigang checked the growth of his first tree he planted in 1968. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ma Xiping

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