30 years ago, liu Jihua resigns the job, sell two houses, furl go to the fields of bottom of a trouser leg is planted tree, grind only of " of " plant giant panda plum. One grows sleeve gray shirt, a faded peaked cap, one opened 10 old shabby footplate motor, liu Jihua a suit dresses up horticultural division of 53 years old almost annual is changeless. Annual before Slight Heat, it is him most perturbed when, the Li Baobei that breeds meticulously people the true ingredient that whether can present remote antiquity, the key looks finally these days portion of sunshine, water is amiable lukewarm. (photography / fine promote daily Li Jianming to edit / Wang Mo is sanded " a day of the Chinese " the 2762nd period)

If not be that 30 decisions before, liu Jihua works should step-by-steply now in Jia Xingxue courtyard, and the Liu Jihua nowadays is the whole nation research cultivates protection plum the first person. Liu Jihua says, plum is one kind helps advance somebody's career the history is very long extremely the traditional name fruit with rare precious, " of giant panda of plant of the " that be called, be fine prevail place particular. Come 30 years his craftsmanship stands fast, let oneself become a pure farmer, painstaking effort of end half a lifetime, precious Li Guo plants the 2000 much trunk of a tree that collected 121 strain from countrywide each district, make the Li Wangguo in giving a dream.

Liu Jihua is planted in dragon the distributinging case that careful observation records fruit of room of Lihua Gemini by the side of character Li Shu. Liu Jihua and plum lot results from the " adventure " of childhood. In one's childhood, liu Jihua is in by the side of the canal in an orchard of tung countryside steep door, get two pitch-black and bright fruit accidentally, the person in the garden tells him this is the fruit that archaic emperor ability eats, mysterious fruit lets his heart give birth to curiosity. "I do not have be willing to part with or use to eat to be put in the pocket at that time, did not think of differ meeting this fruit ' melt ' . "Burnt paste is stuck to remain a pit and a piece of peel only in the pocket, year young Liu Jihua firmly remembered " plum " this name.

Liu Jihua is during attend in a advanced studies of college of former Zhejiang agriculture, shi Congjia promotes book mood of heart of Shenyang of expert of breeding of horticultural educationist, fruiter, from inside teacher mouth he is heard about plum the history and changes, understanding is faced with " to eradicate the danger of " to this kind of old fruit, had collect protection and the idea that study plum.

What plum base uses is him Liu Jihua made enzyme. The " ancient magic art of plum base helps advance somebody's career " is Liu Jihua give painstaking effort most, also be most the thing that take great pride. Alleged ancient magic art helps advance somebody's career, namely need not chemical fertilizer, herbicide and pesticide, will in order to build the kind of ecological balance maintain base biologic diversity. In his plum base, the commonnest fertilizer is traditional anxious marl, this kind of " ground that He Shugen mixes and becomes by the sod that fume broil, leaf is fertile " fertility is very remarkable. This kind of special improved soil method is Liu Jihua consulted " Qi Min wants art " wait for ancient time famous agronomy composing, the actual condition that recombine place cultivates is summed up and become.

1987, liu Jihua contracted around the road austral urban around the city together, began the research of plum, meantime encountered lack helps advance somebody's career all sorts of problems such as difficulty of engraft of data, branch. 1997, liu Jihua held water fine the plum that start city is horticultural and scientific institute, in nearly 10 years of time, his base 5 degrees of Yi Zhi, flounder moved king inn town to build Lin Cun " resident " comes down. Later, his footmark is spread all over fine promote reach 100 many cities of countrywide, patient look for and collect Li Pin to plant, insist to use ancient magic art to help advance somebody's career means breeds beloved meticulously plum.

The coping of each plum has the clutch mark of a fingernail, fabulous this is the print that Xi Shi leaves. Liu Jihua remembers, to look for Li Gushu to plant, he was gone around fine promote urban and rural. An old technician that ever had worked in the orchard tells him, plant really temple of only appearance of Li Zaixin abundant, after getting clue, liu Jihua searchs immediately by bicycle. But did not find old tree this, liu Jihua finds a Li Shu of 20 years of tree age in place. The plum strain of this locality is collected all ready hind, liu Jihua begins to walk out of Jia Xingji add to collect, farthermost ever had arrived Guizhou.

Want to be able to glance only plum, even if let Liu Jihua pay again much price he also will not grudge, "Description audition a person has doubt to be like the fruit of plum somewhere, I can drive the past immediately, after occasionally from a great distance arrives, discovering however is not plum, but I do not regret, no matter pay how old price, want to be able to be helpful for consider only, I with respect to be perfectly satisfied. I with respect to be perfectly satisfied..

Liu Jihua resigned 1992, previously, he has a steady job, he what learn horticultural one's previous experience, in Zhejiang metallurgy economy advanced schools (predecessor of Jia Xingxue courtyard) school office holds a post, now and then do do Jia Xingnong teacher of guidance of campus art exercitation, he says frankly: "Pressure is very great in those days, come from family, also come from a friend. But the issue that I consider to do my to like. "Now, he is in fine promote part-time job of professional technology college to become horticultural class teacher.

Come 30 years, liu Jihua compose the plum of 30 much words takes notes, give priority to in order to record the growth of plum, include situation of gemmiparous, air temperature, weather, wind- driven wind direction and plum grow accordingly feature.

He of one's previous experience of horticultural regular professional training is writing down domestic horticultural leading authority sincerely all the time that word that teacher of Wu Geng civilian says when university lecture: "Horticultural it is a craft not just, it is a kind of responsibility and manner more. "Come 30 years, liu Jihua gives birth to this word when the grow upping all the time maxim, hardheaded practice is worn in those days when he sets out first heart.

Lishi Liu Jihua bred beloved baby of 30 years, in recent years he devotes oneself to all the time will plum popularizes the whole nation, mix besides Tibet, Qinghai, Heilongjiang at present Taiwan and other places, fine promote kind of qualitative resource of plum to had spread all over high mountain, prairie, mix upland the desert.

Because Li Ang is expensive, only in Jia Xingcheng one sells a site continuously, use make an appointment take the kind of fruit.

Be far from plum base of the urban district, often have Liu Jihua only a person is in the orchard pass the night.

Most moment, liu Jihua's dinner is put up with does a few simple meal only.

Him Liu Jihua is on the wall of the kitchen the kitchen picture of hand draw, he hopes Li Wangguo also can resemble Jin Long flying euqally.

Simple dinner and a mark that horticultural book is Liu Jihua match.

The form of a person is in Liu Jihua appear a bit doleful in the orchard. There is a desire all the time in his heart, after he hopes to obtain much data, OK and effective ground reforms existing Li Pin is planted.