Returning to the mountain village, starting with mushroom picking to get rich

The lotus buds are just beginning to emerge, and dragonflies have already alighted on them.

It must be said that the staff of the county's poverty alleviation office have a very keen sense of smell.

Yang Lin's fifty mu of shiitake mushrooms had just begun to sprout when Director Wang of the Poverty Alleviation Office saw an opportunity and a path that could lead the entire village and even the whole town out of poverty.

That evening, in the village committee office building, Yang Lin, along with Zhao Tie, had an in-depth exchange with the village head, the Party branch secretary, and the resident cadres on the issue of leaders in poverty alleviation and wealth creation.

Both sides exchanged views in full.

A basic agreement has been reached.

Yanglin will further expand and improve the construction of the forest farm and add more production areas based on the existing 50-mu production area.

The newly added employee positions will be filled primarily from registered impoverished households in Wuyou County.

Initially, the village chief and the Party Secretary suggested that it would be enough to let Yang Lin be classified as a poor household in Qingshan Village.

In this way, their village will soon be able to complete its poverty alleviation task.

However, Yang Lin said that poverty alleviation should focus on inspiring ambition.

There are only a few poor households in the village. If people find out about this news, they will inevitably think that the positions that the forest farm is expanding are tailor-made for them to have easy jobs.

This could have adverse consequences.

At Yang Lin's insistence, the area was expanded from Qingshan Village to Wuyou County.

The county-level cadres stationed in the village naturally agreed with this outcome.

In addition to employing impoverished households, Yang Lin also promised that once the technology is mature and the experience is perfected, he would be willing to share the model and develop this 800-mu forest farm into a demonstration base for under-forest economy in the county.

This will provide a reference model for more comrades who are seeking opportunities to help farmers increase their income and escape poverty.

After deciding on poverty alleviation methods and ways to help farmers increase their income, the group started chatting casually.

"I heard that Boss Yang has been out looking for sales channels these past few days. I wonder how it's going? Should I help him contact a few businessmen in the provincial capital?"

A young woman wearing glasses, who looked to be in her mid-twenties and not much older than Yang Lin, said.

"Wholesalers in the province generally offer prices a few cents higher than those in the county."

Her name is Wang Li. After three years of working on land, she suddenly received a poverty alleviation assignment and came to Qingshan Village to work.

He is the youngest among all the village-based cadres.

Poverty alleviation is destined to be a difficult task and a protracted war that takes a long time to complete.

The moment Wang Li received the transfer notice, she was on the verge of a breakdown.

Fortunately, when she arrived at Qingshan Village and saw Yang Lin's 800-mu forest farm and 50 mu of sprouting shiitake mushrooms, she was immediately filled with energy and enthusiasm again.

After making many inquiries, she learned that the place her colleague went to was a truly impoverished and remote area with no such reliable industry.

She is already very lucky.

Perhaps we can achieve our poverty alleviation goals by relying on this forest farm.

Therefore, Wang Li paid close attention to Yang Lin's forest farm.

"Thank you for your kind offer, comrade, but I have already contacted many merchants at the Shuimu Trading Center and Junma Wholesale Market, and they have all placed orders. I'm afraid I don't have any extra mushrooms to sell to other wholesalers," Yang Lin said.

Upon hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed across Wang Li's face.

"Shuimu Trading Center and Junma Wholesale Market?"

"Boss Yang really knows how to do business," Wang Li remarked.

Before passing the civil service exam in Wuyou County, she studied at Nanzhao University. Her parents were truck drivers who frequently delivered goods to these two places.

I have some knowledge of the Shuimu Wild Mushroom Trading Center and the Junma Wholesale Market.

The wholesalers in the county purchase mushrooms from farmers and then sell a portion of them to local restaurants and vegetable vendors.

The other part was sold to the two largest markets in Nanzhao.

The mushrooms are centrally distributed through two major markets and then sold throughout the province and even across the country.

This is what is known as buying from all over the country and selling to all over the country.

County-level wholesalers act as middlemen in this process.

Naturally, they want to profit from both the two major markets and the growers, thus driving down the purchase price.

Many mushroom farmers, due to a lack of information or simply for convenience, sell their mushrooms to county-level wholesalers.

Yang Lin went directly to the two major markets to seek cooperation, which would eliminate one middleman and allow him to earn more money.

That made her seem like she was doing something unnecessary.

"In addition, the government offers many support policies for farmers, such as financial subsidies, technical guidance, and infrastructure construction..."

"If Mr. Yang has any difficulties or needs, you can tell me, and we will report it to our superiors. I can't guarantee it will be successful, but I can only try my best," Wang Li said.

"I don't need the funds, I can manage for now. But in terms of infrastructure, it would be great if the government could widen the road leading to our Qingshan Village or build some industrial access roads in my forest farm."

Yang Lin didn't mince words and decisively expressed his thoughts.

"We will do our best to secure favorable policies for Qingshan Village."

"The better the results of the understory economy, the stronger the policy support the village can secure," Wang Li nodded.

"Besides the long-term infrastructure construction, I currently have another small difficulty," Yang Lin said.

"Please speak, Mr. Yang."

"Here's the thing," Yang Lin said. "Merchants in the province and I have agreed on purchase prices for three different qualities of shiitake mushrooms. However, the harvest season is approaching, and I'm afraid I won't be able to find enough pickers who know how to grade shiitake mushrooms in a short time."

"Let me ask around and see if there's any way."

Wang Li responded, then took out her phone and asked in the work group.

Many cadres were transferred from the county to be stationed in the villages, coming from various different units and departments.

In some organizations with a large number of employees, those who are reassigned are essentially temporarily relieved of their original duties.

Some units have few staff members, and those who are seconded to the village have to complete their assigned tasks while also taking care of their original unit's duties, which is quite a headache.

A cadre who was transferred from the Agricultural Broadcasting School to Huangtu Township is currently facing a major headache.

This month, one of the retired cadres from the Agricultural Broadcasting School retired, and another took maternity leave.

He was assigned to work in Huangtu Township, but he also suddenly received a training assignment from above, requiring him to organize a high-quality farmer training program.

He's been so busy that he hasn't even come up with a training plan yet, but his superiors are already asking him to submit one.

Upon seeing Wang Li's inquiry in the work group, an idea immediately came to mind.

"Got it!"

"We will organize a training session on edible fungi, introduce shiitake mushroom cultivation techniques to impoverished households, teach them how to judge the commercial grade of shiitake mushrooms, and how to harvest shiitake mushrooms."

As soon as the idea struck, the agricultural extension school staff started typing away on their keyboards, quickly replying to Wang Li in the group chat and submitting a training plan to the bureau chief.

They learned that the training program was related to the county's poverty alleviation industries.

The director of the poverty alleviation office also called the director of the agriculture bureau.

The training plan was quickly approved.

We demand that training experts be brought in immediately and that relevant training personnel be organized.

Wang Li quickly shared the good news with Yang Lin.

The county decided that two days later, it would organize a team of 100 farmers, led by a senior agronomist, to Yanglin's forest farm to conduct skills training activities.