Recently, in the organic tea garden base in Shilong village, Wuyang Township, Hefeng County, Hubei Province, villagers shuttle between the tea ridges with bamboo baskets and bags on their backs, skillfully picking pieces of fresh and tender bud tips.
"The salary is divided into five and five according to the total income of picking. There is at least more than 100 yuan in recent days." Gao Runju, a 55 year old villager, said that when spring tea was first mined before the Qingming Festival, the price of tea was high, and the income of participating in tea picking was more than 200 yuan a day. Gao Runju is a relocated household on the collective resettlement site in the community Tangping of the village. As long as it doesn't rain, she and her sisters on the resettlement site will help the farmers who grow tea pick tea.
According to Zhu Yongcui, chairman of Hefeng Jinyang characteristic Shenzhen Agricultural Products Group Co.Ltd(000061) Co., Ltd., the company has built 5000 mu of tea garden base in eight villages, including Shilong village and Wuyang village, and set up three service teams, including fresh leaf picking, tea garden management and product sales, to provide jobs for more than 100 farmers near the tea garden base, especially at the installation points. The elderly and left behind women who can't do heavy work can work in the base, which can not only obtain wage income, but also solve the employment demand of tea farmers and bring economic benefits to the company. Last year, Gaorun chrysanthemum received a salary of more than 20000 yuan for fresh leaf picking alone.
Tea is an important pillar industry in Hefeng County. In recent years, the county has combined the construction of ecological tea gardens with poverty alleviation and rural revitalization, vigorously promoted the construction of "global organic" tea industry, developed nearly 400000 mu of tea gardens, achieved 38600 tons of tea processing last year, a comprehensive output value of 4.6 billion yuan, and more than 1100 tea market subjects. At present, tea gardens around the county have entered the "golden season" of tea picking. Farmers who grow tea use villagers' mutual assistance and help workers to grab spring tea during farming and supply it to the market. (Wang Zhengxi) p align = "center"
