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On September 7th, 2020, Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice, celebrated his 90th birthday. He deliberately went to the barber shop to get a haircut, changed his clothes and made a birthday wish: the third generation of hybrid rice can yield three thousand kilograms per mu in two seasons.

Yuan Longping said humorously: After my birthday, I changed from post-80s to post-90s. He is not old. He has dreamed of enjoying the cool under the grass all his life.

1, I don't regret going to the farm in my life.

Perhaps many people don't know that Yuan Longping was born in a well-off family. Grandfather Yuan Shengjian read a lot of poetry books, also won the imperial examination and served as a member of parliament. Later, he wandered in the business world, bought a huge family business and painstakingly cultivated his children and grandchildren.

After graduating from Southeast University, Yuan Longping's father Yuan Xinglie became the principal of the county primary school and married Yuan Longping's mother Hua Jing, a sensible English teacher.

Yuan Longping is the second son in the family. He was very clever since he was a child, and his parents placed great hopes on him. When Fu Yuan applied to this university, he had already gained a firm foothold in his career. He wanted his son to go into politics like himself, but Yuan Longping decided to apply for Southwest Agricultural College and become an agricultural scientist.

He didn't have a whim, but the idea took root when he was young.

Darwin, a teenager, can watch ants in the yard all day and like all kinds of flowers, trees, insects and birds.

As a teenager, Yuan Longping loved nature as much as Darwin, but what he liked more was the fragrance of the soil in the rice fields, the golden and full ears of rice and the glittering and translucent jade grains, which were picturesque in Yuan Longping's eyes.

Because of his parents' work, Yuan Longping moved to Peiping, Hubei, Hunan and Jiangsu, and changed to three primary schools and three junior high schools. In this turbulent era, he deeply understood the meaning of "food is the most important thing for the people".

Yuan Longping is a hard worker. When he arrives at a new school, he always goes to the library first. He likes to take books to the Woods outside the school and read them aloud. It is the age of long body, and I am a little hungry when I look at it.

If only everyone could eat enough! Yuan Longping thought. It is this idea that made him resolutely devote himself to agriculture and become his future goal.

Yuan Longping persuaded his parents to enter Southwest Agricultural College and became the first batch of college students in New China. Fate seems destined that he will become the father of hybrid rice. Yuan Longping was selected for the Air Force and the national swimming team, but both missed out.

From 65438 to 0953, Yuan Longping, who graduated from junior college, chose Anjiang Agricultural School, which is located in the remote area. With the ideal of scientific research, he embarked on a lifelong journey.

2. In Daoxiangli, it is said that the harvest is good.

1590, 26-year-old Galileo boarded the leaning tower of Pisa with two iron balls in his hand. He wants to do a free fall experiment to prove Aristotle's point of view wrong.

"The unknown boy who dares to question authority is either an idiot or a madman." Under the leaning tower of Pisa, the crowd watched.

Yuan Longping of 196 1, 3 1 also suffered the same criticism. This year, Yuan Longping discovered a kind of hybrid rice, and had a bold idea: by artificially cultivating hybrid rice, the yield can be rapidly increased.

Laughter was overwhelming. How does an ordinary rural teacher subvert the authoritative theory? The successful research of hybrid rice is simply a pipe dream.

But Yuan Longping didn't give up. He takes root in the rice field every day and carefully observes one ear after another. Two years later, Yuan Longping had another handsome girl, his new wife Deng Zhe.

Deng Zhe was a student in Yuan Longping, and he fell in love with his talent and ambition. Miss yuan is a lifetime. In the wind and rain, in the scorching sun of first frost, she stayed with Yuan Longping.

1965 In the summer, Mr. and Mrs. Yuan Longping found six natural male sterile plants, carefully planted them in the experimental field, and cared for them like newborn babies.

The research of hybrid rice is difficult, and the special times, harsh environment and harsh conditions are all stumbling blocks.

Someone deliberately destroyed Yuan Longping's seedlings, jumped in when he wasn't looking, and made a mess there, which led Yuan Longping to search the whole experimental field and only found a few surviving seedlings by the abandoned well, so the experiment was forced to be postponed.

Yuan Longping's efforts finally paid off, and the "wild defeat" called "the female parent of hybrid rice" jumped into his eyes. 1974 "nanyou 2" was born, and the yield per plant increased by 20%. A brand-new era has come!

When New China was founded, westerners arrogantly said that "China people can't feed themselves", but Yuan Longping proved with his own scientific achievements that we can not only solve the problem of eating in China, but also keep countless people in the world away from hunger.

Yuan Longping has a dream of enjoying the cool under grain. In this dream, the well-growing rice soared into the sky, with heavy ears of rice covered with branches and round seeds as big as pearls. People walked leisurely in the rice fields, and the cool wind blew gently under the ears of rice, and there was laughter.

China people are full, and he is old.

Under the baton of scientific research in Yuan Longping, the yield per mu of hybrid rice has increased year by year, climbing all the way to 1 1,000 kilograms. Daoxiang floated into 50% of the world's rice fields, and hundreds of millions of people bid farewell to the tragic fate of not having enough to eat because of Yuan Longping's contribution.

Yuan Longping is a versatile person. He can play guitar, violin and swim well.

He can also speak fluent English. He can not only communicate directly with foreigners in English, but also correct translation mistakes at any time.

At the talent forum on 20 17, Yuan Longping made a speech in English, which made everyone admire him.

Yuan Longping and his wife Deng Zhe loved each other all their lives. The first bite of the 90th birthday cake, he fed it to his wife first. They have three children: Yuan Anding, Yuan Dingjiang and Yuan. They are all devoted to the agricultural field like their father.

Among them, Yuan's youngest son inherited his father's career and has been working in Yuan Longping Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center.

Because of rice, Yuan Longping pays close attention to the weather dynamics. Granddaughters said Yuan Longping: "Grandpa, watch the weather forecast!" The names of the three granddaughters are all named by Yuan Longping, and they are all related to the weather. Their nicknames are rice and millet.

Whenever he is free, Yuan Longping takes rice and millet in his hand, and goes to the supermarket to see the price of rice. Knowing that ordinary people can afford to eat, he is satisfied.

He has made such a great contribution, but his life in Yuan Longping is extremely frugal, and all his clothes are bought in the supermarket, each of which costs tens of yuan. But as soon as the epidemic broke out, he generously donated 100,000 yuan.

Yuan Longping, a private villa awarded by the state, was transformed into a laboratory. He is obsessed with the research in the field of sea rice and saline-alkali rice. If we make full use of nearly 65.438+0.5 billion mu of inland saline-alkali land, the grain output will increase by tens of billions of kilograms.

Time flies, and Yuan Longping, which is busy in the rice year, has already turned gray.

In Time Me, we can see that Yuan Longping's waist is hunched, his hands are shaking when turning pages, he will gasp after walking for a while, and he will be so tired that he will collapse in his chair to take oxygen after finishing the report.

At the age of 90, he still goes to the rice field to observe and record the data in person every day. When he looks at Miao Miao, his eyes are full of love and expectation, just like his own children.

On September 29th, 20 19, Yuan Longping was awarded * * * and the national medal. Before leaving, he went to say hello to the rice fields and told them that they had grown up and were waiting for their own return. The first requirement for accepting students is to ask if they can go to the fields. No matter how high the level is, he will not accept it.

The third generation hybrid rice has achieved remarkable results, with the yield per mu exceeding 1000 kg. And Yuan Longping's footsteps, but still did not stop.

As a 90-year-old man, Yuan Longping is still making contributions to the country and devoting himself to scientific research. Why don't we work hard?