Zigong, Sichuan: Little silkworms weave a happy life

“From April to October every year, mulberry leaves grow six rounds and silkworms are raised for six seasons. Based on the net profit of raising 3 cocoons per season and more than 2,000 per cocoon, the annual income is more than 40,000 yuan.” August On the 31st, Zhu Qinying, a villager in Xujia Village, Chengjia Town, Gongjing District, Zigong City, was busy feeding silkworms while calculating such an account with a smile.

As summer enters, with the sound of cicadas chirping, the silkworm farmers in Xujia Village enter the busiest season of the year. The lush mulberry trees all over the mountains and plains are green and shiny under the summer sun, and the women are picking mulberry leaves without raising their heads in the scorching sun; in the indoor silkworm sheds, the men are waiting for the silkworm babies to “eat and drink” to accumulate energy for making cocoons and going up the mountain. .

Walking into the silkworm room of Zhu Qinying’s house, rows of silkworm racks are arranged in an orderly manner. This season, silkworm treasures are about to spin silk into cocoons. “I get up at 5 o’clock every morning to pick mulberry leaves. I have to pick at least 15 baskets a day to feed these hungry silkworms. Although it is hard, I feel like the days are like the sun above my head, hot and full of energy,” Zhu Qinying said.

“There are now more than 60 sericulture households in our village. In the past, the varieties of mulberry trees were mixed, but through variety improvement and technical training, these mulberry trees are now of high quality. It has strong resistance and relatively high yield. There is no need to worry about silk sales, basically it is bought by buyers at the doorstep.” He Yuhui, a member of the Xujia Village Committee, said.

It is understood that this year, Chengjia Town distributed 1,100 silkworm seeds and 500 baby silkworms. It produced 64 tons of silkworm cocoons throughout the year, with an output value of 2.75 million yuan. The town regards the development of the sericulture industry as an important means of rural revitalization and leads the villagers to scientifically develop the sericulture industry. We held sericulture knowledge training based on hospital meetings and information sessions, and taught villagers how to disinfect and prevent diseases, pick mulberry leaves, and other “real skills” in growing mulberry and raising sericulture, and co-cultivated small silkworms to ensure the survival rate of reproduction. Special personnel were sent to households to provide guidance and help Farmers are on the road to wealth.

Both his son and daughter-in-law have stable jobs, and their two grandsons are sensible and cute. Zhu Qinying and his wife earn a lot of money every year from raising silkworms. Talking about the happy little days of family life, Zhu Qinying said frankly that she did not expect that sericulture would have great market prospects at first, but as their lives changed dramatically, they decided to become rich by raising sericulture. When she said this, she almost laughed. Mouth from ear to ear. The “Silk Road” at their doorstep allows Zhu Qinying and his family to live a happy life while making money and taking care of their family.

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