People chopping Reed on Dongting Lake #1

Every winter, tens of thousands of migrant workers from Xiangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan and other regions, will enter the lake, like migratory birds.

They came to Dongting Lake, worked hard, collected reeds, cut reeds, bundled and packed them, and then shipped them to the factory. As the new spring springes on the open Huzhou next spring, the new reeds will germinate and they will leave.

Reed is one of the most important species in Dongting Lake wetland. Reed can absorb a lot of nitrogen, phosphorus and harmful substances in water to improve the quality of lake water. At the same time, reed is also an important papermaking material, and Dongting Lake is one of the largest reed paper bases in China. The reed will be shipped to the paper mill after acceptance. It used to be nearly 800 yuan per ton in the past. Junshan District of reed field staff Zhu Xiongwu said that this year the price has dropped a lot, only 600 yuan per ton.

Shi Dexian was born in 1990, he was cooking. He said, "get up on time at 4 in the morning and cook, and it's my turn to cook today." In order to save time, they won't come back at noon.

7 am, the sky is not bright, Shi-hezhen and the villagers took the knife to cut the reed, reed field. A simple wash, breakfast, and start a day of reed work. Most of them usually take more than half an hour to get to the reeds.

They put reed sheds in the reeds in the Junshan district. The limitless reed land, under the Dongting Lake bridge, has more than 600 migrant workers living here and living in the reeds. They are going to live here for 100 days.

Morning at 7:40 PM, fifty years old Shi Hezhen, facing the morning sun, began the day's work. He has a disability in his left hand and wants to make a little more money to help his little son marry a daughter-in-law as soon as possible.

Shi Hezhen has come to Dongting Lake for seventh years this year, and he has no palm in his left hand. He said, was born 7 months old, accidentally into the fire pit, and the fingers of the left hand and the hands were burned.

At present, reeds are harvested in the most primitive way. One man and a sickle cut to the stems and roots of the reed. Each person cuts 1.5 acres per day. The skilled migrant workers can cut down more than 100 bundles a day, each bale of about 50-60 Jin, and can earn 160 yuan (RMB). A man who is poor in age makes 50-60 yuan a day.

Before working, they always grind to grind the knife, "at least two times a day, so that it can be cut fast."

Most of them come together, between some villagers come together, some couples come together, or even to the whole family, old and young tuoerdainv.

She is Shen Wulong more than one year old daughter, behind her parents do not stop the cut with reed. Shen Wulong said he could cut about 100 bales a day, and his wife could cut up to about 60 bales. He and his wife could make a total of more than 20000 yuan, according to a bundle of 1.6 yuan.

Although the job was very tired, he felt it was worth it. About two months later, and his family can spend a relatively abundant spring festival, think big daughter next year's tuition is nowhere to be found, Shen Wulong very satisfied.

Dangerous by the sword of the reed, reed pile is sharp, accidentally put the shoes and feet cut.

At noon, some of the migrant workers eat in front of the reed shed. Their temporary shelters were scattered in the reeds, and the tents were made of reeds and plastic films.

Long-Jinfeng is giving lunch to migrant workers, with reeds around her. 4 years ago, she worked specially from her home to cook for the people in her hometown, and each person gave her three yuan per day as a working fee.