My home area has great development potential

I was the first student from Guanhe, a village in the mountains of Yuexi county, Anhui province, to earn a bachelor's degree.

My parents and many villagers were very proud of me. They hoped that I would leave the village and not follow in their footsteps as farmers, but I made a decision that surprised them.

In 2013, I returned to Guanhe to plant jelly ear (a type of edible fungus).