Yuan Longping's life's work has been ruined, and this kind of behavior is truly infuriating.

Yesterday, Professor Yuan Longping had just celebrated his 88th birthday. At nearly 90 years old, he is still rooted in the front lines of agricultural research, taking part in expert discussions at the first International Rice Forum and giving a full English report... wholeheartedly wanting to increase rice yields, and he has also set the ambitious goal of 18 tons per hectare for super hybrid rice.

"High yield is my eternal pursuit." To produce more grain, Mr. Yuan has continually carried out research and experiments, from hybrid rice to super rice and then to seawater rice, fulfilling his promise and also driving the country's grain output higher and higher, easing the crisis of food shortages.

But many people do not know how to cherish it. They waste food and ruin crops, making all of Mr. Yuan's hard work go to waste. Seeing this kind of behavior is truly infuriating.

In the farmland on the outskirts of the city, a large group of people ran into the fields and ruined perfectly good grain. They called it a farm stay, experiencing rural life, personally harvesting rice and experiencing the hardship of farmers, and even competing in teams. But in the end, it was complete horseplay, ruining the rice. The rice leaves were still green, the grains were not yet fully ripe, and the field was still muddy with water, yet they started harvesting.

The rice that was trampled down and the grains that fell into the muddy water were all useless. A group of people fooling around in the field wasted more than half of it. Half a year's harvest was gone just like that. Seeing it really makes one both heartbroken and angry.

Farm stays are now very popular, and experiencing farm work is also a hot activity. The original intention is to let more people understand the countryside, understand agriculture, and learn to cherish things, while also making rural areas better, but this cannot be built on ruining food.

Perhaps the rice in these few mu of land is not worth much, not even enough for a meal in a big restaurant, but this kind of behavior of wasting and ruining food, and this kind of activity that fails to let people understand the hardship of farmers, really should be properly curbed.

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