The weather in the desert is rather changeable. Sometimes it is windy and sometimes it is rainy. There is seldom good weather in the desert. They often dream such a dream: there are full of flowers and trees in the desert which is like a beautiful picture. In such an adverse circumstance, they cannot even have a bath. Their house is often destroyed by strong wind. Their plants are often blowed away in the wind. They have to repeat their work time and time again.

 

　　For ten years, some of the old men have died such as Shi Man and He Falin, some of them suffered serious illness such as Guo Mingchao. The sons of these three old men Guo Wangang, Shi Yinshan and He Zhongxiang carried on their father’s work. Due to the reports of them by CCTV and other media, many people have got to know them and their deeds. Through the efforts in 25 years, they have built forests of 55 thousand mu, more than ten million trees. The forest belt has become eight kilometers long and six kilometers wide. The farmland of more than one hundred thousand mu has been protected. The once barren land has gained strong vitality again. In 1991, the forestry field was praised by the provincial government. Shi Man was awarded the model in harnessing the sand. Eight years later, Zhang Runyuan won the award of the earth. In reality, these awards are useless to the farmers. They would not have borne the hardships if they had wanted to gain the fame. Now, only the memorial tablet standing by the No. 308 National Highway and on the top of Babusha is paid great attention to by the passers-by and later generations.