Unlock the faucet, connect the pot of Tao River water, and cook a can of tea around the stove. He Junming, a villager from Majiabao Village, Touzhaizi Town, Huining County, Gansu Province, smiled and said, "The tea boiled in Tao River is very sweet!"

It is located in Longzhong. It has been drought in the past ten years. People drink bitter salty water and rain in the sky. Water shortage limits local development.

On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2013, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out during his on-site inspection of the Tao River water supply project in Weiyuan County, Gansu Province: "Let the people drink clean and sweet Tao River water as soon as possible." In September 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping listened to a report on the water supply project in Taoyuan during his inspection in Gansu, and demanded that maintenance and management be strengthened so that this project can play a greater role in the production and life of the people along the route.

"In 2017, the village was filled with water." He Junming said. Water flow is better than the New Year. The villagers understand that what follows is a good day.

"Distant water" relieves "near thirst", say goodbye to the difficulty of drinking water.

The Tao River water starts from Jiudianxia Reservoir in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, crosses gullies, trunks, and tunnels, flows through more than 1,000 kilometers, and arrives in 14 counties (districts) including Huining, benefiting nearly 6 million people.

"You don't believe it." He Junming said, "Before the water is water, the most important New Year's goods are water."

Because there is little rainfall, water cellars are often under the bottom. As soon as the twelfth lunar month begins, you have to go to Guanchuan River next to the village to dig ice to get water. Not only is the river water high in fluorine and bitter and salty, but it is also very sparse. If you start late, you have to "borrow water" from your relatives and neighbors during the Chinese New Year - there is an old saying in the local area, "Three bowls of oil cannot exchange for a bowl of water."

"Now, tap water is uninterrupted for 24 hours." He Junming said that the ancestral large water tank is gloriously "retired", and household appliances such as drum washing machines and solar water heaters are "on-work".

The clear water gurgles into the farmhouse and moistens the people's hearts. "The kettle is no longer necessary to be replaced frequently." He Junming pointed to the kettle that was waving on the stove and said, "The water quality is good, there is less scale!"

Plant water and water the ground, and the dry slopes turn into "golden nests".

Huining's average annual precipitation is only more than 400 mm, but its evaporation is as high as 1800 mm. "I have worked very much and I didn't harvest too much. One year I encountered continuous drought, and the corn stalks were less than 1 meter high, and the yield was even more unremarkable." Recalling the past, He Junming's words were bitter.

"Now every household uses tap water, and every village has irrigated land." He Junming said that the average yield per mu of corn is 1,200 kilograms, double the previous one.

As the water of Tao River is infiltrated, the planting structure is also being optimized, and the economic crops have produced "golden fruits".

The head of Majiabao Village is a 2,000-acre apple orchard of Gansu Ganfu Fruit Industry Group Co., Ltd. "In the past, I drove the Yellow River water, and dozens of cars ran in turn, and the annual water bill was more than one million yuan." Zhang Long, the company's head, said that if the flood flooded the fruit, the fruit would not get much nutrients, which not only consumed water but also affected its growth.

Huining cherishes the sweet Tao River water and develops water-saving agriculture in a refined manner. "One acre of land requires 150 cubic meters of water to flood, and the drip irrigation does not exceed 20 cubic meters." Standing in the orchard, Zhang Long handled the "flow record", and the integrated water and fertilizer drip irrigation system directly "feeds" the water and nutrition to the root system. The fruits grow well and save costs.

At present, 28,800 mu of apples are planted in Huining. The output will reach 30,000 tons in 2024, with an output value of 180 million yuan.

He Junming also planted 2 acres of "Red Fuji" apples, "The best New Year's goods today are the good harvest brought by the Tao River water."