Seven years later, I remained in Daruna.After completing my undergraduate degree, I was fast-tracked directly into the doctorate program for the Desert Ecology Restoration Team, following my advisor across the Genoa Desert, alkali flats, and wind-erosion zones.During the toughest stretches, we went weeks without a shower, and when our vehicle got stuck in sand pits, everyone had to push under the blazing, relentless sun.Yet, I never regretted it.I published several research papers, and the drought-tolerant sand-fixation plant project I participated in won a national award. Later, as the research base expanded, I was put in charge of a brand-new experimental plot.It was a place where not a single blade of grass had originally grown.Three years later, however, a slender line of green sprouted across the horizon.When I saw that green line merge into a lush blanket for the very first time, my senior clapped me on the shoulder and said, "Emma, look. You really brought spring t
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