The one-armed shepherd is on his own to shake off poverty and become rich.

Zhang Shijing's sheep are growing.

Looking at the car full of goats galloping slowly out of Mount Wanguo, one-armed shepherd Zhang Shijing was beaming with joy. I can see that this is another harvest season.

The remaining veins of cool peaks in the mountains of all countries are dense with dense forests and rich water plants. Since 25 years ago, Zhang Shijing drove five sheep to graze here, grass, sheep, one-armed shepherd has become a fixed scenery at the foot of the mountains.

Misfortune followed.

Zhang Shijing is a native of Lihouying Village, Changhua Town, Lin'an. In the early 1990s, the misfortune that followed plunged the life of Zhang Shijing's family into a desperate situation: his seriously ill wife underwent two operations one after another and lost her ability to work; Zhang Shijing, a migrant worker, lost her right arm due to an accident, and the family was heavily in debt ever since. What makes Lao Zhang even more desperate is that, with one arm, he has lost his job, his family has no financial resources, and his children in primary school cannot afford the tuition fees. Neighbors far and near are worried about Lao Zhang. "how can this family live in the future?"

The plight of Lao Zhang's family affected the hearts of local parents and officials. The village and town visited one after another and asked Lao Zhang to apply for some difficult subsidies. Looking at the helpless eyes of a family, Lao Zhang did not write. "now the family does need money, even if it is urgent, but the country has too many people to take care of, so let's not cause trouble to the country," he said. "

Perseverance to resolve hardship

Lao Zhang decided to rekindle hope with the only one hand left. With the help of relatives and friends, Lao Zhang bought five breeder sheep and caught up with Wanguoshan, four miles away from home. From then on, regardless of the extreme heat and cold, he insisted on getting up at 5 o'clock every day, taking care of the family's contracted land, and going to Wanguo Mountain to herd sheep at 10:00, until 7 pm when he dragged his tired body home.

Once, when Lao Zhang finished work, he found that a ram was missing. The ram was worth more than 1,000 yuan. Not to mention how anxious Lao Zhang was, he immediately went against the goat's way home and looked for it for several hours before he finally found it 12 miles away. It turned out that the ram broke a leg by the iron clip installed by Orion and was separated from the sheep. That day, Lao Zhang dragged and hugged him between the cliffs and fell so many times that he got home at 10:00 in the evening.

Once, the sheep got separated in the snow. Lao Zhang looked in the mountains against the goose feather snow. The snow-capped mountain road is slippery and it is difficult to climb with both hands, let alone one arm. Lao Zhang was unable to climb for a while and fell down a steep slope and rolled more than 30 meters. fortunately, he was blocked by a small tree and saved his life, but he suffered a severe impact on the waist and hurt all night. Lao Zhang didn't sleep at a glance that night. At dawn the next day, he dragged his sore and tired body into the mountain to look for sheep, climbed four hills, and finally found the three lost sheep.

On another occasion, a big viper blocked the way of the sheep, and the frightened sheep huddled together. In order to keep the ewes with cubs from being squeezed, Lao Zhang made great efforts to isolate the ewes and risked his life to drive away the poisonous snakes. After all this, he was tired to the ground.

Regain the light with one hand

Seeing that his father was often black and blue when he herded the sheep, the son was distressed and offered to drop out of school to help his father herd the sheep. Lao Zhang firmly opposed: "what am I doing this for?" He warned his children not only to read, but also to read well, and use knowledge to change the fate of the family.

Over the past 25 years, Lao Zhang has struggled with fate every day, diligent and thrifty, and firmly shouldered the responsibilities of his father and husband with one arm.

If you work hard, the sky will live up to you. After 25 years of painstaking management, the sheep under Lao Zhang's command has grown from the initial five to more than 80. Because of its wild stocking, fat body and good meat quality, Lao Zhang's sheep are famous for their prosperity in production and marketing.

With an industrious and resolute hand, Lao Zhang paid off his foreign debt, married a pair of sons and daughters, and spent more than 300,000 yuan to build a three-story building.

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In the early morning mist, there was a clear cry from Lao Zhang. Once again, the sheep rushed out of the sheepfold and headed for the "sheep" bowel road. Lao Zhang shook an empty sleeve and soon disappeared into the mountains.