Unemployed, raising sheep at home and making a fortune.

Cheng Xuezheng and his wife braved the heavy rain to prepare fodder for the sheep

Ran Bixian is feeding sheep

Chongqing, August 13 (People's Daily Online)-One day in August, Jingyuan Village, Banqiao Township, Youyang Autonomous County, a heavy rain is pouring on the earth, villagers Cheng Xuezheng and his wife Ran Bixian clothes have been soaked by cold rain, but the couple are still waving sickles, on the hillside hard to prepare sheep fodder.

"Their hard work and stories from scratch inspired the enthusiasm of other villagers to raise sheep." Banqiao township party secretary Tian Guoping said, In the couple's drive, Jingyuan village sheep number from the initial dozens, To the present nearly a thousand, Completely changed the poor households "Wait for" Thought, Through goat breeding spectrum to write the mountain village rich song.

Unemployed at home, the chairman of the township people's congress visits the door to show the way

Cheng Xuezheng is a poor household in Group 6 of Jingyuan Village. His family has an elderly man and two children in primary school. Before 2015, he and his wife Ran Bixian had been working as material workers in an electronics factory in Guizhou, when the couple earned 3000 yuan a month.

In the twelfth month of 2015, Cheng Xuezheng's 73-year-old mother Yang Fuxiang suddenly suffered from cerebral hemorrhage, leaving sequelae after treatment. From then on, it was difficult to walk, and even eating and going to the toilet needed to be served. There are old people to support, there are small people to take care of, the family stretched out their mouth to have money to maintain, helpless Cheng Xuezheng couple, had to wait for work at home to take care of the old and young, while thinking hard about the way to become rich.

"Youyang goats have been gaining momentum these few years. You're idle at home. Why don't you get some sheep to raise?" Jingyuan Village is the whole village poverty alleviation village of Banqiao Township in 2015. Huang Mingtai, chairman of the Township People's Congress, as the responsible person of the village, saw the embarrassing situation of Cheng Xuezheng's family and took the initiative to help him recite the "Getting Rich Sutra".

Huang Mingtai's words woke up the dreamer, Cheng Xuezheng remembered that he had 6 years of experience in raising sheep, and had already felt the habits and temper of sheep thoroughly. "At that time, my family was poor and raised more than 10 sheep. I was taking care of them all by myself." Cheng Xuezheng recalled.

That year, Cheng Xuezheng and his wife built a sheeppen of about 80㎡ under Huang Mingtai's enlightenment. Ran Bixian said, Because has been working outside before, After returning home nothing, Repair sheep pen building materials are all from the villagers that the owner put together.

Multi-party help to solve the problem of funds

At the end of 2015, many families have begun to prepare for the Spring Festival goods, but Cheng Xuezheng's family is worried. Originally, after the construction of the pen, the family can no longer take extra money to buy lambs, the previous construction of the sheep pen has been in a state of no sheep living.

Cheng Xuezheng in a hurry found Huang Mingtai who had given him directions before. "Don't worry. I'll be responsible for solving the problem of lack of funds and sheep for you." Huang Mingtai's words immediately calmed Cheng Xuezheng down.

However, within a few days, Huang Mingtai helped Cheng Xuezheng apply for 30,000 yuan of poverty alleviation loan fund, and also worked with Ran Xiaohua, director of village women, to let her lend Cheng Xuezheng 9 sheep to start. Soon, Yang Shengliang, a villager from 6 groups, offered sheep and generously lent Cheng Xuezheng 9 adult ewes for breeding sheep.

With the help of everyone, Cheng Xuezheng bought 15 lambs from Nanmu, Guanqing and other places. From then on, the couple worked every day at sunrise and returned at sunset. They were busy managing the sheep during the day and had to carry lamps to store green feed for the sheep for winter at night. "The hardest part is when it rains, because I'm afraid I'll drive the sheep out and catch a cold, so I have to mow them in the rain to feed them." Ran Bixian said.

By raising sheep, villagers run towards prosperity together

With the couple's hard work, Cheng Xuezheng's flock has doubled in more than half a year, from 33 at the beginning to 67 today. In April this year, the couple also registered Youyang Zhengxian Goat Farm to jointly develop goat breeding industry with other poor households in the village and run towards a well-off road.

Beside Cheng Xuezheng's sheep pen, two newly built sheep sheds have taken shape, with five pens, disinfection rooms and feed storage rooms. "These two newly built sheep pens are used to raise sheep for other villagers." Ran Bixian said that they are ready to call on poor households in the village to concentrate on the development of aquaculture. After the completion of the sheep pen, the couple will provide free sheep and pens for the villagers, make the local goat breeding scale bigger and stronger, and even make a brand.

The author understands that at present, Ran Wei, Yang Zhuyuan and other villagers in the village have reached an agreement with Cheng Xuezheng to develop goat breeding with the help of the enclosure built by Cheng Xuezheng. "More people have more power. When the scale is established, we can also focus on marketing." Cheng Xuezheng said his original intention of borrowing captive sheep, he said, this is a gradual process.

"Today is a good day, think of things can become..." When the author left, the sky is still falling raindrops, but the distant houses came Song Zuying's "Good Day," the whole mountain village was filled with songs, gradually approaching. (Wang Man, Li Mingjun)