Physically disabled and determined to start a business and raise pigs, take off the "poverty cap"

He is disabled in legs and feet, but he is strong and self-improving, and he has always maintained a firm belief; he has been a soldier and a worker, and for 16 years he has always cherished the dream of starting a business and getting rid of poverty. By virtue of his own indomitable perseverance, he has found a way to cultivate, start a business and become rich. He is Shi Rongxiang, a villager from Shelang Village, a street in Eshan County.

Physical disability does not lose morale

I didn't know how to do anything. I just stayed at home all day, and I felt uncomfortable all the time. " A few days ago, at Shi Rongxiang's home, he told reporters that after graduating from junior high school in 1977, he had served as a soldier and worked in other places. In 1996, Shi Rongxiang, in the prime of life, suffered from lower limb pain due to long-term rheumatism. Then, accompanied by his family, he went to Kunming and other places to seek medical treatment. In the end, he lost his lower limb disability, spent all his family savings, and owed more than 70,000 yuan in medical expenses, making it more difficult for an already difficult family. At the same time, it also brought a heavy blow to himself.

Every year, the cost of a single drug costs more than 10,000 yuan, and the pressure of life is too great. " Shi Rongxiang recalled that because of the inconvenience of his legs and feet, he could not engage in labor, and his wife had to take care of him and plant more than 40 mu of field. whenever he saw his wife working hard for his family, he was filled with guilt and looked at his young children. Shi Rongxiang felt even worse, and he tried to find something to do at the same time.

Find a way to start a business diligently

In 2000, Shi Rongxiang found a suitable way to start his own business through radio, television, newspapers and periodicals, and finally chose pig farming. At the beginning of breeding, he bought 10 breeding pigs with the mentality of trying and began to breed and raise.

From piglet conservation, epidemic prevention and control, feed preparation to contact sellers, they all grope for it on their own. " Shi Rongxiang said that in the first year of breeding, because his wife had to go to the fields to do farm work, he had to drag his disabled lower limbs to the farm, and at the same time, he had to take the time to strengthen his study through television and breeding books. In the second year of breeding, with the support of the County disabled Persons' Federation, Shi Rongxiang invested 150000 yuan to expand the breeding site and built a standardized breeding farm covering an area of more than 2 mu. With the help of the County disabled Persons' Federation, the farm has realized a large-scale breeding model based on piglet breeding and meat pig fattening, the breeding scale has also expanded from more than 30 heads a year to more than 600 in 2015, and the sales income has increased year by year. Family living conditions have also changed.

Adhere to the dream of running to a well-off society

There have been times of losses over the years, but we have never given up farming. " Shi Rongxiang said that the strong cooling and rain and snow weather at the beginning of this year caused more than 80 piglets to freeze to death one after another, and the loss of the farm reached more than 50,000 yuan. later, he tried every means to keep the remaining 100 piglets, so that there was no shortage of pigs and livestock stalls after the beginning of spring. Similar experience, in Shi Rongxiang's breeding experience, can not remember how many times, but he has always adhered to his dream of breeding.

After engaging in farming, the family's income has increased, the house has been repaired and a car has been bought, and we plan to build a new house next door. " Shi Rongxiang told reporters that although he is disabled, he still has to use his own hands to create the fruits of labor and continue to do a good job in farming. With the expansion of the scale of breeding, now his son has also joined his own large-scale pig farming, the whole family has not only paid off the debt, but also can bring a net income of more than 100,000 yuan a year. Focusing on the breeding industry, Shi Rongxiang plans to expand the scale of breeding, strive to achieve the annual production of 1000 pigs, and drive surrounding farmers to raise pigs to become rich.

(Li Duoye, Song Lichun)