Physically disabled, but life is not incomplete. "one-armed Zou Yu" leads the disabled to become rich.

His crippled body did not bring imperfections to his life. He lost his right forearm but made continuous self-improvement. Zou Yu was not only a big grower, but also led the villagers to blaze a path to become rich. He, who had a successful career, cared for the disabled for ten years and helped them to find jobs, start their own businesses, become rich and support their families, so that every disabled villager could live with dignity.

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Zou Yu, male, born in June 1964, now lives in Xiliu Village, Xiakou Town, Nanan District. He is not only a famous seedling grower, but also an unusual figure. In 2014, he was recommended to run for "moving Chongqing people", and in June 2015, he was recommended by Nanan District to participate in the June "moving Chongqing monthly people".

Losing your right hand doesn't mean losing your life.

When Zou Yu was 5 years old, an accident made him lose the whole forearm of his right hand and became disabled, but he did not complain or feel inferior. Without the right hand and the left hand, optimistic, he began to practice writing with his left hand, holding chopsticks and dressing, and insisted on going to school to study like other normal children. Zou Yu slowly learned to do things with his only left hand. Self-care ability is strong enough to live like a normal person.

Today, in his early 50s, he is already married and has children. Having dinner with his son, he always picks up food for his son with his left hand and moves smoothly so that you won't find him disabled at all. Between talking and laughing, Zou Yusi will never express dissatisfaction or inferiority complex to his own body.

Take the lead with my father to find a way to get rich

Zou Yu not only lives like a normal person, but also has the courage to shoulder family responsibilities. when he was young, he was diligent in using his brains to find a way out, hoping to give his family a good life. "at that time, there were six people in the family, but less than 3 mu of land, so they grew food and vegetables, and the whole family did not have enough to eat." Zou Yu recalled that it was necessary to break the traditional farming habits so that everyone in the family could lead a good life.

As a result, Zou Yu and his father decided to have the courage to plant some "strange" things for city people. In the 1980s, when all the villagers in Xiliu village were busy ploughing the fields and growing grain, Zou Yu released the water from the fields and planted evergreen and yellow trees.

The road to seedlings was full of hardships. At that time, the town could not buy the seeds of flower seedlings, so Zou Yu had to search the mountains with his father to find wild tree species. Regardless of his own disability, Zou Yu gritted his teeth all the way over, climbing mountains, climbing trees and picking fruit could not defeat him. Finally, the flowers bloomed as scheduled. I remember that for the first time, Zou Yu put the carefully taken care of jasmine in the back basket and sold it on the Jiefangbei flower market. In the morning, he made 20 or 30 yuan, which was not a small sum at that time. The news immediately spread all over the village. Affected by him, the surrounding villagers "changed careers" to develop flowers and seedlings. In this way, Zou Yu led the villagers out of a road to grow seedlings to become rich. Now Xiliu Village has become a famous seedling village in Xiakou.

The lantern self-taught technology has become a big family of seedlings.

There is no shortcut to success. Zou Yu paid a lot from a farmer to a big nursery stock. At first, without the guidance of an agricultural technician in the village, Zou Yu could only teach himself how to grow seedlings. In order to study the excellent planting methods of different varieties, every time he went to the city to go to the market, he always went to the bookstore to read seedling agronomic books. He often felt that he was not satisfied. He took out a few hundred yuan to buy books directly to study at home.

During the day, Zou Yu went to the planting fields for weeding and pruning, and at night he picked lights to read planting books until the wee hours of the morning. Zou Yu believes that planting flower seedlings is a matter of connotation, which requires a lot of thought, brain, and peace of mind. every flower and tree has feelings with him for a long time, and sometimes the seedlings he has planted have been sold, and he still misses them.

With excellent planting technology, Zou Yu's flower seedlings are gradually taking shape. In 2006, Zou Yu had the courage to contract villagers' land, and the planting scale of seedlings was expanded to nearly 100 mu of land. the seedlings were exported to Qinghai, Sichuan and other places, with an annual income of nearly 400000 yuan.

Care and support disabled villagers for ten years

Zou Yu, who has become rich, is well aware of the difficulties of employment and entrepreneurship for the disabled. "they can also mow and prune. What they want is trust and opportunity." Zou Yu needs workers in the planting base, so he leaves all opportunities to villagers who are also disabled, and more than 10 disabled people around him are regular workers in his base.

Zou Yu said that his ability is so limited that helping disabled people in the village can only allow them to earn some living expenses. But in fact, Zou Yu brings not only employment opportunities to the disabled in the village, but also the hope and confidence of the disabled to regain their lives. Led by him, the disabled people in the village started a new life, and some people also started the seedling business and became their own bosses.

Villager Li Xiquan suffered from severe deafness 10 years ago and is a poor family in the village. due to the loss of hearing, Li Xiquan could not find a job at all. Zou Yu invited him to work in the base. "No one outside is willing to invite me, because my ears are inconvenient and I can't hear clearly what I have to do. Only he is willing to hire me." When it comes to the experience of going out to work, Li Xiquan is very bitter. "only Zou Yu is willing to hire us. He is disabled like us. I don't think he is far away from this boss."

Working in a planting base with no difference and no distance, where there is effort, there is gain. "although we are disabled, we all want to make this base well." Li Xiquan, who found a job and earned money, gradually forgot the pain caused by disability and became cheerful and confident.

Slowly, Li Xiquan also planted seedlings at home, although not on a large scale, but he said confidently that his dream was to become the second Zouyu, through efforts to become a big grower in the village. Like Li Xiquan, there are many disabled villagers who have regained their hope of life in the Zouyu seedling base.

"I hope to take them together to plant flowers and seedlings in the village and sell them all over the country, so that they, like me, can not only live like normal people, but also generate income and become rich to support their families." Zou Yu said so.

Without a high diploma and healthy physique, Zou Yu lived with a tenacious heart. his strong optimism, bold innovation, hard work, enthusiasm and kindness enabled him to prop up a family and the wealth industry of a village. he built a road of hope and wealth for disabled villagers, so that every disabled villager can live in dignity as normally as he does.