The Rich Dream of the Post-80s Shepherd

In Gualing Village, Liugongmiao Town, Zhangshu City, Huahui Sheep Farm is famous. Liu Jianghua, a young entrepreneur born in the 1980s, gave up his job opportunity in a big city and returned home to become a shepherd and a "leader" of local wealth.

As soon as I entered Liu Jianghua's family sheep farm, I heard the cry of sheep. When I took a closer look, I saw that Liu Jianghua was busy disinfecting the sheep farm with skillful movements and standard operation. He has grown up with these sheep since he opened the sheep farm for more than a year. Talking about the feeling of starting a business, Liu Jianghua feels that the happiest thing and the greatest gain is that he can work with his family, a process that he enjoys very much.

Liu Jianghua said: "in 2013, I happened to see a program about raising sheep to get rich on TV. I found that the market was not bad. I felt that there were such breeding conditions in my hometown, so I began to have the idea of returning home to start a business." On weekdays, Liu Jianghua collects relevant information about raising sheep from books and the Internet, and has visited Shandong, Zhejiang and other places many times to learn breeding techniques and business models. In early 2014, Liu Jianghua's family farm opened.

It is the first step that costs troublesome. The hardship of starting a business made Liu Jianghua's father-in-law, Liu Zhifeng, feel pain in his eyes and heart. "A 30-year-old guy who feeds and herds sheep here every day, turns around the sheep, gets a tan, has no time to take care of himself, and looks like an old man."

Raising sheep is not only a manual work, but also a fine work. In Liu Jianghua's sheep farm, his wife, father-in-law and mother-in-law are his main helpers, and the work of feeding, epidemic prevention and wool pruning is mainly done by himself. Liu Zhifeng, a local primary school teacher, comes to the sheep farm to help with his spare time, and sometimes works as a technical instructor.

Today, Liu Jianghua's Huahui Sheep Farm has grown from 150 sheep to 700 sheep, which is expected to exceed 1000 by the end of the year and is expected to make a profit of 300000 yuan for the whole year. Because of its excellent quality and rising market, sheep breeds are sold to surrounding counties (cities).

Get rich first and then get rich, and go to the road of prosperity together. Liu Jianghua adopted the management model of "sheep farm + base + farmers" to set up a Huahui sheep-raising cooperative locally, attracting five local villagers to join the cooperative. Although the scale is small, the establishment of cooperatives can effectively solve the problems of capital, technology and marketing in the process of farming. Liu Jianghua's family sheep farm not only gives his family a good life, but also benefits the farmers around him.