Hong Xingxue, disabled but strong-willed, strides toward prosperity

(Hong Xingxue picking ripe grapes in the vineyard)

Yongzhou News (Correspondents Li Shi, Huang Zhidong)Hong Xingxue, a villager of Group 2, Xiaoluoping Village, Tuojiang Town, Jianghua Yao Autonomous County, Hunan Province, was born with a physical disability, but his disability did not weaken his will. He successively raised chickens and sows, herded sheep and so on, but none of these ventures succeeded.

In 2015, Hong Xingxue invested 80,000 yuan to rent 8 mu of good farmland in his village to grow two excellent grape varieties, Summer Black and Yabian, and achieved a successful harvest. Because these grape varieties come to market half a month earlier than other varieties and capture the market first, it is expected that Hong Xingxue's 8 mu of grapes will bring in more than 80,000 yuan this year, which will enable him to cast off poverty in one stroke and stride quickly toward prosperity.