Li Bo's story of not waiting or relying on others and achieving prosperity through self-reliance
Character profile
Li Bo, from Group 3, Mingjing Village, Yongxing Town, Chuanshan District, once suffered from a brain glioma. After surgery, Li Bo not only owed a large amount of medical expenses but also suffered a first-degree disability in his foot. The entire family's expenses relied solely on his wife working away from home. His daughter being admitted to university made the family's situation even more difficult. At the end of 2014, Li Bo's family was rated as an impoverished household. With the assistance of relevant departments, Li Bo began learning through distance education, acquiring breeding knowledge and marketing knowledge through modern means, and realized his life's value.
"'Waiting, relying, and asking' cannot fundamentally change the poverty situation. Only by increasing the ability to be self-reliant can one escape poverty, and even achieve prosperity." In Li Bo's mind, he always believed that everything depends on oneself. Despite his inconvenient legs and feet and his impoverished family circumstances, this did not become a reason for him to be passive. After the village working group and the first secretary settled in Mingjing Village, upon learning of Li Bo's family situation, they proactively visited his home. They told Li Bo that he could use the "distance education + targeted poverty alleviation" information superhighway to help him learn new practical skills and knowledge. Their words opened the door to a new world for Li Bo, and he dove right in. Whenever the distance education equipment in the village committee office was turned on, Li Bo would sit in front of the computer and attentively listen to lectures. Whenever the village agricultural technician came to Mingjing Village to give special courses, Li Bo's figure would certainly be seen. When the village broadcast played professional technical knowledge about raising fattening pigs and free-range chickens, Li Bo would listen while taking notes, and all kinds of knowledge seeped into Li Bo's mind bit by bit. Li Bo also proactively approached the village working group and the first secretary, learned to use a computer, and searched online for the technical knowledge he needed.
"Secretary Gong, last time you said you would tailor a poverty alleviation plan for me. Can I offer some opinions of my own?" "Of course you can. Tailoring also requires your own ideas to truly come to life." ... That day, Li Bo talked with the village first secretary for over 2 hours. He combined the various pieces of knowledge he had learned with his own situation, believed he was suited to developing small-scale poultry farming, and formulated a breeding plan, hoping to receive help from the poverty alleviation working group. Soon, the village working group and the first secretary coordinated with the village committee to provide Li Bo with an abandoned primary school free of charge as a breeding site, and sought assistance funds from relevant departments, providing Li Bo with his first batch of free-range chicken chicks and some feed. Li Bo carefully raised his free-range chickens using the breeding knowledge he had learned. Because of his inconvenient legs and feet, Li Bo also created his own "whistle farming" method, using a whistle to summon the free-range chickens. Whenever Li Bo blew the whistle, the free-range chickens would "sprint" down from the mountain, running to Li Bo's side, waiting to be fed.
Six months passed, and Li Bo's free-range chickens were ready for market. After hearing about Li Bo's story, Shunyitong Mall was deeply moved and brought the "Shunyitong" e-commerce team to Li Bo's home to promote his native chickens and eggs for free, helping Li Bo receive orders right at home. To expand sales channels, Li Bo learned to use WeChat and learned e-commerce management skills. Relying on the distance education site, he established the first rural e-commerce sales site in Yongxing Town, gradually listing the more than 200 pure-grain native chickens from his farm online, and promptly updating information such as chicken breeds, market time, weight, and delivery channels. Now, people buy and reserve native chickens and native products online every day. Li Bo also uses the site to help surrounding villagers buy things online and sell agricultural products.
Holding his first sales payment, Li Bo smiled happily. He stated that the next step would be to expand the scale of free-range chicken farming. On the basis of stable development, he would use farmers' professional cooperatives and e-commerce platforms to help the registered impoverished households around him who have not yet escaped poverty to achieve prosperity together.