Xiao Jingui got rich raising chickens and did not forget his neighbors, leading the villagers to increase their incomes together
He has a flexible business mind, a hard-working and pioneering spirit, and a knack for learning and applying scientific and technological information. In the eyes of his neighbors, he is a kind man, a warm-hearted man, and a man of vision. He is Xiao Jingui, a resident of Wanlong Neighborhood Committee in Xingqiao Town.
Over the past 20 years, Xiao Jingui successfully became wealthy through his experience in raising laying hens, and passed his valuable experience on to the villagers around him, leading them to shake off poverty together and embark on the road to a moderately prosperous life. He is also enthusiastic about public welfare; his personal donations have totaled more than 100,000 yuan to help villagers build concrete roads, and he regularly contributes money to help poor neighbors. His deeds have won unanimous praise from the villagers, and he has been elected as a town people's congress representative for 3 consecutive terms. Last year, his family was selected as a "Happy Farming Family" in Sheyang County.
When Xiao Jingui returned home after graduating from junior high school, faced with a poor family, he did not yield to fate and resolved to carve out a path to wealth through his own hard work and courage. He saw that farmers elsewhere had made money raising laying hens, so he visited laying hen farmers elsewhere to seek experience and techniques in raising laying hens, and secretly made up his mind to take the road to wealth through laying hen farming. He told his wife and parents about the idea, and the whole family was very supportive. When relatives and neighbors heard about it, however, they looked on coldly. Some advised him, saying that among the households raising livestock locally, some had made money and some had lost money; what if he lost money too, since his family had a thin foundation! But he still made up his mind and began his arduous entrepreneurial career.
At the time, Xiao Jingui's family did not have enough funds, and he himself had just entered society. His father went around to the homes of relatives and friends and barely scraped together 50,000 yuan. Xiao Jingui used 20,000 yuan to build a chicken coop, and used the rest of the money to buy chicks, materials on laying hen farming techniques, feed, and epidemic prevention medicines. Xiao Jingui and his wife worked from dawn to dusk, feeding the chickens three times a day, regularly cleaning the chicken coop, and giving medicine to sick chickens. The couple made their home with the chicken coop, raising chickens while diligently studying farming techniques. In the end, heaven did not let down the diligent; after the first year, after deducting costs and expenses, they actually earned 10,000 yuan. Although it was not much, they learned a great deal of farming techniques and experience, which gave Xiao Jingui hope of becoming rich. In this way, after more than 20 years of effort, Xiao Jingui now has fixed assets of nearly more than 200,000 yuan, savings of nearly 500,000 yuan, and has also bought an apartment in Yancheng. When his parents saw that their son had achieved so much, they felt very proud.
"If a single flower blooms alone, it is not spring; when a hundred flowers bloom in brilliant colors, spring fills the garden." Seeing Xiao Jingui's entrepreneurial success, the neighbors were very envious, and many people imitated him and took up laying hen farming. Because they lacked technical support, many laying hen farmers encountered problems with low chick survival rates and disease, most farmers did not make money, and some even lost money. Xiao Jingui did not ignore them; he took the initiative to go to the farmers' homes to teach his own farming techniques, helping all the laying hen farmers embark on the road to wealth.
Because Xiao Jingui was highly experienced in raising laying hens, villagers seeking his help to treat their chickens came in an endless stream. Although he was very busy, he always found time to help the villagers. He said that when he lacked funds in the beginning, it was his neighbors who helped him, and when he became rich he could not forget that kindness. No matter which nearby household wanted to take the path of getting rich by raising chickens, they could come to his home to learn; he would teach them hand by hand and explain patiently and in detail.
Xiao Jingui's success in getting rich by raising laying hens spurred a large number of people to develop laying hen farming. Driven by him, many villagers in the whole village raised laying hens alongside him and embarked on a road to wealth. Raising laying hens not only brought rich returns to Xiao Jingui's family, but also brought real benefits to the local people.