Returning home to start a business to help rural revitalization
The post-90s girl pays off his father's debt and live broadcasts "Original Ecology": I am not "Li Ziqi" in Shucheng
"Don't look at me wearing this look now. In fact, I was in the city at that time, but I liked to dress up and wear high heels every day!" Zhang Zhiju, an Anhui girl born in 1993, stood in front of her sheepfold, like a native The "village girl" took a handful of leaves and stuffed it into the goat's mouth for a while, then tidyed up the firewood on the ground, and was very busy.
She can build sheepfolds and catch fish...In short, she will not leave behind anything a man can do.
Why did a young girl leave the city and plunge into the mountains to start planting and breeding?
The story has to start from the beginning.
Filial girl returns home to take care of her adoptive father
Zhang Zhiju is not shy about her life experience, she was an abandoned baby.
When she was two months old, Zhang Zhiju, who was ill, was abandoned by the roadside, and her adoptive father Zhang Chenggui took her home.
Zhang Chenggui is alone, and has been dependent on his adopted daughter since then.
A pole carried Zhang Zhiju at one end and a few belongings at the other, and the father and daughter were discussing life everywhere.
When Zhang Zhiju was 8 years old, in order to support her in school, Zhang Chenggui sold everything that could be sold at home.
Like many rural girls with dreams, after graduating from junior high school, Zhang Zhiju left Pangfan Village, Shanqi Town, Shucheng County, to work in the provincial capital of Hefei.
Relying on the hard-working spirit, she has a monthly income of up to four to five thousand yuan from a dishwasher to a waiter, to a lobby manager and a marketing manager.
The diligent and studious Zhang Zhiju was not satisfied. In order to be able to use her skills, she went to a chef training school to learn how to make cold dishes, which was later dug up by a catering company in Hangzhou.
The work in Hangzhou went smoothly, and Zhang Zhiju had many bright prospects for the future.
However, all this was interrupted by the sudden illness of his father.
From Shucheng to Hefei, and then to Shanghai, Zhang Zhiju took his father all the way to seek medical treatment. His father's disease was finally diagnosed as right parotid gland cell carcinoma, and he had to go home for conservative treatment.
For this reason, Zhang Zhiju quit his job in Hangzhou and went back to take care of his father. "He has raised me for so many years, and I will take care of him for the last time."
Zhang Zhiju took good care of his father, prepared various nutritious liquid foods for him every day, and coaxed the children to give him medicine.
In order to save money, she also learned to inject.
However, her filial piety failed to save her father's life.
"Father is gone, leaving a debt of 180,000 yuan. He also told me at the last moment that he must pay it back." Zhang Zhiju said.
In 2018, after sending away his father, Zhang Zhiju only had 400 yuan left. How will he live the next day?
Embarking on an entrepreneurial road to repay debts
The first step of Zhang Zhiju's entrepreneurship was to raise pigs.
She found her classmates in her hometown and took over and raised 6 pigs.
"I usually have the habit of writing a diary. I used to record the time I spent with my father. Later, I took pictures of some rural customs, handmade things, and things picked from the mountains, and compiled them into text, in the "Mei Pian" To her surprise, many netizens commented below: "How do you sell this?" Zhang Zhiju's inspiration-"This can make money!" What surprised her even more was that she raised 6 pigs. , In just two days, all bookings were made by netizens.
The successful initial trial of internet marketing greatly increased Zhang Zhiju's confidence. She began to "expand reproduction" and quickly developed to the scale of 50 pigs.
She couldn't afford to hire a helper, so she did it herself, moving bricks, digging channels, burying pipes, pulling wires... and renovating the dilapidated pig farm. "At that time, the meat on the handle of the electric drill was cut off, and one of her hands was scarred." .
Zhang Zhiju also taught himself pig raising techniques and veterinary techniques, and sometimes healed pigs by himself.
In August 2018, Zhang Zhiju and four like-minded friends in the village set up a cooperative, transferred the land, and built a one-stop service platform for planting, raising, and sales.
Subsequently, the cooperative introduced Boer goats, which now has more than 100 goats.
In addition, there are more than 1,000 free-range chickens.
The annual sales volume is 700,000 yuan, stimulating the income of 780 farmers in the surrounding area.
"The most advantageous place here is the land and air, and the villagers also have hard-working hands." Zhang Zhiju said.
The cooperative promised to the villagers that they would receive the goods, and first give a deposit to ensure that the purchase price is higher than the market price. At the same time, the villagers are required to strictly control the quality of the goods and not disappoint buyers.
When a reporter from China Youth Daily and China Youth Daily interviewed Zhang Zhiju, he happened to encounter villager Lu Heyi who had brought 40 kilograms of wild kiwi fruit just picked from the mountain.
He said with emotion: "Thanks to Zhiju, these things that were not valuable in the past have become treasures. As long as they are diligent, everyone can get rid of poverty and live a good life." The reporter also saw that many nearby villagers were drying up on the open space in front of their homes. Corn stalks.
“Straw was useless in the past, but now it can be sold to us to make sheep feed. We are engaged in recycling agriculture to realize waste reuse.” Zhang Zhiju said.
Production is up, and sales naturally have confidence.
With the rise of webcasting, Zhang Zhiju also opened live broadcast accounts on major platforms, one of which has nearly 20,000 fans.
In addition, she has 4 WeChat accounts and more than 20,000 friends. She promotes in the circle of friends every day.
What's different about the "original ecology" live broadcast
It’s worth mentioning that Zhang Zhiju’s live broadcast is very “original”, there is no fill light, and she rarely uses mobile phone holders. Sometimes she does not even put on makeup and there is a layer of sweat on her face. In the lens.
For example, the next day, the local chicken goods will be delivered. The night before, she broadcasted the process of catching the chicken from the chicken coop.
When she called to the goat, "Go home, go home...", netizens can also feel the mountain and wild taste of harmony between man and nature through the screen.
There is no script or planning, her live broadcast is so casual and natural, but it will give netizens a "strong sense of reality".
Especially when she broadcasted the farming work that men did when she was in the sheep pen, catching fish, and catching chickens, many netizens were moved by her spirit of not admitting defeat.
Some netizens called her Shucheng "Li Ziqi", but in her opinion, "Zhang Zhiju is Zhang Zhiju", and a saying she often says is "Nature is my live broadcast room".
Combined with online sales, the cooperative rented two stores in the county and town, and opened physical stores to display tea, honey, tea oil, fish and shrimp, fungus, dried wild vegetables, etc., and sell local products for surrounding villagers.
According to her, there was a lot of rain this summer, and the hard-grown corn grown by nearby villagers was unsalable. She spent three days doing live broadcast and helped more than 60 farmers sell out corn, and each corn sold for 1.5 yuan. It is carefully selected, and we must not let down the love of netizens!"
Zhang Zhiju is a person who knows how to be grateful. She is still grateful to her father for teaching her to be strong, optimistic and kind. She has always remembered the selfless help given by the villagers during his father's illness.
“I have received a lot of help along the way, and now it’s time to feed back the society.” Due to the epidemic this year, the chickens and ducks in 13 poor households were not sold. When Zhang Zhiju did the live broadcast, he helped sell them. .
"We have built a charity group with friends in the live broadcast room. We will write down the needs of local farmers and mobilize them to buy." She said.
"Governments at all levels and caring units gave support and encouragement. The Civilization Office helped me apply for a 200,000 yuan'good person loan', and Country Garden's poverty alleviation project gave 200,000 yuan of support funds." In addition, Zhang Zhiju also won the National Excellent Communist Youth League. Member, Anhui Good Person and other honorary titles.
"As a post-90s generation, I chose to stay in the country. I also want to prove that I can also make a difference here. I hope that more young people can come back and start their own businesses." After all, Zhang Zhiju stepped on her motorcycle and drove fast. Far away.
China Youth Daily and China Youth Daily reporter Wang Lei Source: China Youth Daily