Henan Economic Daily reporter Liu Fengmei correspondent Li Huayou Xu Zixian
There is a well-known "rabbit king" in Maotang Township Paper Fanggou Village, Huaichuan County, who is actually a local rabbit breeding expert, because of the large number of rabbits raised, good technology, and thick and honest people, so as to get such a "title".
The "Rabbit King", whose real name is Jia Junqi, is an authentic mountain man, who in the early years relied on planting crops with his wife Li Caiyun to support his family, and lived a poor life. But the couple is not only diligent, but also active in their brains, seeing that others are ready to farm and make money, they also actively understand the market, study everywhere, and make more notes than a notebook. After unremitting efforts, it became the first professional rabbit breeding household in the village. Due to the lack of funds, after being introduced by acquaintances, they entered the gate of the Huaichuan Rural Commercial Bank. Carefully calculated the required funds, shaved out their own savings, borrowed 60,000 yuan in the rural commercial bank, went home to build a rabbit cage, bought rabbit seedlings and commonly used drugs such as "rabbit all-round", and carefully raised rabbits.
At the beginning of 2020, the new crown pneumonia epidemic suddenly struck, and Jia Junqi and his wife, who had just paid off their loans, faced another wave of problems: feed prices rose, the sales channels of rabbits were cut off, and rabbits with strong reproductive ability had to produce two litters in three months, and then it was time for a shortage of funds. As the "southern gate" of the city's epidemic prevention and control, Huaichuan County was unsealed late, and such a dilemma made Jia Chunqi's family anxious. At the beginning of April, with the gradual stabilization of epidemic prevention and control and the gradual lifting of the lockdown in Huaichuan County, the staff of Huaichuan Rural Commercial Bank rushed to Jia Chunqi's home and handled a "Golden Yan e loan" of 100,000 yuan for him. Seeing that the rabbit sales channel has not yet been opened, he contacted the feed factory, restaurant, etc., and when there were not enough people to build the rabbit shed, he rolled up the sleeves and pants and worked with the couple to help Jia Chunqi's family tide over the difficulties smoothly.
Nowadays, Jia Chunqi and his wife have nearly 2,000 rabbits, including more than 10 varieties of white rabbits, gray rabbits, long-eared rabbits, etc., mainly sold to Sichuan, Hubei and other foreign cities, and even the rabbit meat needed by the farm in the village mouth is also the source of goods they provide, selling for more than 8 pieces of more than a catty. The market opened, and the "rabbit king" was born.
Due to the heavy smell of rabbit manure and the large yield, but the fertility is particularly large, Jia Junqi and his wife actively go online to inquire about the way to deal with rabbit manure. This year, they built a septic tank next to the yard, decided to contract the idle land in the village, used the fermented rabbit manure as fertilizer, planted fruit trees, vegetables, etc., needed more than 20 workers when busy, and they also succeeded in becoming the "boss".
"At that time, rabbits could not be sold, a rabbit grew to more than 8 pounds, and the big one could be ridden as a horse!" Recalling the scene at that time, Li Caiyun said: "Thanks to the help of the people of the Rural Commercial Bank, we can be regarded as getting rid of poverty and getting rich!" Smiles filled the whole face.