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Inspirational story | yong-ming Chen: prosthetic help him be hopeful.

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Chen Yongming is unfortunate, at the age of 23, he was killed left thigh by a car accident. At the age of 30, he was given a new life with a prosthetic leg. Now 48, he has made his fortune through hard work and leads a happy life.

 

 

Misfortune befalls, he become disabled overnight

Chen Yongming was born in 1970 in a suburban village of Lebaidao Sub-district office in Kaiyuan city, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province. On January 6, 1993, Chen Yongming was driving his tractor to help others pick up goods as usual when disaster struck on his way back, causing a serious traffic accident. When he woke up in hospital, he had lost his left thigh. He burst into tears when he saw his tearful wife and inconsolable parents standing beside him. At that time, Chen Yongming had just been married for two years and had a son just over one year old. The days full of happiness had just begun. However, this accident made the originally strong young man become a disabled person, and his future life was full of thorns. After amputation, he was extremely lost and painful. The cruel reality made Chen Yongming lose confidence in the future and put unprecedented psychological pressure on him. Since then, Chen has become taciturn and short-tempered. After leaving the hospital, he locked himself in his room to avoid contact with anyone and became a decadent person.

 

 

 

Endure hardship, the disabled body face it bravely

The painful days are passing by. One afternoon, yong-ming Chen's wife, holding the son came to the room, the word of a "father" let yong-ming Chen shocked, look at the innocent and lovely son and leave his wife, yong-ming Chen, his wife said to him, "no matter how cruel the reality for us, but as long as alive, life will continue to" since then yong-ming Chen started to stand up on crutches, He tried his best to help his family with some simple housework. Later, with the driving skills he had before his amputation, he drove a tricycle and made a living soliciting customers in the edge of the city. However, the poor family can not afford the high cost of prosthetic fitting, Chen Yongming fell into a sad and confused situation, to life again hope he still does not know where to go.

 

 

Put on "new limbs" and start a new life

In August 2001, Chen Yongming became a disabled person who benefited from prosthetic assembly. After a period of training, he became skilled in prosthetic walking and took a firm step in life. With a happy smile on his face, Chen Yongming embarked on the road of hard work and wealth.

 

 

With the prosthesis, Chen walks freely and can now do things he couldn't do before. With renewed hope for the future, he sold his tricycle, borrowed money from relatives and friends, pooled his savings from driving a tricycle a few years ago, bought a medium truck and hired a driver to transport it. He sat in the passenger seat to accompany the driver in the operation, transporting bananas, mangoes and other fruits to Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi and other places, and began to earn a considerable income. After two years, he bought a big truck, hired a driver to help drive, he was responsible for finding goods, business is getting better and better.

In 2005, he contracted 42 acre of land in the village to start the planting industry, mainly planting more than 1,300 kaiyuan specialty peaches and nelums, with a total investment of nearly one million yuan. The Municipal Disabled Persons' Federation subsidized him 20,000 yuan to build an inter-field reservoir, and the orchard was effectively irrigated. Technical personnel of agricultural bureau often come to the door to guide, still subsidized part of fertilizer. No pains, no gains. In recent years, he planted the peach, neli good quality, high yield, loved by consumers, peach, neli sales rank the first village, income is considerable year by year. In 2014, the maximum income can reach more than 300,000 yuan. The orchard now employs five workers to help manage it. In the development of orchard while, Chen Yongming does not forget to develop transport, the most have 6 trucks, oneself become the boss worthy of the name. A few years ago, his family built the village's first three-story villa and became the village's wealth leader. In his upbringing, led, now his son also married and established a career.

Yong-ming Chen affectionately said: "it's the prosthetic help me set up the confidence of life, it has helped me to stand up, changed my life, I will live up to what everyone expected of me, he with full enthusiasm and practical action to prove that they can do things, people with disabilities must also can do a good job, but also do better".


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