Nie Xiaobo lives in a village (村庄) in Shandong Province. 

Years ago, when his wife was cooking, a fire happened. His wife lost her life and Nie got hurt. "The fire burnt down my house and burnt my body badly. " He said, "I wasn't able to work and my family was quite poor. "

After the fire, Nie stayed at home all day by himself and seldom talked to others. One day, one of his friends sent him two parrots as pets. One year later, the parrots had more than 10 little parrots. 

Village officials (村官) got a good idea. They went to the pet market and found that parrots were quite popular pets, so they helped Nie build a breeding base (饲养基地) of parrots. Nie was happy and worked hard. He bought books on parrot raising and asked some experts for help. 

At his breeding base, Nie has 11 buildings full of 2,000 parrots. Last year, Nie sold more than 3,000 parrots and made over 100, 000 yuan. 

"I'm living a happy new life. I'm helping others in my village raise parrots. " He told the reporter.