After the Wenchuan earthquake, the deeds of benevolence emerged, which is still embarrassing. Now there is such a person, who has no outstanding life experience and abundant capital, and is not the pillar of society like young people. He is an ordinary old man, who lived from 74 to 93 and did good deeds for 20 years, rain or shine! This kind of commonness eclipses the sanctimonious people; This kind of triviality makes powerful officials feel ashamed; This kind of mediocrity deserves more recognition and praise from the society; This ordinary has made me burst into tears!
His name is Bai, and the media often mistake him for Bai. Born in Cangzhou, Hebei Province, his family was poor. He worked as a short-term worker since childhood, and later fled to Tianjin to make a living by riding a tricycle. After liberation, I supported four children by cycling with my legs, three of whom went to college. He also supported his sister and her son who became a widow at the age of 20, and his nephew later went to college. He has never read a book, but he knows the importance of learning knowledge and culture and encourages the younger generation to study hard. Being an individual after retirement, I have accumulated some thin money.
Once, he saw a group of children playing in the field, just at the age of going to school. Asked the parents, the parents replied that people who farm the land have problems in life and have no spare money for them to go to school. Later, I asked the headmaster and learned that the tuition fee is between 80- 100 yuan a year, which is not expensive, but the parents of farmers can't afford it. The headmaster even talked about a difficult point-even if the children come to study, the teacher will be a problem. Because the salary is too low, people can't stay. After listening to this, the old man felt very heavy, thinking that he would not change his fate without studying, and he would not be poor from generation to generation! From this, he came up with the idea of subsidizing children who can't go to school because of poverty until they die. Having this idea and putting it into action, until the end of life, is a full 20 years. That's what he wants to do.
After returning home, he stubbornly announced his decision, and there was no room for discussion. He donated all his life savings of 5,000 yuan to his hometown and set up a student aid fund. From then on, when he stepped on the tricycle, he had more ideas in his heart-studying and earning money for his children. Others are pulling carts to support their families, and he is pulling carts to help students. Moreover, a small flag was erected on the bus, which read, "Half price for military martyrs, preferential treatment for the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled, and obligations for lonely and old households". 8 1 year-old, earned a full 3000 yuan in a cold winter, thanked the school and the principal, and paid tribute on behalf of more than 300 students in the school. Who knows that this more than 300 touched his heart. He thought, how can he save so many children with his meager strength and dying age? After returning home, he stayed up all night, called the children to discuss before dawn, and expressed the idea of selling two old houses and applying for a loan to set up a teaching company. The children looked at each other, and knowing their father's temper, they agreed. Later, two old houses sold for 10,000 yuan, and with loans, they rented a small tin house with only 8 square meters near the local railway station, started the business of selling cakes, tobacco and alcohol, and started the only "teaching company" in China-Tianjin White Teaching Company. When he first started his business, he explained his purpose to more than 20 employees: making money according to the rules, and paying all the income on a monthly basis. This incident touched many people. The mayor zoned the land himself, and Nankai University presented a plaque. Thanks to the painstaking efforts of the elderly, it has grown to more than a dozen booths. At the best, excluding various expenses, it also earns more than 10,000 yuan a month. Although he is the founder, the old man still rides his tricycle like an ordinary employee and sets himself a monthly income target of not less than 1000 yuan. All this income was given to the children, but he was very frugal and dressed like a beggar, and most of it was picked up. I ate cold steamed bread and water and slept on the ground as a bed. Whether it is hot or cold, it is the same. Just to earn more money for one year, I seldom go home and live anywhere, just to save more tuition for my children. Later, the small iron shed was demolished because of the government's rectification. The old man used wooden poles and woven bags to support a small shed, just to continue pulling.
In his twilight years, the old man is suffering from poverty and illness, scrimping and saving, dedicating all his income to poor children, and fulfilling his promise of teaching and educating people. There are not only primary schools, but also middle schools and universities ... According to statistics, from the age of 74 to his death at the age of 93, the old people have donated 350,000 yuan in 20 years! If each tricycle 1 km charges 50 cents, the contribution of the elderly is equivalent to running around the equator 18 weeks. He asked for nothing in return. Most of the money donated is sent to the aided students through schools and units, and the old man never asked the students' names. When asked what the elderly want from their children, the old man's answer is: "I ask them to study hard, work hard, be a good person and make more contributions to the country." 200 1, he donated the last sum of money-because he was too old to pedal a tricycle. I had to watch the car at the station, saved 500 yuan and donated it ... He is like a candle, and at the last moment of his life, he will also light up the road ahead of others with his own light of life. For many years, I have been in trouble sleeping and trouble sleeping; Eating in the wind, sleeping in the rain ... the old man perseveres and never flinches. A little bit of blood and sweat, in exchange for heavy love and charity, donated the feelings of the elderly to help the poor, and practiced an ordinary and great feat!
On September 23, 2005, the old man passed away at the age of 93. He left peacefully. He once said that in order to have an afterlife, he would also spread his love for young people on a tricycle. The old man has no magnificent appearance and heroic language. He even has a hunchback and is a bit old-fashioned. At first glance, he is an ordinary civilian. Perhaps because of this reason, although I was shortlisted for the China People Selection twice, I was not selected in the end. I don't know how to quantify the selection criteria that touched China, but if a person's income is in direct proportion to his donation, I think the old people are enough to dwarf anyone who has been selected successfully.
I am very angry. As the central mouthpiece of a big country, what makes such a biased choice to shut out an old man who is terminally ill and dying? ! Perhaps, for an old man who only does not respect his name, honor is not important and can be ignored; But what I want to say is that this is a morbid society, which is shameful and hateful. It is just superficial glitz, accustomed to utilitarian propaganda and advocating hype appraisal, but the form does not emphasize the content. The old man is a perfect person in this morbid society, a clean stream in the turbid stream, and Qi Ming and Chang Gung in the vast night sky! For example, the star on the scale is a dot, the human heart is this scale, and the weight of the score will be expressed by this scale!