1988, Liu was born in a remote mountain village in Wangmo County, Guizhou Province.
Both parents are ordinary farmers. Before he was born, his parents had a son and a daughter. The family is not carefree, but they have adequate food and clothing. As the youngest child in the family, Liu is naturally taken care of.
1992, Liu's father suddenly fell ill. When he was taken to the hospital, he was already dying.
The pillar of the family fell down, leaving this ordinary family in trouble at once. Liu's mother suddenly became delirious, and her brothers and sisters who were studying had to drop out of school to work to supplement their families.
After dropping out of school, his sister said to him, "No matter how hard life is, you should keep studying and get ahead.". No matter what happens, you should study hard. For our family background, reading is the only way to change our destiny. "
At that time, Liu was only 4 years old and had not yet gone to school. Her sister's words made her realize that reading is a very important thing.
It will rain at night, but it will not rain alone. These seemingly auspicious words are a true portrayal of the Liu family.
My father fell down, but fortunately I can still live at home with my brother and sister to help me.
When Liu 1 1 was years old, it rained hail and destroyed all the crops in the village. Liu's family is no exception, which is even worse for their family.
All four people in the family lost their rations for a year overnight.
Faced with such a desperate situation, my sister chose to get married to get rid of the quagmire. Although she is the oldest child in the family, she is only 17 years old. It is cruel to put such a burden on underage children.
My brother chose to shirk his responsibility. Before he left, he quietly sold the only valuable thing in his family-an ox, and left this hopeless home forever with the money.
The accident completely destroyed Liu's mother's spirit and became more and more crazy. Since then, her normal life has disappeared from Liu.
1 1 year-old should have someone to take care of her mother's diet and daily life.
Although my sister has gone, the belief in reading is deeply engraved in his mind. He firmly believes that reading can change fate.
Six years from tent to pigsty
It seems impossible for a child of 1 1 to live and study with a mother who can't take care of herself.
Liu rented the land at home to others in exchange for 500 Jin of food rations every year. On weekends, he went to the mountains with the adults in the village to dig up medicinal materials to sell, and used the money he earned to buy oil and salt, as well as the medicine his mother wanted to eat.
In this way, after two years, when Liu Xiao graduated, he was admitted to the local key middle school with the third place in the county.
But he has nothing but good grades, which means he can't afford to read even if he is admitted to a key middle school.
In the end, he got the qualification of free admission to private schools with excellent results.
The school is in the county seat. In order to continue to go to school and take care of his mother, he took her with him. He has no financial resources and can't even afford to rent the cheapest house.
He built a simple hut on the hillside near the school as a shelter for his mother and son.
Liu has to go to school during the day, and after settling down his mother at night, he can earn 20 yuan a month by collecting garbage and selling waste products.
Some people say that what can 20 yuan do? I bought two handfuls of vegetables and left.
Therefore, Liu never buys vegetables, and the meals of mother and son are just boiled water and soaked rice day after day. Or boiled vegetable leaves, picked up from the vegetable market.
In this way, I spent three years in poverty, admitted to the best local high school, and saved 600 yuan's "savings".
When he was in high school, his residence changed from a "straw shed" to a "pigsty". This pigsty is really a place to raise pigs. The high school is in a prosperous area, and there is no place to set up a tent nearby.
He rented an idle pigsty for one year's rent in 200 yuan.
Take my mother to high school, the second college entrance examination.
In order to maintain the life of mother and son, he attends school during the day and helps people do odd jobs on weekends or holidays. More often, he picks up garbage after school at night, sometimes all night.
Even though his study time is much less than that of his classmates around him, his grades are still among the best. According to his diligence and talent, it should be a matter of course to be admitted to the university.
But fate will always bring you to an abrupt end when you see hope, and let you fail when you are only one step away from success.
Faith is a good thing, it can stimulate people's great potential, but sometimes it can also cause excessive internal friction.
Liu's belief is to change his destiny by going to college, so he can stand firm in such a difficult environment. However, with the approach of the college entrance examination day by day, the pressure of success or failure of this exam is increasing.
Physical exhaustion and great pressure finally made him fall ill a week before the college entrance examination, and eight years of hard work finally fell short.
At this time, he really wanted to give up.
But when he looked at his mother who couldn't take care of herself, he hesitated: "Compared with those orphans, I have at least one mother. Although she can't raise me and take care of me, I still have a home as long as she is here. "
Even for his mother, he can't die.
While sorting things out, he saw a passage written in his diary: "When you complain that you have no shoes to wear, look back and find that others have no feet."
Liu Yuanyuan, a talented woman of Peking University, once said in "The Poor Son": Fate gives you a lower starting point, which is to tell you that you can use your life to fight a story of a Jedi counterattack.
Liu not only didn't wear shoes, but also was extremely low, so he fought back.
This time, I was admitted to Linyi University, Shandong Province, and I still took my mother to school.
Later, it was a well-known report that "a crazy girl with thousands of miles on her back went to college".
The "incredible" in the eyes of others is only the helplessness and sadness that he has persisted for 9 years.
At the age of 32, a new situation broke out: he was selected for the 24th China Youth May 4th Medal.
Liu graduated from 20 12.
Unlike most recent graduates who are still submitting resumes, he is not worried about finding a job at all. Before graduation, he had received employment invitations from many enterprises such as Shenzhen and Beijing, and the treatment was good. In that year, he offered a high salary of 1.2 million.
Before his deeds were widely reported, he didn't want to be a great man, or someone who could influence others. His wish is simple, that is, to find a job in a big city, so that he and his mother can live with dignity and dignity, that's all.
It's easy to understand. Is it a bit cruel to talk about ideals with a person who doesn't have enough to eat?
A person who tries his best to break through the darkness will never want to go back to it.
Just as he was about to sign the employment contract, he learned that a girl he had been supporting was going to drop out of school and get married.
Since high school, he has been collecting garbage to go to school while saving money from his fingers to support three poor students like him.
But this girl finally dropped out of school. She is only 15 years old, which has brought great shock to Liu.
He feels that he can come out because he has not bowed to fate, but he is more persistent than others.
If more people know his story, they may believe that reading can change their destiny.
Finally, he decided to give up his high-paying job and use his experience to influence others.
He said: "Even if it only affects one person and changes a little, I think it is worthwhile."
In 20 12, he took his mother back to the starting point and came to the watershed of his life again to become a middle school teacher.
During more than eight years as a teacher, he took over the class with the worst grades and created a miracle that all 47 students in the class were admitted to the university.
In order to bring the children who dropped out of school back to campus, eight motorcycles were broken, which changed the fate of many children.
He said: "I can go out, and everyone will definitely go out. Life must have dreams. When children feel difficult, they can look at me. "
Now, at the age of 32, he has exposed a new situation and was selected as the 24th China Youth May 4th Medal.
This is an affirmation of his efforts for so many years, recalling his original dream: to go out of the mountains and find a job in a big city.
Now he has not done so.
However, success cannot be measured only by external material and money. Liu's persistence in his mother and tireless efforts in his studies have made his original wish come true. From this point of view, he is successful in life.
There are many chicken soups that teach people success. Some people say that what they think is more important than how to do it, while others say that what they do is over. I don't think it's suitable for him. He survived in despair and found his way on the cliff. Think about it before you do it. The road is long gone.
If you just do it, maybe there is only an ordinary dutiful son and mother living an ordinary life in society. What is commendable about Liu is that he has light in his heart, and even in the mire, he can see the direction of progress.
He not only walked out of the darkness, but also illuminated thousands of people like him in Qian Qian with his own light, and delivered positive energy to this society.
There is never a shortage of white-collar workers with a monthly salary of tens of thousands in big cities, but this society urgently needs a good boy who goes to college with his crazy mother.