12 years ago, a teenager who had just been admitted to college came to a school thousands of miles away with his "crazy mother" on his back. As soon as this incident came out, it triggered a heated discussion in the country. Now 12 years have passed, how is he doing?
His name is Liu. He was born in a remote village in Guizhou. There are five people in his family, parents and three children. Liu is the youngest child in the family. Although life at home is poor, everyone snuggles up and supports each other, which is very warm. However, an accident completely broke the family's peace.
At the age of 4, my father died unfortunately, and my mother's spirit was greatly affected. She suffers from intermittent mental illness and can hardly take care of herself. When she is ill, she will "attack" several children. Later, my brother and sister decided to go out to work, but there was no news from then on, just like disappearing out of thin air. A once lively family was left with only Liu and her mother.
This child who is still in primary school shoulders the burden of the whole family. He gets up early every day, changes clothes, washes his face, combs his hair, cooks for his mother, then goes to school, and cooks and feeds his mother after school. However, his mother's condition has not improved. When she is sick, she will attack Liu and even run out. Liu often spends hours looking for her.
At the same time, the savings at home are getting less and less. Young Liu went to the mountains to dig medicinal herbs at the end of the week and holidays, and then carried them to the city to sell them, in exchange for money to buy medicine for his mother and necessities for both mother and son.
Despite such difficulties, Liu's performance is still among the best. In the primary school graduation exam, Liu ranked third in the county and was able to enter the best middle school in the county at that time. However, he has no money. Fortunately, a private school took him in for free, but what about his mother when he went to study in the county? So Liu took his mother to the county seat.
Because he had no money to rent a house, Liu built a hut with straw and boards at the foot of the mountain not far from the school. This is his "new home" with his mother. In order to survive, Liu picks up waste products every day after school, and then goes to the vegetable market to pick up vegetables and leaves that others don't want to eat. Such a huge life pressure has seriously affected Liu's study. At this time, Liu repeatedly told himself: Come on, you must study hard and find a good job in the future.
However, Liu, who finally arrived in senior three, made preparations for the college entrance examination early. However, God played a big joke on him again-on the eve of the college entrance examination, Liu fell ill because of long-term malnutrition, and his final exam results were naturally unsatisfactory. At this time, Liu had the idea of suicide, but looking at his white-haired mother, he couldn't do it! Although he is miserable, at least he still has his mother. There are worse people in this world. Are insisting. Why did they give up? So Liu decided to repeat it. In 2008, he was successfully admitted to Linyi University, which he had dreamed of for many years!
However, where can he afford to study? He can't even scrape together the fare. I don't know who it is, but I told the story to the media Liu. After media reports, more and more people know about him. Linyi University even arranged accommodation for him and his mother directly, and arranged a work-study position for him.
Liu Rang was very moved. After simply packing, he once again carried his old mother and embarked on a journey to enter the dream university. During this period, many enterprises and well-intentioned people offered to help their mother and son, but Liu refused, because he felt that he had hands and feet, could take good care of himself and his mother, and could not take money from everyone casually. His spirit deserves our admiration!
In a blink of an eye, four years later, Liu graduated with honors. He could have found a good job and lived a happy life with his mother, but a phone call changed his life.
There's a girl on the other end of the phone. She met Liu when she was collecting waste. The other party is very similar to him. She and her mother are left at home, and life is difficult to maintain. Now that she has no money to study, she has decided to marry someone from the same village. After hanging up the phone, Liu had mixed feelings. Yes, he has been "liberated". However, there are poor children in his hometown of Qian Qian. How much he wants to help them!
So Liu took up his mother again and resolutely returned to his hometown to become a glorious rural teacher. At the same time, Huanli Liu used his social influence to get financial aid for the poor children in school. Good-hearted people keep sending stationery and books to children, hoping to grow up here slowly. I believe that in the future, these children will fly farther and create a new life.
Today, Liu is the vice principal of Wangmo Experimental Middle School in southwest Guizhou Province. Thanks to his efforts, 1700 poor students received one-on-one funding. Just last month, Liu won the 24th May 4th Medal of Chinese Youth, and his story will be passed down forever.