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In 2011, Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhou Ke won the China News Photography Gold Award and China News Award for a photo taken near the Spring Festival last year.
This photo named "Child, Mommy Takes You Home" was taken by Zhou Ke in front of the train station during the Spring Festival in 2010. The protagonist of the photo is a woman carrying luggage as high as one person on her back, carrying the luggage in her left hand, and holding a child in her right hand.
When the photo spread, although no one knew the mother and son, they were all moved by the mother's greatness. Many people also wanted to know the story behind the mother, but it was not until more than 10 years later that her story was known.
And her story once again touched everyone's soft hearts.
came to work in other places, and returned home because of the child's illness.
The mother's name in the photo is Bamu Yubumu. The child she is holding in her arms is her second daughter. Bamu Yubumu was born in Taoyuan Village, Wayan Township, Xi County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Region, Sichuan Province. She did not live a Taoyuan-like life like the name of the village. The poor family background made Bamu Yubumu, the second child, have to contribute to the family since she was a child.
There are seven people in Bamu Yubumu's family. If Bamu Yubumu's brother and she had not been working for the family since they were young, it would have been a problem for the family to have enough food. Taoyuan Village is not like a paradise-like life. There is only poverty visible to the naked eye. This poverty did not change even when Bamu Yubumu got married and had children.
Because of her poor family, Bamu Yubumu never had the opportunity to go out to go to school, so she had helped the family since she was a child. She soon married a boy from the same village when she reached the age of marriage. Although their family situations were almost poor, they were willing to work together to solve these problems under the influence of love. Their parents also blessed the marriage, so Bamu Yubumu married her husband when she was 17 years old.
After getting married, Bamu Yubumu's life did not improve much, and her life was still difficult. However, the married life was manageable with the hard work of the couple. In such a harmonious life, the two children were born soon. The first child was the eldest daughter Bamu Yubumu. Her husband named her Wuqilabumu.
After his eldest daughter grew up, Bamu Yubumu became pregnant with another child. Soon after, Bamu Yubumu and her husband's second child was born. The second child was also a daughter, and the second daughter was the child that Bamu Yubumu was holding in the photo..
Although Bamu Yubumu and his wife tried their best to cultivate their two children, the second daughter still suffered a miserable life.
After the birth of their second daughter, Bamu Yubumu and her husband could no longer support their two children just by relying on the land at home. After some thought, Bamu Yubumu finally decided to go out to work. After all, this was the only way to support their two children.
After having this idea, Bamu Yubumu quickly told her husband. After hearing this, the husband pondered for a long time. He knew how difficult the working life was after going out, but now in order to support his two children, working outside has become a must. Although he was worried about his wife, in the end Bamu Yubumu’s husband agreed with his wife’s idea.
Because Bamu Yubumu’s husband had some health problems, only Bamu Yubumu ended up going out. At the same time, in order to take care of the children, Bamu Yubumu chose to take away his young second daughter , and left the eldest daughter at home to be taken care of by her husband and family. In this way, Bamu Yubumu took his young second daughter out of the village and came to work in a big city.
After setting off, Bamu Yubumu came to Nanchang. Although Bamu Yubumu was determined to go out to work, she had a young child, no education and no Mandarin. Naturally, she could not find a good job. After Bamu Yubumu arrived in Nanchang, she looked for several jobs in a row before she settled in a brick factory.
At first, the owner of the brick factory was reluctant to accept Bamu Yubumu, and the reason was not necessarily complicated. But in the end, when he saw Bamu Yubumu's miserable appearance, he softened his heart and allowed Bamu Yubumu to stay. He also provided her with food and accommodation, but the monthly salary was only a few hundred yuan.
Although the salary is small, it is enough for Bamu Yubumu. Compared with the previous insecurity, this time not only solved the problem of accommodation and food, but also found a job. She has nothing to be dissatisfied about.
Bamu Yubumu soon devoted himself to work in the brick factory. Because the second daughter Bamu Yubumu brought out was too small, Bamu Yubumu could not keep her in the house while moving bricks in the brick factory. So Bamu Yubumu kept his second daughter with him. If his daughter cried, Bamu Yubumu would go up to comfort her immediately. Only after the child calmed down could Bamu Yubumu return to work.
Because Bamu Yubumu has worked for her family since she was a child, her physical strength is also higher than that of many women, and her efficiency in moving bricks in the brick factory is not low. Therefore, the boss of the brick factory is also very satisfied with her , and does not drive her away because she coaxes the children at work. At this point, it seems that Bamu Yubumu's working life is slowly getting better, but disaster soon strikes Bamu Yubumu.
The most tormenting thing when going out to work is the longing for your hometown, but once you think about having to make money to support your family, such longing can be suppressed. However, there is another thing that troubles Bamu Yubumu that cannot be suppressed. This problem is the illness of the second daughter Bamu Yubumu brought.
I don’t know where the problem is. Maybe it’s because the second daughter is too young, or maybe it’s because the environment of the brick factory where Bamu Yubumu is working is not good. In short, Bamu Yubumu’s second daughter is always sick. Naturally, she has to be sent to the hospital for treatment. But because Bamu Yubumu doesn’t speak Mandarin, he can neither explain the situation to the doctor nor understand what the doctor says.
This prevented Bamu Yubumu’s second daughter’s condition from being controlled in time. This situation lasted for several months. In the end, Bamu Yubumu decided to take his second daughter home for the sake of her daughter’s health and go to the hospital in his hometown to have a look.
Therefore, during the Spring Festival travel period, Bamu Yubumu carried his luggage and held his daughter in his arms to the train station and boarded the train back home. It was at this time that Bamu Yubumu was photographed by reporter Zhou Ke, but Zhou Ke did not know any more information about the mother and daughter after taking the picture.
Therefore, after many years of investigation, Bamu Yubumu’s story was found, and her story was known. Only then did people know that the child in her arms had died many years ago.
After the death of her child, her family’s life gradually improved.
In the photo taken by Zhou Ke, Bamu Yubumu and her child were frozen at this moment, but in reality, Bamu Yubumu still had to rush away with her child to get on the train home and treat her child as soon as possible.
Although Bamu Yubumu was eager to go home, the speed of the train remained unchanged. The train carrying Bamu Yubumu and her daughter arrived in Chengdu after a day of driving. Bamu Yubumu needed to transfer to the train to Xi County in Chengdu, but she arrived too late that day and there were no trains. In desperation, Bamu Yubumu had to wait for the train the next day.
Bamu Yubumu got on the train to Xi County early the next morning. After arriving in Xi County, Bamu Yubumu and his daughter were one step closer to home. After some twists and turns, Bamu Yubumu took his daughter back home.
When the husband saw Bamu Yubumu coming back from other places, his face was full of joy. He did not ask her how much money she earned outside, or whether her life was good outside. Instead, he immediately brought the warmth of home to his wife, so that she could feel the family affection after returning home.
Bamu Yubumu looked at her husband taking over the children and luggage for the first time. She felt the warmth of home after suffering and being tired outside. At this moment, she felt that the suffering and tiredness of eating outside were nothing.
Although Bamu Yubumu enjoyed the warmth of home, she did not forget her daughter's condition. Not long after returning home, Bamu Yubumu took her daughter to the hospital with her husband to check the situation. At the hospital in her hometown, Bamu Yubumu was naturally able to communicate with the doctor, but she got bad news from the doctor, that is, her second daughter's condition was very bad and she needed to go to a large hospital for another check.
Bamu Yubumu, who came back from the city with his second daughter, was heartbroken after hearing what the doctor said. Although Bamu Yubumu wanted to take his daughter to the city to see a doctor again, he was persuaded by his family to stop him. The reason given was that if the child was going to die, he should be allowed to go quietly at home, and don't bother.
Bamu Yubumu knew that the current family conditions did not allow her to take her daughter for medical treatment. Perhaps the death of her second daughter was the best outcome for the family. So Bamu Yubumu no longer insisted on taking her second daughter to the hospital for medical treatment, but accompanied her through the last journey of her life.
Watching the death of her daughter by her own hands, this brought a great blow to Bamu Yubumu. Although Bamu Yubumu knew that there was nothing that could be done about it, she still couldn't let go of her deceased daughter in her heart.
It wasn’t until Bamu Yubumu’s eldest daughter touched her with her care and concern that she realized that she had other daughters to raise and she couldn’t fall like this. Only then did Bamu Yubumu get over the grief of losing her second daughter.
After the death of his second daughter, Bamu Yubumu decided to earn more money to prevent such separation in the family in the future. It happened that the village was launching a poverty alleviation action at this time. At the call of the village chief, Bamu Yubumu's family soon joined the action.
Although Bamu Yubumu has never been to school, she is very motivated in learning. The national poverty alleviation action for Bamu Yubumu is to let the villagers plant tobacco leaves. Tobacco planting is the first time for these villagers, so naturally some training is indispensable. Bamu Yubumu learned quickly in the training, and the tobacco leaves were quickly planted under her actions.
Through the efforts of Bamu Yubumu and her husband, their family earned more than 5,000 yuan from growing tobacco. Although this money was not much, it was already very good for the first year of planting. From the more than 5,000 yuan, Bamu Yubumu and her husband saw the day when their family lived a happy life.
In the next few years, Bamu Yubumu and her husband earned more and more money from growing tobacco leaves. From 5,000 yuan at the beginning, to more than 10,000 yuan later, Bamu Yubumu and his family gradually earned more and more money. This money not only supported the family's life, but also saved a lot. From then on, the loss of her daughter due to lack of money for treatment will never happen again.
After her life improved, Bamu Yubumu also came out of the gloom, and the relationship between her and her husband also improved a lot. So Bamu Yubumu gave birth to several more children with her husband, which made the whole family lively again. Later, the government also helped Bamu Yubumu and his family build a new house, which brought the life of Bamu Yubumu and his family to a higher level.
When the situation of Bamu Yubumu’s family appeared in front of the world, 11 years had passed since the photo was taken. Eleven years later, the situation of Bamu Yubumu’s family was not as good as before. Bamu Yubumu who once went out to work was forced to have no choice but with the help of the country, Bamu Yubumu could easily support his family without going out.
Although today's Bamu Yubumu occasionally goes out to work, that was Bamu Yubumu's decision to earn more money to supplement his family's life during his spare time, so that his children can live a good life in the future.
Although the child in the original photo is no longer there, Bamu Yubumu has now lived a better life. The days in the past were difficult and unbearable. Now Bamu Yubumu has waited for this day of happiness, and the family's life has become much better. The mother who once moved China is still moving everyone with her hard work.
