College Entrance Examination has been entrusted with the meaning of "changing destiny" since its appearance.
For many children from ordinary families, one of the most exciting moments after the college entrance examination is to receive an admission notice from their favorite university .
But a few years ago, there was such a student who received the college admission letter in an extremely "special" way.
In 2017, Qiu Yong, who was then the president of Tsinghua , actually led the team in person and traveled thousands of miles from Beijing to Hebei, and made a special trip to send a college admission letter to a freshman.
Soon, the news attracted widespread attention from people on the Internet, and the information of the new student was also dug out by the media.
His name is Pang Zhongwang . He is the top scorer in the science subject of the city's college entrance examination this year
Pang Zhongwang
As the saying goes, "The iron-killed Tsinghua University , the top scorer in the flowing water."
For famous schools like Tsinghua University, there are many students with excellent grades. Why can Pang Zhongwang let the principal come to send the admission letter in person?
What kind of touching story is hidden behind his dazzling results?
carries hope, poor family
On February 8, 1999, Zhongwang was born in an ordinary rural family in Pangzhuang Village, Wuqiao, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province.
coincides with the warm spring and the flowers bloom and all things are quietly reviving.
In this season full of vitality, the birth of a new life seems to bring infinite hope to its family.
, carrying the eager hopes of the whole family, was named "Public Hope".
For Pang Zhongwang's parents, his birth is also joy and worries.
What I am happy about is that my family finally has successors, but I am worried about being a parent, but I cannot protect my children's future.
People often say: "One person is seriously ill and will drag down the whole family", but anyone can imagine how severe life a family will face when the main labor force of a family is suffering from illness?
, and Pang Zhongwang's original family is far worse than we think.
His father suffered from congenital intellectual disability; his mother had spina bifida and lower limb paralysis, and was bedridden all year round. She also had elderly and frail grandparents at home.
Family of five, one disabled, one sick, one young, and two elderly. The daily life of the whole family is entirely due to the grandparents picking up waste, so they can barely maintain food and clothing.
Pang Zhongwang's home
Due to the inconvenience of mobility of parents, the young Pang Zhongwang took on various housework early.
When his peers are playing carefree, the 5-year-old not only needs to step on the bench and chop vegetables and potatoes on the stove taller than himself, but also have to clean the room and wash the toilet...
To mop the floor and wash dishes on a daily basis, to take care of his mother's daily life, these cumbersome and difficult things are carried one by one by one by his tender shoulders.
The heroes of life are never of age. Faced with the desperate dilemma, Pang Zhongwang uses his thin body to support this precarious family.
But even though he is so sensible, fate still does not give him any favors.
peng Zhongwang, who was in elementary school, was doing housework
html When he was 36 years old, Pang Zhongwang had a prominent lump on his chest. After examination and diagnosis by the hospital, he found that he suffered from severe congenital heart disease , and his condition was not optimistic and needed surgery.
However, for this family, the 40,000 yuan surgery fee is like an unimaginable astronomical figure.
At that time, many villagers in the village advised Pang’s mother to give up after hearing about this. If she really couldn’t do it, she would have another one. But as a mother, how could she bear to give up?
The family had no money, so Pang's mother tried every means to borrow it. She dragged her paralyzed body in a wheelchair and led her son to borrow it from house to house, and forced her to collect the surgery fee.
With the insistence of his mother, Pang Zhongwang's illness was finally cured, but the already-in-hard family became increasingly in debt.
In order to pay off the debt, my father was taken to work by his relatives, and my mother also used embroidery day and night to fill in the household.
In order to share the pressure for his family, Pang Zhongwang focused most of his energy on taking care of his mother and doing housework, but even if he was dedicated, his academic performance was still among the best in the grade.
teacher said to him: "As long as you study hard, you will definitely get into college in the future."
The young Pang Zhongwang couldn't imagine what college looked like, but he knew that it was a place where family members could live a good life.
For many people, reading is not the only choice in life, but for Pang Zhongwang, this is one of the few paths that can change his destiny.
But even such a path that is not valued by many people, he has gone extremely hard.
The difficult path to study, becoming famous once
bitterness is a comparison. Only after enduring a more difficult experience can you feel the sweet existence.
For Pang Zhongwang, although studying is hard, it is far less difficult than life.
Since the age of 6 in elementary school, Pang Zhongwang would pick up waste and sell money after school every day. He was afraid that his mother would worry about him, so he specially hid the scrap he picked up at his grandparents' house, and then took out the money to subsidize the household expenses after it was sold.
With the continuous efforts of the family, poverty has gradually moved away from this family, and Pang Zhongwang's academic performance is still extremely excellent, and he is a well-deserved "academic master" in everyone's eyes.
However, the difficult life seems to really respond to the old saying: "The hemp rope is only broken in detail, and the bad luck is only looking for miserable people."
In the second year of junior high school, his mother suffered from anemia due to long-term malnutrition and excessive workload, and had to be admitted to the hospital for treatment.
Although the cost of admission to the hospital was less than 5,000 yuan, the Pang family had just paid off their debts and had no savings at all.
Pang Zhongwang's study desk
Just when the family was desperate about this, Pang Zhongwang, who was only in his teenage years old, stood up. Just like his mother was unwilling to abandon him when she was seriously ill, this time, Pang Zhongwang also took the initiative to take on the burden of treating his mother.
He said to his mother in a gentle and firm tone: "I need you. As long as you are by my side, it is more important than anything else."
In order to raise the cost of treating my mother, Pang Zhongwang not only borrowed money from relatives and friends from door to door, but also asked for leave from the school, taking care of his mother in the hospital and working in a small restaurant near the hospital.
, Pang Zhongwang, who knows that every penny has to be spent on the "blade", gets up early every day, goes to the vegetable market to pick up rotten vegetable leaves as food, and buys some cheap vegetables to supplement nutrition for his mother.
Suffering is a "double-edged sword" that brings hardship and growth.
In those difficult years, he wrote in his days with his tender hands: "Since suffering has chosen you, you can leave your back to suffering and give your smile to the sun."
Although life is difficult, Pang Zhongwang never gave up. Whether it is study or life, he straightened his body and survived with a smile.
Hard work pays off. In 2014, Pang Zhongwang was admitted to Wuqiao Middle School with excellent results.
As a provincial key high school, Wuqiao Middle School's "gold content" is naturally self-evident. Under such difficult conditions, under which he can achieve excellent results that exceed most of his peers through his own efforts, and the sweat he has put in behind is also moving.
What is even more touching than Pang Zhongwang's dazzling academic performance is his unchanging filial piety.
After going to high school, Pang Zhongwang could only go home once a month because he needed to live in the school. Considering that he could not be with his mother, he would take time to write a letter every day, and hand it over to his grandfather at one time when he got home, asking him to read one for his mother every day. These short and warm letters are full of Pang Zhong’s filial piety and illuminate the lonely life of my mother.
In addition to writing letters to his mother, he will also find ways to save half of his living expenses of 40 yuan a week to relieve the pressure on his family.
The long-term difficult life has made Pang Zhongwang's body thinner, but his efforts are so bright, just like the rising sun, illuminating the dull family.
The mottled and old walls of the house are covered with many awards. This is not only a testimony to Pang Zhongwang's efforts, but also carries the expectations of his family for him.
In the 2017 college entrance examination, Pang Zhongwang successfully admitted to Tsinghua University with a score of 684. In addition, he also participated in Tsinghua University's special rural program and obtained a bonus of 60 points.
In the end, he won the "champion" of the top scorer in science in Cangzhou City with an excellent score of 744 points.
Pang Zhongwang and his mother
"Twelve years of hard study, no one asked me, but once I was a famous figure in the world." For a time, Pang Zhongwang, who came from a poor family, was reported by many media and became a household name in the county and even Cangzhou City.
But it turns out that this is just the beginning of his fame.
Tsinghua president came to his house, and everyone's confusion
In fact, as a famous figure, the reason why Pang Zhongwang became popular on the Internet is not entirely because of his identity as the "market top scorer".
His fame comes more from the "special treatment" he received.
As the old saying goes, "Talents are always particularly valued", even famous schools like Tsinghua University are no exception.
In August 2017, after the list of freshmen admitted to Tsinghua University came out, Qiu Yong, who was then the president of Tsinghua University, couldn't wait to ask his secretary to get a copy for him.
Among the many freshmen, Pang Zhongwang's total score is as high as 744 points, which is particularly eye-catching as if he stands out in the crowd.
You should know that the science admission score of Tsinghua University in Hebei this year was 843 points, which means that even if he did not participate in the school’s rural special plan, his score was enough to be admitted to Tsinghua University.
As the saying goes, "Students who can get into Tsinghua University are well-deserved academic masters." Being able to get into Tsinghua University with a score of 61 points above the score line is undoubtedly the "academic master among academic masters."
Qiu Yong
Looking at the outstanding achievements of Pang Zhongwang on the list, Qiu Yong suddenly had an idea: he wanted to "meet" this talented man and see what kind of family it was to teach such an excellent child.
Do it as soon as possible. Qiu Yong immediately asked his secretary to book the ticket and contacted several teachers to go with him. Soon after, the few people set off from Beijing and rushed to Cangzhou City, Hebei Province with the admission notice.
Before meeting Pang Zhongwang, Qiu Yong had speculated on his family situation many times.
He feels that a family can cultivate such excellent children, whose parents are either highly educated talents, wealthy businessmen who attach great importance to studying, and may even be a scholarly family.
However, reality is completely opposite to what he thought.
When Qiu Yong was excited, he came to his destination with full of expectations, the Tsinghua principal who had experienced all kinds of things in the world was stunned at that moment.
is nothing more, Pang Zhongwang's family is too poor.
The red brick house that had been disrepair for a long time came into view. The originally orange-red exterior wall became dim and irrelevant under the long-term washing of rain.
The difference between reality and fantasy made Qiu Yong take a deep breath. He knocked on the Pang family's door with trepidation. After a while, Pang Zhongwang, who was dressed simply, walked out.
Learning that the Tsinghua Principal personally led the team to deliver the admission notice, Pang Zhongwang was surprised and quickly invited everyone into the house.
After stepping into the house, Qiu Yong discovered that he had thought too simply about the suffering that Pang Zhongwang had experienced.
In fact, it is better to say that this house is Pang Zhongwang's home than to say that it is more like a waste recycling bin.
The yard in the house is full of various bottles, jars and used cardboard, so it is difficult to find a decent piece of furniture. Even the walls are black and full of greasy luster.
The bumpy ground and the debris everywhere made everyone walk very slowly, but Pang Zhongwang was walking in front of him, turning a blind eye to these "suffering".
Looking at Pang Zhongwang's unyielding appearance, Qiu Yong couldn't help feeling moved, and what made him even more sad was the appearance of Pang's father and mother.
When the group walked into the house, the mentally psychotic father Pang stood in the corner, silent like an undetectable shadow. Pang's mother wanted to get up to greet everyone, but her disabled body made her unable to even stand up.
"The father is sick and the mother is disabled, and the family is in a miserable state." Looking at the scene in front of me, Qiu Yong's eyes instantly turned red. He patted Pang Zhongwang's shoulder and said to him from the bottom of his heart:
"I really didn't expect that in such an environment, you can still get such good grades. It's amazing, it's really amazing!"
. While amazement, Qiu Yong couldn't help but wonder: Why did Pang Zhongwang, who was born in such a poor family, get such excellent grades?
This is not only a doubt of Qiu Yong alone, but also a problem that many netizens are puzzled by.
Especially when the news that "the president of Tsinghua personally led the team to deliver the admission notice" was reported, many netizens became very interested in Pang Zhongwang's "counterattack history".
As the media continues to report in depth, the answer to this question has finally gradually surfaced.
It was not until this moment that people discovered that the reason why Pang Zhongwang was able to get into Tsinghua University was not as simple as talented and intelligent.
The "secret" to success, the real starting line
is undeniable. Born in a family that is "not safe", it is not easy to change your destiny.
And the reason why Pang Zhongwang stands out from thousands of students is not luck.
Looking at his deeds, it is not difficult to find that Pang Zhongwang's success is largely related to the three "wealth" left to him by his mother.
The first "wealth" is the importance of knowledge.
Pang Zhongwang's mother is Pang Zhiqin, a miserable woman with congenital disability.
Because she was born with a lack of mobility, Pang Zhiqin's parents never let her go to school. Although she couldn't read a word, Pang Zhiqin sincerely yearned for a life of studying.
Especially after her son was born, she secretly vowed in her heart: she must provide for her children to go to school, no matter how difficult the family is, she must let the children read the books well.
The idea of "let your child go to school" runs through Pang Zhiqin's life as a mother. At first, Pang Zhongwang was still young and his family was not well-off, so she asked her nephew who was in elementary school to help teach her son.
When Pang Zhongwang reached the age of elementary school, Pang Zhiqin immediately sent her to school. Even though her family was in debt later because her son loved to undergo surgery, she never asked her son to give up her studies.
What is different from many parents is that when Pang Zhiqin talked to her son about the importance of reading, she did not "tempt it with benefits" and instilled in him the idea that "reading is to make a lot of money". Instead, she explained to her son the help of reading in life and the disadvantages of not reading through different angles.
As the saying goes, "The pattern of parents is the real starting line for children."
It is true that Pang Zhiqin is indeed unable to provide her son with wealthy material conditions, but spiritually, her emphasis on learning and foresight deeply influence Pang Zhongwang.
Thanks to my mother's words and deeds day after day, Pang Zhongwang attached great importance to reading and regarded learning as a "life-saving straw" to change his own destiny.
Material wealth affects the lower limit of life, while spiritual wealth is enough to determine the upper limit of life.
Pang Zhiqin laid a good foundation for her son.
Unyielding and proud, the spirit passed on
Pang Zhiqin's second "wealth" left to her son comes from her attitude towards life.
More precisely, she kept her optimistic spirit as always when facing many misfortunes.
From congenital disability to poverty alleviation, Pang Zhiqin's life seems to be full of suffering everywhere, but it is such a woman who "has more bitter than Coptis chinensis in her life" who has a "big heart" far beyond ordinary people.
In Pang Zhongwang's memory, her mother was a very optimistic person. Her face was often filled with a smile, just like the warm sun in winter, always soothing the hearts of the people around her.
No matter how difficult it is, Pang Zhiqin rarely cries. Even if the family is heavily in debt and works hard, she never brings pressure to her son.
Especially during the period when she was doing embroidery to subsidize her family, Pang Zhiqin often stayed up late to work, and the lights at home were very dim, so her hands were filled with dense pinholes.
At that time, the young Pang Zhongwang looked at his mother's scarred hands and asked with heartache: "Mom, why do you want to do these things?"
If it were some parents, they might take this opportunity to complain to their children about the difficulties at home and the difficulty of working, but Pang Zhiqin did not do this. She touched her son. His head smiled and said:
"Because these things can make money, my mother can buy you delicious food after making money and let you go to school."
Fate "imprisoned" Pang Zhiqin in her disabled body, but she has tempered her unyielding pride in her suffering.
Pang Zhongwang once said in an interview: "I am not a very smart person. Sometimes I have to understand a math problem from day to night."
However, it is such a "not very smart" child who ended up being admitted to Tsinghua University with his own efforts, and all this is also inseparable from his mother's teaching.
Pang Zhiqin once said to his son: "Reduce complaints when encountering things. You have to solve whatever you face, because you always have to continue to move forward."
No matter how smart your mind is, you will lose to laziness; no matter how difficult the dilemma is, you cannot resist persistence.
During those 12 years of hard study, Pang Zhongwang broke the dilemma with the optimism and indomitableness he passed down by his mother and finally successfully reached the peak of the "City Top Scholar".
, especially after becoming popular, facing many "temptations" from the outside world, the choices he made were even more surprising.
refused to funding, and the third "wealth"
accompanied by "Qiu Yong personally sent an admission notice" and the continuous in-depth reporting of the media, Pang Zhongwang's story gradually spread online.
His sad past was also known to everyone.
While many people admire Pang Zhongwang very much, they also had the idea of helping him.
At that time, Pang Zhongwang and his family received a lot of calls every day. On the phone, many people expressed their willingness to fund him to go to college and even donate to his family.
However, to everyone's surprise, in the face of this "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity, Pang Zhongwang refused without hesitation.
He said in an interview: "I am very grateful for everyone's kindness, but I also believe that I can rely on my own efforts to become self-reliant."
An old saying goes: " is healthy in , and a gentleman strives for self-improvement."
This quality of self-reliance is the third "wealth" left to his son by Pang Zhiqin.
certificate obtained by Pang Zhongwang
In fact, although Pang Zhiqin was born with disabilities, she always demanded herself by the standards of a normal person. No matter how difficult the family conditions were, Pang Zhiqin rarely proposed to let others help her.
Even if she had to borrow money from relatives and friends because of two hospitalizations, she would keep her promise and pay off the debt on time.
In addition to being strict with oneself in dealing with people and things, she also strictly requires herself to fulfill her responsibilities as a mother.
It is reported that although Pang Zhiqin is busy with work on weekdays, she takes time to accompany her son every day, care about her child's health and study, and even accompany her to study.
Pang Zhiqin's love for her son made Pang Zhongwang full of happiness since childhood, and at the same time, he also learned the quality of self-reliance in her.
After the news that Pang Zhongwang refused to accept the funding came out, it soon caused widespread discussion on the Internet. Many netizens even said with admiration: "This may be the son of a poor family we imagine."
Pang Zhongwang's "preciousness" not only lies in his change of his destiny through learning, but also reflected in his noble personality qualities.
In August 2017, under the sight of many villagers in Pangzhuang Village, Pang Zhongwang boarded the high-speed rail to Beijing and began his college career.
Facts have proved that even Tsinghua University, where the heroes gather, still failed to cover up Pang Zhongwang's outstanding performance.
, studying in the Department of Precision Instruments at Tsinghua University, not only has his academic performance ranked among the top in the department, but also has truly achieved self-reliance and self-reliance, relying on scholarships and odd jobs to support himself.
, even, he was filial and sent money to his family from time to time to relieve the financial pressure on his family.
Now, it has been 5 years since Pang Zhongwang was admitted to Tsinghua University. As the popularity dissipates, people are gradually losing news about him.
So, how are this once famous "poor son" now?
Current situation, the future that can be chosen
At the end of July 2021, a news called "Live down on everyone's expectations" will bring Pang Zhongwang, which has disappeared for a long time, back into people's sight.
It is reported that after 4 years of undergraduate studies, he not only graduated successfully, but also obtained the qualification to directly pursue a doctoral student at Tsinghua University.
Pang Zhongwang is still continuing to study at Tsinghua University, chasing his doctoral studies.
After 5 years, he seems to have really fulfilled his promise. While changing his destiny through his own efforts, he also gained a happy love.
It is quite regrettable that Pang Zhiqin finally failed to see the scene of her son wearing a bachelor's uniform with her own eyes. She was seriously ill and unfortunately passed away in 2020.
But we always believe that Pang Zhiqin left with a smile because her son never let down his expectations for many years.
From poor students living in poverty to Tsinghua doctoral students who became popular on the Internet, Pang Zhongwang’s story is really tearful.
However, in a strict sense, his deeds are actually two stories.
It is undeniable that Pang Zhongwang's life is indeed an inspiring "counterattack history". His optimistic adversity and self-improvement are also a role model for many children to learn from.
This is the first story we see in Pang Zhongwang’s deeds. Through his growth experience, we can see another story, that is, the education of parents for their children.
As a woman, Pang Zhiqin is unfortunate. She is born with disabilities and illiteracy, like two "curses", tightly ties her life;
As a mother, Pang Zhiqin's abilities are also "insufficient", with limited income and difficult life, which makes her unable to provide her children with high-quality educational resources.
It can be said that compared with many mothers, Pang Zhiqin's "starting point" cannot be lower, but it is such a weak and thin woman that has cultivated top Tsinghua students who are envied by many families.
Her success undoubtedly taught thousands of parents a lesson:
The truly high-quality family education does not depend on wealth in material conditions, but on whether parents can become role models for their children to learn.
As parents, perhaps we cannot provide a super high material starting point for our children, but we can cultivate children spiritually.
Whether it is the importance of knowledge, an optimistic personality, or a caring companionship, these are not difficult to do.
The old saying goes well: "What kind of person do you want your child to become, then you must first become that person."
I hope parents can have some insights from the stories of Pang Zhiqin and his son, and master the correct way to educate their children.
also hopes that children can learn from Pang Zhongwang, even if they are in the dark, they can still look up at the light with their heads raised.
As he said in an interview:
"We cannot choose our own origins, but we can choose our own future."
