A movie was released in 2007, starring Zhao Benshan .
tells the story of migrant worker Lao Zhao, who carried his body back to his hometown in order to make his friend Lao Liu "return to his roots" after his death. In the
movie, there is a plot that I remember very deeply.
Lao Zhao was riding the bus with Lao Liu on the back and was robbed by robbers on the road.
Faced with the robber, Lao Liu took out all his wealth and asked the robber, could he not steal my friend?
It turns out that Lao Liu and Lao Zhao promised each other on the construction site that no matter if they die first, the other one would send the other's body home and return to their roots.
Unexpectedly, during a drinking, Lao Liu really drank himself to death, and the boss only compensated Lao Liu with a pension of 5,000 yuan.
Lao Zhao obeyed his promise to Lao Liu, carried her body on the way back home.
"He is dead, and he will be worth 5,000 yuan in his life, so you can let him go!"
When the robber heard it, he burst into tears and gave all the money he stolen to Lao Zhao on the spot, and then left with him.
Lao Zhao let everyone escape, but after the passengers took back their belongings, they drove Lao Zhao out of the car directly.
Poor Lao Zhao, he could only walk silently on the road with Lao Liu's body alone.
This movie was so much crying in the audience, netizens expressed sympathy for the experience of Lao Zhao and Lao Liu.
Little do you know that art comes from life. This "Fallen Leaves Return to the Roots" is adapted from a real event that happened in 2005.
Hubei farmer Li Shaowei sent him back to old Hunan in order to get his colleagues home, carrying his body thousands of miles away.
But his behavior did not receive praise from netizens, but instead he was talking about him.
Even the son of the coworker scolded Li Shaowei, why didn’t he tell me the matter the first after his father passed away?
What happened during this period, and how did Li Shaowei transport the body of his coworker onto the train without knowing it?
is sending out the body of the worker. Faced with the reprimand of netizens, where will Li Shao go for his future destiny?
The deceased was named Zuo Jiabing, who was a fellow townsman of Li Shaowei. Both of them lived in a village in Hengyang, Hunan.
Li Shaowei's family is poor, and his parents are both farmers. He can only work hard for a year to get enough food and clothing, and he can't afford Li Shaowei's tuition at all.
had no choice but to graduate from elementary school, Li Shao dropped out of school and stayed at home to help his parents do some farm work. After
is a little bigger, I go out to work everywhere to earn some money to subsidize my family.
Because of skipping poverty, Li Shaowei has not been able to marry a wife so far, so he can only survive alone.
Zuo Jiabing's situation is not much better than Li Shaowei. He also dropped out of school before he finished elementary school.
The family lives in a dilapidated house made of earth. They can’t even afford glass windows, so they can only barely cover it with newspapers.
However, unlike Li Shao, Zuo Jiabing has already started a family at a young age, and his wife gave birth to two sons for him.
Now their sons have grown up. In order to survive, they left their hometown to work early. Now that Zuo Jiabing and his wife are left at home, they depend on each other for their lives.
may be because of the same illness and mutual affection. In addition, the relationship between the two people is quite good, and they occasionally visit each other's homes.
On a day, a foreman came to the village to recruit workers. He said that there is a project in Fujian that digging cable trenches at the construction site, and the salary is quite good.
"2000-3000, food and accommodation are included in the city, the construction site is in the city, if you have a machine to help, you just go there and do something!"
"If you want to go, sign up quickly. After passing this village, there will be no such store!"
such good treatment, Li Shaowei was very moved and signed up on the spot. After that, he seemed to remember something and said to the foreman.
"Wait, let me ask my friend to see if he is willing to go!"
Li Shaowei's friend is naturally Zuo Jiabing. Speaking of Zuo Jiabing, it is also unlucky.
years ago, he took on a job of building a road, and worked hard for two months. But when the payment was settled, the foreman ran away.
He worked hard all his life and didn't save much money at the end of his life. So when he was drinking, Zuo Jiabing specifically instructed Li Shaowei.
"If there is any good job, don't forget to notify your brother!"
Li Shao agreed to go out to work and had someone he knew around him, which was better than being single.
The foreman nodded. In order to turn around and go to find Zuo Jiabing, the two of them decided that the job was reliable, so they agreed.
At the beginning, the foreman was very pleased and reimbursed all the migrant workers for their travel expenses and sent them to the Fujian construction site.
But after arriving at the place, Li Shaowei and Zuo Jiabing were immediately stunned. The working environment was completely different from what the foreman said at the beginning.
The construction site is not in the city, but in the suburbs. It is not in the village in front or in the back, and it is very remote.
There are no machines on the construction site, there are only dozens of naked men, and they all rely on these men to work hard to dig trenches.
Li Shaowei was very angry and argued with the foreman on the spot. Unexpectedly, the other party was like a different person and said bluntly.
"If you don't want to do it, leave, pay the fare by yourself!"
Facing the rogue of the foreman, Li Shao had no choice but to make money, but he didn't earn a penny, and he had to pay the road fee. Li Shao was unwilling to accept it. Where should
go? Li Shao discussed it in order to go to Zuo Jiabing, but this discussion completely changed the fate of the two people.
Zuo Jiabing said that it has come out, how can you not earn a penny?
Li Shao felt it was reasonable, so he stayed with Zuo Jiabing.
On the construction site, the two of them do the hardest work and dig stones at the construction site every day.
It is already winter now, but every time you finish your work, the two of them will still be exhausted and sweaty.
But they didn't care and encouraged each other to support each other. At this time, Li Shao was 61 years old and Zuo Jiabing was 55 years old.
As the end of the year approaches, the foreman finally worked as a person, prepared a lot of good food, and took a few bottles of wine, intending to reward the workers.
That day, Zuo Jiabing, who did not drink alcohol, made an exception and drank a few glasses, but these glasses of wine cost Zuo Jiabing his life. After drinking
, Zuo Jiabing said that his left leg was numb and he had lost consciousness.
Li Shaowei and other workers didn't take it seriously, and even joked with Zuo Jiabing, are his legs numb?
But soon after, Li Shaowei noticed something was wrong, and Zuo Jiabing's whole body became stiff and almost unconscious.
Li Shao quickly helped Zuo Jiabing to the ground, and then sent him to the hospital with several workers. After the examination, everyone was stunned.
"Zuo Jiabing suffered a sudden cerebral hemorrhage, and his life has entered the countdown!"
The doctor issued a notice of critical illness , but at this time, Li Shaowei and Zuo Jiabing's salary were not paid, and he was unable to pay the medical expenses at all.
Foreman is a timid and afraid of trouble. After knowing about Zuo Jiabing's situation, he threw down 5,000 yuan on the spot and disappeared without a trace.
But this money is simply unable to pay the 20,000 yuan surgical fee.
is desperate, Li Shaowei and his colleagues asked the doctor: "If you pull out the oxygen cylinder , how long can Zuo Jiabing live?"
"About three hours!"
sat outside the ward, Li Shaowei fell into deep pain.
Of course he wanted Zuo Jiabing to survive, but the price of survival was that he was in debt and the family would always live in pain.
But even so, after Zuo Jiabing rescued, he will be a vegetable and can no longer work, and he will have to let his family take care of himself.
A woman has to support her family and take care of her patients. It is conceivable how difficult the future will be.
"He used his desperate efforts to get 5,000 yuan, I can't watch it go away!"
He clenched his fists, and a bold idea took shape in his mind. He called other workers who were guarding the hospital.
That night, Li Shao secretly carried him out of the hospital in order to remove Zuo Jiabing's oxygen bottle.
At this time, the temperature in Fujian had reached below zero. Li Shao kept running on the road with Zuo Jiabing on his back.
"Brother, don't blame me for being cruel, I..."
Li Shaowei could no longer say anything. He cried loudly with Zuo Jiabing on his back. There were people coming and going on the way, but no one could help him.
, no relatives, a feeling of powerlessness surged into Li Shao's heart. Where will he and Zuo Jiabing go in the future?
Late at night, several workers thought that no matter what, they would let Zuo Jiabing return to their roots.
This group of poor guys come from all over the world. This time I went out to work. When I encountered such a thing, the foreman ran away and they didn't make a penny.
But even so, they decided to send Zuo Jiabing for the last journey.
Several people took Zuo Jiabing to the city. In order to get on the train, they found a quilt and wrapped Zuo Jiabing tightly. After
, they found alcohol and sprinkled it on Zuo Jiabing, pretending to be drunk, and successfully got on the train.
On the train, Zuo Jiabing's life also came to an end. Before he knew it, he no longer breathed.
After the car arrived at Guangzhou station , Li Shao was crying for several colleagues to carry Zuo Jiabing down.
They wanted to take the train back to Hunan, but they didn't expect that they didn't have enough money and could only choose to take a car.
But at this time, Zuo Jiabing had passed away. He was carrying a car with a body on his back and would definitely be discovered.
So, they thought of a good idea, bought a large woven bag from a nearby supermarket, and wrapped Zuo Jiabing tightly.
They originally planned to get into the car, but the package was too conspicuous. At the station, it still aroused the alert from the staff.
When the staff opened the woven bag, a strong smell of alcohol drifted out.
At this time, Zuo Jiabing was stiff and pale, and had not breathed for too long.
The staff saw that this was not good, so they controlled Li Shao for their group and called the police immediately.
Someone took this scene and posted it online. Only then did the matter between Li Shaowei and Zuo Jiabing be known to everyone.
Faced with such a bizarre thing, netizens expressed their opinions one after another.
Some netizens believe that Li Shao is willing to let his colleagues return to their roots in order to do everything. This approach is worthy of everyone's respect.
But some netizens believe that Li Shao's actions in order to remove Zuo Jiabing's oxygen pipe were equivalent to taking Zuo Jiabing's life.
Some netizens believe that Li Shao did this not out of sympathy, but just took advantage of the foreman and covered up his eyes and hearing for the foreman.
All kinds of rumors came one after another, making Li Shaowei have no time to deal with it. In the end, he could only say something resentful.
"If I were to cover up for the foreman, I would be hit and killed by a car when I went out!"
In my opinion, we are not the parties involved, and we don't know what happened that night.
Faced with such a dilemma, no one knew how desperate Li Shaowei and Zuo Jiabing were, except for the person involved.
Therefore, there is no need for us to stand on the moral high ground and say those unpleasant words.
Of course, it is not all bad to be exposed. With the help of relevant departments, Zuo Jiabing's body was eventually transported back to his hometown.
In front of everyone, Li Shao solemnly handed the pension to his family.
But the family not only did not thank Li Shaowei for his behavior, but instead complained about him, especially Zuo Jiabing's son.
"Why didn't you call me the first time after my father's accident?"
"You pulled out my father's oxygen bottle, you are hurting him, why isn't you the one who died?"
Faced with his father's body, Zuo Jiabing's son burst into tears, trying to vent all the grievances in his heart.
Li Shaowei also knew the difficulty of the other party, so he silently accepted all this and finally disappeared from everyone's sight.
Of course, because of this, the Zuo family and the Liu family had a very unhappy relationship and never had any contact again.
But as the matter fermented online, more and more people were moved by Li Shaowei's deeds and extended a helping hand to him.
A Mr. Pan from Shenzhen is willing to provide Li Shao with a job, and he only needs to weed, guard the door, and take care of chickens and ducks every day.
will pay him a salary of no less than 400 yuan every month. This money was a huge sum of money at that time.
In order to accept the other party's kindness, Li Shao chose to go back to his hometown after only ten days of work because he could not adapt to the local climate.
Before going home, a gentleman named Peng went to the train station and donated him 1,000 yuan.
Sadly, the money was stolen on the train, and in the end, Li Shaowei returned to his hometown with nothing.
Later, Changde A boss found him another job, but because he had to ride a tricycle, Li Shao resigned only three days later.
Finally, Li Shao chose to return to his hometown and live alone, and never appeared in front of the camera again.
Regarding Li Shaowei's behavior, many netizens lamented that he values affection and friendship, but some things were never understood.
It is obvious that he can call, but why didn’t Li Shao contact his family and insisted on unplugging his oxygen bottle?
Is 5,000 yuan more important than a life?
may not be able to understand, but in Li Shaowei's view, that's it.
If Zuo Jiabing survives, his whole family will suffer unbearable pain in the future.
"Fallen leaves return to their roots", maybe it is unacceptable for a while, but Zuo Jiabing's family can get a pension and live a more relaxed life in the future.
at most, it just bears condemnation from conscience. This condemnation does not require family members to bear, and Li Shao took it all for one person.
So in my opinion, Li Shaowei's behavior might be inappropriate, but this was the best way he could think of under the circumstances at that time.
Simple farmer... I just hope that his future life will be better after leaving the camera.
Don’t let honest people suffer such unbearable pain anymore.
He worked hard all his life and didn't save much money at the end of his life. So when he was drinking, Zuo Jiabing specifically instructed Li Shaowei.
"If there is any good job, don't forget to notify your brother!"
Li Shao agreed to go out to work and had someone he knew around him, which was better than being single.
The foreman nodded. In order to turn around and go to find Zuo Jiabing, the two of them decided that the job was reliable, so they agreed.
At the beginning, the foreman was very pleased and reimbursed all the migrant workers for their travel expenses and sent them to the Fujian construction site.
But after arriving at the place, Li Shaowei and Zuo Jiabing were immediately stunned. The working environment was completely different from what the foreman said at the beginning.
The construction site is not in the city, but in the suburbs. It is not in the village in front or in the back, and it is very remote.
There are no machines on the construction site, there are only dozens of naked men, and they all rely on these men to work hard to dig trenches.
Li Shaowei was very angry and argued with the foreman on the spot. Unexpectedly, the other party was like a different person and said bluntly.
"If you don't want to do it, leave, pay the fare by yourself!"
Facing the rogue of the foreman, Li Shao had no choice but to make money, but he didn't earn a penny, and he had to pay the road fee. Li Shao was unwilling to accept it. Where should
go? Li Shao discussed it in order to go to Zuo Jiabing, but this discussion completely changed the fate of the two people.
Zuo Jiabing said that it has come out, how can you not earn a penny?
Li Shao felt it was reasonable, so he stayed with Zuo Jiabing.
On the construction site, the two of them do the hardest work and dig stones at the construction site every day.
It is already winter now, but every time you finish your work, the two of them will still be exhausted and sweaty.
But they didn't care and encouraged each other to support each other. At this time, Li Shao was 61 years old and Zuo Jiabing was 55 years old.
As the end of the year approaches, the foreman finally worked as a person, prepared a lot of good food, and took a few bottles of wine, intending to reward the workers.
That day, Zuo Jiabing, who did not drink alcohol, made an exception and drank a few glasses, but these glasses of wine cost Zuo Jiabing his life. After drinking
, Zuo Jiabing said that his left leg was numb and he had lost consciousness.
Li Shaowei and other workers didn't take it seriously, and even joked with Zuo Jiabing, are his legs numb?
But soon after, Li Shaowei noticed something was wrong, and Zuo Jiabing's whole body became stiff and almost unconscious.
Li Shao quickly helped Zuo Jiabing to the ground, and then sent him to the hospital with several workers. After the examination, everyone was stunned.
"Zuo Jiabing suffered a sudden cerebral hemorrhage, and his life has entered the countdown!"
The doctor issued a notice of critical illness , but at this time, Li Shaowei and Zuo Jiabing's salary were not paid, and he was unable to pay the medical expenses at all.
Foreman is a timid and afraid of trouble. After knowing about Zuo Jiabing's situation, he threw down 5,000 yuan on the spot and disappeared without a trace.
But this money is simply unable to pay the 20,000 yuan surgical fee.
is desperate, Li Shaowei and his colleagues asked the doctor: "If you pull out the oxygen cylinder , how long can Zuo Jiabing live?"
"About three hours!"
sat outside the ward, Li Shaowei fell into deep pain.
Of course he wanted Zuo Jiabing to survive, but the price of survival was that he was in debt and the family would always live in pain.
But even so, after Zuo Jiabing rescued, he will be a vegetable and can no longer work, and he will have to let his family take care of himself.
A woman has to support her family and take care of her patients. It is conceivable how difficult the future will be.
"He used his desperate efforts to get 5,000 yuan, I can't watch it go away!"
He clenched his fists, and a bold idea took shape in his mind. He called other workers who were guarding the hospital.
That night, Li Shao secretly carried him out of the hospital in order to remove Zuo Jiabing's oxygen bottle.
At this time, the temperature in Fujian had reached below zero. Li Shao kept running on the road with Zuo Jiabing on his back.
"Brother, don't blame me for being cruel, I..."
Li Shaowei could no longer say anything. He cried loudly with Zuo Jiabing on his back. There were people coming and going on the way, but no one could help him.
, no relatives, a feeling of powerlessness surged into Li Shao's heart. Where will he and Zuo Jiabing go in the future?
Late at night, several workers thought that no matter what, they would let Zuo Jiabing return to their roots.
This group of poor guys come from all over the world. This time I went out to work. When I encountered such a thing, the foreman ran away and they didn't make a penny.
But even so, they decided to send Zuo Jiabing for the last journey.
Several people took Zuo Jiabing to the city. In order to get on the train, they found a quilt and wrapped Zuo Jiabing tightly. After
, they found alcohol and sprinkled it on Zuo Jiabing, pretending to be drunk, and successfully got on the train.
On the train, Zuo Jiabing's life also came to an end. Before he knew it, he no longer breathed.
After the car arrived at Guangzhou station , Li Shao was crying for several colleagues to carry Zuo Jiabing down.
They wanted to take the train back to Hunan, but they didn't expect that they didn't have enough money and could only choose to take a car.
But at this time, Zuo Jiabing had passed away. He was carrying a car with a body on his back and would definitely be discovered.
So, they thought of a good idea, bought a large woven bag from a nearby supermarket, and wrapped Zuo Jiabing tightly.
They originally planned to get into the car, but the package was too conspicuous. At the station, it still aroused the alert from the staff.
When the staff opened the woven bag, a strong smell of alcohol drifted out.
At this time, Zuo Jiabing was stiff and pale, and had not breathed for too long.
The staff saw that this was not good, so they controlled Li Shao for their group and called the police immediately.
Someone took this scene and posted it online. Only then did the matter between Li Shaowei and Zuo Jiabing be known to everyone.
Faced with such a bizarre thing, netizens expressed their opinions one after another.
Some netizens believe that Li Shao is willing to let his colleagues return to their roots in order to do everything. This approach is worthy of everyone's respect.
But some netizens believe that Li Shao's actions in order to remove Zuo Jiabing's oxygen pipe were equivalent to taking Zuo Jiabing's life.
Some netizens believe that Li Shao did this not out of sympathy, but just took advantage of the foreman and covered up his eyes and hearing for the foreman.
All kinds of rumors came one after another, making Li Shaowei have no time to deal with it. In the end, he could only say something resentful.
"If I were to cover up for the foreman, I would be hit and killed by a car when I went out!"
In my opinion, we are not the parties involved, and we don't know what happened that night.
Faced with such a dilemma, no one knew how desperate Li Shaowei and Zuo Jiabing were, except for the person involved.
Therefore, there is no need for us to stand on the moral high ground and say those unpleasant words.
Of course, it is not all bad to be exposed. With the help of relevant departments, Zuo Jiabing's body was eventually transported back to his hometown.
In front of everyone, Li Shao solemnly handed the pension to his family.
But the family not only did not thank Li Shaowei for his behavior, but instead complained about him, especially Zuo Jiabing's son.
"Why didn't you call me the first time after my father's accident?"
"You pulled out my father's oxygen bottle, you are hurting him, why isn't you the one who died?"
Faced with his father's body, Zuo Jiabing's son burst into tears, trying to vent all the grievances in his heart.
Li Shaowei also knew the difficulty of the other party, so he silently accepted all this and finally disappeared from everyone's sight.
Of course, because of this, the Zuo family and the Liu family had a very unhappy relationship and never had any contact again.
But as the matter fermented online, more and more people were moved by Li Shaowei's deeds and extended a helping hand to him.
A Mr. Pan from Shenzhen is willing to provide Li Shao with a job, and he only needs to weed, guard the door, and take care of chickens and ducks every day.
will pay him a salary of no less than 400 yuan every month. This money was a huge sum of money at that time.
In order to accept the other party's kindness, Li Shao chose to go back to his hometown after only ten days of work because he could not adapt to the local climate.
Before going home, a gentleman named Peng went to the train station and donated him 1,000 yuan.
Sadly, the money was stolen on the train, and in the end, Li Shaowei returned to his hometown with nothing.
Later, Changde A boss found him another job, but because he had to ride a tricycle, Li Shao resigned only three days later.
Finally, Li Shao chose to return to his hometown and live alone, and never appeared in front of the camera again.
Regarding Li Shaowei's behavior, many netizens lamented that he values affection and friendship, but some things were never understood.
It is obvious that he can call, but why didn’t Li Shao contact his family and insisted on unplugging his oxygen bottle?
Is 5,000 yuan more important than a life?
may not be able to understand, but in Li Shaowei's view, that's it.
If Zuo Jiabing survives, his whole family will suffer unbearable pain in the future.
"Fallen leaves return to their roots", maybe it is unacceptable for a while, but Zuo Jiabing's family can get a pension and live a more relaxed life in the future.
at most, it just bears condemnation from conscience. This condemnation does not require family members to bear, and Li Shao took it all for one person.
So in my opinion, Li Shaowei's behavior might be inappropriate, but this was the best way he could think of under the circumstances at that time.
Simple farmer... I just hope that his future life will be better after leaving the camera.
Don’t let honest people suffer such unbearable pain anymore.
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