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Today we are going to talk about Xiao Wei, a little boy from Hunan.
His mother died of leukemia when he was three years old;
When he was nine years old, he personally handed his father a hemp rope,
witnessed his father who was seriously ill. Hang yourself in front of it.
From then on, Xiaowei went to the streets to beg for food and clothing, holding the portraits of his parents in his arms.
Xiaowei
In 2015, nine-year-old Xiaowei was sitting at the door of his house,
pulling on the ground with a wooden stick in boredom,
The weather in Hunan in May was very strange, the weather was changing,
sometimes it seemed like four seasons had passed in one day. .
The sky is gray today, which makes people feel a little depressed.
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The house called "home" behind him is in a dilapidated state.
It looks like it was built haphazardly with grass and stones.
It looks particularly dilapidated in the bright spring scenery.
It looks like a dying man. The old man was weakly supporting his last life.
"Xiaowei, Xiaowei, come here." Dad called weakly and squeezed out from the crack in the wall, mixed with several violent coughs.
Xiaowei has always been an obedient and sensible child. He immediately ran in when he heard his father's shout.
"Here, I'll give you 10 yuan. Go to the small shop in the village and buy a bundle of rope. If there is any money left, you can use it to buy food."
I heard that you can spend it if you have money?
I usually don’t even have enough to eat, but today I was able to buy snacks.
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Xiaowei happily jumped three feet high.
He soon returned with a bundle of twine and several pieces of candy.
He ran very fast, panting heavily,
handed the hemp rope in his hand to his father.
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Dad took the hemp rope and put it beside the bed. He raised his head and glanced at Xiaowei.
waved his luck and said: "Go out and close the door. I didn't tell you not to come in, otherwise be careful." Your ass."
Xiaowei nodded hurriedly, he wouldn't come in, he was going to eat sweet candies outside.
Sitting on the big stone outside the house, Xiaowei picked up a candy and smelled it again and again.
licked it carefully: "Oh, this is so sweet."
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He tasted the candy very carefully The hard-won deliciousness, I am afraid that my tongue will miss every trace of sweetness.
Suddenly, there was a "bang", like the sound of something falling over.
Xiaowei pricked up his ears and listened. The room was quiet, and there was no other sound. What's going on with
? Could it be that Dad knocked and fell?
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Xiaowei stood up and was about to open the door and take a look,
Suddenly what his father said flashed through his mind: "Don't come in until I told you, otherwise be careful of your butt."
Xiaowei shivered. , it’s really scary when my dad beats himself when he’s drunk!
He thought for a while and sat down again.
It would be better to wait for his father to call him before going in.
After a while, all the candies in his hands were eaten, but his father still didn’t call him. Xiaowei couldn’t wait any longer.
Xiaowei
He shouted loudly outside the house: "Dad, can I go in? I'm so hungry."dad? "
But he even shouted several times without getting a response from inside the house.
He wanted to go directly into the house, but he felt sorry for his butt.
After thinking about it,
Xiaowei decided to peek through the crack in the door to see his father. What are you doing
He cautiously poked his head through the crack in the door and looked in:
Dad’s head was lowered and his hands were drooped. Oh my God, why did Dad get up?
He pushed open the door, and
saw Dad’s neck. He was tied to the beam by a rope, which was the rope he bought just now!
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Xiaowei was stunned for a long time, and then he rushed over and hugged his father's leg. He wanted to save his father, but
, How could he, who was so thin, be able to hold an adult?
Xiaowei could only cry while holding his father's legs, while holding his father up with all his strength.
Xiaowei's crying attracted the surrounding neighbors. The neighbors were frightened when they saw this scene and hurriedly rescued Xiaowei's father from the rope.
But it was too late. Xiaowei's father still died and placed a letter on the bed. Dad’s suicide note reads: “I have never lived in a new house during my lifetime. After my death, I hope that a new paper house can be burned for me.
Dad left without leaving a penny.
Xiaowei
He only left Xiaowei with a tattered bedding, a room full of gaps and a bundle of hemp ropes he had just bought.
Only with the help of village cadres and neighbors was Xiaowei’s father able to be laid to rest.
Xiaowei sat in front of half of the wall holding two photos of his body.
A heavy rainstorm yesterday destroyed Xiaowei's already shaky home.
Xiaowei in a broken house
The house collapsed, his father was gone, and Xiaowei had no home at all.
Xiaowei sat in front of his ruined home, holding two black and white photos. He knew that he had become an orphan.
His eyes turned to one of the black and white photos.
The woman in the photo was his mother who died when he was three years old.
Holding the portraits of his parents
The image of his mother was very vague in Xiaowei's memory.
All he could remember in his mind was that his mother closed her eyes and stopped making any sound on the bed at home.
I heard from family members and neighbors that
his mother contracted leukemia and died when he was three years old.
Originally, Xiaowei was born in a happy family.
Although the life at home was not rich, it was ordinary and happy.
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Xiaowei is the second eldest child in the family.
Xiaowei has an older brother. In order to reduce the burden of family life, he dropped out of school early and went out to work.
Although the family's life is normal and difficult, they can barely survive.
But when Xiaowei was three years old,
his mother suddenly developed a high fever, which was accompanied by gum bleeding and nosebleeds.
I took a lot of antipyretics and anti-inflammatory drugs but still not feeling better.
Later, under examination at a large hospital, Xiaowei's mother was found to be suffering from acute leukemia.
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The family, which is not highly educated, can't understand the professional terms used by the doctor.
only knows that the balance of life at home has been broken by this sudden disease.
Helpless, because she had no money for medical treatment, Xiaowei's mother had no choice but to return home from the hospital and stay in bed all day, struggling.
In order to treat the disease, the family owed a large amount of foreign debt. Relatives and friends borrowed everything they could,
but still could not close the huge gap in medical treatment.
In order to earn more money to treat his wife, and to pay off debts,
his father had no choice but to become a coal miner.
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Under the conditions at that time, coal mine work was a dangerous job,
not only was it prone to landslides dangerous, and the protective measures for workers are not in place.
Although the work is dangerous, the pay is also high.
Xiaowei’s father is eager to save money for his wife’s medical treatment, so he is often overloaded with work.
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not only goes to his own work every day, but also helps others to work, so as to earn extra money income.
But Xiaowei’s mother’s condition deteriorated very seriously, and she passed away shortly after getting sick.
left behind two lonely sons and a stretched home.
Xiaowei’s father also suffered from cavitary double pulmonary tuberculosis due to long-term work without adequate protection.
This is a contagious disease.
Moreover, Xiao Wei’s father often coughs up blood, has difficulty breathing, and loses the ability to work.
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Xiaowei rarely has close contact with his father. The two of them are always far away.
Since his father no longer works, a major source of income for the family has been lost.
Xiaowei's brother's salary is also pitifully low. Xiaowei's brother is very thin due to long-term malnutrition as a child.
He cannot do very physical labor, and the money he earns can barely feed himself three meals a day.
Xiaowei and his father can only live on the hardship subsidy of about 1,000 yuan provided by the village committee to the family every year.
However, this money is simply a drop in the bucket for a family suffering from an emergency.
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Looking at his father lying on the bed, Xiaowei was very worried.
He was afraid that his father would leave on this bed like his mother.
But what Xiaowei didn't expect was that his father would leave him in this way.
The hemp rope was handed to his father by himself.
Warm tears dripped from his eyes to his hands, pulling Xiaowei back from his thoughts.
Xiaowei
My brother left home for a living after his father was buried.
Now Xiaowei is helpless.
In addition to his brother, Xiaowei also has an uncle and an aunt.
But the aunt and uncle's family situation is not very good. .
Xiaowei’s aunt is his father’s half-sister, who is nearly sixty years old.
My aunt’s cousin has not yet married a wife.
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Because my uncle had a gastrectomy, he had to be taken care of and could not do physical work.
This old couple gave birth to a son after having four daughters.
The burden of raising children on such a family was already heavy and they could no longer adopt Xiaowei.
Auntie is also very distressed about Xiaowei's situation,
but her own family is no longer able to protect herself, and occasional support is okay.
Auntie
But if it is to raise Xiaowei, she is really powerless.
My uncle's family is also an out-and-out farmer.
My sister died of leukemia six years ago, and a brother died of liver cancer a year ago.
The siblings' families all rely on my uncle to support them,
But my uncle himself has a large family to support. , it is really a big burden to feed another child.
Xiaowei had nowhere to stay, "A child without a father and mother is like a grass."
After his father passed away, the house also fell down.
Xiaowei settled in a house given by his uncle. Although this house has already Half of it collapsed, but it could barely stand.
Xiaowei begged at his aunt's house, "Auntie, I eat very little and can support myself well. Can you please keep me?"
Xiaowei from his aunt's house
Auntie was speechless when facing Xiaowei,
If she had the ability, why would she not want to save this child,
but she was really powerless.
Xiaowei lives in a half-collapsed house. Holding the photos of his parents,
walks through the streets and alleys of the village begging for alms from his neighbors every day.
The clothes on his body are always just the same. In the days without his parents, Xiaowei can only know whether he is warm or cold.
Xiaowei
He doesn't speak often. The death of his father made Xiaowei, who was already introverted, even more isolated and taciturn.
has a kind of melancholy in him that does not belong to this age.
He walked to the door of each house with his parents' photos and stood for a while.
was embarrassed and full of expectations, hoping that people would give him something to eat.
Xiaowei at the door of someone else's house
The kind-hearted neighbors who heard about Xiaowei's family couldn't bear to see poor Xiaowei holding two photos.
sometimes they would call him in and ask him to sit down and have some food. .
"I often see him at the door of my house, holding a photo in one hand. I have heard about his family. The child is also very pitiful. When I see him, I invite him in for a meal. I can help him in any way he can." .
Begging Xiaowei
"He doesn't even have a grain of rice, nothing. When others give him some food, he can eat a meal. The clothes on his body are all used by other people's children. ." Xiao Guowei's neighbor said.
The Lianyuan City where Xiaowei lives was before poverty alleviation. It was a Wulingshan extremely poor contiguous area and a provincial-level poverty-stricken county. Most people here make a living by farming, so the assistance that neighbors can do is only occasionally provided. Xiaowei has a meal.
Xiaowei's aunt felt extremely uncomfortable when talking about her nephew walking down the street holding the deceased's photo, feeling hurt in her heart but helpless.
Aunt
Finally, with the reflection of the village cadres,
Xiaowei’s matter received the attention of the town government. They declared Xiaowei an orphan and sent him a relief fund of 9,680 yuan.
The media also rushed to Xiaowei's home to report the matter.
A group photo of Xiaowei with caring people.
With the help of government departments and the media's coverage,
Xiaowei's tragic experience became known to more and more people. ,
Good-hearted people in the society rushed to help Xiaowei.
Some high school students donated their 42 yuan pocket money to Xiaowei.
Good Samaritans and some charitable organizations sent Xiaowei food and some school supplies, and Xiaowei also went to school with everyone's help.
In less than a week after sending school supplies to Xiaowei
,
love floated to Xiaowei like snowflakes from all over the country and accumulated more than 30,000 yuan.
There is also a construction company that wants to repair Xiaowei's house and give him a safe living environment.
Xiaowei's life is finally protected.
Everyone's love slowly gathered into a towering tree to protect the poor and lonely Xiao Wei.
caring people
hope that he can grow up healthily.
Facing the reporter's camera, my aunt confided: "Our family situation is really difficult. We hope that some kind people can adopt Xiaowei and give him a stable life."
As she spoke, her aunt wiped away her tears with her hands, She also felt guilty and blamed herself for not being able to help her children.
Sure enough, not long after, under the publicity of the media, a private company owner in Sanya, Hainan, who had been married for 20 years and had no children, expressed his willingness to adopt Xiaowei.
Xiaowei who received assistance
There is also a lady from the bank who expressed her willingness to support Xiaowei one-on-one.
Xiaowei felt very complicated after hearing the news of the adoption. After experiencing the despair of losing his mother and father,
someone wanted to adopt him and give him a home. This is really good news.
However, he still misses his parents.
The newspaper report
of handing a twine rope to his father and the scene of his father hanging himself linger in his mind, and he always blames himself.
If I had not handed the twine to my father,
If I had not been greedy for the sweetness of candy but had gone in to guard my father,
would he have been able to stay with me for a while longer?
The boy who had been silent for a long time after his father passed away finally cried over the photo of his parents.
The helplessness he has felt these days, and the kind assistance he has received these days, all turned into complicated emotions.
Xiaowei held his photo of his body.
He didn’t want to leave this place where he had lived for a long time. His memories were everywhere here.
However, in order to prevent relatives and well-wishers from worrying, Xiaowei agreed to the adoption.
Xiaowei left the home where he had lived for nine years with the photos of his parents.
Embarked on the journey, Xiaowei came to a city with a sea.
Xiaowei was alone in his new family. His new parents treated him very well.
He had his own tidy room. A new life, many things here at
are extremely novel to him.
His parents enrolled him in many interest classes.
He saw things he had never seen before.
Xiaowei is living a good life now.
If you have enough to eat and wear well, you no longer have to worry about life and food.
He returned to campus and had a new family.
With the help of teachers and adoptive parents,
Xiaowei slowly opened his heart,
with more and more smiles on his face.
Postscript
The days that belong to him in the future must be bright and beautiful.
The pain in Xiaowei's heart may slowly fade over time.
Let that gray memory be far behind,
Childhood Those days when she was walking down the street with her parents' photos in hand, feeling desolate and desperate.
Xiaowei's childhood days of sitting under the collapsed house and crying while guarding the photos of his parents were gone forever.
Only by turning your back to the darkness can you face the light.
has a long future ahead, and all we can give him are best wishes.
