The most beautiful hometown person ⎸ 17-year-old Special Olympics champion Chen Liang: take more gold medals and return to your uncle and aunt

He was a factual unsupported child with an intellectual second-degree disability; he was also a champion, a brilliant Special Olympics athlete... At the end of October this year, at the 11th National Paralympic Games, 17-year-old Chen Liang won a gold medal in the men's singles of badminton on behalf of Shandong Province, and his medal display cabinet added another shining golden light. Such a special identity is intertwined with Chen Liang, and the growth story behind it is even more touching, because he has a good uncle and a good aunt. It turned out that Chen Liang was taken home by his uncle and aunt to live with him when he was less than 1 year old, and 17 years of careful care not only saved his life, but also cultivated him to grow into a talent. In the heart of this emotional teenager, his uncle and aunt are his father and mother.

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The child was dying, and he carried it home to raise him

Chen Liang, 17, suddenly became a celebrity in the community. On October 28 this year, at the 11th National Paralympic Games held in Baoji, Shaanxi Province, he won the championship in one fell swoop, winning a gold medal in the men's singles of Special Olympics badminton. How did this 17-year-old boy step by step go to the championship, and what are the touching stories of his growth into a talent? On November 15, the reporter followed the community staff of Fenyang Road in Xingcheng Road Street, Licang District, to the Cuihu community located on Tangshan Road to send congratulations and condolences to Chen Liang, who was resting at home.

Chen Liang is quite tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, receiving everyone's congratulations, Chen Liang shyly and politely greeted everyone and thanked them. After the group took their seats, he obediently sat next to his uncle Shi Zhongzhu and aunt Chen Shumei. Although the area of Shi Zhongzhu's home is not large, it is very neat and warm, and the most conspicuous place is the medals and certificates that Chen Liang has won in various competitions over the past few years. Why did Chen Liang live with his uncle and aunt, his parents? With Shi Zhongzhu's memories of Chen Liang's growth path, these doubts of the reporter were also solved one by one.

Shi Zhongzhu introduced that Chen Liang was taken to his family to raise and take care of him when he was less than one year old. "His father was an alcoholic when he was young, his mother was also intellectually disabled, and the two were pregnant before marriage, and they had no ability to take care of their children at all." Recalling the scene when Chen Liang was picked up at that time, the 62-year-old man had tears in his eyes. It was in the winter of 2004, Chen Liang, who was born in February, was only a few months old, and after Shi Zhongzhu and Chen Liang's parents disappeared again, they found out that the couple rented a place and rushed there with friends to see the children. As a result, the moment he entered the house, Shi Zhongzhu was stunned by the scene in front of him, "The simple board room, the doors and windows leak and are tattered, and the house is cold and smelly." Shi Zhongzhu said that after looking for half a day in the house, he found that Chen Liang was wrapped in a damp quilt on a wooden bed, with an electric mattress underneath, a layer of plastic sheeting in the middle, and a thread blanket at the top. Because the child's defecation was not cleaned up in time, Chen Liang's left leg calf was extended upwards to the waist, and it was already puffy and rotten, and the curled leg could not be straightened, and the state was dying.

"I was distressed and angry at the time, thinking that the child was no longer able to do it, so I quickly took off my coat and wrapped him up and ran to the hospital, checked and treated for a while, Chen Liang slowly eased up, which saved his life." Shi Zhongzhu said that after taking Chen Liang home, in consideration of the future growth of the child, he and his wife Chen Shumei decided to personally raise the nephew from then on, and Chen Liang has been living with his uncle and aunt ever since.

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Successive difficulties have not reduced the care for children

There was one more child in the family, and Shi Zhongzhu and his wife suddenly got busy, "At first we didn't find that this child had intellectual problems, and when Chen Liang was more than 2 years old, he would talk and walk, and he was very energetic and very active, and he didn't sleep at night." We realized that his intelligence was not normal, and on a check it out it was. Shi Zhongzhu told reporters that when Chen Liang was a little older, they sent Chen Liang to kindergarten, but because Chen Liang did not have a hukou, going to school became a problem.

"In order to open this account, it took a lot of effort." Chen Liang's aunt Chen Shumei introduced that at that time, in order to register Chen Liang," his parents needed to register for marriage and pay social support fees, but Chen Liang's parents had no news and could not be found at all. "I asked a lot of friends to help inquire, and finally found my brother and sister-in-law in Jiaozhou, both of whom had difficulty supporting themselves, so we had to pay the social support fee." Chen Shumei said that Chen Liang finally had a hukou when he was 10 years old, and the street and the community also helped Chen Liang handle the fact that there were no dependent children, and received a monthly low security deposit. In the following years, Chen Liang's parents divorced, his father died in 2018 due to three sudden brain infarctions, and his mother has not been heard from so far.

The reporter learned that Chen Liang's father was hospitalized several times, and the treatment fees of more than 100,000 yuan were all paid by Shi Zhongzhu. "Those years were the most difficult time in the family, Chen Liang's father was repeatedly hospitalized, and his wife found out that cervical cancer needed interventional treatment, and Chen Liang also needed to be taken care of every day..." Shi Zhongzhu waved his hand, choking and saying that he couldn't continue. But even after suffering such a blow, Shi Zhongzhu was not crushed, did not reduce the love and dedication to Chen Liang, only one scene made him sad, when he saw Chen Liang lying on the bedside of his father's hospital bed, saying goodbye to his dying father, the tears could not stop flowing, "Heartache child, the heart has never been so lost." Shi Zhongzhu said that the poignant scene made him more determined by a thought: Chen Liang's missing love from his father, he had to supply the child.

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Discover your sports prowess and win more than a dozen medals

Although he did not have the company of his parents since he was a child, Chen Liang did not lack love, and his uncle and aunt did their best to give him the same care and love as his parents. "Chen Liang has been very close to people since he was a child, and he likes to let people hold him very much, although taking care of this child has suffered a lot, we have all done our best to be patient with him, educate and raise children with intellectual disabilities, and the most important thing is patience." Shi Zhongzhu said that in order to let the children have more contact with society, they buy vegetables, walk and even take Chen Liang with them for friends to eat, and let him exercise normal social interaction from an early age, hoping that he can integrate into society and learn to take care of himself when he grows up. Thanks to this, Chen Liang not only exercised a strong body, but also discovered some specialties in numbers and sports by his uncle. For example, he is more sensitive to numbers, the ID number and telephone number of his aunt's family, he can remember it once he looks at it; he likes to sing, he can blow gourd silk, and often participates in school performances; he runs very well, especially sprinting.

Shi Zhongzhu told reporters that for These specialties of Chen Liang, he excavated and enlarged them as much as possible so that children could have a skill. The most successful of these is the specialty in sports. After Chen Liang entered the special education school, Shi Zhongzhu began to consciously cultivate Chen Liang's sports expertise and personally took him to participate in training. In the summer of 2016, Chen Liang began to play football, suddenly showed his athletic talent, and soon won the championship and runner-up in the multi-time disabled folk football championship competitions he participated in.

In 2019, Chen Liang was selected to participate in the Special Olympics badminton competition, "I started learning in July of that year, participated in the competition in October, and won a silver medal and a bronze medal at the 10th National Paralympic Games." On October 28 this year, at the 11th National Paralympic Games held in Baoji, Shaanxi Province, he won another gold medal in the men's singles of Special Olympics badminton. Over the past few years, Chen Liang has won more than a dozen trophies, medals and certificates, each medal is Shi Zhongzhu's pride, and behind each medal is his dedication to his children.

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I want to return more gold medals to my uncle and aunt

Chen Shumei introduced that since Chen Liang embarked on the road of sports, his wife Shi Zhongzhu accompanied Chen Liang every day to fitness and run, and accompanied him throughout the whole process when he went out for training, "The training was a few months, and he spent almost all his energy and pension on Chen Liang." Chen Shumei said that such a rhythm of life, after Chen Liang contacted sports in 2014, they have insisted on it for 7 years.

The love and dedication of his uncle and aunt to him over the years, Chen Liang saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart. In order to fight for his uncle and aunt, Chen Liang was never afraid of pain in training, even if the soles of his feet were blistered, he never cried out in pain. In the heart of this emotional teenager, his uncle and aunt are his father and mother, "There are many times Chen Liang wants to change his mouth to call us father and mother, I said that it is okay to call anything, we are a family." Shi Zhongzhu said that in addition, Chen Liang also expressed his feelings for his uncle and aunt in many aspects of life training. For example, when his uncle was cooking in the kitchen, he would bring a cup of warm water; when he went out to compete and gave small food to athletes, he was reluctant to eat, and he saved it up and took it home for his aunt to eat...

"In our eyes, Chen Liang is not a disabled child, he is stunted, growing more slowly than other children, but what he can do is no worse than other children." Chen Shumei said. Although he is only in the second year of junior high school, Chen Liang already has plans for the future, "I would like to take some more gold medals and return my uncle and aunt." They are old, and when I grow up and earn money, I will buy them a house with an elevator. Chen Liang said firmly. (Text/Photo Peninsula All-Media Reporter Xu Jie)

Source: Mass Press, Al Jazeera