In 2014, the "Metamorphosis" program came to the Central Primary School of Jiache Township in Honghe County, Yunnan Province.
It was nearly noon, and eleven-year-old Li Leyou went to eat alone with a bowl.
The director saw that she was dressed in shabby clothes and had a withdrawn personality.
He took her hand and asked:
What is your name?
Where is home?
At first, Li Leyou was able to answer the question smoothly.
But when asked about his family situation, where his parents were.
Li Leyou cried as he spoke.
After understanding, this fluent little girl with a miserable life was selected by the director team.
It opened her touching adventure across 3,600 miles.
A tragic childhood in which his mother died and his father went to prison
In 2003, Li Leyou was born in Zongla Village, Honghe County, Yunnan.
It is a place surrounded by mountains and closed to traffic.
People who live here have for many years relied on the sky to eat and begged for food from the mountains.
Such poverty is not enough,
When Li Leyou was one year old, her mother left her forever.
Dad was immediately arrested and imprisoned.
The only ones he can rely on are his grandparents, and there is a five-year-old sister-in-law at home.
Although the generations are different, the two have always been known as sisters.
Saying that it is feelings is also helpless.
Grandma recalled: "When Xiaoyou was four years old, she would ask me if I was born to you." ”
The distressed grandmother could only say: Yes
She didn't want such a young child to think he had no parents.
But Li Leyou, who was born intelligent and gradually sensible, would hear various discussions from his neighbors from time to time.
In a few words, she can always catch some information.
She gradually discovered that other people's parents were different from her own, and the previous lies could not be concealed.
Every time she saw another child, taking food and play that her parents had bought, she would go home and ask her grandmother where her mother had gone.
Grandma couldn't bear it, and could only tell her that her parents had gone to work and would come back later.
Such lies can only be concealed for a while.
I have not been able to see my parents, coupled with the various comments of the neighbors, and the fairy tales of other children,
She gradually learned that her mother was gone.
Grandma later said:
"In fact, because of family reasons, Xiaoyou and her sister-in-law began to have low self-esteem and sensitivity at a very young age, and both of them were very introverted."
In order to support their two children, the two elderly people in their seventies often go out to do various odd jobs.
Therefore, Li Leyou learned to cook and wash clothes early, and sometimes went up the mountain to cut firewood.
She used her small shoulders to carry a bundle of branches much larger than her.
When the grandparents were not at home, only two little girls were left at home.
The dilapidated house is isolated and leaks wind.
The two children were very afraid, hesitant to sleep, and the endless night always seemed to hide the fear of the unknown.
Li Leyou was afraid of the night, and always woke up over and over again when he was about to fall asleep, until he fell into a deep sleep.
When I woke up in the morning, I found that the lights had forgotten to turn off.
The school is far away and the mountain road is rugged. It takes two or three hours each round trip.
Grandma couldn't bear it, and she was afraid of the danger of the road.
Just take out the savings to let Xiao you live in the school.
At night, lie down on the bed in the dormitory.
Just wrapped in a quilt, secretly playing a small flashlight.
The thin light was her only sense of security.
Li Leyou did not like to talk.
The temperament is sensitive and stubborn, always giving people a sense of distance.
She doesn't like to make friends with others, and people who don't know her will easily clash with her.
Grandparents can't accurately understand her heart and give her proper care.
New mom, new life
In 2014, Li Leyou's fate ushered in a turning point.
The director of Metamorphosis told her
In a big city in the distance, there is a mother waiting for you.
This sudden change made Li Leyou's mood nervous,
Being able to get out of the mountains and go to the big cities makes her very excited,
But she was about to meet a strange mother, which made her nervous again.
On the way, she couldn't help but reveal her tangled problems.
"Mom is dead and out of this world"
"What does Dalian's mother look like?" Is she big-eyed and has long hair? ”
With such doubts in mind, Li Leyou crossed 3,600 kilometers.
Flew from Kunming to Dalian.
At the same time, Dalian's mother, Wu Li, is also full of expectations for her upcoming daughter.
Wu Li bluntly said that she wanted to have a daughter at the beginning, but she gave birth to a son.
This "unpopular" boy is the protagonist of this exchange, "Cui Jin".
Wu Li divorced in her early years and raised Cui Jin alone, because of the pressure of life, it is difficult for her to take care of her growing son.
And Cui Jin also developed a well-behaved personality in this unhealthy family environment, often quarreling with his mother.
As the child grows older, his temper becomes more and more rebellious.
Wu Li had no way, and after accidentally seeing "Metamorphosis", she had the idea of participating in this show.
First, I want to change the environment for my son, hoping to make him change.
There is also the wish that I can exchange for a girl.
Wu Li said to the program team: "I will be like my own daughter to this upcoming little girl."
After a long journey, two hearts of mutual anticipation finally met together.
When she saw Li Leyou in the distance, Wu Li was a little excited, but in addition to the excitement, she saw Li Leyou wearing "sandals" at a glance.
It was winter in the north, and temperatures had reached minus three degrees.
Wu Li quickly trotted over, and when the two met, they were very surprised by each other.
Later, recalling the scene at that time, Wu Li:
"Stunned, stepping on a pair of sandals, wearing a worn-out pink infrared sleeve, with a small school bag behind his back."
"Little tall, round face, cute to smile, this is what she imagined."
And the image of Wu Li herself is also very much in line with Li Leyou's thoughts.
The two can be said to be "love at first sight".
When Wu Li saw her daughter, she said, "I am your mother."
A sentence pulled the thinly dressed Li Leyou into the warmth.
She also looked up and called Out to Wu Li, "Mom."
It was the first time she had called "Mommy", and she had mixed feelings, but it felt good.
At the moment of calling out, she felt that this was her mother.
Hearing this "mother", Wu Li's heart fluttered, and she didn't have time to think about it too much, so she quickly took off her coat and wrapped the little girl.
Because of the cold weather, Li Leyou, who was dressed lightly, made Wu Li very worried, and while she blamed herself, she took Li Leyou to the car.
On the way back, Wu Li enthusiastically inquired about Li Leyou's family situation.
But she didn't know that the girl in front of her had lost her parents very early.
Li Leyou turned her head to the outside of the car, and for a long time she did not want to answer, Wu Li thought she was shy, so she asked again: "What about Mommy and Daddy?" ”
"No mother" replied in a very subtle voice, and Wu Li did not hear clearly.
Turning to look at Li Leyou, the subtle voice remembered again: "I don't have a mother."
After hearing it, Wu Li was distressed, and in an instant she knew her importance.
Short happy times
"How big is Dalian?"
"What does the sea look like?"
On the way there, these questions have been haunting Li Leyou's mind.
After coming to Dalian, I was even more shocked by the prosperity in front of me.
Wu Li understood what her daughter was thinking.
For a month, she took her daughter with her everywhere she went
Go to the mall, buy clothes, go to the beach, go skiing on the slopes.
There is no snow in Yunnan, and here she can experience the joy of snow to the fullest.
When you are tired of playing, you go to the restaurant, and you can't wait to eat and drink all the food.
Li Leyou had never seen that the dish could be so exquisite, and he was embarrassed to clip it for a while.
Wu Li looked at the shy child, her heart was painful and loving, and she personally clipped a bowl for her and watched her eat.
Before the prosperity of Dalian was finished, Li Leyou had to hurry to the local school to report.
Wearing a brand new school uniform, standing in a clean and luxurious classroom.
In the face of strange new classmates, Li Leyou was a little nervous and a little cramped.
The timely applause and smiles of her classmates made her speak confidently.
This girl from afar became the object of collective concern in the class.
When Christmas came, Li Leyou and the girls in the class prepared a dance program.
Wu Li, a mother, cares about her daughter's performance in school every day and watches her daughter dance.
Sometimes it is not easy to let go of the work, and she will take her daughter to her own unit.
I will also warmly introduce to everyone: "This is my daughter".
Later, when Li Leyou recalled, he said that this was the one she was most touched.
Because she didn't face the camera at that time, she just introduced herself to everyone very normally, saying that she was her daughter.
This shows that Wu Li's mother really regards herself as a daughter in her heart.
Since then, Li Leyou's heart has gradually let go of all the cramps and uneasiness.
She also truly accepted this mother.
Mom's love is different from that of her grandparents, she said:
"Mother's love is like the sun, just like you, that kind of warmth, comfort and warmth."
A month passed quickly
For Li Leyou, this month is the most brilliant month in her current life experience.
She not only saw the prosperity of the city, but also experienced the beauty of life.
Most importantly, she found her mother and got the long-lost love from her mother.
In the last class in Dalian, the teacher assigned a propositional essay "My Mother" to everyone.
Li Leyou was invited to speak on stage.
She held the essay paper full of her emotions and choked up several times.
"I've never met my mom and I'd love to see her, but she's not there"
"Now I'm happy because I found my mom here"
"I don't want to leave because only here I have a mother"
Wu Li, who was sitting in the back, could not suppress her emotions, and the tears could not stop falling.
She walked over to Xiao You and took her in her arms:
"I'm your mom"
Although it was only a short month, the feelings of the two were already only linked.
Wu Li, who was reluctant to let her daughter return to Yunnan, personally sent Li Leyou to Yunnan.
On the way, Wu Li called the Civil Affairs Bureau directly to inquire about adoption.
But to her disappointment, she was a single parent and already had a son who did not meet the adoption rules.
At the time of farewell, I had just tasted the warmth of my mother's love, and I didn't want to lose it again, and I didn't want to return to that cold and broken house.
She didn't want to leave her mom
Looking at her daughter who cried into tears, Wu Li's heart was like a knife.
But there was no way, and after a brief farewell, she could only return to Dalian with her son Cui Jin.
Love has no distance
After returning home, Li Leyou was stunned.
The month that has just been experienced is like a long dream, which blurs reality and illusion.
It was hard for her to tell which of the circumstances she was in and what she had just experienced was real.
The mother who has been thinking about it since childhood, the hidden maternal love that can only be experienced by imagination, seems to have really come true.
The pain is that there is a time limit.
She couldn't accept it, so she called Wu Li's mother after staying up for one night.
One or two phone calls were never answered.
Desperate emotions flooded her heart, but she did not give up, dialed again, and finally got through.
After hearing his mother's voice, Li Leyou cried on the spot, his daughter cried, and Wu Li also cried.
The two talked to each other for a long time, and agreed to wait until the winter and summer vacations to reunite.
Wu Li knew the poverty of Li Leyou's family, and she covered Li Leyou's tuition and miscellaneous expenses.
Li Leyou will also be given extra pocket money.
Every once in a while he would visit Li Leyou.
After returning to school, Li Leyou also completely changed his past image.
Not only do you have beautiful clothes to wear, but you also become confident and generous.
No longer timid to communicate with people, the small partners around me have gradually increased.
Classmates do not care about their own discussion, she is not sensitive.
The pain in her heart. Under the care of Wu Li's mother, it has gradually healed.
Every time she came to visit the school, Wu Li couldn't bear to let her children study in such an environment.
They discussed taking her to Dalian to go to school.
However, the pace of learning in Dalian is difficult to keep up.
She said: "In Dalian school, I started learning English from the first grade, and in my hometown, I can't get it until the sixth grade."
Unable to keep up with the results, Li Leyou could only propose to return to his hometown.
However, she has seen the outside world, and she has planted a beautiful seed in her heart.
She dreamed of returning to Dalian and returning to her mother through learning.
This "Metamorphosis" trip, the biggest change for her is this.
She found a mother who cared for her, and she also found the direction of life, and she saw the dawn of the future.
In 2015, With excellent study, Li Leyou was admitted to the county key middle school and realized the first step of his dream.
Since then, every winter and summer vacation, she will cross 3,600 kilometers to wait for her mother.
There is also the brother Cui Jin, who treats him like a sister.
The naughty teenager at the beginning never quarreled with his mother again.
With the small fame of "Metamorphosis", he began to shoot short videos, became a fashion blogger, and had his own career.
Time is constantly passing, and Li Leyou is constantly changing.
She has become fat and taller, but what will never change is the love and happiness of her new family.
Today, Li Leyou has fully integrated into the new family, not only Wu Li and her brother care for themselves.
Wu Li's parents, that is, Li Leyou's grandfather and grandmother, also loved him very much.
In Yunnan, Li Leyou would help her grandparents with housework as soon as she was on vacation, and these things were easy for her.
She did her best to help her grandparents lighten the burden.
A quiet life cannot hide the waves of dreams.
As the college entrance examination is approaching, Li Leyou will soon face the test of his dreams.
In order to study in Dalian, in order to be closer to her mother, she applied for the science subject that she was not good at.
Her dream career is a forensic doctor, and although her school has a low rate of promotion, Li Leyou is full of confidence.
She believes in the power of effort.
Li Leyou is undoubtedly lucky, she was lucky to be selected by the director to participate in the show, and she was very lucky to meet a kind and loving mother.
It was this series of luck that redeemed Li Leyou, who lived in the mire.
The little girl in tattered clothes who went up the hill to cut firewood;
The little girl who was afraid in the dark of night and did not dare to sleep had gradually faded away.
She said: "It was Mom's kindness that changed her".
Her mother's kind love not only changed Li Leyou's life, but also changed her heart.
Make her confident and courageous.
Let her know how to get out of the mountains and change her destiny.
Although there is only one Wu Li, her kindness and brilliance can infect more people, let more Wu Li appear, and redeem more "Li Leyou".