The picture shows Qi Guilan with the children. Courtesy of respondents
Xining, China News Network, December 20 Title: The Difficult Love Affair of 12 Orphans and Loving Mothers in Qinghai
Author Li Jun
"This is Meier's favorite nuts and warm clothes and pants, these are the tide pads of the mountains, fruits and sugar they all like, but they can't eat too much..." On the evening of the 19th, Qi Guilan, who was still recovering from surgery, gave her daughter Hu Jialing an explanation and watched her daughter go out with the package.
"I have been with these children for 8 years, and now I can't bring them, I feel particularly guilty, and I dare not see them, for fear of bringing trouble to their current loving mother." Let your daughter go and bring them some food..." Qi Guilan said and her eyes were red, and her voice trembled.
The picture shows a family celebrating the holiday together. Courtesy of respondents
Qi Guilan, a 55-year-old laid-off worker in xingsheng lane community in Chengxi District, Xining City, Qinghai Province, and her husband, Chen Xuefeng, have been "loving parents" of 12 orphans and disabled children since August 2013. In April this year, because Qi Guilan was seriously ill and went to a foreign country for surgery, he had to be separated from his five children. In the same year, Qi Guilan and Chen Xuefeng's family were named "the most beautiful family in the country" under the recommendation of Xining Welfare Institute.
"In the beginning, our own daughter was in college and was not very happy to know that we were raising these children on our behalf. But every winter and summer vacation, the children called around her 'sister, sister', slowly she will also play with her, after graduating from college we really became a family, and now she and her son-in-law are going to see the children on our behalf. Qi Guilan said.
Most of these children are disabled, life can not take care of themselves, my wife and I are really a handful of and a handful of urine belt big them, watching the little children grow into big girls, really reluctant ah! 」 Chen Xuefeng, 58, was emotional and talked about the honor he received, but only said: "We are doing small things, this honor is too heavy." ”
The picture shows Chen Xuefeng with the children. Courtesy of respondents
In 2013, Chen Xuefeng, who was laid off at home, worked as a plumber outside, and an experience working in a welfare home let him know that there were orphans and disabled children who needed to be raised on his behalf, so he took his wife Qi Guilan, who was also laid-off at home, to the welfare home to understand the situation.
For the first time, a group of children gathered around, I don't know which child called "Mom" first, and the other children also called "Daddy, Mommy" along with it.
"They screamed one after another, and I felt like I couldn't leave them all at once, and I wanted to be 'mom' for them." Qi Guilan smiled and wiped away tears.
So, the couple decided to take a few children home. With the help of the Xining Municipal Welfare Institute, they formed a family with four disabled orphans, including a father, a mother, an older sister, and a younger brother. Although the children's material needs are provided by the welfare home, the careful care and full of love for them are the silent contributions of the couple.
Once the couple went grocery shopping with a child and saw the rooster in the window, and the child shouted loudly "Bird, bird, bird." The strange eyes of others made the couple suddenly realize that taking care of their lives is only part of it, they also need to receive education and integrate into society. So the couple often took their children to shopping malls, parks, playgrounds, and taught them to read and write.
"I used to not do housework, but with these children I can do anything now, get haircuts, cook, fix water and electricity, I like to sing, and my children are more sunny and lively than other children." 」 During the conversation, Chen Xuefeng was full of pride.
Speaking of the most impressive thing in the past 8 years, the couple made a difficulty: "At that time, Shan Shan was 10 years old, and he couldn't take care of himself, and sometimes he couldn't defecate on fire, that is, he took a hand. "The 11-year-old Meier has physical disabilities and intellectual disabilities, and is basically paralyzed in bed." "Once again Lore had stomach pains, he was sweating profusely and he couldn't express it, so we carried him to the hospital, entered the hospital at 10 o'clock in the evening, and went back at 5 a.m. that time, and I was really sweaty that time." ......
Today, the 12 children they have brought have new families, four of which have been adopted by caring people in the United States, Switzerland and other countries through the civil affairs departments and welfare homes, and the 5 children that Qi Guilan brought with her when she fell ill are also growing up happily with other "loving mothers".
"Everything was delivered, and his 'mother' said that several of them were very good, saying that they were as kind and cheerful as the two of you." Towards the end of the interview, Hu Jialing returned.
Hearing that the children were all right, the couple wiped away their tears again. The daughter on the side comforted: "It doesn't matter, you two can't worry about them, and we, we will also call on more people to care for and pay attention to orphans and disabled children, now there are many people who care for and love them, and our two sons will definitely continue your love." (End)