On March 9, 2017, a man in his 30s wore short-sleeved shorts and a pair of dark sneakers under his feet, carrying his wife slowly on the steps of Mount Tarzan. His wife, paralyzed for years and unable to move, secured her to his back with a bed of flower sheets and carried a backpack on her chest containing water and tissues and other climbing necessities.
At first, he walked briskly, and as he walked up, he talked and laughed with his wife behind him.
After about two hours, the sun was getting bigger and bigger, and the sweat on the man's face was getting more and more, and his steps began to slow down, and later in order to save strength, he even began to crawl on all fours.
The climbers around were surprised to see such a strange combination, some well-meaning people handed the man a drink to replenish his energy, some people followed him while encouraging him, and even some people looked at the man so hard and persuaded him to give up climbing.
In the face of these kindnesses, the man only smiled and thanked him, but he did not give up his determination to take his wife to Mount Tarzan, because this was his promise to his wife. What's going on here?
Qingdao work, meet love
Zhang Mingrong was born on August 19, 1987 in a small village in Gaotang County, Liaocheng City, Shandong Province. His parents are farming for a living, and there are many children in the family, and Zhang Mingrong ranks fifth in the family.
Because there are too many children, even if his parents are very industrious and can bear hardships, they still live in poverty.
Later, when his mother was out farming, she slipped on the icy road and was paralyzed because she did not receive timely treatment.
Since then, Zhang Mingrong's mother has been paralyzed in bed, and the heavy responsibilities of the family have all been pressed on Zhang Mingrong's father. Although life was very hard, Zhang Mingrong's father still gritted his teeth and let all the children receive nine years of compulsory education.
After finishing junior high school, the children who can be admitted to high school, Zhang Mingrong's father will also let them continue to study, if they can't get in, they can only go home and farm.
Although Zhang Mingrong's academic performance is not very good, he is down-to-earth and willing to work hard, so he achieved good results in the middle school examination and was successfully admitted to an ordinary high school in the county.
Zhang Mingrong's primary school and junior high school are all enrolled in schools very close to home, and high school needs to go to the county town to study.
In order to ensure the safety of students, the school stipulates that children who are far away from home must live on campus, and this amount of accommodation, tuition, and living expenses has suddenly stretched the family that was not rich.
Zhang Mingrong was well aware of the situation at home, so after completing his first year of high school, he dropped out of school and returned home. Although his father was very reluctant to let his children give up the opportunity to learn, the family situation also made it impossible for him to continue to be strong.
Soon, Zhang Mingrong came to Qingdao, Shandong Province, with his fellow villagers to work.
With the help of his fellow villagers, Zhang Mingrong soon found an assembly line job in a garment processing factory. While working, he met a person who would accompany him for the rest of his life, Kong Yan.
Kong Yan is from Changle County, Weifang City, Shandong Province, and was born in the same year as Zhang Mingrong. Kong Yan's original family has a very strong idea of son preference, after Kong Yan was born, her biological parents hated her as a girl, so they gave her to a family in the village that had not had children for many years.
Because there are no children, the family treats Kong Yan very well. When Kong Yan was three years old, her adoptive mother became pregnant, but they were still very kind to Kong Yan.
Later, after the birth of the adoptive parents' biological daughter, although they ignored Kong Yan, they still let her have no worries about food and clothing.
Kong Yan's academic performance from an early age was not very good, and she was not even admitted to an ordinary high school because of her abnormal performance in the middle school examination.
Seeing that her daughter's studies were hopeless, Kong Yan's adoptive parents booked a family affair for Kong Yan, who was only seventeen years old, and planned to marry kong Yan when she became an adult. Kong Yan has been very beautiful since she was a child, her personality is also very gentle, she laughs when she sees people, and many boys like her very much.
Kong Yan's fiancé's family is considered to be a wealthy family in the local area, and he likes Kong Yan very much, so he carefully prepared the engagement ceremony and gave Kong Yan's adoptive parents a large dowry.
Although Kong Yan did not want to get engaged to someone she didn't know, she wanted to repay her adoptive parents for so many years of nurturing grace, so she didn't refuse the marriage.
After the engagement, under the mediation of her adoptive parents, Kong Yan often met with her fiancé, but she still disliked the fiancé very much. In order to escape from getting along with a strange fiancé, Kong Yan came to Qingdao, Shandong Province, alone to work.
The factory where Kong Yan works has many compatriots in Changle County, so her parents are not worried about their daughter being bullied outside alone. Kong Yan works as an assembly line worker in this factory, and she met Zhang Mingrong, who works on the same assembly line.
Zhang Mingrong looked tall, his face was long and thin, and there was a very conspicuous mole on his left cheek.
When Kong Yan first met Zhang Mingrong, she felt that Zhang Mingrong was not a good person and was a little afraid of him, but when Zhang Mingrong first met Kong Yan, he liked this bright-looking and cheerful girl.
Just when Zhang Mingrong wanted to launch a passionate pursuit of Kong Yan, he heard his colleagues talk about Kong Yan's life and Kong Yan's fiancé. In desperation, Zhang Mingrong resisted his inner feelings and only silently helped Kong Yan at work.
Zhang Mingrong came a few months ago and had more work experience than Kong Yan. When he found that Kong Yan encountered problems at work, he would always help her at the first time.
Gradually, Kong Yan changed her first impression of Zhang Mingrong, and she found that although Zhang Mingrong looked fierce and evil, he was very kind in heart.
After a few months, Zhang Mingrong felt that although the work of assembly line workers was very easy, the wages were too low, so he wanted to find another way.
Before leaving, he invited his colleagues on the assembly line to a casual meal. Afraid that Kong Yan would not come, he also specially invited Kong Yan again after work. Kong Yan was very grateful to Zhang Mingrong for helping her and promised to attend.
At the casual dinner, Zhang Mingrong looked at Kong Yan, who was sitting on the side chatting with others, and his inner feelings could no longer be suppressed.
He thought that he was about to leave, and he didn't know when he would see Kong Yan again, even if Kong Yan didn't like himself, he should tell her his feelings for her.
So, during the meal, Zhang Mingrong ordered a few bottles of beer. Zhang Mingrong, who drank two bottles of wine, pulled Kong Yan outside and told her his heart.
At that time, Kong Yan was worried about her fiancé's affairs, and after knowing Zhang Mingrong's intentions, she excitedly hugged Zhang Mingrong. After that, the relationship between the two became ambiguous, because of Kong Yan's relationship, Zhang Mingrong finally did not resign from the factory and leave.
Eloped over the wall and fell paralyzed
As the saying goes, "a paper bag can't hold a fire", and the relationship between the two was soon discovered by fellow villagers. Therefore, they told Kong Yan's adoptive parents about this matter, and the adoptive parents immediately called to urge Kong Yan to go home.
Kong Yan knew that after returning home, her adoptive parents would immediately let her get married. So, she ran to Zhang Mingrong in tears, begged Zhang Mingrong to take her out of here, and told him about her affairs completely.
After listening to the encounter of the beloved girl, Zhang Mingrong was very distressed, and he immediately agreed to her request. After that, the two quickly resigned from the factory and went to Tianjin.
After they came to Tianjin, they found new jobs, and Zhang Mingrong and Kong Yan also formally established a boyfriend and girlfriend relationship.
Kong Yan's parents were very angry when they learned of the news that their daughter had left Qingdao, believing that Zhang Mingrong had abducted her with bad intentions. So he reported to the local police station, claiming that Zhang Mingrong had kidnapped Kong Yan.
Under the investigation of the police, they quickly understood the beginning and end of the matter, and Kong Yan personally called to explain the matter, and the farce was put to rest.
Soon after, Kong Yan's fiancé's family came to the door and wanted to quit this family affair, but in desperation, Kong Yan's parents could only return the bride price and apologize to them in a low voice.
After that, Kong Yan's parents asked for the address of Zhang Mingrong's hometown from their compatriots in Qingdao, and they trekked more than a thousand kilometers to Zhang Mingrong's hometown to find trouble for their family.
After Zhang Mingrong's parents and brothers learned of this matter, they apologized to them in a good voice and warmly welcomed them. After reaching out and not hitting the smiley face person, Kong Yan's parents were warmly welcomed by the Zhang family, and they did not continue to embarrass them.
During the New Year, Kong Yan's father called her and asked her when she would go home for the New Year, and told Kong Yan that her mother was not in good health and was often sick, hoping that she could come back to see.
Kong Yan was very worried about her adoptive mother's body, so she promised that she would definitely go home for the New Year this year.
In fact, Kong Yan originally planned to go back to Liaocheng with Zhang Mingrong for the New Year, and officially visited the Parents of the Zhang family by the way, but Kong Yan's mother suddenly fell ill, and the two of them had to change their itinerary, and Zhang Mingrong went to visit her home with Kong Yan.
Zhang Mingrong knew that Kong Yan's mother was not in good health, so he took out most of the money on his body to buy her a lot of nutritional products. In September 2008, the two of them returned to Kong Yan's house carrying several large bags of gifts.
At this time, Kong Yan's home was full of more than twenty relatives, all of whom had come to see Zhang Mingrong. When they first met Zhang Mingrong, they all felt that Zhang Mingrong did not look like a good person.
The family conditions of the Zhang family are not good, Zhang Mother is paralyzed in bed, if Kong Yan marries in the past, she will have to take on the heavy responsibility of taking care of her mother-in-law, so everyone in the Kong family does not agree to their interaction.
Although Zhang Mingrong brought a lot of gifts, they did not receive any of them, and they were also very cold to Zhang Mingrong. Out of love for Kong Yan, Zhang Mingrong still did not leave even after suffering a lot of cold treatment.
He thought that the Kong family would slowly accept him, but what he did not expect was that at night, Kong Yan's parents did not clean up the guest room for him, but let him sit in the firewood room. Zhang Mingrong finally couldn't stand it anymore, and he called kong Yan to tell him that he was going home first and would pick her up after a while.
After Zhang Mingrong left, Kong Yan missed Zhang Mingrong very much, so he secretly got up on the night of the 19th of that month and wanted to go to Zhang Mingrong's hometown to find him.
She had wanted to walk through the gate, but it was locked from the outside, so she could only climb out of the two-meter-high wall.
She jumped, first with her feet on the ground, and then with inertia, her whole body falling to the ground. Kong Yan, who fell to the ground, felt very pain in her legs and back, and she guessed that it might be a fracture.
She wanted to get up and go to the train station, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get up, she could only crawl on the ground with her hands.
After climbing tens of meters, Kong Yan's whole body was exhausted, and she could only lie on the ground and continue to wail. Soon, Kong Yan's wailing woke up her sleeping parents, who saw Kong Yan's appearance and quickly sent Kong Yan to the hospital.
Take good care of it and eventually become a family member
Zhang Mingrong always felt restless after returning home, so he kept calling Kong Yan, but no one answered. It wasn't until the next afternoon that Kong Yan's mother answered the phone, and she told Zhang Mingrong that Kong Yan had fallen over the wall and was now paralyzed.
When Zhang Mingrong heard these words, his mind was blank, and he couldn't believe that Kong Yan, who was still alive and bouncing a few days ago, could only lie on the bed forever.
He packed his bags and wanted to take care of Kong Yan, but Zhang Mingrong's parents did not support their son's approach.
Zhang Mingrong's mother is also paralyzed in bed, has been Zhang Mingrong's father in care, he is very aware of the hardships of taking care of patients, he does not want his son to be like him in the future.
Therefore, he asked Zhang Mingrong to make a choice between his parents and Kong Yan, and if he wanted to take care of Kong Yan, he would have to break off relations with the family.
Zhang Mingrong was very troubled, but he thought that Kong Yan had become like this because he wanted to come to him, and he should take on the responsibility of taking care of her, so he apologized to his parents and left the house in a hurry.
After coming to the hospital, Zhang Mingrong saw Kong Yan lying on the hospital bed. From that day on, Zhang Mingrong took on the responsibility of taking care of Kong Yan, and Kong Yan's adoptive parents never appeared again.
After Kong Yan was discharged from the hospital, her adoptive parents took Kong Yan back home and told Zhang Mingrong that because of Kong Yan's condition, the family had owed a lot of foreign debt, and now Zhang Mingrong needed to go out to work to pay off the debt.
Zhang Mingrong accepted the proposal of Kong Yan's parents and handed Kong Yan over to her adoptive parents, and then went out to work. But it didn't take long for Kong Yan's sister to call and tell Zhang Mingrong that Kong Yan had a lot of pressure sores on her back and needed to be hospitalized.
After Zhang Mingrong received the news, he hurried back. He came to the hospital and began to take care of Kong Yan again, and he also knew that Kong Yan might not have received very careful care after returning home, because the patient who was paralyzed in bed had not been turned over for a long time before he got pressure sores.
After Kong Yan was discharged from the hospital, Zhang Mingrong did not trust her and wanted to take her with him. Kong Yan's adoptive parents proposed that Zhang Mingrong sign a letter of guarantee, guaranteeing that all kong Yan's expenses in the future would have nothing to do with the Kong family, and the two of them could leave.
Zhang Mingrong signed the letter of guarantee without any hesitation and returned to Qingdao with Kong Yan again. Because there was no extra money, Zhang Mingrong spent 70 yuan in Qingdao and rented a small room of four or five square meters. On Kong Yan's bed, Zhang Mingrong made a floor on the ground.
Because Kong Yan had to flip every two or three hours, Zhang Mingrong had no way to find a stable job and could only go to the factory as a temporary stevedoring worker.
Every morning at four o'clock, he went out to work, and at six o'clock, he rushed back to make breakfast for Kong Yan, and then went to work. After that, every two or three hours, Zhang Mingrong would come back once and go to work after taking care of Kong Yan.
Under the care of Zhang Mingrong, Kong Yan's body slowly improved, and he was able to sit in a wheelchair, and his courage was much easier. In order to earn a little more money and give Kong Yan a better life, he continued to work as a stevedor during the day and went out to set up a stall at night.
Gradually, they saved a sum of money, which Zhang Mingrong used to open a sheep soup shop in Qingdao. Zhang Mingrong is responsible for making money, while Kong Yan sits in the shop and counts the money.
In 2013, the fifth year of Kong Yan's paralysis, when they went to the hospital for a review, the doctor told both of them that Kong Yan had been pregnant for more than two months.
The two people who heard the news were very happy, and they hoped that this little life would be born soon. Soon, Kong Yan gave birth to a son for Zhang Mingrong. After the birth of his son, Zhang Mingrong opened a shop to make money while taking care of his son and wife.
In May 2017, Kong Yan recovered very well under the care of Zhang Mingrong. Zhang Mingrong knew that his wife very much wanted to climb Mount Taishan once, and when the two were just together, Zhang Mingrong also promised Kong Yan that he would accompany her to Mount Tai once.
Although Kong Yan is now paralyzed, Zhang Mingrong still wants to help his wife realize her wishes, so he carries Kong Yan on his back and begins the journey of Mount Taishan.
Zhang Mingrong spent twelve hours and finally climbed Mount Tai on his back. Shortly after returning from Mount Taishan, Kong Yan became pregnant again, and after that, the two had another daughter.
2021 is already the 14th year that Zhang Mingrong has taken care of Kong Yan, and the relationship between the two is still very good. On New Year's Day, Zhang Mingrong posted a video on the video platform OpenStream World.
In this video, Zhang Mingrong converted the tricycle into a motorhome, which was very comfortably arranged, and installed air conditioning and TV.
He then carried his wife and young children into a modified motorhome, and then he drove the caravan again to the foot of Mount Tarzan.
Because the children were also there, this time Zhang Mingrong did not climb the mountain with Kong Yan on his back, but put her in a wheelchair and took her through the streets and attractions at the foot of Mount Tai.
On the same day, some netizens met this family of four in the Dai Temple at the foot of Mount Tai.
At that time, they were visiting the Turtle and Camel Monument, Kong Yan was holding a large marshmallow in his hand, Zhang Mingrong was carrying his little daughter on his back and a brown backpack on his chest, and the sons of the two of them were very sensible to help their mother support the wheelchair, which could be seen that the life of the family of four was very happy.
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