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The 83-year-old looked at his son in pain, tearfully put dozens of sleeping pills into a bowl of rice, fed him and said: "Obediently, it will not hurt if you drink the medicine." ”
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When the son was asleep, the old man took out a towel and covered his mouth and nose for five minutes; however, before this was over, the old man took out a ribbon and tightened it around his neck.
A few minutes later, the old man sat paralyzed on the ground and cried bitterly, and she slapped her son's chest hard, shouting his name with tears in her heart, but his son would never answer him.
"Tiger poison does not eat children." Why would this mother inflict such a cruel hand on her own son? What's so hard to say about that?
Life's misfortunes
The protagonist of the story, Wang Wanlan (pseudonym), was born in 1934 and went to work at a radio factory in Guangzhou at the age of 18.
Wang Wanlan, who works in the power plant, works diligently, and every year there is always a place for her in the list of outstanding employees in the factory.
It was also in this factory that she met her true destiny, and soon after, the two registered for marriage.
When Wang Wanlan was 23 years old, he welcomed his first child, Li Jianjian (pseudonym), whose arrival added a lot of joy and laughter to the family. Although the conditions in the family are not rich, Wang Wanlan is undoubtedly happy and satisfied.
When Wang Wanlan was 37 years old, she ushered in her second child. As an elderly mother, compared with the first pregnancy, Wang Wanlan was more cautious and careful this time.
The family's chores are all contracted by the husband and the eldest son, no matter what they want to eat, the family will be satisfied, and Wang Wanlan enjoys the supreme right in the family at this time.
Living in such a loving environment, Wang Wanlan felt extremely satisfied, and she felt that she was the happiest woman in the world.
In the expectation of everyone, this little life fell to the ground, and from then on this family became a family of four. Wang Ruolan became the only woman in this family, and the responsible husband and sensible eldest son made Wang Ruolan extremely pleased, which was undoubtedly the happiest time.
Three meals a day throughout the year, a seemingly ordinary life, has become the most nostalgic time in the second half of Wang Ruolan's life.
Other people's children can already go out and play with children at the age of three, but Wang Wanlan's youngest son, Li Jianlai (pseudonym), can't even call out the simplest "father" and "mother" at the age of three.
In addition, Li Jianlai was still unable to walk independently, and even with the support of others, he only trembled and walked a few steps before stopping.
Originally, Wang Wanlan thought that her child's development was slow, and maybe it would be better to grow longer, but when the child was five years old, his intelligence and physical strength did not change, and it was not much different from when he was three years old.
At this time, Wang Wanlan's family had a bad guess in their hearts and quickly took the child to the hospital, but the result was just as they guessed, Li Jianlai was sick, and it was an incurable disease - "Down syndrome".
The so-called Down syndrome, also known as trisomy 21, is a mutation in the structure of the patient's chromosome 21, from two normal to three.
This result is undoubtedly a thunderclap for Wang Wanlan, she repeatedly confirmed to the doctor, and even took her son to the big hospital in the city for examination, but the results were the same and painful.
Patients with Down syndrome have significant mental retardation, special facial features, growth and developmental disorders, and multiple malformations.
The more the couple learned, the more frightened they became, and the more terrified they became of their children's futures.
It is said that "raising children to prevent the elderly", for such an old child who still needs to be taken care of by his family, many people have suggested that Wang Wanlan send him to a welfare home, or have another one. But after all, this was a piece of flesh that fell from Wang Wanlan's body, how could she bear it?
A care is a lifetime
Wang Wanlan secretly thought in his heart that as long as he was still alive, he could not wronged the child.
During the day, Wang Wanlan worked desperately in order to make money. When she came home at night, she still couldn't lie down on the bed to rest, she still had to feed her younger son, teach her younger son to talk, and help her younger son practice walking.
Wang Wanlan's life is almost occupied by going to work and taking children, she can't remember the last time she went shopping with friends, even the time for husband and wife to talk is very small, she has put too much energy into her children.
But Wang Wanlan had no complaints, she thought that as long as her son could grow up happily, she would be worth it no matter how tired she was.
Later, Wang Wanlan hoped to take care of her son wholeheartedly, so she chose to retire at the age of 47.
Under the careful care of Wang Wanlan, when Li Jianlai was 15 years old, he could say some simple words, even walk alone, and he could walk with his mother every day.
This made Wang Wanlan and his wife finally see hope, the two of them hugged their heads and cried, and Li Jianlai's little progress was nothing more than a qualitative leap in their eyes.
Later, as Li Jianlai grew older, he also reached the age of talking about marriage. The years also gradually left marks on Wang Wanlan's face, her body was not as tough as when she was young, and she gradually felt powerless, and she had the idea of finding an object for Li Jian.
Then after this matter spread out, it became a hot topic for everyone to talk about after dinner, and everyone was saying that Wang Wanlan was delusional and delusional, and he didn't know what kind of son he was? He also tried to find a partner for him.
Wang Wanlan is also well aware of her son's situation, she takes out all the savings in the family as a bride price, she does not require the other party's profession, nor does she ask the other party to have a good appearance, only hope that the girl is kind and can sincerely take care of her son's life.
But after the girls heard the matchmaker describe Li Jianlai's situation, they did not agree to the affair, let alone meet at home.
So Wang Wanlan finally realized that her son was a treasure in her eyes, but in the eyes of others, she was a burden, and she no longer wanted to find an object for her son, but only prayed that she could be healthy and could always take care of this child.
In addition, Wang Wanlan took care of Li Jianlai more carefully, taking him to do rehabilitation treatment, only hoping that he could recover slowly and live independently after many years.
Later, the local community learned about Wang Wanlan's family and would send volunteers to her home every half a month to take care of Li Jianlai for a day. Rest has become a luxury for Wang Wanlan, so the arrival of volunteers is so precious.
The condition gradually worsened
I thought that such a life was already difficult, but as a result, new problems befell the head of this family.
In 2001, Li Jianlai was 30 years old. He was already able to walk on the ground, his brain suddenly atrophied, his intelligence began to decline, his language ability and physical coordination ability deteriorated to the level of childhood, and his ability to move also began to deteriorate, so that he could not walk and could only lie in bed.
Therefore, since the age of 30, Li Jianlai has been lying in bed, and every day Wang Wanlan has to turn over his son more than a dozen times, responsible for his son's eating and drinking, which is the case every day.
Someone around her suggested that Wang Wanlan send her son to the welfare home, but after she went to the welfare home, she said: "I have taken good care of the welfare home!" "Therefore, it has always been Wang Wanlan who personally takes care of her children.
Originally, when my husband was alive, he could still help. Later, after the death of her husband, this burden was all on Wang Wanlan's body.
Wang Wanlan, who is already eighty years old, has a hard time taking care of herself, let alone taking care of a son who is sick in bed.
Wang Wanlan often thought about what her son should do in the future, she knew in her heart that there was no one to take care of her son, and her tears flowed down unconsciously when she thought of it.
In 2017, the 83-year-old Wang Wanlan's health deteriorated, but Li Jianlai's muscles also atrophied badly, and Wang Wanlan had to help him turn over dozens of times a day and massage his muscles. However, this did not alleviate his pain.
Even sometimes Li Jianlai's sore throat could not swallow the meal, wang Wanlan looked at her son in such pain, she was extremely distressed. The wound is in the child's body, and the pain is in the mother's heart.
Therefore, during a feeding, looking at his son who had been humming and moaning so much that he could not eat, Wang Wanlan had a terrible idea in his heart, so that he would never be in pain again.
Therefore, Wang Wanlan used insomnia as an excuse to go to the community many times to prescribe a lot of sleeping pills. She kept these sleeping pills in a small bottle, for a total of more than seventy tablets.
Later, in order not to implicate the eldest son, Wang Wanlan specially wrote a letter.
May heaven be free of pain
On May 9, 2017, Wang Wanlan trembled and took out a bottle full of sleeping pills, put the sleeping pills in a small bowl, and dissolved them with hot water, afraid that her son would drink bitterly, Wang Wanlan also deliberately put honey in it.
Wang Wanlan held the bowl and fed it to his son spoon by spoon, during which Li Jianlai kept shouting "pain", Wang Wanlan said: "Obedient, drinking medicine will not hurt."
Looking at her son who had passed out, Wang Wanlan's mood was very complicated, she hoped that this was the right choice, and she also hoped that there would be no more pain and suffering in heaven.
Wang Wanlan then went to the police station to turn himself in. When the police asked him why he killed his own son, she said lightly: "I can't move." ”
A simple sentence made everyone present tear up, if not forced to helplessly who would want to take a step!
On October 26, 2017, Wang Wanlan sat in the reception table as a murderer.
In court, Wang Wanlan's eldest son, neighbors, relatives and friends testified to Wang Wanlan, proving that Wang Wanlan had been taking good care of Li Jianlai for decades. Killing Li Jianlai is just to help him get rid of it, and it is not really harmful to people's hearts.
In the end, the court made a first-instance judgment on the case, and Wang Wanlan was sentenced to three years in prison with four years' probation for intentional homicide.
The law is greater than the emotion, and the law is also sentient. On October 26, 2021, the four-year probation period ended. At this time, the court issued a notice that the original three-year fixed-term imprisonment would no longer be enforced.
Years later, Wang Wanlan can finally live a real old age.