She was ordinary and retired as a nanny to support her daughter.
She was great again, caring for her employer's children alone for 13 years after both the employer couple died.
If she hadn't taken care of her employer's children, she would now live a carefree retirement life, helping her daughter with her children and dancing with a bunch of old sisters in her spare time, but she chose another life of suffering.
This figure who has touched countless Chinese is Zhao Yuelan.
01. The road of nanny, the relationship with the Youyou family
In 2008, Zhao Yuelan retired from the unit, and the monthly pension was only 700 yuan. Zhao Yuelan does not have much savings, her daughter is still in school, and her meager income cannot support the family's expenses.
Not to mention that before her husband was sick, she had already emptied the family, Zhao Yuelan was very worried about life, and once when she was chatting with her neighbors, the neighbors suggested that she could take children at home. Zhao Yuelan felt that this job was very suitable for her, so she began her career as a nanny after retirement.
Zhao Yuelan is very patient with her children, and young parents who are busy with work are very relieved to let their children take care of her. Each child charges 1,000 yuan, and at most Zhao Yuelan can bring 4 children, so Zhao Yuelan improves the living conditions of the family by being a nanny.
If everything goes well, Zhao Yuelan and other daughters will be able to rest after they participate in work, but because of a child named Youyou, she has completely changed her life.
Youyou is also a child with a hard life, his father Wu Junping is a truck driver, his mother is a salesman, both of them have no time to take care of their sons, and when they were half a year old, they were sent to Zhao Yuelan's home by their parents. Youyou is young and has been following Zhao Yuelan for a long time, and she is emotionally very dependent.
After all, taking care of the child is very hard, one day in June 2010, Zhao Yuelan suddenly fainted when she was taking the child. The neighbors saw her and rushed her to the hospital, and when they woke up, they realized that she had a heart attack and had to pay 25,000 yuan for heart bypass surgery.
"25,000!" Hearing this number, Zhao Yuelan was confused, although the family economy has eased since becoming a nanny, but there is not much savings, and Zhao Yuelan chose to go home to recuperate in desperation.
In this way, the job of nanny cannot be done, and Zhao Yuelan sent the children away to recuperate at home. When Wu Junping learned about it, he put down his work and immediately rushed to take care of Zhao Yuelan. Zhao Yuelan's home has no elevator on the 7th floor, and Youyou's father carries her up and down the stairs every time, and Zhao Yuelan is deeply moved.
It is said that people's hearts change people's hearts, and the reason why Youyou's father takes such care of Zhao Yuelan is because when he first put Youyou here, he was very poor. He put 500 yuan into Zhao Yuelan's hands and begged to leave Youyou first, and the money owed would be made up as soon as possible. The kind Zhao Yuelan wanted to help, and nodded her head happily, and the two families who were not related by blood were getting closer and closer because of a child.
Zhao Yuelan's body slowly recovered under the care of Youyou's father, and after this incident, the relationship between the two families became closer. Zhao Yuelan is a kind and very grateful person, she not only did not want you to owe more than 20,000 custody fees, but also treated Youyou as a grandson, taking care of Youyou every day without charging a penny.
Unfortunately, the weather was unpredictable, 3 years later, one day, Youyou's mother was seriously ill and could not continue to work as a salesman, the only savings in the family were spent, there was no extra money to pay the rent, and the family was driven out by the landlord. She found Zhao Yuelan with a sad face and told the family's experience, and Zhao Yuelan could not bear to take in a family of three.
In this way, the small home of more than 60 square meters is crowded with five people. The two families have their own misfortunes, but it is also a pleasure to live under the same roof to take care of each other, but unfortunately a bad news breaks the peaceful life.
02. Employers have passed away one after another, and the grandparents on the way to seek medical treatment
One day in December 2013, Youyou's mother fainted in front of Zhao Yuelan's house, she quickly dialed 110, but unfortunately the illness was too serious, and Youyou's mother eventually died. Zhao Yuelan had no choice but to try to contact Youyou's family, who knew that Youyou's grandmother said directly on the phone: "I don't want it, I don't have money!" ”
Hearing that Youyou's relatives ruthlessly refused, Zhao Yuelan decided not to ask for anyone again, and she had to support the family's life on her own.
In the eyes of the neighbors, Zhao Yuelan was simply too stupid, letting go of a relaxed life but taking care of the father and son who were not related by blood. Yes, the blood relatives did not pay attention, and the people who met in Pingshui reached out to help in the difficult situation.
This crumbling home can barely support Zhao Yuelan's 700 yuan pension and Wu Junping's salary, who knows that Wu Junping was diagnosed with lymphoma when he went to the hospital to see his neck pain, and he had no income at all, and the family could only rely on Zhao Yuelan's 700 yuan pension to survive.
Fortunately, you have always had excellent grades since school and are often praised by teachers. Unfortunately, the god of fate did not favor them, and before the winter vacation, the school's teacher called to say that Youyou was in pain, and Zhao Yuelan put down the phone and hurried to the school.
In a hospital examination, Youyou had JIA, the news was a thunderbolt, and everyone was in a daze.
"Be sure to save him!" Zhao Yuelan endured the grief, she vowed to cure Youyou's disease, the local hospital can not cure it, then go to Shanghai. Zhao Yuelan took the money and immediately took Youyou to Shanghai Renji Hospital, because Youyou's condition is very special, there is no cure at present, and can only rely on hormone control. In this way, the grandchildren had to go to Shanghai every 20 days, and each trip cost 10,000 or 20,000 yuan, and Zhao Yuelan insisted on it for a year and seven months.
In order to treat Youyou, Zhao Yuelan has spent all her savings, and even her daughter's 68,000 dowry money has been put in. Zhao Yuelan's daughter has always complained about her mother, because the money did not make her wedding.
It can be said that the family spent all their time, energy, and money on treating Youyou, and Wu Junping also delayed treatment.
On the eve of Chinese New Year's Eve 2016, he shouted at Zhao Yuelan with tears in his eyes, "Mother! ", pleading not to give away the good and the good no matter what happens in the future. Zhao Yuelan looked at the man in front of him who was tortured by life and promised, "As long as I have a bite to eat, I will not let the child go hungry." ”
Wu Junping died more than ten days after saying these words, and since then Youyou has become an orphan, and everyone else has suggested that Zhao Yuelan send Youyou to the orphanage and stop living such a hard life. However, Zhao Yuelan always remembered that Youyou's father took care of himself, and he did not forget Wu Junping's heavy responsibility of entrusting himself before his death.
She can't do without Youyou, Youyou can't do without this grandmother, there is no blood grandchildren to accompany her all the way, she uses all her strength to just want to continue Youyou's life, so that this child who has lost his parents can live well.
03. Willing to go to the street to beg for money, 13 years of bumpy road to seek medical treatment
The aftermath of Wu Junping and his wife was handled with the help of Zhao Yuelan, and this friendship seemed to be beyond the friendship of ordinary people, and there was no need to say anything about the children.
Zhao Yuelan took out her pension money and her daughter's bride price money to treat Youyou's illness, but these money were a drop in the bucket in front of Youyou's illness, and it was far from enough.
"What to do?" Zhao Yuelan thought of going to the street to beg after being distressed, as long as he could save Youyou, what did he get his face?
When Zhao Yuelan took Youyou to beg on the street, he asked her on the road: "You are not like begging for food, why should you beg for food?" Zhao Yuelan cried and told the story of herself and Youyou, and their encounter attracted the attention of the media, and then the TV station launched a fundraising campaign. Zhao Yuelan's community has also opened a green medical channel for Youyou, which has greatly reduced her burden.
In Shanghai, Changchun, Ganzhou, as long as others say which doctor can treat this disease, she will immediately take her child to seek medical treatment. When she went to Changchun to seek medical treatment, Zhao Yuelan spent 5,000 yuan near the clinic to rent a house for half a year in order to see a doctor every day, knowing that she only carried 8,000 yuan in cash.
Dr. Wang of the clinic was very touched after learning the story of Zhao Yuelan and youyou's family, not only waived youyou's treatment fee, but also Dr. Wang's lover also helped to give youyou decoction. Under the care of everyone, Youyou's body slowly improved.
Watching Youyou gradually recover, Zhao Yuelan was very relieved, and no one knew how much bitterness she had paid for Youyou. Once, in order to save a dollar for the bus, Zhao Yuelan carried Youyou in the rain all the way to the Children's Hospital. The bitterness of life did not defeat Zhao Yuelan, but made her stronger and stronger.
Every morning, Zhao Yuelan gets up at 6 o'clock, soaks youyou's Chinese medicine in advance, boils it well, and puts it in a large bottle, which is the Chinese medicine that Youyou wants to drink a day. In addition, she put other medicines to drink in the storage box and clearly marked them.
Zhao Yuelan is kind, others are good to her, she wants to pay back ten. The Youyou family defaulted on the nanny fee, and she did not ask for it, just because of the meticulous care of Youyou's father, she deeply remembered this kindness. Youyou's grandmother did not care, and her aunt also suggested giving up, but she chose to bear it.
Zhao Yuelan is very affectionate, even if the daughter does not understand, the people around her say that she is stupid, but also to personally take care of everything about Youyou, unwilling to let the child go to the orphanage, just because of the commitment to Youyou's father before his death, never give up Youyou.
Zhao Yuelan is optimistic, she loves to dress up and lives a very positive life. My life is already very unfortunate, but I am willing to use my modest efforts to help a family that I don't know. Even if the three meals are white porridge with pickles, Zhao Yuelan's face is always a happy smile.
At the same time, Youyou is very tough under the influence of his grandmother, and once had a fever of more than 39 degrees, he still scored a good score of 100 points. Seeing that Youyou was working so hard, Zhao Yuelan showed a happy smile. In life, Youyou also learned to care for Zhao Yuelan, and when there were delicious things, the grandchildren let each other go, and they both wanted each other to eat better.
04. The debt to the daughter cannot be repaired in a lifetime
Zhao Yuelan is worthy of the Youyou family, but she has a deep debt to her daughter, which cannot be repaired in her lifetime. In order to treat Youyou's illness, he spent all the dowry money, resulting in his daughter not holding a wedding.
When a daughter has a child in her own small family, she cannot help take care of the child like the other grandmothers. To say that there is resentment, Zhao Yuelan's daughter does not understand why her mother is so good to the Youyou family, from letting them live in their own small home to posting money to take care of Youyou, who is also emotional in their hearts.
Every time Youyou had a fever, Zhao Yuelan stayed up with Youyou, and her haggard face made her daughter feel very sad. She said that she was dissatisfied with her mother, and she also had a little hatred for Youyou, but she often took Youyou out to eat and buy new clothes.
Youyou is unfortunate, but he is lucky to meet Zhao Yuelan; Zhao Yuelan is bumpy, but she is fortunate that there are so many kind people helping her.
Good people are blessed by Heaven and will always be respected.
I am reminded of the song "If The Wine Is Dry and Sell Nothing" sung in the 80s, and behind the song is a touching and profound story. A disabled old man supports himself by collecting empty wine bottles, and one day he picks up an abandoned baby on the street, and he raises the girl alone. Like the girls in the story, Zhao Yuelan has no fertility for him but has nurturing grace.
As the lyrics sing, "If you hadn't raised me and given me a warm life, if you hadn't protected me, what would have been my fate?" ”
Yes, if Youyou hadn't met Zhao Yuelan, what would his fate be? Fortunately, he met, and this nurturing grace was not exhausted no matter what.
In September 2021, Youyou should go to junior high school, and life is gradually ushering in the dawn, but fate has once again made a joke with them, and Youyou's old disease has recurred. Dr. Wang Wang of Changchun, who had previously given you excellent diagnosis and treatment, said that there was no effective cure at present.
Zhao Yuelan's age is getting older, she does not have much energy to take care of Youyou, I hope that the well-wishers she sees can reach out to help a child who is suffering, and she also hopes that Zhao Yuelan can see the day when Youyou becomes a talent.