In the residential building, a little boy is giving his mother an injection.
He first tied a leather band over his mother's wrist, then gently tapped it with his small hand until the blood vessels were exposed, then disinfected cotton swabs, punctured needles, adhesive tape...
The little boy's thin hands, even the leather bands are very laborious, but the whole process of injection is skillfully painful.
His name was Zhou Zongsong, and it was this small body that supported a fluttering home.
At the age of 3, my father died of illness, and my mother suffered from heart disease, gout, severe deformation of her limbs, and almost lost her labor.
At the age of 4, he had a stepfather, but he was also disabled and could not see in one eye.
At the age of 6, his 15-year-old brother dropped out of school to work, and Zhou Zongsong became the only "top pillar" in the family.
When his peers were playing in the amusement park, he was buying vegetables, cooking, doing laundry, giving his mother injections, taking care of her defecation...
01▼ Seriously ill mother, deceased biological father
Initially, Zhou Zongsong's family lived in huize's hometown in Yunnan, in a poor rural area in the mountains.
Since Zhou Zongsong remembered, his mother has been sick, using a lot of medicines every day, but it is still not curable.
Of course, he did not understand, his mother Zhang Facui suffered from gout, heart disease, bronchitis, has been suffering from pain for nearly 20 years.
When Zhang Facui was young, he was a veterinarian in the village, and he would usually help animals dispense medicines and needles. After falling ill, these skills were used on myself.
The hospital in the mountains is far away, and Zhang Facui has limited mobility and can only treat himself at home.
"Besides, if I am overdosing, it is impossible for the hospital and the community to give me medication in violation of the law."
"More importantly, it saves money."
There is a medicine cabinet at home, densely packed with more than a hundred kinds of drugs, all of which are various injections purchased by Zhang Cuifa.
Her illness had to be dripped every two days, three or four bottles at a time. At first, she gave herself an injection, but then her hands were deformed and she asked her eldest son, Zhou Zonglei, to help with the injection.
His mother's illness made Zhou Zonglei grow up prematurely, and also made the little Zhou Zongsong lose the right to be spoiled.
But bad luck is looking for bitter people, and a huge wave of fate has almost overturned this home.
Dad suddenly had a heart attack and left, without even having time to say a word.
That year, Zhou Zongsong was 3 years old and Zhou Zonglei was 12 years old.
Zhang Cuifa, a seriously ill mother, had to get out of bed, go to the fields to do farm work, and go to relatives to borrow money.
Try not to let your child go hungry or cold.
In the stormy home, mother and son three people rely on each other for their lives, and they have struggled for more than a year.
02▼ For the stormy home, everyone is struggling to support
Zhou Zongsong's family has been waiting for a hope.
The year after his father's death, his stepfather Zhang Mingcai appeared.
This diligent and down-to-earth man quickly took over the burden of the family, doing two jobs a day, working day and night.
But Zhang Mingcai is also a disabled person, blind in his right eye, and he finally failed to support this broken family.
In 2018, Zhang Mingcai was admitted to the hospital because of retinal detachment, and Zhang Facui's condition worsened and he was almost paralyzed.
In order to treat the disease, the couple owes 80,000 debts, and the family's survival is difficult.
Zhou Zonglei, 15, dropped out of school and went to work alone in a restaurant in Kunming. The monthly salary is 2500 yuan, of which 2000 are taken home.
After his brother left, the family was left with disabled parents, and 6-year-old Zhou Zongsong.
Zhou Zongsong took over his brother's class and became the administrator of the medicine cabinet.
The medicine cabinet on the 4th floor was taller than he was. He stepped on the bench, took medicine for his mother, mixed medicine, and stabbed the needle into her wrist with his trembling little hand.
Thin and weak, he seems to be stronger and more independent than adults; but after helping his mother get injections, he is just a child who needs his mother.
The reporter asked him: Are you afraid of helping your mother get injections?
Zhou Zongsong: Afraid.
Reporter: Why be afraid
Zhou Zongsong: I'm afraid she'll hurt.
After a gentle "afraid of her pain", little Zhou Zongsong could not hold back any longer, and tears slid down his cheeks.
Behind him, hundreds of infusion tubes hung from the medicine cabinet, all of which were his past of "fighting" for his mother.
He knew better than anyone about loving his mother.
03▼ 6 years old, he became the "man" of this family
Incredibly, 6-year-old Zhou Zongsong eventually became the "hope" of this family.
He became the "eyes" of his stepfather and the "hands and feet" of his mother.
In the first year of primary school, Zhou Zongsong ran between home and school every day, and the mountain road and morning light witnessed his countless footsteps.
At 5 o'clock in the morning, he got up to boil water for his mother, prepare medicines, and put everything he needed at his mother's bedside before going to school with confidence.
From home to school, he had to walk for more than 1 hour. The mountain road is long, accompanied only by stars.
As soon as the bell rang after school, he hurried home again to cook for his mother and stepfather.
There are only three kinds of meals: green vegetables, tofu, and white rice.
After the meal, he washed the dishes and cleaned up, took care of the bedridden mother to urinate and defecate, and after he was busy, he had time to complete the day's homework.
Despite the difficult days, Zhou Zongsong still worked hard to take care of his family and study hard.
His grades are always at the top of the class.
Only once when his mother had surgery, he finished the test in fear and finally scored more than 60 points.
Mother Zhang Facui said: "He has a hard time, the psychological pressure is also great, he is afraid, afraid that I am not there."
Once, Zhang Facui even thought about it for a hundred years - if he had died early, this family might have been liberated.
However, after seeing his sensible son and the small figure busy alone, Zhang Facui couldn't bear it anymore.
In the cramped and cramped room, Zhou Zongsong seemed to be a beam of light in the sky after the rain, illuminating the whole home.
On his weak back, armor was being produced; his innocent face was already the appearance of a man.
Zhang Facui shed tears and smiled: "I want to try to live." ”
"Live a few more years, at least until the day your son becomes a talent."
04▼ A good new life will come
In 2019, Zhou Zongsong's family left the mountainous area and was arranged to move to the resettlement area built in the county seat.
Life has finally become a new look.
Zhou Zongsong likes the life of the "new city", with clean streets, beautiful schools, and many friendly people.
Here, Zhou Zongsong went to school very closely and could more easily take care of his mother and stepfather. When he is away, the uncles and aunts in the community will also go to the house to help.
On weekends, he would push his wheelchair to take his mother out. Walking out of the community, walking through the street, pushing every step of the wheelchair, Zhou Zongsong was very laborious, but also very persistent.
He said: "In the countryside before, my mother could only lie in bed every day. ”
"Now, I want to make my mom happy."
Along the way, Zhou Zongsong and his mother talked and laughed, and the different lives and observations in the city made them feel fresh.
Walking to the wet market, they are old acquaintances in the eyes of the stall owners.
The stall owners once talked privately, "This little boy is amazing. ”
So in this market, there is a default "rule": as long as they mother and son come to buy vegetables, the price must be the lowest, and the amount must be the most.
The mother sat in a wheelchair to pick out a green vegetable, and Zhou Zongsong took the money from his mother, handed it to the stall owner, and then put away the change and left with the dish.
Zhou Zongsong is already very skilled, because most of the time, he buys vegetables alone.
On the way home, Zhou Zongsong encountered many aunts pushing strollers.
And he, pushing his mother in a wheelchair, passed by.
They have different circumstances and different directions, but the love in their hearts is just as hot and thick.
The crow feeds back, and the lamb kneels to milk.
Parents have loved their children with everything, and children are also loving you in their own way.
In this fragile family, there are both disabled parents, the older brother Zhou Zonglei sacrificed his studies, and the younger brother Zhou Zongsong sacrificed his childhood.
But in the hearts of the children, there is no resentment, only expectation.
Now, Zhou Zongsong is over 10 years old, and when asked what he wants to do in the future, he said: "I want to be a doctor and alleviate the pain of patients." ”
This dream born of the mother has the most determined and sincere power in the world.
Xiao Zhou Zongsong, continue to believe in the future, a beautiful new life will definitely come.
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