"Little friend, are you lost?"
"Where are you going?" Do you need help from your aunt? ”
"Thank you for your concern, but I'm not a child."
After speaking, Wu Kang took out his ID card to show passers-by, and passers-by smiled awkwardly after seeing it and hurried away.
Wu Kang had encountered such a scene several times, and he had long been accustomed to it.
Wu Kang is 72 centimeters tall, weighs 9 kilograms, is 33 years old, known as China's first pocket man, although he is an adult, he is often recognized as a child, a little stop on the road, will be asked by good passers-by if they need help.
Wu Kang was also very troubled by this, but he was an adult and could no longer develop, and could only accept this fact.
In 2015, Wu Kang was on a program on Hubei Satellite TV, "Big King, Little King", and when he walked out waving his small hand, everyone thought that the program team had invited a child.
But when the VCR was screened, it was known that the one who looked like a one-year-old child was a 33-year-old adult.
At this time, many people have several confusions in their hearts, is Wu Kang's height born? How has he supported himself over the years?
Taste the taste of life, tell the legendary story, today we will talk about the story of Wu Kang, "China's first pocket man".
The dwarf who mistakenly broke into the land of giants
Many people have a misconception that dwarfism is no different from pocket people, but in fact, these are two different things.
Although the size of dwarfism patients and pocket people is about the same, the heads of dwarfism patients are generally larger than those of pockets, and their body proportions look a little out of balance.
In contrast, the body proportions of the pocket people are coordinated, in other words, the pocket people are a miniature version of the normal people.
If we think of the society we live in as a fairy tale, Wu Kang is the dwarf who mistakenly broke into the giant country.
When Wu Kang's mother was pregnant with him, many went to the hospital for examination, but all the test results showed normal, so Wu Kang's parents never suspected that their children were not normal people.
After his birth, Wu Kang was much loved by his parents.
He was a boy, in the rural family of that era, many people preferred sons to daughters, thinking that only boys can shoulder big responsibilities, Wu Kang's parents regarded him as the hope of the future, hoping that their children could study well, find a good job in the future, settle in the city, and send them to the end of their lives.
In this way, under the care of his parents, Wu Kang grew up step by step, and before the age of two, he learned to crawl and learn to walk like a normal child, and his height was also growing, without any abnormality.
But after the age of two, bad luck fell on Wu Kang's body, and his height began to stop growing, no matter how he took calcium tablets, it was useless.
At first, his parents thought that he had a fever when he was two years old, but after going to the hospital for a test, he found that it was not the case, and the doctor told them: "The child is abnormal pituitary gland development, and cannot secrete growth hormone, so it will not grow tall." ”
Wu Kang's parents: "Can it be cured?" ”
Doctor: "At present, patients can only be given hormone therapy. ”
What is hormonal therapy?
In fact, it is to take advantage of the fact that Wu Kang is still young, the bone age bone has not yet healed, with foreign growth hormone to stimulate bone growth, and growth hormone is the earlier the better, if after puberty, bone age bone will heal, then playing growth hormone will not have much effect.
But the price of a shot of growth hormone is not cheap, not to mention that Wu Kang's body has not secreted growth hormone, which requires him to play hormones from his childhood to adulthood.
In this way, it is necessary to get several injections every year, and it will be a huge expense for more than ten consecutive years.
Poor parents in the world, what parent does not feel sorry for their children? Wu Kang's parents did not hesitate in the slightest, and affirmatively said to the doctor: "To cure, it must be cured!" ”
In this way, the parents spent all their savings, and after three months of treatment, they exchanged Wu Kang's three-centimeter height growth.
After spending all their savings and treating for three months, in exchange for only three centimeters of growth, the cost of such treatment is too big for an ordinary rural family, so Wu Kang's parents, who cannot afford huge treatment costs, have to choose to give up.
Later, when Wu Kang went to kindergarten, he found that other children would grow taller every once in a while, but his height never moved.
When he first came to kindergarten, there were many children who were lower than him, but after a while, the height of those children gradually exceeded him, and Wu Kang, who found himself unusually tall, asked his parents: "Mom and Dad, why am I not tall?" ”
Whenever Wu Kang asked this sentence, his parents' eyes turned red, and how could they bear to tell Wu Kang the fact that they were not tall.
His parents didn't say it, but Wu Kang could feel it, and he gradually understood that he would not grow tall in his life, and he would no longer be able to go out to school and play like a normal person.
Knowing this, he began to refuse to go out, refuse to go to kindergarten, and refuse to make friends.
Wu Kang closed himself off, often stayed at home alone, sometimes did not even want to eat, one day, Wu Kang, who forgot to eat breakfast, suddenly felt a dizziness in his head, and his parents saw this and took him to the hospital to see.
The doctor said that this is a manifestation of low blood sugar, due to his special physical reasons, three meals a day must be eaten on time, there can be no delay, otherwise the blood sugar will be unstable.
After that, every time his parents went out to work, they would tell Wu Kang to eat on time, Wu Kang knew his physical condition, and in order not to worry his parents, he always nodded sensibly.
Wu Kang understands that he can't go out to work due to physical reasons, his brother will have to go to school to spend money in the future, and his parents get up early every day and go out to make money, just to support himself and his brother, he can't drag his parents down and let his parents worry.
In this way, although Wu Kang closed himself at home, he did not give up the hope of life, ate on time, helped his parents to do housework, very sensible, in the face of the sensible Wu Kang, his parents felt very pleased, but at the same time, they were worried about Wu Kang's psychological condition.
In order to care for Wu Kang's healthy growth, his parents often take him out to play in their free time, and under the care of their parents, Wu Kang's childhood is also happy and carefree.
In the face of Wu Kang, who is not tall, his parents did not abandon him, still treated him as a normal child, in the eyes of others, Wu Kang may be an outlier, but in the eyes of his parents, Wu Kang will always be their small child, a gift from heaven to them.
Break through the dust and break the cocoon into a butterfly
But the good times did not last long, due to poverty, children's illness, support for children to go to school and other family problems, Wu Kang's parents gradually had quarrels, and Wu Kang's mother, who could not stand the quarrels, left them in 2004, leaving the family fragmented, leaving only his father, Wu Kang and his brother.
Wu Kang was only 16 years old that year.
After his mother left, Wu Kang did not ask his father too much, he understood the reason for his mother's departure, although his mother loved him, but under the pressure of life, she made the choice to give up on him and fled the family.
Without his mother, the family has one less source of income, which means that all the burden falls on his father, and in the days when his mother is gone, Wu Kang is worried all the time, worried that his father will also leave him.
Perhaps sensing Wu Kang's concern, his father shook his hand and promised, "No matter what, I will not give up on you and my brother." ”
When my father did what he said, he found several other part-time jobs, got up early and went out to work greedily every day, and when he returned home, he didn't say that he was tired at all.
Wu Kang, who could not bear his father's hard work, called his father to the bedroom one day, he took his father's hand, and tears appeared in his eyes: "Dad, you are too hard, I want to go out to work to earn money and reduce your burden." ”
The father shook his head after listening, his child was only 72 centimeters, how could he rest assured that Wu Kang went out to find a job?
In this way, the father rejected him and said solemnly: "You can rest assured, your father can afford to raise you and your brother, you can be at home well, and your father will raise you for a lifetime." ”
Although his father said this, Wu Kang disagreed, although his height stopped growing, only 72 centimeters, but the brain did not stop developing, his thinking and ordinary adults, long gone to be a child.
Wu Kang understands that adults have to earn money with their own hands, not to mention that he has hands and feet, why do he have to nibble on the old man for a lifetime and let his father support him?
Wu Kang, who wanted to understand this, began to sneak out of the house to find a job after his father went out to work and his brother went to school.
At the beginning, Wu Kang's job search was not smooth, many interviewers when they saw him, they also thought that whose child had mistakenly broken into the office, when Wu Kang said his intention to find a job, these interviewers would often be embarrassed to laugh, euphemistically find an excuse to refuse.
During the job search, Wu Kang was treated with a different kind of vision, and was pointed out by some people, but despite this, he did not give up.
He feels that except for his small size, everything else is normal, as long as he has the heart to find a job, he can always find a suitable job.
The kung fu paid off, and under his efforts, one of the bosses was impressed by Wu Kang and agreed to let him go to the shop to do the cleaning work.
For this job, Wu Kang is very cherished, after arriving at the store, he diligently changed into overalls and meticulously cleaned the environment of the store.
Occasionally, he will also meet some well-meaning customers, customers think he is a child, but also think that the boss illegally hired child labor, when customers come to him to communicate, Wu Kang will always smile kindly, tell customers that they are adults, but they just don't look like children.
After working for a month, Wu Kang's salary was also paid, he happily took the money home, and when his father returned, he handed the money to his father's hand and said happily: "Dad, I can also earn money." ”
When his father heard this, tears flowed down his face indisputably, and he handed the money back to Wu Kang and told him to keep it well.
It is worth mentioning that Wu Kang has a money-making job through his own efforts, and his father has also found his true love.
The father met his first love Song Fengying by chance, met again, the two fell in love at first sight, and gradually, in the continuous relationship, the two re-sparked love.
Perhaps because of their advanced age, the two want to settle down and start a new family.
Although he loved Song Fengying deeply, the father still put his children first, and everything was considered by them, and he told Song Fengying that he still had children and had to ask the children's opinions.
Song Fengying said: "It doesn't matter, the sincerity of the golden stone is open, I will let the child accept me." ”
After this, Song Fengying took care of the two children meticulously, treated them as her own, and when she took Wu Kang out to play and was pointed out, she would stand in front of Wu Kang and argue with everyone; every day, she would make three meals a day and instruct Wu Kang to eat on time...
With her efforts, the Wu Kang brothers were quickly moved, Song Fengying married her father, and the family became warm again.
Later, wu kang found out by chance that making puzzles can also make money, so he quit his previous job and put his mind on studying puzzles.
For Wu Kang's jigsaw puzzle, his parents expressed support, and his father told Wu Kang: "Don't be afraid of failure, do whatever you think." ”
With the encouragement of his parents, Wu Kang established a community of puzzle lovers, operating step by step, so that his puzzle business gradually improved and stable income.
And Wu Kang's brother also found a good job after school, and in the program "Parents in the World", there is such a touching plot.
Wu Kang's younger brother Wu Fei said: "He watched me grow up, I grew up, I have to look at him..."
In fact, Wu Fei first wanted to study computer science, but in order to better take care of his brother, he learned nursing, he told reporters: "I did not think this is a burden, I should take care of my brother without hesitation." ”
In this way, Wu Feiyi studied the nursing profession without hesitation, in his opinion, when his parents are absent, he will take on the responsibility of taking care of his brother in the future, and when his brother treats him well when he was a child, he will be good to his brother all his life.
In this way, with the joint efforts of the family, the family's income is increasing, and the living conditions are getting better and better, completely getting rid of the previous poverty dilemma.
Later, some media reporters also came to interview Wu Kang, so that Wu Kang's deeds were gradually spread.
Many people learned of Wu Kang's encounter, they were in tears, a 72 cm tall, child-like adult, did not rely on his parents, worked alone to support himself, how can this not make people cry?
And Wu Kang's parents and brother, tirelessly taking care of him, even when he went out, did not let him walk to hold him at all times, how can this not be touching?
Wu Kang used his own ability to break through the dust, break through the cocoon into a butterfly, and use his wisdom and hands to create happiness, which is not worth learning?
The future is in our own hands, not god's word, my fate is up to me, Wu Kang used his own experience to prove this.
With a height of 72 centimeters and a face value that always stays at the age of one, Wu Kang has worked so hard, what reason do we have not to fight?