We often sing the praises of the greatness of a mother, often saying that motherly love is selfless, and motherhood is strong. But these words sometimes sound a little hollow, and when there is no fact in front of us, we always wonder if it is true? Is the mother really tougher than the average person?
Liu Zhaolan, a mother who is only 1.3 meters tall, tells you that it is like this, but sometimes it is not for the mother, but you must shoulder a little more responsibility, and your love and responsibility are the best interpretation of these four words.
Sudden doom
Liu Zhaolan, an ordinary Shandong woman, she does not have the height advantage that northerners have, on the contrary, she is shorter than the average person. Because of physical reasons, Liu Zhaolan's height is only one meter and three meters, and such a height is often restricted when working and working, and some people in society have a different vision. Therefore, the main economic resources of Liu Zhaolan's family are supported by Liu Zhaolan's husband Chi Liangming.
In 1972, Liu Zhaolan and Chi Mingming married. Their married life, although financially poor, is emotionally sweet. Both are hard-working people who can endure hardships, so they also have an innate optimism about the future. Soon after the marriage, their eldest daughter was born, and within a few years, the younger daughter also came into this world.
Although the living standard of a family of four is not very high, the family life is extremely warm. Liu Zhaolan and his wife are bent on cultivating their children into talents, hoping to change the fate of their children by relying on knowledge, so they always attach great importance to their children's learning, and generally children will try their best to meet what requirements the husband and wife have.
Sometimes the family is too poor to open the pot, but as long as the child needs to pay the tuition, their answer is always the same, even if the pot is smashed to sell iron, the child must be allowed to study. Under the influence of the educational concept of the husband and wife, their daughter has always been excellent in learning, especially the second daughter, who always ranks at the top of the class, which is the pride of Liu Zhaolan and his wife.
But life is often unexpected, in 1992, Chi Liang encountered a car accident, his brain was injured, for a moment and a half can not work, can only lie in bed to recuperate.
In this way, the burden of the family all falls on this small woman who is only one meter and three meters tall, but Liu Zhaolan's previous lack of social work experience coupled with height restrictions, there are not many jobs suitable for her, but it has cost too much money to treat her husband before, Liu Zhaolan can only carry the weight forward, for her husband and children, she has no way back.
Liu Zhaolan arranged for two people to take turns taking care of her husband at home during the day, while she worked in the field herself. And her two daughters are also very sensible, they often help their mother to do some work within their ability, in front of their father's bed tea and water, and often tell jokes to their father, when the farmers are busy in the field, they will also go to the field to cut wheat, to help their mother reduce the burden of labor.
After a few years, her husband Chi Mingming's health gradually improved, and he immediately went to work in the field, although he could not do any rough and heavy work, but he could also help Liu Zhaolan reduce some of the pressure on life.
Liu Zhaolan took into account Chi Liang's body and bought him a tricycle, let Chi Liang go to collect waste, although the money earned is not very much, but it is the money obtained by his own labor, Chi Liang himself is also very happy, often out early and late home, the narrow alley is always filled with the sound of his shouting and shouting. In this way, their lives slowly improved.
But the good times were not long, Chi Liang fell in the process of collecting waste, his body was not very good before, this fall fell to the spine, Chi Liang once again could only lie in bed, and the burden of life was once again provoked by Liu Zhaolan alone.
In 2010, her husband Chi Liangming was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer, and it didn't take long for him to die, leaving Liu Zhaolan and his two daughters to live together.
Hope that women become talents
But fortunately, fate sometimes has a turnaround when people are desperate, and what makes Liu Zhaolan and his wife happy is that their children are very angry.
In 2005, their second daughter was admitted to the School of Physics of Shandong University with her own diligence and hard work, which ranked among the best in the province, and Liu Zhaolan was pleased with her academic achievements. She looked at the acceptance letter over and over again, her eyes filled with tears, and finally she was bitter.
During the study period, Liu Zhaolan's second daughter took into account the hard work of her mother, so she worked half work and half study at school, while studying and doing part-time work, hoping to help her mother and help the family.
In 2009, Liu Zhaolan's second daughter was sent to peking university school of physics for master's and doctoral studies, which is a high honor for a student and a family, Liu Zhaolan's daughter not only makes her worry-free in life, but also makes Liu Zhaolan worry about learning.
When they received this news, both mother and daughter were very happy, Peking University is the dream university of many students, and it is a perfect news for anyone to complete a master's and doctoral degree in this school.
In July 2014, Liu Zhaolan's second daughter obtained a doctorate, but she is more than that, she wants to go to a bigger and farther place to see, Liu Zhaolan also expressed great support, shortly after getting the doctorate, Liu Zhaolan's second daughter flew to the United States to continue her studies in the United States, she is now in Texas, usa as a postdoctoral student.
Behind Liu Zhaolan's cultivation of such a daughter of Dr. Liu In the United States is countless bitterness. She does not have much money, she saves money every day, gets up early and works in the dark, every tuition fee paid for her daughter is saved by her own thrift, she has no way back, in order to realize her daughter and her dream, Liu Zhaolan can only choose to carry the weight forward, but fortunately, her life is already much better now.
Now Liu Zhaolan's second daughter has been married in the United States, and has children, every New Year's Festival also often comes back to visit Liu Zhaolan, whenever the daughter and children go home to visit relatives, Liu Zhaolan will prepare a table of good wine and good dishes to entertain them from afar.
Because she knows that her daughter works very hard and usually has not a lot of time, Liu Zhaolan will always buy some things that her daughter loves to eat and wait for their arrival. Liu Zhaolan said everything in front of her daughter like when she was a child more than ten years ago, but the only thing she never said was her hard work.
But every time her daughter came back, the time to get together was always happy, and Liu Zhaolan hoped that this beautiful time could go a little slower, and slower.
But time is always hurried, Liu Zhaolan is always like a knife when he sees his daughter's family leave, but as a mother, the daughter is also as a mother, they understand each other's heartache and unspeakable secrets, but there is no way, real life often does not allow multiple choices to exist, the daughter is destined to go to the far side, Liu Zhaolan only wants to stay between this countryside.
Liu Zhaolan has a very common trait of Chinese mothers, that is, love for children. Sometimes because of love, I have to shoulder some responsibilities and omit some bitterness.