Pictured| Chen Xianmei
01 Xiao Yueyue was crushed, and the old woman who scavenger rescued him
At about 17:00 on October 13, 2011, the sky in Huangqi Hardware City in the South China Sea of Foshan, Guangdong Province, gradually darkened, and it began to rain lightly.
Xiao Yueyue's mother had just picked up her daughter and hurried to collect her clothes. Xiao Yueyue, who was less than 3 years old, ran to the street to play by herself, but unfortunately was hit by a van that suddenly accelerated, rolling it to the bottom of the car, and the right wheel ran over her crotch.
The driver seemed to realize something, but only stopped for a short time, actually throttled the car away, and the rear wheel continued to run over her unscrupulously.
Xiao Yueyue, who felt the pain, was already powerless to shout out to her mother at this time, and even more powerless to struggle. Soon, a crowd passed by her, but did not look at her at all.
Two more passers-by walked past Xiao Yueyue, who had fallen to the ground, and also ignored them. At this moment, a small container truck drove by. But the driver didn't seem to see Xiao Yueyue lying on the ground, and ran over her again.
Picture | Little Yue Yue lying on the ground
After experiencing another pain, Xiao Yueyue was already motionless. But the next five minutes, more like a nightmare, were passed by by a dozen passers-by. But the men only glanced at it, and did not extend a helping hand to the poor girl, let alone call for help.
At the same time, the staff of the street shops were very busy, and no one came out to take a look. Before and after, 18 people walked past the child, but they ignored the child lying in a pool of blood.
At the moment of life and death, a diminutive aunt discovered xiao Yueyue's tragic situation and quickly put down the sack in her hand and tried to lift her up. But Xiao Yueyue was already paralyzed, and this aunt could only transfer her from the middle of the road to the side of the road and call for help from those around her.
But the people in the surrounding shops did not hear the call for help, and the aunt ran toward the alley. A few seconds later, Xiao Yueyue's mother ran out, looked at her daughter who had fallen in a pool of blood with a panicked face, and sent Xiao Yueyue to the hospital like crazy.
Picture | photo of Xiao Yueyue
At 0:00 on October 21, 2011, the local hospital made every effort to rescue Xiao Yueyue, but she still passed away regretfully.
A two-year-old child suffered a car accident, which made people feel pity and pity, and the ruthlessness and indifference shown by 18 passers-by stung the long-numb moral nerves of the Chinese people!
Tens of millions of netizens have launched heated discussions on this, and even many well-known Japanese media, including Asahi Television, and overseas media such as CHANNEL1 Television in the United States have also made special reports on this matter, and have criticized some Chinese's behavior of not seeing death and not saving.
In the face of this bloody tragedy, people can't help but ask, what happened to us? What about our conscience? What about our moral bottom line?
More than two thousand years ago, the sage Mencius said: "No compassion, no human being; no shame, non-human being; no resignation heart, non-human being; no right and wrong heart, non-human also." ”
Tu | Chen Xianmei rescued Xiao Yueyue
It can be seen that the reason why people are human is that in addition to their own existence, any person should also have a sense of right and wrong, a sense of shame, and at least a sense of sympathy for other beings, especially for the same kind, in the history of civilization for thousands of years, we are on the basis of this humanistic relationship constructed by morality and conscience, we recognize human dignity and warmth.
However, in recent years, China's economy has developed rapidly, the government is pursuing GDP, the people are pursuing prosperity at the same time, our moral standards are constantly declining, in addition to various interests between people, how much warmth and care can be dried? How many people among the people are filled with the courage and arrogance of a roar at the uneven road?
02 Scavenger wife Chen Xianmei
Fortunately, in the "Little Yue Yue Incident", there is also a grandmother who picks up waste, which makes us feel a breath of warmth and touch! Some people lament that the conscience of a country has let a grandmother who is scavenging for waste pick it up. The morality of a nation has been carried to a safe place by the weak at the bottom of society.
In the surveillance video, people saw the moment when this grandmother did not hesitate to rescue the dying Little Yueyue from the pool of blood, and many people were left in tears. And she also let us understand that although her actions are ordinary, they give us hope.
Pictured| XiaoYueyue is treated in the hospital
So who is this scavenger grandmother who rescued Xiao Yueyue, and what kind of mood is she in the face of Xiao Yueyue lying in the middle of the road?
Chen Xianmei is a native of Yankou Village, Qigong Town, Yangshan County, Qingyuan City, and a native of Ningcun in the mountains of northern Guangdong, which is also a typical poverty-stricken county, with a mountainous area accounting for 90% of the total area of the county. Since she was a child, she has lived a hard life and often goes hungry.
When she was two years old, when Chen Xianmei was out playing, she accidentally fell in the waterhole in front of her house and almost died. At the time of the incident, the mother was working outside, and the father was blind in both eyes and was unaware of his daughter's falling into the water. Fortunately, a well-meaning villager who passed by found out and quickly jumped into the pond to rescue the young Chen Xian.
Because the water in the pond was too turbid, Chen Xianmei was choked for a long time and could not speak. It was also because of this accident that her father often taught her: "In the future, we must help others in everything we encounter, so that there will be good rewards." And her father's words, Chen Xianmei firmly remembered in her heart.
Picture | Chen Xianmei was interviewed by reporters
In 1976, Chen Xianmei and her husband married and gave birth to a son and a daughter. Although he lived a poor life, he has been working hard. Especially after the birth of her son Ah Bing, in order to let the children live a better life, Chen Xianmei's husband decided to go out to work, and she took on the task of farming and feeding pigs and taking care of her son. Although her life was not rich, she felt very full.
In 1988, Chen Xianmei's husband's work factory closed, and he did not get a penny of salary, making life difficult. In the face of this blow, Chen Xianmei's husband was no longer willing to go to the city to work.
In order to shoulder the burden of life, Chen Xianmei decided to go out with her son who dropped out of school and came to Foshan to work. In 2011, 58-year-old Chen Xianmei followed her family to Dali Town. Usually, in addition to taking care of her grandchildren who go to kindergarten, she will cook for a company every day at noon, and she will be paid more than 1,000 yuan per month.
In addition, in order to subsidize the family, Chen Xianmei will pick up garbage, paper pieces, screws and other waste products around the Hardware City to sell money. Every time she saw the small bottle, the kind Chen Xianmei saw that there was still water in it, and would ask the person who threw it away if he wanted it. Hearing the other party say no, she was relieved to pick it up.
Pictured| Chen Xianmei, who was surrounded by reporters
In the eyes of his son Ah Bing, his mother, Chen Xianmei, is a warm-hearted person with good relations with local villagers. Every time I see the clothes of the elderly or children torn, I will advocate helping to make them up. When the old man falls, he will also take the initiative to help him up.
Around 2000, Chen Xianmei also once picked up a box containing a hundred yuan bill, which contained a box containing a hundred yuan bill, which contained nearly 100,000 yuan. But in the face of temptation, she was still unmoved and directly handed the box to the police.
In the memories of Chen Xianmei's local villagers, she is also deeply remembered for her kindness. Around the Qingming Festival in 2009, Chen Xianmei and a family from the same village went to visit the grave. The little girl who was traveling with her was attracted by the wildflowers on the side of the road, and accidentally fell into the irrigation canal in the field with a depth of 50 or 60 centimeters.
Seeing that the girl was in danger, Chen Xianmei, who was picking vegetables in the field, heard the crying and shouting, and quickly ran over to rescue the girl and took her home to dry her body and change her clothes.
03 Xiao Yueyue was crushed, and Chen Xianmei did not hesitate to save people
On the day of the incident, she went to pick up the waste as usual and accidentally found Xiao Yueyue lying in a pool of blood. Chen Xianmei helped the little girl up, but she didn't expect that the girl had just straightened up and collapsed to the ground, and the girl's blood splashed directly on her legs.
If you look closely, you can see that one of the girls' eyes is closed, and there is blood on her head and lower body. Touching the girl's waist again, I found that the bones were broken.
Not knowing who the child's family was, she carried the child to the side of the road and called for help while waiting for her parents to hear it. Chen Xianmei shouted loudly, but did not answer. A man reached out from his shop to look at Chen Xianmei and the child, but shrank back.
Chen Xianmei had to ask one shop after another: "Boss, is this your child, I think this child is very seriously injured." Seeing this tragic situation, some people were silent, and some people showed impatience: "It's not my child, you don't have so many things." ”
Picture | crushing Xiao Yueyue's car
Chen Xianmei did not know how to dial the ambulance and the police, and could not speak Mandarin. After just ten minutes of inquiry, she was very helpless: "Such a living child, why is there no one to help, she is not dead?" ”
In an anxious wait, she finally waited for the girl's mother. And Chen Xianmei's righteous deeds also touched Xiao Yueyue's parents. After sending the child to the hospital for rescue, Xiao Yueyue's parents knelt down on their knees to thank the kind grandmother.
In the hospital, Xiao Yueyue's mother, while shedding tears, said to reporters: "We are very grateful to her, and our gratitude cannot be expressed in words." When Xiao Yueyue gets better, we will repay her with practical actions. I believe that there are still many good people in society. And her good deeds, we will always remember in our hearts. ”
For those indifferent passers-by, Xiao Yueyue's mother said: "I will not comment, let their own conscience, their own comments." ”
On the day of the incident, after receiving the report, the police of the public security organ quickly arrested the second hit-and-run driver who crushed Xiao Yueyue. Soon, the driver of the first hit-and-run car also turned himself in shortly after the crime.
Tu | Xiao Yueyue's parents knelt down to thank them
After the news of Chen Xianmei's rescue of Xiao Yueyue spread, many reporters came to visit her. When asked why she extended a helping hand to Xiao Yueyue, Chen Xianmei said: "At that time, I didn't think of anything else, I only had this idea in my heart to save people. ”
And it was Chen Xianmei who did not hesitate to lend a helping hand, leaving a touch of warmth for this indifferent incident. And it is precisely because of her small move that many changes have taken place in her unusually peaceful life.
I saw a large number of reporters come to interview me. Chen Xianmei, who had been cultivating all her life, was shocked. With the fermentation of public opinion, some Internet trolls also accused her of making her move hype and fame.
Hearing these rumors, Chen Xianmei's daughter-in-law was upset for her mother-in-law: "I am very sad to hear these accusations, is it so difficult to be a good person?" ”
And Chen Xianmei's son Ah Bing also couldn't help but sigh: "My mother is just a very ordinary old man, and her act of saving people is only out of instinct." Hearing the maintenance of her son and daughter-in-law, Chen Xianmei's eyes instantly turned red.
For these negative evaluations, Chen Xianmei, who has always been bright and upright, was asked by reporters if she had ever thought that she had been wronged, she said: "Of course, I am not afraid, usually when I see the old man falling, I will also help, saving people is the most important, let alone a child." Although it was dark at the time, it was impossible not to see a small child. From a great distance, I saw a small child lying on the ground. ”
For Ms. Chen, the Internet and newspapers are completely outside of her world. The reporter also once asked Chen Xianmei: "When you first rescued Xiao Yueyue, did you worry that like Peng Yu, you did good things and was blackmailed?"
Chen Xianmei said: "You asked me why I am not afraid of being blackmailed by others, I am not worried anyway, I have not blackmailed others, the newspaper says that there is, anyway, I can't read big characters, and I never read the newspaper." ”
On October 17, the Civilization Office of Dali Town and the Civilization Office of Nanhai District of Foshan City gave Chen Xianmei 10,000 yuan as a reward. In addition, the Nanhai District Children's Welfare Association, the Charity Association, the Dali Town Charity, the Towel Association and some enterprises comforted Xiao Yueyue's parents and sent condolence money.
When the staff handed Over the 20,000 Yuan Bonus to Chen Xianmei, she repeatedly refused: "I was just thinking about saving people, I didn't ask for anything." It's not the money I earn myself, I'm really unsure of it. Seeing that it was really impossible to resign, Chen Xianmei could only say: If someone needs this money, he will take it out.
Picture | Chen Xianmei at the scene of the incident
This year, Chen Xianmei was also awarded the honorary titles of "Guangdong Good Man", "Conscience Figure", "Public Welfare Action Award", "2011 Guangdong Top Ten News Figures" and other honorary titles.
In December 2011, Chen Xianmei attended the award ceremony of "2011 Ordinary Conscience" of Peking University's Centennial Lecture Hall. Because of her low level of education, she did not know what kind of school Peking University was, but she heard from her son that the school was very famous.
At the award ceremony, the host passionately praised her deeds, but she did not understand a word.
04 After so many years of the Xiaoyue Yue incident, how is Chen Xianmei's life
After the matter gradually fermented, Chen Xianmei and her family were a little caught off guard in the face of the influx of rewards and swarming interviews. For a long time, she would be interviewed every day and would get a phone call every few minutes.
Picture | Chen Xianmei received the award at Peking University
The grandson saw grandma's figure on TV and smiled at her: "Grandma, how did you become a garbage wife?" In this regard, Chen Xianmei told reporters: In fact, I am not specifically picking up garbage, my main job is to cook for others, and I will pick up garbage when I have time.
After talking with Chen Xianmei, the reporter basically understood the living conditions of their family: her husband was still in his hometown and was unwilling to go to the city, and his son ran a business at a local hardware company with a monthly salary of more than 2,000 yuan; the daughter-in-law earned 1,000 yuan a month while working; and her daughter worked in Guangzhou.
Because they were wandering outside, they squeezed into a 40- or 50-square-meter rental house in Liulian Village, Dali Town, and the monthly rent costs six or seven hundred yuan.
Every time she faced an interview with a reporter, Chen Xianmei could not say any perfect answer, but could only ask one answer after another, constantly explaining to the media the process of saving people.
After public opinion gradually fermented, after the fathers and villagers in the same village as Chen Xianmei heard about this matter, they also talked about this matter, which once made Chen Xianmei and the villagers in the village become delicate.
After hearing that Chen Xianmei got the bonus, some relatives went to borrow money, some of them said that they wanted to borrow tens of thousands of yuan to build a new house, and some borrowed tens of thousands of yuan to do business. Some villagers even said to her face: "I heard that you received a lot of bonuses, it is said that there are one million." ”
Some relatives can't borrow money, and they still have resentment in their hearts: "I'm just looking for you to borrow tens of thousands of yuan, are you afraid that I can't afford to change it?" ”
In fact, Chen Xianmei did not receive much bonus, most of this money she transferred to others, and she left only 70,000 or 80,000 yuan. Later, her daughter-in-law fell ill and underwent surgery, and she almost spent it all.
After returning to her former peaceful life, Chen Xianmei continued to work part-time and pick up garbage to subsidize her family as usual. Later, my daughter opened a poultry farm on the outskirts of Guangzhou, and she helped take care of it. Later, after the farm's business collapsed, Chen Xianmei came out again to find a job and worked as a nanny in the home of her former employer.
Pictured| Chen Xianmei at her employer's house
With the passage of time, the neighbors and nannies who have known Chen Xianmei for many years rarely mention the "Xiaoyue Yue Incident" that was once sensational, and occasionally when it comes to this matter, Chen Xianmei always says: "It has been so long, or don't mention it again." ”
In fact, Chen Xianmei occasionally heard Xiao Yueyue's shouting in her dreams, and the scene of that year began to reappear. I saw that Xiao Yueyue's head and lower body were covered with blood, and the crying was getting smaller and smaller.
Every time she wakes up from the dream of having Xiao Yueyue, Chen Xianmei will also sigh with her family. The family couldn't help but sigh: "Things have passed for so many years, Xiao Yueyue will still give her mother-in-law a dream." ”
Later, Xiao Yueyue's parents left hardware city. Chen Xianmei once called them, and the person on the other side of the phone asked in Mandarin, "Who are you?" "But Chen Xianmei can't speak Mandarin, only Cantonese. Unable to understand the next words, she could only hang up.
Photo | Chen Xianmei's 2018 photo
In 2012, Xiao Yueyue's parents called Chen Xianmei and asked her about her physical condition. Later, Chen Xianmei was afraid of arousing the pain of the couple, so she never contacted each other again.
In September 2016, after the death of Grandma Wu, who Chen Xianmei had taken care of, she was sad for a long time. After that, she worked several jobs as a nanny in Guangzhou.
In 2018, Chen Xianmei's body is not as tough as before, and she has returned to her hometown of Yangshan County at the age of 65, living in a local nursing home, and receiving a monthly subsidy of 2500 yuan. Every time the grandson came to visit Chen Xianmei, she would patiently teach the grandson to do more good deeds, and when the old man fell on the road, he must help him.
In 2019, Chen Xianmei said in an interview with reporters that after she saved Xiao Yueyue, her life became much better. Today's Chen Xianmei is 68 years old, in addition to some stomach discomfort, her body is still quite tough.
Her son now works as a taxi driver in Foshan, and his grandson is in junior high school and lives a happy and simple life. Chen Xianmei can also raise herself for a long time, she simply cleans up after getting up every day, and then goes to have breakfast and take a walk.
In this hope, Chen Xian's mother-in-law can live a long life and be in good health.