On February 19, 2013, the 2012 Person of the Year who moved China was revealed, and one of them, Zhou Yuehua, a barefoot doctor from a rural village in Chongqing, was successfully elected. Zhou Yuehua suffered from polio since childhood, left leg disability, inspired by Zhang Haidi's story, she did not give up on herself, but determined to practice medicine, after graduating from the health school, she returned to her hometown to open a clinic and became a barefoot doctor. Because most of the patients are in mountain villages, many times Zhou Yuehua let her husband carry his back to the villagers' homes to treat the sick, and for 20 years, it has never stopped, and finally touched China. Now that 9 years have passed, what is Zhou Yuehua doing? The most important person in this issue, Ji, takes everyone closer to Zhou Yuehua's legendary life.
Ai Qi carried Zhou Yuehua on his back
Left foot disability since childhood
Zhou Yuehua was born in August 1969 to an ordinary rural family in Xihe Village, Liuyin Town, Beibei District, Chongqing, to honest farmers.
However, the parents treat this daughter very much, in the company of her parents, Zhou Yuehua grew day by day, when she was 8 months old, her parents found why the daughter could not stand straight, both legs were still curled up. Logically, children at this time should be able to stand up straight.
At that time, his parents took Zhou Yuehua to the hospital for examination, and unfortunately, Zhou Yuehua was diagnosed with polio. In those days, polio was an incurable disease, and there were still many people who got sick. But now the disease has been overcome by Grandpa Sugar Pill, and the emergence of vaccines has also allowed China to completely defeat polio.
Polio
Zhou Yuehua, who was less than a year old, suffered from the disease, and his parents blamed themselves, spending all their savings to borrow money everywhere and taking their daughter to the big hospital in Chongqing for examination, but the doctor told them to give up treatment. Because no amount of treatment is in vain, in this way, parents can only take their daughter home and raise Zhou Yuehua without too much effort.
As he grew older, Zhou Yuehua's troubles in his heart also increased, watching other children jumping around alive, but he couldn't even stand steadily. In order to overcome all this, Zhou Yuehua endured the pain and tried to stand up on her own, and then walked forward step by step, but because of the disability of her left leg caused by polio, Zhou Yuehua had to wrestle every few steps.
In order to help his daughter, the father specially bought a pair of crutches and let her daughter walk on crutches. In this way, Zhou Yuehua, who got the crutches, slowly learned to walk independently.
Rural primary schools
In 1975, Zhou Yuehua, who was already 6 years old, was sent to school by her father. When she first started school, Zhou Yuehua did not know that knowledge could change her destiny, and in school, she was most ridiculed by her classmates, everyone laughed at her for being on crutches, and when it came to the end of class, no one was willing to play with her.
During that time, Zhou Yuehua was very miserable, often complaining to her parents when she went to home, and even had the idea of dropping out of school. But parents know that their children are already like this, so what can they do at home? Only reading can change her future, and under the patient persuasion of her parents, Zhou Yuehua had to continue to stay in school.
Influenced by Haidi Zhang, he aspired to practice medicine
In 1979, 10-year-old Zhou Yuehua was in the fourth grade, and one day, the Chinese teacher told a story of Zhang Haidi to the students. That day, Zhou Yuehua listened very carefully.
Haidi Zhang
Through the teacher's explanation, Zhou Yuehua learned that Zhang Haidi has been paraplegic since she was a child, but she did not give up on herself, but taught herself medical skills to benefit the villagers, and later became a big writer. Zhang Haidi's story deeply inspired Zhou Yuehua, and from that day on, Zhou Yuehua decided to study hard and become a doctor in the future.
The parents also felt the change in Zhou Yuehua and silently encouraged their daughters on the side.
In 1987, at the age of 18, Zhou Yuehua took the college entrance examination, and eventually she was admitted to a specialized health school. Although the grades are not very good, but it is also a preliminary realization of her dream of becoming a doctor, in the health school, Zhou Yuehua every day from the dormitory to the classroom, although it is very hard, but she never arrives late and leaves early.
Medical graduates
After three years of study, Zhou Yuehua mastered a lot of basic knowledge in medicine, and she also successfully obtained the graduation certificate of medical students.
After graduation, Zhou Yuehua and his classmates took their resumes to apply around, in that era, college graduates should still be very good to find a job, but those hospitals saw Zhou Yuehua on crutches, even without looking at the resume, they sent Zhou Yuehua away, looking for a job everywhere to run into a wall Zhou Yuehua lost confidence.
Open a clinic as a village doctor
After that, Zhou Yuehua had to go back to his home to rest, during the rest time, many villagers heard that Zhou Yuehua was a graduate of the health school, and had a headache and brain fever to come to Zhou Yuehua to see, and Zhou Yuehua was also very enthusiastic, every time to help the villagers check the body for free.
West River Village
In this way, more and more people came to see the patient, and Zhou Yuehua could also see that the medical resources in this village were very scarce. If they are not there, most of the villagers have to walk for several hours to get to the town's hospital. So slowly Zhou Yuehua had the idea of opening a clinic in the village.
When all was said and done, his parents gave Zhou Yuehua the only 600 yuan deposit in the family, and Zhou Yuehua also took out the 200 yuan that he usually saved and thrifted. Relying on this 800 yuan, Zhou Yuehua began to start a business, she first went to the relevant departments to handle various procedures, and then repaired the family hall house to do a clinic. The purchase of medicines relies on the two younger brothers to carry back and forth with small bamboo baskets.
Zhou Yuehua Clinic
In November 1990, Zhou Yuehua's "Liuyin Town Xihe Village Clinic" was finally put into operation. On the first day of opening the door, Zhou Yuehua's clinic was crowded with people, and the villagers knew the roots of Zhou Yuehua, they never doubted Zhou Yuehua's medical skills, but felt that Zhou Yuehua was careful and the cost was low.
Met Ai Qi and agreed to live forever
Since opening the clinic, Zhou Yuehua has been busy every day, which has also delayed her marriage. Although physically disabled, as an excellent college student and village doctor, there were not a few young people who pursued Zhou Yuehua at that time. However, in the end, Zhou Yuehua chose Ai Qi, a villager in the same village.
Ai Qi is a young man with sound limbs, he is the same age as Zhou Yuehua, but after graduating from junior high school, Ai Qi went out to work. Although located in a village, Ai Qi and Zhou Yuehua had never met before.
Zhou Yuehua went to practice medicine
Talking about the first encounter between the two, Zhou Yuehua still remembers it vividly. At that time, Zhou Yuehua was carrying a medicine box and walking out on crutches, and when she walked to the path on the edge of the village, she met Ai Qi, who had just returned from a part-time job. Zhou Yuehua did not care about the other party, simply said hello, and hurried away.
But it was such a meeting that the honest man Ai Qi was haunted by dreams, and in her opinion, although the girl was disabled, she was very beautiful. Ai Qi hurriedly asked the people in the village about Zhou Yuehua, and later he learned that Zhou Yuehua was a village doctor, and in order to treat the villagers, he often carried the medicine box to the villagers' homes on crutches.
After hearing this, Ai Qi was very moved. After learning that Zhou Yuehua was single, Ai Qi had the intention of marrying Zhou Yuehua, thinking of becoming Zhou Yuehua's legs in the future, carrying her around to practice medicine. He quickly expressed his thoughts to his parents, and he wanted to marry Zhou Yuehua.
Zhou Yuehua and Ai Qi
Parents were very puzzled after listening, why did their son marry a disabled girl? But they could not help their son, and eventually Ai Qi's parents took Ai Qi to Zhou Yuehua's home to propose to him.
At that time, Zhou Yuehua recognized Ai Qi at a glance and asked Ai Qi shyly, "Why would you want to be with someone with a physical disability like me?" ”
Ai Qi said firmly: "It is your self-reliance and optimism spirit that has touched me, and I would like to pursue a better life with you." ”
This passage really touched Zhou Yuehua, Zhou Yuehua seemed to fall in love with the man in front of him at this moment, feeling that the other party was a man worthy of trust, and then Zhou Yuehua said seriously: "You have to think clearly, if we get married, you will carry me for a lifetime." ”
At this time, Ai Qi couldn't wait to answer: "I have already thought it through." ”
However, Zhou Yuehua was not in a hurry to marry Ai Qi, the two people first talked about love for a period of time, during the love, whenever Ai Qi learned that Zhou Yuehua was going to go to the doctor, he would come to Zhou Yuehua's home in advance and carry her out to see a doctor.
After a few months of getting along, the two people have already identified each other.
Ai Qi carried Zhou Yuehua around practicing medicine
In 1992, Ai Qi married Zhou Yuehua as he wished, and the love between the two finally came to a consummation. After getting married, Zhou Yuehua's parents gave their daughter a three-story old building near Xihe Village Primary School as a dowry, which is close to the highway and easy to access.
So Zhou Yuehua and his wife moved the health room over.
Ai Qi also obeyed their pre-marriage vows, did not go out to work, but was willing to stay at home and do his wife's best help. Usually at home, the laundry and cooking work is Done by Ai Qi, usually Zhou Yuehua is even too busy to even eat time, After Ai Qi makes a meal, he will bring the rice to Zhou Yuehua's side. In order to help his wife, Ai Qi also gradually learned the simple task of needles and needles.
Of course, usually for a long time, Zhou Yuehua has to go to the doctor, and Ai Qi has become Zhou Yuehua's left leg, whether it is up the mountain or wading in the water, whether it is windy or rainy, as long as Zhou Yuehua is out of the clinic, Ai Qi is by her side to accompany her. Where there is a road, Ai Qi rides a motorcycle to pull Zhou Yuehua to drive, and where there is no road, Ai Qi simply carries Zhou Yuehua up and walks step by step to the patient's home.
In this way, Zhou Yuehua lay on her husband's back, crossed the mountain, crossed the ridge, and served the villagers. Zhou Yuehua was carried by her husband to the doctor's figure, which became a touching scenery on the rural road.
However, the mountain road is rugged, and every time they go out, it is quite difficult for the couple, and they have encountered many dangers during this period.
He almost lost his life
In the middle of the night in 1998, Zhou Yuehua received a call from a villager who claimed that his wife was about to give birth, hoping that Zhou Yuehua could go to the house to help his daughter-in-law deliver the baby.
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yuehua hurriedly woke up Ai Qi, and just like that, in the middle of the night, Ai Qi carried Zhou Yuehua on his back. The roads leading to the villagers' homes are all mountain roads, rugged, and it is dangerous to walk on this road during the day, not to mention at night, but Zhou Yuehua is still worried about the pregnant woman who is about to give birth, and on the road, she constantly urges Ai Qi to hurry up.
Zhou Yuehua, who was lying on Ai Qi's back, used a faint flashlight to guide Ai Qi in the direction, but when the two passed a corner, Ai Qi suddenly slipped on his left foot, and his right leg suddenly fell to his knees on the ground. At this time, Zhou Yuehua, who was lying on Ai Qi's back, was also thrown heavily to the ground, while her husband rolled to the side of the road. Zhou Yuehua turned on the light and looked at the cliff on the side of the road, she shouted Ai Qi's name loudly, and finally found Ai Qi in the bushes, and Ai Qi quickly got up.
Although they almost lost their lives, but the two finally rushed to the villagers' homes, Zhou Yuehua also successfully helped the pregnant woman deliver the baby, the mother and child were safe, the moment she heard the baby crying, the fear in Zhou Yuehua's heart for the moment just now completely disappeared.
Although this experience made Zhou Yuehua and his wife feel afraid, as long as they received a call from the villagers, Zhou Yuehua would still rush to the patient's home as quickly as possible. In this regard, Zhou Yuehua also said: "As long as someone comes to call me, it is as if there is an invisible force pulling me out, and I don't know what it is to be afraid." ”
Although Zhou Yuehua only serves one village of patients, this spirit has touched the whole country. Slowly her story spread in the media.
The income is meager, insist on staying behind
In January 2009, Zhou Yuehua was awarded "National Excellent Rural Doctor" by the Ministry of Health. Zhou Yuehua, who won this honor, felt very honored, just the year before, she also joined the party, as a party member, Zhou Yuehua has always remembered her mission, as a doctor, every time she saves a life, looks after a patient, she has a sense of accomplishment.
Zhou Yuehua
Over the years, Zhou Yuehua has encountered many difficult diseases, due to her limited ability, whenever she encounters her own tricky patients, Zhou Yuehua is very remorseful, so over the years, she has never stopped learning and constantly improved her ability.
In the eyes of ordinary people, people who opened clinics in the early years could make a lot of money, but these things were impossible for Zhou Yuehua. Most of Zhou Yuehua's patients are poor rural elderly people, these elderly people can not get a penny out of many times, Zhou Yuehua can only give the elderly free medical treatment, sometimes even have to paste a lot of drugs.
Zhou Yuehua treated the elderly
In most cases, the patients in the village choose to settle the account on credit, wait until they have money, and some even never settle, and Zhou Yuehua does not ask for it again in order not to offend people. Until 2012, Zhou Yuehua's clinic earned only more than 1,000 yuan per month, plus her son was already in junior high school, the family's expenses were getting bigger and bigger, and her husband Ai Qi could not go out to make money.
All the relatives and friends persuaded Zhou Yuehua to go to the town to open a clinic, so that he could earn more money, but Zhou Yuehua said: "I can't go, I can't let go of the old people in the village." ”
It is also true that for these elderly people, Zhou Yuehua is really, every time when seeing a doctor for the villagers, Zhou Yuehua always publicizes various medical insurance policies, reduces the economic burden of their medicine, and prescribes more medicines at a time, in order to let everyone run a few times less.
The most beautiful rural doctor to move China
In October 2012, CCTV launched a campaign to find the most beautiful rural doctors, and finally CCTV reporters found Zhou Yuehua in the mountains of Chongqing and reported their stories. Soon their stories touched countless people.
On January 12, 2013, the large-scale public welfare activity of "Looking for the Most Beautiful Rural Doctor" was officially announced, and Zhou Yuehua won the title of "Most Beautiful Rural Doctor".
On February 19, 2013, the 2012 Person of the Year who Moved China was announced, and the most beautiful rural doctors Zhou Yuehua and Ai Qi became the top ten people who moved China.
By the end of 2012, after 20 years of marriage, Zhou Yuehua was lying on her husband's back and "climbing" all over the 13 square kilometers of mountains, serving nearly 5,000 villagers in the jurisdiction. During the period, many times she saw the elderly for free, and her 20 years of daily dedication finally touched the whole of China.
On the same day, the award speech awarded to Zhou Yuehua by the Chinese Organizing Committee was:
She picked up the medicine box, and he picked her up again. He had her in his heart, and the whole village in her heart. One road, two people, twenty years. The mountains are majestic, the streams are meandering, the moon is bright, and love is slowly rising.
After winning this honor, Zhou Yuehua's phone calls were all broken, and relatives, friends, and villagers sent her blessings, but Zhou Yuehua also knew that such a special honor was not easy to come by, and she would continue to play the role of a good doctor.
Zhou Yuehua gave the villagers a physical examination
Since 2014, Zhou Yuehua's clinic has embarked on a new type of cooperative medical examination for villagers, targeting the elderly over 65 years old and people with major diseases, as well as screening for two cancers (cervical cancer and breast cancer) for women. At that time, Ai Qi got up at five o'clock in the morning to steam steamed steamed steam
status quo
In May 2021, Zhou Yuehua and his wife accepted an exclusive interview with the media again, there is no doubt that the couple still insisted on staying in the clinic in the village, seeing doctors and taking medicine for the villagers, the difference is that her husband Ai Qi also became a half-way doctor, and also took the Chinese medicine teacher certificate, unfortunately, Ai Qi, who is not highly educated, has not taken the exam twice in a row.
Ai Qi learned the material
Zhou Yuehua's son is married and has also given birth to a big fat grandson for the couple. The son lives in the city and has repeatedly hoped that Zhou Yuehua and his wife can stay in the city, but the couple always has to stay in the countryside and see a doctor for the few left-behind elderly people.
Zhou Yuehua and Ai Qi recently took a photo
Now Zhou Yuehua and her husband Ai Qi are 53 years old, although they are older, Ai Qi's strength is not as good as before, but as long as there is a need, Ai Qi will still not hesitate to carry his wife and go out to seek medical treatment.
For the future, Ai Qi still hopes that he can pass the Chinese medicine teacher certificate as soon as possible, reduce the burden for his wife, and help the villagers see a doctor. For the many honors they received, Ai Qi said that it seems that they have no impact on their lives, but they feel that they have an extra responsibility on their shoulders and must be worthy of the villagers.