Text: Si Qi
As the saying goes: If Heaven closes a door for you, it will open a window for you.
Zhu Jie is an ill-fated "pocket girl", and the road of life has stumbled.
Although her steps were difficult, she worked hard, was positive, and finally stepped into the door of success by her own efforts.
However, when she reached the marriageable age, her love with the "pocket man" Qin Xueshi was still criticized by all walks of life.
Some people think that two "dwarfs" are not worthy of love at all, let alone enter the marriage hall.
Some people also believe that since they are in a "special group", why should they let the other party fall into the whirlpool of public opinion?
There are also people who believe that even if such a person is married, he cannot have children, and the marriage will certainly not last!
In the face of all difficulties, Zhu Jie and Qin Xueshi successfully held hands and walked through 11 years of ups and downs.
Time has passed, how are they doing now?
01
In 1988, Zhu Jie was born in the beautiful grasslands of Inner Mongolia, with a tall and handsome father and a beautiful and kind mother.
When she was young, Zhu Jie had a strong literary and artistic cell of the Mongols, not only could sing and dance, but also achieved outstanding results.
At the age of eleven or twelve, the average height of children of the same age was 1.45 meters, and some even reached 1.67 meters.
Zhu Jie, on the other hand, has been frozen at about one meter and two meters, as if he has been caught by fate.
Seeing that their daughter was so short, Zhu Jie's parents were anxious, and their eyebrows were bent.
The husband is 1.8 meters tall, the wife is close to 1.7 meters, the couple can not figure out how, why the daughter has become a "condensed version"?
At the beginning, the parents thought that their daughter should be deficient in calcium, so they bought various nutritional products for her and decided to help grow in the form of "food supplements".
Because of the desire to grow up as soon as possible, parents buy what Zhu Jie eats, and will never be picky.
But no matter how she ate, her height was still standing still.
After entering junior high school, due to her small size, the teacher always arranged for her to sit in the first row.
Her small body and childish face made her and the other students incompatible.
A junior high school student, but like a kindergarten child.
Seeing that the "food supplement" failed, the parents had no choice but to take Zhu Jie to the hospital for a comprehensive examination.
Waiting and waiting, they waited for a reality that they were most willing to accept: Zhu Jie suffered from "congenital lack of growth hormone" and could not grow tall again.
As soon as the results came out, her parents were suddenly eclipsed, and Zhu Jie felt that the sky was about to collapse.
Seeing the sadder looks of her parents than herself, the sensible little Zhu Jie immediately held back her tears and comforted her parents.
After being diagnosed as a "pocket person", Zhu Jie began to be ridiculed.
Some bad students did not leave a mouth, and they all jokingly called Zhu Jie "dwarf winter melon" and "gourd baby".
Even relatives and friends threw strange glances at this unfortunate family, talking about a "monster" in their family behind their backs.
Since then, Zhu Jie has gone from being optimistic and cheerful to being reticent, unwilling to go out or communicate with anyone.
However, fate did not spare poor her.
At the age of 14, his parents divorced due to emotional discord, and he has not been heard from since.
The kind mother did not dislike Zhu Jie and has always accompanied her to grow up.
Families that have lost their pillars of strength, poverty also follows.
As the old saying goes: the children of the poor are in charge long!
In order to let her mother live a happy life, Xiao Zhu jie quickly grew up and matured, smiling and facing life.
After the baptism of life, she is no longer afraid of gossip, and she has a firmer determination to pursue her dreams.
After graduating from high school, she decided to apply for art school and take on the burden of her family earlier.
When she told her mother about the idea of taking the art school, she was immediately rejected.
The mother's reason for rejecting her was very straightforward, but it was also a heartfelt word: "Child, you are too small, can people want you?" ”
Hearing these words, Zhu Jie was deeply stung, but it also further aroused her determination to fight against fate.
"Mom, I'm going to succeed, trust me!"
Seeing her daughter so determined, Zhu Mu nodded tearfully.
After successfully passing the cultural and talent barrier, Zhu Jie came to the interview session.
The interviewer looked at her, and finally spat out a sentence with regret on his face: "Classmate, if you can grow another 40 centimeters taller, the future is unlimited!" ”
Although the interviewer's words were euphemistic, Zhu Jie already understood the ending.
If it can grow to 1.6 meters, why is it "pocket-sized"?
If he grows up healthy, how can his father leave home with a cruel heart?
If you are a normal person, how can you constantly be ridiculed?
After returning home in frustration, Zhu Jie locked herself in the room, and then fell on the bed, bursting into tears in an instant.
For the sake of her daughter, Zhu Mu, who has always been honest and honest, decided to "cheekily" once.
The next day, she carefully purchased a large number of gifts and ran to the home of the principal of the art school to intercede, hoping that he could "make an exception" for her daughter.
In the face of Mother Zhu's bitter pleading, the principal felt extremely embarrassed.
After all, the rules are in front, which can easily cross the red line!
After Zhu Jie's deeds spread in the school, it touched many teachers and classmates.
So everyone spontaneously organized to go to the principal's office and begged him to accept the poor girl.
Under the "difficulty of all feelings", the principal moved his heart of compassion and finally agreed to let Zhu Jie enroll.
During her studies, Zhu Jie received encouragement and help from everyone, and the "cold world" ushered in the "warm sun".
Seeing that Zhu Jie's short strength was not enough, the classmates would take the initiative to help her fetch water, and even someone would help her wash her clothes.
The teacher with a heart also specially installed training equipment for her that meets her height...
02
In 2009, Zhu Jie successfully graduated from art school.
During that time, she threw a lot of resumes into the job search platform, full of hope for the future.
Soon after, she received an olive branch from a performance troupe in Xi'an, and hurried to the work site after bidding farewell to her mother.
Dreams are plump, but reality is bone-chilling.
During the performance troupe, because of her short stature, Zhu Jie was always the "focal point" who attracted much attention on the stage.
Although the commercial performances continued, she was not happy.
According to Zhu Jie's recollection, during one performance, a drunk man learned that she was a Mongolian girl and threw down a wad of money to ask her to drink.
"Drink these wines, and the money on the table is yours."
Looking up at the drunk man and the wine that filled the table, Zhu Jie did not know what to do for a moment.
For the performance troupe, the customer is God, and it is impossible to sin.
In desperation, Zhu Jie took the wine glass and drank it all, followed by the second cup, the third cup...
Dizzy, she couldn't stop.
But at this moment, the drunk man continued to say aggressively: "Aren't the Mongols quite drunk, how did they stop?" ”
Similar to this kind of thing, Zhu Jie did not know how many times she had experienced it.
In order to earn more money, Zhu Jie also ran outside to find a job, hoping to quickly let her mother live a good life.
When she came to the hotel to apply for a waiter, the boss looked her up and down, and then asked "solemnly": "Do you have to move the tray, should you not be an adult?" ”
Looking at the boss's mocking eyes, Zhu Jie returned home sadly.
She wanted to try to see if she could do logistics, such as washing dishes, doing chores, or something.
Different attempts, but the same ending.
The head chef smiled and asked her, "Little doll, why don't you study well, you can't reach the sink yet." ”
The search for a job was repeatedly rejected, and even if she rented a taxi, the driver was reluctant to let her get on the bus, lest she could not afford to pay the fare.
Years later, whenever she thinks of the days when she was defeated by social reality, Zhu Jie still has palpitations.
One day in May of the same year, Zhu Jiebai was watching TV when a girl named "Wu Xiaoli" caught her attention.
Wu Xiaoli is also a pocket person, although she is a member of a "special group", her personality is very cheerful, and her smile is innocent.
Wu Xiaoli
When communicating with others, I don't see that she has any inferiority, and even has some "soul teacher" charm.
Wu Xiaoli also has an identity, she is a member of the "Beijing Dragon in the Heavenly Pocket People Shadow Art Troupe", and has a pivotal position in the troupe.
The life of a normal person is still full of tribulations, let alone pocket people?
Inspired by Wu Xiaoli, Zhu Jie made up her mind to join her art troupe.
After thinking about it, Zhu Jie immediately submitted her resignation to the leader and went to Beijing, the capital thousands of miles away.
03
On the day of the interview, a Hubei boy named Qin Xueshi quietly broke into Zhu Jie's life.
The two could not have imagined that the ropes of fate would trap them, and that one set would be a lifetime.
Qin Xueshi was born in 1986, two years older than Zhu Jie.
He is one meter and three meters tall, although he is 4 centimeters taller than Zhu Jie, but he cannot escape the fate of "pocket".
On that day, Qin Xueshi, who had no acting experience, was just in front of Zhu Jie, and the result was not surprisingly brushed off.
Before that, Qin Xueshi left an "explosion head" and his standing posture was also "cool".
Everyone at the scene thought that he must have some outstanding talent, and the expectations were full.
Even if he thought that he was "handsome for less than three seconds", he was eliminated miserably.
When Zhu Jie interviewed, because she had attended a professional art school and had two years of acting experience, she was successfully admitted.
Full of confidence, but returning home, Qin Xueshi was very disappointed.
But it is such a "pocket boy" whose life is comparable to an inspirational novel.
Looking at his life history, he really deserves to be called a "bachelor" or even a "warrior".
Like Zhu Jie, Qin Xueshi has suffered from the cold eyes of the world since he was diagnosed by the doctors as not tall.
As a strong "little man", he did not stop there.
From that time on, he had the idea of studying medicine and grew up to be a doctor who relieved the pain of his patients.
With big dreams, he persevered and forged ahead, and was successfully admitted to Hunan Medical University.
After graduation, he became an attending physician in the departments of enteral surgery, general surgery and obstetrics and gynecology, and he was about to realize his dream of becoming a doctor.
But the cruel reality once again blocked his way forward.
Years later, Qin Xueshi still remembers the dilemma he encountered when he first checked the room with his teacher.
That day, he followed the teacher with a small book and a pen, with a serious face.
After the round, when the patient or family saw Qin Xueshi again, they all thought that he was the teacher's son and ran to the hospital to play.
Although Qin Xueshi explained vigorously, no one believed him at all.
After that, under the introduction of colleagues, everyone finally recognized his identity.
It is ridiculous and sad that because of his small size and a baby face, no patient is willing to accept his treatment.
After several months of suffering in the hospital, Qin Xueshi had never really been on the operating table once, and his medical skills were useless.
For this reason, he felt disheartened and miserable.
One day, when he got home, Grandma suddenly said to him, "Son, you can have an appendix operation on Grandma." ”
As soon as these words came out, Qin Xueshi was suddenly blindfolded, grandma has always been healthy, why did she suddenly have to cut the appendix?
After a brief thought, he immediately understood his grandmother's painstaking heart, in fact, she just wanted to cheer herself up.
"You're not sick, there's no need for surgery!"
Qin Xueshi resolutely refused, even if he could not become a doctor, he could not use his grandmother as a test product.
"If you don't dare to do it, it proves that you have studied in vain all these years and have no medical skills at all!"
Under the "excitement" of his grandmother, Qin Xueshi knew that cutting the appendix actually had no effect on his grandmother's body, so he gritted his teeth and agreed to it.
On the day of the operation, Qin Xueshi, under the guidance of several teachers, successfully removed the appendix for his grandmother.
This is the first time in his life that he has a master knife, and it is still his grandmother who plays the "patient", which makes him have mixed feelings.
Soon after, Qin Xueshi persuaded his family and quit his job as a doctor to start a new journey in life.
Seeing this, the reason why he made such a choice, I think all the princes here can appreciate the taste.
04
Also by chance, Qin Xueshi saw Wu Xiaoli on TV and also felt the "group strength" she was in.
Therefore, he decided to join the "Pocket Man Shadow Art Troupe", which he wanted to declare failure in the interview session.
Along the way, he has overcome all difficulties to achieve the "doctor's dream", and naturally will not give up lightly at this time.
Thinking of this, he immediately sent a text message to Wu Xiaoli, asking for help to intercede with the leader of the regiment.
The same is the end of the world fell people, why should they have met each other!
After learning about Qin Xueshi's situation, Wu Xiaoli, who was on a business trip to Shanghai, quickly called the regimental commander:
"It would be a pity to miss Qin Xueshi, he is an excellent doctor who graduated from a medical university and cannot be found in pocket groups all over the world." Although he does not have talent at present, he can bring a lot of strength to our group. ”
After being persuaded by Wu Xiaoli, the regimental commander finally agreed to come down.
After entering the art troupe, Qin Xueshi gave full play to his talents and served as a follow-up doctor and a psychologist at the same time.
His arrival not only saved the group a lot of medical expenses, but also brought good news to those colleagues with psychological disabilities.
Zhu Jie is the most beautiful girl in the group, so the attention is the highest.
In order to win the hearts of the beauties, the boys in the group competed to take care of her, eager to teach what they had learned.
In addition to helping her in terms of talent, she is also considerate in life.
Unlike other suitors, Qin Xueshi was very low-key, mainly because he could not get into the team.
Not long after, he suddenly released a time bomb, claiming that "the person Zhu Jie likes is me."
If it doesn't sound, it's already a hit!
Qin Xueshi's "post-attack" pursuit method made the suitors feel like they were on their backs, and then Zhu Jie began to secretly understand him.
Zhu Jie's suitors offer all kinds of courtesy, from buying flowers and making meals; to writing love letters and talking about the future in person.
And Qin Xueshi, like but do not confess, what does he really want to do?
Under many questions, Zhu Jie's mind was full of paste.
It wasn't until her birthday that she received a pair of shoes that she had long been interested in but had not bought.
In addition to this beautiful pair of shoes, there is also a set of clothes that are very compatible with it.
As we all know, the general size of the pocket people's clothing and children's clothing is very particular about style, both in size and different from children's clothing.
Before putting on this set of clothes and shoes, Zhu Jie finally learned that after Qin Xueshi learned of his shoes, he began to save money, and secretly measured the size of the shoes, and finally bought them as a birthday gift.
Qin Xueshi's carefulness and tenderness completely knocked on Zhu Jie's love door.
Since then, the two have formally established a relationship.
But their emotional road, or because of the "pocket identity" ushered in a lot of doubts and troubles.
In the art troupe, they are the envy of everyone, and they are blessed with full of virtue.
When walking on the street hand in hand, passers-by think that they are "early love", and the words of accusation are very ugly.
In the face of all kinds of doubts, the little couple was indefensible and had words of suffering.
Seeing her beloved's tearful eyes, Qin Xueshi comforted her: "Don't care about the world's eyes, I will accompany you for the rest of my life." ”
This word is better than a thousand words, Zhu Jie sweetly snuggled up to him, happiness overflowing out of the corner of her eyes.
05
In 2010, Zhu Jie received an invitation to the hit program "China's Got Talent", which made her both happy and worried.
Such a big stage, what if something goes wrong?
Under many considerations, she sought the opinion of Qin Xueshi.
"Go, you can do it!"
On the stage, Zhu Jie wore a white veil to "break out of the cocoon", and when she and Yi Nengjing sang the song "Firefly", the scene was immediately ignited.
Every lyric is a true portrayal of her life experience:
Fireflies fireflies fly slowly, and the wind blows lightly on summer nights
Sleep peacefully for children who are afraid of the dark, and let the fireflies give you a little light
Burning small figures at night, illuminating the direction for the travelers of the night road
The glow of a short life effort makes the dark world full of hope
After the singing, Zhu Jie expressed her mood like this: "I am like a small firefly, although small, I also have to try to shine..."
Immediately after, Qin Xueshi stepped onto the stage, he changed his usual introvertedness, and affectionately confessed to Zhu Jie: "Zhu Jie, I like all of you."
As soon as these words came out, the judges and the audience all burst into tears.
This pair of miserable Mandarin ducks, they are in the world's more than 8 million pocket people, with the same body and face as children, but they have the same right to pursue dreams as normal people, whether love or career should not be treated unfairly.
When the two hugged each other tightly, they won the blessings of everyone.
In 2011, the wedding of Qin Xueshi and Zhu Jie was held in the park, and they never grew up, locking each other's lives with marriage.
In 2014, Zhu Jie was invited to star in the TV series "Cherry Red Pocket Mother", which let the national audience understand the sour, sweet and bitter life of the "pocket group".
After starring in the play, Zhu Jie returned to the art troupe, although it is difficult to receive another contract, but she and Qin Xueshi both have fixed jobs, but they do not have to worry about life.
Most importantly, they understand the true meaning of full happiness, do not seek great wealth and nobility, but only seek the company of true feelings, and the blessings and misfortunes depend on each other.
In recent years, they have also opened a short video account, gaining up to 480W of fans.
Their works mainly share bits and pieces of life, such as whether you need to buy tickets to go to amusement parks, where pocket people buy clothes, and can take driver's licenses.
Through the platform, they also started to carry goods, and the income of a live broadcast exceeded 10,000.
Regarding the birth of a child, Zhu Jie also recorded a video response.
She explains: "The risk factor of having a child in a pocket is relatively large, although today's medical technology is very good, but it is still not necessary, and it is responsible to be a parent." ”
Qin Xueshi on the side leaned out, and he made it clear that he would not want children.
Going round and round, this "lovely couple" has been walking hand in hand for 11 years, still like a first love.
At the end of the article, I hope that they will always enjoy happiness, and I also hope that all sectors of society will pay more attention to the "pocket group", give them a fair living environment and employment platform, more warmth, less discrimination.
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