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The movie "Children from the Stars", directed by Indian national treasure actor Amir Khan, must have been seen by everyone.
The film tells the story of a child named Nissan who suffers from autism, who is ostracized by his classmates and neighbors from an early age, and even his parents have little understanding of him.
Fortunately, he met nikuba, an art teacher, who patiently taught Nissan and taught him according to his aptitude, and eventually Nissan became a talented painter.
But in real life, there are only a few teachers like Nikuba, and autistic children like Nissan are not uncommon.
Children with autism are poetically called "children of the stars," but the process of raising them is not poetic at all.
Picture | Qi Qiansheng and his brother Qi Qiansheng (left is Qi Qiansheng)
The reality is that there is such an autistic child, the father died in the family, he played around; after being sent to a welfare institution, no one visited for 10 years...
What's going on here? Why did he go unnoticed for ten years after being sent to a welfare institution, and what happened during that time?
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On September 9, 2011, the hutongs of Nankou Town, Beijing, suddenly began to emit a foul odor.
Because the smell was too strong, the surrounding neighbors began to search spontaneously, but for several days, no one found the source of the smell.
On this day, a neighbor came to the vicinity of Qi Qiansheng's house by mistake, smelled the pungent smell around her, looked at the doors and windows that were not closed, and listened to the sound of children playing, and she walked along.
Picture | the family area where Qi Qiansheng lived before he was born
But the scene in front of her shocked her.
Only to see the 74-year-old Qi Qiansheng lying on the ground lifelessly, the child entertaining himself next to him, "ignoring" his motionless father, it was really chilling.
Figure | Qi Qiansheng's chaotic home when he died
The room was so chaotic that there was no place to go down, the food on the table had long been moldy, and the smell of the room was filled with a foul smell, and it was obvious that lacquer was the source of the smell.
No one knows how he died, and no one knows when he died.
The only child who knew about it, who was also an autistic, didn't provide any clues.
Finally, after many explorations, the truth of the story gradually surfaced.
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All of this has to start from the huge inheritance of Qi Qiansheng's brother in 2021.
Qi Qiansheng's older brother was named Qi Qiansheng and was born in Yifeng, Jiangxi.
In 1956, at the age of 22, Qi graduated from Peking University School of Medicine and came to work in the Shanghai Oncology Department, and then began to establish the Shanghai Institute of Oncology, where he devoted his life to medical causes and won the Lifetime Contribution Award of the Chinese Society for Animal Experimentation.
Unfortunately, in May 2021, the elderly man was killed by cancer, and his wife died prematurely, leaving him childless for the rest of his life.
Tu | a letter written by Qi Qiansheng to his brother
He had left a will during his lifetime, in which he decided to leave his tens of millions of properties to cuicui, a caregiver who took care of him.
However, according to the procedure, Cuicui must determine the authenticity of the will before accepting the estate.
More critically, the relevant personnel should also determine whether there is a "must-stay" in blood.
All in all, it is to find out whether Qi Qisheng has other relatives.
In the end, the notary Ji Chen invited the finisher Sika to come to the home of Mr. Qi Qisheng.
Figure | Finisher Sika
The first time Sika stepped into the "book-filled" house, he found that the interior of the house was old, the lighting was very dim, and the furniture was a product of the last century.
It was in this environment that Sika compiled a 54-page list of relics, and he also searched several books for 63 letters addressed to Qi Qisheng.
Tu | letters that Qi Qiansheng wrote to his brother over the years
Most of the envelopes have been yellowed and wrinkled, but the three words written by the sender can still be clearly seen at the end of the payment: "Brother Qiansheng".
In that era when there was no telephone and WeChat, these 63 letters sent to his brother unconsciously recorded Qi Qiansheng's living conditions for 30 years. There is also his son, who has been forgotten for 10 years and looks very beautiful, Qi Xiaoming.
Ji Chen even read in a 12-page letter:
"My child is autistic (autistic) patient, which is congenital and incurable for life, he has no ability to communicate with people, and he often acts "weird" which makes me very distressed..."
Tu | Qi Qiansheng told his brother in the letter that the child may be autistic
Reading this, Ji Chen's head "buzzed" a little, he knew that Qi Qisheng had a younger brother, but he didn't know that the old man's brother also had a son.
Could it be that this child is the "must-keep" of The Lacquered Child? The answer may be hidden in these 63 letters.
With the deepening of the investigation, the life of Qi Qiansheng has gradually emerged in front of people's eyes.
From the neat handwriting of the first letter in 1981 to the scribble of the last letter in 2007, this is not only a change in Qi's living conditions, but also a heartbreaking story.
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Qi Qiansheng was two years younger than his older brother, and after graduating from university in 1958, he was assigned to the Railway Electrification School in Beijing and became a mathematics teacher.
Qi Qian always wears a pair of thick glasses, likes to delve into mathematics, and has a certain degree of achievement, so the teachers and students of the school affectionately call him "Chen Jingrun of the mathematical world".
Tu | Qi Qiansheng in the letter and asked his brother for help
In those years, due to social factors, the two brothers could not meet, one in Shanghai and the other in Beijing.
It was not until 1981 that the brothers exchanged their first letters.
At this time, Qi Qiansheng was 44 years old and had neither married nor a girlfriend.
Although he was loved by his colleagues and students at school, when he returned home, he became a person and he was very lonely.
He poured out all the depression in his life in a letter to his brother:
"Now that I'm at the last minute, maybe I'm really going to be a lonely old man."
He also stated in the letter that he had repeatedly asked someone to introduce a blind date, and even spent 25 yuan to report for marriage.
Although the results were not satisfactory, Qi Qiansheng did not give up the pursuit of happiness.
After all, there are lovers who come thousands of miles to meet.
Picture | Qi Qiansheng and his wife Feng Guixiang
In 1988, he wrote to his brother: "I am married, and the girl is the Shandong girl I mentioned to you..."
The girl's name was Feng Guixiang, 24 years old, with a dignified and beautiful face, permed hair, and a tall figure.
On September 6 of the same year, Qi Qiansheng wrote in a letter to his brother: "I began to become the boy's father at 11:30 on September 6, and now the child has taken the name to ask for your opinion. ”
The school therefore also assigned him a one-bedroom apartment, and he was happy that he also asked his brother how much the refrigerator and color TV in Shanghai were and whether it was easy to buy.
Picture | the first-year photo of Qi Xiaoming, the son of Qi Qiansheng
During this period, he also sent a picture of Qi Xiaoming to his brother, and the child developed very well, his eyes were large and round, and the bridge of his nose was straight.
For Qi Qiansheng, who has come to get rid of the child, the treatment of Qi Xiaoming can be described as "afraid of melting in the mouth, holding it in the hand for fear of falling" .
1988, perhaps the best year of Qi Qiansheng's life, seems to be coming to a happy end to his turbulent and melancholy life for half of his life.
Happiness does not always take care of a person, but pain can come to a person frequently.
When Qi Xiaoming was three years old, Qi Qiansheng's wife suffered from systemic lupus erythematosus and fell into a coma many times, and Qi Qiansheng also found that his son's development was later than that of his peers.
On July 16, 1994, his wife Feng Guixiang died of illness.
Sure enough, the blessings are not double, and the misfortunes are not alone.
In the same year, Qi Xiaoming was diagnosed with "autism disorder".
This year, Qi Qiansheng was already 60 years old, and he wrote in a letter to his brother:
"The child is very beautiful, feels very fun together, and it is unfortunate to have this disease."
Pictured | a childhood photo of Qi Xiaoming
He even described his life as "struggling" to live.
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When Qi Xiaoming was in elementary school, Qi Qiansheng had to get up at 6 o'clock every morning to cook and send Xiao Ming to school at 7:30.
But this child does not know what is going to school, and does not know what it is to open a book, and he is also half-aware of the teacher's words.
The classmates around him even treated him as a "fool" to tease and bully him from time to time.
"Autism" was only classified as a psychiatric disorder in 2006, so before that, there was little love and care for children with this disease in society.
Tu | part of the letter sent by Qi Qiansheng to his brother
Looking at poor Xiaoming, Qi Qiansheng was extremely distressed, so he took Xiaoming home and simply taught himself.
After The patient teaching of Qi Qiansheng, Qi Xiaoming finally learned the addition and subtraction method within ten, and he could understand some simple words.
But what's the use of that?
The inability to take care of oneself in life, the strange behavior in behavior, and the compulsive behavior of the spirit make Qi Qiansheng "painless".
Xiaoming often ordered Qi Qiansheng to lie down and read a book, because in his consciousness, this was an act of "rest".
Not only that, the doors, windows, refrigerators, drawers at home, Xiaoming will not let Qi Qiansheng touch. Because autistic people have a sense of "what they put can't move", these things are their "jurisdiction" things, once touched, it is like losing their soul.
Tu | qi Qiansheng sent poems written by his brother himself
For this reason, Qi Qiansheng did not dare to open the gas to cook, and often bought food outside to eat.
He is not without temper, for these actions of Xiaoming, he also complained in the letter: "Even after I go to the toilet, I have to be called to cover the toilet lid by him, I really have no freedom at all." ”
But after complaining, he would still touch Xiaoming and think of his unfortunate situation: "My mother died early, my father was old, he was just an innocent child!" ”
Qi Xiaoming is not unable to understand the emotions of others, sometimes when he sees his father a little angry, he will also show a silly smile to please his father, the two laughed for a while, but such moments are not many.
What makes Qi Qiansheng even more difficult is the strange eyes of the people around him, which seems to be like a spiritual barrier, firmly isolating father and son from the world.
Figure | the words written by Lacquer Xiaoming
Walking on the street of the community, father and son exist like strangers.
People often discuss this "strange old man", who does not speak all day and runs home after work.
Sometimes, Qi Xiaoming takes the initiative to smile with the neighbors, and he will also pull Xiaoming back.
Neighbor Zhang Xiuhong once said: "I think the child also wants to contact new people, but the child's father is not willing, but it is a pity that the child looks so good." ”
The loneliness in Qi Qiansheng's heart has always existed, and he also wants to spend his life to get rid of it, but to no avail.
Picture | Lacquer Xiaoming in a nursing home
In 2004, Qi Qiansheng was 70 years old, and he began to look back on his life:
"I have always been very lonely, timid, not confident, the doctor said that most of the 'autism' comes from genetics or congenital, I don't know if Xiaoming's condition is related to me, in short, I blame myself, in many no-man's nights, I have thought about suicide, but I can't leave Xiaoming behind." The child has no mother, and if I am gone, what should he do? ”
On this issue, Qi Qiansheng has asked his brother many times: "Can we live together, once there is something wrong, at least we can call for help." ”
But after that, the correspondence between the two was interrupted...
It is impossible to know how the brother replied to Qi Qiansheng.
Because it was Qi Qiansheng's last letter, the time was fixed in 2007.
Four years later, Qi Qiansheng died at home.
The school authorities had contacted Qi Qiansheng's older brother Qi Qisheng, who said that his brother had always suffered from high blood pressure and heart disease, but had never told anyone else.
At this time, Qi Qisheng was also seriously ill and could not travel far, so he asked the school to help deal with his brother's aftermath.
A month later, the police characterized the cause of Death of Qi Qiansheng as: death from illness.
Picture | the cemetery of Qi Qiansheng
As for how long he died when Qi Qiansheng was discovered, it is impossible to verify.
To this day, 10 years have passed since Qi Qiansheng's death, so is Qi Xiaoming still alive? If so, where is he?
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It turned out that ten years earlier that night, he had been sent to the local welfare home by well-wishers.
Unexpectedly, this stay is 10 years.
In August 2021, the notary Ji Chen contacted the welfare home, and she also had a video call with Qi Xiaoming, looking at the video of Xiao Ming's white fat, life seems to be good.
Picture | the home for the elderly where Qi Xiaoming lives
According to Dean Meng Fanshui, "In the past 10 years, except for a Buddhist couple who have visited Qi Xiaoming, there is no one else, and he seems to have been ignored by reality." ”
In order to protect the physical and mental health of autistic patients, the World Health Commission has designated April 2 as "World Autism Day" since 2007.
These children don't have any ill will toward the world, they just don't know how to get along with us.
In order not to let such a tragedy happen again, we should have more understanding, more care, and more care for autistic people.
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