"Auntie, I've come to lead the bull." A crisp, childish voice called out to the woman in the neighbor's yard, and then went straight to the cowshed.
"Well, come back early today to eat and then go home, the cow will be full after a while, don't have to put it until dark." The aunt instructed the 7-year-old boy in front of her.
The teenager smiled and said yes, leading the calf to the back hill, and the uninformed would not think about the hardships that this sunny and smiling teenager in front of him was experiencing.
The father died prematurely and the mother remarried
The boy's name is Yang Liujin, born in 2000 in the village where the Miao people gather in Longlin De'e Town, Guangxi Province, because he was born just six pounds, so his parents named him Yang Liujin.
Before the age of six pounds and six years old, although the family was not very wealthy, it was still very happy overall. The family of six lives in a house that is not spacious, but he never feels crowded, but feels particularly warm, and his favorite is dinner time, where the whole family sits around to eat.
Whenever this time comes, Dad will talk about some work, Mother will also grind some family chores, and Grandparents will always put vegetables in six pounds of bowls. These beautiful and precious pictures are frozen in the year of six pounds and six years old.
In 2006, his father died of a serious illness, and the family was already living on a poor basis, and spent a small amount of savings in order to treat his father's illness.
The money ran out of money or the father left, the father's death is a disaster for the family, seeing that life is gone, the mother took her brother to remarry, and never came back.
Liu Jin and Grandma lived together, but the disaster was not alone, Grandma could not bear the great pain of the white-haired people sending the black-haired people, and died the following year.
500 yuan per year for living expenses
In 2007, he was just a child under seven years old, without any ability to live, and his cousin Yang Zhilin would usually take care of him a little.
But at that time, Yang Zhilin also had his own family, there were old and young, all relying on him to go out to work alone to earn a small income, and he also had insufficient spare energy.
Yang Zhilin's house is not big, and the family is already very crowded, and it is really impossible to take Yang Liujin home.
In desperation, he was placed in an empty house on the mountain, promising to give Yang Liujin 500 yuan a year for living expenses.
Since then, a lamp, an empty room, has become all of Yang Liujin, whenever the night is quiet, it is the time when he is most afraid of loneliness, he curls up and covers his head with a quilt to wait for the dawn.
The living expenses of five hundred yuan a year are less than two yuan a day, which is obviously unable to meet the needs of daily life.
The sensible Yang Liujin was already very grateful to his cousin, and he could no longer embarrass his cousin because of money.
Eat grass
In order to solve the problems of life, Yang Liujin often went to dig up "wild vegetables" to eat.
But at a young age, he didn't know what wild vegetables could and couldn't eat. He tasted the same herbs as Shennong, and every green plant would taste it and choose to eat it with a relatively good taste.
Whenever someone asked Yang Liujin what kind of wild vegetables could be eaten, Yang Liujin would introduce his "experience" to others one by one, and his small face was still full of pride, and his eyes radiated bright light.
"This taste is more astringent and cannot be eaten."
"That's bitter and can't be eaten."
"The raw one next to it is too sour, but it can be eaten when cooked."
Even some people can't help but follow Yang Liujin's guidance and taste a kind of sweet and sour "wild vegetable" that he calls it.
But as soon as I took it in, I spit it out, where is the wild vegetable, it is clearly a weed that is difficult to swallow.
Some ignorant children even sarcastically ridiculed Yang Liujin as an orphan that no one wanted, and also ate grass.
The neighbor was distressed by six pounds, so he stopped him from continuing to eat: "Child, this is not wild vegetables, this is grass, don't eat it in the future." ”
In that small mountain village, everyone's life was not very rich, and there was really no way to take care of him too much.
Neighbors can only give Yang Liujin less rice and flour grain and oil at home, and occasionally take a few eggs to him.
Yang Liujin was grateful for this, and he had no ability to reciprocate when he was young, so the first thing he did when he got up every day was to run to the neighbor's house to help feed the pigs.
After chopping the pig grass, it was mixed in the pig food and poured into the pig trough, and the small body was also squeezed by the pigs who snatched the food.
"Child, don't help your aunt work, your aunt gives you something to hurt you, and your aunt feels bad in your heart." The neighbor's aunt often stopped Yang Liujin in this way.
But he said, "Auntie, just let me do it, I can't take your things for free." "Aunt knows that Yang Liujin is a strong child, and in order to make him feel at ease, she will no longer stop him."
Yang Liujin also felt a kind of warmth here in the aunt, but the aunt had limited ability after all. Yang Liujin also did his best to repay the aunt, and after feeding the pigs, he went back to his home to prepare a meal for the mountain at noon.
Because he had to take the meal up the mountain to herd cattle for another neighbor, his so-called meals were often half a bowl of rice and a mouthful of sauce, and then go to the hillside to dig up some "wild vegetables" dipping sauce to eat, which was his daily ration.
Neighbors all know that although Liujin is young, he knows how to be grateful, so he rarely "gives" him food in vain, and the cattle of Aunt Yang's family give birth to calves, and always love to let Liujin help her herd cattle, not only to eat a meal but also to give Liujin "wages".
Small fish to relieve hunger
Sometimes when he was so hungry, he took a "homemade fishing artifact" to the mountain stream to catch a few fish to add food to himself.
A bottle of mineral water picked up from the mountain was cut from one-third of the mouth of the bottle, the mouth of the bottle was inserted upside down, and a fire stick was heated, and holes were burned at both ends of the bottle, and a thin rope passed through the middle.
A simple fishing tool was born in the hands of six pounds, who would go to the river to fish when six pounds herded cattle for his neighbors.
"I'm a great fishing tool, as long as the fish go in, don't want to leave." Looking at the small fish in the bottle that did not have the length of fingers, Yang Liujin's face was filled with a happy smile. The fish that are not enough to plug the gaps in the teeth have become the most delicious food for six pounds.
Meet Mom
Yang Liujin thus relied on his tenacious willpower and optimistic spirit, the weeds were eaten for five years, he never complained about the unfairness of heaven, and infected the people around him with his optimism.
"Six pounds, miss your mother?" Neighbors sometimes can't help but ask this question.
At this time, the look in Yang Liujin's eyes was gone, but he did not cry, he silently lowered his head and stubbornly pretended to be strong: "I think, but my mother has been gone for too long, I don't know where to find her." ”
In 2012, the reporter came to the deep mountains to see the skinny but sunny boy Liujin, and after the media reported that the story of Liujin touched many people, and finally helped Liujin find his mother with the concerted efforts of everyone.
Finally, he could go to see his mother who thought about it day and night, and that day Yang Liujin deliberately put on the clothes given by the neighbors, although it was not a new dress, but it was his best dress.
After following the reporter for a long time in the car and walking for two more hours on the muddy mountain road, I found my mother's home.
Liu Jin walked to the courtyard and just saw his mother sitting in the doorway, and after the mother and son were a little caught off guard by the sudden meeting, a few tears dripped from the corners of Liu Jin's eyes without warning.
Mother and son hugged their headaches and cried, Yang Liujin had suffered large and small injuries in the past five years, had been hurt countless times by the words of ignorant children, ate weeds, slept in the open house, he had never cried, but at this moment, in his mother's arms, the tears fell uncontrollably.
All his unhappiness dissipated in the gentle embrace of his mother, who slapped him on the back, wanting to go back to his childhood, back to the noisy big family before his father died, and no one had hugged and slapped him like this since his father died and his mother had remarried.
He cried heartbroken, vowing to vent these years of loneliness and unhappiness, and his mother also cried that she knew that she was sorry for the child, but at that time she was really powerless, and at this time she could only cling to six pounds to make up for it.
Everyone present was touched by this scene and their eyes were red.
Sitting in the courtyard, Yang Liujin hugged his brother, and his mother sewed and mended the place where Yang Liujin's clothes were torn.
"Why did you take your brother away and not want me?" Yang Liujin still couldn't help but ask his mother, he just wanted to know if he had done something that made his mother hate.
Before the mother could speak, the tears fell down in a flurry, all of which were the flesh of the mother's heart, how could she possibly hate six pounds.
"My mother didn't have the ability to support you both." The mother said and couldn't stop crying.
Seeing his mother shed tears, Yang Liujin held his mother in pain and helped her wipe away her tears, as long as he knew that his mother had him in her heart, he was satisfied, proving that he was not the kind of annoying child, but her mother had bitterness.
"Mom, rest assured, I've grown up to take care of myself, you just have to take care of your brother." Yang Liujin comforted his mother like an adult, and he was only twelve years old at that time.
Looking at the wounds on Yang Liujin's hands, the mother couldn't help but cry again, and it was hard to imagine what this child had experienced. Yang Liujin told his mother how the wound came about.
"This was injured while fishing."
"This one was injured while digging wild vegetables."
"This one hurt the neighbor's cattle while herding."
The mother caressed the wounds, gently medicating each wound, and the tears fell on Yang Liujin's hands, and Yang Liujin also shed tears, but his heart was warm, and he had dreamed of this scene countless times.
That night, the mother still sent away Yang Liujin, looking at the thin back of the six pounds, the mother was red with red eyes, out of the far way, Yang Liujin looked back and could still see his mother standing there, and vaguely could still hear his mother's ding.
"Be careful when walking at night and don't fall."
"When you have time to come back to see your mother, be careful at home alone."
The sound grew quieter and could no longer be heard. Yang Liujin walked forward with a light step, and his mood was particularly good.
Yang Liujin received social help
After Yang Liujin's story was reported, he was first found by Kangqiao Academy in Shenzhen, and after consulting with Liujin's cousin Yang Zhilin, Liujin was taken to Shenzhen Academy to participate in a summer camp, and the school promised to support him to study.
Donations from social benevolent people also reached more than five million, all of which were deposited into the personal account of Liujin, which was jointly kept by Yang Zhilin and Liujin. Liu Jin and his cousin both thanked these caring people for their donations and hoped that they would stop donating.
Yang Liujin said: "Although I am bitter, but there are people who are more bitter than me, I hope that uncles and uncles, aunts and sisters can donate to those who need more help, and now the donation is enough for me to go to college, and then I can work and earn money on my own." ”
Although Liujin is unfortunate, he is also lucky, and he was found and reported by the media, which has aroused widespread concern in society, but how many corners are children like Liujin who are suffering and suffering.
In June 2014, the leaders of Yang Liujin's town contacted Yang Andilin and proposed to take Yang Torin back to study.
After seeking Yang Liujin's consent, the leaders of the academy, although they did not give up, still let him go back.
Back at his school, everything was so familiar, he was no longer the orphan he had been, and the school had waived all his tuition and fees.
Liu Jin later changed his name for himself, and after having money, he did not choose to live with his mother, but continued to live in the old house, saying that his father and grandparents were still here, and she had to guard them to guard the home.
His cousin would often send him to school and take him home for dinner, a life that made Liujin feel very satisfied.
As for the amount of money donated by all walks of life, Six Pounds always felt that it was too much, and his school and living expenses were not so much, so he consulted with his cousin and invested 1.5 million yuan for the village to build a road.
Since then, when it rains, everyone no longer has to step on the muddy mountain road, the road is opened, and I believe that the people in the village can slowly live a good life. Liu Jin has a wish that he can also become a useful person to society in the future.
He hopes that in the future, he will be able to help people who need more help like those who have helped him.
Liu Jin has been a grateful person since he was a child, and I believe that he has already made plans for the future, and his life will inevitably go up to a higher level.