Zhou Xiaoli: Soft shoulders pick up the burden of the family

There is such a person in Li Ling Village, Xiaoling Town, Zaoshui County, who carried her in-laws and mother-in-law's family with her weak shoulders, and the changes in the family did not knock her down, and the burden of life did not crush her. In the family, she is a good daughter-in-law who honors her parents and loves her juniors; in school, she is a good teacher who loves her job and dedicates herself to her work. She is Zhou Xiaoli, a teacher at Li Yong Kindergarten in Xiaoling Town.

Fancy years, alone adoptive mother

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Although Zhou Xiaoli's family was not rich but harmonious and happy, when Zhou Xiaoli was 24 years old, misfortune came to her family. In 2014, her hard-working father died of a sudden heart attack, and the top pillar of the family fell, which deeply hit Zhou Xiaoli's soul. In 2015, Zhou Xiaoli's 28-year-old brother also passed away due to an accident, and her mother was overly sad due to heavy blows, and she collapsed in bed with a mental breakdown. Zhou Xiaoli, who should have enjoyed the joy of heaven, dried her tears and took on the responsibility of being the pillar of the family, while she took care of the housework, she went from place to place to ask her mother for medical treatment.

Whenever Zhou Xiaoli boiled the medicine and brought it to her mother, her mother always shook her head and refused to drink the medicine, and the meal was not good. Seeing her mother losing weight day by day, as a daughter, she saw pain in her eyes and heart. Zhou Xiaoli knows that her mother is not a physical disease, but a serious heart disease. She tried to enlighten her mother, and eventually her mother began to eat and drink medicine, and her hanging heart fell.

Zhou Xiaoli has to do heavy farm work and housework during the day, and drags her tired body at night to study hard. Under her careful care, after more than two months, her mother gradually recovered, while Zhou Xiaoli lost 5 pounds. Since then, she has spent more time studying, and in 2016, she was admitted to the special post teacher with excellent results and embarked on the teaching position.

Soft shoulders are lifted, family burdens

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Zhou Xiaoli joined the work and also started a family. Zhou Xiaoli's husband has a large family and a relatively special situation, with an elderly in-laws to be filial to, a niece and her own children to take care of, and a sister-in-law and a first-degree disabled and divorced brother to live with.

Forced by the pressure of life, Zhou Xiaoli's husband and father-in-law have been working outside for many years to earn money, and the burden of the family has fallen on Zhou Xiaoli's shoulders. In 2019, the mother-in-law suddenly fell ill, and Zhou Xiaoli did not panic and took the initiative to take on the heavy responsibility of taking care of her mother-in-law. Because her mother's home is close to where she works, Zhou Xiaoli took her mother-in-law from her hometown to her mother's house to live with her mother for convenient care.

Mother-in-law's waist is injured and needs to be bedridden, Zhou Xiaoli in addition to work, is at home to wash clothes, cook, help mother-in-law massage. The mother-in-law's body slowly improved, but because the mother-in-law herself suffered from high blood pressure and heart disease, she could not do heavy work, and the big and small things in life still needed zhou Xiaoli to handle.

It is said that the family has a difficult scripture to read, and the scripture of Zhou Xiaoli's family is particularly difficult to read. In 2020, catching up with the niece's rebellious period, she suddenly did not want to go to school. This is not a good thing for her as a teacher, and Zhou Xiaoli knows the importance of going to school for rural children. She went to her niece's substitute teacher, asked why, and found out that her niece didn't want to go to school because her classmates laughed at her for not having a mother and her father as disabled. Zhou Xiaoli talked to her niece many times, and she said to her niece: "The little lady is also a mother, and you will treat me as your mother in the future." The niece seemed to accept Zhou Xiaoli's words, gradually listened to Zhou Xiaoli's words, stopped making trouble, and returned to school. After this incident, Zhou Xiaoli was more attentive to her niece than before. Every weekend, Zhou Xiaoli would make many delicious dishes for her niece and help her with her homework. When buying food and clothes for his son, he did not forget to buy it for his niece, and often chatted and talked with his niece.

Zhou Xiaoli has never abandoned her husband's disabled brother, because she knows the pain of losing her brother, and she cherishes this family affection even more. My brother was deaf, so she spoke louder and said it several times; my brother had bad eyesight, so he asked him to rest as much as possible and help her as much as she could when she walked.

Over the past few years, because Zhou Xiaoli has been caring at home, her father-in-law and husband can earn money outside with peace of mind, everyone can save money together, the family bought a scooter, bought a house, and the days are getting better and better.

Don't forget your original intention, return Sangzi

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When Zhou Xiaoli first joined the work, her monthly salary of 3,000 yuan was partly to pay off debts for the family, part to save for backup, and she would also keep a part to help the villagers around her in difficulty.

Every Spring Festival, Zhou Xiaoli will take out a part of the money and buy more than 10 sets of clothes to give to children with family difficulties. Some children who receive new clothes nearby will change into new clothes on the first day of the new year and run to Zhou Xiaoli's house to wish her a happy new year. Zhou Xiaoli said: "This is the best wish for the New Year. "Zhou Xiaoli not only buys clothes for children in need, but also buys them toys and school supplies.

At work, Zhou Xiaoli is never picky, nor prevaricates, obeys the arrangement, and is serious and down-to-earth. She always treats everything with a positive and optimistic attitude, and where the school needs her, she can be seen. 6 years of hard work has been affirmed by the leaders of the park and the leaders of the central primary school. Since 2017, Zhou Xiaoli has won the honors of "Excellent Educator", "Advanced Worker", "Excellent Class Teacher" and "Advanced Individual in Epidemic Prevention and Control". These honors make Zhou Xiaoli more determined in the original intention of working seriously, she said: "I have worked hard, not necessarily a great achievement, but I will definitely gain something." ”

It is such an ordinary person, who has experienced hardships in life, but still faces it strongly, meticulously honors his parents, gives everything for the family, and interprets the traditional virtues of filial piety and love for the elderly with his own practical actions.

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Review: Wang Dan

Editor: Wang Wenmei

Source: Shangluo Daily