In 2010, son Sheng Xiaoyang suddenly brought back a black child without a state, no household registration, the son said that this child was his boss's own son, but the boss returned to China because of business matters, he entrusted his son to himself, who knows, the boss never returned, the son did not want, there was no way, Sheng Xiaoyang had to bring the black child Babi home. Leave it to your own mother to take care of. So, what happened to Babi, a 6-year-old Mixed-Race child who was adopted by Grandma Sheng in Zhejiang, China, 11 years ago? This article takes you closer to the life of Babi, an abandoned black child.
Babi was born in 2004 in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China, to an African father named Ali from the West African republic of Togo and a Chinese mother. Babi's mother divorced her father, Ali, not long after giving birth to him. Babi, on the other hand, was carried by his father, Ali. Ali was in the Yiwu market at the time doing pharmaceutical raw material procurement business, very rich, and hired a full-time nanny to take care of Babi.
In 2010, Ali said that for some business matters, he urgently needed to return to Africa, so he entrusted his son to the driver Sheng Xiaoyang to take care of for a period of time. For the boss's request, the benevolent and kind Sheng Xiaoyang did not think about it and agreed.
Who ever thought that Ali would never return, the key is that Sheng Xiaoyang did not know which country the boss Ali really was, which later set up an insurmountable mountain when collecting information for Babi's settlement. Sheng Xiaoyang only had a photo and business card of Babi's biological father Ali in his hand, so he could not verify the relevant identity information. At the same time, because it is impossible to confirm the Chinese citizenship of Babi's biological mother, There is no way to determine Babi's nationality and household registration. Sheng Xiaoyang said, "I heard that Babi's father was an African and a doctor. He is usually very kind, and somehow left his son alone. ”
In the blink of an eye, a few months have passed, Sheng Xiaoyang still did not contact the boss Ali, Ali's phone has not been able to get through, so Sheng Xiaoyang had a flash of inspiration, chose to send emails, the result of more than a dozen emails sent over, as if the stone sinks into the sea, there is no news. In addition, the boss left, he also lost his job, there was no income for a while, and Sheng Xiaoyang himself had a wife, son and parents at home to raise, in this dilemma, but also with the boss's children, it is even more stressful. Sheng Xiaoyang once tried to send Babi to a welfare home, but because Babi did not meet the conditions for abandoned babies and orphans, the welfare home could not be adopted.
In this dilemma of riding a tiger, Sheng Xiaoyang tearfully dialed the phone of his hometown, answering the phone is Grandma Sheng, Sheng Xiaoyang confided his hardships and bitterness to the old mother at home on the phone, saying that he did not have a stable economic income for the time being, and in a city like Yiwu, it was too difficult to carry more than one child who was growing up. For Barbie, Sheng Xiaoyang said that he was still very lively and sometimes a little naughty.
Hearing that her son was both embarrassed and bitter and helpless, Grandma Sheng immediately said to her son, "You can't bring it, send it home and I will bring it." In this way, Sheng Xiaoyang had to send the boss's son to his hometown in Hulian Village, Lanxi Baishe Township, Zhejiang Province, and leave it to his elderly parents to help take care of him.
Sheng's grandmother's name is Sheng Meijuan, and she and her wife are authentic farmers, working in the family for many years, while her son and daughter-in-law work in other places. On weekdays, in addition to housework and farm work, Grandma Sheng also takes care of her elderly mother-in-law.
Before the Spring Festival in 2010, Sheng Xiaoyang returned to his hometown with Babi, who was almost 6 years old, and what no one expected was that from the moment Babi stepped into the home, the original tranquility of the home was broken, like a calm lake suddenly boiling. The family also has their own ideas about the arrival of Babi. Sheng Xiaoyang's father, Sheng Mugen, thought of his family's poor living conditions, the living conditions of not being able to make ends meet, and the burden of "having the old and the young", immediately complained about his son, saying that he was "brainless" and that even such people could bring them back, which was "costly" and "to be eaten every day". However, the matter was a foregone conclusion, and the man, the son, had already been brought back.
In addition to complaining about his son, Sheng Mugen could not do the act of sweeping the child out of the house immediately, and could only "dumb eat Yellow Lian", which was really a bitter thing to say. Although Sheng Xiaoyang's mother, Sheng Meijuan, also complained about her son in her heart, she still explained to her wife, "There is no way to complain about her son, and the sons in our family are very honest anyway." Moreover, his son did not know that Babi's father would never come back, and even Babi did not want it.
Grandma Sheng complained and complained, but learned that Babi had no maternal love since he was a child, and now, when her father disappeared, she was kind and full of pity for this child with a bumpy life and a troubled fate. In addition, people have already received their own homes, and the old couple can only help their sons take on this heavy burden.
The arrival of Babi caused a lot of shock in Hulian Village, and the villagers talked about the black child that Grandma Sheng adopted in her heart, and they all thought that Grandma Sheng had caused herself a big trouble. But at that time, Where did Grandma Sheng manage so much, she was thinking about taking this black child with her. But what Grandma Sheng didn't expect was that this black child would be so bad to bring. This black child is very picky eater, can not eat Grandma Sheng's own things, not even Grandma Sheng's own porridge, only eat noodles and instant noodles bought in the store, and Grandma Sheng mixed with sugar porridge.
When Babi followed Ali before, the economic conditions were good, and it could be regarded as a golden food, and when he arrived at Hulian Village, he was a little unsatisfied with the water and soil, and he often had trouble with his stomach when he ate, and every time he hurt, grandma Sheng had to carry Babi on his back and take him with him.
After a long time, the attentive Grandma Sheng still found some strange rules. Every time Babi was really sick, his hair would curl up, like a natural roll that had grown and not been trimmed in time. Perhaps, there is no scientific basis for Grandma Sheng's "discovery", but the time and energy that Grandma Sheng spent on Barbie can be seen.
Under the care of Grandma Sheng, Babi's number of stomach troubles decreased, and he gradually adapted to life in Hulian Village. The water and soil were not satisfied, And Babi also jumped up again, following Grandma Sheng all day to learn the tongue, and after a period of time, Babi not only spoke Mandarin very fluently, but also spoke the local dialect of Hulian Village very well. It seems that it has become a veritable mountain doll. Moreover, Babi has begun to call Grandma Sheng "Grandma", just these two words, so that Grandma Sheng feels that this period of days and nights to pay, is worth it. Grandma Sheng's neighbors also liked Babi and said he was obedient.
The world of children is very simple, and who is good to them, they are very clear in their hearts. So Babi always likes to follow behind this kind grandmother, and wherever grandma goes, he follows. Perhaps it is under the ears of Grandma Sheng and Grandpa Sheng that Babi knows how to be grateful since he was a child, and will often help Grandma Sheng to work and share the housework for Grandma Sheng, although he is small, but he does not mix water at all. Therefore, Grandma Sheng was more sympathetic to this fatherless, motherless, and orphaned black child in a foreign country, and she also accepted Babi from the bottom of her heart. Children's love for their families will always unconsciously compete, seeing their grandmother pour more love into Babi, Sheng's grandson is jealous of this, and sometimes even deliberately makes Ba cry.
The appearance of Barbie has made the already poor family even worse, and increased the burden on Grandma Sheng and Grandpa Sheng. But the arrival of Babi also invisibly and silently comforted the empty nesters at home, bringing them a lot of vitality and laughter.
Babi went out to play with his friends, and when he came back, he cried when he saw Grandma Sheng, and Grandma Sheng also thought that Babi had been wronged by something, and after careful questioning, he realized that babi knew that other friends had books, and he didn't have books to read, and the more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he cried. Hearing Babi's fairy tales, Grandma Sheng's heart was also bitter, in fact, for Babi's study, she had already run all over the primary schools around the village. Babi has turned 7 this year, and it is logical that he is old enough to be sent to school for education, but because Babi now has neither a nationality nor a household registration, the schools around the village do not accept Babi. Grandma Sheng said that feeding Babi is not the biggest problem, the biggest problem is the problem of Babi's settlement. "Babi doesn't have a hukou now, so I can study, work, and start a family in the future, so I don't know what to do?" Grandma Sheng said helplessly: "If I can really give Babi a hukou and have a kind person adopt him, I am also willing." Subsequently, Sheng Meijuan tangled again: "If Babi is not willing to be adopted, I can only take one step at a time." ”
Although Grandma Sheng is not highly educated, she knows the importance of receiving an education for Babi's future. She did not give up, continued to search for schools for Babi, and after several turns, with the help of relatives, found Xia Chen Primary School, more than ten kilometers away from Hulian Village.
The opportunity to go to school was not easy to come by, but the problem came, and the tuition fee was 1800 yuan. Grandma Sheng couldn't take it out on her own, and her son Sheng Xiaoyang was also nervous and couldn't take it out. The opportunity to study is not easy to come by, Grandma Sheng does not want to delay The opportunity to enroll Babi because the tuition fees are not enough, after thinking about it, Grandma Sheng decided to work as a sewer in the futon processing factory in the village, because it is a piece system, in order to be able to make up for Babi's tuition as soon as possible, she always works until late at night before leaving work. Finally, the tuition was paid and Barbie enrolled. But other problems also came, because the school and home were more than a dozen kilometers apart, and Barbie could not go back and forth every day, only to have to live in the school, and only take the bus home on weekends.
Babi finally enrolled and actively integrated into the school's collective atmosphere. In school, Babi met many new friends, and because he had never seen foreigners, he often came to see Barbie in groups, and Babi became the "little red man" in the school. Babi had a happy time in school, and in Chinese class, when the teacher asked a classmate to read the new words, Babi enthusiastically raised his hand and then led everyone to recite the new words together. In math class, he actively stood on the podium to solve problems. Barbie's most lively is in physical education class, and his running performance is the first in the class.
When the second grade started, the class teacher, Teacher Jiang, in order to make the students more friendly with Babi, deliberately set up a small link before class, called "Babi in my heart". Classmates said Barbie was "cute," "smart," and "kind." Babi got along well with his classmates at school, and the classmates were willing to play with him. During recess, Babi and his classmates play "smash cards", and he already has a thick pile of cards in his hand.
After returning home from the holiday on Friday, Grandma Sheng was wrapping dumplings for Babi, and the dumplings were thin and stuffed, and they were not small. Barbie said he wanted to learn how to make dumplings, and Grandma Sheng taught him by hand. In the evening, Babi went with Grandma Sheng to the futon processing factory to help and cut the thread for Grandma. Grandma Sheng asks Babbi to go to bed early, but Babi insists on helping Grandma and doing something. Babi's obedience and well-behavedness made Grandma Sheng decide that all her efforts were worth it. On Saturday, Grandma Sheng took Babi to the market, because Babi's athletic talent is good, more active, and the shoes are used faster, so she wants to buy a new pair of shoes for Babi, she thinks that although she does not give Babi better living conditions, but a pair of shoes, she stays up a few more nights, she can still afford it.
Babi Jr. has a wish that Grandma Sheng never knew, and he wants to study so that he can earn more money for Grandma when he grows up. Babi also longed for his father, but he did not know when his father would come to pick him up.
In 2016, Zhejiang issued relevant policies on the settlement of non-hukou people, and the Lanxi Municipal Public Security Bureau focused on promoting the "work of solving the problem of registration of non-hukou personnel", and the issue of Babi's household registration was once again put on the agenda.
Before the Spring Festival in 2018, Babi, who was in the sixth grade, received a household registration book sent to him by the household registration police, which wrote the name of "Sheng Tianyi", from this moment on, Babi has Chinese nationality, also has a household registration in China, and of course, has his own name.
On June 17, 2021, Barbie took the middle school entrance examination in Zhejiang Province. Before, because he wanted to take the middle school entrance examination, Barbie's favorite street dance was temporarily put aside, and he focused on learning. Barbie's grades are very good, with more than 300 students in the whole grade, And Babi's ranking can be ranked within the top 30.
Unconsciously, Babi has been at Grandma Sheng's house for more than ten years, and Babi still doesn't know if his father will come back to China and take him back, and Grandma Sheng doesn't know.