Li Lijuan was originally an ordinary nurse and lived an ordinary life. However, she fell in love with a man who was in re-education through labor, and the other party was a re-education through labor prisoner.
Li Lijuan's family strongly opposed this family business, but she was stubborn and chose to break with her family and marry this man. After getting married, Li Lijuan soon discovered that this man was not what she imagined.
Not only was he unemployed, but he was also addicted to drugs and spent his time on drugs. In order to satisfy his drug addiction, Li Lijuan had to start a business to accumulate wealth. She worked hard to run the business, but all the money was used by her addict husband to buy drugs.
For a time, Li Lijuan's accumulated belongings were squandered, and her life fell into a desperate situation. This failed marriage became an important turning point in Li Lijuan's life. She chose to divorce her husband and was determined to make a fortune to support herself and her children.
For this reason, Li Lijuan embarked on the road of no return in the pursuit of wealth and began her antisocial career.
After the divorce, Li Lijuan made connections everywhere and participated in various businesses in order to make money to support her family. On social occasions, she met a rich mining tycoon named Zhang Chao.
Zhang Chao is a well-known local miner of the second generation, and his family owns a large iron ore mine. The perceptive Li Lijuan immediately saw that this was an opportunity, and she began to appear frequently in Zhang Chao's social circle.
With her beauty and eloquence, Li Lijuan quickly gained Zhang Chao's trust and favor. At Zhang Chao's mother's funeral, Li Lijuan even participated as a daughter-in-law, which further moved Zhang Chao.
In the end, she moved Zhang Chao and obtained the right to operate his iron mine. Li Lijuan relied on her own ability to operate this mine impressively. Under her management, the output value of the mine continued to rise, and she accumulated her first pot of gold and made many business contacts.
However, the good times did not last long, and Zhang Chao finally saw Li Lijuan's true face. When he found out that Li Lijuan was secretly hooking up with other men, he was angry and was kicked out of his mine by Li Lijuan's people.
By this time, Li Lijuan had gained control of the mine, and her wealth and power had expanded. This laid the foundation for her later development.
After getting the first pot of gold, Li Lijuan began to think about how to develop next step in order to obtain greater benefits. In 1996, she adopted her first orphan, a five-year-old girl whose father died in a mining accident and her mother abandoned her.
Li Lijuan found that this move has received widespread attention and praise from the society, and people have given donations to express their support. Li Lijuan keenly captured this and decided to continue adopting more orphans.
For the sake of the adopted orphans, Li Lijuan spent a lot of money to establish a "love village", and publicized it through various channels, gaining the reputation of "caring mother". Kind-hearted villagers have given donations, and Li Lijuan has also climbed into major media and became famous for a while.
However, the temptation of fame and fortune made Li Lijuan gradually lose herself. She is no longer the kind woman who simply wants to give orphans a home, but instead has the mentality of wanting to get more donations and benefits.
For her, the "Love Village" is just a tool to get money. Li Lijuan used the media to create public opinion pressure and blackmail everywhere to satisfy her desires. At this time, she has been controlled by money, and no longer has the goodwill to create the "Love Village" in the first place.
The greater the reputation of the "Love Village", the more Li Lijuan's extortion and extortion also escalated. She has gained a good reputation in society by using her reputation as a "caring mother" and the positive image created by the media and those orphans.
Li Lijuan began to use this frontal cloak to extort money everywhere. She approached many business owners and government officials to demand compensation on various trumped-up grounds.
For the sake of their own reputation, these kind-hearted people can't refuse the request of the "caring mother", so they can only comply. Li Lijuan has extorted millions of yuan again and again, bringing her wealth to a new height.
When some people wanted to expose her true colors, she even used those orphans to create public opinion pressure in the media, so that opposition voices had nowhere to speak. Li Lijuan also dared to directly attack the police and obstruct the construction, showing unprecedented arrogance.
Outsiders think she is a benevolent and righteous "loving mother", but it can be seen from her extortion methods alone, she has long been greedy and ruthless in her heart, and is completely controlled by money and interests.
Li Lijuan successfully used her external image of kindness to carry out secret illegal enrichment, and it didn't end until she was reported.
Li Lijuan's extortion was eventually reported by kind people, and all her illegal deeds were exposed under the sun. In 2018, Li Lijuan was arrested by the public security organs.
After a court trial, she was sentenced to 20 years in prison on multiple charges. This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the "caring mother" who once waved the flag. In prison, Li Lijuan finally had a chance to reflect.
She realizes that money does not bring true happiness, and what she has done in the past has not only hurt many good people, but also deviated from the true meaning of life. After being released from prison, Li Lijuan became a new person, she wanted to regain her original innocent and kind nature, and no longer be confused by money.
She also has to return to the "Love Village" to take care of the poor orphans again, so as to repay the debt she owed at the beginning. Li Lijuan vowed never to repeat the mistakes of the past, start over, and be a new person.
Li Lijuan's life journey is an important inspiration for all of us.
First of all, we must always be wary of the temptation of money and fame. These things can easily confuse human nature and make people lose their reason and judgment. We must remain rational and not be controlled by external money.
Secondly, we must always keep in mind our original intention and nature. Just like Li Lijuan initially just wanted to help orphans, and then gradually got lost. We should also remember our own kindness and benevolence, and not be deceived by profits.
In the end, good and evil will be rewarded. The money that Li Lijuan obtained by evil means failed to exchange for happiness after all. We should all uphold kindness, repay virtue with virtue, and take the road of justice, which is the road to happiness.
Li Lijuan's story warns us that money is not the whole of life, we should also have character and ideals. I hope that her lessons will make more people reflect and rediscover the meaning of life.