«——【Preamble】】 ——»
He was born without hands or feet, only a body, and it was unknown whether he would survive when he was born.
With the four walls of the family and the broken body, such a start has worried countless people.
But in this world, there are people who are born with a talent that is different.
Even though he was physically handicapped, he still married a wife, had a lovely son, and even later earned one million a year with his own efforts.
How exactly did he do it?
The source in this article comes from the official media (Xinhua News Agency Media - "Brother Chopsticks" Yuan Lidong: Conveying Optimism and Strength with Live Webcasts), but in order to improve the readability of the article, the details may be polished, please read sensibly, for reference only!
Yuan Lidong, who has a disability
In 1986, Yuan Lidong was born in Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, in an ordinary rural family, and his parents were hard-working and simple farmers.
However, fate played a cruel joke on him, Yuan Lidong was born without limbs!
Yuan's mother, who had just given birth, and Yuan's father, who had just walked into the delivery room, were shocked by the scene in front of them, and they couldn't understand why their son would be born without hands and feet!
After learning that Yuan Lidong had no limbs when he was born, relatives and friends at home also came to Yuan's house to persuade Yuan Lidong's parents to give up on him.
And Yuan Lidong's parents are also entangled, on the one hand, they were born in October with their hard work, and they are inseparable from the blood connection, and on the other hand, they are worried about whether such a son can be supported?
After some entanglement, Yuan Lidong's parents were upset and threw him directly into an empty house, and then resigned themselves to fate.
Unexpectedly, three days passed, Yuan Lidong survived tenaciously, and when he saw his infant son, Yuan's father and Yuan's mother burst into tears.
After discussion, the couple finally decided to raise this son well. Because Yuan Lidong's body is defective and his life is very inconvenient, his mother has always been by his side to take care of him when he was a child.
Later, when it was time to go to school, his parents also sent Yuan Lidong to school in the village.
However, due to Yuan Lidong's physical reasons, it is difficult for him to learn Xi life like a normal child, and he will inevitably receive strange eyes in school.
So in the end, he only reached the third grade and dropped out of school. After dropping out of school and returning home, Yuan Lidong's parents began to find ways to exercise Yuan Lidong's ability to live independently.
So, with the help of his parents, Yuan Lidong learned to use his mouth to dress and write with a pen in his mouth.
Although Yuan Lidong was very uncoordinated and clumsy in his movements at the beginning, fortunately, after his continuous hard training, he slowly mastered some skills.
Since Yuan Lidong has been staying at home and has nothing to do, he can only find some entertainment by himself, so he fell in love with singing, and this life has passed until Yuan Lidong is 14 years old.
In this year, Yuan Lidong's mother died in an accident, and something happened in the family. In order to fill his stomach, Yuan Lidong, who had 14 pairs of pairs, took a small stereo and followed his father to beg on the street.
Every time the father and son went to a place, they put the stereo on the ground and tuned it, and Yuan Lidong began to sing.
Fortunately, there are many well-wishers in the society, and when they see Yuan Lidong, who is physically flawed, performing on the streets, they will also go to cheer. In the days that followed, Yuan Lidong and his son begged while performing in this way.
Love at first sight and tie the knot
In 2008, Yuan Lidong, father and son, came to Datong, Shanxi Province to beg, and Yuan Lidong also met his wife here. The girl's name is Xiaorong, a native of Jiaozuo, Henan, and she also came to Datong to work.
On this day, Xiao Rong went out shopping with his friends after work, and when they walked to the pedestrian street, they heard a pleasant singing.
When Xiao Rong stepped forward, she saw Yuan Lidong in the crowd, and she was attracted by Yuan Lidong's handsome face.
In the days that followed, Xiaorong would listen to Yuan Lidong sing every day, and the two gradually became familiar with each other. The kind-hearted Xiao Rong is very sympathetic to Yuan Lidong, so he often takes care of him.
Once, Yuan Lidong was hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis, and Xiao Rong would go to the hospital every day to visit and take care of Yuan Lidong after learning about it.
Gradually, Yuan Lidong also fell in love with the kind girl in front of him, but when he thought of his incomplete body, Yuan Lidong hesitated a little.
After some entanglement, Yuan Lidong decided to confess to his beloved girl by singing, and Xiao Rong, who already had a good impression of Yuan Lidong, also accepted Yuan Lidong's confession, and the two began to fall in love.
It's just that what Xiaorong didn't expect was that his parents asked the two to break up very strongly after learning that their daughter's boyfriend was a disabled person with no limbs.
After all, Yuan Lidong at this time was not only physically defective, but also had no income. Xiao Rong's parents are worried that their daughter will have a hard life with Yuan Lidong, but no one can change what Xiao Rong has decided in his heart.
So it didn't take long for Xiaorong to get married with Yuan Lidong without telling his parents that he took the household registration book and got married. After the two got married, Xiao Rong followed Yuan Lidong and his son back to their hometown in Liaoning, and it didn't take long for Xiao Rong to become pregnant.
After his wife became pregnant, Yuan Lidong was very surprised, but he was happy and inevitably had some worries in his heart.
Because I am disabled and have no limbs, will this situation be passed on to the next generation? If there is indeed inheritance, will the child be kept or not?
With apprehension, Yuan Lidong and Xiaorong came to the hospital to ask the doctor. The doctor also told Yuan Lidong that his condition was congenital seal limb disease, and also asked Yuan Lidong if there was anyone else in his family who had such a condition besides him.
After getting Yuan Lidong's negative answer, the doctor told Yuan Lidong that the probability of such a situation in the child is still relatively low, but it is necessary to cooperate with the prenatal examination during pregnancy.
In anticipation and worry, Yuan Lidong and Xiaorong's son was finally born, fortunately the child was normal and did not inherit his father's congenital seal limb disease.
Looking at his healthy son, Yuan Lidong cried loudly like a child excitedly, excited and grateful.
Yuan Lidong is very grateful to his wife Xiaorong for choosing him, in order to be with Yuan Lidong, Xiaorong has not been in contact with his family for a long time.
After Xiaorong and Yuan Lidong got married, they not only took on the responsibility of taking care of Yuan Lidong, but also went to work to make money, and now they gave birth to a lovely son to Yuan Lidong.
Later, when Yuan Lidong and Xiaorong's son were two years old, Xiaorong finally mustered up the courage to take her husband and son back to her parents' home.
Although Xiaorong's parents didn't want to see Yuan Lidong, seeing their 2-year-old grandson, Xiaorong's parents could only accept this imperfect son-in-law.
Raise a family and become a streamer
After becoming a father, Yuan Lidong looked at his cute infant son and his wife who worked hard all day, and secretly vowed in his heart that he must let his wife and children live a good life.
Because of physical reasons, it is unrealistic to find a job, and when Yuan Lidong was still trying to do something to make money, he found that many people around him were playing a game called League of Legends.
And some people who play games well also make money because of this, so Yuan Lidong came up with the idea of making money by playing games.
This job does not need to go out, only need to have equipment at home, and the time is relatively free, Yuan Lidong thinks this is a good choice.
But after all, he doesn't have hands, and many game operations are inconvenient to do.
For normal people who are in contact with the game for the first time, it is a little difficult to operate the mouse and keyboard at the same time, let alone Yuan Lidong, who has no hands!
But for the sake of his wife and son, Yuan Lidong began to learn to operate the game with chopsticks in his mouth, and what people didn't expect was that Yuan Lidong really played the game with his dexterous mouth, and he also played very slippery!
At this time, coinciding with the rise of online anchors, Yuan Lidong began to be a game anchor at home.
And the content of Yuan Lidong's live broadcast is to play League of Legends with chopsticks in his mouth, and he did attract many netizens to his live broadcast room with such a "gimmick".
In addition to playing games with chopsticks in his mouth in the live broadcast, Yuan Lidong will also perform in the live broadcast room by threading needles and threads with his mouth, lighting cigarettes, etc.
Netizens were moved by Yuan Lidong's strength, and everyone praised him, and Yuan Lidong was also called "Brother Chopsticks" by netizens because of the live broadcast with chopsticks in his mouth.
After becoming "Brother Chopsticks", Yuan Lidong also began to have fame and fans, and some online platforms signed a live broadcast agreement with Yuan Lidong, and Yuan Lidong officially became a signed anchor.
Relying on live broadcast to play games, Yuan Lidong also made a small profit, and the family's life has also been improved. However, the live broadcast on the bed for a long time also made Yuan Lidong's body light red.
The skin on Yuan Lidong's face was grinded hard, not only that, but because of biting the chopsticks hard for a long time, Yuan Lidong's teeth also wore out to varying degrees.
During that time, Yuan Lidong's body was a little unwell, and when he arrived at the hospital, the doctor told Yuan Lidong and Xiaorong that Yuan Lidong's internal organs began to shift to the left because of long-term lying on his stomach, and it was not a long-term solution.
Considering physical reasons, Yuan Lidong had no choice but to change the way of live broadcasting, from a game anchor to an ordinary live broadcast.
After the change of live broadcast methods, Yuan Lidong no longer played games with chopsticks in his mouth, but chatted, sang, and shared his life with the audience in the live broadcast room.
In order to make more money through live broadcast, Yuan Lidong also extended his live broadcast time.
Although Yuan Lidong lost some game fans because of the change in the way of live broadcasting, Yuan Lidong still maintained his love for life.
Yuan Lidong's story also moved many netizens, and in 2019, the CCTV program "Departure to Happiness" invited Yuan Lidong and Xiaorong to participate in the recording of the show.
In the show, Yuan Lidong used the flowers prepared by the program team to express his love and gratitude to his wife who has been silently supporting him behind his back.
The details of the relationship between the two also moved the audience at the scene and in front of the TV, and after many years of marriage, the relationship between the two is still as sweet as ever.
In the family, Yuan Lidong is a responsible father and husband. With his love and care, he has accompanied his family through one happy day after another.
He knew that being able to have such a family was the greatest gift from God. He will cherish this gift and use his own efforts to protect the happiness of this family.
«——【·Conclusion·】——»
Today, Yuan Lidong has become an Internet celebrity anchor with tens of thousands of fans, insisting on live broadcasting for 8 hours every day.
Not only that, sometimes Yuan Lidong will also use his wife's smile to come to the outdoors in an electric wheelchair to sing live. Although Yuan Lidong had no limbs during the live broadcast, his face showed confidence and optimism.
And now, Yuan Lidong and Xiaorong's son has also reached the age of going to school, Yuan Lidong has earned some money through live broadcasting, and has also let the children and his wife live a worry-free life.
Yuan Lidong has proved his worth with his own efforts, and his story allows us to see the tenacity of life and the greatness of human nature.
In this era of challenges and opportunities, we need more people like Yuan Lidong to inspire us to move forward.
Although they have disabilities, their hearts are still full of sunshine, and they use their stories to tell us that as long as we face difficulties bravely and look at them with an optimistic and positive attitude, we can create our own wonderful life.
Here, we also wish Yuan Lidong's live broadcast career to get better and better, and a happy life!