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In 2023, 15-year-old He Yide stood in front of the interview camera, holding the notice of postdoctoral admission from the University of Cambridge in his hand. He was wearing a crisp white shirt with cuffs covering his wrists, revealing a mature and steady temperament.
He Yide in front of the camera has faded from the baby fat when he was forced to run naked in the snow by his father 11 years ago, and has been replaced by a young but old face.
When the reporter asked about the learning experience, He Yide talked eloquently, with a confident and humble tone, "In the study, we must learn to set goals for ourselves, and only by setting goals and doing things can we get twice the result with half the effort."
He paused, his eyes were determined, "Rational use of tools is also a very beneficial way to improve yourself.
While speaking, He Yide would gesture with his hand in front of him from time to time, as if the teachings of his father back then appeared in his mind. At that moment, he seemed to have returned to the time of special training in his youth, his face was slightly red, and his eyebrows revealed a sense of perseverance.
However, it was this kind of "abusive" education that caused an uproar on the Internet, and countless people hurled insults and pointed the finger directly at He Yide's father, He Liesheng.
That year's Chinese New Year's Eve was supposed to be a beautiful time for family reunion. But He Yide, who was only 3 years old, was driven naked by his father into the snow, and it was useless for him to tremble and plead.
A pair of underwear was the only cover he had on his body, but his father ignored it and sternly ordered him to do push-ups in the snow.
Recalling that moment when it seemed like life and death, He Yide's eyes dimmed, and he seemed to be a little choked.
If the scene of running naked in the snow made the outside world question He Liesheng's education method, then He Yide's extraordinary talent in the future is undoubtedly the most powerful response.
What's even more jaw-dropping is that at the age of 8, He Yide became a student at Nanjing University, and once became the youngest college student in China. For ordinary families, 8 years old is the age when it is time to go to primary school, and He Yide is already eager to try and enter a new stage of life.
Going back in time, when he was 7 years old, He Yide and his father walked hand in hand through Lop Nur, known as the "Sea of Death". This daunting and adventurous feat can be daunting for adults, not to mention that He Yide was only a 7-year-old child at the time.
But he did it, and interpreted the weight of the words "high morale" with practical actions.
Earlier, at the age of 5, He Yide was even able to fly a plane around the zoo twice. Despite having his father by his side, the skill of operating an airplane alone is undoubtedly unattainable for a 5-year-old child.
At that time, He Yide also became the youngest aircraft pilot on record.
With his unique skills, he has been showing his edge since he was 3 years old. On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve that year, on a cold night of tens of degrees below zero, 3-year-old He Yide had nothing but a pair of underwear.
However, his father forced him to run naked in the snow, making him shiver, crying out for cold, and even ordering him to do push-ups in the snow.
This appalling scene made netizens fiercely criticize and abuse He Liesheng. However, no one could have imagined that it was such a cruel special training that created He Yide's fruitful achievements today.
From being able to drive an international OP-class sailboat at the age of 4 to receiving the postdoctoral entry notice from Cambridge University at the age of 15, behind every achievement is the hardships and sweat of He Yide.
He Yide's achievements are inseparable from his father He Liesheng's unique concept of "eagle education".
As an "eagle father", He Liesheng's education method for his son is undoubtedly strict to the point of "abuse". However, his intentions are not as simple as the outside world thinks.
He Liesheng hopes that through this special training, He Yide will grow up as soon as possible and break free from the shadow of illness as soon as possible.
Therefore, on the road of He Yide's growth, He Liesheng threw him down the valley like a kitty eagle countless times and forced him to fly alone. This kind of education method is unbelievable to outsiders, but judging from the results, He Yide has indeed grown rapidly because of this.
The best embodiment of He Liesheng's "eagle education" is the scene when He Yide was learning sailing. As a father, He Liesheng's nerves were the tightest at that time. not only asked his son to train with high intensity and non-stop every day, but also quietly told the coach in private to let He Yide turn over the boat and fall into the water a few more times.
The purpose of everything is just so that my son can overcome his fear of sailing and develop super adaptability. One can imagine what kind of pain and fear the young He Yide endured under this kind of harsh training.
In addition to physical training, intellectual training is also a part of He Liesheng's unrelenting. In order to give He Yide a keen business acumen, He Liesheng let his son read a lot of books on finance and business from an early age.
This approach is of course unusual, but it does make He Yide more sophisticated and stable than ordinary people.
At one time, He Liesheng also wanted to promote his concept of "eagle education". He has opened a school that admits children from other parents to attend school, hoping to raise more children to be as outstanding as He Yide.
At the beginning of the school's opening, He Liesheng had great expectations for this. He carefully selected a group of enthusiastic students and taught them personally according to his own philosophy. It's a pity that because the educational philosophy is quite different from that of ordinary parents, the final enrollment is not ideal, and the school is unsustainable.
While He Yide has achieved such brilliant achievements, we also have to look directly at the misfortunes and devastation he experienced in his childhood.
The origin of everything can be traced back to He Yide's birth. At that time, his wife had an accident when she was pregnant, which seriously affected the child in her womb. He was born by caesarean section more than three months earlier than the original due date, and the birth was accompanied by a number of red flags: intracranial injury, hemorrhage, and, in the most severe case, intraventricular hemorrhage.
In the face of all this, the doctor inevitably said bluntly that He Yide "is likely to become cerebral palsy". This is undoubtedly the worst news that the He family wants to hear, and for a long-awaited old man, it is simply a bolt from the blue.
In that special period, what He Yide endured was by no means the life that a normal child should have. Just over five months after he was born, he was ruthlessly asked by his father to start learning to swim, and every time he put him in the water, he would cry out heartbreakingly, but his father never relented.
In order to enhance the child's physique, He Liesheng even did not hesitate to fish the child out of the water again and again and then throw it in, just to cultivate his sense of survival. Even when he had diarrhea and other conditions during adaptation training, his father ordered him to continue and persevere.
We can almost imagine whether He Yide at that age could really understand his father's painstaking efforts and whether he understood the particularity of his own experience. For a child, there may be nothing to think of but fear and helplessness.
It's not just the physical body that participates in the exercise, it's the child's entire childhood. Since the age of 1, He Liesheng has forced his son to walk 3 kilometers every day, knowing that walking for long periods of time puts his children at risk of flat feet or knee injuries.
When he was 2 years old, He Yide climbed the Purple Mountain in Nanjing, which is more than 500 meters above sea level, under the urging of his father.
In addition, there are a series of training programs such as cycling, martial arts, taekwondo, and hip-hop dance. This kind of life is undoubtedly very cruel to children of the same age, and many relatives who do not know the truth have accused He Liesheng of being "not as good as an outsider" to his son.
Although He Liesheng's approach seems cruel and ruthless, there is another hidden meaning behind it. It all stems from the special circumstances of He Yide's birth, as well as the doctor's judgment when he was in labor - "it is likely to become cerebral palsy".
For a long-awaited old man, this is undoubtedly the last bad news that the He family wants to hear. He Liesheng's mind struggled violently between reason and emotion: on the one hand, there was a precious opportunity for old people to have children, and on the other hand, medical evidence was in front of him, cold and cruel.
At this time, the doctor gave a glimmer of life, saying that "improving immunity, increasing the amount of exercise and physical fitness" may be able to make the child grow up healthily. For He Liesheng, who was physically and mentally exhausted, this was undoubtedly the last branch of the tree of life, giving him a chance to hold on to the last hope.
From that moment on, he made up his mind that he would do his best to improve the child's physique and be sure to overcome that terrible curse of "cerebral palsy". So soon after He Yide came home from the incubator, he was thrown into a plastic bucket filled with water by his father to "learn to swim".
At first, the water temperature was still in the normal range. But after just a few months, the water temperature slowly lowered from warm to colder day by day. The crying child did not arouse the slightest sympathy from He Liesheng, in his opinion, blindly being soft-hearted is betting on the child's future health.
Sure enough, after a period of swimming training, He Yide's various physical indicators have improved rapidly, and they are almost the same as those of a normally born child.
This is undoubtedly a great encouragement to He Liesheng, he sees hope, and sees the possibility that through special training, children can indeed overcome the disease. As a result, a more rigorous series of training has just begun.
Perhaps it was for this special reason that the family finally chose to forgive He Liesheng. Although his parenting method is harsh and almost "abusive", behind it is full of a father's deep expectation for his son, hoping that the child can grow up healthy and happy.
In one sense, parents are lucky. After years of special training, He Yide finally grew up healthily, completely away from the haze of "cerebral palsy", and lived up to his father's determination and expectations.
But from another point of view, how unfortunate parents are.
Looking at He Yide's proud achievements today: at the age of 13, he will complete his bachelor's and master's studies, and at the age of 15, he will receive the Cambridge postdoctoral admission notice, such a resume is undoubtedly enviable.
But who can understand the price he paid for it? His entire childhood was deprived of his father's special training, and when he should have been carefree, he experienced unimaginable hardships and suffering.
How many days and nights did He Liesheng look at his son with red eyes crying, what kind of pain and self-blame did he feel in his heart? As a father, did he act out of helplessness or was he too selfish? And for the mother, suffering is another taste.
For the sake of her children, she had to bury her original gentle and loving maternal love deeply, and watched her husband severely "abuse" her son again and again, but her heart was full of taste. A mother's love is like a bleeding wound, which can't stop aching.
Every time I saw my son being thrown into the water, it was another heart-rending cry.
But in the end, the mother still chose to trust her husband and supported the family in her own way. She understood her husband's good intentions and the intention behind the special training, so she had to suppress the uneasiness and anger in her heart.
Now, the child has finally grown up, left the education and discipline of his parents, and started a new journey in life. Perhaps at this moment, the hearts of parents can be relieved for a short time.
There are hardships and joys, and there will be rewards for paying, and the hardships along the way will become the greatest wealth of He Yide's life.