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Feng Xuanqin is the only doctoral student in Fengzhai Village, Puyang County, and has become a professor at a well-known university in Beijing with his outstanding academic achievements. After receiving the honor of "Outstanding Doctoral Graduate", he successfully entered this second-rate undergraduate university with his outstanding scientific research achievements.
Living in Beijing, Feng Xuanqin and his wife Huiyue spent the rest of their lives together. The wedding of the two was held in Feng Xuanqin's hometown Fengzhai Village, and many relatives and friends came to send the most sincere blessings to the couple.
More than 30 tables of guests crowded the wedding scene, and even the whole village participated in this joyful event.
At the end of the wedding, Feng Xuanqin revealed his thoughts to his father, Feng Qinglin, who wanted to buy a house in Beijing and settle down. Feng Qinglin, who learned of this decision, took immediate action, he took out his savings for many years, and personally visited several relatives and friends to ask for funding.
Relatives and friends generously donated money to help Feng Qinglin raise all the funds needed to buy the property.
With sufficient funds, Feng Xuanqin left his hometown with a thick stack of banknotes and flew to the capital, Beijing. Here, he devoted himself to heavy teaching and research work, and the pace of life became increasingly intense.
Although he can always feel their thoughts and concerns every time he receives a call from his parents from afar, Feng Xuanqin still chooses to regard work as his top priority and does not say a word about his parents' recent situation.
For the elderly and sick father, the frequent contact of his son is like a reassurance. However, Feng Xuanqin turned down his parents' invitations again and again, and on the grounds that he was busy with work, he could not even return to his hometown to reunite with his parents during the Chinese New Year.
Only when he needed his father to send money to repay the arrears on his behalf, Feng Xuanqin took the initiative to get in touch with his father. Even so, he did not take the initiative to care about his father's physical condition until he received the disturbing bad news.
Family burden
While Feng Xuanqin was enjoying a happy life, his father Feng Qinglin was bearing a heavy family burden alone. As an ordinary farmer, the elderly Feng Qinglin never had the luxury of hoping that one day he would be able to live a life without food and clothing.
When his son Feng Xuanqin was admitted to a well-known university in Beijing to study for a doctorate with his outstanding academic achievements, Feng Qinglin and his wife Ma Shuzhi were ecstatic.
They firmly believed that such an outstanding descendant would surely make the Feng clan prosperous. In order to support his son's hard work outside, Feng Qinglin had to scavenge in his hometown and make a living by buying scrap.
At this time, Feng Qinglin's body was abnormal. It turned out that the father had long been hiding an untold secret - he had been diagnosed with bone cancer and was in critical condition.
Although his wife persuaded Feng Qinglin to go to the hospital for medical treatment many times, he always insisted on taking it alone.
Feng Qinglin knew that if he sought medical treatment, he would definitely add an extra burden to his son, who was working hard in Beijing. In order not to let his children be distracted by the worries at home, he chose to endure the pain of illness in silence and bear all the bills at home alone.
On a fixed day every month, Feng Qinglin would give his meager salary to his son who was far away to pay off the mortgage and other expenses.
Even if his health deteriorated, Feng Qinglin never told his son about his illness. He would even take advantage of his son's absence to secretly pick up waste and earn some meager income to support the family's expenses.
Feng Qinglin once hoped to recover before his son arrived, but the spread of the disease could not be reversed.
On a spring afternoon, when Feng Qinglin was working hard in the fields, severe pain invaded his body again. The elderly father dragged his heavy body back to his poor home, thinking that it was only due to fatigue caused by long hours of work.
But the truth is far from that simple.
In the end, Feng Qinglin's wife, Ma Shuzhi, discovered the secret that her husband had been hiding. From then on, the couple began a long and helpless struggle. Ma Shuzhi persuaded Feng Qinglin to accept treatment again and again, but he always refused, preferring to continue to swallow painkillers rather than seek medical treatment.
Lonely struggle
On a spring afternoon, when the elderly Feng Qinglin was working hard in the fields, severe pain invaded his body again. The father dragged his heavy body back to his poor home, thinking that it was only due to fatigue caused by long hours of work.
But the truth is far from that simple.
Feng Qinglin's wife, Ma Shuzhi, finally discovers the secret that her husband has been hiding all along—he has been diagnosed with bone cancer and is in critical condition. From then on, the couple began a long and helpless struggle.
Ma Shuzhi persuaded Feng Qinglin to accept treatment again and again, but he always refused, preferring to continue to swallow painkillers rather than seek medical treatment.
Feng Qinglin stubbornly believes that as long as he insists on working, he can reduce the financial burden for his son who is far away. However, as his condition continued to deteriorate, his physical condition deteriorated.
Pus and blood were oozing from the surface of his skin, and the pain was so severe that he could barely bear it. One day, when Ma Shuzhi found that her husband's face was unusually ruddy, his lips were pale and bloodless, and his forehead was hot, she finally made up her mind and helped Feng Qinglin to rush to the village clinic for medical treatment.
After receiving treatment at the clinic, Feng Qinglin's condition was relieved. But his mood was still depressed, tormented like an ant trapped on a hot pan. As a father, he knew that he could no longer support the burden of the family on his own.
So, he took out all the savings he had hidden in his underwear and carefully handed them over to the paramedics to prescribe more painkillers for himself. Despite his wife's repeated dissuasions, Feng Qinglin made a desperate effort to devote himself to the hard work of farming and recycling waste again.
In such a difficult environment, Feng Qinglin survived for half a year. As the end of the year approached, he finally received a call from his long-lost son Feng Xuanqin.
Disappointingly, Feng Xuanqin gave up the opportunity to go home to visit his parents on the grounds that he was busy with work. When Feng Qinglin's wife Ma Shuzhi heard the news, she emotionally accused her son of being unvirtuous, but was softly stopped by Feng Qinglin.
Even under the torture of illness, the father still chose to defend his children and tried to persuade his wife.
Four years have flown by, and Feng Xuanqin has never found time to go home to visit his parents. The Chinese New Year cabbage that was once carefully pickled for him has long since rotted in the cold and damp kitchen corner.
Looking at the abandoned cabbage, Ma Shuzhi sighed deeply every day, but she couldn't do anything.
Son's remorse
Under the circumstance that Feng Qinglin, who is nearly sixty years old, can no longer support it completely, a grim fact has finally been revealed. As he tied up the cabbage in the field, the familiar pain swept over him again, making him unable to breathe and even fainting in the field.
Fortunately, his younger brother Feng Jianhua, who was passing by at that time, found his comatose brother in time and hurriedly sent him to the county hospital with other relatives. Under the emergency treatment of the hospital, Feng Qinglin, who was in a coma, finally woke up.
When the doctors examined him further, they found the heart-wrenching fact that Feng Qinglin had bone cancer and was in critical condition, and even a two-month survival period was unpredictable.
Feng Jianhua was like a bolt from the blue after hearing the news, he couldn't believe this cruel fact. No one in family history has ever suffered from such a terminal illness. He eagerly questioned the doctor, hoping it was just a misdiagnosis.
But the detailed explanation given by the doctor made him understand the seriousness of the problem. Pain and sorrow swept over, and Feng Jianhua almost collapsed.
After learning the news of his father's serious illness, Feng Xuanqin, who was far away in Beijing, immediately felt extremely anxious. He hurriedly called Feng Jianhua to learn the details of his condition.
Hearing that his father's condition was so serious that even the survival period of two months was unpredictable, Feng Xuanqin couldn't hold back his emotions anymore and almost scolded. At this difficult time, curing his father's illness became the biggest challenge for the Feng family.
At the same time that Feng Xuanqin was furious, Feng Qinglin, who was lying on the sickbed, had already begun to entrust his descendants to handle household affairs. However, this did not stop his condition from deteriorating further.
After a month-long wait, Feng Xuanqin's phone call went unanswered. At this moment, Feng Qinglin's life came as scheduled.
That night, Feng's mother finally made up her mind to dial Feng Xuanqin's phone. At this time, Feng Xuanqin was shocked and regretted, regretting that he could not go home to visit his father for the last time. But just in time, the company had important business to complete, and he had to postpone it until the next day.
On the day of the funeral, Feng Xuanqin hurried to the scene.
Seeing his late son, Feng Jianhua was furious and slapped Feng Xuanqin a few times, condemning his unfilial behavior. Despite the anger in his heart, Feng Jianhua still cared about his brother's funeral and allowed Feng Xuanqin to wear filial piety clothes and bow respectfully in front of the mourning hall.
Once, in order to allow his son Feng Xuanqin to successfully complete his studies, the elderly Feng Qinglin did not hesitate to scavenge in his hometown to make a living, relying on the purchase of waste products to make a living. Even when he was seriously ill, he chose to hide his illness and suffered greatly alone.
His approach was undoubtedly to protect his son, who was far away, from the heavy burden of the family.
On a fixed day every month, Feng Qinglin would give his son a meager salary to pay off the mortgage and other expenses. The father would even take advantage of his son's absence to secretly pick up waste and find ways to earn some income.
The reason why he did this was nothing more than so that his son could work hard outside with peace of mind and not have to be distracted by the burdens of life.
Feng Xuanqin never realized his father's good intentions. He enjoyed a happy life in the capital, and even the opportunity to return to his hometown to visit his parents during the New Year was hastily declined.
Even when he received a call from his parents who were far away, he didn't mention the plight at home and focused on his busy work. It wasn't until he received the disturbing bad news that Feng Xuanqin suddenly realized that his father had already fallen into a painful situation.
In his father's last moments before his death, Feng Xuanqin still did not find time to go home to visit. Even after his father's death, he failed to express his inner remorse, but was scolded by his younger brother Feng Jianhua.
This scene is undoubtedly distressing, but it also just shows Feng Qinglin's life of dedication and sacrifice.
Now, the elderly Feng Qinglin has left this world forever. But the huge debts he accumulated before his death became the inheritance that his son Feng Xuanqin had to bear.
This once highly respected descendant of "the only doctor in the village" is now facing such an end.
We have to wonder if such a tragedy could have been avoided? As children, we should always pay attention to the needs of our parents, be considerate of their feelings, and repay their parents' nurturing grace in a timely manner.
Instead of putting work and life first and discarding the concern of his parents like Feng Xuanqin. Only in this way can we avoid remorse and make our parents feel the respect and love they deserve for the rest of their lives.