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Time flies, on the occasion of 37 years of life. Even Ding Junhui, who has tasted all the flavors of life in person, still can't hide the faint sadness in his eyes in the face of his wife Zhang Yuanyuan's warm greetings.
His gaze went beyond his wife and children, over the heavy book of honor, over the shining trophies, and finally stopped at the portrait of his mother.
In January 2024, although Ding Junhui lost to the "billiards brother" Olishavin in the first round of the Wimble Masters, his magical performance of 147 points in a single stroke once again made the world crazy.
This is the second time that Ding Junhui has scored this supreme record at the Masters, and he has become the first person of all time. However, even in the spotlight, the 37-year-old football king is still full of thoughts about his deceased mother.
How many days and nights, how many troubled partings, you have always been my most selfless and beloved relative. It is you who have worked hard to raise me to this day, it is you who have supported me to pursue my dreams through thick and thin, and now I rely on this filial piety to you to support me to move forward.
Yes, Ding Junhui is now a loving father of two lovely children, but whenever he recalls the difficult years he spent with his mother Chen Xijuan, he still can't avoid heartache and tears.
The mother's admonition, step by step, has long been deeply imprinted in his mind, indelible.
Although it has been more than 7 years since her mother died, her voice and smile, and her figure of working hard for her son, are still vivid and vivid in Ding Junhui's heart.
His mother's deep love and dedication to him was destined to be repaid with all the energy of the rest of his life.
Teenager honing
Counting the past, Ding Junhui has embarked on his billiards journey since he was 8 years old. At that age, most children were still playing and playing, but he was obsessed with the green table at a young age.
It all started in April 1987, which was the day Ding Junhui was born, and it was also the happiest moment for his parents Ding Wenjun and Chen Xijuan. The family's original life was ordinary, and both parents were ordinary working workers.
No one expected that 8-year-old Ding Junhui would show amazing billiards talent.
The father, Ding Wenjun, discovered his son's extraordinary, bravely gave up his job, and the family used up the only possessions they had to open a small billiards hall in Yixing.
Since then, Ding Junhui has spent all his time sweating in the billiards hall except for compulsory classes at school, and his daily practice time has reached up to 10 hours.
No matter what the outside world says, Chen Xijuan always stands firmly behind her husband and son. In order to support Ding Junhui's dream, she not only manages the housework, but also has to work diligently in the commissary to earn money to support the family.
But the situation of the four walls of the family could not meet his son's pursuit on the road of billiards after all, so the whole family left their hometown again and went to Guangzhou to learn art with Wu Wenzhong, a martial arts master.
By the time he was 15 years old, he had already won many major events such as the 2002 Asian Games in South Korea and the World Youth Championships, including the Asian Games singles championship and the World Youth Championships finals.
Authoritative media even called 2002 the "Year of Ding Junhui", when he won 7 championship titles in one go, and deservedly was the brightest new star in the billiards world that year.
Rain or shine
While Ding Junhui is rising step by step, his mother Chen Xijuan is silently sweating hard behind the scenes. In order to support her son on the road of no return to billiards, Chen Xijuan can be said to have worked hard to the point of being a disciple of the four walls.
An even more difficult period came in 1999, when the whole family went to Guangzhou, hoping that Ding Junhui could receive guidance from martial arts master Wu Wenzhong there. In order to raise enough tuition and living expenses, Chen Xijuan resolutely closed her commissary and rented a rental house of only 9 square meters with her husband and son.
A family of three is crammed into a small space like this, and food and housing have become a problem.
Faced with her son's life away from home, Chen Xijuan, as a mother, couldn't sleep every night, and her heart was full of worry. Even for more than a year of living in Guangzhou, she insisted that her husband and son live in a humble billiards hall, while she returned to her hometown alone and lived at her parents' house.
When parting, she told her husband: "I will rob their father and son, don't interrupt Ding Junhui's studies!" But as soon as he turned around, tears slipped down his face.
The pressure to make money forced Chen Xijuan to work in a shopping mall during the day and return to her parents' house at night to rest for a while. What is even more distressing is that the surrounding neighbors actually think that the woman who has passed half a hundred years has divorced, and they can't help but cast sympathetic or contemptuous glances.
"Divorce is not a big deal, why hide it? I already have a son in the family, and now I have another daughter!" These words undoubtedly stung Chen Xijuan's self-esteem.
No matter how many ups and downs she encountered, this resilient woman never gave up her support for her son. Even Ding Junhui, who was in Guangzhou, was deeply moved, and every time he recalled his mother's solitary work, he burst into tears in his heart.
Although the mother and son have been separated from each other for many years, the inner bond is inseparable.
Accompaniment
In 2003, 15-year-old Ding Junhui opened a new chapter in his life, and he came to the United Kingdom, the birthplace of billiards, hoping to show his strength in this land and realize his long-cherished wish.
Although after several years of struggle, the economic conditions of the Ding family are no longer what they used to be, but in order to fully support their son, Ding Wenjun and Chen Xijuan still resigned from all their jobs without hesitation and started living under the fence in the UK with Ding Junhui.
At first, life was really tight: a family of three could only live in a cramped one-room house in London, and never dreamed of buying a property in England. Ding Junhui has to practice hard at the training ground every day, and can only reunite with his parents at night.
During the day, Ding Wenjun and Chen Xijuan could only nest in the rental house and wait for their son to return, and hastily eat a makeshift dinner.
Although his life is poor, Ding Junhui's achievements in billiards are changing with each passing day. In 2005, he won the British Championship; In 2009, he defended the British Championships; In 2011, he won the Wimble Masters; In 2012, he conquered the Welsh Open.
It can be said that it is all the way forward, and the skills are amazing.
The living environment in a foreign country is obviously strange and difficult, however, Chen Xijuan has never expressed the slightest complaint. On the contrary, she strives to inspire everyone around her with her optimistic spirit, even going so far as to cook her son and teammates with hometown dishes.
It is said that even the famous "billiards brother" Ollie Shawn at that time once came to Chen Xijuan's rental house to live, hugged this simple woman intimately, and enjoyed the delicious food she made by herself.
Whenever Olishawn comes to dine, he will definitely hug Chen Xijuan affectionately, as if he is as close as his biological mother and son.
In this regard, Ding Junhui once praised: "Every dish made by my mother exudes the warm atmosphere of home, and eating it in my mouth is like tasting the purest maternal love."
At that time, Olishavin was also deeply moved by Chen Xijuan's affinity, and couldn't help but join this warm family.