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Shan Xiaolong was born in a poor family in Xiji County, Ningxia, and in addition to him, he was accompanied by two older brothers and sisters. The dilapidated mud house in front of them was the living place of the family of five, not so much a house, but rather a simple shack with ventilation around it.
My father knew that only through the power of knowledge could he turn the fate of the entire family into poverty. Therefore, regardless of the age of the children, as long as they reach the stage of schooling, he will not hesitate to send the children to school to receive a good education.
In order to solve the traffic problem of Shan Xiaolong going to and from school, his father had to cut his love in desperation, sold the only old scalper in the family, and bought a second-hand motorcycle with the money in exchange.
From then on, whether it was a raging storm or a scorching sun, the father would steadfastly drive that beat-up motorcycle through the rugged country roads to make sure his son arrived at the town's school on time.
There were bumps and dust along the way, but the loving father never showed the slightest boredom. His face was red from the wind, and his eyes narrowed into a line because of his tenacity, but whenever he saw his son rushing from the school gate, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise and show a smile of satisfaction.
Shan Xiaolong deeply understands his father's good intentions, he can only devote himself to learning with all his might, and must not live up to his father's hard work. Away from playing in the fields, he devoted all his energy to the ocean of knowledge, and despite the chirping outside the window, he was still engrossed in studying the textbook.
In this way, the father and son spent a difficult but warm time together. Shan Xiaolong's excellent performance in the town center primary school every year is undoubtedly the best reward for his father.
Watching his son grow up gradually, Shan Xiaolong, who has entered adolescence, has a deeper understanding of his father's hard work.
The smoke of the college entrance examination gradually dissipated, and Shan Xiaolong stood out with an excellent score of 676 points, which was enough for him to be admitted to the coveted Tsinghua University as he wished.
However, the moment he held the admission letter, there was not too much joy in his heart, but an unprecedented anxiety and uneasiness.
Let's focus on Tsinghua University, an academic mecca that students yearn for, but for Shan Xiaolong, who comes from a humble background, it is like an unclimbable mountain, because its expensive tuition and living expenses make it impossible for him to easily set foot in it.
Shan Xiaolong's elder brother is already a father and still has immature children to raise, while his sister has just stepped into the door of the university campus, and the annual tuition fee has become an unbearable burden for the family.
Faced with such a difficult situation, Shan Xiaolong's heart was full of contradictions and struggles. On the one hand, he cherishes the pursuit of ideals and longs to change his destiny through knowledge, and on the other hand, the burden of family weighs on his shoulders like a mountain, making it impossible for him to give up easily. So, he made up his mind that he would never become a burden to his family again, and that he would pave the way for the future with his hard-working hands.
After the college entrance examination, Shan Xiaolong did not relax in the slightest, and he immediately threw himself into his busy work. On a hot summer day, while his peers were immersed in the joy of air conditioning and games, he wore a coarse cloth sweatshirt and sweated to carry steel bars and bricks on the construction site.
The blazing sun scorched his dark skin, the sharp edges of the steel bars cut his arms, and the solidified paint stained his body. The freshly baked cement bricks emitted a wave of heat, which made him cough repeatedly. However, Shan Xiaolong never complained about "hard work", because he knew that this was a necessary test on the road to Tsinghua University, and only by going all out could he cross it.
With the encouragement of relatives and friends and the assistance of the government, Shan Xiaolong finally raised enough tuition and living expenses. When he put on the school uniform of his childhood dream and stepped into the Tsinghua campus, his heart was full of excitement and expectation. Because from this moment on, he will build a home with his own strength, and shine the light of wisdom on the way forward.
Shan Xiaolong's hometown is in a remote village in Xiji, Ningxia, where his family has worked hard for generations to make ends meet. The whole home has nothing but a dilapidated mud house, and the only thing that stands out is the certificates of honor and awards on the walls, which confirm the brilliant achievements of Shan Xiaolong in his academic career.
Sadly, in that crucial year, the family's financial support collapsed one after another, and the family's situation fell into unprecedented difficulties. Shan Xiaolong's mother is now middle-aged and suffers from a severe eye disease that has nearly completely lost her eyesight, and his father has been unable to perform heavy manual work due to severe damage to his lumbar intervertebral discs due to years of hard work.
In an instant, the financial burden of the family, which was originally borne by the two adults, fell on the shoulders of the elder brother. As the eldest brother in the family, he has already entered the marriage hall, and at the same time needs to raise his immature son. However, in order to avoid causing trouble to his younger sister and younger brother who were going to school, he did not hesitate to give up the job opportunity in the county town and went to a different place to find a way out of life.
Every month, my brother would send every penny of his hard-earned money home, leaving nothing behind. After the family received the money, they first used it for daily expenses, and used the rest to pay for Shan Xiaolong and his sister's school fees. For a while, his father tried to prevent Shan from going to Yinchuan No. 1 Middle School because the school's accommodation was expensive, which undoubtedly added to the family's financial burden. Just when everyone was helpless, my sister bravely stood up and expressed her willingness to sacrifice her college quality of life, and even reduce her daily living expenses, with only one purpose - to win a precious opportunity for Shan Xiaolong to enter a key middle school.
"My brother's future is the hope of our family, and I will do my best to ensure that he does not miss this rare opportunity to enter this prestigious school!" said my sister firmly.
The whole family worked together to pave the way for Shan Xiaolong's studies. Despite this, the parents still insisted on asking relatives and friends for help to raise enough funds to meet Shan Xiaolong's tuition and fees needs. It was with the tenacity and unity of the whole family that Shan Xiaolong was finally able to successfully enter Yinchuan No. 1 Middle School.
Since elementary school, Shan Xiaolong has shown extraordinary wisdom and talent. Whether it is in the classroom or extracurricular activities, he is always able to cope with it with ease and ease. His family and teachers have increasingly high expectations for him, and he himself has made a big wish, vowing to be admitted to Yinchuan No. 1 Middle School, a key middle school in Ningxia, with excellent grades.
In order to achieve this grand goal, Shan Xiaolong, who stepped into the junior high school campus, worked harder and did not relax his requirements. He immersed himself in the ocean of knowledge all day long, came to the library and classroom early, and was willing to leave late at night, studying tirelessly. Although my sister is already studying in a boarding school, as long as she is at home, she always finds valuable time to help her younger brother in his studies.
The ardent expectations and encouragement of his family have become Shan Xiaolong's most powerful source of motivation and invisible pressure. Feeling that the self-indulgence of his elementary school years was really undesirable, he devoted himself to the in-depth study of various subjects, almost to the point of obsession.
Even if the cicadas chirped one after another outside the window, he didn't care, and buried his head in the sea of books. It is precisely because of this that with Shan Xiaolong's unremitting efforts, he has achieved remarkable results in every course in the three years of junior high school. When the time came for high school enrollment, Shan Xiaolong was successfully admitted to Yinchuan No. 1 Middle School, which he had longed for a long time, with a historic high score of 690 points, and became the fifth leader in the county.
The news spread quickly in rural areas and caused a sensation. You must know that Shan Xiaolong's family conditions are not superior, and it is not easy to be admitted to a key middle school. Relatives and friends came to congratulate him, and they were truly pleased with this well-behaved, sensible, hard-working and studious child.
Although Shan Xiaolong is introverted, he is full of pride deep down. Entering a prestigious school marks another solid step forward for him to change his family's dream.
Since he was a child, Shan Xiaolong has had a great dream - he hopes that one day through his unremitting efforts, he will be admitted to a well-known university, use the power of knowledge to change the poverty situation of his family, and create a more comfortable and prosperous living environment for ordinary people who have worked hard all their lives, such as his parents.
Therefore, when he was admitted to Yinchuan No. 1 Middle School, a famous middle school in Ningxia, with excellent grades, he experienced a fierce struggle in his heart. On the one hand, the strength of the school and the excellent teachers are undoubtedly an important cornerstone for realizing the ideal, but on the other hand, Yinchuan is more than 400 kilometers away from the hometown, and the accommodation and transportation costs are frighteningly high.
Shan Xiaolong is well aware of this, and he knows that his path to education has brought great pressure and responsibility to the whole family. If this heavy financial burden is further increased, it will undoubtedly put his family in an even more difficult situation. Once, he decided to give up this rare opportunity to enter a key middle school, and instead chose to study in a local free ordinary high school.
However, after Shan Xiaolong's idea was made public, it immediately attracted strong opposition from his family. His father was furious, and his reprimands were harsher than ever. Soon after, he began to travel around, borrowing money from relatives and friends, hoping to raise enough money for Shan Xiaolong's tuition and miscellaneous expenses.
In the face of his family's expectations and love, Shan Xiaolong felt ashamed, but more than that, he was grateful. In the end, with the concerted efforts of the whole family and the strong support of relevant local government departments, Shan Xiaolong finally got his wish and stepped into the dream school - Yinchuan No. 1 Middle School.
For Shan Xiaolong, who comes from a poor family, it is not easy to embark on this road to success. He secretly determined that he would cherish this hard-won learning opportunity, study harder, and repay the hard work of his parents and all his relatives with excellent results.
As a child from a poor family, Shan Xiaolong deeply understood from an early age that only by relying on the power of knowledge can he change the plight of his family and achieve a leap in social class. He watched his fathers live a hard life day in and day out bound by poverty, and made a vow in his heart to create a new future with his own hands.
Under the words and deeds of his parents, Shan Xiaolong has cultivated the fine quality of diligence and thrift since he was a child. He always remembered his father's teachings: "Only by succeeding in learning can you go out of the mountains and control your own life in the future!" Despite the family's financial situation, Shan Xiaolong never complained about the poor life, but devoted himself to his studies.
After entering high school, Shan Xiaolong's ambition is more clear, that is, to sprint to well-known universities. He is convinced that as long as he is admitted to a major university through his unremitting efforts, he will be able to change the face of poverty in his family with the power of knowledge in the future, so that his parents can enjoy their old age in peace.
Therefore, even after the college entrance examination, which symbolizes knowledge and the future, came to an end and the dream 985 institution of higher learning became a reality, Shan Xiaolong still adhered to self-restraint and never lowered his own standards. In order to help his family alleviate the financial burden, he did not hesitate to give up his precious summer vacation leisure time and resolutely decided to devote himself to work-study on the construction site.
Shan Xiaolong is firmly determined, no matter how tortuous and dangerous the road ahead is, he must move forward bravely and walk out of every solid step steadily.
It is precisely because of such lofty ideals and firm beliefs that Shan Xiaolong was able to forge ahead in many difficulties, and finally was able to be admitted to Tsinghua University, which he had been dreaming of for a long time. However, for him, this is only a new starting point in the journey, and there are still countless challenges to meet and overcome in the future.