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Xiaojie was admitted to the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, San Diego with outstanding academic performance, which is undoubtedly the result of her long-term hard work, and the realization of the great dream that her mother Zheng Manwen tried her best to achieve.
Looking back at the past, Zheng Manwen's eyes couldn't help but have a little tears.
In the past days, Zheng Manwen and her ex-husband Wang Jiangang's married life was full of happy and harmonious atmosphere at first. But the good times didn't last long, and as the years went by, the communication barrier between the two gradually deepened.
Especially after Zheng Manwen became pregnant and gave birth to Xiaojie, Wang Jiangang didn't seem to care about the birth of this new life.
As a first-time mother, Zheng Manwen shouldered the burden of raising children alone. However, Wang Jiangang has never been able to participate in family affairs, and the contradictions between the two have become increasingly acute.
When Xiaojie was only three or four years old, Zheng Manwen resolutely chose to divorce Wang Jiangang, "I can't bear this life without communication anymore, let's divorce" Zheng Manwen said his heart bitterly, while Wang Jiangang just responded indifferently: "Hmm".
As a result, the two officially went through the divorce procedures, and Xiaojie was raised by Zheng Manwen alone. Since then, Zheng Manwen has embarked on a difficult and difficult career as a single mother. As a mother, she supported the whole family on her own and deeply experienced the difficulty of life.
Fortunately, with the recommendation of relatives and friends, Zheng Manwen met a man named Mr. Komae, and the two eventually got together. Mr. Komae has outstanding business acumen and a wealthy family, Zheng Manwen has stepped from a mother from an ordinary family to a luxurious and wealthy lady in an instant.
As Xiaojie gradually grows up, she puts forward a new wish to her mother: "Mom, I long for the opportunity to study abroad. In Xiaojie's expectations, studying abroad seems to be a ladder to success.
Xiao Jie's idea was like a teardrop, thrown into the lake of Zheng Manwen's peaceful life, stirring up layers of waves. Her husband, Kozen, and his family were adamantly opposed to the decision, fearing that the huge spending would shake the family's financial foundation.
Zheng Manwen's love for his daughter surpasses everything.
Xiaojie's idea of studying abroad is like a teardrop thrown into the lake of Zheng Manwen's quiet life. Her husband, Xiao Qian, and his family were adamantly opposed, fearing that the huge spending would shake the family's financial foundation.
However, Zheng Manwen's deep love for his daughter trumps all difficulties.
When Zheng Manwen enthusiastically revealed Xiao Jie's grand idea of studying abroad to her husband, Mr. Xiao Qian seemed indifferent and only responded indifferently: "You should go and learn more about the relevant matters first."
Although it seems to be an understatement, Zheng Manwen is still full of expectations, so he immediately plunges into the tedious application procedures.
However, fate seemed to play a joke, and Mr. Kozen suddenly changed his mind and said to Zheng Manwen seriously: "We still don't want our children to go abroad." When Zheng Manwen heard this, his face was full of puzzlement: "Why can't we make the trip now? Now that all the preparations are complete, do you want to bring the child back to the place where he came again?"
It turned out that when Mr. Komae learned about the huge tuition fees required to study abroad, he and his family had strong doubts about it. As the breadwinners of the family, they are worried that this huge expenditure will shake the family's financial foundation.
In order to realize her daughter's dream of studying abroad, Zheng Manwen and her husband started a fierce dispute at home. The two sides have opposite views, and neither can convince the other.
In the face of such resolute opposition, Zheng Manwen felt deeply guilty about his daughter. In order to provide Xiaojie with a broader development platform, she resolutely made up her mind to support her daughter to achieve her dreams at all costs.
After careful consideration, Zheng Manwen finally made a difficult but firm choice - to divorce her husband, Mr. Kozen. She is convinced that this is for her daughter's future and the only way out.
After the divorce, Zheng Manwen received up to 500,000 yuan in cash assets and a car as compensation. In addition, she also recovered the 300,000 yuan she had previously lent and acquired two properties in Loudi and Lianyuan.
However, Cheng did not retain any balance as a result. In order to support her daughter with all her might, she did not hesitate to cash out all her property and car, almost using up all her savings.
In the face of all kinds of difficulties and pressures, Zheng Manwen always said with a smile: "I don't feel tired, as long as I put in enough effort, it will pay off in the end." She never complained to others, but silently endured all the bitterness and hardship.
Sometimes, when she was physically and mentally exhausted, she would hide in a corner where no one knew and wept alone. Tears rolled down her cheeks, and she gently wiped them away with her slender fingers in pain, and one of her nails was easily broken.
Deep down, does she really have no regrets about her original decision?
With the unconditional support and encouragement of her mother Zheng Manwen, Xiaojie finally realized her dream of going to the United States to study. After arriving in the United States, she was like a new moult, sweeping away the previous depression and pressure, and blooming again with youthful vitality, full of confidence and courage.
As an international student who has traveled across the ocean, Xiao Jie once dared not speak because she was too shy, for fear that her unique accent would attract ridicule from her classmates. However, from that moment on, the trajectory of her life changed like never before.
"Now that I have suffered a huge price, I must be resolute and courageous in my pursuit of academic excellence! I must not let my mother's expectations of me be disappointed!" Xiaojie told herself firmly, so she began to boldly raise her hand in class to speak, actively responding to the teacher's questions.
After unremitting efforts, Xiaojie has made remarkable achievements in the field of mathematics and won the honor of first place in the grade. Since then, she has won various awards and even won scholarships.
In addition to her studies, Xiaojie also actively participates in campus life and joins a variety of clubs. Although she was on a private student visa and could not work full-time off-campus, she was always diligent and uncomplaining, which earned her affection from her classmates and faculty alike.
In terms of life, Xiaojie lives a simple and regular life. Over the course of three years, she had purchased just a dozen pieces of clothing. One of the most "extravagant" is an elegant suit worn to club activities, and the price of this suit is only $9.99.
Xiaojie devoted herself to her studies, hoping to reduce her mother's financial burden through excellent grades, and at the same time show her value to the world. Although she can only work part-time on campus and earns a small income, she is always smart and uses every penny she earns to pay for tuition.
As a student studying abroad, Xiaojie's daily life seems monotonous, but she enjoys it. In contrast, she is more worried about her mother Zheng Manwen, who is far away from home.
In order to pay for the high tuition fees, Zheng Manwen gave almost everything. As a daughter, Xiaojie deeply understands all the hardships her mother has paid for her.
Whenever the night fell and the stars were shining, she always wept silently, deeply blaming herself for bringing her mother such a heavy financial pressure.
However, as time flies, an even bigger crisis quietly descends - Zheng Manwen is already on the verge of collapse, and the heavy tuition fees make her unbearable.
Although Xiaojie lives a frugal life with a budget, the annual expenditure of up to $70,000 is undoubtedly an astronomical amount for an ordinary family.
In order to face the tuition dilemma of her daughter Xiaojie, Zheng Manwen had to bite the bullet and get in touch with her ex-husband Wang Jiangang again. Since their divorce due to communication problems, they have been strangers and have not crossed paths since.
When Zheng Manwen pressed Wang Jiangang's phone number, his heart was full of anxiety. As Xiaojie's biological father, Wang Jiangang should undoubtedly have this responsibility to pay for him. However, the baptism of the years has made their relationship distant and strange.
"I'm at the end of my rope, I wonder if you can provide other solutions?" Zheng Manwen asked in a solemn tone.
On the other end of the phone, Wang Jiangang's voice looked tired but honest and direct: "So, how much more do you expect me to pay?
It turned out that as an ordinary family, Wang Jiangang's income could not afford Xiaojie's four-year tuition expenses of more than 2 million yuan. However, as a father, he is well aware that he has a responsibility to pay for his daughter's education.
After careful consideration, Wang Jiangang resolutely decided to raise a part of his daughter's tuition fees to ensure that she could successfully enroll in school. So, he began to operate in secret, running around and asking for help from relatives and friends.
Despite the arduous process, with firm belief and unremitting efforts, Wang Jiangang finally raised nearly half of Xiaojie's first-year tuition. "You can go to school with confidence.
He told his daughter calmly, as if it were all a matter of course.
However, how will next year's tuition fees be resolved? Wang Jiangang did not make a clear plan for the time being, but only vaguely said that he would "make plans at that time." Obviously, even the biological father could not take full responsibility for the funds for his daughter's education.
For Xiao Jie, who has just stepped into her college career, this sudden change is like a storm, which makes her feel unprecedented heavy pressure. During that period of studying in the United States, she had learned to be budget-conscious, lived a hard and simple life, and even worked off-campus to supplement her living needs.
But now, Xiaojie is facing the dilemma of possibly losing her way to study, and her heart is shaken like being hit by a hammer, and all kinds of complex emotions are intertwined in her heart. Once upon a time, she prided herself on her self-control and self-reliance, because she understood that it was not only a responsibility to lighten the burden on her family, but also a tempering of self-growth.
However, the predicament in front of her made her feel extremely helpless, as if she had fallen into an endless dark abyss. "Maybe we shouldn't have made that decision in the first place. Xiao Jie told her mother with sincerity, her tone was full of reason and maturity, as if an adult who had experienced the baptism of wind and rain was telling the story.
When her mother Zheng Manwen heard this, tears welled up in her eyes again. As a mother, she knows that she brought hope and dreams to her daughter back then, but now she has to destroy this hope with her own hands, which has undoubtedly become a pain in her heart that can never be erased.
However, in the face of the huge pressure of reality, how can she deal with it? Xiaojie's annual tuition fee of up to 70,000 US dollars is undoubtedly an unbearable burden for an ordinary family.
Although Zheng Manwen has tried his best to sell his property, he still cannot pay such a high fee.
Seeing her mother's worried eyes, Xiaojie's heart was also painful. She knew that her mother had done too much for her, and her heart was full of guilt. However, she also longs for her mother's understanding and support.
"So, are we thinking about continuing our studies in China? You can ask me to start over from high school and then take the college entrance exam. Xiaojie came up with a completely new solution.
Hearing this, Zheng Manwen's face showed a look of grief, she covered her face with her hands in pain, tears sliding down her fingers. "I'm so sorry for that, kid, it's been too hard to give up.
"I gave you hope, but now I have to destroy your future with my own hands," she said in a trembling voice.
Faced with her mother's pain, Xiaojie felt more and more helpless. In an interview, she said frankly, "I want to give up the opportunity to go to university. Obviously, this important turning point in life has plunged both mother and daughter into deep confusion and confusion.
However, just when they were on the verge of despair, the outstanding Wang Jiangang, with his tenacious perseverance, finally realized the first year of tuition for Xiaojie, and only barely reached half of the required expenses.
The moment Xiao Jie learned the news, her eyes flashed with a blazing light of hope again.
"Although I am only barely paying the tuition fees for the first year, I resolutely do not want to give up my great dream lightly!" Xiaojie is convinced that for her, the opportunity to study abroad has gone beyond her personal ideals, and it carries all her mother's ardent expectations.
If she chooses to give up, she will undoubtedly destroy all her mother's expectations with her own hands, which is something she absolutely cannot accept.
In order to fully support her daughter Xiaojie to complete her studies, Zheng Manwen is still running around, trying her best to raise the remaining tuition fees. She knits sweaters and makes handicrafts, each piece is the result of her hard work and endless sweat.
"There is no doubt that the bitterness and suffering of this can be summed up in a simple word of hardship?" Zheng Manwen's colleague said with emotion, "Knitting a piece of clothing with stitches and threads seems to be able to exchange for hundreds of yuan in income, but the hardships behind this can only be truly understood by those of us who have experienced it firsthand."
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Day and night, she was busy, just for one person's clothes, but it often took a whole month.
Yes, today's Zheng Manwen lives a busy and tiring life every day. However, instead of feeling exhausted, she enjoyed it, because she knew that it was all for her dear daughter.
Sometimes, Xiaojie will blame herself guiltily: "Maybe I'm too greedy and bring you too much pressure." Zheng Manwen always comforted her daughter gently: "Persistence is to have a better future, you have to believe in yourself."
That's the only thing I can do for you as a mother."
At the same time, Wang Jiangang is also silently supporting Xiaojie and doing his best to raise funds. Although the process was full of challenges and difficulties, he firmly stated: "I will definitely let my daughter successfully complete her education, and I will never let her dream be shattered like this."
In the face of various difficulties, both mother and daughter are interpreting the persistent pursuit of their dreams with practical actions. Xiaojie studies diligently in school, is strict with herself, and actively strives for more scholarships, while Zheng Manwen sticks to the front line of life, paving the way for her daughter with her never-say-die love.
In the long journey of life, the relationship between mother and daughter has become deeper and deeper. Xiaojie not only has a deeper understanding of the hardships experienced by her mother, but Zheng Manwen also has no complaints about the child and gives wholeheartedly.
This is an extremely sincere maternal love, which will surely carry her daughter to the broader sky of life.
It is true that there is still a long road ahead, and more difficulties and twists and turns will await them. However, one thing is undoubted: no matter how difficult it is, as long as mother and daughter work together and work together, they will be able to overcome many obstacles and finally reach the other side of the ideal.
This deep attachment that comes from the depths of the blood is destined to turn into a powerful force that pierces the sky and shocks people's hearts, helping them realize one brave dream after another.