Early one morning in 1995, it was still bright.
In a small village in Zhoukou, Henan Province, a rural woman has already steamed enough steamed buns on the stove at home to eat for a week, and then quietly left.
Unbeknownst to her, this decision changed the course of her 13-year-old son's life.
The farmer's son, Hong Zhanhui, who was named one of the "Top Ten People Who Moved China" in 2005 and took his sister to college, was also the youngest one to be selected that year.
When Hong Zhanhui was young and ignorant, his father was ill, his mother ran away, and his younger brothers and sisters were still waiting to be fed. In addition to a few acres of farmland, the home can be described as a home with four walls.
Fortunately, the hardships of life did not crush this poor baby, but allowed him to study in poverty and improve himself in hardship.
Now that nearly 20 years have passed, how is Hong Zhanhui, who took his sister to college, doing now?
Although Hong Zhanhui's family is poor, his parents are hard-working farmers, and a family of 5 can fill his stomach.
But the world is unpredictable, when Hong Zhanhui was 12 years old, his father suddenly had intermittent schizophrenia, his brain was uncontrollable, and he smashed everything in the house.
The mother was so frightened that when she went out to find someone to help, she forgot that there was a young daughter at home who had just learned to walk.
When she returned home, her youngest daughter had already been thrown to death by her husband.
Perhaps out of guilt, the following year, Hong's father picked up an abandoned baby girl under a tree near the entrance of the village. Say to the mother, this is their daughter.
Could it be that my sister has come back in another way? Hong Zhanhui was surprised and delighted by this, and named this new little sister Hong Zhanhui.
Hong Zhanhui and his sister Hong took advantage of it
But my father's condition was good and bad, and he couldn't do farm work at all, and he had to continue to rely on medication to control it. The family's income plummeted, and life was stretched.
A series of family changes made Hong Zhanhui's mother difficult to accept.
In order to escape from reality, she chose to run away from home, which is the scene at the beginning of this article.
After his mother left, Hong Zhanhui, who was only 13 years old, shouldered the burden of supporting the family on his immature shoulders, and he took it for 12 years.
The children of the poor are in charge of the family early, and Hong Zhanhui will hand over his sister to relatives to take care of before going to school every day, and then drive two or three kilometers to school.
Wait until after school and rush home to prepare dinner for the whole family. On weekends, he has to tend his eight acres of wheat land.
In addition, Hong Zhanhui has to squeeze out time to sell eggs and popsicles like a sponge, and earn money to buy milk powder to feed his sister, after all, his sister is still young.
Three years have passed in the blink of an eye. This ill-fated teenager finally reaped the first joy from life - the admission letter of the county key high school.
In this regard, Hong Zhanhui did not show too much excitement, he settled his family and went out to work.
While other children were carefree and playful, Hong Zhanhui worked the construction site under the scorching sun, just to earn more than 700 yuan in wages.
After successfully enrolling in school, Hong Zhanhui became a small trader in the school despite his heavy high school studies.
This has led to some academically focused teachers being resistant to his behavior.
Once, when Hong Zhanhui was selling materials to his classmates, a teacher walked up to him and scolded him mercilessly: "You are here to study, making money is your parents' business, and the task of students is to study hard!"
After listening to the teacher's words, Hong Zhanhui did not defend, he held back his tears, packed up his things and walked out of the classroom silently.
In his opinion, being able to earn money to support his family is more important than anything else.
However, the hemp rope is broken in detail, and bad luck is looking for the miserable.
After 5 years, my father suddenly fell ill again. When Hong Zhanhui sent his father to a psychiatric hospital, he couldn't pay the fees.
Hong Jinhui, his younger brother who just entered junior high school, quietly dropped out of school to work in order not to become a burden to his brother.
The hardships of life and family made Hong Zhanhui no longer able to study with peace of mind. In his sophomore year of high school, he applied to the school to withdraw from school.
After that, he went from hospital to hospital. In the end, a township psychiatric hospital in Fugou County waived the hospitalization fee for Hong's father and only charged treatment fees because of Hong Zhanhui's filial piety.
Fortunately, a self-employed owner in Nanguan, Xihua County, Henan Province, took the initiative to take out 2,000 yuan to help a family in distress after learning about the incident.
After his father recovered and was discharged from the hospital, Hong Zhanhui went to Zhengzhou to wholesale books and start a small business while cleaning up farmland and taking care of his family, earning six or seven thousand yuan in one year.
The temporary stability of life made Hong Zhanhui begin to think about his future, and only by continuing to study and being admitted to university can he give hope to his family who are mired in the quagmire.
At the beginning, the teachers of Xihua County No. 1 Senior High School, after learning of Hong Zhanhui's wish, helped him apply to the school leaders to return to school.
After that, Hong Zhanhui did not dare to slack off and went all out in his studies.
In the 2003 college entrance examination, he was admitted to Huaihua University in Hunan Province with a score of 490.
Looking at the registration date on the admission notice, Hong Zhanhui was happy and worried, where did the high tuition fee of 5,200 yuan come from?
Fortunately, part of the tuition fee can be paid first, which greatly relieves Hong Zhanhui's financial pressure. He entrusted his sister to the care of relatives, and worked hard before the start of school to earn 2,000 yuan, which barely made up part of the tuition.
Just as he was thinking about how to make up the remaining tuition, he saw many new students holding phone cards in their hands, queuing up to call home to report their safety.
Hong Zhanhui immediately went to inquire about the address of the phone card seller, and then used all the 500 yuan left in his pocket to buy a phone card.
In less than three days, he earned six or seven hundred yuan.
After that, Hong Zhanhui concocted the same method, from repeaters to electronic dictionaries to cosmetics, there are no restrictions on sales items, and the tuition fees are slowly paid.
In the Spring Festival of 2004, Hong Zhanhui blamed himself when he saw his sister who was out of school and at home. When he returned to school, he began to inquire about elementary schools near him that he could borrow.
In the end, the principal of Shimen Primary School in Hecheng District agreed to let Hong take advantage of the school's borrowing.
After a semester, most of the teachers and classmates were aware of Hong Zhanhui's family situation and wanted to organize fundraising activities to help him.
But he, who has always been strong, rejected everyone's kindness:
"There are many more students who are more difficult than me, and more importantly, I know how to support myself and my family. ”
After discussion, the school leaders arranged a separate dormitory for Hong Zhanhui to let their brother and sister live together, and Hong Zhanhui also gladly accepted this kindness.
The balance of life seems to be tilting in favor of Hong Zhanhui.
In 2004, the guilt-ridden mother returned home, and the younger brother, who had been wandering away for many years, also chose to return home to develop.
With the passage of time, Hong Zhanhui's resentment and resentment accumulated for 12 years quietly resolved at this moment.
In 2005, Hong Zhanhui was named one of the "Top Ten People Who Moved China". For a time, the story of him taking his sister to college spread all over the streets of China.
People from all walks of life admire Hong Zhanhui's strength, and many companies have thrown olive branches to him and offered extremely generous treatments, some promising him a high salary, and some directly promising to settle a house for him.
However, he politely declined the public's kindness.
Hong Zhanhui, whose life has stabilized, no longer has to run around for a few taels of silver, he wants to pursue his dream and enter the development of the education industry.
In 2006, Hong Zhanhui was admitted to Central South University for a bachelor's and master's degree, and five years later, he obtained a master's degree in business administration from the school.
After graduating, Hong Zhanhui returned to his alma mater, Huaihua College, to become an educator.
In the process of studying, Hong Zhanhui also found his life partner. His wife is Song Najie, a high school alumnus who has been silently supporting him.
In 2008, the two tied the knot in Changsha.
While working at the school, Hung learned that some students were in a difficult situation and were about to drop out. Every time he sees these children, he always thinks of his difficult school career.
As a result, Hong Zhanhui applied to the school and the education department to establish an education fund to help poor students who were eager to study.
He also went to local middle schools to give motivational lectures based on his personal experience, just to encourage those children who are in trouble: when faced with difficulties, do not give up easily.
Even if the road of life is full of thorns, as long as you strive to move forward, you will eventually reach your heart's desire.
In 2007, Hong Zhanhui was invited to give a speech in Harbin. At the end, a girl who was listening to the lecture at the scene had a feeling:
"My family is very good, I haven't experienced these hardships, and I am not strong enough. If I had gone through so many twists and turns and hardships for you, I might have been as strong as you. ”
These words made Hong Zhanhui deeply understand the significance of motivating education, and thus came up with the idea of establishing an education school.
In 2017, Hong Zhanhui, who had worked at his alma mater for 5 years, resolutely resigned and started a business, founded Changsha Xianghua Secondary Vocational School, and served as the principal.
But it is not easy to start a school, and the children who go to vocational schools are in the period of adolescent rebellion, and fights and brawls occur twice in three days. And some children have a strong sense of inferiority and cannot find a purpose in life.
Managing such a relatively complex group is far more difficult than being an ordinary teacher.
In order to give those children who can't get into high school have another way out, so that more children can get the opportunity to find their future.
Hong Zhanhui feels that the power of action is far greater than preaching, and that he and his teachers must first do what he and his teachers ask students to do.
During a military training, a male student broke the school's gate in order to go out to make trouble. When the instructor learned about it, he was ready to expel him according to the school rules.
Hong Zhanhui wanted the instructor to give the boy another chance, but the instructor said that he would let the principal do 200 push-ups.
The instructor originally thought that the principal would not put down his face for a student, but he didn't expect Hong Zhanhui to do 200 push-ups without saying a word.
But at this time, the instructor still did not agree to let the boy stay. He believes that "if you have to make an exception for this student, let the principal do another 1,000 push-ups".
Easily not giving up on any student is Hong Zhanhui's principle. So, he gritted his teeth and did one push-up after another, until he was soaked with sweat and his body trembled so much that he could no longer support it......
Both the teachers and students present pleaded with the instructor, but the instructor still did not want to back down.
In the end, Hong Zhanhui was carried to the infirmary by the students. At this time, he was already confused and almost shocked.
At this time, the instructor told the truth:
"When you are playing with ease, there are people behind you who carry the weight for you. In the past, your parents were responsible for your mistakes, but now when you make mistakes, it is the principal who bears them. When will you be able to take responsibility for yourself?"
After the news spread, many students were deeply touched. They proved their determination with their actions, not only correcting their bad habits of life and study, but also studying professional courses seriously to plan and prepare for their future.
In the eyes of many parents, it is generally the children who have poor grades and cannot be admitted to high school and college, so they choose to go to vocational schools to learn technology.
And Hong Zhanhui understands that this is all the prejudice of parents. He hopes that through the school he founded, he will break the status quo of vocational education in China, change parents' views, and let more children have a better future.
As a practitioner, his sister Hong is his greatest pride.
She has been exposed to her brother's words and deeds since she was a child, and when she grew up, Hong took advantage of becoming a teacher and found a like-minded life partner.
In October 2021, Hong Zhanhui was invited to participate in a variety show "See You Again".
On the show, he received a special gift from his sister, a brand new suit and a paper crane.
Hong Zhanhui slowly unfolded the thousand paper cranes and saw the following lines written on it:
"Thank you, Boss, for making me a confident and carefree person. All the shining points in me have your shadow. This is the suit I bought for you, and you can wear it to marry me......"
When Hong Zhanhui finished reading the letter, even in front of the camera, he still couldn't hide his tears of excitement. This family affection, which is not related by blood but is better than blood, is the redemption between the brother and sister.
Because I've been drenched in the rain, I always want to hold an umbrella for others.
Today, at the age of 40, Hong Zhanhui is still sparing no effort to continue his education career and help more children in need.
In the winter of 2021, Hong Zhanhui founded another school in his hometown in Henan Province and established the "Hong Zhanhui Scholarship Fund" to support more poor students.
Through several years of running and practice, Hong Zhanhui has become more convinced of the creed of "reading changes destiny".
In the award speech written to Hong Zhanhui, "Moving China" once said:
Life allowed him to start harvesting too early, and he changed from a boy to a man who could not be defeated by hardship, studying in poverty and self-improvement in hardship. ”
And it is this spirit of self-improvement that makes Hong Zhanhui understand what he needs and what those children like him need.
Author: Dumb Dad, Source: Dumb Dad Parenting (ID: adaibaba520). A post-80s dad, real baby-raising, insight into life.
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