In 2019, at the opening ceremony of Tsinghua University's undergraduate freshmen, the president of Tsinghua University specifically mentioned Lin Wandong in his speech, and mentioned the words he wrote in the diary, as if he was complaining about the grievances he had suffered.
For this classmate, it can be said that it is memorable, because when he received the admission letter, he was still moving bricks at the construction site, this boy with glasses and dust on his face, no one would think that he was admitted to Tsinghua University, but he won.
Lin Wandong's deeds were soon reported by relevant media, his name went viral on the Internet for a while, and his growth experience also moved countless netizens, but for such an inspirational teenager, there were many different voices on the Internet.
Will Lin Wandong be affected, and what should his future be?
employment
On April 13, 2023, the list of candidates to be hired in Yunnan Province's directional selection came out, and Lin Wandong's name was prominently listed.
Lin Wandong's choice has made many people discuss, after all, he can have a better place to go, why did he choose to go to the grassroots, why did he choose to return to his hometown?
In fact, Lin Wandong, who came out of a poor area, first entered Beijing and entered the university to study, and he was a little at a loss for everything unfamiliar.
After entering the university, he saw many new things, and the people around him were better than him, in order to make up for these gaps, Lin Wandong spent a lot of time, and his studies made great progress.
It wasn't until his junior year that Lin Wandong really adapted to college life, and he also had time to do his own things, so that he could truly appreciate the prosperity of this big city, and at the same time, what he heard and heard also laid the foundation for his future career choice.
During college, Lin Wandong watched the drama "Ma Lanhua Blossom", through the performance, he saw the extraordinary life of Mr. Deng Jiaxian, the father of the two bombs, who worked hard for the motherland's nuclear weapons cause.
He was deeply shocked by the fact that Professor Zhao Jiahe's anonymous sponsorship of poor students was not revealed until four years after his death, perhaps because it was related to his own experience, which gave Lin Wandong a direction for his future: he was willing to turn into a small "charcoal fire", burning silently and warming others.
Lin Wandong, who was studying abroad, saw the prosperity of the world, and the traffic and crowds outside were really attractive, but the experience from his childhood made him more memorable, and perhaps this also prompted him to make a choice in life.
Study
Lin Wandong was born in a poor mountainous area in Xuanwei, Yunnan Province, Lin Wandong's family is a well-known poor household in the village.
Originally, the family had two parents to earn money together, but the father accidentally sprained his waist at work and could no longer do heavy work, and the family's life was also difficult.
Even so, God still did not favor this poor family, and the cerebral infarction once again found his father, who could not engage in hard labor, and the huge cost of treatment made the family's life more difficult, but for the family, the father was still the greatest luck.
All the burdens of the family are on the emaciated mother, an elderly man with three children who are studying, and the pressure on the mother can be imagined.
In order to be able to support the family's expenses, the mother chose to come to the construction site, although it was very tiring, but the money she earned was the most work that her mother could find, and the mother who had no education could only use her own strength to earn money.
On the construction site, my mother did the same heavy physical work as a male worker, and she gritted her teeth and insisted on coming under the scorching sun, and after only four months of work on the construction site, my mother lost a lot of weight.
Lin Wandong saw the difficulties of the family, every time he saw his mother's tired eyes, he couldn't help but redden, he knew that for a family like himself, reading was the only way to go out, and it was also the wish of his parents.
The poor children are in charge of the family early, and the three children of the Lin family are very sensible, and their academic performance is also among the best, which may also be one of the motivations for the mother's hard work.
And Lin Wandong's academic performance is the best among the three children, looking at his parents, he didn't dare to let himself have a little slack, a period of time before the college entrance examination, because of nervousness, Lin Wandong's grades had big ups and downs.
Fortunately, with the comfort of his parents, he stabilized his emotions, and in order to make his son less stressed, he told his son that he would just take a key point, and his mother never showed the hard work of the construction site in front of Lin Wandong, just to reduce the pressure on his son.
Time passed slowly, in June 2019, Lin Wandong sat in the college entrance examination room, he was relaxed after walking out of the examination room, he had gone all out, and he also had an estimate of his results.
Later, he followed his mother to the construction site, on the one hand, to earn college tuition, and on the other hand, he also wanted to experience his mother's hard work on the construction site.
At the end of the day, he was very tired, his hands were blistered by the rough bricks, his back hurt, his whole body hurt, and his hands were completely unable to exert his strength, but no matter how hard it was, he did not complain to his mother, because her mother's work was even harder.
After the results came out, Lin Wandong scored 713 points, and his results were able to enter Tsinghua University, and the day he received the admission letter, he was still moving bricks under the scorching sun.
Years of hard work finally paid off, Lin Wandong had a smile on his face, and his parents couldn't help but burst into tears after seeing the admission notice.
After the work on the construction site ended, Lin Wandong did not stop, but became a tutor and taught his younger brothers and sisters what he had learned for many years.
Lin Wandong also saw the remarks on the Internet, at the beginning, it still had a certain impact on his emotions, and soon he adjusted his state and rushed to his new life.
Principal Qiu Yong directly praised Lin Wandong by name at the freshman ceremony, and asked many students to learn from Lin Wandong.
future
Perhaps because of the experience on the way to study, or the situation at home, Lin Wandong chose to return to his hometown, be closer to his family, and make some contributions to his hometown.
Many people don't understand his choice, after all, a high-achieving student who graduated from Tsinghua University, the vast world outside is waiting for him to struggle, and he finally got out of the mountain, why should he go back?
For these, Lin Wandong didn't care, he had more important things, although his hometown was poor, he had a family that he missed, and there were more people in need.
In 2023, Lin Wandong passed the selection of students through his own efforts and became a staff member of the Dongchuan District Party Committee Office in northeastern Yunnan.
Most of this place is covered by mountains, and in the future, he will shine here and devote himself to the construction of his hometown, and he will help more "Lin Wandong" to get out of this mountainous area and help them go to a distant but bright future.
For his future development, Lin Wandong said: Do your own job well, make some contributions to the people, and make this place better, which is the greatest significance.
Lin Wandong's choice silenced many voices that were unfriendly to him, for life, he has his own goals, as a farmer's child, maybe he was also eager to go out, but after seeing the outside world, he chose to go back to "home" and did what he thought was meaningful.
epilogue
Life is like an exam paper, the exam paper is full of open questions, there is no correct answer, it depends on how the writer writes his own exam paper, there is a chance for trial and error, but there is no, because what is done will never be done in vain, it is a strong stroke in the exam paper of life.
Lin Wandong was born in poverty, but he was not afraid of poverty, my life is up to me, and I found my own path in the thorny road of life, and walked towards a smooth road.
He saw the prosperity of the world through his own efforts, but he was not fascinated by the prosperity outside, but stuck to his own heart, in this long road of life, Lin Wandong knew what he wanted, as he wrote in his diary: "Only by striving for self-improvement, we can have infinite possibilities in the future."
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