In August 2003, a 24-year-old female student from Peking University died of illness. The funeral was held in Babaoshan, where countless heroes were buried, and a number of celebrities such as the president of Peking University and Sa Beining were present.
There are countless revolutionary martyrs buried here, all of whom are great men who have done their best for China's construction and have died.
On this day, countless people sighed, lamented, and lamented the injustice of fate. Why take away a young and fresh life, when her future is so broad?
Who is she?
Zhang Peixiang was born in 1979 in a small village in Hunan.
Despite the fact that the family is surrounded by walls, her parents are still full of joy at the arrival of this new life, and love her with all their strength and raise her.
Zhang Peixiang is well-behaved and sensible, he has been doing farm work with his parents since he was a child, and he can do his part.
When she was a child, she used to sell rice with her mother.
The mother carried the heavy burden, and she carried a slightly lighter one on her shoulders, so the mother and daughter walked step by step, going to the field and waiting for the rice dealer to come and collect the rice.
The childhood life of farming and selling rice passed day by day, and when it was time to go to school, her father did not hesitate to send her to school.
Having worked as a farmer all their lives, they have a simple concept, that is, they must read, and there is no book to read in vain.
Seeing his poor family and his bedridden father, Zhang Peixiang also vaguely understood the meaning of reading.
As a result, she has no cultural influence, and she has always been among the best in school.
But the family was so poor that they couldn't afford to continue her education.
This news was like a bolt from the blue for her.
When my aunt's family heard that Zhang Peixiang had dropped out of school, they felt sorry in their hearts. Seeing that she studied so hard and had such excellent grades, they took Zhang Peixiang to her school.
The lost opportunity was particularly valuable to Zhang Peixiang, and she began to study with hope, even harder than before.
Soon came the good news, she was admitted to the city No. 1 middle school.
However, the tuition and living expenses of the No. 1 Middle School in the city were difficult for his aunt's family to bear, and Zhang Peixiang once again faced a crisis of dropping out.
But God may have favored her, and the cousin who taught in Liling No. 4 Middle School did not want the child to give up when he learned that Zhang Peixiang was admitted to the No. 1 Middle School in the city, so he arranged her to study in No. 4 Middle School.
Zhang Peixiang's name is very loud in the fourth middle school, she not only has excellent grades in all subjects, but also has outstanding literary talents, and her essays are often read aloud by various teachers as model essays.
She loves learning from the bottom of her heart, but after graduating from junior high school, she took the initiative to apply for the secondary school entrance examination, wanting to go to the society as soon as possible to serve her parents.
Luo Dingzhong, the principal of No. 4 Middle School, was shocked when he heard her decision, and hurriedly went to persuade her and her parents.
"I've been teaching all my life, and I've never seen such a good child. The sincerity on his face was unpretentious, "In any case, the book must be read." ”
Zhang Peixiang's father couldn't help choking: "I know everything, but the family is really ......"
Who would want to take such a step if there is no way!
"Tuition is not a problem, I will bear it all by myself!"
Luo Dingzhong patted his chest and said neatly.
In this way, he became Zhang Peixiang's nobleman.
Zhang Peixiang has always studied hard in school, but unexpectedly, misfortune hit her family again.
In her sophomore year of high school, her father was found to have kidney stones, and her mother suffered from breast cancer.
Four months later, he finally got in touch with her.
The first thing the principal did was to tell her: "Your task is to study, don't worry about anything else, don't worry about it, don't worry about it." ”
It is not easy for a teenage girl to be adrift outside, and the grievances of the past four months can no longer be suppressed when she hears this sentence, Zhang Peixiang cried.
After returning to school, she continued to work hard, and she was bound to repay the kind people who cared for her and supported her along the way with good grades.
The hard work paid off, and after the college entrance examination, she was admitted to the Law Department of Peking University with the fifth place in Hunan Province and the top student in the liberal arts in Zhuzhou City.
Stepping through the ups and downs finally became the road, and the road of life after that was finally "smooth".
This "smoothness" is only compared to the previous hardships and blows, and her college road is several times more difficult than ordinary people.
After entering the university, she has always studied hard and won various scholarships.
She writes manuscripts in her extracurricular time to make money, and her play "Dahua Red Mansion" created under the pseudonym "Feihua" is popular, and the documentary literature "Selling Rice" written with her real experience won the first prize of the Peking University Campus Original Competition, and is known as a masterpiece that can be selected as a primary school Chinese textbook.
After accumulating a certain amount of fame and ability, she also worked as a screenwriter on Hunan Satellite TV.
During her time at school, her income not only allowed her to pay for her study and living expenses, but also sent her home to subsidize her family, and even brought her whole family to Beijing for a visit.
Just when life was thriving and more and more hopeful, fate gave her the last hammer.
Her skin often appears with inexplicable bruises and red spots, and she is often dizzy, wheezing, and fatigued. After going to the hospital for examination, it was found to be acute promyelocytic leukemia, and then he was immediately hospitalized.
Many people in the community reached out to her, hoping to keep this young life so that she could continue to shine on the stage of life.
However, his condition deteriorated too quickly, and Zhang Peixiang died at 9 p.m. on August 27, 2003, at the age of 24.
In September, Peking University held a grand memorial service for Zhang Peixiang in the Babaoshan Chrysanthemum Hall, and the school's president, party secretary, class teacher, and CCTV "Today's Statement" host Sa Beining delivered eulogy speeches respectively.
Life is as brilliant as summer flowers, and death is as quiet and beautiful as autumn leaves, which is probably describing Zhang Peixiang's life.
Her life was only 24 years old, but the hardships she experienced were several times that of ordinary people.
However, until her death, in her last letter in the name of "Flying Flower", the tone was cheerful and lively. She laughed at herself, "There is no country and city, and there is a lot of sadness and sickness", and the whole article comforts readers and tells everyone that her condition is still stable.
Her optimism and positive fighting spirit in the face of hardship are truly inspiring.