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Tears trickled down Sheng Hailin's weather-beaten cheeks like a waterfall, and she clutched a picture frame that contained the only photo she had with her deceased daughter.
Sheng Hailin stared at her daughter's sunny smile, but in the depths of her heart, it hurt like being cut by a knife, and she couldn't help but die.
"Tingting, if you are still alive, you must have become an outstanding soldier, defending the motherland without hesitation." She whispered, her dim pupils becoming bewildered and helpless.
She whispered, her dim pupils becoming bewildered and helpless.
Recalling the tragic fate of the sixth morning of the first month, Sheng Hailin seemed to travel back to time and space again to that thrilling moment back then. At that time, she and her husband Wu Jingzhou were deep in a sweet dream, when suddenly a sharp phone ringing interrupted them.
The moment Sheng Hailin pressed the turn button, she felt the sharp pain of her heart being ruthlessly torn apart. It turned out that their young and invincible baby daughter Tingting and her son-in-law were killed by a gas leak accident at home and disappeared forever.
Hearing this bad news, Sheng Hailin was so grief-stricken that she couldn't help herself, and she washed her face with tears all day long, and couldn't sleep at night. She is even willing to exchange her life for her daughter's rebirth, just hoping that her daughter can return to the world.
Relatives and friends were extremely saddened by Sheng Hailin's experience, and came to comfort her, hoping that she could face it strongly and find the true meaning of life again.
However, as a mother, the loss of a loved one is undoubtedly the most painful experience in life. Sheng Hailin lost her only daughter, whom she regarded as the pearl of her palm, and this pain was far better than parting with life and death.
She was depressed all day long, lost her appetite, and often woke up at night by nightmares, and the wounds in her heart continued to eat away at her life force like a poisonous snake.
It was during the busy work of this top hospital that Sheng Hailin was fortunate enough to meet her soul mate, Wu Jingzhou. Wu Jingzhou also came from a military family and received a strict education, and the two met for the first time like old friends reunited, and quickly fell in love.
Since the two families are of equal origin, the parents of both parties have given full support to this marriage. Not long after, Sheng Hailin and Wu Jingzhou entered the marriage hall and began their sweet newlywed life, and they were extremely affectionate.
However, fate played a cruel joke on Sheng Hailin when she turned 30 - they finally ushered in the crystallization of love, and a lovely girl Tingting came to the world safely.
As young parents, Sheng Hailin and his wife regard Tingting as the pearl of their palms and devote all their efforts to caring for her.
At that time, pianos were still a rarity in ordinary households, and their prices were high. However, Sheng Hailin did not hesitate to spend several months of salary to buy a piano for her daughter Tingting, and taught her carefully like Meng's mother Sanqian.
In addition to her studies, they also hired various artists to teach Tingting painting, dance and other specialty courses to cultivate her comprehensive quality in an all-round way.
Under the careful cultivation of Sheng Hailin and Wu Jingzhou, Tingting has shown amazing wisdom and outstanding artistic talent since she was a child, whether it is piano, dance or calligraphy, she is at ease, and can be called the modern version of Meng's talented woman.
The two parents who love their daughter deeply are extremely proud of this and look forward to the day when Tingting can inherit their career and become an excellent soldier.
After graduating from high school, Tingting was successfully admitted to a military academy known for its strictness. With her extraordinary intelligence and extreme diligence, she was always at the top of her studies, and finally won her degree with outstanding academic performance and was assigned to a respectable and stable government job.
Sheng Hailin, the proud mother, paved a bright path for her daughter, and secretly congratulated her only daughter Tingting in her heart that she already had a family and career, and the future was full of infinite possibilities.
However, soon after, Tingting's marriage was also settled.
Her husband is also from a military family, and the two can be called golden boys and girls, accompanied day and night, and have a deep relationship, which makes Sheng Hailin feel very pleased.
However, the god of fate is so ruthless, in the early morning of the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, a sudden gas leak accident at home took the lives of Tingting and her son-in-law.
After learning the bad news, Sheng Hailin's whole body trembled and she was overwhelmed with grief. Her proudest and most cherished only daughter left her forever, and as a mother, her deep pain was indescribable, remorseful, and self-reproachful.
The sudden death of her only daughter Tingting undoubtedly brought a heavy blow to Sheng Hailin's heart. Her pride and all her expectations were pinned on this child, and now Tingting's departure is like tearing Sheng Hailin's heart from her body, making her feel painful.
Sheng Hailin was in a trance all day long, her life fell into darkness, she couldn't eat, and she couldn't sleep at night. She often dreamed that her daughter Tingting smiled at her shyly, but it disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye, which added to her sadness.
Seeing this, relatives and friends came to comfort her and encourage her to regain her strength and find the courage and hope in life.
In desperation, Sheng Hailin had an amazing idea: she decided to get pregnant again in person! Although everyone expressed opposition and concern about her decision, Sheng Hailin firmly believes that with enough determination and hard work, her dream will eventually come true.
So, Sheng Hailin made up her mind and began to travel between many metropolises such as Beijing and Shanghai, seeking medical help everywhere. To her disappointment, however, hospitals and experts in these cities invariably rejected her request to have children at an advanced age, arguing that it was too risky and even a violation of medical ethics.
In the face of cruel disappointment and ruthless blows again and again, Sheng Hailin still sticks to the spark of hope in her heart. She resolutely embarked on the road back to her hometown, returned to Hefei, Anhui Province, after a long absence, and wholeheartedly went to the military hospital where she had fought to seek assistance again.
The chief physician of the Center for Reproductive Medicine was deeply moved by Sheng Hailin's perseverance, and was finally overcome by her persistence and decided to take a risk and help her.
After getting the approval of the hospital, Sheng Hailin seemed to usher in the dawn of life. She strictly followed the doctor's instructions to take all kinds of medications and carefully recuperate her body and mind for the upcoming IVF surgery.
After more than a month of unremitting efforts, her physical indicators finally met the standards required for surgery.
Everything is ready, just wait for the east wind. The doctors carefully performed the elderly IVF surgery for Sheng Hailin. The operation went smoothly, and Sheng Hailin successfully implanted three embryos in her uterus.
When the doctor advised her to choose to keep a single embryo to reduce the risk, Sheng Hailin shook her head without hesitation and firmly refused. She clearly remembers the loneliness of her only daughter Tingting without a father and mother, and vowed not to let her future children experience the same pain again.
As expected, the two embryos survived tenaciously in Sheng Hailin's body. From then on, she will be responsible for the elderly pregnant woman for nearly 10 months on her own.
Due to her age, Sheng Hailin's pregnancy reaction was extremely strong from the beginning. She often vomits incessantly, sometimes even bile. After a difficult first pregnancy, she faced a series of complications, such as shock, body pain, edema, heavy bleeding, etc., and wandered between life and death several times.
Just 42 days before the due date, Sheng Hailin had to be hospitalized for treatment due to severe hemorrhage. Despite her best efforts, her body was exhausted. After a caesarean section, a pair of lovely twin daughters were finally born safely and were given the auspicious milk names "Zhizhi" and "Huihui".
With the birth of two children came new challenges. Because they are premature babies, they weigh only two or three pounds at birth, and they need to rest in the incubator for more than a month.
What is shocking is that the daily medical expenses are as high as a staggering 6,000 yuan, plus the previous high expenses such as surgery and fetal maintenance, it has cost nearly 200,000 yuan in just a few months! The pension that Sheng Hailin and his wife have worked hard to save over the years is now almost exhausted.
Faced with such a heavy family burden, in order to buy enough milk powder for her two immature daughters, Sheng Hailin resolutely returned to work soon after giving birth. However, despite her hard work, her meager income was not enough compared to the family's huge expenses.
So, she decided to step up and give lectures on medical knowledge all over the country, making ends meet by traveling to teach. She spends more than 20 days a month on the move, barely having time to care for her daughters, but all of this hard work is done to ensure that they grow up healthy.