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The sun emitted endless warm radiance, permeating all corners of the hospital, but Cai Li leaned on the sickbed, but could not feel the happiness and warmth at all. A 33-year-old ambitious young man in the prime of his life, who should be enjoying the best time of his life, now has only a meagre 300 yuan of savings left, and even breathing has become extremely difficult.
Liu Chengju, his beloved wife who accompanied him on the side of the bed, her eyes were full of tears of grief. She stared at her husband's increasingly withered face, and her heart was filled with mixed feelings. Although Caili was once a physically strong weightlifting champion who won numerous accolades for his country, the erstwhile sports legend is now barely kept afloat on a respirator.
"Ahem......" Cai Li opened his eyes with great difficulty, and looked at his wife and daughter Caijianhan, his eyes full of deep remorse. He knew that his time was short, so he said in a weak voice: "Cheng Ju, my biggest regret in this life is that I failed to provide a stable living environment for your mother and daughter. ”
Liu Chengju couldn't stop sobbing, how she wished she could say a few words of comfort, but her throat was so choked that it was difficult to make a sound. Caili continued: "Although sport has given me the highest honor, it has also come at a cost of disability and poverty. Therefore, no matter what kind of difficulties Jin Han encounters in the future, you must prevent her from stepping into this difficult path, even if she has to live a life of begging, you must not let her go down the cruel and unforgiving path of being an athlete. ”。
After speaking, his talent seemed to have exhausted all his strength, and he slowly closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep. Liu Chengju lowered her head in pain, tears sliding down like broken pearls. Indeed, as a once glorious athlete, the final journey of talent is so sad.
Poverty, sickness, and death were like a curse that gripped the family. What's even more distressing is that their 16-year-old daughter Cai Jinhan was also diagnosed with cancer and her life is in danger. Just when the talent was dying, fate once again dealt a heavy blow to the family.
Seeing her daughter's increasingly haggard face, Liu Chengju's heart was like a knife, how she longed to create a peaceful living environment for her daughter, but the reality of the predicament made her helpless. In life, it is inevitable to encounter all kinds of difficulties and setbacks. However, for the talented family, the suffering they have experienced seems to be beyond the limits of what humans can bear.
Caili's life journey is like a magnificent and complex drama repertoire. Whenever we think of the scene that accompanied the arrival of the final chapter of his life, we can't help but have infinite curiosity about his tortuous life experience.
Looking back on the past, talent was born in a poor peasant family. Since he was a child, this boy has shown the potential of extraordinary strength, and the burden that is difficult for adults to bear seems to be as light as nothing in his hands.
Seeing this, his family is proud and looks forward to his future achievements.
However, this "magical" power also brought endless ridicule and distress to his childhood life. Because he was much larger than children of the same age, his classmates often gave him the nickname "Little Fat Pig" to ridicule him.
Caili has been full of fear of school life since he was a child, and his personality has gradually become introverted and lonely.
In the end, the family's financial constraints and heavy mental pressure forced Caili to give up his studies and spend all day working in the family farm. Just when he was almost swallowed by this ruthless fate, a noble man quietly descended - a sports school coach who happened to pass by.
The coach was keenly aware of the power that didn't match his age and immediately realized that this was a weightlifter with great potential. After in-depth communication with Caili's parents, Caili finally had the opportunity to start his weightlifting career with the coach.
In the sports school, the talent of talent has been fully excavated and cultivated. He swam like a fish in water, and he was comfortable in weightlifting, quickly surpassing all his peers and leading by a wide margin.
People marveled at how this young man, who was once regarded as a "freak", managed to rise to prominence in just a few years and become the absolute focus of the game.
His first major breakthrough in talent came when he was 20 years old. With his outstanding performance, he won the National Youth Games, which was also the first gold medal in his life. Since then, he has made all-round breakthroughs in the field of weightlifting, frequently competing and achieving great results.
What's even more remarkable is that Caili successfully set a new Asian weightlifting record at the Asian Games in the same year, and became famous and world-renowned for a while.
At the age of 27, he is already in the middle of his career, and he has already started to play alongside the national team in various competitions around the world. He has always been able to win the championship comfortably in many years of competition, standing on the top of the podium many times.
The boy who was once ridiculed as a "freak" has grown into a stardom center stage, surrounded by many accolades.
As a result, in this way, in the eight-year career of professional athletes, his talented talent won an astonishing 60 gold medals for the motherland! He possesses unrivaled prowess and has personally witnessed moments of glory that no one else can match.
At that time, he was so dazzling that even the bumpy course of life in the future could not hide the shining light.
However, heroes will eventually grow old and their aura will gradually fade. In 1997, the world-famous weightlifter announced his retirement at the age of 33, officially ending his illustrious career.
As the days passed away from the ring, Cai Li realized that he knew nothing about the world except for weightlifting. The glory of the past could not bring him any substantial help and security now.
After retiring, the financial situation of the Caili family took a sharp turn for the worse. His wife, Liu Chengju, works for a heating company and earns only a meagre 600 yuan a month. Due to the lack of other skills, Caili can only work as a janitor in the HKSI with a meager salary.
The total income of the two is only 1,600 yuan per month.
The weight of life hit them like a landslide and tsunami. To pay off their mortgage and buy milk powder for their children, the couple barely survived on potatoes and cabbage.
Sometimes, the amount of food he eats is large enough to exhaust the family's food rations.
To make matters worse, the old illness returned, and Caili suffered from severe sleep apnea syndrome. The family knew that his condition needed urgent treatment, but they could not afford to pay for any medical treatment with that meagre income.
In this way, the unsurpassed athletes of the past began to slowly wither in life. Caili's weight has soared to 160 kilograms in just a few years, and he has serious problems with breathing and sleeping, and his life is quietly passing.
One night, Liu Chengju was awakened by the coughing sound of Caili and hurried to the bedroom. I saw Caili sweating profusely, panting, and his chest rising and falling violently.
Liu Chengju panicked and quickly dialed the emergency call. In just a few minutes, the ambulance arrived at a rapid pace, and several medical personnel worked together to carefully lift Caili into the ambulance. Liu Chengju followed closely behind, looking at her husband who was in a deep coma, tears kept rolling in her eyes.
Ambulances sped through the night, and the shrill sirens seemed to tear through the silent night sky.
The ambulance came to a screeching halt at the entrance of the hospital's emergency department, and the medical staff raced against the clock to lift their talents off the car and rush into the emergency room. Liu Chengju followed closely like a great enemy, but was blocked from the door.
After an intense rescue, Caili was finally out of danger and was sent to the intensive care unit for careful care. Liu Chengju was able to enter the ward and saw her husband lying quietly on the hospital bed, and her tense nerves finally relaxed slightly.
"Cheng Ju ......" Caili, who was lying on the bed, opened his eyes with great difficulty and called out in a hoarse voice. Liu Chengju immediately walked to the side of the bed and held his hands tightly.
"Ahem...... cough cough ......" Caili's breathing became more and more rapid, and Liu Chengju's heart was full of endless concern. Seeing that the flame of life was about to be gradually extinguished, she was in agony.
Liu Chengju lowered her head and sobbed, tears falling like raindrops. Indeed, as a former sports hero, Caili's current situation is embarrassing. He continued: "Although sports have given me great honor, it has also brought physical scars and difficulties in life.
Therefore, no matter what kind of predicament Jinhan encounters in the future, you must stop her from embarking on this path of no return.
Does society pay enough attention and respect to sports heroes like Caili? After they won the honor, did they get the corresponding livelihood security? Facing this sad picture in front of him, Liu Chengju's heart was full of endless pain and doubts.
The words of talent hit her heart like a bombshell, and she lowered her head in pain, tears streaming uncontrollably.
The departure of talent has undoubtedly become the darkest chapter in Liu Chengju's life.
Liu Chengju was a brilliant laboratory technician for a heating company, but after her husband died, she had to quit her meager but barely enough job to take care of her young daughter at home.
In this way, the family's financial source was completely cut off and they fell into an unprecedented predicament.
In order to give her daughter better living conditions, Liu Chengju had to tirelessly ask relatives and friends for assistance. She has traveled to almost every corner of the city, and she is deeply grateful for the slightest handout. However, her poverty and destitute situation often caused her to be ridiculed and abused by others. In the face of these, Liu Chengju gritted her teeth and endured everything, because she understood that there was no other way but to persevere.
Just when Liu Chengju thought that her life was about to fade away in an endless predicament, fate once again challenged her - Cai Jinhan, who was only 16 years old, was diagnosed with cancer! This poor girl, who has never experienced the happy times of ordinary children since she was a child, has now suffered a major blow in her life.
This family is like a poor worm played by heaven, and has never been cared for in any way. Liu Chengju seemed to see that the light of her daughter's life was gradually dimming, and her heart was almost frozen at that moment. However, as a mother, she would never give up easily.
After a brief breakdown, Liu Chengju quickly regained his sanity and courage. Once again, she went out of the house to visit old friends, acquaintances, and go around collecting money, even if it was just a small handout. At the same time, this touching story has also been widely spread in all walks of life, arousing the attention and sympathy of many caring people.
It was with the full support and generous funding of the whole society that Cai Jinhan was finally able to embark on the road of treatment. Although the road was full of twists and turns, with the company of her mother and the care of society, she finally successfully overcame the disease and returned to a normal life.
When she saw her daughter's healthy face, Liu Chengju's eyes were filled with tears of joy. Indeed, although fate has been playing tricks on this family, it still leaves them with a glimmer of life after all. Liu Chengju firmly made a vow that she would use her diligence and tenacity to hold up a rare blue sky for her daughter.