He was unfortunate because of his physical disability, but his heart bloomed with beautiful flowers; He experienced the twists and turns of life, but his footsteps always followed the direction of his dreams. He is Yuan Xike, a poor and severely disabled person in Berlin'an Village, Nanhedian Town.
Yuan Xike: "Hello family members in the live broadcast room, thank you for walking into my live broadcast room, and thank you for your long-term support and encouragement to me."
At the National Poverty Alleviation Commendation Conference, General Secretary Xi Jinping praised a disabled friend and said: "Although we are disabled, we are not mentally disabled, we still have brains, hands, and want to do", and Yuan Xike, who does not even have hands, turned his mouth into his hands with the confidence and courage of self-reliance and self-improvement, and wrote and changed his life with handwriting. Yuan Xike's mother was born with a disability in both feet, and Yuan Xike fell ill at a young age with a disability in both hands, and dropped out of school at home after graduating from primary school. The family of three only relied on their father to cultivate a few acres of thin fields to survive, and the family economy was very poor. The shackles of poverty cannot bind the wings of flight. Yuan Xike is more mature in thinking and dreams more ambitious than his peers. 18-year-old Yuan Xike happened to see a disabled person writing calligraphy on TV, and the short news picture brought Yuan Xike a strong spiritual shock. Just do it, Yuan Xike found a pen and a book, and tried to practice hard pen writing with a pen in his mouth. Since the summer of 2006, Yuan Xike has practiced calligraphy with a brush, and he has been practicing calligraphy for a long time, which has caused him to have sore teeth, mouth ulcers, and lose his sense of taste when he is serious.
Yuan Xike said: "I just want to be able to reduce some of the burdens of my parents as much as I can after I learn, and at the same time, I can make some contributions to my parents and the family, and I can be self-reliant." ”
Yuan Xike gets up at 8 o'clock in the morning and rests at 11 o'clock in the evening, except for doing housework is to practice calligraphy, and insists on practicing 1,000 regular scripts every day. The family conditions were not good, so Yuan Xike bought newspapers from the scrap yard to practice calligraphy, and used more than 200 catties of newspapers every year. In the past 10 years, Yuan Xike has been holding the pen with his mouth, persevering, and sticking to his dream. In 2012, Yuan Xike recommended himself and knocked on the door of the Beijing Voice of the Heart Art Troupe for the Disabled with his vigorous and smooth calligraphy works. Since then, Yuan Xike, who has practiced calligraphy, has stepped onto the performance stage from the dilapidated farmhouse courtyard. In five years, from the eastern coast to the western desert, from the coast of the South China Sea to the three northeastern provinces, touring 156 cities in 29 provinces, Yuan Xike wrote a legendary life with thick and sturdy, round and smooth calligraphy. During the tour of the Beijing Disabled People's Art Troupe, Yuan Xike not only realized the identity transformation from a disabled boy from a farmer to a calligraphy performer, but also met Yang Xiaomeng, a young woman who learned sign language in her hometown, and the two met and fell in love and tied the knot.
Yang Xiaomeng told reporters: "Because I feel that his character is very good, as well as his spirit of self-improvement, these have touched me, and then I feel that he is a person who is worth entrusting for life." ”
In 2016, Yuan Xike decided to give up his life in the big city and return to his hometown to start a business and get rich. From the bright stage to the silent courtyard, Yuan Xike began to take on the responsibility of the family. Yuan Xike's family was identified as a poor household in 2015. Bolinan Village, Nanhedian Town, adheres to the policy of adapting to each household, and through comprehensive policies and precise assistance such as providing jobs, providing practical skills training, and cultivating wealthy projects, Yuan Xike's family has undergone earth-shaking changes. In 2017, the per capita net income of the whole family was 4,600 yuan, taking the lead in getting out of poverty. In 2018, in the selection of inspirational education activities in Nanhedian Town, Yuan Xike's family was rated as an outstanding poor household for two consecutive quarters, hung a mobile small red flag, and was commended by the town, becoming an "Internet celebrity" in the eyes of the masses.
"When the time is ripe for the next step, after my level is improved, I plan to set up a studio in Nanyang or Nanzhou, the main purpose of this studio is to promote the traditional culture of our Chinese nation, so that more people can understand calligraphy and like calligraphy, and at the same time hope to help some disabled people like me who need help, so that they can learn a skill, so that they can also have a foothold in this society." Yuan Xike said.
The new era is the era of strivers, and the new journey is the expedition of dreamers. In April 2021, Yuan Xike honorably joined the Communist Party of China.
All-media reporters: Liu Zhaoyang, Sun Shengdi