Her name is Xiaomei, 16 years old, at this time she is carrying 80 pounds of feed from the warehouse miles away to rush home, in order to save the cost of the car, she moves the feed back and forth more than a dozen times. In June last year, Xiaomei's mother suddenly fainted while feeding pigs, and her father took her around to see a doctor, and since then Xiaomei has been raising pigs alone in the village to earn money to support her family.
The picture shows Xiaomei feeding pigs, she now has to get up at 6 o'clock every day to feed the pigs, and at the same time clean the pigsty hygiene. 20 years ago, Xiaomei's parents went to Heyuan to work, after having a certain amount of savings, the family planned to buy a house and settle here, did not want to pay a down payment, Xiaomei's mother suddenly fell ill, the treatment fee crushed the family, and also owed more than 200,000 debts.
After her mother fell ill, Xiaomei had to quit school, "I also wanted to study, and at that time the tuition was paid, but now I want to see the pig farm and have no time for classes," Xiaomei said. After working every day, Xiaomei likes to play with this big black dog, which is her best playmate, and they often "talk" when there is no one.
Some time ago, there were often thieves on the pig farm, and the family was worried about Xiaomei's safety, so they took her grandfather from home to accompany her. The picture shows Xiaomei adding a quilt to her grandfather.
At 5 p.m., Xiaomei was preparing dinner in the "kitchen", a piglet watched next to her, because the space was limited, Xiaomei's "kitchen" was set up in the pigsty, the smell was unpleasant, and there were flies flying everywhere, and the sanitary conditions were extremely poor.
These dishes on the table are the most commonly eaten by Xiaomei and Grandpa, squeezed vegetables, hot sauce and green vegetables. Today's green vegetables were still sent by neighbors, and Xiaomei said that in order to save money, she and her grandfather only ate meat once a week.
Although she has dropped out of school for a while, Xiaomei still has time to review her homework, she said, "I want to save some money to buy a few books on raising pigs, and now my knowledge is not enough."
Grandpa had suffered a stroke two years ago, and now his legs and feet are not particularly flexible, Xiaomei takes care of the pig farm during the day, and at night she washes and cooks to take care of Grandpa. The picture shows that when eating, Xiaomei took a bite of food into her grandfather's bowl.
The grandfather's room is next to the pig farm, the simple house is ventilated everywhere, the old man is afraid of the cold, Xiaomei gave her own quilt to her grandfather, ready to sleep in clothes.
Xiaomei, who has always been optimistic, finally did not hold back tears and cried when talking about her mother. "I never thought this would happen to me, I was helpless and scared, I didn't know what to do." Xiaomei said with red eyes that every time she thought about her mother, she could only look at the previous photos, and she wanted to go to Hunan to see her.
Some time ago it was windy and rainy, Xiaomei was afraid that they would get sick, and every once in a while she came to see "I am at ease that they are okay, I want to raise them fat, sell them for a good price to see my mother, and when my mother returns, I can go back to class," Xiaomei said.