Texas: Her mother was paralyzed by illness and her family was in debt, so she became more sensible and strong

Reporter Zhang Tingting's photographic report

Gao Ling, a weak and strong girl, in 2013, her mother suddenly suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and was paralyzed in bed, and her life changed dramatically. No more pocket money, no more love from her mother, when she was 16 years old, she was as tough and optimistic as a grass, determined to change her fate by learning knowledge.

In July this year, a red university acceptance letter was sent to Gao Ling's home, and the paralyzed mother shed tears of excitement, but when she saw the numbers on the notice, the family was silent. The tuition fee of 7,000 yuan is an astronomical amount for this family.

Take care of a sick mom like a child

In the early morning, the rooster began to crow, and the high bell had freshened up the mother and made breakfast. Three poles in the day, the inside and outside of the house have been cleaned, and Gao Ling will be washed by the mother's wet mattress and dried on the clothes pole one by one. When the sun was blazing, the smell of rice had already wafted out of the courtyard, and Gao Ling carefully fed his mother bite by bite. In the afternoon, after doing all the housework, Gao Ling sat next to her mother, feeding her water, talking about the funny things about the school, although she did not get any response, she still spoke loudly and colorfully. This is every day of gaoling's summer vacation in Hougao Village, Huangjia Town, Leling City.

Gao Ling is this year's college entrance examination student, and was admitted to Shandong Normal University with a score of 592. She has less than a month to go to school, because of her family's poverty, her tuition has not yet been settled.

Originally, my father was a decoration worker outside the home, and my mother was doing farm work at home, and her life was not rich, but ordinary and happy. However, in 2013, Gao Ling's mother suffered a sudden cerebral hemorrhage and was diagnosed with meningioma and coronary atherosclerotic heart disease, and although the two surgeries saved her life, she lost her ability to take care of herself.

In order to treat his mother's illness, he spent all his family's savings and owed 150,000 yuan in foreign debt. Gao Hua gave up the opportunity to go out to work and earn money, took care of his wife at home, and lived by planting crops for two years, and when Gao Ling did not have enough to pay tuition, he had to find relatives to borrow.

 From food and clothing to destitution, this transformation was huge for Gao Ling, who was only 16 years old at the time. But this girl, instead of compromising with fate, became harder and more sensible. "I am the hope of my family, and I want to change our lives with my studies."

Get up early and go to bed late to study She is the "desperate samurai" in the class

 "She learns to spell specially and never seems to know tired. Gao Ling's classmate Sun Yanqing told reporters that Gao Ling studied the hardest in the class, and her grades have always been among the best, and since her mother fell ill, she has become more hard.

Gao Ling is a residential student, and every morning at five o'clock, when her roommates are still asleep, she quietly gets up to study. Every night when the lights were turned off, she secretly turned on the lamp again until the middle of the night. "I had a dream of college since I was a child, and when I was a child, my mother hoped that I would be admitted to college, and after she fell ill, I made up my mind to realize my dream and realize my mother's dream." She told reporters that since her mother was ill and her father looked older than a teenager, she worked hard in the school cafeteria to reduce the burden on her family, and she could get a scholarship almost every year.

Because of the poverty of the family, every year before paying the tuition fee is the saddest time for GaoLing. "Every time I pay money, I don't dare to tell my father because I know there is no money at home." Gao Ling said that "paying money" is the two most taboo words in the family, and Dad does not say it, nor does she mention it, until the day before the start of school, Dad will hand over the money that he does not know where to get it. "I know that the money is borrowed from someone, and I know that my father doesn't want to tell me this, which has become a tacit understanding between me and my father, I don't ask how the money came from, and he never tells it." 」

 Kung Fu pays off, and in July this year, Gao Ling was admitted to Shandong Normal University with a good score of 592 points. She immediately brought the notice to her mother, whose lips trembled and tears of excitement flowed from her eyes.

My father went out to work for more than half a hundred years to pay for tuition

Gao Hua loves his daughter very much, and in order to let the child concentrate on school, he never mentions money in front of her daughter. As everyone knows, this humble father, in addition to taking time to do farm work on weekdays, also went around looking for relatives and friends to borrow money to pay for tuition.

 This time, when he saw the 7,000 yuan tuition fee written on the notice, his heart was pounding, but he did not show it on his expression. "XiaoLing worked hard to get into college, can't let her have too much psychological burden, the tuition can't be her obstacle, say what I want to let my children go to college." Gao Hua said firmly.

Gao Ling took care of his mother at home during the summer vacation, Gao Hua found a job as a bricklayer, went out every day before dawn, came home at noon to eat some food in a hurry, and continued to work. "I don't know how much money I can make, so let's put together my child's tuition." Gao Hua said that at present, only 4,000 yuan has been made, and there is still a difference of more than 3,000 yuan.

Today, Gao Ling's "college dream" is close at hand, and she wants to be able to walk into the university door and study her favorite major like other students. If you are willing to lend a helping hand to help Gao Ling realize his college dreams, please call the newspaper's hotline [phone] or the reporter's telephone [phone].