first met Zhang Lei, a hotel lobby opposite Tongren bus station. The small, dark skin, and the hardships of life made Zhang Lei look older than his peers, but the sound of laughter and perseverance in the conversation made people have to be respectful to the girl who had been suffering from life and persevered with his affection and responsibility. In
1987, Zhang Lei was born in a village in Yongjing village, Yinjiang Township, Yinjiang, Guizhou province. At the age of 8, his father was blinded by illness. The family spent all their savings and owed foreign debts, but his father's condition did not improve. The mother left Zhang Lei and her brother away in a hurry to take the family's only 100 yuan. From then on, the burden of the family fell on the girl who was only 8 years old.
"Dad, I'm not going to school. I have to take care of you and your brother!" Zhang Lei dropped out of school with tears and led his blind father to plough the fields and plant seedlings in the fields. In order to save money for father's treatment, potatoes and sweet potatoes became the staple food of a family.
the hardships of life did not erase Zhang Lei's thirst for learning. "Only by reading can we change our destiny so that our father and his brother can lead a good life." Eager to go to school, she took out her books after farm work and household chores. Her hair was ignited many times by the fire on the stove because she was so absorbed in it.
the father who loves her daughter decides to go to the streets to play the erhu and send her children to school. In those years, a family ran to Tongren, Guiyang and Chongqing to make a living.
a year after dropping out of school, after his father's insistence and the Qingdao women's Federation, Zhang Lei returned to school. During the primary and junior high schools in Cedar Township, Zhang Lei traveled to 20 miles of rough mountain roads every day and managed farm work and housework, but her achievements never came down. When I heard about my daughter's good performance, her father's face would show a rare smile.
"so bitter, have you ever thought about giving up?" Zhang Lei told a serenity of his experience. During high school, Zhang Lei worked in a leisure bar. After knowing his father, he thought his daughter was working in a bad place and beat Zhang Lei up. The younger brother really couldn't watch it. He said to Zhang Lei, "sister, you go out to work, father, I'll take care of it." At that time, Zhang Lei, who was so wronged, had flown away from home. He could remember his painful expression when he was sick, and grit his teeth. "At that time, I thought I could not sacrifice my family's happiness for my own happiness, otherwise I would feel guilty all my life."
because of long-term blindness, his father's temper was somewhat irritable. In order to appease his father's feelings, Zhang Lei would rather suffer himself than father too anxious.
2007 August, Zhang Lei was admitted to the Chinese Department of Tongren University. In order not to make her blind father helpless at home, she decided to take her father to college. In the autumn of 2008, Zhang Lei rented an old house with 8 square meters and a monthly rent of only 60 yuan for his father in the urban area 3 kilometers away from the campus. She goes back to lunch every day after lunch and after school. In order to earn money to support her family, she also used her spare time to tutor or work.
whenever Zhang Lei is free, he will tell his father something new in society. She also bought a small radio, allowing her father to listen to music, listen to stories, and send hard times in the dark world.
"no matter what life is like, parents are duty bound to your children and take care of them." Now Zhang Lei's greatest hope is that his father is more relaxed and temperate, "life will be better and better, isn't it?"