Due to an interview video taken from the media, in the depths of Dashan Mountain, Baoan Township, Du'an County, Guangxi, Wei Guo, a “post-90s” poor household with 9 children and about to welcome their 10th child, became a “net red”.
The sign of "red" is that there are countless strange missed calls in the mobile phone. He lived in Dengtun, Shangzhen Village. Last year, he just got on the cement road. Recently, he has been repeatedly broken by the strangers who visited. There are media, caring people, and others say they want to support his children as soon as they meet.
"He has not been in a good state these past few days, and he is a bit nervous." Village Secretary Guo Jing was helpless. He told the Beijing News reporter that village and town cadres had repeatedly persuaded Wei Guo not to give birth to children again. Due to the epidemic this year, the frequency of their households decreased, and it was not until April that Wei Guoze’s wife became pregnant with the 10th. Child, due date is September this year.
Wei Guo was born in 1991 and his wife is one year older than him. The couple born after the "90" had a total of 9 children, 6 boys and 3 girls. The oldest is a son. He is 12 years old this year. In the fourth grade of elementary school, the youngest child is only over a year old.
Although many people questioned Wei Guo as a poor household unable to care for so many children, he did not take it seriously. He doesn't think how hard the days are. The children are obedient. The bosses, second and third graders who have been to elementary school all have good grades. When they return home on the weekend, they can help him and his wife do some work. He said that he will work hard to make money to support them, and in the future, if children are admitted to college, he will support them in the end.
The following is a dialogue between a reporter from the Beijing News and Wei Guoze:
Wei Guo and his three youngest children are in the new house. Image source: Screenshot of "Our Video" from Beijing News.
Eating Dibao, working to make money, not much deposit
Beijing News : Can you tell us about your family?
Wei Guoze : When I was very young, my father and mother brought me up. When I was 8 years old, I was studying in a village primary school on the side of Dahua. My (biological) brother was studying in another school on the side of Dahua. He approached me and chatted with me. Later I learned slowly (I Life experience). But my adoptive parents never told me, and I never asked them.
When my elder father was 11 years old (note: adoptive father), he stopped studying and went to work. At first I followed my cousin to cut sugarcane in Qinzhou. Later, I stayed in Guangdong to work, and my wife and I were together while working in Guangdong.
Beijing News : What is the situation in your wife's house?
Wei Guoze : There are three siblings in my wife's house. She is the third. She was born three months ago and her mother died. When I first met, my wife often told me that she had no mother since she was a child, and it was too pitiful to see other mothers.
I said that my fate is the same, why we are the same experience. She said that we slowly work hard to make money. So (after marriage) she looked at the children at home, went to grow corn, and I went out to work to earn money to support the children.
On June 11th, Deng Tun, Shangzhen Village, Baoan Township, where the new house of Wei Guoze was located. Beijing News reporter Zhang Huilan
Beijing News : Are the children going to school?
Wei Guoze : 6 of them are going to school now, 2 of them are in kindergarten, and my cousin (help me) picks them up every day after school, and 4 go to primary school in Dahua (neighboring county), then go home on Friday . (Note: There are 3 children under school age.)
Beijing News : What are your current sources of income?
Wei Guoze : Dibao, and my own money to go out to work. I work with my cousin in the village and make a water cabinet (Note: a covered cement cylinder used to collect rainwater and spring water). 200 yuan a day, can earn more than 5000 in more than a month.
My dead mother and father each have 8 points of land, which adds up to more than 2 acres. All of them grow corn. I usually go to grow with my wife. My children come back to school and we will work together with the whole family on Saturday. We eat corn by ourselves, and it is not enough to sell. Sometimes we need to buy a little to raise chickens and pigs.
Beijing News : Is the income enough for the whole family?
Wei Guoze : Buy rice and meat for the family, noodles to cook for the children, and snacks for the children. These are about 1,000 a month. I smoke 5 packs of 5 cigarettes, maybe two in a month. I will save the rest of the money, but it is not enough to spend when the child is sick.
Beijing News : What do you usually eat at home?
Wei Guoze : Cook that melon seedling, and cabbage, just these two dishes.
Beijing News : Do children eat these too?
Wei Guoze : Buy some meat for them. I went to the streets to buy cakes and drinks for them. They drink what I buy and are not naughty.
Beijing News : What do you think of your life now?
Wei Guoze : The life is very good now, the state helps me, there is also a minimum living allowance, and I don’t need money to get a house (Note: Wei Guoze’s house is now built for loving enterprises and government-funded construction), and children don’t go to school. Money, I went to the hospital for reimbursement. They (cadres) are also very kind to me, they care about me very much, and I thank them.
Beijing News : How much deposit do you have now?
Wei Guoze : Not much now.
On June 12, Wei Guoze, who was working on the site of the Shangzhen village construction site. Beijing News reporter Zhang Huilan
Fear of affecting the body without having birth control surgery
Beijing News : Do you know that you have become a "net celebrity"?
Wei Guoze : I don’t have Internet access, but I have a brother who came to ask me who put the things that filmed me online, and I asked him where he was and showed me the video. I don't know why they put the video of my talk online. Someone called me every day, too annoying and not at ease to work. Others came here and said they would help me raise children.
Beijing News : How do you respond to those who want to adopt children?
Wei Guoze : I said that you will talk about these things. I will ignore you. I disagree.
Beijing News : Why do you have so many children?
Wei Guoze : (silence)
Beijing News : Do you have the idea of having more children and more happiness? For example, in the land of your home, if two people can't grow, you can help if you have more children. Do you think this is good?
Wei Guoze : Good. When they grow up, they all have to work with us. If they go to school, they will come to help from Saturday to Sunday.
Beijing News : Some people worry that so many children may have a bad life or poor education. Have you ever considered this issue?
Wei Guoze : No. The child was born without disease, healthy and healthy, I am also comfortable, and I also work hard to move forward, this is fine.
Beijing News : Is it easier for you to be content?
Wei Guoze : Satisfaction, my wife is also easily satisfied.
On June 11, Wei Guo's three youngest children were playing in the house. Image source: Screenshot of "Our Video" in the Beijing News
Beijing News : Will the two of you complain about having more children and doing more housework?
Wei Guoze : No.
Beijing News : How many clothes do you have to wash every day?
Wei Guoze : If there is a washing machine, it may be washed two or three times. (When attending school or living in school) They also took their clothes and washed them themselves.
Beijing News : How long does it take to cook every meal?
Wei Guoze : This is an hour.
Beijing News : Did you buy a washing machine and refrigerator two days ago? how much did you spend?
Wei Guoze : The refrigerator and washing machine (total) are almost 3400, and I used the money I saved. If you don’t buy a washing machine, it’s too hard for your wife to wash clothes. If you don’t buy a refrigerator, you won’t be able to eat meat and it will break.
Beijing News : Has the village publicized family planning with you?
Wei Guoze : Yes . I don't want it anymore. Later my wife became pregnant again, and I couldn't help it.
Beijing News : Do you want to have birth control surgery in the past?
Wei Guoze : Think. But my wife is sick and can't do it. I'm not in good health either. If I do it, if I can't do it, no one will support my children.
Beijing News : Ligation is a minor operation. Under the current medical conditions, should it have little effect on the body?
Wei Guoze : After someone in our village has done (ligation surgery), he has no strength to go to work, and his memory is not good enough. My wife said that if you do it, if you can't do the work, who will raise our children?
Beijing News : Are you planning to give birth later?
Wei Guoze : No more, my wife will go to Sheung Wan after giving birth to this child.
On June 12, Wei Guoze built a new house to donate to Shenzhen’s twinning enterprises. Beijing News reporter Zhang Huilan
"What do they want to do, I will help them to the end"
Beijing News : What do you want the children to be when they grow up?
Wei Guoze : They can work hard to make money as a boss in the future, or they can work hard. I will try to raise them. Whatever they want, I will help them to the end. If they study hard, I will work slowly, let them go to college, and find a job after college. They may ask, Dad, I’ve done this. Can you help me? I definitely have it. I’m confident.
Beijing News : Do you think you can rely on yourself?
Wei Guoze : Yes.
Beijing News : How would you educate them?
Wei Guoze : By Friday, when they came back from vacation, I said that you can’t steal money from others or get things from others. (If) the teacher calls me, it will be troublesome. They said, "Dad, don't worry. We don't do bad things. Don't worry."
Beijing News : Will you hit the children?
Wei Guoze : No fight, I said they listen to me, they are not naughty.
Beijing News : Do you worry about being bullied outside?
Wei Guoze : Yes , but it's okay if you don't do bad things. Don't do bad things, study hard.
Beijing News : How is the child's performance?
Wei Guoze : Several children in my elementary school have good grades. The boss takes the first place, the second is almost the same, and the third is the daughter.
Beijing News : What do you and your wife expect from the future?
Wei Guoze : Sometimes my wife said that we slowly raise children, slowly work hard to make money and work, slowly grow corn, slowly raise pigs and chickens. If you work hard, you earn a lot of money and live a happy life.
On June 12, Wei Guoze, who was working on the site of the Shangzhen village construction site. Beijing News reporter Zhang Huilan
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