"You say you are disabled, you say you have a difficult life, but if you go out and take a look, there are other things that are more difficult than your life. If you can help others, you can help others a little." This is a 59-year-old first-degree physically disabled person. Uncle Bai Chaoping often said a word on his lips.
After leaving the village and entering the city, he set up a stall on the roadside of Gaoshui South Street, Fucheng District, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province. He made a living by repairing shoes, tinkering with pots, and changing zippers. helping others.
Bai Chaoping looks at the pot that needs to be repaired.
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Disabled Zhijian set up a stall to make a living
Bai Chaoping is a first-degree physically disabled with a rickety back and unable to straighten his legs.
The curved body makes him look only about one meter two to three meters tall.
"When I was a few months old, my elder brother and sister took me to play, and accidentally fell. At that time, my elder brother and sister didn't tell my parents, so they didn't pay attention to it." Bai Chaoping said, when my parents found out their bodies , I sent myself to the barefoot doctor on the brigade to see a doctor, but because of the underdeveloped medical technology at the time, the doctor misdiagnosed as malnutrition and missed the treatment period, resulting in my body becoming disabled.
"Now I need to rely on crutches to walk, and I am limping when I walk."
Bai Chaoping prepares to distribute keys to customers.
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Bai Chaoping was born in 1962 in a peasant family in Baohe Village, Zhongtai Town, Santai County, Mianyang City. He dropped out of school and worked in the brigade after finishing the fourth grade of elementary school.
"At that time, I made bamboo strips on the brigade, doing back-strips, dustpans, etc." This job continued until he was more than 30 years old.
Later, he heard that the people in the same village had made a lot of money by working in the city, so he followed the villagers into the city and came to Fucheng District, Mianyang City.
Bai Chaoping, who had just arrived in Mianyang, was unfamiliar with his hometown and had no money to rent a house, so he squeezed a small room with the villagers and ate and lived with them.
"It didn't take long for me to find a job as a passenger on a motorcycle. I did it for about a year. Because there were several motorcycle accidents in the city and the government started to ban them, I didn't do it." Bai Chaoping considered Always running outside, neither safe nor stable, so I took the money I earned before renting a storefront, and started repairing shoes, changing locks, changing zippers, matching keys, repairing pressure cookers, etc. This job lasted more than 20 years. Until now.
Bai Chaoping is making up the pot.
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“Before there was a facade, but the rent increased and the rent could no longer be rented. Now I’m setting up a street stall, changing zippers, matching keys, repairing rice cookers, repairing shoes, and other materials and tools needed, partly on the ground and partly on the ground. On an electric tricycle." Bai Chaoping said that when it rained, he would hide under the eaves of other people's facades for a while, and wait until the weather cleared before coming out to set up a stall.
Exquisite workmanship continues to flow
"Master Bai, are my shoes repaired?"
"There is a bad socket in my house. I'll show it to you!"
"Are you free today, help me with a key!"...
Bai Chaoping is concentrating on repairing shoes.
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In just one hour of interview time, nine customers came to Bai Chaoping to repair shoes, change zippers, equip keys, repair rice cookers, etc.
"I have known Uncle Bai for more than 10 years. Although he is inconvenient, he often does some small favors for us. Usually, if we need to repair shoes, change zippers, unlock and change locks, I will come directly to Uncle Bai, not anyone else. "Uncle Wang, a customer who lives near the Bai Chaoping booth, said that his glasses frame is broken, and he came to Bai Chaoping to repair it today.
Bai Chaoping never accepts money for such small objects.
"Master Bai, are you free? Help me fix my shoes and degummed them!" While the reporter was talking to Bai Chaoping, another customer, Uncle Li, came to the door.
Bai Chaoping took the cloth pocket in Uncle Li's hand, took out the shoes, took a look at the shoes, picked up the rag set aside, wiped the shoes clean, started adding glue and putting them on the line...
The customer showed Bai Chaoping the soles that needed to be repaired.
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"I just wanted Master Bai to put glue on my shoes, but he went online!" Uncle Li, the customer said. Bai Chaoping has good craftsmanship, exquisite workmanship, and fair prices. He is sincere and honest. Everyone is willing to follow him. He dealt with.
After Bai Chaoping patched it up, he put the shoes into his cloth pocket and handed them back to Uncle Li.
"Master Bai, how much is it?" "One yuan." "One yuan is enough, too little!" Uncle Li, the customer, forced Bai Chaoping two yuan, but Bai Chaoping also only needed one yuan and returned the extra one yuan. .
Deeply moved to donate for 18 years
"There are tens of hundreds of dollars in income every day, and one month is about two or three thousand dollars." According to Bai Chaoping's account, the reporter calculated an account. If calculated on the basis of an income of 3,000 yuan per month, Bai Chaoping would The annual income is 36,000 yuan. Excluding the housing rent of more than 20,000 yuan, he can leave about 10,000 yuan a year.
In the limited 10,000 yuan, Bai Chaoping used all the remaining money for donations in addition to daily expenses.
Bai Chaoping is threading the shoes.
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Uncle Bai Chaoping said that during SARS in 2003, the country's illness was relatively serious, but the spirit of the medical staff to move forward deeply shocked him.
"Who is not afraid of death? Everyone is afraid of death! But the doctors and nurses dared to rush ahead, and they dared to go to the most dangerous place. At that time, I was moved by this spirit, so I decided to do something within my power. If you can help others, you can help others a little bit.” Bai Chaoping said that during the SARS period, the Red Cross Society of Mianyang City organized a donation activity. He donated more than 30 yuan, all of the change that he had saved in the ordinary time. , One yuan, he neatly stacked them in a pile, and donated all of them.
"The donation in the year of SARS was on the 23rd. That was my first donation. In order to remember this day, I chose to make a donation on the 23rd," Bai Chaoping said, "I don't know who has difficulties. I need help, so I gave the money to the Red Cross. People from the Red Cross will look for people in need, and then give them my money. So I don’t know who my money was given to them for so many years. , Who helped."
The small stalls are always crowded with customers.
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The amount of Bai Chaoping donated is different each time, and he has never calculated how much he has donated in the past 18 years.
"Actually, I don’t have much money. I just save up the one-cent, five-cent, and one yuan of change that I usually receive from the stall. Donate as much as you have. When you have more, you will donate more than 100 yuan. Go to the Red Cross Society of Mianyang City to donate." Bai Chaoping said that during the new crown pneumonia epidemic last year, he donated a little more than usual, and each donation was 500 yuan.
"During the epidemic, many people lost their jobs and had no income. More people needed help. They donated more when they were still able to do so."
Enthusiastic to support students for charity
Two or three years ago, after learning about Bai Chaoping's donation and charity, other volunteers who were enthusiastic about charity got his consent and pulled him into the volunteer WeChat group.
Through the WeChat group, Bai Chaoping learned that children in some poverty-stricken areas have difficulty studying.
No matter how hard you are, you can’t suffer your children, and no matter how poor you are, you can’t have poor education.
Through consulting school teachers, Bai Chaoping learned that a child’s tuition, miscellaneous fees and living expenses for one semester were 2,400 yuan, and he formed a team with other volunteers. There were 10 people in the team, each of whom paid 240 yuan and collected 2,400 yuan to help one. Students pay tuition and fees and living expenses for one semester.
Bai Chaoping chatted with customers who came to repair shoes.
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"Last year because of the epidemic, many people were unemployed, and some volunteers couldn't afford 240 yuan. We expanded the number of volunteer teams from 10 to 20 or 30. Each of us paid less. One point, but you must ensure that you can collect 2,400 yuan to help a student complete one semester of school." Bai Chaoping said that at present they have sponsored 6 poor students in total, and two students are going to take the entrance examination for junior high school this year. There are 4 students in elementary and junior high schools.
Bai Chaoping did not tell them who he was, and the students did not know who paid their tuition fees. He only knew that there were well-meaning people who were funding their studies.
Uncle Bai Chaoping and his team of volunteers just worked silently behind their backs, silently helping these poor students to study until they all graduated from junior high school.
"What we do are small things. We have never thought about repaying, but we can help others while we can make some money." Uncle Bai Chaoping said frankly that he will still meet people in need in the future. Help without complaint, without expecting anything in return.
Author: Yang Yong