Gong Kui, 20, has lived in a nursing home for 10 years.
He is from Zhongjiang County, Deyang City, Sichuan Province.
In the past 20 years, his relatives have left him one by one.
When he was young, his father was sent to a psychiatric hospital for treatment due to mental illness, and his mother took him to work abroad to make a living.
Later, his mother could not bear the pressure of life and sent him back to Zhongjiang without any news.
After returning to Zhongjiang, he lived with his grandfather, who later died one after another.
In 2012, 10-year-old Gong Kui and Grandpa Yao moved into a nursing home in Tai'an Town, Zhongjiang County. Grandpa Yao also died two years later.
Since then, he has lived alone in a nursing home.
But in the face of adversity, he did not give up his efforts.
On July 24, he inquired and learned that he had been admitted to the clinical medicine major of North Sichuan Medical College.
As for why he chose to study medicine, Gong Kui said frankly that studying medicine is to hope that he can serve the society in the future, be grateful to those who helped him, and continue his love...
The second day after the college entrance examination, I went to work in an auto repair factory to earn tuition fees
On June 10, the day after the college entrance examination, Gong Kui started the "part-time job mode". He was working in an auto repair shop in Zhongjiang County, and he has been working part-time for more than a month.
The sun was blazing, and the outdoor temperature reached 33°C. The fan in the auto repair shop was humming, but it was unable to reduce the sultry high temperature in the room. Gong Kui bent over to clean up, sweat dripping from his face and dripping on the ground from time to time... 7 On March 20, when a reporter from Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star News met Gong Kui at the auto repair factory, he was busy cleaning and helping the worker.
When asked if working part-time is hard, he smiled, "It's not hard, it's better to have something to do and make money than to be idle..."
Gong Kui introduced that after the college entrance examination, he came to work in this auto repair factory through a good-hearted person, and wanted to earn some tuition through his own efforts.
Like other children of the same age, Gong Kui would also have the idea of going to see the outside world, but this idea was quickly dispelled by reality.
"The conditions are not allowed." Gong Kui admitted to the Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star News reporter that he has been to Chengdu as far as possible, not even Deyang. The only time he went to Chengdu was to participate in a public welfare activity organized by a local organization.
In the auto repair factory, the workers learned about his life experience through chatting, and they admired his experience of studying hard in adversity and being admitted to university. They also took special care of him at work.
"Gong Kui was admitted to university and came to work during the summer vacation. The factory provided him with a relaxed position." Zhang Qianbin, director of the auto repair factory, introduced that the factory provided Gong Kui with a public welfare position to solve the problem of food and lodging, and also provided him with a job. Provide a monthly salary of 1500 yuan.
In the past 20 years, relatives have left one after another, insisting on studying and being admitted to medical school
On the afternoon of July 20, Gong Kui asked the auto repair factory for leave and was going to visit the nursing home in Tai'an Town, Zhongjiang County, dozens of kilometers away. He had not returned to the nursing home for several months.
On this trip, one is to see the elderly in the nursing home; the other is to pack up and report to the university.
From the age of 10, Gong Kui lived in the nursing home for ten years, a child who grew up in adversity.
According to the information provided by the Civil Affairs Department of Zhongjiang County, Gong Kui was born in 2002, in a group of 12 from Baiyang Village, Yongfeng Township, Zhongjiang County. His father was treated in Zhongjiang County Psychiatric Hospital for a long time due to mental illness, and his mother ran away from home more than ten years ago. No news, Gong Kui has been living with his grandfather.
When my grandfather passed away in 2012, he and his grandfather's younger brother (Grandpa Yao) came to live in a nursing home.
Grandpa Yao passed away in 2014. Gong Kui has been living in the nursing home until now. The Charity Association has contacted the caring people in Deyang and the Beijing Shengshang Foundation to give him 800 yuan per month.
In an interview with a reporter from Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star News, Gong Kui recalled that when he was a few years old, his father was sent to a mental hospital due to illness, and his mother took him to work in other places to make a living, and he went to school on and off for two years.
Later, his mother couldn't bear the pressure of life and sent him back to Zhongjiang, and he never heard from him again.
Later, grandparents also passed away.
Now, the only relatives around him are his father.
Gong Kui said: "Occasionally I go to the mental hospital to see my father, and I cut off contact with my mother. I haven't seen him for 10 years."
He persisted in studying in the face of adversity. Through unremitting efforts, he achieved a score of 571 in the college entrance examination this year and was admitted to North Sichuan Medical College.
I usually help the old man with laundry and make his bed, but he still reserved a room for him when he was admitted to university.
After more than an hour's drive, the group arrived at the nursing home in Tai'an Town, Zhongjiang County by car. This is a three-height courtyard in the countryside with a total of two floors. There are 41 elderly people living in the nursing home, mainly some destitute households and low-income households. and the old man of five guarantees.
Gong Kui, who has spent 10 years in the nursing home, is the most special member here.
The nursing home is also the place Gong Kui is most familiar with.
On the second floor of the nursing home, there is a room of more than 10 square meters that is Gong Kui's room.
There is an electric lamp, a fan, a wardrobe, a bedside table, and a bed. The room is simply furnished. In addition to daily necessities, there are more books, including teaching materials and inspirational books.
"This baby was raised in the nursing home." Jiang Qi, vice president of Tai'an Town nursing home, told reporters that during long vacations, Gong Kui would return to the nursing home. Go to the kitchen to help cook and clean up.
"He is very self-disciplined and works hard. Now he is admitted to medical school, and we are all very happy."
Jiang Qi said that Gong Kui's experience is very rare in the civil affairs system of Zhongjiang County. Although he has been admitted to university, the nursing home still reserved a room for him. "This is his home, and he can come back anytime!"
In the eyes of the head teacher Zhou Guangrong, Gong Kui is a relatively ordinary member of the class. The introverted Gong Kui is usually more serious and unsmiling. "But he is very honest, works very practically, lives very frugally, and studies hard."
"In the past three years, not only the country and the government have taken care of him, but many caring people have also provided him with help." Zhou Guangrong introduced that in the third year of high school, the school won a bursary for him and exempted all the fees that could be waived; In the second year of high school, the school arranged a work-study position, and asked Gong Kui to help in the school cafeteria during the rest time, and the cafeteria provided him with free meals.
In the third year of high school, there was an anonymous alumnus who subsidized him 500 yuan per month.
"The other party doesn't want him to give anything in return, but only wants him to give back to the society when he has the ability."
As for studying medicine, Gong Kui confessed to the Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star News reporter that he hopes to return to serve the society in the future, be grateful to those who helped him, and continue this love.
Award
Get 10,000 yuan of positive energy reward every day
"Thanks to everyone who helped me"
Recommended by Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star News, Gong Kui won the positive energy inspirational student dream-chasing scholarship in Alibaba's daily positive energy selection, with a bonus of 10,000 yuan.
"In just 20 years, he has experienced unimaginable displacement. In the heartbreaking partings again and again, the boy grew up early, he knew that the future must be fought with both hands, and that learning is the only weapon against the impermanence of fate. The college entrance examination On the second day, he appeared in the sweltering auto repair shop. This steadfast self-improvement is gratifying and distressing. He always smiles, never complains, never gives up, even if other people don't dare to expect extravagant daily life, even if tomorrow Every step of the company must be exchanged for sweat." Alibaba's daily positive energy award speech wrote: "Some people sunk in adversity, and some people forge ahead in the mud. He chose the latter when he couldn't choose. , worthy of our deep respect. He walked strong, but not alone, because there is love behind him, and there are countless pairs of warm eyes. Come on boy, we walk with you all the way. "
This bonus also relieved Gong Kui's urgent needs.
"I would like to thank all those who have helped me along the way, thank you all!" Gong Kui said that on the road of life, because of the care and help of many well-meaning people, he can go further on the road of chasing dreams.
With this scholarship, he doesn't have to worry about tuition fees and can study with peace of mind.
In his future college career, he plans to work hard for stipends, successfully complete his studies, and become a qualified doctor in the future, cure diseases and save lives, and help more people.
Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star News reporter Wang Mingping