Chapter 632: Other People's Stories (2)
Speaking of this, Xiao Qing raised her head and glanced at Chen Qingdong, Xiao Qing's face was already full of tears, she smiled bitterly at Chen Qingdong, and said, "Brother Dong, I am verbose, are you still willing to listen?" ā
Chen Qingdong nodded with a serious face and said, "Say it, Xiaoqing, I'm willing to listen." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ā
Xiaoqing bit her lip again, and continued: "Although she thought so at the time, life is more cruel and realistic. Since she could not afford to pay for her hospitalization, the hospital had stopped treating her son and asked her to pick him up immediately. A doctor kindly told her that she should give up this son, because her son's illness is absolutely not curable, and sooner or later he will have to die, and let her son live for so many more years is painful for both mother and son. ā
But she doesn't think so! This is conceived in her body, and the son she gave birth to, even if her son only has one day of hope to live, she will not give up! However, she really didn't know what to do! The world is so big, but it seems that there is no place for her at all! ā
However, just when she was desperate, God finally opened a window for her. One of her cousins, who was working in the south, happened to return to that small county town and found her somewhere to find out about it. When she saw their mother and son, her cousin immediately burst into tears. Her cousin took them back to the rented place and offered to work with her to take care of her son and treat him. ā
She didn't know her cousin very well, and after all the painful things she had been through, she didn't really believe that there were such kind people in this world. She even suspected that her cousin had ulterior motives, wanted to harm her, or wanted to harm her son, so she didn't dare to accept her cousin's kindness. ā
Her cousin also saw her concern, and had a frank and long conversation with her. They talked for a long time, from late in the evening until late at night, and the two of them didn't eat anything except to breastfeed her son, and they both started crying at the end of the conversation, and they cried and talked all the time. ā
In the past, she knew that her cousin had earned a lot of money working outside, and every year during the Chinese New Year, when her cousin returned to the village, she would wear gold and silver, bring large bags and small bags of gifts, and take out hundreds of yuan from the bag without frowning, which made the whole village red-eyed! Her cousin told others that she was working in trade in the south, and now she was a small boss, and it was easy to make money! But when someone in the village wanted her cousin to take her children to see the world and make some money, her cousin always refused! Because of this, her cousin's reputation in the village was very bad, and everyone scolded her for being rich and unkind, only knowing that she was making money, but she was unwilling to take the people in the village to get rich. ā
However, from the chat with her cousin, she learned that her cousin has indeed made a lot of money in the south in recent years, but she did not earn it because of her trade business, let alone a small boss, but by being a young lady. The people in their hometown village are still very feudal, and her cousin is afraid that others will know that she is making money as a young lady outside, so she will never be able to return to this village in the future. That's why she didn't dare to talk about it, let alone take the people in the village out. ā
"Her cousin made a lot of money during her time as a young lady outside, but she also suffered a lot, she had four or five miscarriages alone, and the last miscarriage, due to the doctor's improper operation, eventually led to her cousin's ** being removed, and she completely lost the opportunity to be a mother. However, after recovering from her illness, her cousin continued to be a young lady. Nearly a year later, her cousin felt that something was wrong with her body, and after going to the hospital for a check-up, her cousin learned that she had AIDS and would not live for a few years. ā
When she got the disease, her cousin's world collapsed, and her cousin, afraid of spreading the disease to others, left the south and returned to her hometown. Her cousin didn't dare to go home, so she rented a house in the county seat and lived there, usually doing nothing, just crying every day. Later, by chance, her cousin learned about her from a neighbor of her homeroom teacher, and also learned that she had given birth to a son who would not live for a few years. So her cousin approached her, hoping to help her take care of her son in the last few years of her life, firstly, because she wanted to do good deeds before she died, and because she could feel what it was like to be a mother. ā
Since then, the three of them have lived together for their lives. Although her cousin has tens of thousands of yuan in savings, her cousin and son are seriously ill and have a large amount of expenses every month. And she is not a person who is willing to work for nothing, but she has no diploma, no skills, and only a body that has been ruined. In order to make quick money, she embarked on the path of her cousin and became a young lady. Anyway, the body is already not clean, and it doesn't matter if it is dirty at all! All she and her cousin hoped was to have their shared child live a few more days. ā
Xiaoqing's voice stopped abruptly at this point, and the room suddenly seemed unusually silent.
Chen Qingdong's mood is very heavy, although the story that Xiaoqing told just now has been in the third person, and the words are a little messy, but the story that happened to Xiaoqing, as well as the story that happened to Xiaoqing's cousin, Chen Qingdong already knows it completely!
He felt sad at the same time, but also very emotional, thousands of people in this world, everyone has their own story, some people's stories are not as bleak as Xiaoqing's stories, but there are also some people's stories that are more tragic than Xiaoqing's stories.
At this moment, I don't know why, Chen Qing**ran thought of a famous photo that once caused a huge sensation all over the world - "Hungry Sultan"!
This kind of shocking photograph from the hands of the famous photographer Kevin Carter is such a harrowing story: in 1993, Sudan was triggered by frequent wars, and a skinny little Sudanese girl could no longer walk on the way to the food relief center and fell to the ground. And not far away, a huge vulture squatted, greedily staring at the black, dying thin life on the ground, waiting for the "delicious meal" that was about to arrive.
At that time, Kevin Carter happened to pass by, and as a news professional, he pressed the shutter, and then, driving away the vulture, watched the little girl leave.
When the photograph was published, it immediately attracted worldwide attention, and Kevin Carter won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for the Photo, the highest honor in world journalism.
It's a pity that Kevin Carter, who took this shocking photo, was frantically accused by the news media that he shouldn't have just taken the photo at that time, but should have saved the little girl first, and he won the Pulitzer Prize by stepping on the body of the little girl! This incident continued to ferment and even caused a great critique of morality and the Pulitzer Prize!
Overwhelmed by the wrenching life of the Sudanese people and the fact that he was in equally poor financial and mental condition, Kevin Carter failed to get past his psychological juncture, committing suicide with carbon monoxide three months after winning the Pulitzer Prize.
His suicide note left only one sentence: Really, really sorry for everyone, the pain of life far exceeds the level of joy.
Chen Qingdong retracted his thoughts, and looked at Xiaoqing with tears on his face in front of him, and his heart was full of emotion! He just now ordered Xiaoqing to serve him because he had a good eye for Xiaoqing, and on a whim, he guided Xiaoqing to tell the story that happened to her.
This story shocked Chen Qingdong very much!
However, Chen Qingdong believes that Xiaoqing has a good saying, as a girl, if she is not forced to a certain extent, who would want to do this business?
Chen Qingdong believes that even if he didn't point Xiaoqing just now, but casually named another girl's name, then there is a story about this girl, maybe not as tragic as Xiaoqing's story, but it will definitely be impressive.
However, what made Chen Qingdong feel some relief was that although Xiaoqing kept crying in the process of telling this story, at the end of the story, Xiaoqing's tone was very firm!
These painful things finally honed Xiaoqing, a simple girl who has no experience in the world, into a determined girl!
Chen Qingdong looked at Xiaoqing with a very gentle look, although Xiaoqing was defiled by her beast head teacher when she was in high school, and even gave birth to a child for him, and later after becoming a young lady, she must have lost her life to many people, but in Chen Qingdong's eyes, Xiaoqing is very clean!
He wants to help Xiaoqing even more!
Xiaoqing wiped away her tears with her hands, showed an apologetic smile to Chen Qingdong, and said: "Brother Dong, I'm sorry, I really don't know what's wrong today, I actually said so many things that shouldn't be said at once, please forgive Brother Dong, and at the same time, I am also very grateful to Brother Dong for listening to me say so much, and I haven't been annoyed." ā
Speaking of this, Xiaoqing habitually bit her lip again and said, "The water in the bucket is already cold, I'll go change some hot water and come in." I kept talking just now, and I haven't given Dong Ge a good massage, this is a mistake in my work......"
Xiaoqing bent down to carry the barrel as she spoke.
Chen Qingdong couldn't help but smile when he saw Xiaoqing, who was crying with tears on her face when she told the story just now, and returned to a rational working state so quickly, and was even more convinced that Xiaoqing has now been sharpened into a very strong-willed and rational girl!
"Don't worry about the massage, let's talk about it later." Chen Qingdong said, "I heard you say so much by yourself just now, now it's time for the two of us to talk, right?" Otherwise, if I don't just listen to it, I'll be suffocated! Okay, let's put the barrel down, and sit on the little bench, I still have to look down at you, my neck hurts. If you don't mind, just sit on the bed. ā
Xiaoqing hesitated for a moment, but still put down the barrel and said, "Yes, Brother Dong." ā