"I should have come earlier, I wasn't feeling well a few days ago and didn't come over, so I was late. On December 28, 2023, Grandma Zhang Shumin came to Lanzhou Morning News again and handed over 2,000 yuan to the staff, hoping to donate it to Jishishan through the newspaper.
When I came to Lanzhou Morning News again, 83-year-old Zhang Shumin's hair was all white. I remember that when she first came to the newspaper office in 2020, her hair was gray, and because of illness, she was thin and weak in speech, but her eyes were gentle and calm. At that time, she took out 2,000 yuan from the bank from a hand-held cloth bag and entrusted the reporter to donate it to those in need.
This time, Zhang Shumin was still holding the cloth bag in her hand, which still contained the 2,000 yuan she had just withdrawn from the bank.
Zhang Shumin, a retired teacher from Zhangye Middle School, has been donating part of her retirement salary to those in need every year since 2020, and has been uninterrupted for four years. In 2020, she donated 2,000 yuan to Zhang Ye's "retrograde angel" Ning Liwen;In 2021, he donated 2,000 yuan to Hou Tiemin, a teacher in Zhangye. In the same year, before being hospitalized for surgery due to a serious illness, she left 2,500 yuan for the Dingxi Road community in Lanzhou City to support the poor people in the community who were sick all year roundIn 2022, a total of 13,000 yuan will be donated to the students of Zhangye Middle SchoolIn December 2023, seeing the news of the ** incident in Jishi Mountain, she came to the newspaper office again.
I don't have much money, so I can buy a bag of rice, a bag of noodles, or a bag of dolls for the people in the disaster area. ”
When it came to the reason for insisting on donating, Grandma Zhang said with tears in her eyes: "We didn't need money to go to a normal college in the 50s, and the state trained me to be a private teacher, and I want to repay this kindness." Now I also have a monthly retirement salary that is paid on time, and my life and hospitalization are guaranteed. I'm old and I'm not in good health, so I have to hurry up to help others and repay them, otherwise I'm afraid it'll be too late!”
With Grandma Zhang's love money, on December 29, 2023, the reporter went to the Lanzhou Branch of the Agricultural Bank of China and remitted the donation to the Charity Association of Jishishan Baoan Dongxiang Salar Autonomous County, completing her entrustment.
Text丨Rushing News reporter Wang Yanzhen.