Sheng Hailin was born in a military family, her father is a senior general in the army, and her mother also works in a military hospital. In the chaotic years of the late 40s of the 20th century, the military system was extremely demanding on people. Sheng Hailin's parents projected their identity and sense of mission as a child of the army onto their daughter, placing heavy expectations on her.
She grew up in a military compound and received an almost militarized education. Parents believe that their children must have the quality to endure hardships and stand hard work from an early age in order to thrive in a turbulent society. Whenever her father went out on patrol, her mother took on the responsibility of disciplining Sheng Hailin alone. She asked her daughter to get up early for a run, she couldn't be picky about the simple and rough food, and all the toys and books were military-related. In this strictly regulated life, the young Helen was like a soldier with arduous training.
Although her parents' approach was strict, this laid a hard foundation for Sheng Hailin, who grew up in the future. In this environment, she has developed a strong physique and a hard-working character. Sheng Hailin also gradually understood that military families are destined to undergo tests, and their responsibilities are heavier. So she had no choice but to endure the pain and not let her parents down. This kind of quenching-like experience makes the little girl who is not yet familiar with the world sprout an unshakable persistence in her heart. Sheng Hailin grew up and followed her parents' orders and married Wu Jingzhou, who was also a soldier. After marriage, the two lived a simple and happy life, and later Sheng Hailin gave birth to her daughter Tingting.
As a mother, she unreservedly applied the harsh education she received since childhood to the process of raising Tingting. She asked Tingting to get up early every day and ensure enough sleep. Since she was in elementary school, Hailin has asked her daughter to memorize classical poems to lay a solid cultural foundation. After school, Tingting must tutor classes at home and learn dance and other talents. Sheng Hailin strictly supervises her daughter's learning effect, and punishes her mercilessly if she has a slight deficiency. In her opinion, these are all to shape Tingting's excellent character and break out of the world in the future.
In the face of her mother's strict demands, Tingting never complained or resisted. She has a docile and introverted personality, and she is diligent and studious like a little adult. Sheng Hailin was pleased with her daughter's well-behaved intelligence, and was even more determined to train Tingting into a versatile and good student. For this reason, she takes care of Tingting's food and clothing to ensure that she is clothed and fed. Under Sheng Hailin's careful cultivation, Tingting gradually grew into a beautiful girl. She is talented, excellent in character and learning, not only excellent grades in cultural classes, but also amazing artistic accomplishments such as piano and dance. Looking at such an outstanding daughter, Sheng Hailin felt sincerely proud and gratified, and she also firmly believed in the correctness of her teaching method at the beginning.
In the Spring Festival of 2008, a festival that should have been a reunion, but a heart-rending tragedy occurred. Tingting went home to celebrate the New Year with her in-laws, and suddenly died mysteriously after sleeping in the same bed with her husband that night, at the age of 30. After investigation, it was a gas leak that caused the death. When she learned of the bad time, Sheng Hailin was like being struck by lightning, and her whole person was lost in disbelief. Her well-cultivated good daughter, her own flesh and blood, actually passed away like this. The sustenance of the love in her heart disappeared in an instant, which made Sheng Hailin grief-stricken. She cried bitterly, tears raining down, frantically searching for Tingting's relics in the house, trying to grab the last trace of proof of her daughter's existence.
Day after day, Tingting's death has become an indelible shadow in Sheng Hailin's heart. She had trouble sleeping all night and was emaciated. These days, she is always staring at Tingting's childhood items in a daze, and her heart is like a knife. is still as young as a spring flower, but he can't accompany him. You can't turn back time, and everything will come to naught. Sheng Hailin fell into great grief and self-blame, as if she was living in a nightmare. This blow almost destroyed her will to live. Tingting's death has become an irreparable wound in Sheng Hailin's heart, and she lives in great sorrow, like a walking corpse all day long. The husband can't do anything but accompany him.
In order to let his wife out of his grief, he suggested having another child, hoping to rekindle Sheng Hailin's maternal light. 59-year-old Sheng Hailin grasped this last straw. She was determined to become a mother again, even if it was a race against death. The husband and wife traveled to major hospitals across the country, and finally found a place in Anhui that was willing to help Sheng Hailin do IVF. The doctor elaborated on the huge risks, but Sheng Hailin did not flinch in the face of her husband's pleading gaze - she knew her stubbornness better than anyone else. In order to conceive, Sheng Hailin, who is 60 years old, endures the pain of intramuscular injections and drug stimulation every day. She didn't care about her health at all, she just wanted to be a mother again.
Finally, Sheng Hailin got her wish. Holding two little lives, Sheng Hailin burst into tears. She once again experienced the joy and responsibility of motherhood. In the face of her aging body and endless nurturing path, Sheng Hailin was not discouraged. Because this is another gift from God, it is the light of hope that rekindles her will to live in despair. For the sake of this young girl, she will definitely stand up her old waist and take on this heavy responsibility alone. The twins added infinite brilliance to Sheng Hailin's twilight life. She took good care of her two daughters, day and night, for fear that they would be wronged. And in order to make up for the regret that Tingting could not be by her side in her later years, Sheng Hailin devoted herself more wholeheartedly to caring for her young daughter.
Husband Wu Jingzhou also played the role of an assistant, working with his wife to raise flesh and blood. When all positive efforts seem to be finally about to unfold peacefully, the sky is unpredictable. Just when the twins were only a few years old, Wu Jingzhou died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage on the way to send his daughter to school at the age of 65. This bad news was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and Sheng Hailin's whole person collapsed. The tempering of time has polished her to the vicissitudes of life, and now the surging grief directly crushed her. She sat down on the ground, tears raining down.
She was an elderly mother, but now she is an elderly widow. Facing the heavy burden of life and the double blow of spiritual grief, this is undoubtedly an extremely cruel blow to the 61-year-old Sheng Hailin. However, looking down at the innocent sleeping face of the baby in the swaddling clothes, she knew that she must not give up. For the sake of these two little lives, Sheng Hailin wiped away her tears and straightened her resolute back - she also had to show that innate tenacity again. Although she was alone, Sheng Hailin did not lose her fighting spirit. She spends her days busily taking care of her young daughter, while thinking about her deceased relatives. Hardship and hardship could not stop her love for the twins. In the face of various problems in life, Sheng Hailin still insists on living optimistically and positively, because this has become the meaning that supports her continued existence.
After the death of Tingting and her husband, and raising young twins alone, the second half of Sheng Hailin's life is destined to be more bumpy. But she didn't admit defeat. Because raising flesh and blood has become the spiritual sustenance that supports her to continue to live. When the smiling faces of the twin daughters came into view, all the trauma and grief in Sheng Hailin's heart would be temporarily relieved. She carefully raises her daughters on weekdays and tries her best to create a warm and comfortable environment for them to grow up. She personally tells her daughters stories, teaches them to read and write, and takes care of their daily life and food. Even if resources are scarce, Sheng Hailin will try her best to prepare new clothes and healthy and delicious meals for her daughters.
Sheng Hailin never accepted financial support from other relatives and took care of the expenses of supporting her young daughter alone. She worked during the day to earn money and personally educated her daughters at night. Although her old body was overwhelmed, Sheng Hailin still took on the heavy responsibility alone for the sake of those two little lives. It was the innocent smiling faces of her daughters that gave her the strength to keep going. In the face of unpredictable setbacks in the future, Sheng Hailin was not discouraged. Because no matter how rough the road ahead, she will take on life's challenges with her waist straight and try to forge a path. For the sake of her daughter's future, she will definitely fight hard and not give up easily. Because once she also falls, she will have no one to rely on, and her daughter will also face the terrible fate of being bullied. So for the sake of the twins, Sheng Hailin will fight alone to the end.