Dawan NewsOn February 5, less than a week before the Spring Festival. Family reunions listen to the lively sound of firecrackers, count the countdown bells of the Spring Festival Gala, and Chinese New Year's Eve laughter and laughter on the dinner table......This is a common happiness for most families, but Yin Xu, a post-00s guy in Bengbu, Anhui Province, and his parents have been longing for a long time.
Fortunately, however, this wish is about to come true. 56-year-old Yin Haochuan was originally a deaf-mute, but with his son, he underwent cochlear implant surgery half a year ago, and since then he has entered the world of sound.
Yin Xu looked at the old ** with his parents.
It's been a long time coming
In September 2023, according to the doctor's instructions, Yin Xu put on a cochlear implant for his father Yin Haochuan, who has been deaf for 53 years. After putting on the cochlea, Yin Xu shouted the first "Dad" to his father, and the father listened to the voice, imitating his son's mouth shape, and finally made a similar sound, and the family burst into tears.
We have been waiting for this day for a long, long time. Yin Xu's father, Yin Haochuan, became deaf and mute because of a 3-year-old high fever and drug injection, and could only communicate with people with his own sign language. "If people are looking for my dad for something, they just go to him and take a picture. ”
A group photo of Yin Xu's family when he was a child.
What made Yin Xu most uncomfortable was what his father told him when he came back from the construction site. "Dad is a bricklayer, because he can't hear, the construction site is far away, and the workers can't use their hands to figure with him when they have something to do, so they can only hit him with small stones. Dad came back to us and told us that we were all very upset. Whenever this matter is mentioned, Yin Xu's heart feels uncomfortable.
Yin Xu remembers that when he was in junior high school, his father often watched advertisements on TV selling hearing aids, and sometimes expressed his wish to have a hearing aid as well. "At that time, my sister went to work and bought hearing aids for my dad, but it didn't work well. Later, when I was in high school, I learned about cochlear implants, so I went to look up a lot of information, and I came up with the idea of taking my dad for cochlear implant surgery. ”
Knowing that the cost of a cochlear implant would cost more than 100,000 yuan, Yin Xu understood that the economic conditions at that time could not realize his father's wish. "I thought about waiting until I graduated from college to work and earn money, and then I would take my dad to get a cochlear implant. After Yin Xu went to Hefei to go to university, he saved money by doing various part-time jobs and small businesses.
In Yin Xu's heart, he has always felt that his father is a "superman", although he can't hear it, he can do a lot of things, he can roll delicious noodles, he can use a sewing machine to mend clothes, he can do the work of carpentry, bricklayer, electrician, tractor, motorcycle. Dad's diligence and optimism also inspired Yin Xu.
During college, Yin Xu often used his spare time to go to the city part-time to earn tuition and living expenses for himself, and also wanted to save for his father to have a cochlear implant. "I went to the factory to do a lot on the assembly line, including folding masks and food packaging. Yin Xu also worked as a security guard, delivered couriers, served plates, and rode a tricycle to collect books that people didn't want to sell during the graduation season.
Unexpected delight
In June 2023, Yin Xu graduated from Anhui Wenda Information Engineering College. Originally, if everything went well, Yin Xu would continue to stay in the position of graduation internship and become an extension coach. But her mother Xu Cui'e had gastrointestinal problems and needed surgery, in order to take care of and accompany her mother, Yin Xu resolutely chose to give up this job and returned to her hometown in Bengbu from Hefei.
Yin Xu, who returned home, knew that he still had to find a way to earn money in order to let his parents live a good life. He decided to embark on the path of creative short**. Of course, at first many people did not understand. "Neighbors and relatives will tell my mother that I don't have a proper job, why is your son squatting at home when he comes back from college? Can you eat it as a meal? Xu Cui'e felt very uncomfortable after hearing this, and went back to tell her son.
My mother wanted me to shoot at the same time as work, so my sister and I persuaded her to let me try to shoot at home for three months, if it was successful, the family would be better, and if it didn't work, I would go to work again. In this way, Xu Cui'e agreed, and gradually began to support her son's ideas and shooting.
The reason why Yin Xu, who is at home after graduation, wants to shoot ** is because his short ** account named "Wakanda (Dada)" has a fan base of 30,000. "When I was in college, I liked to post ** to record my life, and some of the ** accidents of catching fish and shrimp that I posted got a lot of attention. ”
Yin Xu and her mother made breakfast together.
When Yin Xu returned home, he began to shoot and record the life of his parents, burning crayfish for his mother to eat, and the transformation of the chicken pen by a family of three became the material. Until one time in July last year, Yin Xu filmed his father to introduce the cement floor at the door of the house that the workers helped to pave together, and netizens were moved by the family's optimism, kindness and diligence, and there were more and more fans on ** platforms such as Kuaishou.
Since then, Yin Xu has become a full-time blogger. Since then, enthusiastic netizens have also given suggestions and costs for cochlear implant surgery in the **comment area. "Some netizens told us that there is a subsidy for cochlear implant surgery, and later we went to the Disabled Persons' Federation to consult that there is indeed one. Yin Xu discussed with her parents and sister and decided to take her father for cochlear implant surgery.
At that time, the money I saved was all the money I earned from my previous part-time job and the salary during the internship, as well as the scholarships and grants issued by the school, and the ** expenses for my father were enough. Yin Xu said that the total cost of more than 100,000 yuan was only more than 40,000 yuan after medical insurance reimbursement, plus the subsidies of cochlear implant manufacturers, and the final cost was less than 30,000 yuan.
Dad's cochlear implant surgery was a success, the cost was greatly reduced, and Yin Xu, who had just graduated, was just able to afford it, which was an unexpected joy for the family. "I recorded a series of processes of my father's surgery and posted it on the short ** platform, ** exploded, and the number of fans rose by more than 100,000 or 200,000 a day. Yin Xu said that the attention and blessings of netizens gave him greater motivation to create.
It's fun
As long as the cochlea is turned on, Dad can hear the voice, and when someone shouts, he knows that someone is looking for him. Yin Xu really felt that his father had become more cheerful than before, and he praised his son for the cochlear implant he pretended to be with him. Someone recognized him on the street, gave him a thumbs up, and greeted him. "Every day is happy, and he often comes back to tell me where he met someone who knows him. ”
Since high school, Yin Xu rarely lives at home because of school, and now he spends a lot of time with his parents at home, and he also tries his best to make his parents eat well and be happy every day. "In the past, my parents worked on the construction site, and it was very simple to come back for dinner, stir-fry two vegetarian dishes, and occasionally have a meat dish, and after I came back for half a year, they all gained twenty or thirty pounds. Speaking of this, Yin Xu smiled proudly.
The perennial wind and sun on the construction site made Yin Haochuan and Xu Cui'e ** dark and emaciated, Yin Xu looked at his parents who had worked hard for half his life, and was sad, so he asked his parents to quit their jobs and recuperate at home. "Now I look a little better at them. Mom and Dad are still idle at home, so Dad often goes out to dig the ground, and likes to catch fish, chop wood, make popcorn ...... at homeFind a lot of things to do, and my mother does the same, and she does laundry and cooking at home. ”
In the past six months, Yin Xu's most common thing to do is to accompany his parents to cook and bask in the sun, and occasionally go out to the market. On the morning of January 28th, Sunday, there was a large market near the county seat, and the family went to the big market after breakfast to buy Spring Festival couplets, vegetables and meat. The two-kilometer market is crowded with people, and Yin Xu always walks with his parents to pick and choose from everywhere.
The careful Yin Xu can always know what stalls his parents are interested in and what they want to buy. Sometimes, Yin Haochuan and Xu Cui'e looked at things, asked ** again, and left the stall, looking back from time to time. At this time, Yin Xu always grabbed his parents and patiently asked for ideas, and often dragged them back to buy, and they were happy like children.
Dad reveled in the sound of the guitar and gave a thumbs up.
After returning home, Yin Xu began to be busy washing vegetables and cooking, which was not difficult for him to learn to cook at the age of eight. After eating, the family basked in the sun in the yard, Yin Xu took out the guitar that had not been played for a long time and played "Sunny Day" for his father. Yin Haochuan closed his eyes and followed the sound of the guitar gently, and gave his son a thumbs up. Although Yin Xu could only play a short paragraph, he was both happy and shy when he saw his father's intoxicated expression.
Full of anticipation
Since Yin Haochuan was fitted with a cochlear implant, he can hear the outside world. The calls of family members, chickens, ducks and geese, and whistles have all become sounds that Yin Haochuan often imitates. Yin Xu said that his father is much more sensitive to sound than us ordinary people, and he will feel noisy when the sound is loud, but he is still willing to wear a cochlear implant to adapt to the sound environment.
In addition to gesturing with his hands as before, his son Yin Xu often takes him to learn to speak. "Dad, Mom" is the most commonly taught vocabulary by Yin Xu. Whenever Yin Haochuan looked at his son's mouth shape and tried his best to make a similar sound, Yin Xu was nervous and excited. "I know it's hard for Dad to learn to talk and communicate with us normally, and the doctor said that, but I want him to hear first, and that's satisfying. ”
The Spring Festival is coming soon, which means a lot to Yin Xu's family, because this is the first Spring Festival after Dad can hear the voice. "Dad can hear the sound of firecrackers and the noise of the children in the house this year. Yin Xu is looking forward to the family witnessing his father "listening" to the excitement of the Spring Festival.
My dad likes to go out and play, he is very happy to travel a few times in the past six months, and I want to take him to see the outside world more in the new year. Yin Xu imagined that his father's hearing could recover better, he could learn some simple words, his mother's health would be better, and he would take them out for a walk and listen to more sounds, "Especially if I want to go to Beijing, I want my father to listen to the national anthem for the first time in Tiananmen Square in Beijing." ”
After returning home for half a year, watching his parents become happier and happier day by day, Yin Xu was full of emotion in his heart. I remembered that my parents used to go out to work before dawn, and my mother's hands and face were red from the cold, and she had chilblains. The sensible Yin Xu was very distressed, he didn't express it, he just secretly wiped his tears.
Yin Xu and her parents are making popcorn.
I often think that my parents are very happy now compared to before, although they are not rich, but with me by their side, they will not feel lonely, nor will they be hungry and cold. Yin Xu said that now his parents call him to get up and eat every morning, which is very happy. In the coming year, Yin Xu hopes to accompany his parents, continue to shoot and record the life of the family, create more high-quality **, and convey more warmth and optimism to netizens.
Yin Haochuan tried to play the guitar.
In the small courtyard, the sound of the popcorn machine, the sound of the guitar, the cries of chickens, ducks and geese behind the house and the laughter of the family came and went, which was not only for Yin Haochuan's hearing recovery, but also became the most popular voice at this time. The guitar that his son was about to put down was picked up by Yin Hao, and he also tried to pluck it, and as soon as the crisp guitar sound came out, he laughed out loud.
Dawan News reporter Wang Yan photo report.
Edited by Peng Ling.