Author: Suna (Rich Book Author).
In this day and age, there's everything with attention. Some people become famous overnight and become Internet celebrities, and some people are trapped in the traffic cycle and can't extricate themselves.
WhileZipline girl Yu Yanchais undoubtedly lucky, a ** is like a beam of light, illuminating the path of many girls like her.
In 2007, because of the ** who came to Maji Township for an interview, I just happened to capture the scene of Yu Yancha crossing the river:
The little girl in the pink blouse was ziplining across the river with her head tilted, and she happened to see the camera, and this scene was forever frozen by the reporter.
It was this ** that changed her life, and she was also affectionately known as the "Zipline Girl".
What was this little girl's experience? What about her now? Yu Yancha's story is still inspiring countless girls to get out of the mountains ......
Childhood hanging on a zipline, a ** changes fate
In 1999, Yu Yancha was born in Bula Village, Fugong County, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, in the language of the Lisu people, the "cha" in her name means the third child, and there are two older sisters above her, she is the youngest child in the family.
However, in this small village with closed information, poor transportation, and mountains everywhere, many people have never gone to school or left the mountains, and their fate has long been sealed.
But Yu Yancha's parents are different, her mother firmly believes that children can only have a way out in the future if they continue to study and study in class.
When Yu Yancha was very young, she often heard her mother say: "Even if you are afraid, you must learn to zipline, otherwise you will not be able to go to school in the future." ”
Yu Yancha's home is on the Nu River, and the only simple primary school in the mountain village is on the other side of the Nu River.
In order to let her adapt as soon as possible, Yu Yancha's mother began to slowly cultivate her when she was only 3 years old.
Every Monday, her mother would tie her and a few chickens to herself and zipline to the market in Maji Township. At the market, my mother would sell the chickens for money, and then take Yu Yancha to eat rice noodles.
Day after day, Yu Yancha's childhood was spent in ziplines, because of her mother's training, Yu Yancha was not afraid of ziplines like other children, and at the age of 6, she had accumulated a wealth of experience and could zipline to school alone.
However, when the villagers saw the children ziplining alone, their hearts were also hanging, and they always told them repeatedly: "You are all little dolls, you have no strength on your waist, you must put an extra rope around your neck, otherwise, it is easy to fall backwards!" ”
Children are also only allowed to slide on the zipline, because the slope is not large, and it is relatively safe, otherwise, it is easy to hit the opposite rock and get injured, and the consequences are unimaginable.
And Yu Yancha is very difficult even if she slides the zipline, because her weight is too light, she can only slide to half a ** at a time, and then slowly climb to the opposite side with her hands.
Although Yu Yancha is very cautious every time, there was still an accident, and the whole process was terrifying.
That day, before the rope on Yu Yancha's body was tied, the pulley slipped out by itself, and her whole body was leaning back, almost hanging upside down on the zipline.
At that time, the little friend saw Yu Yancha's dangerous state, and immediately took action, and the people who were close were quick and grabbed her feet, and someone went to the side to find a strong branch for her to grab. It took a lot of effort to pull her back to shore.
Fortunately, other friends from the same company were present and grabbed Yu Yancha, otherwise she might have been swept into the surging Nu River.
With such a thrilling encounter, if the other children had been crying, they would have stopped going to school. But Yu Yan is different, what her mind is what her mother said: ".If you don't go to school, you can't get out。So she was not afraid of the difficulties, and still firmly chose to zipline to go to school.
But the difficulty of ziplining has always been there, in addition to the risk of falling, there is also the influence of the weather, it is smooth on sunny days, but it is especially difficult in rainy days and winter.
Either the whole body is directly soaked and drenched into soup; Either your feet are red and swollen from the cold, and you can't take off your shoes.
It's just that at that time, she thought that everyone was the same, and she could only cross the river by zipline, so she never complained, so she went to school for two years on the zipline.
One day in August 2007, a reporter came to this isolated village.
Yu Yan just tied the rope as usual and prepared to zipline across the river, and when she just slid into the middle of the Nu River, she was captured by reporters, and since then, the gears of fate have begun to turn, and her fate has changed.
This thrilling ** was posted on the Internet, which not only quickly spread across the country, but also attracted a lot of attention.
At this time, the majority of netizens were shocked to realize that there is still such a small mountain village with poor conditions in the world, and people here can only rely on ziplines to cross the river.
Moreover, Yu Yancha's firm desire to study also deeply touched everyone, and she was affectionately called ".Zipline girlThis little-known mountain village has also gained unprecedented attention.
After that, Yu Yancha saw the outside world for the first time, and caring people took her to Beijing to play, and told her that she must study hard, and she can come out to see the world by herself in the future.
This may have just been a casual sentence they said to encourage the children, but it was remembered by Yu Yanqia.
It's like there was an extra light on the once dark road, Yu Yancha silently told herself that she must study hard and go to the world outside the mountains to see.
Life is hard, but there are parents and caring people who always support her; It's hard to go to school, but there is also a zipline that allows her to walk from this side of the mountain to the other side of the school.
Studying hard, she became the first college student in the village
Not long after the explosion, more than 20 ** unions across the country launched a donation activity of "Building a Bridge of Hope with Love", and many caring people have contributed their own strength, raising more than 1.4 million in two months.
With their financial support, the construction of the first bridge in Maji Township began, although it is only a suspension bridge, but it is much more convenient and safe than a zipline.
At that time, Yu Yancha went to school on a zipline every day, and she could always meet workers who were also tied to ropes and repairing bridges on the Nu River.
They will also greet each other cordially when they pass by.
The first suspension bridge was finally completed in March 2008 thanks to the donations of many caring peopleLove Bridge
Yu Yan was the first person to walk on this bridge, and she was fearless when ziplining, but she hesitated a little when she stood on the bridge.
Although the suspension bridge is very strong, it will sway with the wind, Yu Yanqi is very worried in her heart, she is accompanied by everyone, little by little, she walked to the other side.
From the zipline to the bridge, Yu Yancha's cognition has changed, and she is also more yearning for the world outside the mountains.
But when everything is getting better, Yu Yancha's family encounters unprecedented challenges.
In 2010, Yu Yancha's father died in a car accident, and the pillars of the family were gone, and their family fell to the bottom all of a sudden.
In addition to grief, life has to go on, her eldest sister dropped out of school to work in the city to subsidize the family, and the second sister also dropped out of school and went home to help with farm work after finishing junior high school. Yu Yancha, who was still insisting on studying, suddenly became the hope of the whole family.
For Yu Yancha, her life is like ziplining across the river.
At first, she relied on inertia to slide down to the lowest place in the middle of the Nu River, but she did not stop there, but relied on the hope in her heart, relying on the road of reading, and then climbed to the other side with her hands little by little.
From elementary school to junior high school, there are fewer and fewer people who travel with Yu Yancha, and there are a group of people who feel that their grades are not good and that they are wasting money by continuing to study, so they simply give up.
More realistically, girls are the majority of students who drop out of school. If they don't study, they can only marry someone else early, and then start having children, and they will be trapped in the mountains for the rest of their lives.
This is not the ending that Yu Yancha wants, and she is not willing to drop out of school like this, and then accept the arrangement of fate.
So she chose to move out step by step, from elementary school to junior high school, and then to key high schools, the process was not easy, but she never thought of giving up.
It's just that after coming to high school, in the face of fierce competition, Yu Yancha is under a lot of pressure, and new problems follow.
She was once praised for being smart, but she became very ordinary in the key class. And because her previous foundation was not strong enough, her grades obviously fell behind, and she was a big step behind other classmates.
In terms of English, other students in the city started to take English interest classes very early, but she really started to get in touch with "dumb English" in the first year of junior high school.
And in order to save money, she ate very irregularly, causing herself to suffer from gastritis. In one math exam, she had a stomach ache because she didn't eat breakfast, so she didn't have the heart to answer the question, and in the end she only scored more than 60 points ......
After many times like this, she slowly realized that the body is the capital of learning, and taking care of the body can learn better.
She started eating on time and went to the library on weekends to study.
As for English, which she used to think was the most difficult, it became less difficult because she had a particularly good teacher. The teacher will give free make-up lessons to students with weak foundations during evening self-study, and she also seizes the opportunity to improve her grades.
Thinking that every step she had taken was so difficult, she studied even harder, wanting to grasp the only light in life.
In 2018, Yu Yancha was admitted to Kunming Medical University with a score of 568, and she became the first college student in the village to come out.
All the hardships she had suffered before because of her studies turned into sweetness at this moment.
After graduating from university, she chose to return to the mountains and give back to her hometown
Yu Yancha studied all the way, and when her appearance changed over time, so did her hometown.
In the past few years, taking a bus from Maji Township to Nujiang Prefecture required a whole day of wandering on the road. Not only is the road potholed and difficult to walk, but there are also sharp bends and steep slopes from time to time, and when you are unlucky, the bus will break down directly on the road.
Now, because of the road construction, it only takes 4 hours by car, and the road is very easy to walk.
Yu Yancha's home has also been renewed, and they have moved from the mountains to a new house built at the expense of the state.
Not only have the housing conditions improved, but the financial pressure on the family has also decreased.
In 2017, the state also combined the local situation and pointed out a way to get rich, allowing the villagers to grow grass and fruits. Because the rainy season is long in Maji Township, there are more shady slopes, which is very suitable for the growth of grass and fruits.
In the face of the villagers' doubts about new things, our country also gave everyone a package ticket, and if it can't be sold, the state will sell it.
At this time, the locals have planted one after another, not only the yield is high, but also there are special enterprises to purchase and sell, and everyone's income has gradually increased.
Yu Yancha's mother and sister have also joined the ranks of planting grass and fruit, and now their family's grass and fruit forest is almost 10 acres of land, and the average income of 1 mu of grass and fruit is at least 4,000 yuan.
Their income has also increased significantly compared with before, and this small village, which was once closed to traffic, has also kept up with the pace of the times and is getting better and better.
In June 2022, Yu Yancha successfully graduated from university, and then she chose to return to her hometown, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, without hesitation.
After 4 years of college, her original intention has not changed: "The medical resources in my hometown are not sufficient, and it is my dream to engage in medical work." ”
After 4 years of study, she had very solid professional knowledge, so after graduation, she successfully became a medical staff in Nujiang Prefecture People's Hospital.
Although the daily work is very complicated: collecting blood for patients, conducting laboratory tests, etc., she never complains that she is tired and gives up easily.
It didn't take long for her to become familiar with her tasks and the requirements of the job, and she became a medical worker who could take charge of her own work.
In addition, during her breaks, she will continue to consolidate her theoretical knowledge, sign up for various free clinic activities in towns and communities, and contribute to the promotion of medical causes.
Although her hometown is slowly getting better, there is only one first-class hospital in Nujiang Prefecture, and the medical level is still not as good as other places, so she is willing to contribute her own strength here.
16 years ago, she was the little girl who crossed the river to school by zipline; Sixteen years later, she is a college student who has resolutely given back to her hometown.
Many people are curious, why did Yu Yancha choose to return to her hometown?
Faced with this problem, Yu Yancha always said: "It was the caring people who helped me get out of the mountains, and from that time I made up my mind to study hard to give back to my hometown." ”
But to be honest, there may be another answer to this question that has not been mentioned, Yu Yan just looked at the turbulent Nu River, she said:
In the four seasons of the year, my favorite is the Nu River in winter and spring, when the Nu River is not "angry", it converges the edge, and has a deep and quiet beauty like jade.
In addition to the Nu River, the mountains of her hometown have also entered her dreamland, and in the early morning, the dark green peaks loom in the clouds, which is really beautiful.
The mountains that she once wanted to escape from now haunted her; The once dangerous Nujiang River now has a different kind of quiet beauty in her eyes.
This land that gave birth to her and raised her, she will be difficult to give up after all. With the memories of her childhood, she also looks forward to witnessing more changes in her hometown in the future.
"Zipline Girl" Yu Yan is a model for changing her fate by reading, and the author of "You Should Be Like a Bird Flying to Your Mountain" is the same.
She also came from a poor background and didn't even really start school at the age of 17, but she eventually earned a doctorate from Cambridge University on her own.
Reading has a more practical meaning for those girls in the mountains: to change their fate.
In addition to Yu Yancha, the friends who went to school together on a zipline have their lives changed dramatically
Yu Chunhua passed the examination and became a ** in Maji Township Health Center;
After graduating from junior high school, Yu Caimei returned to the village to plant grass and fruits and develop her own industry;
After graduating from university, she became a photography assistant, recording the ...... of her hometown with her lens
They didn't get married early, they didn't drop out of school because of gender discrimination, they didn't become housewives and stuck in the mountains, they changed their fate.
The suffering of reading is temporary, because that is what we must experience to see the world, and more realistically, if we do not take the initiative to endure hardships in reading, we must passively endure hardships in life.
Enduring hardships in reading, changing one's fate by reading, flying to one's own mountain like a bird, and taking a good path in life, this is probably the meaning of "Zipline Girl".
Ziplines are a thing of the past, but their future continues.
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