Tsinghua University and Peking University in Beijing are the institutions that students yearn for. However, getting into these two prestigious schools is not an easy task. In 2017, the total number of admitted students to Tsinghua University and Peking University was only 6,558, and the total number of college entrance examination candidates was 9.23 million, with an acceptance rate of only 007%。
In other words, only 7 out of every 10,000 candidates are admitted, and this figure is not optimistic in the provinces. Imagine how much effort an ordinary working family would have had to put in if they wanted to train a Tsinghua student more than 20 years ago.
An ordinary working-class couple in Beijing spent a lot of effort for their youngest daughter to enter Tsinghua University. Four years later, the youngest daughter was admitted to Tsinghua University as a graduate student with excellent results, becoming a rare son of heaven.
Wang Lihong, a girl known as the "talented girl of Tsinghua University", should have an unlimited future after graduation, but she made a surprising decision to insist on marrying her black boyfriend in Uganda, Africa, and resolutely decided to live in Africa, thousands of miles away.
Even in the face of strong opposition from her parents and her own future, she did not waver. Twenty years later, how is Wang Lihong's life in Africa? Does she regret her choice?
Let's explore her story. Wang Lihong was born in Beijing in 1968, although her family conditions are not rich, but she has become what people call "other people's children" with her intelligence and excellent academic performance.
Beijing's educational resources are more abundant than those of other cities, which undoubtedly provides more opportunities and possibilities for Wang Lihong. However, Wang Lihong was not bound by this sense of superiority, but chose her own path in life.
She decided to go to Uganda, Africa, to live with her black boyfriend, where she had four mixed-race children. Although her decision surprised her family and friends, she remained steadfast in her path.
Twenty years have passed, is Wang Lihong's life in Africa satisfactory? Does she regret her choice? We can't know the answer, but what we can be sure of is that Wang Lihong's choice is based on her love and pursuit, and her understanding and cognition of her own life.
Her story teaches us that everyone has the right to choose their own way of life, whether that choice meets the expectations of others or not.
In Beijing in the early 80s of the last century, Wang Lihong was born in a warm family, and was favored by her parents since she was a child, and her requirements were almost always met.
Such a growth environment allowed her to form a cheerful and confident personality, and also allowed her to achieve excellent results in her studies. Wang Lihong is very helpful, so she is loved by teachers and students.
In order to make her develop in an all-round way, her parents did their best to enroll her in various tutoring classes. Their efforts paid off, and Wang Lihong was admitted to Tsinghua University in 1986 with excellent results.
However, despite the lack of a thank-you banquet, Wang Lihong's parents still set up several tables at home and invited friends and relatives to share the festive moment.
After entering Tsinghua University, Wang Lihong did not relax her requirements for herself, but studied harder, and actively participated in extracurricular activities, gradually becoming a small celebrity in the school and respected by her classmates.
After four years of study and life, Wang Lihong was admitted to Tsinghua University as a graduate student with excellent results. During her graduate studies, she decided to train herself, so she chose to work part-time.
Parents are extremely relieved to see their daughter so motivated, and they realize that their daughter has grown up and can live independently. However, they also did not expect that Wang Lihong met Suma, an international student from Uganda, Africa, when she was working part-time, and the two eventually fell in love.
Wang Lihong met Suma, an African student who worked hard and excelled in Chinese, when she was a part-time worker, and since then she has paid more attention to her. The two of them met at a school party, where Wang Lihong's violin performance made her the focus of the audience, and Suma watched her the whole time and fell in love with her at first sight.
Suma "bumped into" Wang Lihong many times, and finally won her heart, and they started their first date. However, their romance caused a sensation on the Tsinghua campus, with various rumors and ridicule continuing.
But Wang Lihong firmly believes in her own judgment, and her independent thinking keeps her from being influenced by the outside world.
Wang Lihong and Suma faced an overwhelming amount of gossip, but despite this, Wang Lihong firmly believed in Suma's character and was confident in the accuracy of her vision.
After getting along for a period of time, Wang Lihong learned more about Suma's situation, he was just the son of an ordinary tribal chieftain in Uganda, not the rumored prince.
However, the presence of such a black African student with a talented Tsinghua girl who has been regarded as the pearl of her parents since she was a child makes people feel incredible. To this day, many people are still confused about the relationship between the two.
In the face of doubts and incomprehension from the outside world, Wang Lihong said in an interview: "At that time, everyone thought that I was a very casual girl who would date a black boy.
But I understand his honesty and kindness and believe that he is willing to help others. I've always believed in that. However, after Wang Lihong's parents learned of this, they firmly opposed the two being together.
The mother could not accept that her daughter was in a relationship with a black man, and the father saw it as a disgrace to the family. In order to break up the lovers, her parents took Wang Lihong home and persuaded her to break up with Suma.
However, Wang Lihong resolutely objected, and even responded to her parents' persuasion with an attitude of not marrying Suma. In desperation, her parents decided to forcibly send Wang Lihong to study at a school in Japan to stop her relationship.
They had hoped that their daughter would marry in the future, but now they may want her to go to Africa, where men are allowed to be polygamous and women are disadvantaged.
Despite Wang's strong opposition, her parents eventually insisted on sending her to Japan.
Wang Lihong and Suma's exotic love is as tortuous and moving as a movie. They love each other at home, but they are separated by academic problems. However, fate binds them together again when they least expect it.
In Japan, they meet again, hug each other tightly, and decide that no matter how much resistance there is, they will go to the end and become each other's wives. However, happy times are always short-lived.
It didn't take long for Wang Lihong to find out that she was pregnant, and everything became irretrievable. In the absence of a wedding, Wang Lihong's parents were forced to accept the African son-in-law.
Soon, Suma's study abroad career is coming to an end, and he will return to China, which means that Wang Lihong will also follow him to Africa. Although Wang Lihong's parents were reluctant, they finally chose to compromise.
They know that their daughter is grown up and has her own life and choices, and they can't stop it. In 1996, Wang Lihong and Suma boarded a plane to Uganda.
When the plane took off, Wang Lihong burst into tears, because she knew that it was not easy to go back to the country, let alone go to a backward country. Although Wang Lihong has always been worried that Suma will marry many wives, she has already decided to follow Suma back to his hometown before going abroad.
Looking at the clouds outside the window of the plane, she had a lot of thoughts, and finally couldn't help but voice her worries. However, Suma's answer comforts her, and he promises to marry her alone, as the love between them cannot be expressed in words, but can only be felt with the heart.
Suma Suma held Wang Lihong's hand tightly and assured in a firm tone: "I only have one wife, and that is Wang Lihong." I firmly believe that you will be respected by my parents. ”
After years of getting along, Wang Lihong firmly believes that her vision is not wrong, and her hanging heart is slowly let go. However, when she finally arrives at Suma's hometown after a long journey, she is shocked by what she sees.
Suma's hometown is indeed very poor, but what makes her even more memorable is that Suma's father actually had ten wives. This made her feel so miserable that she couldn't even eat. Suma noticed the change in her and asked her why, with a puzzled face.
Wang Lihong told Suma that she did not regret it, but was worried that he would marry another wife, in that case, what was the point of being here? Wang Lihong asked Suma again: "Will you marry another wife like your father in the future?" ”
Suma smiled, stretched out a hand above her head and swore: "I will only marry one wife in my life, and that is the Chinese girl Wang Lihong." "It turns out that what Suma said is true, he really loves Wang Lihong, and he only has one wife.
I have a good mindset and I feel like these things are part of my life. There are some things that others may find sad, but I find them new and interesting. "Wang Lihong has been her parents' baby since she was a child, and she rarely even washes dishes.
When she first arrived in Uganda, she was amazed by the way people cook there. They don't have a kitchen, and the tools for cooking are just a charcoal stove and a pot.
Wang Lihong founded a school in Uganda, Africa, to change the status of herself and local women. After the death of her youngest son from malaria, she decided to enrich herself and decided to start a school after consulting with her husband Suma.
They used their savings for many years to buy a dilapidated local primary school, which they renovated and renamed "Lu Ziyang Middle School". Wang Lihong relied on her local language advantage to make the school flourish quickly.
After training as a teacher, she noticed that more and more Chinese were coming to Uganda to do business, so she started a Chinese school. Today, Ms. Wang has become a celebrity in Uganda, and her school teachers have become local translators.
Wang Lihong, a Chinese living and working in Uganda, was one of the protagonists of the 2016 CCTV news documentary "Chinese in Africa". In the interview, Wang Lihong said that she has never regretted her decision to come to Africa 20 years ago, despite her parents.
In Uganda, she lived with her husband, Suma, for 26 years, and Suma kept her vow and did not marry another wife. They have a good relationship, and with the addition of three children, the family is very happy.
Wang Lihong believes that Suma is an optimistic and humorous person who is more responsible than many local men. In her eyes, Suma is a very respectable person. In 2021, Wang Lihong returned to China after 25 years to participate in the Tsinghua University Alumni Association, and because she has changed so much, many old classmates can't recognize her.
But Wang Lihong still won their respect with her unique charm. In 2022, Wang Lihong is working to advance the goal set the previous year to train 100 Chinese teachers and teach them in 50 schools across Uganda.
Regarding her career, Wang Lihong said: "I have changed my stereotype of Africa in Uganda. When I return to China, I will tell my friends about the real side of Africa, hoping that they will change their perception of Africa. ”
Some people say that if Wang Lihong hadn't gone to Africa, her career might have been more successful, but she believes that her life is just as colorful. As she said, despite the backwardness of Africa, she found value here and had a happy family.
If she had to choose again, she would still choose to do it because she thought it was all worth it. "