An emaciated man, carrying a breathless son on his back, struggles to walk a rugged mountain road to his home 25 kilometers away. He has only one wish in his heart, and that is for his son to be able to return home and fulfill his wish to return to his roots.
So, who is this man? What was his experience like? Now, what is his life like? It all starts with the Wenchuan Da** in 08.
Cheng Linxiang, an ordinary farmer, lives with his wife and eldest son Cheng Lei in Shuimo Town, Wenchuan. Cheng Lei, his eldest son, has excellent grades and is often referred to as "someone else's child".
Cheng Lei's learning path is not smooth, his grades were not satisfactory in the past, but at the beginning.
In the second and third years of junior high school, he studied hard and his grades improved by leaps and bounds, and he was even admitted to Yingxiu Xuankou Middle School, a key local high school.
Cheng Lei told his father that the reason why he studied so hard was because he had a dream, that is, to go to university and teach in a mountain village. He hopes that more people will be able to get out of the mountains through learning.
However, a sudden ** broke Cheng Lei's dream, and also brought deep pain to this originally happy family.
On May 12, 2008, life was still peaceful, Cheng Linxiang and his wife Liu Zhizhen went to work on the construction site in Shuimo Town early, but danger was quietly coming.
At half past two in the afternoon, the sudden ** stunned everyone, Cheng Linxiang realized the arrival of the disaster and hurriedly took his wife home, because there were still elderly people to take care of at home.
After returning home, Cheng Linxiang was relieved to find that his house was safe and sound, and the old man was not injured, but he was still full of worries about the safety of his two sons.
Soon after, the second son returned home and told everyone that the school had broken a few pieces of glass, but neither the teacher nor his classmates were injured. The teacher was worried about aftershocks, so he told the students to go home as soon as possible.
Cheng Linxiang felt a little relieved after hearing this, he felt that Yingxiu Town and Shuimo Town were not far away, and he believed that the family and the eldest son's side should be fine, he was just anxiously waiting for the return of the eldest son, but he didn't know that what was waiting for him was the unfortunate news of the eldest son.
As the shaking intensified, the earth seemed to be torn apart. Cheng Lei's contact was abruptly cut off, keeping his family awake all night, worried about his safety. However, Cheng Linxiang didn't know, he thought it was just a small **, but he didn't expect that this was the most destructive ** since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and Cheng Lei was in this disaster, in Yingxiu Town, the epicenter.
Early the next morning, Cheng Linxiang and his wife couldn't wait any longer, and they set out on the road to Yingxiu Town desperately. Along the way, collapsed houses, wounded wails and rescue teams were busy, and these scenes made them even more worried about Cheng Lei's safety.
They ran faster and faster, just wanting to see their son as soon as possible, fantasizing that he would be safe. The core idea of the new copy is the anxiety and worry of family members in the face of natural disasters, and their determination not to give up and move forward.
New Copy: After a long 4-hour run, the couple finally arrived in the disaster-damaged town of Yingxiu. With their memories, they came to Xuankou Middle School, where Cheng Lei was, the original teaching building had become a ruin, and the sound of crying and rescue was mixed, like purgatory on earth.
They shouted Cheng Lei's name, but no one responded, and at this time, Cheng Lei's classmates came over and told them that before the incident, Cheng Lei was still reading in the classroom.
When they learned that their son might still be under the ruins of the school building, the couple was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and the hope in their hearts instantly dissipated. They could no longer contain their anxiety and resolutely rushed towards the ruins.
They firmly believe that their son may be trapped but alive and that they must save him. So, they began to dig frantically, the cold rain drenched their bodies, and their hands were ground into a bloody blur, but they didn't care, just to find their son as soon as possible.
When night fell, Cheng Lei still had no news. The couple gave up drinking and eating, and dug with all their might until their vision was blurred and they could no longer dig. Under the persuasion of the people, they returned to their tents to rest, but they were speechless to each other and were eerily silent.
They stared blankly at the ruins, no one knowing what they were thinking. In this way, the couple stayed awake all night, thinking about Cheng Lei in their hearts.
The sunrise illuminated the sky, and Cheng Linxiang did not continue to work, but set off home with his wife. is not to give up, but doubts and expectations are intertwined, maybe he and his son missed each other's moments, and Cheng Lei has returned home safely.
With this hope, they hurried home. However, reality shattered their illusions like a hammer. Cheng Lei did not return. Cheng Linxiang's heart was broken, and heavy loss and exhaustion poured out on him.
Exhausted physically and mentally, they collapsed on their beds and fell asleep.
Cheng Linxiang and his wife came to school again before dawn with their son's clean school uniform and rope, and their hearts were full of anticipation and tenacity. They are convinced that with perseverance, they will be able to find their missing son.
During the long excavation process, Cheng Linxiang did not complain, he firmly believed that as long as there was a glimmer of hope, he could not give up. Eventually, their persistence and hard work paid off when they found their son behind a cement slab, next to two equally injured students.
Seeing their son motionless, the couple could no longer hold back their tears, they cried and called their son's name, but there was no response. They tried to drag their son out, but the heavy cement slabs prevented them from lifting them.
They tried to find help, but everyone was busy trying to save those who still had hope. In desperation, they had to do it themselves. Cheng Linxiang found a hammer as a tool and began to hammer the cement board hard.
The cement slab was hard and the hammer was not easy to use, but it took him more than half an hour to smash the cement slab. He leaned down, dragged his son out, and hugged him, and the couple cried bitterly, calling their son's name over and over again, how he wished he could open his eyes and see them.
A few days ago, my son was joking with them alive, but now he is gone forever.
Cheng Linxiang's son had died, and he took his son's body on his way home. For the sake of his family, he walked countless journeys from Yingxiu Town to Shuimo Town, but this time it was extremely difficult.
He carried his son on his back, the roads were muddy, and his heart was even heavier. However, he said his family was still waiting for him to come home.
Because the road was slippery, Cheng Linxiang was worried that his son would fall, so he walked very slowly. Perennial work made Cheng Linxiang look very thin, his son was taller than him, and after a few steps, his son slid down.
Cheng Linxiang could only stop, pick up his son, and then continue to move forward. In the end, he had to tie Cheng Lei to himself with a rope. Along the way, they were silent, and the wife silently followed.
I could only hear Cheng Linxiang talking to Cheng Lei softly, just like Cheng Linxiang was carrying his son when he was a child. But the mood at this time was completely different from the past, Cheng Linxiang walked out with his son on his back, while the rescue team rushed inward, forming a stark contrast.
An emergency doctor saw him, thinking that he was carrying an injured person, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask if he needed assistance, Cheng Linxiang was silent for a moment before he whispered: "No need, this is my son, he has passed away." ”
The doctor fell silent after hearing this, and Cheng Linxiang continued to carry his son forward, and no one could understand his mood at this time. Perhaps "mourning is greater than heart death, and sorrow is more than silence" is the best description of Cheng Linxiang's state of mind at the moment.
In the face of the long way home, the husband and wife carefully built a simple stretcher, and the smooth section of the road was carried forward, and the dangerous place was carried by Cheng Linxiang, even after the test of falling stones, mud, aftershocks, etc., they still unswervingly moved forward in the direction of home, with only one wish, that is, to bring their son home.
During the journey, both the victims and the rescue team members learned of Cheng Linxiang's hardships of carrying his dead son, and they all reached out to help, generously donated food and water, and even helped them get through the most difficult section.
The help of these kind people has relieved the couple's mood and strengthened their belief in returning home.
They walked 25 kilometers and did not see the village until dusk. The villagers heard about Cheng Lei and rushed to take the stretcher. Cheng Lei's parents were so tired that they collapsed to the ground, and the blood on their shoulders was worn out from the improvised stretcher.
Cheng Lei lay quietly, and his family cried and called his name, but Cheng Lei couldn't respond anymore. After the neighbors learned the news, they all came to Cheng Lei's house to provide help and enlightenment.
There is nothing more painful than the trauma of the soul, just like a white-haired person sending a black-haired person, a deep pain, who can experience it? **After that, the coffin in the town was nowhere to be found, Cheng Linxiang could only buy a coffin of low quality, looking at his son's immature face, the family was in pain, and tears could no longer stop flowing.
The smiling face of their son left a permanent mark in their hearts, and they spent the last night of their son's life. Cheng Lei was buried, Cheng Linxiang looked at his son's ** and sighed uncontrollably, while his wife Liu Zhizhen often secretly wiped her tears.
The atmosphere at home was shrouded in a haze, and it didn't take long for the pain of missing her son to make Liu Zhizhen sick and have problems with her memory.
The impermanence of fate continues, Cheng Linxiang's father fell off a cliff due to a car accident a year later, and his father took the road from Yingxiu Town to Shuimo Town.
This tragedy has made it even worse for this family, which has already suffered too much, but Cheng Linxiang did not give in, and he firmly maintained his greatest wish - to repair this road.
His dream finally came true, and the rescue team from Guangdong immediately took action after learning about the situation and began to repair the road. After six or seven months of hard work, the muddy dirt road was completely transformed into a solid and reliable concrete road.
Seeing that this once rugged road has now taken on a new look, Cheng Linxiang is full of gratitude to the rescue team. For him, this was the best help and the greatest comfort to his father's spirit in heaven.
The hardships in life will eventually pass, and a better tomorrow beckons to us. In 2011, Cheng Linxiang's life took an important turn, and his third child, Cheng Tianle, was born.
The name carries his good wish that his children can be happy every day, and the arrival of his youngest son also brings new hope to this once suffering family, allowing the whole family to see the light of life and let the whole family come out of the shadows.
Cheng Linxiang looked at his former son's **, although his son has passed away, he has learned to accept it calmly. He knows that difficulties and setbacks in life are inevitable, and all we can do is to cherish what is in front of us and move forward with determination.
Because, as the old saying goes,"See the rainbow after the storm", a truly strong person, is always able to face the difficulties of life with a smile and then move forward bravely.