Lisa Tang is finishing her and her classmates’ designs.
In mid-May, the scorching summer is approaching. Vivi, Zhong Qian and Hai Kuo (both pseudonyms), junior three students of Longxi Middle School in Dazu District, Chongqing, are sitting at their desks, holding their pens tightly, making a final sprint for the senior high school entrance examination which is coming in less than a month.
These three 14-and 15-year-old children have three things in common, one is excellent grades, the other is poor families, and the third is that they all finished junior high school with the support of Sister Sha.
What they know is that "Sister Sally" is Lisa Tang, who is now a junior in chengdu normal university and studying painting. From the first day of junior high school, they received the living expenses remitted by Sister Sally and the new clothes and nutrition from them irregularly, with a total amount of nearly 20,000 yuan.
But what they don’t know is that Sister Sha’s family is as poor as theirs. What they don’t know is that in order to support themselves and ensure their living expenses, Sister Sha has taken more than ten part-time jobs: polishing shoes, selling waste paper, distributing leaflets and working as a teaching assistant … … Many a mickle makes a mickle, and it has become their "junior high school fund".
Female college students from poor families work part-time to help three poor students finish junior high school.
Teacher: "I didn’t expect her to be so difficult."
A few days ago, Mr. Tang, the head teacher of a class in the third grade of Longxi Middle School in Dazu District, Chongqing, contacted the reporter of Chengdu Business Daily and begged the reporter to pay attention to a "particularly difficult" female college student named Tang Lisha, who is now studying in chengdu normal university.
Not easy. Where? Teacher Tang listed one, two, three on the other end of the phone in an eager tone.
"First, Lisa Tang has been insisting on subsidizing three poor students in our class for three years. If it weren’t for her, the three families might not even be able to afford the living expenses of the dolls."
Vivi, Zhong Qian and Hai Kuo are the three poor students who receive financial aid. Vivi’s father is disabled, and he has a young brother who relies on his mother to do high-intensity manual work on the construction site — — Tie the iron and struggle to maintain the life of a family of four; Haikuo’s parents suffer from heart disease and diabetes respectively, and the family still lives in a mud house on the mountain; Zhong Qian is a lost child, whose father has never been heard from, and whose mother remarried and lived with her elderly grandparents. Haikuo’s mother told reporters: "If it weren’t for Sister Sha’s help in recent years, I don’t know where to spare money to send my children to junior high school."
"Second, I used to be the head teacher of Lisa Tang, knowing that her family is also poor. My father is a rural teacher and earns more than 2,000 yuan. The whole family depends on this money, and my mother takes care of her paralyzed grandmother at home. Third, it was not long before I learned that it was also the most difficult thing for her. That is, the money she gave to students in recent years was saved by her shoeshine and teaching children to paint everywhere. " Teacher Tang told reporters that when Lisa Tang proposed to subsidize students three years ago, she did not ask her where the money came from. "I thought that learning to paint was based on her skills, and the paintings she painted could sell at a good price in a big city like Chengdu. It was not until she chatted with me some time ago about these experiences that I realized that she was so difficult. "
Shoe shoes, sell waste paper, and attend classes in three institutions a week. My monthly living expenses are less than 200 yuan.
Lisa Tang: "Of course, there will be times when it is difficult."
On the 13th, the reporter saw 21-year-old Lisa Tang at the gate of chengdu normal university, with a blue shirt, small white shoes, waist-length straight black hair and a face without makeup behind round-rimmed glasses. The thin Lisa Tang looks just like other female college students on campus.
On the way across the campus, she chatted with reporters about her part-time experience in the past three years. I happened to pass the trash can downstairs of the American Education Institute, and she pointed to several large bags of black plastic bags half a meter high next to her and said, "I also collected waste paper for students’ painting in the building, so I packed it up and dragged it out for sale." "Generally, 7 packs are received, and 1 pack can sell for a few dollars." The reporter mentioned that one hand can only drag a bag.
In addition to collecting waste paper, Lisa Tang handed out leaflets and polished her shoes for a year when she was a freshman. "I found waste wood to make a shoe rack and bought shoe polish online." On weekends, she took the bus for more than an hour and ran to the station in the city and the subway station where there was a lot of people.
The experience during this period was recorded in her mobile phone in short paragraphs, which was bitter: "Some colleagues were afraid of robbing the business and invited customers to polish their shoes, saying that they were not clean and left without giving money." There are also warm ones: "Uncle asked: ‘ How can you shine your shoes when you are so young? ’ I am embarrassed to say: ‘ Experience the hardships of life, earn living expenses for yourself, and help poor students remit living expenses. ’ After cleaning, my uncle insisted on giving love to 100 people, and at the same time attracted onlookers to explain my identity to them. Some people may be moved and lined up to tell me to clean my shoes. The highest income on this day is near 1000 yuan. " However, Tang Lisha told reporters that she is not a Xianglinsao-style person. When she meets people, she says her identity, and sometimes she says that she is helping several poor students after much communication with others.
Later, with the accumulation of professional knowledge, she finally found a part-time job as a teaching assistant in a training institution. Teach children to draw, from a lesson in 30 yuan to a lesson in 80 yuan now. Last semester, she ran three institutions a week and earned one or two thousand a week. The income is much higher than shoeshine, and the money sent to three children has gone from tens of dollars a month to three or five hundred dollars a month now, but her own life is still frugal.
When I walked into Tang Lisha’s bedroom, the reporter saw that there were less than ten clothes hanging on the rope beside her bed, from down jackets to T-shirts. Tang Lisha said that they were all her clothes from winter to summer, and they were worn for several years. She pointed to the blue shirt on her body. "I borrowed it from a friend for tomorrow’s interview." In addition to not buying clothes, Tang Lisha insisted on eating in the canteen to save money. "One yuan for porridge and steamed bread in the morning, three yuan for two vegetarian dishes at noon, and only over 100 yuan for a month’s living expenses." She said frankly, "Of course, there will be times when I feel difficult, and I am too tired to get out of bed. But when I think of a few students, I get up. "
Teacher’s plot rooted in the bottom of my heart
Determined to help promising students.
Aided students: "In the future, I will pass on the goodwill like Sister Sally."
The family is not rich, and their lives are so frugal. Why do they insist on subsidizing others?
Tang Lisha pointed to a thick stack of teaching AIDS on the bedroom table and told reporters that she was preparing for the college entrance examination. "I am an advertising design major now and can’t be a teacher. Therefore, I hope to be admitted to the art education major of our school, improve myself, and become an art teacher in the future. "
Being a teacher is a career plan that Tonlisha has set for herself since high school. The teacher complex has been rooted in her heart since childhood. "From personal experience, my father is a conscientious rural teacher. I also met many teachers who gave me a good influence when I was studying. So I know that a good teacher is very important for the next generation. "
However, Lisa Tang, who is still struggling for her studies, can’t take on such responsibilities yet. So her first thought is to help the poor students in her alma mater with money. "Those three students are all excellent and promising. They need a good platform. I don’t want them to be unable to go to high school and go to college because of money."
Teacher Tang, the head teacher, said that the three children worked very hard in the class and were among the best in every exam. The senior high school entrance examination should be admitted to a good high school in Dazu. "If it weren’t for the funding of Lisa Tang, like Zhong Qian’s family, there would be no conditions for junior high school." When the reporter contacted Zhong Qian, because she didn’t have a phone at home, she finally contacted her who was doing farm work at home through her neighbors. When she heard that it was "Sister Sha", Zhong Qian, whose voice had been timid, suddenly spoke loudly. She said, "I will be like Sister Sha in the future, and I will help poor students like me when I have the ability to pass on my goodwill."
In less than a month, these three junior high school students will graduate smoothly. At the same time, Tang Lisha is also worried about the high school expenses that students are about to face. Because high school is outside the compulsory education stage, the annual tuition, living expenses and tuition and miscellaneous fees of three students add up to tens of thousands. "I’ll try my best, and I’ll find a part-time job after the exam." Lisa Tang said, without flinching.