I met Lu Chunlong in disappointment.
When Chen Lei was born, she was the most beautiful in the ward. Other babies' eyes are a crack, but Chen Lei's eyes are so big that he can see double eyelids. Everyone who has seen him can't help saying that he has never seen a one-month-old baby grow so straight. However, when everyone saw Chen Lei's little right hand, they shook their heads and sighed helplessly: What a sin! The small right hand has congenital disability.
Chen Lei's mother still doesn't want to recall the scene at that time, and how happy she was when the doctor showed Xiao Chen Ray to her family. But the next sentence thrown from the doctor's mouth, your child was born with a disability in his right hand, which made this happiness last only a few seconds, and then the pain came to this ordinary family, which was so sudden that people were at a loss.
Of course, if you are sick, you have to find a way to cure it. Although you are a working class, you have to cure the child's hand for the sake of the child, so Lei, who is still in infancy, was sent to do various tests. In order to keep Xiao Chen from moving around, every time he was examined, the doctor had to tie him up. Because the child is not around because of illness, Chen Lei's mother is equal to an empty month, and it is a month of constant tears.
During the examination, the doctor's words completely plunged the whole family into despair. Congenital disability is probably irreversible, so you should be prepared psychologically. Chen Lei Jr. stayed in the hospital for more than a month, and his family resolutely signed to pick up the children. If it is impossible to recover, they don't want to make Xiao suffer again.
Mom and dad borrowed a lot of medical books about children's muscular atrophy, and nouns such as grasping ability and muscle tension gradually became familiar in their chests. They told Xiao Chen Ray to do some grasping actions according to the book, but eventually the right palm even some basic grasping reactions disappeared.
Watching Chen Lei grow up slowly, my mother sometimes says to my father: If I had known this, we wouldn't have had this baby in the first place. Although it is a casual complaint, at this time, ordinary couples still understand the truth that it is really difficult for healthy people to accept a disabled child, even their own. Sometimes, my mother thinks about it. If she jumps from the upstairs with Xiao Chen Ray in her arms, it will be 100, and she won't have to suffer any more. At this time, Lei's uncles and aunts came, and they could understand the ambivalence of Lei's parents. Such a good child, you can give it to me if you don't want it. This half-joking relief discouraged Chen Lei's mother from giving up her child.
Chen Lei grew up day by day. Children who have lost the function of their right hand are used to handling everything they encounter in life with their left hand, starting with tying their shoelaces, brushing their teeth and washing their faces. Chen Lei gradually discovered the difference between him and other children. These are two diametrically opposed worlds, and they are so out of place. He often imagines himself as a one-armed warrior, dealing with a group of monsters with weapons in his right hand with his left hand. But in real life, he is like a monster. The child doesn't play with him or talk to him.
At school, regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, Chen Lei always likes to wear long-sleeved clothes. Sitting in the corner of the classroom, Chen Lei used to cover his mutilated right hand with wide cuffs. The last thing Chen Lei wants to attend is a writing class. In the classroom, students write with their right hands, but they have to use their left hands. All the students in the class looked at him curiously. At this moment, Chen Lei will stare at each other, as if to protect his fragile self-esteem with his eyes. At that time, the school was full of fear of Chen Lei.
Knowing this situation, my uncle and aunt suggested that Chen Lei should either learn calligraphy, so that Chen Lei could communicate with his peers. In fact, my uncles and aunts all came up with this idea with a try, because they know a very good calligraphy teacher, Lu Chunlong.
Lu Chunlong is a famous calligrapher in Shanghai. His great-uncle and great-aunt studied calligraphy under Mr. Lu, and the two families are closely related. Teacher Lu often hears a lot about Chen Lei's uncle and aunt. Once, Mr. Lu told his uncle and aunt to let the children learn calligraphy from him. Teacher Lu has a calligraphy class on Saturday. Let Chen Lei participate, at least he can get in touch with children of his own age.
In this way, junior high school student Chen Lei came to Lu Chunlong's home for the first time. It was very hot that day. Chen Lei was wearing a long-sleeved shirt, and the wide cuffs covered his mutilated right hand. My uncle and aunt brought Chen Lei to Mr. Lu. Chen Lei said nothing, lowered his head and kept pulling his sleeve with his left hand. Teacher Lu looked at Chen Lei and touched his head with a smile. Is it hot? While speaking, Teacher Lu slid to help Chen Lei roll up his sleeves. Other children studying calligraphy looked at Chen Lei in surprise. At this time, Mr. Lu said to everyone: It's your new classmate. His right hand was injured and he could only write with his left hand. You should take care of him more. In fact, from that moment on, Lu Chunlong secretly made up his mind: he must help Chen Lei build up self-confidence. He gently touched Chen Lei's right hand, which he never wanted to show, and said kindly like grandpa, Son, you are great. You can do it. From that day on, this sentence appeared in the dialogue between Lu Chunlong and Chen Lei for countless times.
It's not just Chen Lei who writes with his left hand.
In Lu Chunlong's view, the most effective way to restore Chen Lei's confidence is to let him prove his ability. However, Chen Lei can't hold a pen with his right hand, so if he wants to write calligraphy, he can only use his left hand.
It is difficult to write with your left hand. Lu Chunlong thought of a person-Fei Xinwo, a famous left-handed calligrapher. In fact, when the calligraphy skills are almost the same, it is very wise to seek novelty and change. From ancient times to the present, China's calligraphy world can be said to be full of miracles. Some people write calligraphy backwards, some write calligraphy under a microscope, some write calligraphy with a brush, and some write calligraphy with their fingers dipped in ink. Before the age of 60, Fei Xinwo wrote with his right hand, just like ordinary people. After the age of 60, I had to practice my left hand calligraphy because of my right hand injury. Unexpectedly, he created a unique way of calligraphy. Chen Lei was born to write only with his left hand. Maybe this is another window that God opened for him after he closed a door for him.
Lu Chunlong knows that when teaching Chen Lei left-handed calligraphy, he must first solve some problems of left-handed calligraphy. For a month in a row, Lu Chunlong did not think about tea and rice. Every night, he shuts himself in his study, holding a brush in his left hand and flicking it one by one to experience every difficulty in writing calligraphy with his left hand. As you can imagine, a person who used to write calligraphy with his right hand suddenly began to write calligraphy with his left hand. At first, Lu Chunlong couldn't even swing his center of gravity when writing, so he had to lean against the desk. On a hot day, in order to practice calligraphy quietly, Lu Chunlong closed his doors and windows, wrote calligraphy with his left hand for several hours, and his whole body was soaked with sweat.
Lu Chunlong's daughter was distressed and pushed open the door to persuade the old man not to work so hard. Lu Chunlong is a famous calligrapher, and there is an endless stream of people asking for calligraphy at home. The daughter advised her father not to teach his children calligraphy any more, so why bother to teach such a student who writes with his left hand. Lu Chunlong glared at his daughter and said, If someone is in trouble, please come to our door. We must help him. Since I accept Chen Lei as a student, I must teach him well. Then he closed the door and began to learn left-handed calligraphy. Teacher Lu recorded a series of problems in practicing his left-handed calligraphy, made three notes and studied them repeatedly. In this way, in order to teach Chen Lei to write, Lu Chunlong became left-handed.
After a month, Mr. Lu felt that he had a lot of perceptual knowledge about left-handed calligraphy and could start teaching writing. On that day, Lu Chunlong, who usually doesn't drink, had a few drinks and took advantage of the wine. He wrote a picture for Chen Lei. This is an encouragement to him, and I hope he can know that he must have courage and perseverance to trudge on the road of calligraphy.
Chen Lei began to practice left-handed calligraphy. Every week, he has calligraphy classes at Mr. Lu's house. According to teacher Lu's request, learn how to use the left pen to transport the pen, and how to control the strength of the pen transport. Teacher Lu wrote many copybooks for him to copy with his left hand. However, Chen Lei, who was only 13 years old at that time, was less than 1.6 meters tall, unable to master his strength, and his handwriting was crooked. Teacher Lu never criticizes him and always encourages him to continue his efforts. Chen Lei can understand the teacher's painstaking efforts and go home every day to practice hard.
Mother has never seen Chen Lei do things so seriously. Chen Lei has been unhappy since he went to school. When he came home from school, he was shut in his room and watched TV alone. His parents asked him nothing. Since I learned calligraphy from teacher Lu, I have been practicing calligraphy since I finished my homework at home every day, and I can't move for an hour. In his living room, Chen Lei spread out rice paper for the first time and picked up a brush. Even his favorite cartoon couldn't attract him.
Lu Chunlong's first task for Chen Lei was to write a calligraphy. There are many strokes in China's traditional books, which are very helpful for practicing the basic skills of calligraphy. Chen Lei took the word "book" written by the teacher and went home to read it again and again. Where did the teacher put his strength and put his pen? After understanding it, he posted it slowly. Chen Lei copied a word thousands of times. Practice in the newspaper first, and then write on rice paper when you are proficient. My left hand is a little numb. Shake hard and keep practicing. Newspapers and Xuan paper full of books are slowly piling up. Mom picked up the top one and thought it was well written. Chen Lei can take a break and write like a painting. No, it's far from what Mr. Lu asked. Chen Lei shook his head and continued to practice calligraphy.
On weekends, Chen Lei went to Mr. Lu's house to have a calligraphy class. Chen Lei holds a pen in his left hand and writes an angular calligraphy on rice paper. Chen Xiaolei, he knows that he has lived up to the teacher's hope. At this moment, Mr. Lu turned around. When Teacher Lu turned around again, she found the teacher crying. Every teacher will feel happy from the bottom of his heart when he sees the students' achievements. Lu Chunlong is no exception. But in Chen Lei's view, Mr. Lu's tears of joy made him unforgettable.
The first time I put on a short-sleeved T-shirt, I showed my lovely right hand.
Starting from calligraphy, Chen Lei wrote calligraphy for seven years, and Lu Chunlong taught him for seven years for free. For Chen Lei, calligraphy has become a part of his study and life. From Mr. Lu, he learned to write with his left hand and regained his confidence.
Chen Lei still remembers the first prize he won in calligraphy. It was a year after Chen Lei studied calligraphy, and the weather was still very hot. The school held a cultural and art festival for the first time. The class teacher mobilized everyone to sign up, and the students looked at each other. At this time, Chen Lei raised his right hand, and I joined in. At this moment, everyone suddenly discovered that Chen Lei, who wore a long-sleeved shirt every day last year, did not know when he also wore a short-sleeved sports T-shirt. He is not shy about raising his mutilated right hand in front of his classmates, because he has got rid of his mental deformity. Chen Lei's calligraphy won the second prize of the school culture and art festival for the class. The students were surprised. Everyone didn't expect that Chen Lei, whose right hand was disabled, could write such beautiful calligraphy with his left hand.
Many parents began to follow Chen Lei's example to educate their children. Look at Chen Lei. As long as you work half as hard as others, we will read Amitabha. Many students follow Chen Lei's example, and even some students write in their compositions: The person I admire most is Chen Lei. Although he is disabled, his spirit of studying hard makes us normal people feel ashamed. I must catch up with him in my studies.
After several years of calligraphy study, only Chen Lei, who is 17 years old, has obtained six certificates from the National Calligraphy Youth Group. There are countless awards, large and small. After reading Chen Lei's calligraphy works, many judges called Lu Chunlong and asked if Chen Lei really wrote calligraphy with his left hand. How does he practice hard? After listening to Chen Lei's story, the judges were all moved by the disabled child in his right hand. Some judges told Lu Chunlong that from Chen Lei's calligraphy, he read a heart full of suffering and affection.
Chen Lei will be admitted to high school. Lu Chunlong said to Chen Lei: I think you are good at art. Go to the Academy of Arts and Crafts. Teacher Lu hopes to take art as his lifelong career. In fact, Teacher Lu is still very thoughtful. If he goes to high school and university like a normal child, the disability of Chen Lei's right hand will bring him a lot of inconvenience. If he takes the artistic road he is good at and opens up a new path, he may become a talent. However, Chen Lei's parents feel that their family conditions are not good, they know nothing about art, and their children are disabled, so it is ok to compete with those children who have received a good art education since childhood. Their worries are also justified, so they are hesitant to choose Chen Lei high school.
Lu Chunlong knew this and had a long talk with Chen Lei's parents. On that day, Mr. Lu said nothing, but found out the calligraphy works completed for the first time and the works that won the prize recently. Looking at his son's works, from tender brushwork to free and easy brushwork, Chen Lei's parents made up their minds to send their son to an art school even if they were selling iron.
After entering the Academy of Arts and Crafts, Chen Lei continued to attend classes in Lu Chunlong's school, rain or shine. Lu Chunlong still teaches Chen Lei, who has always been regarded as a grandson, for free. Three years later, Chen Lei told his grandfather that he had decided to enter a university and an art university. Lu Chunlong nodded with a smile. Teacher Lu brought a lot of professional examination materials needed by art universities. The 7 1 year-old man personally wrote an article for Chen Lei to copy. Chen Lei's art examination easily entered the city 1 000 students, which is not easy for a child with a disabled right hand. He didn't get extra points and care. He took the exam like a normal person and got harsh marks from professional teachers. In the end, Chen Lei was admitted to this university by nearly 20 points.
That afternoon, Chen Lei came to teacher Lu Chunlong's house to practice calligraphy on time. Grandpa, when he entered the door, Chen Lei shouted affectionately while waving his pink college entrance examination report card. Looking at the confident teenager in front of him, Lu Chunlong smiled with relief. You're great, son.