"A lamp lit up deep in the ruins, and a flashlight connected the weak lives;
There was a girl reading the text silently, and she was bravely fighting against death."
I believe that many people are like me. Whenever I read these poems, I can't help but think of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and the "study girl" who was rescued in the earthquake.
Under the dark and oppressive ruins, covered by layers of cement and stones, there was a teenage girl reading a textbook with the help of a weak flashlight.
Her eyes were full of piety and concentration, as if as long as she studied hard and continued to absorb knowledge, she would be able to hand in a satisfactory answer sheet in this life-and-death examination and escape the fate of being swallowed by death. .
Undoubtedly, she was lucky. She was favored by God and God. She won the victory and returned to this beautiful world, rebuilding her home on the ruins together with countless other children of Wenchuan.
Now, 13 years have passed by and this “study girl” who has brought countless touches to people has grown up. What is her life like now?
"Study Girl", whose real name is Deng Qingqing, is a student in the first class of junior high school in Yinghua Town, Sichuan Province. She was studying in the class when the earthquake occurred.
Suddenly I felt a violent shaking, then the floor fell, the floor collapsed, and I was instantly crushed under the rubble.
Faced with this sudden disaster, Deng Qingqing, who was only 12 years old, was terrified. She didn’t know what to do or who to ask for help, so she could only keep groping in the gaps.
Fortunately, she was trapped in the gap between the floor and the wall, and her injuries were not serious. After some groping, she also found a flashlight and textbooks, which gradually calmed down her panic and fear.
She thought that someone would definitely come to save her, and she would be able to walk out of the ruins and stand in the sunshine and run freely.
So, with the faint light of the flashlight, she slowly opened the textbook. When the familiar words came into view one by one, she seemed to be in the classroom again, in a sunny afternoon.
In this way, relying on textbooks and flashlights, she survived the cold and dark night, overcame the fear in her heart, and finally waited for rescuers after being trapped for dozens of hours.
When everyone cleared the rubble and lifted the heavy floor slabs, they saw Deng Qingqing lying on the ground. At that time, she was lying on the ground, holding a flashlight in one hand and a textbook in the other hand, looking at the rescuers with her big bright eyes.
"She must be a strong girl." Everyone who saw this scene thought so.
How many adults can face the catastrophe of life and death and still be able to study calmly, without fear of the cold darkness, panic or fear, let alone a fragile teenage girl?
Therefore, after being rescued, Deng Qingqing received a lot of praise from the outside world, and many media rushed to report her deeds, hoping to pass on this optimism and strength to more people.
"It was pitch black below. I was scared, cold and hungry. I could only relieve my fear by reading books. Although I couldn't completely remember what I saw at the time, I clearly felt the knowledge passed on to me. My power."
Perhaps as she said, she no longer remembers what she saw or read, but the sense of intimacy and power is tangible.
Why do we study? Chasing fame and fortune? Show off a compliment? No, we read to gain faith and strength from books, and to have enough courage to resist when suffering comes.
And Deng Qingqing, she did it. The moment she lit up the flashlight and opened the book, she had already understood the true meaning of reading.
So in her, we see not only optimism and strength, but also the pure faith of a student and a scholar. Such Deng Qingqing, such a "study girl" deserves to be admired and admired by everyone. People remember.
However, not every story will have an ending as everyone expects. This once-famous "study girl" had a high career and a low life, and dropped out of school after graduating from junior high school.
According to her class teacher, because Deng Qingqing’s family is very poor, she cherishes this hard-won time to study and studies very hard. Sometimes she will read on the way home from school with a flashlight, and every second counts. .
After being rescued from the ruins, her image as a "study girl" became even more popular. Everyone firmly believed that she would rely on "knowledge to change her destiny", be admitted to an ideal university, and become one of the pillars of the country. material.
Therefore, a double first-class middle school in Chengdu decided to accept her as an exception and waived all tuition and fees.
This is undoubtedly a good thing for her. In the past, there were no conditions to create conditions for learning. Now that there are conditions, a bright future seems to be waving to her.
However, "A is like arsenic, B is like honey", this good thing gave her a huge impact.
After entering this prestigious school, Deng Qingqing deeply realized the gap between people, not only in terms of food, clothing and clothing, but also in IQ and knowledge.
She was a good student in the original middle school, but she couldn't keep up with the teacher's lectures in the new school. Not only did she rank last in exams, but she also struggled to get along with other classmates, which made her feel Extremely discouraged and frustrated.
Although the principal and teachers showed the utmost care, for her, this was a "sweet burden" that made her unable to breathe.
After some thought, she decided to go back to her original school and her original life trajectory. Maybe in this way she could regain her interest and belief in reading.
But God seemed to have concentrated all her good luck on the day of the earthquake. When she returned to the countryside, she still could not find her original state.
Two years later, she took the high school entrance examination with other classmates. However, because she failed to meet the high school admission score, she could only study in a vocational high school, that is, a technical secondary school.
This time, she decided to learn from the painful experience and learn a lesson, becoming a technical talent so as not to disappoint those who had loved and supported her.
"Ideals are full, reality is skinny." Before her ambition could be implemented, she discovered that she was wrong again this time.
Since she majored in animation, it required a certain amount of art skills, but no matter how hard she tried, she found that she could not meet the requirements at all. If she continued to study, she would just be dawdling and would not make any achievements. It made her feel torture and pain.
Seeing her daughter's confusion and struggle, her parents could not bear to force her, so after family discussion, Deng Qingqing chose to drop out of school.
I think many people here will be disappointed with Deng Qingqing's performance, feeling that she wasted resources and everyone's "emotions" and did not complete the much-anticipated "counterattack journey."
But don’t forget, this is life, this is a living life, not a novel or TV series that is fun all the way to the end. It has the aura of an unbeatable protagonist and an invincible golden finger.
Moreover, loving to learn does not mean learning well, and everyone’s praise and care is also full of pressure. How could a teenage girl, whose parents and family do not have much academic achievements, be able to have smooth sailing? Was the attack successful?
Moreover, everyone has different definitions of success and happiness. She dares to step down from the altar, put aside pressure, and choose her own life. Isn’t it a kind of courage? (Of course, students who have the ability and conditions should still study hard. After all, it is always good to have more ways out.)
After dropping out of school, Deng Qingqing chose to go out to work after a brief period of confusion, because she You know, if you can't keep up with your knowledge, you can only rely on "insight".
Perhaps because he got over his inner knot and completely looked down on everything, Deng Qingqing, who went out to work, finally found his confidence and goals again, but he had already accumulated a small amount of savings in just a few years.
She firmly believed that she would get up wherever she fell, and soon returned to her hometown with the savings she had saved from working and her passion.
This time she did not choose a flashy job. Instead, she opened a clothing store in a down-to-earth manner, and she did well with her own experience.
Sometimes the store's income and expenditure are not as satisfactory, so she goes out to work part-time, making full use of every minute and every second, without wasting anything. Although such days are busy and hard, they are full of progress and make people happy. Peace of mind.
She no longer has to bear huge pressure and always pay attention to other people's eyes. As long as she feels happy, she will be fine no matter what.
"Ordinary" and "pretty good" represent her current state and mood. For a rural girl from a poor background, it is already considered a great achievement to be able to own her own clothing store and do what she likes. A nice place to call home.
Not everyone can become an entrepreneur or scientist. Most people in the world live an ordinary life, worrying about what to eat for three meals a day, and not knowing how to interact with the world. Live in peace.
But this state is natural and relatively relaxed, because "if you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight." Without the emperor's privileges, there will be no burden on him. Who can say Is Li Bai not as happy as Tang Taizong?
The power and touch that Deng Qingqing gave us was in 2008. In that dark and small space, she used books and flashlights to build an ocean of knowledge, which wrapped and healed countless broken souls and struggling bodies, allowing People see hope and light in the midst of suffering.
Isn’t this enough? How many people have lived to be a hundred years old and are still useless? What's more, she is only in her twenties now, and she is still at an age full of infinite possibilities. Who can predict what will happen in the future?
More importantly, in this era where Internet celebrities are everywhere, Deng Qingqing has never used his former fame to attract money or eyeballs. He still does his work down-to-earth and regards himself as a Ordinary, ordinary people.
Do we have such a firm and strong heart that is unmoved by external things? Faced with the temptation of money and fame, will we be firm in our choice?
As Lin Qingxuan wrote in "The Most Beautiful Life is Pure Joy":
"Return to the simplest original intention, sit in the emptiest place, and let the noise of the world go away. Let the lakes and mountains show themselves! Let the crowds go away or pass by!
We only want to see the world with a pure heart and live with joy. Live life with a normal heart and eliminate worries with a soft heart."
Even though thirteen years have passed, Deng Qingqing is still the "reading girl" holding a textbook in hand and reading in the dim light. It is still as clear and peaceful as the first time. I think this is probably enough.