[Breeze] In 2005, after Zhu Mincai, a Chinese diplomat in Nepal, retired, he left home overnight with his wife without telling his children, and never heard from again. It was not until ten years later that an old man was taken to the hospital that he learned that they had been living this life for so many years...
(Source: World Wide Web - The couple of former diplomats in the hospital bed: do what they can for the children in the mountains)
In his early years, Zhu Mincai was a senior diplomat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He had been stationed in Britain, Canada and other countries. Suits and leather shoes and personable demeanor were his standard.
When he retired in 2005, many people thought that, like other veteran cadres, he would enjoy his old age at home, but no one expected that he would quietly take his wife Sun Lina and get into the mountains of Guizhou with all his savings.
From the prosperous city of Beijing to a mountain village without even roads, Zhu Mincai's transformation surprised everyone. When I first arrived in Dajian Township, Wangmo County, Guizhou Province, the local primary school did not even have decent classrooms. The children crowded into leaky adobe houses in class, and they couldn't hold a pen even if they were frozen in winter.
Zhu Ming did not hesitate, and the next day he raised his sleeves to work — helping to repair the classroom, blur the windows, and also distributed all the books and textiles he brought to the children.
Someone unexplainedly asked him: "Why did you enjoy life as a diplomat, why retired to suffer this crime?"Jumin only laughed and said: "I have seen so much of the outside world in my life, I want to let the children in the mountains also have a chance to see."
Since then, he has become an "all-round teacher" in the village primary school, teaching not only Chinese mathematics, but also English, and even taking the children to engage in sports activities. Her wife, Sun Lina, gave full play to her musical expertise, taught the children to sing and draw, and made the lifeless campus lively.
Here's a popular science knowledge point: What impact does long-term living in poor mountainous areas have on the health of the elderly? The climate in mountainous areas is humid and cold, which easily induces joint diseases and cardiovascular diseases; Medical conditions are backward, and it is common for minor illnesses to drag into serious illnesses; Coupled with unbalanced diet and overwork, the risk of cerebral hemorrhage, myocardial infarction and other diseases will be greatly increased.
During Zhu Mincai's nine years of teaching in mountainous areas, he not only lived in a simple school building, but also often stayed up late to prepare lessons and visit home on mountain roads. His body had long been buried in hidden dangers.
In 2010, Zhu Ming and his wife moved to the primary school in Marling Town, Xinjiang City, which is more remote and takes a few mountains to get there.
At that time, Zhu Ming was 68 years old, but still insisted on waking up every morning at 5 o'clock, giving the children water to burn, ready to read early, afternoon school to send the children away home, often dark to touch the mountain road back.
Slowly, people around him knew the “diplomatic teacher”, but close friends in Beijing could not get in touch with him.
Some say he is "missing", others speculate that he is "in danger", and others even call the police to look for it. But Zhu Mincai never thought of "showing up". He changed his mobile phone to a local number, and only contacted the school and children's parents, just to teach quietly for several years.
In the autumn of 2014, Jumanji suddenly fainted in class and was urgently taken to a nearby hospital by teachers and villagers.After examination, doctors said it was dangerous to have a brain bleeding caused by long-term labor.
When the hospital registered the information, it was found that the name on the old man's identity card was "Jumin Tal", the same name as the missing diplomat, and contacted the local government, which confirmed his identity.
When relatives and friends rushed to the hospital, they couldn't believe that the person in front of them was Zhu Mincai. He used to be tall and straight, so thin that only a handful of bones were left, and he was still wearing old clothes that had turned white. He was completely different from the diplomat in a suit and shoes in his memory.
But even in the hospital bed, the first thing Zhu Min said when she woke up was still asking: "Who will teach the children's classes?"
In 2022, Zhu Mincai passed away in Guiyang at the age of 80. In accordance with his last wish, his family took his ashes back to Xingyi, Guizhou, and buried them near Jianshan Primary School where he taught.
Now, the school children often go to his grave to lay flowers, saying, "Teacher Zhu hasn't left, he is still watching us read."
Now again think of the story of Zhu Ming, will still not stop touching. he could have lived a comfortable retirement life, but chose to devote the surplus heat to the children in the mountains; he could have been sought by the people, but chose the hidden name and silently paid out.
This choice of “to put down glory and embrace poverty” is more powerful than any magnificent vocabulary.
Finally, I would like to ask everyone, do you have such a silent dedicated person around you? if you have the opportunity, are you willing to go to the mountains to teach? commentary area to talk, together for the Jumanji teacher a little praise, but also hope that more people can remember, there is such a diplomat, with the retirement 9 years, for the children in the mountain lighted up hope.
(Source: World Wide Web - The couple of former diplomats in the hospital bed: do what they can for the children in the mountains)
In his early years, Zhu Mincai was a senior diplomat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He had been stationed in Britain, Canada and other countries. Suits and leather shoes and personable demeanor were his standard.
When he retired in 2005, many people thought that, like other veteran cadres, he would enjoy his old age at home, but no one expected that he would quietly take his wife Sun Lina and get into the mountains of Guizhou with all his savings.
From the prosperous city of Beijing to a mountain village without even roads, Zhu Mincai's transformation surprised everyone. When I first arrived in Dajian Township, Wangmo County, Guizhou Province, the local primary school did not even have decent classrooms. The children crowded into leaky adobe houses in class, and they couldn't hold a pen even if they were frozen in winter.
Zhu Ming did not hesitate, and the next day he raised his sleeves to work — helping to repair the classroom, blur the windows, and also distributed all the books and textiles he brought to the children.
Someone unexplainedly asked him: "Why did you enjoy life as a diplomat, why retired to suffer this crime?"Jumin only laughed and said: "I have seen so much of the outside world in my life, I want to let the children in the mountains also have a chance to see."
Since then, he has become an "all-round teacher" in the village primary school, teaching not only Chinese mathematics, but also English, and even taking the children to engage in sports activities. Her wife, Sun Lina, gave full play to her musical expertise, taught the children to sing and draw, and made the lifeless campus lively.
Here's a popular science knowledge point: What impact does long-term living in poor mountainous areas have on the health of the elderly? The climate in mountainous areas is humid and cold, which easily induces joint diseases and cardiovascular diseases; Medical conditions are backward, and it is common for minor illnesses to drag into serious illnesses; Coupled with unbalanced diet and overwork, the risk of cerebral hemorrhage, myocardial infarction and other diseases will be greatly increased.
During Zhu Mincai's nine years of teaching in mountainous areas, he not only lived in a simple school building, but also often stayed up late to prepare lessons and visit home on mountain roads. His body had long been buried in hidden dangers.
In 2010, Zhu Ming and his wife moved to the primary school in Marling Town, Xinjiang City, which is more remote and takes a few mountains to get there.
At that time, Zhu Ming was 68 years old, but still insisted on waking up every morning at 5 o'clock, giving the children water to burn, ready to read early, afternoon school to send the children away home, often dark to touch the mountain road back.
Slowly, people around him knew the “diplomatic teacher”, but close friends in Beijing could not get in touch with him.
Some say he is "missing", others speculate that he is "in danger", and others even call the police to look for it. But Zhu Mincai never thought of "showing up". He changed his mobile phone to a local number, and only contacted the school and children's parents, just to teach quietly for several years.
In the autumn of 2014, Jumanji suddenly fainted in class and was urgently taken to a nearby hospital by teachers and villagers.After examination, doctors said it was dangerous to have a brain bleeding caused by long-term labor.
When the hospital registered the information, it was found that the name on the old man's identity card was "Jumin Tal", the same name as the missing diplomat, and contacted the local government, which confirmed his identity.
When relatives and friends rushed to the hospital, they couldn't believe that the person in front of them was Zhu Mincai. He used to be tall and straight, so thin that only a handful of bones were left, and he was still wearing old clothes that had turned white. He was completely different from the diplomat in a suit and shoes in his memory.
But even in the hospital bed, the first thing Zhu Min said when she woke up was still asking: "Who will teach the children's classes?"
In 2022, Zhu Mincai passed away in Guiyang at the age of 80. In accordance with his last wish, his family took his ashes back to Xingyi, Guizhou, and buried them near Jianshan Primary School where he taught.
Now, the school children often go to his grave to lay flowers, saying, "Teacher Zhu hasn't left, he is still watching us read."
Now again think of the story of Zhu Ming, will still not stop touching. he could have lived a comfortable retirement life, but chose to devote the surplus heat to the children in the mountains; he could have been sought by the people, but chose the hidden name and silently paid out.
This choice of “to put down glory and embrace poverty” is more powerful than any magnificent vocabulary.
Finally, I would like to ask everyone, do you have such a silent dedicated person around you? if you have the opportunity, are you willing to go to the mountains to teach? commentary area to talk, together for the Jumanji teacher a little praise, but also hope that more people can remember, there is such a diplomat, with the retirement 9 years, for the children in the mountain lighted up hope.