When Liu Fang was teaching Chinese at the middle school of Longshan Town, Longhai City, she started a family with the soldier Li Zhi. As soon as life started to improve, Li Zhi responded to the call and went to the front line of the mission. The wait during the pregnancy finally came to nothing. A notice came that she gave birth to her son prematurely amidst labor pains and tears, but was told that the child needed long-term rehabilitation intervention.
Holding the fragile life in her arms, Liu Fang remembered her husband's instructions before leaving and determined to keep the family. She prepared lessons during the day and read rehabilitation books at night. Starting from the simplest pen-holding and pronunciation lessons, she accompanied her son to repeat boring training over and over again. As the cold and summer came, her hands became calloused and her voice was often hoarse, but she always smiled when her son made progress.
Many years later, when her son was receiving an award for his meritorious service in guarding the border, Liu Fang looked out the window and seemed to see two figures applauding her - one was her husband from afar, and the other was the child beside her who had finally spread her wings. She wraps up the edges of life with the softness of a mother, and uses the tenacity that transcends gender to become the most solid support in her children's lives.
