My name is Zeng Shijie. My mother scolded me since I was a child: "Why don't you die?"
Grandpa sold chicken coops to buy me chalk, saying, "My child wants to be a teacher, so grandpa will sell pots and iron to provide for you." Later grandpa left. That boy Zeng Yubai, who was only a few months older than me, stepped out of the darkness and became a beam of light for me. He taught me many things far beyond my age, and taught me that you only come into this world once.
I have taken first place in exams and I have failed exams. My mother kicked the bowl in my hand and broke it. The fragments pierced my calf, and the blood was mixed with the rice. She said: "If you fail next time, you don't have to go home."
I once knelt outside the winter gate and recited poems, and I once lay in the mud on a rainy night and called grandpa. Later Brother Yu also left. Later, I met a person in high school. He gave me a hot and innocent light, and also gave me the strongest arrow that dashed my hope. He made me fall off a cliff and made me a new person again.
This is not a story about suffering. This is a story about how a child goes from being denied and hurt, to being broken and reorganized in the interweaving of light and shadow, and finally becoming the light for himself and others. Adapted from a true story, it is dedicated to every one of you who desperately shines in the mud.
Purpose: Based on real experiences, it tells the story of a child who, under the trauma of his original family and the pressure of life, is still determined to make a bright future after many twists and turns. The work conveys the belief that "no matter how much darkness you experience, you must keep the light in your heart and pass the light on" and praises the tenacity, insight and kindness in ordinary life. The story is not deliberately warm, but presents a real interweaving of light and shadow - light does not always exist, but precisely because it does not occur often, it is more precious. Each stage of growth has unique and profound insights, allowing readers to think about how a person grows and how to become his own light.