Beyond the Threshold Is the Distance

I heard from the elders that I fell seriously ill when I was forty days old. My parents spent all their savings trying to treat me, but they still couldn't be cured. I haven't been able to walk since then… I have been crawling on the ground as long as I can remember. For a few years, I lived with my grandfather and lived a left-behind life. At that time, many friends who were the same age as me or even younger were going to school. They had to pass by my door to go to school. I lay on the doorstep and watched them talking and laughing, which was so envious! But... I simply can't walk to school like them. Later, my parents came back from work and had two healthy younger brothers. Although my younger brother and I had conflicts, I learned a lot by watching TV and my younger brother's books, and the conflicts between my brothers were resolved. It felt good to have someone to accompany me! When I was eighteen years old, a village cadre from out of town knew about me and my desire to write, so he gave me his unused computer. After I came into contact with the Internet, I published some content online and registered an online school account, realizing my dream of going to school...