Destiny Under the Altered Belt

This is a true story about despair and redemption. Fifteen-year-old girl Li Xiuzhi scored 658 points in the high school entrance examination, ranking 17th in the county, but because her father was greedy for gifts, he only wanted her to attend a free high school. She secretly wrote "No. 1 Middle School in the County" in pencil in the third column of the application form. When her father discovered it, she tore up the form. In desperation, she jumped into a river and committed suicide. Fortunately, her neighbor Uncle Chen rescued her in the rain. Uncle Chen ran around and contacted her grandfather, a retired teacher. Grandpa took action, borne all the expenses, and successfully applied for a voluntary corrigendum. Xiuzhi finally entered the No. 1 Middle School in the county and worked hard to catch up from the adversity of weak foundation. During her three years in high school, she got up at 5:30 every day and studied hard with a flashlight after turning off the lights late at night. The braised pork shared by classmates in the dormitory, the basic exercise book presented by the teacher, the scarf knitted by her grandfather, and the fifty yuan sent by Uncle Chen, all the warmth supported her forward. Three years later, when the college entrance examination results were released, her results were blocked and revealed in mid-August - with a score of 710, she ranked first in science in the province and first in the city. The Department of Physics of Tsinghua University opened its doors to her. From sitting on a red plastic stool doing her homework at the age of nine to holding an admission notice from Tsinghua University at the age of nineteen, she walked through ten years of thorny roads. This novel uses pencil-written aspirations as clues to depict a rural girl's unyielding struggle against poverty, family changes and prejudice. It also records how those who silently protect her - neighbors, grandfather, teachers, classmates - use their meager strength to support her. This is a work that pays tribute to all those who light a light for children in the darkness.