Xu Yuehua

Xu Yuehua

Xu Yuehua, known as "bench mother", was born in Bantang Township, Xiangtan, Hunan Province in 1956. She lost her father when she was one year old, and her mother also died when she was 12 years old. Due to his poor family, Xu Yuehua did not go to school for a day. In the year of her mother's death, in order to make a living, she secretly ran to the railway to pick up cinders. Unfortunately, she was robbed of her legs by the train wheel. Without legs, she began to use two four corner benches to support, learning to "walk" forward step by step. Every day before dawn, she began to practice. In the middle of the night, all the people in the welfare home fell asleep, but she still refused to rest. Fall, get up, fall again, get up again Xu Yuehua finally learned to walk again and became an extra staff nurse in the welfare home. In 2010, Xu Yuehua was rated as one of the top ten responsible citizens in China, and won the 2010 national "three rural" figure dedication award of CCTV. In 2019, he was selected as one of the top 100 Hunan figures for the 70th anniversary of the people's Republic of China.

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Xu Yuehua, a 55 year old woman from Bantang Township, Yuetang District, Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, is disabled in both legs and "walks" on two small benches. Xu Yuehua lost his father at the age of 1 and his mother at the age of 12. On April 22, 1968, Xu Yuehua, who had just lost her mother, was crushed by a train coming from behind. After full rescue in the hospital, although she survived, she lost her legs. In 1973, Xu Yuehua was 18 years old and adopted by Xiangtan Social Welfare Institute. On September 20, 2011, he won the title of national model of helping others in the third national moral model selection. she has no legs and can only walk on two small benches; she is an orphan and the "mother" of more than 130 orphans In the Xiangtan welfare home in Hunan Province, Xu Yuehua, who is less than one meter tall and "walks" on two small benches, has given the children in the welfare home complete maternal love with his grateful, strong and dedicated heart for 37 years. in September 2010, her story was published on the Internet. Many netizens expressed their respect and love for her by posting, leaving messages and commenting on her. The netizens who were moved called her "bench mother". on December 26, 2019, he was selected into the list of 100 Hunan people in the 70th anniversary of new China.

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Xu Yuehua, female, Han nationality, born in October 1956, is a member of the Communist Party of China and a supporter of Xiangtan welfare home in Hunan Province. when she was 12 years old, she was paraplegic in high position, and two small benches were the support for her walking; when she was 17 years old, she was sent to the social welfare home and started a new life; now, she is the "mother" of more than 130 orphans and disabled children, spreading great maternal love in the world. Over the past 37 years, she has always been self reliant, optimistic and helpful. Her story is popular on the Internet, and countless netizens are moved and affectionately call her "bench mother". In 1973, Xu Yuehua was sent to Xiangtan social welfare home. After half a month, she felt uncomfortable and asked the dean to help look after the children. The Dean couldn't beat her, so she let Xu Yuehua, who had been the object of support, become an unpaid extra staff nurse and the "bench mother" of the children in the welfare home. victory is the first "child" of "bench mother". She was only a few months old when the welfare home picked up victory from under the wheels of the tractor. Shengli is suffering from severe cold and pneumonia, which must be taken care of by special personnel. When the leader was worried about where to draw hands, Xu Yuehua said, "give it to me!" Pick up the victory and start to coax up. Victory is congenital cleft lip and palate patients, feed into the food, often immediately from the nose out. Xu Yuehua held her in her hand, slowly dripped the medicine with a spoon, squeezed the milk with a syringe, and fed her little by little. After the successful cleft lip and palate surgery, she grew up to be a beautiful girl, and now she is married and has children. Every time she met someone, she said, "it's all up to mom that I can be today." One summer, an orphan named Xiangqiu was admitted to the hospital. The child had diarrhea, abdominal pain and crying, and several nurses sent by the welfare home were tired. Xu Yuehua took the initiative to ask a person to accompany her in the hospital. During the day, she held Xiangqiu in her hand and gave her an injection. At night, she hugged Xiangqiu and spent the night in her arms. The child often has diarrhea, and the excrement and urine often come to her. She always helps the child wash his body, change into clean clothes, and coax Xiangqiu to sleep before she gets up to clean up the dirt on her body. After 107 days, with her careful care and hospital treatment, Xiangqiu recovered slowly. in the welfare home, Xu Yuehua never took holidays. Once, she was hospitalized for acute attack of kidney stones. As soon as she was discharged from hospital, she went directly to the children's dormitory of the welfare home and worked for more than 30 hours. "I'll make up for the time I owe the children." Nursing monitor distressed her: "Yuehua, you will die of fatigue if you go on like this." Xu Yuehua said with a smile: "I'm so tired. I'd like to. I still have dozens of yuan left, so I ask you to buy a dress for each child. It's a memorial for them. " with the increasing number of orphans and disabled infants adopted in welfare homes, more and more "children" are brought up by Xu Yuehua, with 15 at most at the same time. For convenience, she let the children sleep in their own beds. The bed was too narrow, so it was widened continuously. Finally, it was widened to 5 meters, and her big bed became a small kindergarten. During the day, Xu Yuehua nursed them, changed their diapers, played with them and made them laugh. She was so busy that she didn't even have time to eat. At night, the one who just fell asleep and woke up, the one who just stopped crying and the one who cried again, Xu Yuehua never had a sound sleep. In 37 years, Xu Yuehua brought up 138 orphans. One group of children left and another came. Many of them have already got married. When they fill out their resumes, they write a common name in the column of "mother": Xu Yuehua. Xu Yuehua was named "ten responsible citizens" by renmin.com in 2010, and was awarded the national "three rural" person dedication award by CCTV in 2011.

personal honor

On March 19, 2012, the 13th National Civil Affairs Conference was held in Beijing. Hu Jintao, then general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, cordially met with all the participants. Wen Jiabao, premier of the State Council, attended the meeting and spoke at the relevant forum, when Vice President Xi Jinping and then Vice Premier Li Keqiang attended the meeting. "Bench mother" Xu Yuehua attended the meeting and won the highest honor "ruziniu Award" of the Ministry of civil affairs, becoming the only advanced person in the civil affairs system in Hunan Province. Xiangtan County Civil Affairs Bureau won the honorary title of "national civil affairs system advanced collective".

Touching story

The misfortune of her family and experience did not destroy Xu Yuehua. The life in the welfare home made her strong and grateful. She learned to walk with two small benches instead of two legs, and offered to help take care of the children in the welfare home. This persistence lasted for more than 30 years. Since then, half of the people in Xiangtan social welfare home have become "bench mothers" who take care of orphans and disabled children. According to the statistics of Xiangtan Social Welfare Institute, in the past 37 years, Xu Yuehua brought up more than 130 orphans and disabled children. Nowadays, many people have taken part in the work, got married, had children and lived a happy life. Now, Xu Yuehua has a happy family. Her husband is a farmer and her son has gone to work in the South after graduation. Although Xu Yuehua has retired, she still can't give up her feelings for the children in the welfare home. While she was doing housework, she continued her "bench mother" work. since learning to walk, Xu Yuehua has been busy in every room of the kindergarten in the welfare home, holding small benches to mend and wash the children's shoes, feed and urinate. Xu Yuehua's small bench makes a "clattering clattering" sound, which is like the sound of nature in the hearts of orphans in the welfare home. Whenever this sound comes, children will call for "mother Xu, mother Xu!" from afar Victory is the first "child" of "bench mother". Xu Yuehua clearly remembers that the welfare home picked up the abandoned baby from under the wheel of the tractor. "She suffered from congenital cleft lip and palate. She had no upper lip. Her mouth was connected with her nostrils. It was extremely difficult to feed food and water. If she didn't pay attention, she would choke." Xu Yuehua said. Spoonful after spoonful of milk and medicine, guarding victory all night Finally, under the meticulous care of Xu Yuehua, the cleft lip and palate finally healed and grew into a beautiful girl. Now she is married and has children, and has a happy life. the welfare home is far away from the hospital, so it's very inconvenient for the children to get medical treatment. Xu Yuehua studied disease treatment everywhere and bought a thermometer himself. Xu Yuehua's drawer is full of chrysanthemum, honeysuckle and other Chinese herbal medicines, including antidiarrheal, antipyretic and analgesic. Through daily accumulation, Xu Yuehua gradually became an "expert" in the treatment of diseases in the welfare home. "Poor children don't have mothers. I'm their mother." Xu Yuehua always said that to himself. In order to take better care of the children, Xu Yuehua moved her "home" into the kindergarten. Most of the children in welfare homes have various kinds of deformities. Many people feel terrible when they look at them. However, Xu Yuehua insists on sleeping with them because "it's more convenient to take care of them.". Welfare staff told reporters that the child was ill in hospital, Xu Yuehua appears more painful than the child, the child cured and recovered, Xu Yuehua will be happy than anyone else. Medical staff jokingly said: "Yuehua face hanging a child's condition change barometer, see her face to know how the child's condition." long years

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