In the spring of 2009, when he reached Shenmu in Shaanxi, his family called him and said that his mother was ill and needed surgery, asking him to return home. During the day, he walked and asked for food and drink from the residents along the way. At night, whether it was a deep valley, Gobi Desert, desert, or grassland, he would lay out a plastic sheet on the ground and sleep in his clothes. Later, through the Yarlung Tsangpo River, Nu River, Lancang River, Jinsha River, he went to Motuo, Shangri-La, Lijiang, Dali, Xishuangbanna, Honghe, Fangchenggang, Zhenjiang and other places. "At that time during the hike along the Great Wall, I wasn't paying attention while walking on the broken wall and fell down, dislocating my arm," Song Xiaosheng said. But neither his dropping out of school nor his hiking along the Great Wall was something he dared to tell his family, so he hurriedly returned home. When Xiao Song was hungry, he would simply pull up a radish by the roadside to quell his hunger. During his journey across China on foot, several dangerous encounters still make Song Xiaosheng feel a bit scared when he thinks about them now. Starting from Shenmu County in Shaanxi, passing through Jiaxian, Mizhi, Suide, Yan'an... snow-covered mountains, grasslands, Dadu River, Luding Bridge, after covering nearly half of the route, he felt that the remaining Long March route posed no challenge to him. So he hiked along the Sichuan-Tibet highway to Lhasa in Tibet, reaching the foot of Mount Everest. One noon, as he was sleeping on a hillside, he suddenly noticed three wolves staring at him in a daze. After sharing this: welcome to comment, I want to comment. With this idea in mind, he returned to school again. After repeatedly dropping out of school three times, he finally completed his high school education. Song Xiaosheng felt very guilty upon learning this. To bring his brother and sister back so they could continue their studies, he dropped out of school and went south to find them. During his high school years, due to financial constraints, the entire family concealed from him that one brother and one sister had dropped out of school and gone south to work so he could continue his studies. In 2007, he enrolled in a university located in Longhu, Zhengzhou. "Perhaps I'm not suited to this educational system. During the summer vacation of 2008, I started to feel restless." Song Xiaosheng said, "Initially, I wanted to challenge myself on the day of the Olympics opening ceremony by swimming across the Yangtze River in Wuhan." The total cost amounted to more than 40,000 yuan. A major expense was losing three cameras; on the way to Motuo, fearing danger, he spent over 10,000 yuan buying a Tibetan mastiff. "To be honest, even now my family doesn't know about my dropping out of school, and I don't dare to let my family know." A sophomore student drops out to hike the Great Wall. In Hainan, he also hiked around the coastline of Hainan Island, taking 32 days to complete the circuit. However, he persisted and continued walking. When he emerged from the Tengger Desert, all the mineral water he carried was consumed, and his dry rations were completely depleted. Talking about the original intention of hiking across China, Song Xiaotian said: "At first, I just wanted to challenge myself, testing my perseverance. Who knew it would become uncontrollable once started, completing one challenge made me want to continue with another. Additionally, I believe experiencing great rivers and storms will greatly benefit my future life or career. For example, I can start a cultural company and organize the pictures I took and the materials I collected along the way, presenting them to the public. I feel this is also my contribution to society." After staying at home for half a month, he set off again. This time, he directly took a bus to Jiayuguan and started walking eastward along the Great Wall from there. Having this thought in mind, he began training himself, going to the swimming pool every day to practice holding his breath and building endurance. After finishing the plan to swim across the Yellow River, he then had the idea to hike along the Great Wall. Determined, he dropped out of school in October 2008 and headed straight to Shanhaiguan, beginning his plan to walk ten thousand miles along the Great Wall. He roughly used half a year to complete the plan of hiking ten thousand miles along the Great Wall. After completing the Great Wall plan, he began moving southward along the reverse route of the Red Army's Long March. Song Xiaosheng said that after swimming across the Yangtze River, he still felt unsatisfied and immediately decided to rush back to Henan to swim across the Yellow River. "I swam across the Yellow River, which probably also took about an hour and a half," Song Xiaosheng stated. "But whatever happens, I will find a way to implement my plans." Song Xiaosheng firmly said. Chief reporter Zhang Xilei of the Evening News. Song Xiaosheng was born into a rural family in Zhumadian. During high school, he dropped out three times. In 2007, he entered a university located in Longhu, Zhengzhou, but after studying for a year, he dropped out again amidst the puzzled gazes of his classmates to carry out his plan to hike across China. Over the past three years, he has measured the Great Wall, half of Tibet, and half of the Red Army’s Long March route with his feet. Yesterday, he also mentioned that he is currently planning a five-year plan: using three years to hike around the world and two more years to travel by vehicle through more than 200 countries and regions worldwide. On the day of the Olympic Games opening ceremony, he went to cross the Yangtze River. Born in a farmer's family in Zhumadian, Henan Province, Song Xiaosheng is the eldest of four siblings. During the hike along the Great Wall to Minqin in Gansu, he intended to head towards Gulang County but got lost and ended up in the Tengger Desert. He kept walking for four days before he managed to get out. Staring at the vast desert, his phone battery was dead, leaving him unable to call for help. He was somewhat disheartened at the moment. It took him about half a year to complete the plan of hiking ten thousand miles along the Great Wall. Over three years, he walked like this all the way. Song Xiaosheng said that during the three years of hiking across China, he slept wherever he walked and asked for food and drink from the residents along the way, so the expenses weren't too much. "This money partly came from my family, and partly from loans from classmates and friends," Song Xiaosheng said, "Next, I plan to spend five years traveling around the world. The first three years will be spent walking around the earth, and the last two years will involve traveling by vehicle through more than 200 countries and regions worldwide." Initially, he just wanted to challenge himself. Who knew it would become uncontrollable once started? At first, he only wanted to challenge himself. While hiking along the Great Wall to Guyang in Gansu, he wanted to head towards Gulang County, but he got lost and ended up in the Tengger Desert. "In the south, life was very tough, eating without knowing where the next meal would come from, and being looked down upon by others," Song Xiaosheng said. From that point onward, he secretly swore in his heart: "After growing up, I must find a way to change our family's current situation." His younger brother and sister refused to return, so he stayed and worked in the south. After starting high school, he dropped out three times. After the completion of the Great Wall plan, he began retracing the Red Army's Long March route heading south. Unknowingly, it became uncontrollable. Initially, it was just to challenge oneself. "I fought fiercely, jumped up, and swung a stick at the wolves," Song Xiaosheng said, "At that moment, retreating was impossible, as was aggressively chasing them. I shouted loudly, and fortunately, the three wolves ran away later, but I didn't dare stay there either, picking up my luggage and running away from that dangerous place." 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