A sophomore boy drowned while swimming off-campus and unfortunately passed away. He was only twenty years old at the time of his death. The incident happened very suddenly. The school sent an urgent telegram to his home, requesting immediate assistance. A few days later, the school only received an elderly white-haired woman and a fourteen-year-old child at the train station, both dressed extremely shabbily. It turned out that the deceased's father had also passed away just two days before the university student's accident; he was hit by a car and died. The elderly woman was the student's mother, and the young girl was his sister. They lived in an old residential area.
The teachers at the school were all stunned upon hearing this news. They looked at this old mother from the western impoverished mountainous region and couldn't imagine how she could bear the weight of these two tragic incidents.
The school was genuinely concerned about her well-being and dispatched two female teachers to look after her. For over ten days, the two teachers carefully accompanied the elderly woman until the cremation of her son. Throughout this process, the old mother from the remote mountainous area was overwhelmed with grief. Her tears undoubtedly flowed for the two deceased. Everyone else also shed tears for her misfortune. People were more concerned about her future. At her age, still having to take care of a girl, how would she live in the future?
This mountainous region's old mother was simple and honest. From start to finish, she never made any claims for compensation from the school, nor did she know to blame the school for its lack of supervision which led to her son's tragedy. She didn’t say anything. She only mentioned that it was time to harvest the wheat, and they had to rush back because the wheat on the hillside couldn't withstand the sun.
When she talked about harvesting the wheat, many teachers cried again. It was once more because they thought about how difficult her life would be in the future.
However, before she left, she received some news: the school would provide her with a certain amount of compensation, but it would be distributed monthly. The elderly woman from the mountainous region didn't understand that if it were a national grant, it would be given all at once. She couldn't figure out what was happening.
From then on, the old mother who returned home received a monthly living allowance of 380 yuan sent by the school. This was the contribution of dozens of teachers from the department where her son studied. Every month, when they paid their party fees, they also paid this fee on time. Previously, there were occasional instances of forgetting to pay the party fee on time, but from then on, no one forgot, because everyone remembered this old mother from the mountains.
Among them, there were party members and non-party members, but they all remained steadfast. Two elderly professors continued to have their families pay this amount every month when they paid their party fees, even as they lay on their deathbeds. After the professors passed away, their relatives took over. Regardless of how time changed, this never changed. Dozens of teachers continued to quietly contribute their love each time they paid their party fees. Some even said that if it weren't so far away, we should help her harvest the wheat.
Article reprinted from "Yipin Story Network"
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