This autumn, He Ling will board a train to Dalian to start her postgraduate studies, but she told the reporter that when she thinks about only being able to return to Chongqing once a year to see her younger sister, her heart is filled with reluctance and worry. Weibo recommendation | Today's Weibo Hot Topics (Editor: SN047) The "11-year-old sister" He Ling has gone through great hardships to raise her "5-year-old sister." As she recalls the past, the strong He Ling (pictured) has tears welling up in her eyes. Photographed by Liu Hanran. When her younger sister He Rong (left) presented an award to her older sister He Ling (right), she tightly hugged her sister and cried uncontrollably. He Rong said that in her heart, her sister is more like a "mother." Liu Hanran photographed this moment. On May 18th, according to China News Service in Chongqing (Lian Xiao reporting), at the age of 8, she lost her father; at 10, her mother; and at 11, her grandmother. After these losses, all that remained was a mud-brick house and a 5-year-old younger sister. Since then, the "11-year-old sister" He Ling endured many hardships and successfully raised her "5-year-old sister" He Rong. She herself also got accepted into a master's program. On the evening of May 18th, the now 23-year-old He Ling was named one of the most touching figures on the Chongqing Technology and Business University campus for her story of raising her younger sister, bringing thousands of teachers and students to tears. "The grain left by our grandmother, my sister and I ate for three years. Later, we grew our own vegetables and grain, never spending money to buy vegetables," He Ling told the reporter. She said that from a young age, she feared the teacher asking for tuition fees. Each time tuition was due, she could only hug her younger sister and cry incessantly. Later, the school exempted their tuition fees, and the local government gave them a few hundred yuan annually as assistance, barely allowing her to finish high school. He Ling and her younger sister He Rong mainly ate white rice and pickled vegetables since they were young. He Ling recalled that at 11, she was in junior high school and returned home once a week. Every time she came home, she would carefully arrange her sister's weekly life, cutting the pickled vegetables for the week, preparing the rice for the week, washing the clothes her sister needed for the week, and then taking enough rice and pickled vegetables for herself... Because her sister was too young, she often couldn't cook the rice properly, causing her to eat "raw rice" and develop a stomach ailment at a young age. "My biggest wish since childhood wasn't to be a teacher or a doctor, but to raise my younger sister, making sure she had enough to eat and wear, wasn't bullied, and could grow up and study like other children. The road ahead is still long, and my younger sister will continue to be the part of my life I am most reluctant to let go of and the person I care about the most." He Ling said. In the spring of 2011, during her senior year of college, He Ling successfully passed the entrance exam for her master's degree and was admitted to Dalian University of Technology, while her younger sister became a first-year high school student. He Ling's story of self-reliance and raising her younger sister alone spread throughout the university. After voting by over 30,000 teachers and students at Chongqing Technology and Business University, He Ling was selected as one of the most touching figures on campus for 2011. "When I was 11, I lost all my elders, and it felt like the sky had fallen," He Ling said. She and her younger sister were born in a remote mountain village in Wanzhou District, Chongqing. After becoming orphans at 11, all that remained was a mud-brick house and a few acres of poor land, with no economic savings. At that time, she thought about giving up, but seeing her 5-year-old sister who still needed feeding, she gritted her teeth and began to take on the responsibility of raising her younger sister alone. In 2007, He Ling was admitted to Chongqing Technology and Business University and entered the university gate with money earned from working and social donations. Over four years, she accumulated scholarships and money earned from part-time jobs to cover her living expenses and support her younger sister's education. "Since my younger sister and I have grown up, neither of us has ever had pocket money, nor have we bought decent clothes. Before the third year of junior high school, the largest denomination of money I carried in my pocket was 20 yuan," He Ling said. On the night of the award ceremony for the most touching campus figure, her younger sister He Rong entered Chongqing's main urban area for the first time, came to her sister's side, handed her a shining trophy and flowers, and the two sisters embraced tightly in front of over a thousand teachers and students, crying uncontrollably. He Rong said that in her heart, her sister is more like a "mother." Related thematic articles: A processing plant using food coloring to mix soy sauce was legally shut down by quality supervision departments. A 92-year-old veteran of the War of Resistance Against Japan uses Weibo to search for relatives after returning to his hometown 74 years later. An 85-year-old Duchess gives up a 32.2 billion yuan estate to marry a civil servant. 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