During the days Li Yuanqin was hospitalized, Leng Xin sent him food and accompanied him every day.
More than 20 years ago, Jiaozhou girl Leng Xin went to Qingdao alone to work. During her work, she met her master Li Yuanqin. The ancient teaching of "a day as a teacher, a lifetime as a father" was well demonstrated in the relationship between this master and apprentice. More than 20 years later, Li Yuanqin, who was now alone, lay in bed with a terminal illness. Facing his apprentice who had taken care of him like a daughter for a long time, he wanted to leave all his property to her, who was not blood-related but more like a family member. However, Leng Xin and her husband firmly rejected the kindness of their master. She knew that the old man had a biological son named Li Wenfei, but they had lost contact for many years. She hoped to find Li Wenfei through the media so that the old man could regain family affection at the last moment.
Although Leng Xin and Li Yuanqin had no blood relationship, she took good care of the elderly without any ambiguity. When the reporter interviewed her at the hospital on the morning of February 15th, Leng Xin's eyes were red from taking care of the elderly all night without much sleep. The elderly man's monthly pension was only 1500 yuan, and hiring a caregiver would be a heavy burden for them. Leng Xin said that she was more familiar with the condition of the elderly, and it was more reassuring for her to take care of him. After talking for a while, Leng Xin hurriedly left to go home and cook for the elderly. Li Yuanqin could hardly eat anything anymore and could only have some soft noodles and porridge. After delivering the meal to the elderly, she had to rush back home to make lunch for her son who was in junior high school. Leng Xin had been busy like this recently.
Not wanting the master's property, she just wants to help him find his son.
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After working in the service company for several years, Leng Xin left her original job position and opened her own clothing tailoring shop. The skills taught by her master proved very useful, and many people marveled at her tailoring skills. Leng Xin said that whenever someone praised her skills, she would think of her master. Since then, she treated Li Yuanqin like a father, respecting and caring for him. Even after she got married and had children, she never forgot her master's kindness and visited him with her husband and children during holidays.
In April 2009, when Li Yuanqin was 65 years old, his health deteriorated, making it difficult for him to walk. "The master is alone, unable to take care of his daily life, how can he survive?" Leng Xin convinced her husband to let Li Yuanqin live with them, while their family rented a nearby house. All the tasks of taking care of Li Yuanqin's daily life were handled solely by Leng Xin.
On the morning of February 15th, Mr. Li Yuanqin tearfully told the reporter that he indeed had a biological son, and he had been thinking about him all these years... In the autumn of 1966, Li Yuanqin moved from Qingdao to Qinghai Construction Corps and participated in the agricultural development in Golmud Farm. He married a girl three years later. On November 9, 1970, his son Li Wenfei was born. Li Yuanqin loved his son very much, but when his son was nine years old, they divorced due to various reasons, and his son followed his mother and remarried. Later, when Li Wenfei got married, he once brought his new wife to Qingdao. Li Yuanqin learned that his son had settled in Wenzhou, Zhejiang. Then, his son disappeared without a trace.
Since entering the hospital, the doctor has reminded Leng Xin to quickly contact the patient's relatives, but she almost never heard her master talk about his family, only vaguely hearing that he had a son. Leng Xin hopes to help the elderly see his son one last time.
Li Yuanqin told the reporter that he knew he didn't have much time left in this world, and hoping for his son to appear had become a luxury. The care given by his apprentice deeply moved him, and he wanted to leave his property to his apprentice. However, Leng Xin's husband, Mr. Liu, said, "We won't take the master's property; the most urgent task is to quickly help him find his son!"
Editor: SN026
The filial daughter in the oncology ward
In the summer of 1990, 19-year-old Leng Xin came from Jiaozhou to the city to work and found a job at the former Qingdao Garden Service Company. At that time, the company hired Li Yuanqin, an employee of the former Qingdao Garment Factory No. 6, as a teacher to improve the overall quality of employees, teaching employees garment cutting and sewing techniques in their spare time. Leng Xin and more than 20 other employees of the garden service company became apprentices of Li Yuanqin. Leng Xin told the reporter that because her foundation was poor, she found it very difficult to learn. But Master Li Yuanqin had no airs and taught these children from the countryside step by step.
This year, just before the Spring Festival, Leng Xin noticed that her master often felt nauseous, couldn't eat, and even started vomiting. "He didn't say where he felt unwell, but I saw every small change." Leng Xin quickly took her master to see a doctor, and unexpectedly, her master was diagnosed with a serious illness and was immediately admitted to the oncology ward to start chemotherapy.