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The Call of Love
Commentary: August 22, 2005 is an unusual day for Li Sijian, who works at Nanjing South City Sub-branch, China Agricultural Bank Nanjing Branch for on that day she unexpectedly heard from a stranger.
Actual sound: (Li Sijian) “The letter was from Shaanxi province. I figured I had neither relatives nor friends there, so I opened it right at my office.”
Commentary: It was a girl who wrote to Li Sijian. She didn’t know Li Sijian and even addressed her as “Uncle Li”. Li felt uneasy about such a weird letter, but after she finished reading, her eyes moistened.
Commentary: In autumn, 1996, the sub-branch where she worked for organized its staff to donate clothing to poor children. Li, then 33, was the mother of a ten-year-old boy. Maybe because she herself was a mother, Li showed extra solicitude for the donation special sympathy for children from impoverished families. She put a slip of paper into the pocket of a cotton-padded jacket. (Change to female voice-over) “My child, when you put on this jacket and see this note, we know each other then. How old are you? Which grade are you in? Where do you live? What family members do you have? How is your life like? What are your parents? My child, if you can’t go to school because of poverty, do you need help? If so, write to me…”
Actual sound: (Yang Jun, Li Sijiun’s husband) “What? She did another romantic thing, I thought.”
Commentary: Being a romantic woman by nature, Li didn’t do it on impulse. She said that she did it after careful consideration.
Actual sound: (Li Sijian) “It occurred to me when I wrote the note that since it was so hard for people in the old revolutionary base areas afford clothes it would be much harder very hard for them to receive education. By sparing just several hundred uan a year I could part of the help fostering a child. Meanwhile, it might be beneficial to my son’s growth by comparing him a city boy with a child from a backward area.” (Dong Zhongyong’s colleague) “Only she can do it. In our daily contact with her we feel she is always happy to help others.”
Commentary: But one year passed and then two years, the note in the cotton-padded jacket just like a little stone thrown into the sea received no responses.
Actual sound: (Li Sijian) “I was afraid that the note couldn’t reach the child.What if it was sorted out thrown away in the process of donation? Whatever will happen to the note, I put it into the jacket anyway. In case it is replied, isn’t it fate that brings us together?”
Commentary: Another several years went by in a flash. The couple’s expectation of a letter appealing for help was gradually turned into the concern for the wellbeing of the new owner of the jacket What kind of child was he/she? Could he/she go to school?
Actual sound: (Li Sijian) “With the economic pressure of my son’s education increasing and my work becoming busier, I gradually forgot the that incident gradually slipped my mind. But every year when the names of students who are admitted to college and the names of students in need of help appear in newspapers, I will think of it.”
Commentary: Nine years passed and Li’s son entered college. However, the long awaited letter had not come yet. Li came to believe that probably the note was lost. On the morning of August 22, when her colleague put a registered letter from Shaanxi into her hands, she never related it to the note nine years ago. (Girl’s voice, reading letter) Honorable Uncle Li, How do you do! How are you these years? How is your work getting on? Do you still remember a jacket you donated in the winter of 1996 and the note in its pocket? I am the girl you contributed to. My name is Wang Cui and I am 19 this year. I live in a poor mountainous area in Zhen’an County, Shaanxi province. My 45 years old parents are peasants. My grandma who is over seventy , and in poor health, has to be supported by my parents have to support her. When we received the clothes donated by you, I was ten years old and in grade four. At that time my father earned barely enough to sustain the family, so my parents decided not to write for help for the moment. I kept that note all along. This year I was am admitted to college but my parents cannot afford my tuition. I really cannot bear seeing my parents run around here and there to borrow money for me. But I am most reluctant to give up my schooling because to a child from the mountainous area education is the only way out. Uncle Li, I don’t know if you can receive this letter. Nine years have passed, I don’t know if you have transferred moved to another city. Whether you can help me again or not, my family will be deeply grateful and remember your timely help forever.
Actual sound: (Li Sijian) “The letter read ‘Do you still remember the slip of paper in the cotton-padded jacket you donated nine years ago?’ Ah! The child wrote to me! My first reaction was that she needed help right now.”
Commentary: Li got confirmed through the Internet that Wang Cui was indeed admitted to Northeast Agricultural University in Harbin. Li at once determined to keep the promise she made nine years ago and help this girl.
Actual sound: (Li Sijian) “After all I left a note and I made the promise myself. No matter how many years had passed I should adhere to the promise. So I dialed the telephone number given in the letter. It happened that the girl picked up the phone. Then I told her that I was from Nanjing but not uncle Li and that I was the one who left a note in that cotton-padded jacket and she could call me aunt Li. When she called me aunt Li on the phone her voice was choked with sobs.”
Commentary: Wang Cui told over the phone that she had seen the note nine years before. But her unyielding father didn’t expect her to trouble othersand write for help. Even he letter in Li’s hands was written by behind her father’s.
Actual sound: (Wang Cui) “In October, 1996 the donative clothes were distributed to my family. My mother gave me one. Having put it on. I took out a piece of paper from the pocket.
Commentary: At that time, Wang Cui was 10 years old and in grade four. She was so happy to see the note with deep love that she showed it to her parents immediately.
Actual sound: (Wang Baoshan, Wang Cui’s father) “In the society, ability is measured by money, without which means stupidity. I feel guilty of accepting help from others. At that time our family was able to go on with our living in my village, therefore I didn’t let my child write for help.”
Commentary: Wang Cui had to put this note away. Although her father to didn’t allow her to write for help, the love from a thousand miles away filled the girl with unprecedented warmth. (Girl’s voice, reading letter) Uncle Li, I always keep your note together with the jacket you donated to me at the bottom of the wardrobe. Over the nine years when I came across difficulties or setbacks I would take it out and read it again. Through reading I felt kindness and warmth I know someone from a thousand miles away is always caring about me and always encouraging me which gives me enough courage to overcome difficulties. Uncle Li, during the nine years my family was overtaken by a misfortune, which broke our poor but quiet life. The whole family suffered a lot physically and mentally, and I nearly dropped out of school. At the bitterest moment I took out your note once more. It was your note that gave me confidence and helped me get through the most difficult days.
Commentary: Wang Cui comes from Miliang Township, Zhen’an County, a poverty-stricken mountainous area. Fenghe Village, where Wang Cui’s family live, is even poorer. Wang Cui’s father is a tough man who goes out doing temporary jobs to support the family. However, unexpected things may happen any time. A disaster befell such a tenacious family in the winter of 1996, the second month after Wang Cui got the note. (Girl’s voice, reading letter) Uncle Li, the second month after I received your note, my brother got a strange disease. His head ached often and when the ache came on, he rolled about on the ground. We sent him to county hospital and he got well after several dropping bottles of saline infusion. But several months later the disease came on again. Finally when my parents had to take him to the provincial hospital, we found out that he had got cerebral hemorrhage.
Actual sound: (Wang Baoshan, Wang Cui’s father) “Had we had money, he could have been operated at Xi’an Army Hospital. But I was short of money.” (Li Gaolan, Wang Cui’s mother) “In the end we came back without curing him. My family’s financial situation was very bad.” (Girl’s voice, reading letter) When cerebral hemorrhage was diagnosed, my brother was only eight. He had to receive conservative treatment for lack of money. Even so, 4 years of conservative treatment made my father run into debts of 80000 yuan. Later it was more and more difficult for him to borrow money. My brother even couldn’t receive conservative treatment any more. Seeing my overworked father and my brother lying in the sickbed, I considered leaving school, which was strongly opposed by my father. Again I thought of your note, but my father said we shouldn’t trouble you.
Actual sound: (Wang Baoshan, Wang Cui’s father) “I thought of the note too. Aunt Li promised to finance my child’s schooling in her letter, but during my son’s treatment I thought I was able to borrow money step by step.”
Commentary: Father didn’t let Wang Cui write the letter for help at last. With no money to have operations, Wang Cui’s brother had to recuperate at home. One evening in July 2000, it drizzled suddenly. The parents who had been busy with farm work, hurried home to take shelter from the rain. Upon entering the house, the couple was horrified by what they saw.
Actual sound: (Li Gaolan, Wang Cui’s mother) “He was lying on the ground with the illness coming on. I held him in the arms and shook him, but he was dying. I almost fainted. It was raining heavily then. I said to his father, ‘We must send him to the county hospital. Poor as we are, we must cure our child. I still have my child however hard I work. As a mother I have everything as long as my child is alive.’ Finally I said to the doctor, ‘I beg you. Please use the best medicine and cure my son.’ He said, ‘I have tried my best and your son is incurable.’” (Wang Baoshan, Wang Cui’s father) “My son was a good boy. He was very smart. He missed timely medical treatment. I only blame myself for lack of money.” (Li Gaolan, Wang Cui’s mother) “Sometimes I dream of my boy. All these years I’ve lived a hard life. He died at the age of 12 and was this tall.”
Commentary: After her brother’s premature death, her parents almost broke down. They lay in bed all day refusing to eat or drink. They had hatred in the heart. They hated themselves for being too poor to save their child. Wang Cui, then 14, was a middle school student. She love her brother. Facing her brother’s premature death, her heart broke. However, unlike her parents, she didn’t shut herself up in the house without doing anything. Instead, she asked neighbors to help her with brother’s funeral.
Actual sound: (Zhang Shedi, Wang Cui’s neighbor) “After her brother passed away, her parents were hit so hard that they collapsed, while she remained conscious to arrange the funeral. She often helped to cook for the neighbors. It was beyond our imagination because she was so young, middle school student then. From this small thing I believed she is an unusual girl.” (Wang Cui) “My parents lay in bed broken down. I must brace up. In fact I was very upset in my innermost heart. My brother and I were on very good terms. I had no choice. Only by toughening up could I sustain this family. I had no choice.”
Commentary: After the funeral, the parents gradually recovered from the pain of losing the son. After all they had to move on. Father began to go out doing temporary jobs again. He worked harder than before because he had two goals in mind: one was to pay off debts as soon as possible; the other was to earn more money to support his daughter’s education. Luckily, Wang Cui didn’t let her father down. One year later, she was admitted to a provincial key senior high school for her outstanding scores. But Wang Cui’s aim was higher than that. She wanted to go to college in order to liberate her parents who had worked hard all their lives.
Actual sound: (Wang Cui) “For other children, going to college is probably for their own future. As to me, there are two reasons. Firstly, my family is so poor and my parents work so hard. I want to change my family’s financial situation, live up to my parents’ expectations and prove myself to be a valuable person. Secondly, it is for my future because it is very difficult for me to make some achievements in this mountainous area, where I can’t display my talents. Only by going to college can I realize my dreams.” (Zhang Shedi, Wang Cui’s neighbor) “It can be said college education will change her life and the conditions of her family for I think the only way out in this place is to receive education.”
Commentary: This year Wang Cui took college entrance examinations and got 576 marks. She was admitted to a provincial key university of Heilongjiang province.
Actual sound: (Li Gaolan, Wang Cui’s mother) “Going to college is indeed my daughter’s dream. As parents, we also want her to go to college.”
Commentary: Wang Cui’s admission to college was a great joy not only to the family but also to the whole village. But her parents had no time to share their daughter’s happiness. They went everywhere to raise money for her tuition. Soon a month passed and the enrolment day of college was drawing nearer and nearer, but they had not made up the money for tuition. Her parents started to worry.
Actual sound: (Li Gaolan, Wang Cui’s mother) “The enrolment fee was 5000 yuan, so I went everywhere to borrow money. Every day I ran from one relative to another. But even if I borrow enough money this year, how about next year? We can’t pay back 4 years’ tuition. We felt anxious.” (Wang Baoshan, Wang Cui’s father) “To send Wang Cui to college I borrowed (a large sum of money) in order to send Wang Cui to college.”
Commentary: Wang Cui had the impression her father and mother shed tears twice: the first time was for her brother’s death; the second was for her tuition. Having no way out, once more Wang Cui thought of the note at the bottom of the wardrobe. (Girl’s voice, reading letter) Uncle Li, my brother’s death was a great blow to my family, but meanwhile it made me know that I had to change the backward mountainous area so that the tragedy wouldn’t happen to other mountainous families again. That’s why I am eager to study and to go to college. because only in this way can I change it. I sincerely hope that this letter will be delivered to you and that you can help me. You are not helping me alone but all the people in this mountainous area.
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