On the morning of June 30, 2006, Liu Cuncheng and his wife from Zhangqianhu Village, Guanlu Town, Linwei District, Weinan City, Shaanxi Province, received a notice that their son Liu Bo was admitted to Tsinghua University as a master's degree student in law. When the news spread, the villagers were excited and gathered at Liu's house to celebrate. But at this time, Liu Bo was still far away in Xi'an, carrying goods in a supermarket!

A man who had never even graduated from high school How could a wage earner work hard to become a graduate student at a prestigious university? What kind of humiliation and suffering did he endure during his several years of working life before he realized his dream?

Graduated from a technical secondary school,

He also obtained a self-study undergraduate diploma

Liu Bo is 23 years old, and his parents are farmers. The children of the poor become rich early. Liu Bo has made up his mind since he was a child to study hard and leave the farm in the future so that his parents and younger siblings can live a good life. However, poor families cannot afford to send three children to school. Helpless, after graduating from junior high school, Liu Bo had to give up his desire to go to college and passed the Shaanxi Agricultural School (now renamed Yangling Vocational and Technical School) majoring in vegetables in July 1998.

After arriving at the agricultural school, Liu Bo considered that the employment scope of his major was too narrow, so he decided to use his spare time to take the self-study legal exam.

However, in this way, purchasing legal books and materials becomes a huge expense. Liu Bo's monthly living expenses are only 50 yuan, and sometimes a book is equivalent to two months of his living expenses. Reluctantly, he came to work as a dishwasher in a restaurant near the school. Every day at noon and evening, he had to go to the restaurant to wash dishes, and his salary was 5 yuan a day.

At first, Liu Bo thought washing dishes would be an easy task, but he soon discovered that it was also very tiring. He stood by the pool for several hours. He often felt dizzy because he bent over for too long. What was even worse was that the hotel closed very late. By the time he rushed back to school, the door to the dormitory building was already closed. Later, he simply took the book with him. If he couldn't go back to the dormitory after get off work, he would just read under the street lamp until dawn.

A month later, when Liu Bo took the 150 yuan salary handed to him by his boss with his hands that were swollen and inflamed by blisters, tears flowed down unknowingly. In order to realize his dream, Liu Bo gritted his teeth and persisted in this job.

In winter, the biting ice water made Liu Bo’s fingers as cold as carrots. The most painful thing for Liu Bo was that his hands suffered from chilblains due to being soaked in water for a long time. Every time he put his hands into the water mixed with detergent, the inflamed chilblains looked like they were being bitten by millions of ants. It hurt so much that he bit his lip hard. At this time, he glanced at the self-study exam book placed next to him to encourage himself to persevere! One winter, Liu Bo's hands were terribly frozen.

One night, Liu Bo was locked out of the dormitory again. The next day, he discussed with his boss that he would do more work for free and the hotel would provide him with accommodation. The boss agreed. From then on, after getting off work at 12 o'clock every night, when other workers had gone back to rest, Liu Bo quickly cleaned up and cleared the table... After cleaning up, Liu Bo was so tired that he almost collapsed, but he still had to take the time to read. At first, in order to keep warm, he would sit by the fire and read a book, but because he was so tired, he often fell asleep without realizing it. Later, in order to prevent himself from falling asleep, he simply stood in the cold hall and read a book. When he saw that it was difficult to hold on, he fell asleep leaning against the stove.

Since he did not have enough money to buy books, Liu Bo had to use his limited rest days to read in the library. When he was hungry, he would eat the steamed buns he brought with him to satisfy his hunger. Hard work paid off. In the spring of 2001, Liu Bo obtained a self-taught law diploma. At the end of 2002, I obtained a self-study law undergraduate diploma. In the same year, Liu Bo graduated from Shaanxi Agricultural School.

In the face of suffering,

he could only grit his teeth and persevere

After graduation, Liu Bo originally planned to take the postgraduate entrance examination directly, but considering that his sister was about to take the college entrance examination and his brother was already in junior high school , at this time, my father was so tired that he fell ill and was hospitalized. He needed money for medical treatment, and the burden on the family became heavier. He decided to find a job first, earn money while working to pay tuition for his younger siblings, and study for postgraduate entrance examinations on his own. Finally, I found a job in a fruit company, with a monthly salary of 550 yuan. After getting a job, Liu Bo rented a house of less than 10 square meters at a monthly rent of 70 yuan and settled down in a place very close to the company.

Liu Bo’s job is to check the quality of fruits when purchasing them. Although the work is simple, it takes up a lot of time, making Liu Bo unable to study. In addition, his monthly salary was too low and he was still unable to provide greater help to his family. Therefore, six months later, he switched jobs to work as a salesman for an agricultural product company. Although this job is tiring, it pays more than 1,000 yuan a month, which is the most important thing to Liu Bo. Every time after receiving money, Liu Bo always sent most of the money home, leaving only living expenses and the cost of buying books for himself.

Selling work is very hard, but in order to save money, Liu Bo made a plan for himself, not to take a car within 2 kilometers, but to walk. The summer sun was blazing, so in order to save the 1.5 yuan spent on mineral water, Liu Bo brought his own water to drink. He even set a rigid rule for himself that the daily food expenses should not exceed 5 yuan. Over time, due to exhaustion of physical strength, he felt that he was about to collapse many times. But when he saw more and more money being sent to his family every month, he felt that all the efforts were worth it.

In order to make more money, Liu Bo went to the countryside to sell fertilizers, so that he could earn two yuan more per bag of fertilizers. Liu Bo picked up 4 bags of fertilizer every day and went to the countryside. Due to the long journey, he had blood blisters on his shoulders, and the sweat from his body made the blood blisters painful. But Liu Bo always gritted his teeth and got through it. When Liu Bo was tired and rested, he would take out the book to read, memorize and memorize. Liu Bo always warned himself not to waste every second of his life.

In order to save money to buy books, Liu Bo gave up the rented house and moved to the warehouse where his work unit stored agricultural products. The unpleasant smell of pesticides in the warehouse often makes Liu Bo sick, but Liu Bo insists on living in it. He felt that this would allow him to sleep less and read more. Since he had never attended high school or college, Liu Bo's English foundation was particularly poor, so he had to work harder on English. He set himself the task of memorizing 30 words every day. Whenever he had free time, he would read the words. Every night after get off work, Liu Bo would drag his tired body and study until the early morning.

Once at the company, Liu Bo saw that there was nothing to do. His colleagues around him were all chatting or playing cards, so he hurriedly hid in the warehouse to read and read because he was too tired. I fell asleep lying on the pesticide bag. At this time, a colleague came to the warehouse and found him. He quickly woke him up and said, "You don't want to die. Aren't you afraid of being poisoned?" After seeing the textbook he was reading, the colleague looked at him in surprise and advised: "Liu Bo, let's accept our fate, we are destined to be poor." Liu Bo smiled bitterly and said: "No! I must pass the exam!" His colleague shook his head and left, muttering: "What a madman!"

In 2005, Liu Bo applied for a master's degree in law at Fudan University in Shanghai, but failed by 26 points. After failing the exam, although Liu Bo felt regretful, he strengthened his belief in taking the postgraduate entrance examination. He made up his mind to move up a level next year and apply for Tsinghua University.

In order to rush for the postgraduate entrance examination, Liu Bo spent a lot of time studying, and was eventually fired by the company due to poor work performance. So, he worked as a porter in a supermarket. Since this job is paid on a piece-rate basis, in order to make more money, he always carries goods that require two people to the warehouse by himself. After two months, his shoulder was bruised and bloody, and the pain was even more unbearable when he carried the goods. But Liu Bo never complained, but was very satisfied. Because although this job is very hard and I earn less money than before, I have more time to study.

After all the hard work, there is a reward:

A wage earner finally realizes his dream of getting a master's degree from Tsinghua University

During the Spring Festival of 2006, Liu Bo returned home. When his parents saw his white hair and tattered clothes, they couldn't help crying. With tears in her eyes, her mother said, "Son, if you can't do it outside, just go home. Let's accept our fate and don't take the exam." Liu Bo took his mother's hand and said with a smile, "Mom, don't worry, I will do it." I can pass the exam!"

However, when visiting relatives during the Chinese New Year, Liu Bo was bombarded by his relatives, who thought that he was an unfilial son because he thought about what postgraduate entrance examination he wanted and continued to waste money. They believed that Liu Bo could only jump one foot high, but he had to jump ten feet high. It was not strange that he was mentally ill. But his father encouraged him and said: "Baby, now that you have decided on this path, you should go on. Your mother and I can still handle things at home. If you have any difficulties, just ask." Liu Bo said: "Dad, you Don’t worry, I will definitely succeed!”

After the Spring Festival, Liu Bo returned to Xi’an. He still studied while doing odd jobs. He began to write on the wall every day to warn himself: "You can only move forward, there is no retreat. As heaven moves forward, a gentleman will strive for self-improvement..."

Every effort will be rewarded. On the morning of June 30, 2006, Liu Bo's parents finally received the admission notice from the postman to Tsinghua University's master's degree program in law. The two old men cried with joy. At this time, Liu Bo was moving goods in the supermarket shirtless.

At night, Liu Bo came home and turned over the notice over and over with trembling hands. Then he couldn't help crying: "This is not a dream. I really passed the exam. I really did." I passed the exam!"

After the people in the village learned about Liu Bo's admission, they came to congratulate him one after another. For a time, Liu Bo's story spread throughout the mountain village.

When the villagers learned that Liu Bo’s postgraduate studies for three years would cost more than 60,000 yuan, and the Liu family could not afford it, they gave Liu Bo 5 yuan and he 10 yuan as gifts. Liu Bo was moved to tears when he saw the money sent by the villagers.

After the leading cadres in the town learned about this, they also sent several thousand yuan to Liu Bo's home. The Party branch secretary of Zhangqianhu Village also gave 1,000 yuan to Liu Bo on behalf of the village. Lu Xianhong, secretary of the Guanlu Town Party Committee, also said that the town will not only provide Liu Bo with a certain amount of subsidies, but will also cooperate with Liu Bo in contacting relevant superior departments to complete student loan work, strive for civil affairs relief, and ensure that Liu Bo enrolls on time. While thanking Liu Bo, he still said strongly and confidently: "I have overcome the difficult days in the past, so what do I have to fear? I am full of confidence in the future! I will study and work part-time at the same time. Earn enough money to study for a master’s degree or even a Ph.D.!”