In order to teach Braille to his grandson with cerebellar atrophy, the 68-year-old man in Xuzhou lies on the windowsill every day to ＂steal the teacher＂

City Morning News reported on March 28th that an old man could be seen outside the classroom of Class 1 of the Blind Department of Xuzhou Special Education School every day. She listened attentively to the class through the window and wrote down the knowledge points in the class in a notebook. But she did all this because of the boy who looked back in the classroom …

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The beloved grandson’s vision is almost zero.

The 68-year-old man is not a student here, but the grandmother of a blind child Xinxin in this class. Her name is Liu Ruixia. Since her grandson entered school last September, she has been "eavesdropping" outside the window every day, learning Braille with her grandson, just to help her children learn better after school.

Liu Ruixia, 68, and Sun Zixin, 8, originally lived in Chentang Village, Liuxin Town, tongshan district. When Xinxin was more than 1 year old, she played with other children. Her family found something strange: the other children would be ecstatic and follow with their eyes, but Xinxin didn’t seem to see it and didn’t respond.

Xinxin has almost zero vision and can only learn Braille.

The family immediately took Xinxin everywhere for medical treatment, and finally was diagnosed in a hospital in Shanghai: lack of oxygen at birth caused his cerebellum to shrink, which oppressed the ocular nerves, and his vision was almost zero, so there was no possibility of cure. The diagnosis report was like a bolt from the blue, which plunged the family into sorrow.

When Xinxin was two years old, he had another sister. Under the pressure of life, Xinxin’s parents took their little daughter to work in other places many years ago and only came back once a year. Because Xinxin’s grandfather has to take care of the elderly, Xinxin lives at home with her grandmother, and the grandparents and grandchildren depend on each other.

Xinxin usually comes home and sits on a stool in a daze.

Liu Ruixia has her own worries: I am in good health now, and I can still cook for him. If I am gone in the future, how can he live without anything? Liu Ruixia watched her grandson grow up day by day. Due to lack of methods, she could never teach Xinxin the most basic life skills such as tying buttons and shoelaces. The old man is worried, and such children will not be accepted by schools in general. What should I do?

Save money to send grandchildren to special education schools.

At the beginning of last year, Liu Ruixia found out that there was a special education school in Xuzhou, which specially accepted blind children, and the cost was very low. She immediately took the children to register. Last September, 7-year-old Xinxin came to Xuzhou Special Education School and became a student here.

Because the school is too far from home, Xinxin has to live on campus to ensure her daily study. However, Xinxin couldn’t take care of herself and didn’t meet the requirements of living in school. Liu Ruixia resolutely decided to rent a house near the school. "Renting a house requires money. Although the tuition fee is very small, you have to pay for meals. Many people have advised me that he can’t see anything anyway, and it’s useless to learn anything. Why spend that money? It is not worth suffering so much. "

Hearing these voices, Liu Ruixia said that although children can’t see, they must learn Braille and life skills. In case they don’t have her, their grandchildren can live, and they have to learn it no matter how hard it is.

Teachers teach Xinxin in Braille every day.

From the first day of Xinxin’s school, Liu Ruixia got up at 6 o’clock every morning to tidy up the children’s schoolbags, dress and make breakfast, and escorted them all the way to the classroom. However, soon, Liu Ruixia found a problem. Xinxin was weak in learning and could not master what the teacher said.

"Cerebellar atrophy leads to a little poor intelligence, and there is still a little disability in the hands. It is hard to use Braille boards. I don’t think this will work, or I will listen to it together, and I will teach him at night." Liu Ruixia said that she was hesitant at first. She didn’t go to school. She only attended a literacy class in the village for a period of time when she was 16 years old. She knew a few big characters, but she was not sure whether she could learn Braille.

Grandma is listening outside through the classroom glass.

From then on, Liu Ruixia began to come to school to study. At first, Liu Ruixia was afraid that listening to the class outside the window would affect the teacher’s lecture, but when the teachers saw her outside the window, they not only didn’t talk about her, but deliberately amplified their voices, and often made eye contact with the old man to confirm whether the old man understood. The big stone in Liu Ruixia’s heart has fallen to the ground, so she can listen here!

The process of learning Braille is difficult.

Liu Ruixia’s process of learning Braille is very difficult. Due to the limitation of educational level, she can’t master many things. Every time she can’t, she will ask her teacher or other parents. Sometimes she can’t learn Braille, and she will cry.

Liu Ruixia’s notes during her study.

"I have worked in this school for many years. It can be said that every child here has a story, but it is really the first time that Xinxin’s grandmother has done this. Our teachers are moved by it. This is a great grandmother." Chang Yan, a teacher from Class 1 of the Blind Department of Xuzhou Special Education School, said with emotion.

After school, Liu Ruixia tutored Xinxin to learn Braille.

At 4: 15 p.m., the day’s study is over, the children who are away from school are picked up by their parents, and the children who live on campus go to the dormitory. At this time, Liu Ruixia is not relieved. At this time, she will come to the classroom with a notebook, sit next to her grandchildren and tell the children what the teacher said today again until the children learn.

Every day, Xinxin and Grandma must be the last two people to leave this classroom.

Liu Ruixia took Hu Xinxin back to the rented small house.

Grandson eats eggs and grandma eats steamed bread and pickles.

Liu Ruixia sat on a small plastic stool with broken legs and covered with plastic tape. She is reluctant to spend a few dollars on a new one.

She said that children can have the present learning environment because of her saving. The whole family has 4 acres of land, all rented out, with an annual rent of 2000 yuan. "Xinxin’s father is working in other places, with a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan. He has to rent a house and support his daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law. It’s not easy, so he can’t be embarrassed any more.

The rent for the grandparents and grandchildren is 280 yuan per month, plus the water and electricity charges and the meals for the grandchildren at school. The monthly expenditure is close to 500 yuan, and it will cost 6,000 yuan a year.

Liu Ruixia said that she has been settling accounts and feels more and more tight. Her original idea was to save money and ensure that her grandson had an egg to eat in the morning, so she would drink porridge; At noon, when her grandson eats at school, she will bring a steamed bread to eat, or eat pickles; On the way to school in the evening, she only bought the cheapest vegetarian dish and went home to fry a dish.

Liu Ruixia only cooks one vegetable every night.

However, even after this calculation, it still can’t solve the problem of money. Liu Ruixia is going to see whose children don’t have time to pick them up. She wants to find a job to help people take care of their children, even if it is only a few hundred yuan a month. After one year, the gap in money can be made up. At the very least, she has to go to school here in 1989, find a job early and earn money early, so as to ensure that her grandson can finish his studies.

No matter how difficult it is, grandparents and grandchildren are trying to move forward.

However, no matter how difficult it is now, Liu Ruixia still spends every day feeling gratified and moved. No matter how hard it is, she has the motivation to move forward. When the teachers in the school knew about her family, they all took good care of her. Every time there were donated clothes in the school, Teacher Chang Yan immediately contacted her to choose them.

Speaking of grandma’s care for herself, Xinxin showed a happy smile.

In the humble rental house, there is only one bed and one wardrobe, and there is no radio or TV. After school, Hu Xinxin listened happily with a small radio borrowed from his classmates. In the evening, grandma watched Hu Xinxin learn to do her homework.

Xinxin is holding a radio borrowed from her classmates.

(The original title is "Xuzhou, a 68-year-old grandmother, lies outside the classroom every day … This story is heartbreaking! 》）