But that wish has never been fulfilled until I met you Our school provides free education for girls in the mountains. She is the "teammate" for girls in the deep mountains of Huaping County, one of the poorest in China. She went to college and later taught with her husband who died of cancer in Penniless and childless, Zhang applied to relocate to Huaping.
Six months later she was diagnosed with uterine fibroids. Residents flooded her with donations to help pay for medical treatment. In , Zhang took the job of director of the Huaping orphanage.
Many of the orphans were girls as well. She decided to remove as many obstacles to their education as possible. In , she started her own girls-only school with no fee or admission requirements. She would cry and ask me if she could do so another time. I said 'no worries, go ahead.
Half a year later, half of the campus staff had resigned. Aren't we CPC members the ones who work for the happiness of the people by taking the toughest jobs? This is what being a Party member is about. Zhang even moved into the school to live with her students. A daily fixture was her voice through the loudspeaker reminding girls to be responsive, focused, and persistent. Yet years of hard work and pressure have taken their toll on Zhang. She relies on medications and her long-held beliefs to carry on.
There were many people outside digging, trying to find survivors, and I couldn't squeeze through the crowd. Then, I heard someone say that everyone was safe. After everyone was pulled out, I saw a woman who from what I remember now was just a little over 20 years old.
