In May 2013, Wang Yuqing, a native of Shandong, bid farewell to the elderly American Mu Lin Ai at the hospital in Liaocheng.
Looking at Mu Lin'ai with a serene face, her tears burst out of her eyes, and the scenes of getting along with the old man also kept flashing in her mind.
Wang Yuqing believes that although Mu Lin Ai is a white person on the outside, in her heart, her love for China is no less than anyone else.
In 2001, Wang Yuqing, who had just graduated from college, suddenly received an invitation to go to Liaocheng to do an interpreter for an old American man, and it was a long-term translator.
The old man had settled in Liu Miao Village in Liaocheng, and Wang Yuqing at that time had the attitude of trying it out, and she did not expect that this trip had formed an unforgettable and beautiful friendship.
Born in China, I am obsessed with China
After understanding, Wang Yuqing learned that the old man's name was Eunice Moe Brock (English name Eunice Moe Brock), and Chinese name was Mu Lin Ai.
Wang Yuqing, like many people at the time, was curious about why Mu Lin ai settled in China.
When people know that Mu Lin's life in the United States is very rich, not only has villas, luxury cars, forest farms, but also an old grandmother with children and grandchildren, after knowing these circumstances, people are more curious about the reason why she came to China.
After a period of understanding, Wang Yunqing understood the reason behind it.
In fact, Mu Lin loves to be related to China since she was a child, and her parents are both priests who were sent to China as missionaries.
The two met and fell in love on a ship to China, and eventually married, so the birth of Mu Lin's love is directly related to China.
In 1917, Mu Lin Ai was born in Zhangjiakou, China, and shortly after her birth, due to the war in northern China, Mu Lin Ai's family moved to Liaocheng, Shandong Province, to continue living and preaching.
Mu Lin's childhood was spent in Liaocheng, so she has a very deep memory of the city.
Liaocheng is a beautiful city, the people here are simple by nature, and they are not exclusive to Mu Lin's love for the family as an outsider. In this relaxed atmosphere, Mu Lin Ai also made several Chinese friends.
She is very appreciative of a little friend named Zhou Renjie, whose paintings are particularly good and many of his paintings are very imaginative.
She thinks that if Mr. Zhou's parents have the financial means to send him to an art academy, there will be another painter in China.
As children of pastor families, Mu Lin'ai's parents often help displaced people and help the poor. At that time, the young Mu Lin Ai had always felt aggrieved for Chinese, why such a diligent and kind Chinese would have so many disasters and difficulties.
In 1930, Mu Lin's family returned to the United States. But the experience of childhood has made Mu Lin Ai have a deep affection for China and the city of Liaocheng.
Therefore, after returning to the United States, Mu Lin's ideal is to return to China and do her best to help Chinese.
On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, my heart is tied to China
After returning to California, Mu Lin Ai entered the medical university after finishing high school and became a medical worker.
While in college, she met her future husband, Edwin, and the two quickly became an enviable couple.
Upon graduation, Mulling and Edwin were ready to marry.
Before the wedding, Mu Lin Ai said that she wanted to return to China with Edwin after marriage, and she said that she had been thinking about China and wanted to help the poor people in Liaocheng.
Edwin was very unundergeful about his fiancée's thoughts, saying he did not want to go to China. Mu Lin Ai felt that Edwin did not understand him, and the relationship between the two broke up for a while.
In fact, Edwin's idea can be understood, Edwin grew up in the United States and did not have any feelings for distant China.
Coupled with the fact that it was during China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, East Asia was in turmoil at the time, and it would be irrational for any American to abandon the safe and wealthy United States to go to war-torn China.
In addition to Edwin, Mu Lin's friends and family around her also believe that it is inappropriate to go to China at this time.
After the breakup, Mu Lin Ai found that she still loved Edwin, so for love, Mu Lin Ai dismissed the idea of going to China and married Edwin.
After getting married, Mu Lin Ai and her husband went to Work in Colorado. The two lived there and had 4 children (two boys and two women).
Edwin is in business, and Mu Lin Ai is the director of a local children's hospital, so the couple's financial situation is very good.
They bought big houses and cars, as well as dozens of acres of woodland, and their lives were moist.
I wanted to return to China decades ago
Although she has to turn around busy work and trivial family life, in her free time, Mu Lin Ai will also take time to pay attention to the situation in China.
After the victory of the War of Resistance, she was happy that Chinese freed herself from the torture of the Japanese Kou. After the founding of New China, she was proud that Chinese could be the master of her own home.
During the Sino-US Cold War confrontation, she was touched and worried about the development of Sino-US relations.
When taking care of children, Mu Lin Ai will always seize the opportunity to tell chinese folklore and stories to the children, hoping that they will be interested in China from an early age, so as to love this ancient civilization with a long history.
In front of her husband, she always actively discussed the current situation in China, and even though her husband repeatedly expressed his interest in this topic, she still tirelessly talked about China.
In the early 1970s, Sino-US relations broke the ice.
Knowing from the radio that Nixon was visiting Beijing, Mu Lin Ai was so excited that she once again told her husband the idea of returning to China and asked the embassy about how to get to China.
Husband Edwin is well aware of his wife's feelings for China, and he does not affirm or deny this matter, but feels that the current timing of going to China is not appropriate.
Because China and the United States had not yet established diplomatic relations at that time, there were many restrictions on individual travel to China. After learning of the situation, Mu Lin Ai had to temporarily give up her plan to return to China.
More than twenty years have passed in a hurry, and in the blink of an eye, we have arrived in the 1990s, when Mu Lin Ai and her husband have retired and are already a grandmother with children and grandchildren.
At that time, China had been carrying out reform and opening up for more than a decade, and normal exchanges between China and the United States had resumed. Mu Lin Ai felt that it was time to return to China, which had been separated for more than sixty years.
In 1992, Mu Lin Ai and Edwin came to China.
They traveled for a long time in China, and the two went to see world-famous attractions such as the Great Wall and the Forbidden City, as well as natural beauty such as Huangshan Mountain and West Lake.
Of course, Mu Lin Ai also returned to Liaocheng again, and she and her husband stayed in Liaocheng for a while.
She did not forget her young partner Zhou Renjie, before that, she had written to Liaocheng many times to inquire about Zhou Renjie's situation.
Unfortunately, when Mu Lin Ai returned to Liaocheng, Zhou Renjie had already died.
However, after Zhou Renjie's son and family learned of this, they specially entertained Mu Lin'ai and his wife, which also drew a perfect end to the friendship between the two for half a century.
After the death of her husband, she resolutely went to China
During this trip, Mu Lin Ai saw the great changes in the urban and rural landscape of China, and she was happy about the progress China has made.
Especially during the Liaocheng period, she found the feeling of childhood again, when a long-sealed idea reappeared in her mind, but because of her husband's feelings, she always kept it in her heart.
In 1998, Edwin, who had been with Mu Lin's love for more than fifty years, died.
After her husband's death, she had no worries in the United States.
This year, Mu Lin Ai is 82 years old, she feels that she has little left, rather than spending years in a nursing home in the United States, it is better to seize the time to realize her wishes.
At the end of 1998, Mu Lin Ai gathered her children and told them about her desire to return to China to settle down.
Mu Lin's beloved children are well aware of their mother's deep feelings for China, and although they are reluctant to give up, they still decide to support their mother's decision.
Mu Lin Ai owns large villas on the outskirts of the United States, as well as luxury cars and 40 acres of mountain forest land. However, compared to her love for China, Mu Lin Ai believes that these properties can be discarded.
After selling her property in the United States, Mu Lin, who is already an octogenarian, packs her bags and resolutely returns to China and returns to Liaocheng, where she once lived.
Before arriving in Liaocheng, Mu Lin Ai had repeatedly said that she was going to the poorest rural area in Liaocheng, because the villagers and children there needed help the most.
Although Mu Lin's love spirit is commendable, she is already an 80-year-old man after all, in order to facilitate care, the relevant departments have placed her in Liu Miao Village, Anle Town, Yanggu County, where the economic conditions are relatively good.
After knowing that Mu Lin Ai was coming to the village, the villagers of Liu Miao Village quickly took action.
After consultation, the villagers gave up a good house, which was wide and atmospheric, with complete furniture, refrigerators, color TVs, water heaters and other electrical appliances.
In order to make Mu Lin Ai feel convenient in life, the village also invited Wang Yuqing.
When Mu Lin Ai came to this room, she was touched by the enthusiasm of the villagers, and she said that she did not come to China to enjoy happiness.
So she paid for the furniture and appliances at the price, and the village wanted to free her room from utilities, but she declined. In addition, she insisted on paying Wang Yuqing a salary.
Running non-stop for education in Liumiao Village
After staying in LiuMiao Village, Mu Lin Ai let Wang Yuqing take her to the primary school in the village after settling down.
Mu Lin Ai found that Liu Miao Village Primary School lacked computers, and ben did not have the conditions to take computer classes, which made her very anxious.
Soon after, Mu Lin Ai asked Wang Yuqing to take her to the computer mall in Jinan and bought more than ten computers for the village primary school.
In order to improve the conditions of the village school, she also bought many teaching aids and toys to donate to the village primary school and kindergarten. In addition, the students' sports equipment is also arranged by her.
Mu Lin Ai advocated teaching English at the village primary school. Although English classes are sparse and common in today's primary schools, in the 1990s, English was a course only offered by a small number of aristocratic primary schools.
In order to let the children learn English well, Mu Lin loves to fight herself, and she personally selects the English introductory teaching materials.
Mu Lin Ai is not familiar with Chinese, in order to choose the right teaching materials, she and Wang Yuqing traveled all over the major book cities in Beijing and Jinan, and after several months of travel, they finally found satisfactory teaching materials.
Wang Yuqing found that although Mu Lin Ai was 80 years old at the time, she was still happy to do so.
She not only worries about the teaching materials and teaching utensils, but also personally teaches Teacher Yuan, who is responsible for teaching English, how to pronounce it. Sometimes Mu Lin Ai will also teach in person, and Wang Yuqing will assist in the class.
Wang Yuqing said that Mu Lin's love course is easy and interesting, and the students like to attend her class.
The emergence of Mu Lin's love has made Liu Miao Village Primary School can be said to be reborn and become a famous local school in Liaocheng.
In order to express gratitude to Mu Lin Ai, with the consent of the villagers and the superior authorities, Liu Miao Village Primary School was once renamed Sino-US Friendship Primary School, and the school also invited Mu Lin Ai to serve as the honorary principal of the primary school.
Although the primary school has now changed its name, in order to commemorate Mu Lin Ai, no matter how the school changes its name and relocates, the sign of "Sino-US Friendship Primary School" will be hung at the school entrance.
In addition to improving the conditions of the school, Mu Lin Ai also used her medical knowledge to give free consultations to villagers. After she found that the local elderly generally had eye problems, she funded the elderly to develop glasses.
At that time, many elderly people in the village were very resistant to cataract surgery, in order to let the eyes of the elderly be healed, Mu Lin Ai and Wang Yuqing personally went to the door to find the elderly, patiently explained the benefits of cataract surgery for the elderly, and finally persuaded the elderly to accept the operation.
Before the operation, Mu Lin Ai took Wang Yuqing to prepare for the operation, and also paid the relevant fees for the 5 elderly people who underwent cataract surgery.
In the days that followed, whether it was a big thing or a small thing, Mu Lin Ai was the most proactive one. During the SARS period, she spent huge sums of money to help the country and the village prevent epidemics. The village wants to build roads, and she is the one who donates the most.
Contributed to local development
Mu Lin ai understands that no matter how rich she is, her personal ability is ultimately limited. Therefore, soon after Mu Lin Ai came to the village, the topic discussed most with Wang Yuqing was how to help the villagers get rich.
After investigation, Mu Lin Ai found that planting new crops is a path suitable for the development of the village.
In order to let the villagers grasp the latest planting technology, Mu Lin Ai took the initiative to contact friends in the United States, let the friends translate the latest agricultural books, and bought many new and excellent varieties of seeds to give to the villagers.
With the support and guidance of Mu Lin Ai, the villagers planted high-value crops, and the fruits of these crops greatly increased the income of the villagers.
After the economic development, Mu Lin Ai believes that the village style and village appearance also need to be improved. To this end, she invested 40,000 yuan to buy a batch of trees for the village. After that, she planted trees with the villagers, and soon the village was transformed into a new look.
Mu Lin ai completely regarded the village as her hometown, she liked to grow vegetables in the field, and she also made a small flower house herself.
In her spare time, Mu Lin loves to visit the house. The speed with which it can follow the local customs is surprising.
At Christmas, she always wears Santa Claus's clothes and leads a donkey to give candy to the children of the village.
Children love her very much, and whenever they hear them call her "Grandma", her face will unconsciously pile up with smiles.
After spending a few years with Mu Lin's love, Wang Yuqing felt that she was infected by Mu Lin's enthusiasm and seriousness, and became more mature.
Wang Yuqing felt that Mu Lin Ai really regarded Liaocheng as her home, and she really had a love for this land.
Contribute to local medical undertakings
The story of Mu Lin's love soon spread throughout Liaocheng, and she was also hired as the honorary president of Liaocheng Peace Hospital. Although this honorary dean title has neither income nor any actual power.
However, Mu Lin Ai was proud of this appointment, because she felt that it was a great affirmation for her.
After being hired as honorary dean, Mu Lin loved to go to Peace Hospital every Friday to attend classes, not only to explain nursing knowledge to young doctors and nurses, but also to impart decades of medical experience.
In addition, she donated many new medical devices to the hospital.
In addition to ordinary technical training, Mu Lin Ai also actively contacted her former colleagues to let the doctors of Peace Hospital know the latest medical developments and new theories.
In addition, she actively promoted hospital doctors to study in the United States. In order to make the doctors study abroad smoothly, she also took the initiative to work overtime to tutor English for those who were about to study abroad.
Wang Yuqing already regarded her as a relative
Mu Lin's love deeds have touched countless Chinese, and her deeds have been widely disseminated, and even CCTV has specially reported on her.
After these reports were broadcast, the people who went to LiuMiao Village to visit Mu Lin's love could be said to have broken through the threshold.
Later, in the selection of various charity awards, Mu Lin Ai du was listed.
In 2009, Mu Lin Ai was awarded the "Green Card" in China, and when she got the green card, Mu Lin Ai's excitement overflowed into words, and Wang Yuqing was also happy for her.
Mu Lin Ai excitedly took the hand of the translator Wang Yuqing and said very excitedly: "I am an American, I have a Chinese heart, I love China!"
In fact, for the sake of Mu Lin's love, Wang Yuqing also made sacrifices. In order to be able to accompany Mu Lin Ai at all times, Wang Yuqing rarely rests, especially during the Spring Festival and other holidays, Wang Yuqing accompanies Mu Lin Ai.
In fact, there are also several good job opportunities, but because the location is not in Liaocheng, Wang Yuqing has pushed it away. Moreover, Wang Yuqing's husband also came to Liaocheng for her and found a job as a driver in the local area.
In normal times, Wang Yuqing also regards Mu Lin Ai as a relative, and in his spare time, Wang Yuqing will take Mu Lin Ai to his rural hometown for dinner.
And when Mu Lin's loving relatives and friends come to China, they will also bring Wang Yuqing with them.
In May 2013, after living in China for the last 14 years, Mu Lin Ai died in China at the age of 96.
Before her death, Mu Lin Ai told Wang Yuqing not to cremate her body after death, but to donate it for medical research.
After Mu Lin Ai's death, the "News Network", which was considered to be a good word, actually spent one-sixth of the day's program to report on her.
After Wang Yuqing saw the program of "News Network", he couldn't help but feel honored for Mu Lin's love for the elderly.
Although there are still a few foreigners who love China and are willing to come to China to live, this situation has become more and more frequent. Gu Ailing, who caught fire during the Winter Olympics, is a typical example.
For foreigners who recognize China in their hearts and contribute to China, we should be more tolerant, rather than questioning.
Resources:
Charity American old lady Mu Lin fell ill and died in Qilu Evening News
Looking for the red imprint in foreign affairs| Mu lin love: I am an American, but I have a Chinese heart! Shandong Radio and Television Station
Looking for the red mark in foreign affairs 丨 American old woman sold her belongings settled in China for 14 years to write a big love public network
The story behind the American old lady Mu Lin's love and her beautiful translator was exposed qilu network