At 16:07 on June 17, Yao Baoxi, a "good man in China", passed away at the age of 89 due to illness.
Yao Baoxu was born in 1935 in Yao Village, Zhejiang. In 1955, he left Lanxi to study. Although he has been away for almost half his life, he has never forgotten his hometown Lanxi and the village that raised him. In recent years, he has donated a total of 15 million yuan to the public welfare undertakings of Lanxi and Yao Village.
△ Yao Baoxi when he was young
Yao Baoxi was born in a poor family, he studied hard since he was a child, and was admitted to Xi'an Petroleum School at the age of 21. After graduation, he was assigned to work in the East China Supply Office of the Ministry of Petroleum Industry, and then worked in Shanghai, Tianjin, Beijing and other places.
When working in Shanghai, Yao Baoxi learned from an old friend that Lanxi was going to set up a charity federation, and the old friend asked Yao Baoxi if he wanted to do it together, Yao Baoxi didn't say a word, he agreed to come down, and donated 600,000 yuan to the charity federation the next day, which was almost all his savings at that time.
Since then, Yao Baoxi has been devoted to charity and public welfare. In 2004, he donated 1.5 million yuan to the construction of the Lanxi City Old People's Palace under the pseudonym "Mu Cun", and then donated more than 3 million yuan, so that the elderly friends in the city can have a high-standard cultural activity center. Yao Baoxi not only donated money to build the old people's palace, but also set up a special fund for "Mu Cun" in the Lanxi Charity Federation, and used 50,000 yuan of the special fund income every year to support the extremely poor students and students with excellent character and learning in Lanxi No. 1 Middle School.
In foreign travelers, there is nothing more important than hometown. In Yao Village, Yao Baoxi set up a 300,000 yuan scholarship fund to help students from poor families and excellent students. At the same time, when he learned that Yao's family temple was to be rebuilt and there was a funding gap of more than 500 yuan, Yao Baoxi donated more than 400 yuan alone and invited a professional team from Linhai to build it. Today, the ancient building in the village, called "Gongjietang", has become the largest public cultural hall within a radius of 5 kilometers.
To others, Yao Baoxi is very generous; As for himself, he is "stingy and tight". The shoes are 20 yuan a pair of cloth shoes, and the clothes are only bought every few years, and a teacup is placed in a plastic bag all day and night because of the fear of breaking. And the history of the belt that has almost become the "heirloom" of the old man can be traced back to the 90s of the last century, broken and repaired, mended and broken, this belt has accompanied the old man for 20 years, and has also witnessed the kindness and persistence of the old man.
Farewell Yao Lao, go all the way!
Source: CCTV comprehensive Lanxi release, Jinhua Evening News