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preface
In 2002, Li Cuihong, a 35-year-old pregnant woman in Shandong, successfully gave birth to quintuplets in the hospital, which caused a lot of sensation in the society.
Now 22 years have passed, and the five children have grown up safely, but their mother said frankly: If she could be re-elected, she would definitely choose not to choose any of them.
What has happened in the past 20 years to make her feel like this?
Unexpectedly conceived quintuplets
The mother of quintuplets, Wang Cuiying, is an ordinary woman from Cangzhou, she has been working outside since she was 14 years old, and when she was 30 years old, she met her husband who was 7 years younger than her.
Soon they were scheduled to get married, and soon after the marriage, their eldest daughter was born. Because their family is not wealthy, the matter of having a second child has been pushed back.
One day in 2001, Wang Cuiying went to the hospital for an operation due to fluid accumulation in her abdomen, and went to the hospital a month later to check her recovery, but unexpectedly found out that she was pregnant and pregnant with quadruplets.
At that time, Wang Cuiying was 34 years old, which can be called an older pregnant woman, and the danger of conceiving so many children at one time is even greater.
After returning home, Wang Cuiying and her husband discussed, although the conditions in their family were not too good, as long as they worked hard, they could still support one more child, and they decided to follow the doctor's advice and reduce it to only one child.
After deciding on it, they went to the hospital, but after some examination, the doctor was surprised to find that Wang Cuiying was pregnant with triplets, and the children were too young to be found.
And because they went too late, she had already missed the best time to reduce the fetus, and the doctor said that the survival rate of quintuplets was very low, and they could only wait for the child in the womb to have a natural abortion.
Wang Cuiying and her husband could only return home to raise the baby, and as the child got older and older, Wang Cuiying's body became more and more uncomfortable. The fetus grows bigger and takes up space in her internal organs, which makes her stomach always uncomfortable and she can't eat anything for a day.
After 3 months of pregnancy, her belly began to expand rapidly, and the huge belly made it difficult for her to fall asleep every day, and she had to kneel in bed to let her belly hang in the air to get a short sleep, and she had to change positions frequently.
When Wang Cuiying was 7 months pregnant, her belly was already amazingly big, as if she was in danger of bursting at any time. Wang Cuiying didn't dare to delay any longer, and went to the hospital to seek help from a doctor.
Because her condition was too complicated, they went to the hospital in Beijing on the advice of the doctor, and after some examination, the doctor recommended that they immediately have a caesarean section, because Wang Cuiying was in danger of bleeding at any time.
On March 4, 2002, 35-year-old Wang Cuiying underwent a caesarean section in the hospital, and the hospital prepared more than 20 medical staff to deliver her, and with their joint efforts, her five children, three daughters and two sons, were born safely.
Difficult to raise children
The successful birth of the child is not the end of things for Wang Cuiying and his wife, but the beginning of another difficult journey. Because the quintuplets were all born prematurely and underweight, they were sent to an incubator as soon as they were born.
The second of the 5 twins was even weaker, and he suffered from colitis on the 5th day after birth.
After the children's bodies were stabilized, they returned home with their five children. I hope that all 5 children can grow up safely and healthily, and they have brought a blessing to each child's name, hoping that they are all blessed people.
The difficult road to raising a child has only just begun. Raising 5 children at a time makes their lives become chaotic, and the 5 children line up to feed, and they have to feed every two hours, and Wang Cuiying can't rest at all.
Often, one child has to follow up after the feed, and sometimes they get the order wrong and miss out on one child who has not fed. After a long time, Wang Cuiying's breast milk is not enough to eat, so they can only buy milk powder, which is also a big expense.
Fortunately, a milk powder manufacturer found them and donated them milk powder for free for several years, which reduced their burden a lot. The children's grandmothers, grandmothers and aunts also stepped in to help them take care of the children, relieving them a lot of pressure.
But even with the help of all aspects of society, the cost of Wang Cuiying's surgery in Beijing brought nearly 200,000 yuan to their family, and they could only go south to Guangdong to work, earn money by selling coolies, and then send the money home.
This money is barely enough when the children are young, and it is not enough when they are older enough to go to kindergarten. In desperation, Wang Cuiying could only temporarily put her eldest daughter in her hometown, and then took her triplets to Beijing to work.
She found a house in Beijing to live in, usually after sending the child she found a job as a cleaner, although this job is hard and tiring, the salary is not very much, but Wang Cuiying has a long time to take care of the child, she is already very satisfied.
In order to earn a little more money, Wang Cuiying will also go out to pick up some waste products after the children are asleep, and the extra money can buy a lot of delicious food for the children.
What makes Wang Cuiying feel relieved is that her 5 children are also very sensible, and she feels sorry for her that it is not easy to earn money, and she never spends more money, nor does she compare with other classmates, which makes Wang Cuiying feel even more sorry for the children.
Become an "Olympic Fuwa"
On November 11, 2005, the Beijing Olympic Games five Fuwa was officially announced, and the father of the quintuplets quickly thought of his children after seeing the image of the five Fuwa, they are also 5, and the name also has the word Fu.
After consulting with Wang Cuiying, he wrote an application for the Beijing Olympics, in which he wrote about the status of his five children and wanted his five children to serve as Olympic torchbearers.
Later, more and more people learned about the stories of these five children, and they all supported the five of them to serve as torchbearers for the Beijing Olympic Games. The Beijing Organising Committee eventually accepted the suggestion, and they became the smallest "Olympic ambassadors".
After the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Wang Cuiying's quintuplets appeared on the Olympic field, and the Olympic Organizing Committee also awarded them ribbons for the Beijing Olympic Games.
After the Beijing Olympics, the reputation of the quintuplets has become even greater, and they have also received a lot of social attention, from kindergarten to junior high school, their tuition fees have been reduced, which has saved the family a lot of expenses.
Wang Cuiying has always attached great importance to the education of children, in addition to letting them study seriously, she also did not forget to cultivate children's interests, she encouraged them to learn musical instruments, and also let them form a small band, which performed many times.
In 2016, Wang Cuiying's family was invited by the TV station, and they appeared on the stage of "Mamma Mia" together, and in the show, the quintuplets played a song "Listen to Mother's Words" for her with musical instruments, which moved Wang Cuiying to tears.
At that time, their family was extremely happy, and the only wish of the five children was to hope that their father could end his working career as soon as possible and then reunite with the family.
But what they didn't expect was that just a year later, they got the news that the sky seemed to be falling.
Stand alone
In 2017, Bao Cun, who worked outside all the year round, died of a sudden illness due to overwork, which was a bolt from the blue for Wang Cuiying and her 5 children. In the prime of life, the treasure deposit died suddenly, and the family lost its pillar.
After spending some time in grief, Wang Cuiying knew that she had to pick herself up, that she still had five children to take care of, that she had to raise them to adulthood, that they would finish college, and that they would have the ability to support themselves.
In order to earn more money for her children, Wang Cuiying chose to continue to stay in Beijing to work, and then sent her five children back to her hometown to study in high school, which has a lower cost of living and can save some money.
However, no matter how much the five children save, their living expenses have always improved a lot compared to the previous junior high school. Wang Cuiying's 5 children are very sensible, they feel sorry for their mother's fatigue from working outside, and they only need 300 yuan a month for living expenses.
But with such a little money, they couldn't eat enough at all, they were all hungry and thin, and the school took the initiative to provide them with financial assistance for poor students after noticing their situation, which allowed them to eat enough.
During the epidemic, every child needs online classes, but there are not so many mobile phones at home, the boss used her smart brain, she found a lot of discarded mobile phones from relatives, and pieced together the task of online classes.
In June 2020, 5 children took the college entrance examination together, Wang Cuiying took leave from Beijing and returned to her hometown, she knew that the college entrance examination is very important to every child, and she wanted to come back to spend this most important moment with her children.
A month later, the transcript of the college entrance examination came out, and among the five children, except for the second child, the remaining four have passed the undergraduate score line in Hebei, which makes Wang Cuiying feel very happy, and then even if it is difficult and difficult, she will provide for the five children to finish college.
These 5 children are also very sensible, and they take advantage of the summer vacation to go out to work to earn money, wanting to reduce the burden on their mother.
In September 2020, Wang Cuiying held a grand coming-of-age ceremony for her five children, and all five children expressed their gratitude to their mothers at the coming-of-age ceremony, and also thanked everyone who had helped them in society.
Looking at the 5 children who have grown up, Wang Cuiying left tears of excitement, only she knows how much she has paid in the past 18 years, and she has worked hard to raise them to adulthood.
Recalling the past, Wang Cuiying said with tears in her eyes: If she was asked to choose again, then she would not have any children, because she let the children suffer with her, and they did not enjoy a good day.
But her children will not regret choosing her as a mother for a while.
epilogue
People always say that there are many children and many blessings, but few people see how much they have to pay behind the many children; It is often said that motherhood is strong, but few people know that they have always been vulnerable, and it is only the love of their children that makes them strong.
source
《道德观察（日播版）》 20150310 “奥运五福娃”_CCTV节目官网-CCTV-12_央视网(cctv.com)