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Everyone can encounter unforeseen storms in their life journey, and Yang Pei's story is a symbol of life's resilience.
She was a 9-year-old girl who lost her arms in a sudden accident and almost lost hope of continuing her life.
However, with amazing perseverance, Yang Pei challenged the limits of life with his feet and embarked on the road to success.
Today, she not only got rid of the dilemma of begging, but also became the president of the company with a net worth of tens of millions.
What's the story behind this?
Lost both arms and reborn in despair
Before the age of nine, Yang Pei lived in a happy family, and her parents loved her very much although they were not rich, so she also spent a happy childhood.
On the day she was nine years old, Yang Pei and a few friends were walking and chatting about interesting things in school.
After school, everyone no longer has to restrain themselves, and cheerful laughter echoes through the village paths.
"Hey, let's go pull that cable-stayed cable!"
A little friend suddenly proposed, pointing to the cable-stayed line of the high-voltage line hanging down next to the transformer at the entrance of the village, and Yang Pei also looked up.
"Yang Pei, hurry up and try it, see who pulls the highest today!" A little friend was egging on the side.
Yang Pei didn't think much about it, she stretched out her hand and gently grabbed the cable-stayed cable, but she didn't expect the high-voltage electricity to hit her instantly.
After 11 days of resuscitation, her arms were charred and doctors had to amputate her.
Faced with the fact that she lost her arms, Yang Pei felt out of place with the world, and low self-esteem and despair occupied her heart.
She even had suicidal thoughts, and one day she sneaked to the river, ready to jump down and end her life.
Fortunately, her parents found and rescued her in time.
Her father's tears and her mother's pleas made Yang Pei realize that despite the cruel fate, she was still deeply loved and could not give up.
Although she lost her hands, she realized that she still had feet.
She began to train her feet every day, starting with the simplest of holding rocks and putting on shoes.
Despite the difficult process and the blisters on her feet, she persevered.
After a few months, she learned to eat with her feet, brush her teeth, and even skillfully use chopsticks to pick up food for her mother.
However, Yang Pei is not content to live on her parents alone.
In order to ease the burden on her family, she came to Beijing alone at the age of 15, hoping to find a job through her own efforts.
However, due to her physical disability, she encountered several rejections.
In desperation, she began to beg and sell newspapers on the streets to make ends meet, and her life was extremely difficult.
Despite this, she never gave up hope and was confident that she would find a way out.
By chance, Yang Pei passed by a cross-stitch shop, and the exquisite embroidery works in the store made her decide to try to learn to do cross-stitch with her feet, and since then she has started a new journey to change her fate.
Seize the opportunity and learn cross-stitch
When Yang Pei picked up the embroidery needle for the first time, her heart was full of apprehension.
She looked down at the needle and thread, and couldn't help but drum in her heart: "Can it really work?" Can I use my feet to embroider crafts that others have made with their hands? ”
She couldn't help but take a deep breath and gently grip the needle between her toes, ready to try on threading.
The first day of the trial did not go well, the thread always slipped between her toes, and the needle pierced her instep several times.
Yang Pei frowned tightly at every sting, but she gritted her teeth and didn't let herself stop.
She muttered to herself: "No, I can't give up, even if it hurts, I have to persevere." ”
At night, her mother looked at Yang Pei's scarred feet and asked distressedly, "Pepe, do you want to rest?" It's so hard, don't push yourself. ”
Yang Pei shook his head lightly, his eyes firm: "Mom, I have already decided, no matter how difficult it is, I will persevere." ”
She knew that withdrawing meant that nothing could be changed, and that giving up would only make her lose her only hope.
Whenever late at night and everyone fell asleep, Yang Pei still practiced in the dim light.
threading the needle, failing; Thread the needle again, and fail again.
Her toes were nowhere near as flexible as her hands, and a needle had to be fiddled between her toes dozens of times before she could barely get through the holes.
"Feet can also replace hands."
She constantly encouraged herself in her heart.
Although his feet were full of red spots from needles, Yang Pei still gritted his teeth and did not relax.
A few months later, she finally succeeded in embroidering a complete flower for the first time.
At that moment, her eyes moistened.
Looking at his works, Yang Pei felt an indescribable sense of pride in his heart.
She held the embroidery and said to her mother excitedly: "Mom, look, I really did it!" I can embroider such beautiful flowers with my feet! ”
The mother wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and gently stroked her head: "Pepe, you are really the pride of your mother." ”
But even after mastering the basics, challenges remain.
Yang Pei's works were initially unpopular, and she often felt a sense of loss in the face of passers-by coming and going.
She whispered to herself, "Am I not good enough?" Is my embroidery not beautiful enough? ”
She often encouraged herself: "It's okay, keep at it, and one day someone will see my efforts."
Counterattack life, career peak
Finally, on an ordinary afternoon, while embroidering cross-stitch on the street, she was taken by a passing director.
The director had a look of shock in his eyes when he saw her expertly threading the needle with her foot.
The director stepped forward, smiled and said, "I was impressed by your tenacity, would you like to show off your skills on the TV show?" ”
Yang Pei was stunned, she never thought that she would be able to stand on the stage one day.
Her heart raced, and images of countless exercises, the scars on her feet, and her mother's expectant eyes came to mind.
She took a deep breath and replied firmly, "I do." ”
This opportunity is not only the reward for her years of hard work, but also the beginning of her new life.
"China Dream Show" opened a window of fate for Yang Pei, but real success did not happen overnight.
The road to entrepreneurship is far more difficult than imagined.
In order to ensure that each embroidery work is of high quality, Yang Pei always insists on embroidering by hand, even if the order volume is large, she never pretends to others.
She firmly believes that the audience is not buying ordinary embroidery, but works of art that she has completed with her own hands with perseverance.
After years of hard work, Yang Pei has not only successfully established her own cross-stitch brand, but also expanded her business area by accumulating funds.
In 2014, a fellow villager approached Yang Pei and wanted to co-found a company with her to contribute to China's food safety field.
Yang Pei was deeply moved by this idea, and resolutely decided to transform and formally established Shenzhen Yimeikang Industrial Co., Ltd., transforming from an embroidery artist to an entrepreneur.
The early days of entrepreneurship were not easy, but Yang Pei's experience from begging on the streets made her more resilient than ordinary people.
Her company is gradually getting on the right track and has achieved good results in the field of food safety.
Less than 30 years old, she has become the president of a company, with a net worth of tens of millions, and her career is thriving.
epilogue
Yang Pei is not only an inspirational role model, she is also a spiritual leader in the hearts of many people with disabilities and ordinary people.
She proved with practical actions that being disabled is not just talking.
The disability of the body does not mean the failure of life, what really determines how far a person can go is the strength of the heart and the spirit of perseverance.
Resources:
Folded Winged Angel Yang Pei: Laughing at life, starting a business and chasing dreams-Beijing Weekly