Rankai, Gansu: Know yourself

I am a graduate of Jinan Qilu Institute of Technology majoring in nursing in 2020. Due to the influence of COVID-19 in the last semester, I took classes online at home and took the graduation exam in July.

The failure to obtain the nurse qualification was a great blow to my spirit. Besides, my mother's nagging made me stay in bed early and late, afraid that others would ask me about it. Grandpa is afraid to drag down my body, enlighten me not to be discouraged, is a cold has an effect. But I know in my heart, all blame themselves at ordinary times did not seriously study homework caused by, too late to regret, just know there is no regret medicine.

I wanted to wake up from the depression, thinking that I could not live on my parents in bed, especially when I thought of Uncle Li's knee-bend conversation in my house, I was even more ashamed to speak of, and I was too disappointed to live up to the care and expectations of Care Action Macao and Uncle Lai.

I finally found a dental clinic in Jinan, Shandong Province, to help a dentist. During the operation, I also realized the lack of knowledge I had learned. I went to work during the day and reviewed my professional knowledge at night. Although I was busy and hard, I felt steadfast in my heart. During this period, I also met a lot of people and increased my life knowledge and understanding of myself. I was particularly gratified that I sent my mother 1,000 yuan with my first salary and my grandfather cotton-padded clothes and tea to keep him warm.

When I was concentrating on working, I received a call from my mother to go home as soon as possible to take the recruitment exam. I said goodbye to the doctor without hesitation and went home by train immediately.

Arriving at home, I hurried to recite and study, study late into the night, review a few days and then entered the examination room. After handing in the paper, my feet were frozen numb. When I left the examination room and left the school gate, my feet hurt and I limped, my parents and I had tears in their eyes.

The next day announced the results of the standard, and then the next day review pass, I finally in the Pingliang highway company to recruit 207 people in the list, my whole family are very happy.

The military training was just catching up with the extremely cold weather in Gansu in the past 30 years. I ran, sat and waited for exercise in the minus 20° C environment every day, my eyebrows were frosted and my hands and faces were red and swollen with cold. I also found the military training worthwhile and interesting.

After the military training I was assigned to the Jingning South internship, I excitedly told Uncle Lai: I got a job!

At present, I am still in the internship stage, and I know that this job is not easy to come by, so I should cherish it more. I strictly ask my close colleagues with an open mind, work conscientiously and conscientiously, strive to complete the internship tasks, patiently wait for the official employment of my leader, and strive to achieve the goal, so that my family, Care Acion Macao and Uncle Lai can rest assured.

The author of the 2009 Children's Day performance dance (right)
In 2011, the author (left 4) met Uncle Lai again
Pingliang Expressway to participate in the recruitment exam that day the sea of people
I first met Uncle Lai in 2009
The author (left) and Liu Qiaoli, who grew up together
The author (2nd from the left) is waiting to see Uncle Lai off from Zhongwan to Hong Kong (2011).
Uncle Lai sat on the kang and talked with us (2011)
I read it in my dorm room