Gao Li fulfilled the college dream

Mr. Ran Shucang, Gansu Province

The morning of 1st September 2021, I called to ask about the admission status of the college, and she answered that the admission letter had arrived, but she would not go to college. I asked why "my father wouldn't let me go" crying and then hang up the phone, don't answer my calls.

I dialed her father's phone to ask about the situation, "she is not obedient, she tore up the college admission notice said to give up going to college, I can not control it." I repeatedly told her father on the phone not to give up and mobilized him to apply for a loan from the bank. "Now there is no admission notice how loan ah!" Her dad said.

"You don't quarrel anymore, tell her to eat and drink water, you wait for me at home," I replied. After hearing about Gao's situation, I could not have lunch, so I immediately contacted The secretary of Care Action Macao Albert Lai to discuss it. He then advised Gaoli not to give up this opportunity of lifelong study impulsively. I immediately rented a car and went to her house.

In order to break the ice, I had a heart-to-heart talk with their father and daughter. During the conversation, I asked Gorli whether she would go to Touzhai to apply for student loans. He replied, "How can I borrow money without an admission letter?" I said if you were there you'd find a way.I asked her in the mobile phone is there a teacher in charge of the admission notice, she said, "I told her:" now that it is good to have done, it's getting late now, tomorrow you go to XiangShang in printing department printed a first, should can go through bank loans, if not you can look for the teacher to loan you give agent explain why." I'm not sure either, but at this point I can only encourage you to take the plunge. After more than two hours of persuasion, I left only after seeing that Both Korli and his daughter agreed.

That night, I was afraid of a long delay may cause trouble, I contacted her brother Gao Zeng, asking him to do a good job for her father and sister, and to firm up her faith to go to college. Her brother, who is also a student of Care Action Macao, is very sensible, thrifty and capable. As expected, we hit it off immediately and agreed to persuade her sister.

The next morning I went to Gao's house again. She had a long-unseen smile on her face. I knew in my heart that the whole family had fulfilled her reading dream that night! I asked him and his daughter to apply for student loans together. Gorli said she would do it herself. Her father and I looked at each other and smiled with joy. Two o 'clock in the afternoon, Gaoli's father called and said that the first loan must be signed by parents. I happily replied, "Very well, hurry!"

Because there are no buses in the remote area, there are fewer free buses, and agricultural tricycles are not allowed to carry passengers on the road. It was not easy to contact a taxi in Marbao village through a friend. Gaoli's father took his disabled wife who could not live independently to the loan office.

Gaoli with her parents in the main room
I visited Gaoli's mother (10/2014)

To tell you the truth, when I heard the call asking Gaoli's parents to sign the loan, I was so happy that all my burdens fell off my shoulders. Lee said, It is good that she will be able to work in society and help her family get rid of poverty and live a better life.

Gaoli makes her college dream come true and brings a smile to her father
The walls of the courtyard, built in the late Qing Dynasty, bear the traces of six generations of The Gao family