The boy is three years older than his sister, but cannot walk due to illness. The baby took full care of her brother.
Many mothers are desperately suffering from the fact that their children are not friends: the brother mocks the sister, she does not miss the opportunity to be fooled, and together they are not at all an example of family love. Mutual assistance? Ha! So, keep your pocket wider. But you really want the children to be like rods in a broom from an old parable: when they are together, hold on to each other, they will never be broken.
Nine-year-old Zhu has no idea that siblings can feud. After all, a considerable burden rests on her slender shoulders: she takes care of her 12-year-old brother. Moreover, we did not get excited about the burden on our shoulders. The fact is that Dingfu, Zhu’s brother, suffers from motor dysfunction. He cannot walk, he cannot dress himself, he cannot wash himself. Zhu does all this for him. She is literally the arms and legs of her brother.
The girl’s morning begins with the fact that she washes her brother, dresses him, packs him to school. Then he grabs the briefcases, loads Dingfu on his back, and sets off. Dozens of steps, rain, snow – nothing is a hindrance. The most a boy is capable of is holding an umbrella over his sister’s head while she drags him to school. And they are never late.
After school, Zhu takes his brother home, helps him do his homework, and then takes on housework. Their parents are disabled, so Zhu, at the age of nine, actually became the head of the family: she cooks, feeds the cattle, washes dishes, launders the whole family, cleans the house.
“I will never leave my brother. I will always be his cane “, – quoted by Zhu
In the end, journalists drew attention to the girl who wears her older brother on her back. About Zhu was filmed on TV. After that, the administration of the school where the children study provided them with a hostel. Now the baby does not have to go to school through half the city, their room is only 500 meters from the class.
By the way, no one forced Zhu to do that. The parents worried that her brother would never be able to study due to his disability. And Zhu herself volunteered to carry the boy to school so that he, too, had the opportunity to graduate. She had to grow up too early – Zhu had no choice, but she has an incredibly kind heart.