Chapter 99 98. Tan Qianqiu—Students Who Dedicated to Earthquake Relief

The earth shakes and the mountains shake.He bent his body, stretched his arms and lay tightly on the desk, accompanied by thunderous noises, hail-like bricks, dust, and trees fell on his head, hands, and back, and his blood rushed out immediately. He gritted his teeth and desperately supported the desk, like a hen guarding the chicks. There were 4 surviving students curled up under him, and his body with wings spread out was frozen for eternity... 2008 At 22:12 on May 13, 2012, when the search and rescue personnel removed the last piece of cement slab on him from the collapsed ruins of the teaching building of Dongqi Middle School in Hanwang Town, Deyang City, Sichuan Province, all the rescue personnel were shocked and fell. tears.

His name is Tan Qianqiu. He used his 51-year-old precious life to interpret the teacher's moral soul of love and responsibility. He was praised by Zhang Chunxian, Secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee, as "the hero never dies, and the spirit lasts forever!" In August 1957, Tan Qianqiu was born in Yanqian Village, Buyunqiao Town, Qidong County, Hunan Province.His parents are honest and kind. They have 5 children. He is the eldest. Due to his poor family, every meal is mainly sweet potatoes, beans and other grains, with only a little rice. He always gives the rice to his younger brothers and sisters. Eat sweet potatoes with my parents.

Tan Qianqiu firmly believes that only knowledge can change destiny. He studies very hard, and the villagers regard him as a "model of hard work" to educate their children.In order to learn English well, he wrote down English words and pasted them on the wall, and memorized them when he was sleeping. In the summer of 1975, he graduated from high school and returned home to work in agriculture, but he did not relax his studies. He went out to collective labor with everyone during the day and studied until the early morning of the next day at night. When he was sleepy, he used a towel to dip some cold water on his face.Two years later, he became a substitute teacher.

In the summer of 1978, Tan Qianqiu was admitted to Hunan University. After graduating from university in 1982, he voluntarily signed up to work as a "Bianbian" teacher at the Staff College of Sichuan Dongfang Steam Turbine Works. After Tan Qianqiu got married and started a business, considering that his three younger brothers were all in the countryside, he alone took on the responsibility of supporting his parents. He also spent money to install a telephone at home and tried his best to help his younger siblings. The eldest brother Tan Jiqiu earned very little income from farming at home, so he borrowed several thousand yuan to buy a tricycle for transportation. One day in the summer of 1993, the car accidentally overturned and injured, costing several thousand yuan in medical expenses.After Tan Qianqiu heard the news, he immediately sent 2,000 yuan to his younger brother, and wrote a letter to comfort his younger brother, as long as he was fine, and asked his younger brother to go to him to relax.

In June 2006, my father unfortunately suffered from bone marrow cancer.Tan Qianqiu immediately went back to his hometown to hold a family meeting. He took the initiative to ask to pay for his father's medical expenses because his younger brother was in the countryside and his family was not well off.He was afraid that his younger brother and sister-in-law would disagree, so he made an excuse: "I don't have much time at home, and you usually work hard to take care of your parents, so give me a chance to be filial!" The brothers couldn't resist him, so they had to agree. He alone paid the medical expenses of more than 20,000 yuan.

After graduating from high school, many villagers in the village were illiterate, so he suggested to the village cadres to set up a night school for literacy.He took the initiative to become a teacher, working during the day and voluntarily taking classes for the villagers at night. He taught the villagers how to write and learn culture. Many villagers who could not read a word could read newspapers and know how to farm scientifically. Tan Qianqiu often teaches his younger siblings to be helpful. Under his influence, younger siblings always help others. His younger sister and brother-in-law once supported five poor children to go to school in one year!His personality charm has also deeply influenced the next generation. His eldest daughter was admitted to Peking University Law School with excellent grades. She said that the law must be used to seek justice for many victims.

Tan Qianqiu often teaches students: "The most important thing in life is to have a sense of social responsibility." After graduating from university in June 1982, the school planned to let him stay in school to teach.When the school leaders asked for his opinion, he took the initiative to ask Ying: "I want to go to the place where the motherland needs it most!" "The school also needs talents." The leader did his work repeatedly.When he learned that the Sichuan Dongfang Steam Turbine Workers University was in urgent need of teachers, he applied immediately. One month later, he was assigned to work in the school as he wished, where he has been working for 27 years.

On May 12, 2008, a strong earthquake occurred in Wenchuan, Sichuan, affecting Mianzhu.In the earthquake, a teaching building of Dongqi Middle School collapsed instantly.At that time, Tan Qianqiu was teaching in the classroom of this teaching building.In a critical moment, he used his arms to cover the four students of Class 1, Grade 2 tightly under him. On the night of May 13, 2008, when people pulled him out from the rubble, he was still lying on the podium with his arms open.There were many scars on his arms, and the back of his head was sunken by the floor.Four students were successfully rescued under his protection, and he gave his 51-year-old life in this way.