"I'm afraid my father will be gone!" The young man's decision brought tears to the eyes of many netizens...

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Bai Junlong, a young man from Xichang, Sichuan

The story of quitting her job to take care of her father with cerebral infarction has become popular on the Internet

Touched many netizens

After watching the video of the father and son

Netizens said: Tears in my eyes

Recently, Bai Junlong told the story of him and his father

"You raised me up, and I will grow old with you..."

Bai Junlong said

Family always comes first

If you lose your job, you can find another one.

But my father is the only

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Father had a stroke

Son asks for leave to accompany

I met Bai Junlong and his son on a sunny afternoon. They had just returned home from a walk and the family was preparing to eat.

"Old Bai, I'm telling you, stand up straight, don't walk with your legs bent, you can only walk if you stand up straight!" Bai Junlong said to his father in a stern tone while supporting his father with his hands. Hearing his son's criticism, father Bai Yong smiled and narrowed his eyes.

Walking to the dining table, Bai Junlong served rice and vegetables to his father, who picked up the spoon with his left hand and slowly put the food into his mouth. All this is just a fragment of Bai Junlong's current life.

Bai Junlong, 33, used to work in film and television production in Xichang, earning several thousand yuan a month, which was relatively stable. One day in September 2019, Bai Junlong's grandmother was hospitalized for illness. His father suffered a sudden cerebral infarction while taking care of the elderly. Fortunately, he was in the hospital at the time and the doctor rescued him in time to save his life.

"After my father suffered a cerebral infarction, the right side of his body was almost paralyzed and he couldn't speak. Only his left hands and feet had feeling, but he couldn't walk on his own." Bai Junlong told reporters that the most important thing was that his father was unable to get out of the shadow of the disease. He not only had a bad temper, but was also crybaby.

At that time, Bai Junlong had not quit his job, and his mother was taking care of him in the hospital alone. "My mother not only had to take care of my father, but also my elderly and sick grandmother. She couldn't take care of them all by herself, and my father often lost his temper. Sometimes she would collapse and cry with my father. It felt like the whole family was going to fall apart," Bai Junlong recalled.

Seeing his mother's hard work, Bai Junlong asked for some time off from work and went home to help take care of his father and grandmother. During this time off, Bai Junlong stayed with his father every day to make him happy. "I found that he was in a better mood, cried less, and recovered better."

However, when Bai Junlong returned to work, he found that his father had returned to his old ways, crying and losing his temper, and everything was back to square one.

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Recalling childhood memories

The young man resolutely resigned and went home to take care of his father

He also thought about resigning due to the current situation at home, but was very hesitant. Bai Junlong said that his resignation was inspired by a cold rainy night.

Bai Junlong still remembers that one night, he was taking care of his father in the hospital. It was drizzling and the wind was howling outside the window. Facing such a life, Bai Junlong felt a little depressed. He sat on a stool outside the ward in a daze. The scene of his father playing with him when he was a child kept flashing in his mind like a movie clip...

My father was a laid-off worker from a grain station. Later, he opened a workshop to sell noodles. At that time, "grain exchange" was popular. Every morning, after making noodles, my father would drive them to the highway in the mountains and exchange noodles for grain for the villagers. It was very hard work. At that time, he was only eleven or twelve years old.

Every weekend or during summer and winter vacations, he would follow his father to the countryside to "sell noodles", and each time he would bring three steamed buns. Every time, the villagers would wait on the roadside on time, bringing food to exchange for noodles. Bai Junlong said that his father was a simple and honest person, and if he met someone in need, he would give them noodles for free.

"At noon, my father and I sat on the ground and ate steamed buns. When we were thirsty, we drank spring water from the roadside. He also took me to the mountains to pick wild fruits... I felt very happy every time I went to the countryside. Such days lasted for two or three years. Later, my father also drove a taxi, a truck, and harvested pepper..."

In his memory, his father was very strict with him. Once, Bai Junlong and a few friends secretly went to the river to take a bath. When his father found out, he was furious and chased him to beat him. "I didn't understand it at the time, but when I grew up, I realized that my father was doing it for my own good."

In Bai Junlong's memory, his childhood was almost spent with his father, who supported the family. At that time, his mother worked in prison and sometimes came home once a week, sometimes only once a month. Therefore, Bai Junlong had a deep relationship with his father.

"Another time, my father was moving grain in the warehouse, and the pile of grain suddenly collapsed, trapping my father underneath. My eldest uncle and I were terrified, and quickly moved the grain away to rescue my father. Later we found that my father's feet were swollen." Bai Junlong recalled that if the discovery had not been made in time, his father's life might have been in danger.

Thinking of these scenes, Bai Junlong suddenly felt very scared. "I am afraid that my father will die just like this." In March last year, Bai Junlong submitted his resignation application to the company, and the company also knew about his family situation. "The master told me to go home and take care of the family first, and we will welcome you back anytime after you are settled."

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My son carefully arranges his daily routine, companionship and exercise

Father's condition improved after cerebral infarction

After resigning and returning home, Bai Junlong's main job is to accompany his father, accompany his father to exercise and take walks, play with his father, and make his father happy.

Bai Junlong arranges his daily schedule very punctually.

At 7 o'clock in the morning, I wake my father up, help him get dressed, and then take him to wash and have breakfast;

At 8:30 in the morning, I took my father to the community to exercise, gave him a massage, and walked in circles together;

11:30 a.m. Go home, take medicine, and have lunch;

Rest at noon;

At 2:30 p.m., I took my father downstairs to exercise and take a walk;

At 5 pm, I took my father home to take medicine and eat;

After 6pm, I pushed my father to the park to see the scenery and took him for a walk;

After 8 o'clock in the evening, I go home to watch TV and rest...

Every day, Bai Junlong repeats the same steps.

In May this year, Bai Junlong filmed a video of his father's recovery process and shared it on the Internet platform, naming it "Lao Bai's Rehabilitation Diary". The account profile reads "Come and see Lao Bai when you are unhappy", using the personal experiences of the father and son to encourage more families with cerebral infarction.

Bai Junlong said that after he released his father's recovery video, many family members with similar situations came to consult him about exercise methods. "I told them that it is more important to pay attention to the psychology of cerebral infarction patients and encourage and help them to face life positively."

Recently, Bai Junlong's story of quitting his job to take care of his father has become popular on the Internet, touching tens of millions of netizens across the country. Some netizens said that after watching the video of the father and son, they felt warm and moved, and some netizens said bluntly: I shed tears.

As for the future, Bai Junlong told reporters that he will continue to persevere. "I think family always comes first. If I lose my job, I can find another one, but my father is my only one. I want to accompany my father through his life journey in the limited time without any regrets."

User comments:

“This guy’s approach is worth learning from.”

“Family always comes first”

"Don't wait until you lose something to appreciate it"

Filial piety comes first among all virtues

The biggest regret in the world

Nothing is worse than a son's desire to support his parents but they are no longer there.

As long as parents are around, life still has a purpose

When parents are gone, life is just a journey home

Filial piety

This is the most unacceptable thing in the world.

Thumbs up for Mr. Bai who knows how to be grateful and give

May his father recover soon.

I also hope that their lives will get better and better!

Source: Xinhuanet Daily Positive Energy (ID: zhnlali), Chengdu Business Daily Red Star News, netizens’ comments

Producer: Mou Yanqiu Huang Linhao

Editor: Zhang Linglin

Proofreading: Dong Jingxue