Real Story真故事11-May的奶奶

frank微信85374510；The spirit of our society is being tested, through endless work, chores and difficulties. It’s getting harder to find the very real soul in ourselves. Let’s find a moment for ourselves, quiet and comfortable, this is Real Story, we are on. 社会价值经受着时代的考验，人们面对无尽的工作，闲杂和困难。复杂的社会让人们很难探寻真实的自己，让我们寻找给自己安静而舒适的那一时刻。这里是真故事，让我们感受真实的力量。。。

本文提要：刚出生不久的双胞胎姐妹父母便离世，孩子们的奶奶扛起重担。。。。。。

Hi everybody, it’s Frank for Real Story.I received our listener May’s story a few days ago, and I was very impressed. Before that, I had never imagined how much power a woman could show, for everything she had to do to support a family, and this woman is May’s grandma. In 1986,May’s father had to work so hard to support his family after May and her twin sister were born, that he had to work more than he could. He got too much work and too little sleep until he fell off a 6-floor building and died. The sudden accident shocked May’s mother so much that she decided to kill herself a month later.

    Who would take care of the baby twins when their parents were both gone? You may wonder. Luckily, May’s 48-year old grandma answered that question. Without much education or any skills, she decided to raise May and get May’s sister into her aunt’s hands. It’s easier said than done, since her grandma had to do all the manual jobs to earn a little money for the family, and she never gave up the idea of raising May all the way to college, even though all her relatives said sending a girl to college wasn’t necessary.

****May’s voice******

(( I grew up with my grandma. My father died in 1986 when my sister and I were baby twins, at that time, my father had to work very hard for the whole family ,and he often went to work early without much sleep, then he fell off a six-floor building when he was working. For my father’s death, my mother was too sad to live alone, so she killed herself. God took a huge joke on my grandma. At that time she was 48 years old, and had to raise my sister and me, her life suddenly became so difficult. Fortunately, my sister was taken and raised by my aunt in Shanghai. Without any skills and a little education, my grandma raised me until I finished my university. What she could do was nothing but some manual work to make small money to feed me. Each time I think of how hard life was for such an old lady, I will cry. She worked very hard to get me all the way from school to college, saying no to all the families who always told her it’s not necessary to send me to college.

  I still remember that one day, my college teacher told me that I could get subsidies from my college but I needed the government’s proof that I was a poor student. My grandma got me the signature from the government in two days. She stopped a police car just to ask them about where she could get the paper work done. She would never do so if it’s not for me. Thanks for my grandma, she not only brought me a happy life, but also a bright way in life ! Today is her 80th birthday I wish my grandma good health and a happy life every day! ))*music***

That’s 30-year old May telling her story, who works in a trading company in Zhejiang. Today is May’s grandma’s 80th birthday. I hope everything with this old lady is becoming better and better. If there’s ever any god in the world , she’s done enough to be blessed.  

You are listening to Real Story, I’m Frank Mars. This podcast is written and made by me, but it will not be made possible without Your support, let me know your stories. You can subscribe for more stories and leave your comments too. Until next time, thanks for listening. (Special thanks for May 特别感谢May提供故事素材；本文作者Frank老师,转载请注明出处。听取更多“真故事”系列，别忘记点赞和订阅哦~！)~ Written by Frank Mars; Background music背景音乐（不要问啦）: Ulli - Es ware schon gewesen (It Could Have Been); Cellars - 3 AM