“Continuously strive for self-improvement and be virtuous”, this sonorous and powerful horoscope is the school motto of Tsinghua University, the top university in my country for a century. In the five thousand years of history, the Chinese nation has relied on its spirit of continuous self-improvement to continue to this day. It can be said that the spirit of "continuous self-improvement" is engraved in the bone marrow of the Chinese nation. As the saying goes, the fire is passed down from generation to generation. In June last year, after the college entrance examination, a poor candidate in Yunnan wrote in his diary: "Only by constantly striving to improve ourselves, will we have unlimited possibilities in the future"! This sonorous statement coincides with the school motto of Tsinghua University. Just as what he wrote, he was admitted to Tsinghua University with an excellent score of 713 points through his continuous self-improvement and hard work. This poor candidate from Yunnan is Lin Wandong.

Lin Wandong was born in a poor mountainous area in Xuanwei, Yunnan. He has been accompanied by not only poverty but also suffering at home since he was a child. Before he was admitted to college, his father suffered a waist injury and cerebral infarction due to overwork, so he could no longer do heavy work. The backbone of the family fell, and the strong mother shouldered the heavy burden of supporting the family. She carried bricks and sand at the construction site every day, doing hard work with the same intensity as men in the wind and sun. Women are naturally weak, but mothers are strong. A strong mother relies on such hard work to provide for the family's life. Seeing his mother's hard work, Lin Wandong knew that getting into a good university was his responsibility as a son.

In the end, where there is a will, there is a way. After the college entrance examination in 2019, he was admitted to Tsinghua University, the top university in the country, with an excellent score of 713 points in science. Such impressive results are inevitable for Lin Wandong, because for him he cannot lose. He must rely on his own ability to lead the suffering and impoverished family to the bright future. In August 2019, the admission notice from Tsinghua University traveled more than 2,300 kilometers and was delivered to Lin Wandong. A poor student has been in charge of his family for a long time. At that time, Lin Wandong did not lie comfortably at home and enjoy the relaxed and comfortable life after the college entrance examination. Instead, he and his mother were sweating at the construction site carrying bricks and sand.

In an interview with relevant media, Lin Wandong said: The fact that I received the admission notice from Tsinghua not only brought hope to myself, but also to my family. It is not only a turning point in my personal destiny, but also a turning point in our family's destiny. Knowledge changes destiny, this well-known saying is even more profound for a poor student like me. Before I took the college entrance examination, my father never put pressure on me to get into a good university. My mother never talked about how hard and tiring she was working on the construction site.

But I understand their ardent hope that their children will become successful. I was admitted to Tsinghua University, which not only made them very happy, but also made them feel honored. After the college entrance examination, in order to reduce my mother's burden, I worked with her on the construction site. After working all day, I felt so tired that I couldn’t even lift my hands. But my mother told me that I only did one-third of her usual workload that day. Lin Wandong's mother's answer made everyone feel sad, let alone himself.

The work at the construction site was too hard, so Lin Wandong relieved his mother's burden by giving extra classes to lower-grade students before reporting to Tsinghua University. At the opening ceremony of Tsinghua University that year, the president of Tsinghua University specifically mentioned Lin Wandong, a freshman who was constantly striving for self-improvement. The fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. Just as Lin Wandong said: He will continue to use his unremitting efforts at Tsinghua University to make himself a pillar of the country and let his family live a happy and prosperous life with him.

A famous person once said: Suffering is the stepping stone for the strong. Maybe God didn't deal you and me a good set of cards at the beginning, but why can't we make a comeback with our own efforts? As long as you keep improving and never give up, you will eventually overcome despair and suffering and usher in hope. Friends who are enduring hardships in life today, and students who are working hard for next year's college entrance examination, I hope this article can help everyone follow the example of positive people like Lin Wandong and persist in finding their own hope.