An electric shock accident when he was young caused him to lose his arms forever, but he used his feet as hands: he wrote with his feet, taught with his feet, and supported a happy family with his feet. His deeds touched thousands of people across the country, and dozens of certificates of honor bear witness to his life written in capital letters.

Without hands, he writes life with his feet

□ Li Houan In Zhijin County in northwest Guizhou, everyone knows Liu Jianchao from the Children’s School of the 174th Team of the Guizhou Coalfield Geology Bureau teacher. This is not only because he is a person who teaches with his feet, but also because his after-school tutoring classes are very effective. The day I interviewed Liu Jianchao was a Saturday, and the late autumn sunshine shone brightly on his and the faces of the students. However, he couldn't bear to look back on the past. Once he traveled through time and space and returned to the past, he couldn't help but feel heavy.

An electric shock caused him to lose both arms. Liu Jianchao was born in 1961. His father, Liu Hanwen, came to Duyun, Guizhou from Shanghai to support the third-line construction. Later, he moved to Liuzhi and worked in the coalfield geology of Guizhou Province. Worked as an accountant in the machine repair shop of a surveying company. Although life in Liuzhi is difficult to compare with that of Shanghai, the family is happy and happy with love. However, disaster strikes without advance notice. One day in 1965, 4-year-old Liu Jianchao was playing with his friends in a machine repair shop. The 80 kVA transformer in the machine repair shop was placed on the ground. His curiosity drove him to climb up the transformer to touch the porcelain bottle, and he was immediately suspended from the high-voltage line. Fortunately, a farmer in the nearby field exclaimed, and the electrician quickly turned off the switch blade and picked him out with a wooden stick. The team supporting the third-line construction had all kinds of talents. There was a retired military doctor in the machine repair shop. He put Liu Jianchao on the wooden board and performed artificial respiration. More than ten minutes later, Liu Jianchao woke up with a "wow" sound. At that time, only eight fingers on both hands were burned, but surgery could not be performed at Anshun Hospital. His father held him banging all the way to Shanghai Guangci Hospital by train. His arms were already necrotic. If the toxins invaded the body, his life would be difficult to save, so he had to undergo amputation surgery. In this way, Liu Jianchao lost his arms forever.

Decades of self-improvement Without hands, Liu Jianchao has lost his balance not to mention reading and writing, and even walking. Liu Jianchao often falls, but he is curious by nature and runs around everywhere. After falling down once, his face was down. He found a way to turn over on his own. After lying face up, he raised his legs, then slammed them down hard, let his body sit up, and then curled up one foot. Stand up with difficulty. When he was 6 years old, Liu Jianchao went to school for the children of the Provincial Coalfield Geological Exploration Company in Liuguantun, Pan County. From the first to the third grade of elementary school, he could not write. You rely on your mouth to turn over books in class, and the books are often wet with saliva. During exams, you answer questions orally. By the fourth grade, the courses were getting more and more heavy, I didn’t do my homework, and I forgot too quickly. So I bit the pen with my mouth to practice writing, and my saliva flowed onto the notebook, making the writing blurry. The distance is too close, the eyes can't bear it, and the gums are in great pain. He practiced writing with his feet. Since his toes were short, he couldn't even hold the pen, so he practiced holding the pen repeatedly, practicing at home and using wooden sticks when playing outside. After more than a month, he was finally able to hold a pen between his toes, which made him extremely excited. Even though writing with his feet was not flexible enough and the words were swaying, he could still write with his feet. When he quietly practiced for more than two months and handed in his first homework written by his feet to the teacher, the teacher was surprised. The teacher showed his homework to every classmate: "Classmates, this is what Liu Jianchao wrote with his feet." !" Liu Jianchao, who has a strong self-esteem, burst into tears when the teacher praised him. This is a great encouragement! In the future, when he continues to overcome difficulties one after another, Liu Jianchao said that he will always think of Teacher Pan Wencai who praised him. Unfortunately, Teacher Pan was transferred away before he graduated from elementary school, and there is no news about her so far. Being able to write with his feet solved Liu Jianchao's biggest learning problem. He followed his father's work unit from Panxian to Zhijin, and graduated from high school with excellent results. In 1978, 17-year-old Liu Jianchao took the college entrance examination. At that time, there were more than 100 candidates in Zhijin County, but only 5 people were online. Liu Jianchao was far beyond the admission line, but he could not pass the physical examination. His father went to the Provincial Admissions Office and asked for special treatment, allowing Liu Jianchao's younger brother to accompany him to study, but the Provincial Admissions Office did not agree. The next year, Liu Jianchao took the entrance examination for a technical school in the coalfield geology system, far exceeding the admission limit, but still failed to pass the physical examination. Looking at his classmates, those who passed the exam went to study, while those who didn't passed the exam went to work. Liu Jianchao was very depressed. Was he a useless person? With nothing to do at home, invisible pressures came one after another. In 1980, Liu Jianchao asked to work voluntarily at the school for the children of Team 174. The school arranged for him to ring the bell, and he did it very seriously. Seeing that the teachers were busy, he practiced using his feet to help the teachers carve wax paper on the steel plate. It was difficult to imagine, but with the foundation of writing, it was naturally not a problem for him. When a teacher asked for leave, he volunteered to teach as a substitute. Later he became a librarian and worked in the Young Pioneers. No matter which job he did, he was no worse than a healthy person. In this school, he is deeply loved by teachers and students but has no salary. Opportunities are reserved for the strong. When people are worried about Liu Jianchao's survival, the god of luck has begun to wave to him. In 1983, he received a notice from within the coalfield geological system and went to Liupanshui to participate in the "Revitalizing China" employee reading activity speech contest, and won the special prize in one fell swoop. There was thunderous applause at the lecture venue and tears in the eyes of the listeners. After the speech, many audience members came to the guest house to chat with him and sign autographs.

In 1985, he won the National Coal Culture Foundation's "Outstanding Individual for Revitalizing Chinese Workers' Reading Activities" award. In the winter of that year, he was invited by the China General Administration of Coal Geology to compose "Songs of Strugglers" in 8 provinces including Hebei, Shandong, Zhejiang, and Hunan. Lecture tour. When giving a speech in Zhuozhou, Hebei Province, Zhang Yanbin, then Secretary of the Party Committee of the General Administration of Coalfield Geology of China, knew that Liu Jianchao had not yet worked, and immediately asked the Guizhou Coalfield Geology Bureau to write a report to him. After special approval from the Ministry of Coal, Liu Jianchao became a student of the 174th Team of the Coal System School formal teachers.

Supporting career and family with feet Liu Jianchao has given countless speeches across the country. His deeds have touched thousands of people and won the love of a girl for him. Zhang Fang, who lives on the outskirts of Zhijin County, went to a cram school for the third grade of junior high school in 1990 at the 174 Children's School where Liu Jianchao taught. She was impressed by Liu Jianchao's spirit of self-improvement and fell in love with him involuntarily. Their relationship was opposed by Zhang Fang's parents, so Zhang Fang set up camp in the county town. She studied stone carving, worked as a worker in a leather shoe store, and opened a laundry. It was not until five years later, with the persuasion of many relatives and friends, that her parents reluctantly agreed to the marriage. On New Year's Day in 1996, 34-year-old Liu Jianchao finally got married. The couple loved each other and received praise from everyone. In 2001, some parents sent their children to Liu Jianchao's home for tutoring, and the results were good. Later, more and more students were squeezed from the living room to the bedroom. Now, he tutors thirty or forty students. My wife is also very busy. After finishing her housework, she opens a "family cafeteria" at noon every day to provide lunch to about 20 students who live far away from school. In the afternoon, she also helps Liu Jianchao tutor students. With the couple's joint efforts, they not only had enough food and clothing, but also didn't have to worry about their children's school fees. They also bought a house and were able to provide living expenses to their mother-in-law every month. This is Liu Jianchao. When he opened dozens of honorary certificates, I wrote them down one by one: in 1986, he won the "National Dual Civilization Construction Model" award issued by the Ministry of Coal Industry; in 1987, he won the "Top Ten Outstanding Middle School" award in Liupanshui City. "Young Newsmaker" title; in 1988, he won the "Employee Self-taught Talent" award issued by the Provincial Federation of Trade Unions; in 1991, he was awarded the "Top Ten Youth" in Bijie District; in 1991, he was awarded the title of "Advanced Teacher" by the Provincial Coalfield Geology Bureau; in 2003, he was awarded the Provincial Personnel The "Provincial Self-improvement Model" award issued by the Department and the Provincial Disabled Persons' Federation... This is Liu Jianchao. He said: "If a person lives well, he can always do something for society.

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