After 90, my father set up a self-help sweet potato stall to raise money to save my leukemia son： some people bought seven boxes at a time, and some people donated 10 thousand yuan anonymously.
Extremely popular journalist Ding Peng.
Video clip Xuan Yiyao
Recently, outside the east gate of Miaojiazhai Community in Qujiang New District, Xi ‘an, Shaanxi Province, the self-help sweet potato stall of Liu Peng, the post-90s father, attracted many citizens to buy it. In order to have an income while taking care of his sick son, he started selling sweet potatoes from a stall more than a month ago, so he was called "Sweet Potato Dad".
Every meal, Liu Peng needs to leave the sweet potato stall to deliver meals for his son. In desperation, he wrote a sign telling the story of his accompanying his son to treat diseases, and left a receipt code for everyone to buy by themselves. What he didn’t expect was that he not only received money for sweet potatoes, but also citizens sent him love red envelopes.
Love is spreading rapidly, and more and more citizens and caring people are helping him. On November 1st, Jimu journalists came to the east gate of Miaojiazhai in Qujiang New District of Xi ‘an. At the sweet potato booth, four volunteers who came spontaneously were helping Liu Peng sell sweet potatoes. Zhao Nvshi, a citizen, bought 7 boxes of sweet potatoes at a time. After paying the money, he donated 5,000 yuan in cash.
"Sweet Potato Dad" Liu Peng’s self-help sweet potato stall
My 3-year-old son suddenly developed acute leukemia.
"A sweet potato and a love, to raise life-saving money for children." "Buy it yourself, choose it yourself, scan the code yourself, thank you." On the afternoon of November 1st, in the east gate of Miaojiazhai Community in Qujiang New District, Xi ‘an, a journalist saw the self-service sweet potato stall in Liu Peng. A motorcycle tricycle was lined with neat sweet potatoes, and a sign stood on one side. In the middle of the sign were the ID photos of Liu Peng and his wife Wei Qiaoling, and the diagnosis certificate of their child Rui Rui.
Liu Peng, the stall owner, told Jimu journalist that he and his wife Wei Qiaoling are from Shangzhen Village, Danfeng County, Shangluo, Shaanxi Province. They got married in 2018 and welcomed their son Ruirui in 2019. After the marriage, he worked as a plumber on a construction site, and his wife took care of the children at home. Although life was not rich, the family of three were very happy together. In June 2022, bad luck suddenly came to their family.
"My son started to have a high fever and went to the local hospital and thought it was pneumonia, but the effect of treatment for a week was not great." Liu Peng said that he and his wife had to take their children to Xi ‘an Children’s Hospital. After a series of tests, they were diagnosed with leukemia.
"My daughter-in-law is crying in the ward, and I am hiding in the corner and crying secretly." Liu Peng recalled that on the day when the child was diagnosed, he was completely stunned. Because the child has never been hospitalized before, it is good to drink some medicine when he has a cold. He can’t believe that the child will get leukemia. "Fortunately, my son and I matched successfully, and my son is still saved." Liu Peng said.
The hematology oncologist at Northwest Women and Children’s Hospital said that Liu Peng’s son, Rui Rui, was suffering from acute leukemia and was waiting for a bone marrow transplant, but the cost was really high for rural families.
Liu Peng has always thanked the citizens who bought sweet potatoes
After 90, dad put up a sweet potato stall to raise "life-saving money"
Liu Peng’s wife, Wei Qiaoling, told Jimu journalist that her son, Rui Rui, was only 3 years old and 9 months old. Since the diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia M2, she has been accompanying the bed in the hospital. At present, she has been in Xi ‘an for five months, and the child’s treatment fee has already spent more than 200,000 yuan, and another 300,000 yuan is needed for surgery.
Liu Peng said that the child had undergone chemotherapy for three times in the early stage, but the treatment effect was not obvious. The doctor suggested bone marrow transplantation, because Xi ‘an Children’s Hospital did not have a transplant cabin, so he was transferred to Northwest Women and Children’s Hospital.
A few months before coming to Xi ‘an, Liu Peng didn’t have much time left except to take care of the children and cook, so he couldn’t find a job and his income was cut off. Now the money for treating children is basically borrowed from relatives and friends. Some time ago, when the sweet potato planted by my father in my hometown matured, I shipped it to Xi ‘an and asked him to sell it for money. Liu Peng borrowed a three-wheeled motorcycle from a relative’s house and started to set up a stall to sell sweet potatoes. A kilo of 3 yuan can sell several hundred yuan a day, which is an income.
But at every meal, Liu Peng had to leave the sweet potato stall to deliver meals for his son. In desperation, he wrote a sign that said the actual situation of his family and left a receipt code for everyone to buy for themselves. What he didn’t expect was that he not only received the sweet potato money paid by others, but also the citizens sent him a love red envelope. "Soon the sweet potato at home was bought out. I thought I could have an income, so I wholesaled the sweet potato and continued to sell it." Liu Peng said.
Wei Qiaoling said that now her husband’s selling sweet potatoes is their only income, and many people have donated money and materials to them these days. Two days ago, a netizen added her WeChat, asked about the child’s condition, transferred her 10,000 yuan, asked her for a phone number, did not leave her name, and only said that she would come to see him when the child was well.
Caring citizens who come to buy sweet potatoes in an endless stream.
Caring citizens bought 7 boxes of sweet potatoes and donated 5,000 yuan.
At 3 o’clock in the afternoon on November 1, when the extreme news reporter just arrived at the sweet potato stall, Liu Penggang left to go to the hospital for examination. However, four volunteers from different places came to help him take care of the sweet potato stall, and the citizens who came to buy sweet potatoes were also in an endless stream. Many people came to donate money by car or bike. The reporter saw at the scene that a citizen casually took a few sweet potatoes and paid 200 yuan when scanning the code. Another citizen, Ms. Zhao, came to the stall and bought seven boxes of sweet potatoes directly. After paying the money, she took out a 5000 yuan cash-filled red envelopes separately, put it down and left.
"From 8 o’clock in the morning to now, it is estimated that there are 5 cars of sweet potatoes sold." Geng Chunliu, a volunteer who came from Xianyang to help Liu Peng keep the stall, told Jimu journalist that she saw the video of "Sweet Potato Dad" the day before and came here early this morning, thinking that she could help.
Yang Huiru, another volunteer who helped in the sweet potato stall, told reporters that many citizens who came to buy sweet potatoes didn’t weigh them, just put a few into plastic bags, and the payment ranged from 50 yuan, 100 yuan and 200 yuan. There were also caring citizens who brought five boxes of sweet potatoes to sell for money, and an old man took a taxi to donate 1000 yuan for himself and his sister.
Volunteer Xue Fei is a junior high school classmate in Liu Peng. They haven’t contacted each other for more than ten years. After seeing the online video, he recognized Liu Peng and came to help the next day. Jimu journalists saw at the scene that Xue Fei and Yang Huiru’s husband, Cao Chen, rubbed off the soil on boxes of sweet potatoes by hand, and then put them neatly on a tricycle to facilitate buyers’ selection.
Liu Peng faces his son across the window.
There is still a gap in the cost of bone marrow transplantation.
Liu Peng told Jimu news reporter that on October 31st, he started to go to the hospital for injections, with the purpose of increasing bone marrow and preparing the children for bone marrow transplantation. In addition, the doctor also told him to go to bed early every day to ensure adequate sleep. A week ago, he began to exercise after he was busy, because the doctor told him that this would make the quality of hematopoietic stem cells better, and it would be better when transplanting children. Therefore, every night he insists on exercising for about 1 hour, sometimes playing basketball, and sometimes running in the rented community.
"The most worrying thing now is medical expenses. Bone marrow transplantation is about to be done, but the cost has not been enough." Liu Peng said that children have rural cooperative medical care, and the expenses can be reimbursed by about 60%, but some special examinations and some imported medicines need to be paid at their own expense. After the operation, they will be hospitalized for three days a week, but no matter how difficult it is, they will stick to it. These days, there are too many good people and too many touches, which give his family strength and hope. Thank you very much.
Wei Qiaoling told Jimu journalist that the income from her husband’s selling sweet potatoes, together with the help of many well-intentioned people these days, only cost 70,000 to 80,000 yuan for the operation. I really appreciate all those who have helped them.
"The child is still young. He doesn’t know what disease he has, but he is very strong every time he takes an injection." Liu Peng said that the biggest wish now is to raise enough transplant fees as soon as possible. I hope that the operation will go smoothly, the children will be safe and their lives will return to the right track as soon as possible. They will also educate their children to be caring people and be able to give back to the society in the future.
(Image provided by the interviewee)
(Source: Jimu News)
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