The father who walked 25 kilometers home carrying his son’s body on his back, how is he doing now?

2008 is a very special year. In order to welcome the grand opening of the Beijing Olympic Games, the whole country celebrates. But on May 12, a major earthquake measuring 8.0 occurred in Wenchuan, Sichuan. The ruthless earthquake destroyed countless people's homes and claimed many lives. Today, the author will tell you about a father who walked 25 kilometers on his back to let his son return home. How is he doing now?

There is a very happy family in Yingxiu County, Sichuan. The father in the family is called Cheng Linxiang, and the son is called Cheng Lei. In order to make ends meet, Cheng Linxiang and his wife had to go out to work. But their eldest son Cheng Lei is very sensible. Although he is not accompanied by his parents and has no supervision from his grandparents, Cheng Lei has always consciously studied hard and achieved excellent results. Later, he was successfully admitted to Yingxiu County High School and became the pride of his parents.

On May 11, Cheng Lei’s parents went home to visit their son Cheng Lei and gave him 110 yuan as living expenses. He also told him that he should study hard in high school. Knowledge can change his destiny. Only by getting into a good university can he get out of his current predicament. He also agreed that the family would go out to play on weekends. But Cheng Lei "broke the appointment".

At noon on May 12, 2008, the ground shook violently. Many houses collapsed in an instant, and many lives were lost forever in an instant. Yingxiu Middle School was located at the epicenter of the earthquake and was greatly affected by the earthquake. Buildings turned into flat ground in an instant. Cheng Lei was also trapped in the cold classroom. As aftershocks continued to occur, a young life fell like this.

Starting from Wenchuan, the aftermath of the earthquake continued to spread to surrounding areas, and the affected area was particularly large. According to later statistics, the entire earthquake caused the death and loss of contact of more than 100,000 people, and caused huge economic losses. The ruthless earthquake destroyed countless homes in an instant, causing countless happy families to be separated from each other.

Cheng Linxiang was working far away from Wenchuan at the time and was little affected by the earthquake. When the earthquake happened, Cheng Linxiang and his wife immediately returned to their home. After waiting for a while, their youngest son came back, but they still didn't know the condition of their eldest son, and they never waited for the return of their eldest son Cheng Lei.

In order to find his son, Cheng Linxiang and his wife went to Yingxiu Middle School together. The scene in front of them shocked Cheng Linxiang and his wife. The originally beautiful school was now in ruins. After three days and three nights of searching, Cheng Linxiang finally found his son's body in the ruins.

In order to let his son return to his roots, Cheng Linxiang carried his son on his back and walked for 25 kilometers. Finally, he took his son home and buried him in the ancestral grave at home. Later, Cheng Linxiang and his wife gave birth to another son, whose nickname was still Leilei, in memory of their eldest son who died in the earthquake.

It has been 13 years now. The second son of Cheng Linxiang and his wife has become more sensible after the death of his brother and has taken the initiative to take care of his younger brother. With the support of the state, Wenchuan was rebuilt and the house of Cheng Linxiang and his wife was reinforced. In order to make up for their regrets, Cheng Linxiang and his wife stayed with their two remaining sons as much as possible and gave them as much love as possible.