Can you tell the story of people around you who are striving for progress?

I have a cousin two years older than me. I have been very close to her since I was a child because of the similar age. Her family is not very good. My cousin has a twin brother at home and is spoiled by his parents. Cousin and cousin took the college entrance examination in the same year, and cousin took three books. Tuition is a huge burden for their family. Cousin took the exam twice, and the tuition fee was 5000 yuan, but her parents thought it was too expensive, so she was not allowed to study, so she went out to work for her brother to go to school.

Because my cousin was born in such a family, as a girl, she missed the opportunity to go to college. She went to Shenzhen after graduating from high school alone. Later, after I went to college, my cousin's work got better and better, and she gained a firm foothold in the workplace. Every time she comes to Beijing on business, she will come to see me at school. I can see her longing for college. When I was a sophomore, I gradually learned about the information of adult self-taught exams, and then sent her my previous public course textbooks.

My cousin studies while working. She often calls me to ask me some questions. Her English is not good, so she set her mobile phone to English font. She likes painting, she doesn't eat or drink on weekends, and she paints all day. These are just my understanding of her efforts. She takes care of both ends, her work is booming and her study is advancing by leaps and bounds. Sometimes I ask her what she doesn't understand.

She passed the self-study exam, entered the university, and realized her dream of university. Now she has resigned from her old company, because her cousin has graduated and started working, and her parents no longer force her cousin to make money, so she can live the life she wants. Last time I went to see my cousin, she rented a teacher's apartment in a university in our city to prepare for the postgraduate entrance examination. She returned to the life of an ascetic who took the self-taught exam. She had no social activities and entertainment, only those advanced mathematics and college English accompanied her. I've always admired her. She is the most progressive person of her peers I have ever met. If I were in her environment, I would have bowed my head and faced life.