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recently, "factory manager mom" li hong has started to promote products on the douyin platform. when she is free, she will take her "children" to set up stalls on the street, and let the children try to introduce the products while doing live broadcasts.

li hong runs a packaging factory in fuyang, anhui. since she started her business in 2019, she has helped and accepted orphans and disabled children to work and live in her factory. the youngest is 6 years old and the oldest is 26 years old. the children in the factory affectionately call her "factory director's mother."

li hong's douyin account records a lot of her daily life with her children, and also tells her own story. "i started making short videos now, firstly to try a new business model, and secondly to train the children so that they can support themselves in the future." li hong told the poster news reporter that although she is currently facing some difficulties, she has never thought of giving up these children.

help orphans and disabled children overcome difficulties and give them more maternal love

in 2019, the boss of the factory where li hong worked ran away. after discussing with her husband, li hong decided to take over the factory that was on the verge of bankruptcy. "who would have thought that such a big factory could go bankrupt? at that time, our family was demolished, and my father raised some money for us to start a business." li hong told reporters that at the beginning of the business, there were only 6 people in the factory. not long after the business started, the epidemic hit, and the factory slowly developed by making masks.

li hong's factory has been open for 6 years. through the disabled persons' federation, social welfare institutions, special education schools and other channels, she has received dozens of disabled people. currently, more than 40 people are employed stably in the company. "people who have children of their own can understand. when they see their situation, they want to help them and give them more motherly love." in order to communicate with hearing-impaired children, li hong also taught herself sign language.

yuanyuan (pseudonym) came to li hong's factory at the age of 19 and is the child who has been with li hong the longest. he is a patient with hydrocephalus. when he first came, he walked with a severe limp and wore old and dirty clothes. li hong took him to bathe, bought him new clothes, and even woke him up before dawn every day to practice walking. now, yuanyuan's walking posture is much more normal. li hong told reporters: "my mother also told me that when he gets married and has children, she will help him take care of the children."

“these kids have become a part of my life.”

li hong's factory is always full of laughter and joy. those orphans and disabled children also feel the deep maternal love from li hong. "they have no parents, and i always hope to give them more love. there was a self-enclosed child with a miserable life. i took her to my side and hugged her to sleep every day. now she is much more cheerful than before. there are many people like this, and i feel helpless when i see them." speaking of such things, li hong's tone is not only loving, but also helpless.

many people don't understand and wonder what li hong is trying to achieve. in her eyes, helping these children is doing good deeds and accumulating blessings for her own children. li hong's story is widely circulated in the local area, and many people have found her, hoping to send more orphans and disabled children. but now, she is no longer able to do so. "the factory is still operating normally. the market is not very good this year. i have to take care of so many children. i am in a mess myself. i really can't take in more children. but no matter what, i will not ignore the children in the factory now. over the years, these children have become a part of my life."

even so, if she really encounters a child in need, li hong will still lend a helping hand. "this year, a mother brought a 6-year-old child. the child had cerebral palsy and cataracts. he couldn't see or walk. he was really desperate." li hong couldn't bear it, so she asked the mother to work in the factory with her child and gave her a salary to support her livelihood.

with the presence of the “factory director’s mother”, there is a home

li hong wants to help more children, but there is still a long way to go to realize this dream. "there are still many 'children from the stars' waiting for me. most of them are locked up at home and cannot communicate with outsiders. i hope to be able to help more children like them in the future." li hong told reporters that her dream is to run a nursing home in the future, where these orphans and disabled children can live and be taken care of when they are old. although she has encountered difficulties at the moment, she can just start over.

"dong mingzhu started her business in her 30s, so i can start another business. for the sake of these children, i have to persevere." recently, li hong took her children to set up a roadside stall, and they received a lot of strange looks. when someone asked li hong about the origins of these children, she always proudly told others, "these are all my children." because li hong felt that she could not say that they were orphans in front of outsiders, nor let others think that they were "children without a mother."

over the years, li hong's "big family" has grown bigger and bigger, and the elders in the family have changed from not understanding to accepting these special children. "during the holidays, our family celebrates with the children. not only me, but everyone in our family treats them as their own children." in the eyes of these children, as long as li hong is there, they have a home.

poster news reporter tian yang zhang xu