Photographer Chen Lei

On May 2008 12 14: 28: 04, an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 occurred in Wenchuan, Sichuan. Wenchuan, which was originally beautiful, became devastated and garbage was everywhere. Until the Yellow River whimpers, broken walls. Both high-rise buildings in cities and small buildings and huts in rural areas are turned into dust in an instant. For all China people, the most painful thing is the casualties caused by the earthquake.

According to statistics, the Wenchuan earthquake in May 12 killed 69,227 people, injured another 374,643 people, and17,923 people were missing. This is not a cold number, but a fresh life. Therefore, countless touching pictures and figures appeared in the rescue process.

Among them, there is a father named Cheng Linxiang. In order to let his son Chen Lei, who was killed in the earthquake, go home, he carried his son for 25 kilometers and touched countless people. Later, a media reporter interviewed Cheng Linxiang's family, and everyone found out what happened.

It turns out that Chen Lei is the eldest son of this family. He is a senior one student in Xuankou Middle School in Yingxiu Town. Chen Lei has got good grades since he was a child. He never needs his parents to worry. Every time they go to a parent-teacher conference, they feel relaxed, because Chen Lei's grades are very good and he is always praised by his parents.

After the earthquake, Cheng Linxiang went to Chen Lei's school again, but he was very upset all the way. He prayed that nothing would happen to the children, but he was still worried when he saw the scene of ruins on the road. He couldn't wait to go to Xuankou Middle School at once, but there were no cars on the road, and many roads were cracked under the earthquake.

He crossed many obstacles and finally arrived at Xuankou Middle School one day later, and the middle school teaching building had collapsed. Chen Linxiang and his wife cried and frantically dug the ruins with their hands, but there was no sign of their son. They were worried about the comfort of their second son at home. They searched for two days and two nights without results and could only return home.

After settling down, Cheng Linxiang once again returned to Xuankou Middle School to find the whereabouts of his son. On May 15, many troubles finally found his son's body under a big concrete slab. Cheng Linxiang seems to be ten years older at this moment. He dragged his son's body out of the concrete slab and found Chen Lei's body cold and stiff, lifeless. He put his son on his back and covered his face with a blanket.

In this way, Chen Linxiang carried his son step by step for 25 kilometers to his home. Chen Linxiang said in an interview that he just wanted his son to go home for another night and make a final farewell. Chen Lei's grandmother looked at the body of her little grandson and burst into tears. Chen Lei's younger brother took out two of his elder brother's favorite books and put them in his elder brother's coffin silently. The family simply arranged a funeral for Chen Lei and buried Chen Lei.

The haze has passed, and there is always sunshine behind. It has been 12 years since the Wenchuan earthquake, and great changes have taken place in Chen Linxiang's family. Chen Linxiang's father and his son gave birth to a third son, named Tianle. This son was born one year after the earthquake, which means that the disaster area is moving towards a new life, and at the same time it has placed new hopes on Chen Linxiang's family.