"The most crazy person in the world" Xie Jianguang: Pulling a "RV" for 35 years and covering 300,000 kilometers. What happened next?

This sentence expresses the sentiments of many young people. Although I live in the city, I yearn for nature and freedom. I want to see what the world is like, and I want to find my own place of freedom.

But yearning does not mean doing it. Nowadays, many young people are trapped in the daily necessities of life, and traveling is just their desire to escape from life.

Compared with these people, Xie Jianguang looks a lot crazier. He dares to step out of his comfort zone and pursue the freedom he wants. In 35 years, Xie Jianguang walked more than 300,000 kilometers. No one was with him along the way, only a "RV" that he was pulling. And he also changed from a young boy to an old man.

Hope does not stop, dream does not go out

The reason why many people dream of traveling is because life has trapped our hands and feet, and it is because we cannot let go of the current situation. But Xie Jianguang is different. In his opinion, people should not stick to one place. You should not let life block the way forward. If you want to succeed, you must be willing to give up.

As Xie Jianguang wrote in his book "Crazy World", I came from the sky and lived in the wilderness. Stay with the sea and eat green grass and stones.

The seemingly simple statement is full of his yearning for freedom. Therefore, he regarded travel as his pursuit in life, walking all over the country to experience the warmth and coldness of the world and the natural scenery.

Many people ask, does Xie Jianguang come from a very good family, so he doesn’t need to worry about food and clothing? In fact, this is not the case. Xie Jianguang’s family background is too simple. My parents are just farmers with their backs to the sky and their backs to the sky. After a year of hard work, all they can get is food and clothing for the family.

However, freedom is not trapped by family. When he was very young, Xie Jianguang had a dream of traveling in his heart. He is well aware of the hardships of his family and the hard work of his parents, so this dream is like sleeping, hidden deep in Xie Jianguang's heart, neither daring to touch nor far away from it.

But as I grow older, this dream also grows in my heart. He always imagined the outside world in the dead of night, imagining being able to stand among mountains and rivers, and pass by tall buildings. Imagine that you are like a traveler, going to see what the world looks like.

So at the age of 24, despite the objections of his parents, he left home dragging a flatbed truck. This move seems a little heartless and somewhat inconsiderate of the parents' feelings. But he started his own life. Start making your own way.

Perhaps this is his choice for his dream! Although, such behavior seems too extreme, even a little crazy. But only he knows that he is fighting against life. He doesn't want to live an ordinary life, he wants his life to be almost exciting.

Making money for a living, the pace has not stopped

People’s definition of budget travel is to use a small amount of money to visit the most attractions. And Xie Jianguang’s Qiongyou went to the extreme. When he left home, he only had 150 yuan on him. Although it was said to be around 1980, it was still a bit insignificant for tourism.

Of course, people cannot be trapped by the status quo in order to be able to continue their travel career. Xie Jianguang found a way to make a living by picking up rags. Although this job seems inconspicuous and even a bit disliked by others, Xie Jianguang has gained a lot.

From the early 1980s to the late 1990s, the country vigorously developed, built and renovated roads. Therefore, a lot of discarded building materials will be left behind, and these discarded items are priceless treasures to Xie Jianguang. He collects these discarded screws and nuts, and when he encounters a scrap toll station, he will sell them for money.

When someone interviewed him later, he talked about this memory. He said that he sold about ten yuan of scraps a day. You must know that in the 1980s, the average person's monthly income was only a few dozen yuan. Therefore, before entering the new century, Xie Jianguang's income was quite considerable.

But picking up scraps is not a long-term solution, especially after the roads are built, it is even rarer to pick up screws and nuts. In order to prevent himself from starving to death and to keep himself on the road, Xie Jianguang found a new way of making a living, which was to work for others.

Over the years, the odd jobs he has done include transplanting rice, harvesting rice, decorating, carpentry, painter, etc. These jobs are not long-term. As long as the livelihood problem is solved, he will get back on the road.

The money problem is solved, at least people will not go hungry. But hiking will eventually encounter unexpected events, such as heavy rain and snow. For example, car accidents, etc., these things are beyond human control. Along the way, Xie Jianguang also encountered these things.

Once Xie Jianguang walked to the junction of Guangxi and Guangdong. I happened to encounter a tricycle. Maybe I was too hungry at the time and didn't have time to dodge. The tricycle whizzed past and knocked Xie Jianguang into the sugar cane field. You know, this collision is not light.

Xie Jianguang, who fell on the ground, also tried to get up, but the injury was too serious and he could not move his whole body.

In order to survive, he also shouted loudly, but how could anyone pass by the empty highway? Even if there is a car whizzing by, you will not hear his shouting!

Perhaps when people are in such a situation, they will have thoughts of despair! The same was true for Xie Jianguang at that time. He thought that since he couldn't find anyone who could rescue him, he would just stay like this. It’s okay to just follow destiny. And this stay lasted for five full days. Fortunately, he fell in a sugar cane field. During the days when there was no dry food, Xie Jianguang relied on sugar cane to survive the most difficult period of his life.

Through thick and thin, he died in a foreign land

Perhaps Xie Jianguang’s biggest gain along the way was that he became a poet! Just like what he wrote in his "RV", "The wind of the master's law flows from the earth into the flow. The outside of the body is not the body, and the Tao is the Tao." This is his philosophy of life and his perception of life.

While walking on foot, he kept company with books. Often in the dead of night, he would hold a book and read it again and again, repeatedly experiencing the ideas conveyed in the book. In addition to reading, he also tried writing books. A 60 million-word book called "Crazy World" records his experiences along the way.

Unexpectedly, Xie Jianguang, who turned his life into poetry, ended up dying in a foreign country. At that time, when he took his "RV" to the border of Heihe River, he felt some discomfort in his body. While resting, I posted a message on Moments, saying that I would rest in Heihe for a month.

People who saw his circle of friends thought it was just acclimatization. What I didn't expect was that I never got up again after taking a break. At that time, Xie Jianguang quickly called 120 when he found that his lower limbs were swollen, his whole body was weak, and he could no longer breathe.

By the time 120 arrived, he was already struggling on the edge of life. The hospital tried its best to save his life, but in the end it was to no avail. Xie Jianguang passed away during this rescue. My 35-year hiking career has come to an end at this moment.

Before leaving, the only thing that Xie Jianguang regretted was that he did not return to his roots and meet his elderly parents before leaving. Perhaps, this is also Xie Jianguang's fate. His heart is on the journey, and his final destination is also on the journey.

Conclusion:

The most valuable thing we can see from Xie Jianguang is his persistence in his dreams. In 35 years and more than 300,000 kilometers, it is difficult for many people to persevere. But Xie Jianguang kept moving forward and never stopped.

But is this kind of blind persistence right? Maybe different people have different opinions! But at least for Xie Jianguang, he found his place and the meaning of life.